live from washington. this is bbc news, welcome to viewers on pbs in america. the us president summons congressional leaders to the white house, amid warnings the country could fail to meet its debt obligations as early asjune. fears from the un that the situation in sudan is turning into a "full—blown catastophe" as a failed ceasefire gives way to more violence. a hollywood writers�* strike looms as the deadline for a deal with the union approaches. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we begin tonight in washington, where the us debt ceiling fight is heating up, with both sides showing no room for compromise yet

on an issue that impacts the global economy. us treasury secretary janet yellen says the us could run out of cash byjune 1st, prompting president biden to call a meeting with the top leaders in congress next week. in a letter to the leaders today, yellen warned: speaker mccarthy responded to yellen in a statement, saying... the republican—controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader chuck schumer announced a process to pass a clean bill with no cuts just hours ago. meanwhile, a little relief in the banking sector. wall street giantjp morgan chase took over

the troubled first republic bank in a $10.6 billion deal brokered by regulators. they seized first republic early on monday, after efforts to rescue the bank fell through over the weekend. the failure of the bank is the second—largest in us history, and the third in the country since march. samira hussain has more. as of monday, first republic customers turning up at their bank are in fact customers ofjp morgan chase. the signs above will soon change. first republic had been under pressure since the collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank two months earlier. last week, it revealed deposited had depositors had removed $100 billion in the space of a few months. investors were convinced it was about to fail. riding to the rescue of america's financial system the boss of america's biggest bank, jamie dimon.

he says the turbulence in the banks is nearly over. this is getting near the end of it and hopefully it helps stabilise everything. i think all the regional banks, they actually had some pretty good results. the american banking system is extraordinarily sound. first republic is the biggest us bank failure since 2008. it invariably brings back memories of the collapse of lehman brothers and bear stearns and the global financial crisis that followed. industry experts say the causes this time are very different. it's about two things, it's about the speed with which interest rates had to be hiked and the monetary excess which really preceded it, which is quite different to what happened in say 2007. for the biden administration, the iith—hour rescue is a win. all depositors are protected, and taxpayers are not on the hook. these actions are going to make sure the banking system is safe and sound, and that includes protecting small businesses

across the country. despite assurances that the banking system in the united states is safe, three lenders have failed in less than two months, and as the us economy seems to teeter towards a slowdown, there are fears here on wall street that more banks could fail. samira hussein, bbc news, new york. to sudan now, where the united nations warns that the escalating humanitarian disaster could force more than 800,000 people to flee. here you see the capital of khartoum, where, despite promises of a ceasfire, fighting continues, making it difficult for foreign nationals to leave. as people attempt to flee in the masses, a us ship from port sudan arrived today in the port ofjeddah in saudi arabia. among the 300 evacuees on that ship, 100 were us citizens. as for british nationals, the final evacuation flight from port sudan over the red sea has left. those unable to leave by plane are taking boats. the british government recently

estimated that around 4,000 britons were stuck in sudan. turning to the war in ukraine, the white house estimates that more than 20,000 russian troops, half of them wagner mercenaries, have been killed in the battle for bakhmut in eastern ukraine over the past five months. national security council spokesmanjohn kirby said another 80,000 russians were wounded in attempt to make significant gains in the donbas region. mr kirby did not disclose details on how the us calculated those numbers and did not provide information on ukrainian casualties in bakhmut. the bbc has been unable to independently verify these figures. the battle for this small city has become a focal point for both sides over the last ten months. these reports come as ukraine recovers from its second russian rocket attack in three days. this is the city of pavlohrad, in the eastern dnipro region. that's where there was the most significant damage. russian military commentators said that the targets

were warehouses, storing military equipment for a ukrainian counter—offensive. local authorities say 3a civilians have been injured, including five children. ukraine's military says it shot down 15 of the 18 cruise missiles that had been fired. 0ur hugo bachega has more. this was the second major air strike by russia in three days as military activity seems to be intensifying ahead of a much—anticipated ukrainian counteroffensive. the ukrainian military said 15 of the 18 cruise missiles that had been fired by russia were intercepted by the country's air defence, including all missiles that were fired at the capital, kyiv, where the air raid alert sounded at around four this morning. now, the city of pavlohrad, a logistics hub in the central dnipropetrovsk region, was attacked. we've seen pictures of widespread damage in that city, and the local officials said an industrial

facility was hit, dozens of buildings were damaged and more than 30 people were injured. now, russian commentators said military targets were hit in this city. now, this happens as the ukrainians say they are finishing their plans for a major counteroffensive after receiving military support from western countries, an offensive in which they will try to take back territory that's now under occupation. may 1st, known as may day, is international workers day. across the globe, it's been marked by a mix of celebrations, protests, and strikes. let's take a look. this is the danish capital, copenhagen, where people celebrated with their families and friends, while in turkey, thousands gathered for the labour day rally in istanbul, 14 days before turkey's historic elections. supporters for turkey's opposition party, also known as labour party, came out with slogans and folk dances. in france, demonstrations over the pension reforms intensified across the nation. 300 people were arrested and more than 100 police

officers were injured during may day protests, according to french officials. violence broke out in paris, lyons, and nantes, where vehicles and buinesses were set on fire. the government estimated that 780,000 people turned out nationwide to demonstrate. 0ne union put the figure at three times that. the bbc�*s nick beake followed the day's events from paris. the player poker is now drawing to a close in paris but demonstrations across the country today. —— the protest. it was the unions who organised this today. it's all focused on the recent pension reform that has gone through, people are very angry about this. talking to people, they are angry that president macron used his executive powers to bypass parliament. we saw violence in this particular spot, with tear

gas used. there was a fire at a nearby building which firefighters had to attend. in other french cities, there have been disturbances. police were out in force, 5000 officers in the capital. you can see quite a lot of them remain, even as people are going home now. the big question is, will this violence today, this show of political will on the part of so many people, translate to anything? will there be a u—turn from the french government when it comes to this pension reform, boosting the retirement age from 62 to 64? the retirement age from 62 to 6a? there is no sign of any concession from the government as it stands. so today has come and gone, there have been protests across france, and for now, no discernible change to the direction that president macron is trying to take the country. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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and everything... you send them to the visitors centre. to hollywood now. writers of films and tv shows could go on strike for the first time in 15 years this week, if a deal is not reached with studios. the writers guild of america and the alliance of motion picture and television producers have until midnight pacific time to reach a deal, which affects thousands of workers. key issues include the rise of streaming services, and the impacts of this on how writers are paid. negotiations are expected to last right up until the last minute. the last writers' strike occured in 2007—2008 and lasted 100 days. it cost the california economy $2 billion. it led to many cancelled or delayed shows. joining me now from los angeles is tv writer and wga captain eli edelson. thanks forjoining us. tell us what your core demands are.

essentially, what it all boils down to is fair compensation for the work we are doing to create very profitable tv and films for screeners and broadcast networks. whether that's getting residual payments on episodes that aired on netflix and other screamers, that we are not getting any share of those profits off to other abuses such as the mini room, which is a new strategy that the streamers have used in the last ten years, during peak tv, to essentially pay writers the bare minimum for the minimum amount of hours. it's about getting compensation back to what it used to be before streaming revolution.- to what it used to be before streaming revolution. how has streaming _ streaming revolution. how has streaming affected _ streaming revolution. how has streaming affected the - streaming revolution. how has streaming affected the pay - streaming revolution. how has streaming affected the pay ofl streaming affected the pay of writers? , , . , streaming affected the pay of writers? ,, ., , writers? essentially, as the rise of streaming _ writers? essentially, as the rise of streaming and - writers? essentially, as the i rise of streaming and pay-tv rise of streaming and pay—tv occurred, the studios changed how the shows were made. it was no longer 22 episodes broadcast

series that were able to provide a middle—class and stable lifestyle to writers, instead it's stable lifestyle to writers, instead its six or eight episodes where writers are working ten to 20 weeks out of a year for a season of tb. with the loss of residual pain when episodes went to streaming. —— for a season of tv. with the loss of residual payment when episodes went to streaming, it's gone from a stable middle class lifestyle to a very unstable almost giddy economy, and that's what the strike is about, if we have to strike, but hopefully we will reach an agreement by midnight. —— almost a gig economy. agreement by midnight. -- almost a gig economy. how has ai changed _ almost a gig economy. how has ai changed the _ almost a gig economy. how has ai changed the writing - almost a gig economy. how has| ai changed the writing process? that's a great question. it's very early to say. all i can say is the writers i know, we are big proponents of ai and we use it to help with writing

already, even in the nascent stage. wejust already, even in the nascent stage. we just want to make sure the studios don't impinge on our rights and copyrights, and used ai services, let's say, to reproduce a writer's worked in their own network without the writer's consent. and for them to have a share in the creation of content with al. it's early days, in 2007 it ai. it's early days, in 2007 it was about internet rights and getting a share of media on the internet, wejust want getting a share of media on the internet, we just want to make sure we are not abused by new technologies.— technologies. you said you are ho eful technologies. you said you are hepeful a _ technologies. you said you are hopeful a deal _ technologies. you said you are hopeful a deal is _ technologies. you said you are hopeful a deal is reached, - technologies. you said you are hopeful a deal is reached, but| hopeful a deal is reached, but if not, people are worried about their favourite shows. how will this impact our viewing? it how will this impact our viewing?— how will this impact our viewina? , ~ , . viewing? if we strike starting tomorrow. — viewing? if we strike starting tomorrow, the _ viewing? if we strike starting tomorrow, the first - viewing? if we strike starting tomorrow, the first thing - viewing? if we strike starting tomorrow, the first thing the j tomorrow, the first thing the viewers will see at home is the loss of late night tv, shows likejohn 0liver, seth meyers. those will all probably go off air very soon because the writers will not be able to writers will not be able to write each night's episodes. also a lot of broadcast tv, a

lot of the loving shows like ncis. they should be writing right now for a return in a couple of months, but it the strike happens, shows will be indefinitely delayed. find strike happens, shows will be indefinitely delayed. and very cuickl , indefinitely delayed. and very quickly. do — indefinitely delayed. and very quickly. do you _ indefinitely delayed. and very quickly, do you think - indefinitely delayed. and very quickly, do you think a - indefinitely delayed. and very quickly, do you think a strike | quickly, do you think a strike is imminent ora quickly, do you think a strike is imminent or a deal will be reached, what are you hearing? i sincerely hope a deal will be reached, it always comes down to the 11 hour so i'm confident we can get there in the next few hours. we can get there in the next few hours-— we can get there in the next few hours. very good to have ou on few hours. very good to have you on the — few hours. very good to have you on the show, _ few hours. very good to have you on the show, thank- few hours. very good to have you on the show, thank you | few hours. very good to have i you on the show, thank you very much. to the tech world now — the man widely seen as the godfather of artificial intelligence has quit his job at google, warning of the dangers of ai. dr geoffrey hinton's pioneering research on deep learning and neural networks has paved the way for current ai systems like chatgpt, but in a lengthy interview with the new york times, dr geoffrey hinton said he now regretted his work — and is worried that al technology will flood the

internet with misinformation. google responded in a statement. i spoke earlier to dr geoffrey hinton. thank you very much were joining us on bbc news. why did you decide to take this decision to leave google and make these statements and criticisms of the development of ai now?— of ai now? several reasons. one, of ai now? several reasons. one. i'm — of ai now? several reasons. one. i'm 75 _ of ai now? several reasons. one, i'm 75 so _ of ai now? several reasons. one, i'm 75 so it's _ of ai now? several reasons. one, i'm 75 so it's time - of ai now? several reasons. one, i'm 75 so it's time to l 0ne, i'm 75 so it's time to retire. another was, iactually want to say some good things about google, and they are more credible if i don't work for google. in the last is i want to be free to talk about the dangers of ai without worrying about the impact it might have on google, i don't want to criticise google, i think they have been very responsible. would your message have been more effective if you had been inside google with the ability to maybe steer the way things are going? i

to maybe steer the way things are going?— to maybe steer the way things are going? i thought that for a while, are going? i thought that for a while. and _ are going? i thought that for a while, and that _ are going? i thought that for a while, and that may _ are going? i thought that for a while, and that may be - are going? i thought that for a while, and that may be true, l are going? i thought that for a l while, and that may be true, so i had other reasons for retiring. but i think i can now just speak freely about what i think the dangers might be. and some of them are quite scary. do you trust tech companies generally to move forward with al responsibly? i generally to move forward with al responsibly?— ai responsibly? i think one problem — ai responsibly? i think one problem is _ ai responsibly? i think one problem is that _ ai responsibly? i think one problem is that microsoft | problem is that microsoft decided to put one of these advanced chatbots into bing and other products, and google doesn't have much choice but to respond to that. it can'tjust sit back and not compete with microsoft. before that, google was in the lead in al and chose not to release these things because of all the dangers. id use them internally and to make search better and so on, but it didn't release them to the public. —— it use them internally. even though they had chatbots. because of the potential dangers. so in that sense i think google behaved responsibly, but you can only do that when you are in the

lead, and if you are competing with companies using the thing is, you have to use them too. you have been part of the incredible research that has gone into ai over several years now. who is responsible for al reaching where it is now? well, we are scientists, _ reaching where it is now? well, we are scientists, right? - reaching where it is now? well, we are scientists, right? we - we are scientists, right? we are exploring what happens when you train large neural networks on computers. that's just reality that we ended up here. there is no way that people weren't going to explore it. the issue is, now that we've discovered it works better than we expected a few years ago, what do we do to mitigate the long—term risks of things more intelligent than us taking control? �* , . ~ intelligent than us taking control? �*, ., ,, ., control? let's talk about those risks. control? let's talk about those risks- you _ control? let's talk about those risks. you are _ control? let's talk about those risks. you are said _ control? let's talk about those risks. you are said -- - control? let's talk about those risks. you are said -- you - control? let's talk about those risks. you are said -- you said | risks. you are said —— you said you are worried about bad actors, what are you most worried could be used with this technology? a, worried could be used with this technology?— technology? a lot of things that a lot — technology? a lot of things that a lot of _ technology? a lot of things that a lot of other - technology? a lot of things that a lot of other people l technology? a lot of things i that a lot of other people have talked about, to do with being

able to produce lots of text automatically so you can get lots of very effective spam bots. it will allow authoritarian leaders to manipulate their electorate, things like that. i'm not really talking about those. there is another particular thing i want to talk about, which is the existential risk of what happens when these things get more intelligent than us. but recently, i came to the conclusion that the kind of intelligence we are developing is very different from the intelligence we have. we are biological systems. these are digital systems. the big difference is, with digital systems, you have many copies of the same set of weights, model of the world... they can learn separately but share their knowledge instantly. it's as if you had 10,000 people and whenever one person learns

something, everybody automatically knew it. and that is how the chatbots can know so much more than any one person. you have said yourself, we don't exactly know yet how the human brain works. so how do we know that what you've just described does indeed eclipse human intelligence? irate described does indeed eclipse human intelligence?- human intelligence? we don't know. human intelligence? we don't know- and — human intelligence? we don't know. and right _ human intelligence? we don't know. and right now, - human intelligence? we don't know. and right now, what. human intelligence? we don't| know. and right now, what we are seeing is things like gpt four eclipses people in the amount of general knowledge it has, by a long way. in terms of reasoning, it's not as good, but it does already do simple reasoning. given the rate of progress, we expect things to get better quite fast. so we need to worry about that. right now, they are not more intelligent than us, as far as i can tell. but i think they soon might be.— i can tell. but i think they soon might be. what about the ossible soon might be. what about the possible opportunities, - soon might be. what about the possible opportunities, for- possible opportunities, for example ai that detect illness better than human doctors can? that's one of the reasons i have been working on al so

long, because it's going to be extremely beneficial for things like that. and this ability of these big chatbots to know an awful lot, know much more than any one person, would for example make them much better than the standard family doctor. they would be like a family doctor that had seen 10 million patients, and probably seen lots just like the condition you go to the family doctor with. that would greatly improve medicine. 50 doctor with. that would greatly improve medicine.— improve medicine. so what is the balance — improve medicine. so what is the balance between - improve medicine. so what is the balance between the - improve medicine. so what is the balance between the risk| the balance between the risk and the benefit? in the balance between the risk and the benefit?— and the benefit? in the shorter-term, - and the benefit? in the shorter-term, i- and the benefit? in the shorter-term, ithink. and the benefit? in the i shorter-term, i think you and the benefit? in the - shorter-term, i think you get shorter—term, i think you get many more benefits than we get risks. i think... many more benefits than we get risks. ithink... so many more benefits than we get risks. i think... so i don't think we should stop developing this stuff. even if some people thought they should stop developing it, that's not going to stop it developing. because of competition for example between the us and china. even if everybody in the us stopped, china would just get a big lead. so we are not going to

stop developing it. a lot of the uses are going to be very beneficial, and that will encourage people to keep developing it. but we need to think hard about ways in which we can develop it where it's not going to get control. some of our not going to get control. some of your former _ not going to get control. some of your former students - not going to get control. some of your former students and i of your former students and expert in the industry have said the risks you are describing are still hypothetical. so where are we right now? have we already gone too far with this technology? we don't know. i think if you stop developing it now, this existential risk will be mitigated. i don't think that thing is, as they are now, will take over. but obviously we are going to develop their much further because they are so useful. er... and then we have to worry about what's going to happen. i've really gone public to encourage people to think very seriously about what they are going to do, to make sure that if we develop things more intelligent than us, they don't

gain control. there very few examples of more intelligent things being controlled by less intelligent things. in fact there's only one i can think of, and that's a mother and baby. and there's not much difference in intelligence there, and evolution has gone to a lot of trouble to wire the mother so the baby can get its needs met. mother so the baby can get its needs met-— mother so the baby can get its needs met. ., , ., , ., needs met. could you give us an idea, needs met. could you give us an idea. rrot — needs met. could you give us an idea. riot in _ needs met. could you give us an idea, not in the _ needs met. could you give us an idea, not in the shorter-term, . idea, not in the shorter—term, perhaps in the longer—term, what that could look like in our lives?— our lives? well, you can imagine... _ our lives? well, you can imagine... i— our lives? well, you can imagine... i mean, - our lives? well, you can imagine... i mean, this| our lives? well, you can. imagine... i mean, this is our lives? well, you can i imagine... i mean, this is a worst—case scenario, a nightmare scenario, you can imagine for example, some bad actor like putin decided to give robots the ability to create their own goals... if i want to get to the airport, i set up a sub goals, which is to get an uber, so i call one. the

ability to create sub goals, that makes agents much more effective. putin will want to give robot soldiers the ability to create sub goals, but once you do that, they might create sub goals like, i need to get more power... because if you get more power, you can get your other goals achieve better. you see this even in babies, with mothers. the mother gives the baby the spoon to feed itself in the high chair. the baby drops the spoon on the ground, the mother picked it up and gives it to the baby. and the baby drops it on the ground again to see if they can get the mother to pick it up again, they are trying to get control over the mother. very interesting, thank you so much forjoining us.— very interesting, thank you so much forjoining us. much for “oining us. thank you for much forjoining us. thank you for inviting _ much forjoining us. thank you for inviting me. _ the uk's royal college of nursing says its members will continue to campaign for a better pay deal and that tuesday's planned talks with the health secretary

appear to be a foregone conclusion. health unions are meeting ministers and nhs bosses to discuss the dispute that's led to thousands of nurses in england walking out on monday. un head antonio guterres has been meetig with international envoys to discuss ways to engage with the afghan taliban. the two—day gathering is being held in a secret location in the qatari capital, doha, and focuses on issues such as the rights of afghan women and girls. the taliban have not been invited to the meeting, and earlier warned that any conference without their representatives would be unproductive. presidentjoe biden has met with president of the philippines at the white house. mr biden stated his commitment to the philippines�*s security and said that the two nations have maintained a deep friendship over the years. just before that meeting, ferdinand marcosjunior said he agreed to talks with china about fishing rights in the south china sea. the filipino goverment has been locked in a bitter dispute over territory with beijing.

that's it. thank you for watching. hello. bank holiday monday did not feel the same everywhere. in wales, it was the warmest day of the year so far, 19.7 celsius in cardiff, very close to 20 celsius. compare that with just 6 celsius across many parts of shetland, some cold arctic air digging its way down from the north. behind this strip of cloud here, a very weak weather front, but that will still be with us into tuesday in the form of this band of cloud, which will be slung across many parts of the uk to start the day. underneath this cloud, some spots of rain and drizzle. through the day, the south west of england should see some sunshine, albeit with some fog around the coasts. wales, the west midlands brightening up too, northern ireland as well, although there is the chance

of catching a shower. more cloud further north and east, although northern scotland should stick with some brighter skies. it will be rather chilly across some northern and eastern parts, whereas out towards the west, say western counties of northern ireland, we could be looking at 18—19. through tuesday night, more cloud will topple its way across northern ireland into western scotland with the odd spot of rain. the clearest of the skies and the lowest of the temperatures will be found across eastern england. some places in east anglia getting close to freezing. but into wednesday, it will be southern parts of england, wales, the midlands, east anglia that see the best of the sunshine. more cloud for northern england. northern ireland cloudy at first, although it should brighten up a little here. for scotland, the cloud will produce some spots of rain, particularly up towards the north west. temperatures between 10—16 celsius. the breeze strengthening in the south later with the odd shower down towards the far southwest. and for thursday, we will see more widespread showery weather pushing its way northwards across a good part of england and wales, into northern ireland. something a little bit drier but rather

cloudy across scotland. and with this keen easterly breeze coming in off the chilly waters of the north sea, if you're spending your day along the east coast, it will feel really rather cool. and even further west, not as warm as it has been, 17 celsius the high for london. now into next weekend, it's another bank holiday, it is the coronation weekend, of course. and this is not great news if you were hoping for dry weather, because we've got low pressure in charge, a frontal system pushing in from the west. so that brings at least the chance for some rain at times. we'll firm up on the details, and we'll keep you up to date.

welcome to asia business report. another one bites the dust — first republic becomes the third bank to collapse in the us since last month. will it be the last? is australia doing enough to keep its carbon emissions on tech? we will have the latest. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm karishma vaswani. we begin with the banking turmoil in the us. shares of several regional banks have closed in the red on monday.

it signals concern about the health of the sector,