i m fredricka whitfield. thank you so much for joining us. new today, iraq is now summoning a top u.s. diplomatic official in protest of a barrage of punishing u.s. air strikes in the middle east. the u.s. says those strikes hit 85 targets linked to iran s islamic revolutionary guard quds force and affiliated militia groups in iraq and syria. the strikes a response to a drone attack in jordan which killed three american soldiers on sunday. iraq is claiming the explosions that just happened involving the u.s. killing 16 people, including civilians. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin says the strikes are just the beginning of the u.s. response. iran says the u.s. has made a strategic mistake, while iraq and syria say the u.s. actions could inflame more conflict in the region. cnn has teams around the globe covering all of these developments. let s go first to cnn s ben wedeman in jordan. ben, these strikes were sudden, devastating. how are officials on the ground? how are thos
it s heading. mike tobin at o hare airport in chicago with nightmare people trying to get on the plane. we begin with fox weather correspondent max gorden in new york just south of buffalo tonight. good evening, max. good evening, mike. along the shores of a very angry lake erie. all day today, waives have been crashing over the railing behind me as 14 to 18-foot as well as have come ashore. part of the parking lot that we are standing next to right here has been coming apart actually and neighborhoods near us have had to be evacuated because of a storm surge that has pushed through and caused flooding. now, of course with this bomb cyclone we have also had to deal with very heavy snow and extremely gusty winds. the gusts of 72 miles per hour was recorded at buffalo, niagara international airport. also experienced white outside conditions zero visibility and shut out operations at the airport no flights, in no flights out. of course, road conditions are also very treacherou
as the candidates to be the uk s next prime minister prepare to go head to head. welcome to the programme. we start with the extreme heat across europe. it s facing its worst drought in a long time. we ll look at that in a moment. but first the high temperatures are also causing big wildfires. let s go to france. there s a huge wildfire near bordeaux, in the south western region of gironde. this is what it looks like at night. thousands of hectares have been burnt. 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area, and several homes are destroyed. it s spreading so fast because it s so dry. this is the scene in the day. you can see a plane dropping chemicals used to slow the fire down. more than a thousand fire fighters are there trying to control it. let s hear from one of them. translation: for l the moment, the fire is progressing in every direction. if i may say, the wind is not steady for the moment. it will rise in the course of the day. we are told that the wind will
New model is capable of, exploring all the risks from social harms like bias and misinformation, through to the most extreme risks of all. The british people should have Peace Of Mind that we are developing the most advanced protections for al of any country in the world. To coincide with sunak s speech the government released a series of papers outlining potential threats ai could pose within the next two years. Among other things they warn ai could be used to enhance terrorist capabilities in propaganda, radicalisation, recruitment and attack planning. Increase fraud, impersonation, ransomware, currency theft, data harvesting, voice cloning, and also erode trust in information and use deepfakes to influence societal debate. The government is hoping to host a number of World Leaders at next weeks summit, but the conflict in the middle east might affect attendance. Ursula von der leyen, head of the european commission, is still scheduled to visit the Ai Safety Talks at Bletchley Park
Well look back on the end of black and White Television 50 years ago. And louise has the weather. Good morning. Its a chilly start in the far north of the country but not a bad weekend in prospect. Mostly dry with decent sunny spells. More throughout the morning. Good morning. First, our main story. Kensington and Chelsea Council is facing more criticism over its handling of the Grenfell Tower fire. The mayor of london, sadiq khan, is calling for commissioners to be brought in to take over the running of the authority, which he says is not fit for purpose. The Council Leader, Nicholas Paget brown, and his deputy, both resigned yesterday. Simonjones reports. After angry protests at the Council Offices and after a meeting of the council was cut short following an attempt to ban the public and press. Reporter were you pressured by number 10 to resign . The pressure for the leader got too great. This is a huge Human Tragedy for so many families. The task for my successor is to ensure that