the eu has moved closer to passing one of the world s first loss to control artificial intelligence. eu lawmakers agreed on wednesday to changes in draught artificial intelligence rules proposed by the european commission in a bid to set a global standard for a technology used everything from automated factories to self driving cars to chatbots. let s get more in this and speak to the independent tech analyst stephanie here, he will speak to me now. what is this legislation trying to lay down for al developers? it is massive. i ai developers? it is massive. i don t think we can underestimate the importance of this legislation, which was just the first step, they have a few more to go. we would expect this to pass by the end of the year, so there ai developers you have mentioned by plenty of time to get up to speed. what do they need to get up to speed with? that is the devil any detail as always. the really big one will be about the police use of things like real time biometr
the former president. the first big attempt to control ai artificial intelligence. the european parliament has approved a draught plan to regulate the use of ai. and does too much bad news stop you from following current affairs? the latest figures suggest the tougher stories are turning people away from reading and watching the news. but first to that exlusive report on north korea. no one has been able to enter or leave the country for over three years because of the their covid restrictions. now three people living in north korea have risked their lives to tell the bbc what s happening. they ve told us food is so scarse, neighbours are starving to death. here s our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie, and a warning you may find the report distressing. supplies are so low. people are started dying. this chilling testimony comes from inside north korea. once i didn t eat for two days, i only drank water. recently, people have been knocking on the door asking for food b
but first let s focus in on nottingham and the deadly stabbing of three people in the early hours of tuesday morning. this was the scene a short time ago at the university of nottingham where hundreds of students joined the familes of the two 19 year olds who were killed in the city in the early hours of yesterday morning. grace o malley kumar was a first year medical student and a talented hockey player. barnaby webber, also 19, was studying history and played cricket for his university team. the third victim was named today as 65 year old ian coates a primary school caretaker. our midlands correspondent, navtej johal, reports from the vigil. thousands united in grief. these students have come to express their shock and share their sadness at the loss of two of their own. it s hard to find the words to express their shock and grief felt across our institution at the senseless loss of two talented students who have had their bright future brutally curtailed. barnaby webber
The fed raises Interest Rates and says it will start unwinding its 4. 5 trillion stimulus programme. But is the us economy really Out Of The Woods . Plus roam if you want to. The eu scraps extra mobile charges for travellers from today after a decade long battle. But will users end up footing the bill anyway . Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also coming up the end of an era forjapan inc. Toshibas set to sell off its Chip Division as it battles for survival. We start in the us where the central bank, the Federal Reserve, has raised the cost of borrowing, as was widely expected. Its the second increase in three months, and comes despite some fairly mixed data on the health of the us economy. Lets show you the details. The fed has raised its main Interest Rate by 0. 25 . That takes its target range to between 1 1. 25 the highest it has been since before the 2008 financial crisis. And its set to go higher the fed is forecasting one more increase this year. It also annou
Hes suggested russia could offer asylum to former fbi directorjames comey, who donald trump sacked. Welcome to outside source. The scale of the tragedy at Grenfell Tower is becoming much clearer. 17 people are now confirmed dead, but the Police Believe the final figure will be higher. The first victim has been named by Friends And Family as mohammed alhajali, a syrian refugee who came to the country in 2014. Theresa may has ordered a full Public Inquiry into the incident. Heres our home editor mark eastons report. Slowly, inch by painstaking inch, Fire Officers continue their grim and dangerous work. Amid the soot blackened shell of what was once home to hundreds are some who did not make it out. Exactly how many, we do not know, but the Emergency Services are warning the scale of this tragedy is yet to become clear. The agony of a wounded neighbourhood is written on a wall, the desperation of people searching for family and friends. Prayers and solace from near and far. For the past t