0llie, thank you so much forjoining us, especially under these circumstances. Now, i understand youve been able to flee these fires. Just bring us up to date in terms of what took place, what happened and how youre coping where are you now . Yeah, so i am now in a small village called fort simpson, which is about 630 kilometres west of yellowknife. It probably sounds like a huge distance it really isnt in Northwest Territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full Evacuation Order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. What were you seeing that led you to think, hey, i better
they are expected to iron out the final details on the eu s artificial intelligence act. if it becomes eu law it will mark the first attempt in the world to police artificial intelligence. what should be in the bill has seen heated debate based on al s capacity to cause harm. european countries will be discussing possible concessions in negotiations on what s being called the ai rulebook. for more detail i m joined by kirsten rulf, partner and associate director at boston consulting group. good morning to you. once again, the eu commission by parliament and council grappling with new technology, how to bring the law up to date with this. what are we expecting today? with this. what are we exectinu toda ? ., expecting today? good morning. i think we are expecting today? good morning. i think we are of expecting today? good morning. i think we are of a expecting today? good morning. i think we are of a political - i think we are of a political nailbiter. if we had this co
good morning. a frosty and foggy start to the day to day. some freezing fog will linger for much of the day. the sunnier skies will be the day. the sunnier skies will be the further east you travel. a return to wet and windy conditions in the west. all the details later on in the programme. it s wednesday, the 6th of december. our main story. the former prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to the covid inquiry today and face two days of questions about his time leading the uk during the pandemic. he s expected to apologise to people who lost loved ones but claim that he and his government got the big decisions right. our correspondent ellie price reports. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home. in the end, it was his call. he was responsible for the biggest decisions made during the pandemic. that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home. but how he came to make those decisions will be at the
and damejudy dench among countless others. you re live with bbc news. the west african regional bloc, ecowas, says it s still prepared to use force to restore democracy in niger. the group met in ghana for a two day gathering to coordinate a possible military intervention. it follows last month s military coup which deposed elected president, mohamed bazoum. the group added that they still want to give diplomacy a chance and that niger has time to pull back from the brink. meanwhile, the new us ambassador to niger will touch down in the country in the coming days. the state department says kathleen fitzgibbon s arrival does not mean the us recognises the military led government. earlier, i spoke with bisa williams, the former us ambassador to niger, for more on all of this. bisa williams, thank you indeed forjoining us this evening. ecowas has activated a standby