bill to phase in piece to pass the bill to phase out smoking it would stop anyone born afterjanuary 2009 from ever buying cigarettes. and clamping down on sexually explicit defects. new legislation will be introduced in england and wales. —— deep fakes. in india were voting in the general election begins on friday and it takes place over a number of weeks on a number of stages. most predictions suggest that modi will him when a resounding victory which will make it his third consecutive mandate. mr modi is a controversial figure but he has a huge support base almost unparalleled in contemporary india. a state which is a stronghold for mr modi's party. here's our south asian

correspondent. a woman shouts waiting for the prime minister to arrive. modi is the reigning superstar of indian politics. rallies like these are an integral part to an election but only a few leaders have provoked such a response in the countries history. what we are seeing is the confidence of a party that believes it's going to win another resounding victory in what we also see is confidence about being indian on the global stage in one of the things the prime minister modi is saying will be remembered for. mr modi is a divisive figure but here, among his mostly hindu following, he can do no

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area of his bjp. across the country, they are a key driving force for the party success. every member from the bottom to the top of the party is given a i—page list of 60 voters. they are tasked to meet several times ahead the election. that is coupled with an unparalleled and exhaustive social media campaign. many pass a bill and every day i send messages on 400 groups in each of them have hundreds of members and our target is to reach at least 150,000 new people each day. sometimes, the message being spread as farfrom the sometimes, the message being spread as far from the truth. this bjp at states that he got the russian war in ukraine to be paused for a few

hours in 2022. to evacuate indian students. a claim that had then been rejected by india's foreign ministry. much of mainstream news media and ministers from the government defy the claim. we asked a group of first—hand voters what they believe. a group of first-hand voters what they believe-— a group of first-hand voters what the believe. , , , they believe. definitely, we believe ukraine and — they believe. definitely, we believe ukraine and russia _ they believe. definitely, we believe ukraine and russia pause _ they believe. definitely, we believe ukraine and russia pause the - they believe. definitely, we believe ukraine and russia pause the war. they believe. definitely, we believe | ukraine and russia pause the war for some _ ukraine and russia pause the war for sometime _ ukraine and russia pause the war for some time to allow the students to come _ some time to allow the students to come out — some time to allow the students to come out |— some time to allow the students to come out. ~ ~ , come out. i think prime minister modi pause _ come out. i think prime minister modi pause the _ come out. i think prime minister modi pause the war— come out. i think prime minister modi pause the war because - come out. i think prime minister modi pause the war because it . come out. i think prime minister l modi pause the war because it was important — modi pause the war because it was important to — modi pause the war because it was important to get _ modi pause the war because it was important to get us _ modi pause the war because it was important to get us students - modi pause the war because it was important to get us students out. i important to get us students out. only if— important to get us students out. only if you — important to get us students out. only if you question _ important to get us students out. only if you question the - important to get us students out. only if you question the claim. it| only if you question the claim. it is a cruciat— only if you question the claim. it is a crucial power _ only if you question the claim. it is a crucial power to _ only if you question the claim. it is a crucial power to influence i only if you question the claim. it. is a crucial power to influence what people _ is a crucial power to influence what people believe _ is a crucial power to influence what people believe to _ is a crucial power to influence what people believe to be _ is a crucial power to influence what people believe to be true. - people believe to be true. ultimately, _ people believe to be true. ultimately, it _ people believe to be true. ultimately, it will- people believe to be true. ultimately, it will affect . people believe to be true. . ultimately, it will affect how people believe to be true. - ultimately, it will affect how they vote _

a criminal offence and wales it's already illegal to share the material which is known as a deep fake and the ministry ofjustice is this law would go a step further by criminalising the creation of material even if there is no intention of it to be shared. but legal experts warned the ability for this to succeed could be too high because it could be proof that the image was created to cause distress. at earlier i spoke to clare mcglynn, a law professor at durham university who specialises in legal regulation of pornography and online abuse. this helps and google highly ranks many of these deep fake porn websites and helps and facilitates and encourages people to go to the apps and websites you can use to make this material. and other websites x, linkedin, tiktok they're advertising for someone of these services, they advertise some of these services. so there's a whole ecosystem out there that's being

encouraged and facilitated by these large scale tech platforms. so we really need them to step up and to do much, much more to reduce this harm. let's speak to madhumita murgia, author of code dependent which looks at the impact of al on ordinary people and artificial intelligence editor at the financial times. thank you forjoining us and let's talk about what exactly a deep fake is and how it relates to this particular legislation. a, is and how it relates to this particular legislation. a deep fake is reall a particular legislation. a deep fake is really a term _ particular legislation. a deep fake is really a term that _ particular legislation. a deep fake is really a term that applies - particular legislation. a deep fake is really a term that applies to - particular legislation. a deep fake is really a term that applies to an | is really a term that applies to an umbrella of different technologies and what it is fake image generated tjy and what it is fake image generated by software and will be intelligence software and you have systems that are able to create faces, bodies, pictures as well is that so

realistic they cannot be distinguished from reality. in this case we're talking talking about sexually explicit defects that are generated off of real individuals and whether they're just famous or ordinary women around the world. you mentioned women who are impacted by sexually explicit defects and what exactly this law is trying to eradicate and tells more about the stories. , ., ., stories. the goal is to find how experience _ stories. the goal is to find how experience like _ stories. the goal is to find how experience like this _ stories. the goal is to find how experience like this impacts i stories. the goal is to find how i experience like this impacts women and the reason why we are talking about women here is 95% of all deep fakes all i generated imagery or nonconsensual pornography according to a 2019 study and of that, the vast majority, 90% or so those of women and really, the victims and the targets of this are women and they want to find how this changes

peoples identities and sense of self even though it is easy to suggest that these pictures aren't real we are met with many weeks of helen mort, a post in sheffield and ordinary woman who was never in the public eye who discovered through an acquaintance that there are images of her on a pornographic website and this person thought they were real and she discovered that they were not but it felt so realistic that she still kind of dreams about these images and feels like it is her. it completely, she thought disassociated from reality and she went on anti—anxiety medication and i spoke to multiple women who had this happen to them who genuinely, they tell me it feels like it is them and they cannot seem to separate the fact that it is fake because of how realistic these images and videos can be. do you think having _ images and videos can be. do you think having looked _ images and videos can be. do you think having looked into _ images and videos can be. do you think having looked into this i

images and videos can be. do youj think having looked into this issue that this will all stop people from creating these contents. people say the internet and technologies and the internet and technologies and the lawn to itself is very difficult to regulate. haste the lawn to itself is very difficult to regulate-— the lawn to itself is very difficult to reuulate. ~ . , , to regulate. we have seen this with social media _ to regulate. we have seen this with social media and _ to regulate. we have seen this with social media and images _ to regulate. we have seen this with social media and images and i to regulate. we have seen this with| social media and images and videos that get uploaded to the sites like instagram and youtube means that no one can, sort of, manually control what goes up and this is a huge challenge but a year ago, this book being written, thereby five countries who had any laws at all addressing this issue and all of them focused on the distribution of this type of content rather than the creation. so, the uk's pioneering in the sense that it is trying to stop it at the source and i think good intentions but very difficult to actually find and enforce who is generating these images and whether it's actually just on generating these images and whether it's actuallyjust on their private machines and remains to be seen how they will enforce it and it's very difficult to do that with national

borders because the internet is borderless. and the big question is how this will be enforced in practice across national borders. and you have to prove intent, intent to harm and that's going to be very difficult, isn't it? haifa to harm and that's going to be very difficult, isn't it?— difficult, isn't it? how does somebody _ difficult, isn't it? how does somebody prove _ difficult, isn't it? how does somebody prove that i difficult, isn't it? how does somebody prove that the i difficult, isn't it? how does - somebody prove that the remaining difficult, isn't it? how does _ somebody prove that the remaining to hurt somebody? this is a very gray area and as you said, i've spoken to for my book, sceptical about whether people can use this as a loop to get out of it but for me, when i spoke to helen and also spent time talking to helen and also spent time talking to noel martin who was a student in sydney who this happen to come just images but videos as well, for them, there was no recourse when this happened a year or two years ago and even the fact that they can go to police and there is some legal framework there for them to address,

i think it helps towards some, for them to have some resolution and i think it is a positive step despite the fact that it will be really hard to create a black and white law that is enforced fairly and completely. thank you very much for taking us through that story. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

a year on since the civil war in sudan erupted and we see the devastating humanitarian impacts, across the country. on monday a conference was held to mark one year since the civil war in sudan began, with donors pledging more than two billion dollars. eight million people have been displaced during the conflict. in the darfur region — it's been almost impossible to transfer aid across conflict lines. the paramilitary rapid support forces now control much of darfur. warehouses have been looted and most

aid workers have withdrawn. earlier i spoke to giles duley, an award winning photographer and the first united nations global advocate for persons with disabilities in conflict and peacebuilding situations. he visited chad and sudan and witnessed the impact of the war on people with disabilities. i visited with humanity and inclusion with chad and sudan in the last year. and it was devastating. i've been documenting these conflicts are over 20 years and so there worse since i've seen and not only displaced by the lack of support for them and particularly because i'm a storyteller and the like to focus on individual stories i want to focus on one story of a young woman called. young woman who i want to focus on one story of a young woman who represents many of the people were not getting support and she was 24 years old and sudan and she was 24 years old and sudan and she was 24 years old and sudan and she had polio as a child which

is she was paralysed from the waist down but she had a motorised wheelchair in sudan it was very active. and she was forced to flee in the militias took her wheelchair and she was forced to crawl to the border when i met her, she was living in this tent was basic, to say the least but moreover, she had not been given a replacement wheelchair so she had to crawl every evening to the toilet. can you imagine for a young woman how vulnerable that mixer and of the millions that have been displaced. is there also a stigma of people with disabilities already in that area that also is compounded by the fact that this makes it much more difficult? �* , ., ., , ., difficult? there's often a stigma associated _ difficult? there's often a stigma associated with _ difficult? there's often a stigma associated with the _ difficult? there's often a stigma associated with the stability i difficult? there's often a stigma associated with the stability but| difficult? there's often a stigma l associated with the stability but in that region, i suffered myself as a triple amputee even in the united kingdom that they were we're looking

at is the situation of the international response of what more needs to be done to support the vulnerable. i believe disability is the outlook of the environment and when you're taken out of your home environment and a place for you are familiar with and taken it into a place like a refugee camp often, the lack of accessibility makes life incredibly difficult and challenging and sometimes it can make you incredibly vulnerable. and what you can do is international supporters of the crisis can look at how we protect the most vulnerable. i'm consciously talking about our need to make sure that when people arrive at a refugee camp, we assisted needs and are supported appropriately. hoop and are supported appropriately. how man of the and are supported appropriately. how many of the stories we not know about and how much is this an underreported part of the conflict which is been going on for a year now many people say that actually, the global community is not really paying enough attention to what is

going on as it is. let alone in the area that you are specifically talking about.— area that you are specifically talkin: about. , ., , talking about. going back 15 years auo talkin: talking about. going back 15 years ago talking about _ talking about. going back 15 years ago talking about the _ talking about. going back 15 years ago talking about the fights i talking about. going back 15 years ago talking about the fights and i talking about. going back 15 years| ago talking about the fights and on the global agenda we had a lot of huge celebrities talking about it and is really in the headlines and what's happening is as bad, if not worse than what had been 15 years ago and for me, is very worrying that it's not out there and in the agenda and on the headlines because it is a growing crisis in the situation is getting worse and there are a lot of vulnerable people, the elderly single family members, children on their own and those with learning disabilities. just children on their own and those with learning disabilities.— mps have decided to pass a bill to phase out smoking. the bill would stop anyone born afterjanuary 2009

this is when the final tally was introduced a short while ago. order. the e es introduced a short while ago. order. the eyes to — introduced a short while ago. order. the eyes to the _ introduced a short while ago. order. the eyes to the right, _ introduced a short while ago. order. the eyes to the right, 300 - the ayes to the right. 383. the noes to the left, 67. wow. the ayes to the right, 383, the noes to the left, 67. so the ayes have it. the ayes have it. let's speak to conservative mp, sirjake berry. welcome to bbc news and am i correct in thinking you did not support this? ., ., ., ., ., , ., this? no, i voted no towards it and i had a speech _ this? no, i voted no towards it and i had a speech in _ this? no, i voted no towards it and i had a speech in which _ this? no, i voted no towards it and i had a speech in which i _ this? no, i voted no towards it and i had a speech in which i was i this? no, i voted no towards it and i had a speech in which i was doing j i had a speech in which i was doing that. and there was twofold. i don't accept prohibition in any form as we

look through history driven recently in new zealand for tobacco alcohol or anything else is really succeeded. and also, ijust don't feel the government and with the opposition are supported has a mandate to remove these rights and freedoms of the british people and within just a few months, all political parties can put this to the public and it is taking freedoms from young people which will never be returned to them and ijust don't think that's the political mandate for that to happen. my neck when it comes to public health concerns, people to make decisions read the team are responsible and they said smoking remains the single biggest cause of health problems and held the health breed. what do you say to that? i don't think that's correct and the biggest cause of health issues in the nhs is obesity and air from the labour party strangely

enoughin from the labour party strangely enough in the chamber of the house of commons, their plan to look at banning advertising ofjunk food. banning advertising of junk food. so, banning advertising ofjunk food. so, they accept that this ban will not be the last i think obesity is a big issue. i respect and i know him very well and is a good friend of mine but i think this is a subject that we disagree on and i also think apart from the public health arguments, it is a big question for parliamentarians should ask themselves. is this going to work and nothing i have seen reassures me that this measure itself will work and i don't think anyone wants young people to smoke but when pass laws in parliament, we should do so knowing that they will have the desired effect that they have set out to create. i’ge desired effect that they have set out to create.— desired effect that they have set out to create. i've been looking at a --aer out to create. i've been looking at a paper while _ out to create. i've been looking at a paper while you _ out to create. i've been looking at a paper while you been _ out to create. i've been looking at a paper while you been talking i out to create. i've been looking at a paper while you been talking to | out to create. i've been looking at i a paper while you been talking to me in the top two concerns are smoking and obesity. maybe you are correct in some way on that. this is all

about, i understand your questions about, i understand your questions about or concerns over liberties and freedoms but this is particularly about deterring children from getting into a habit which is incredibly addictive. i’ge getting into a habit which is incredibly addictive. i've heard from the secretary _ incredibly addictive. i've heard from the secretary of - incredibly addictive. i've heard | from the secretary of command incredibly addictive. i've heard i from the secretary of command to finish of the debate that have more people start smoking below the age of 20 and if you do that, most addicts start smoking below the age of 20 and if you're looking to increase the age which we did a few years ago from 16 to 18 to 20, i would be something i would consider and support. it is good to say that we are doing this and i will put it to you and just a few years' time and we have a situation where some 18—year—olds are enabled to buy tobacco and some of the same year in school will be able to do so. creating a two—tier system in freedom and liberty and if you believe in freedom, yet also believe

the people are free to make bad decisions. it is a fundamental part of freedom. if you live in a society were the only thing you're free to do is to do with the government tells you you can do, that is the same as russia or china or socialist states. freedom means people are free to make bad decisions as well as good ones and the government should educate more to make sure they can make those good decisions and banned les. imilli they can make those good decisions and banned les.— they can make those good decisions and banned les. will say goodbye to her viewers — and banned les. will say goodbye to her viewers watching _ and banned les. will say goodbye to her viewers watching around - and banned les. will say goodbye to her viewers watching around the i her viewers watching around the world and will continue with this interview similarto similar to russia and what other authoritarian governments might be doing? the prime minister as many of said has gone through and simply say this is a sensible public health measure. i this is a sensible public health measure. ., . ~ ., measure. i go back to the point i said earlier. _ measure. i go back to the point i said earlier, if _ measure. i go back to the point i said earlier, if you _ measure. i go back to the point i said earlier, if you live _ measure. i go back to the point i said earlier, if you live in - measure. i go back to the point i said earlier, if you live in a i measure. i go back to the point i said earlier, if you live in a free i said earlier, if you live in a free

society, you are free to make both bad and good decisions. this piece of legislator says you are still free but in fact, you're no longer free but in fact, you're no longer free to decide at the age of 18, you can pay tax, you can have a job he can pay tax, you can have a job he can fight for your country, you can get married, but you cannot decide that you're going to smoke. i will point out that terrible countries around the world have the source of government dictations where you are free but only free to do what we think is right for you to do. that is not a country that i want to live in or my children to grow up in. thank you for sharing your thoughts on that issue. that proposal has cleared its first hurdle and the house of commons despite a number of conservative mps objecting to it. and it will now go to another stage in parliament. here in the uk a muslim student has

lost a high court challenge to a ban on praying at school. a secondary school in wembley in north london introduced a ban last year, after some pupils began praying in the playground during breaks. today's case had argued that the move discriminated against muslim pupils who make up about half of the pupil population but that was rejected by the court. here's our education editor branwen jeffreys. morning. there we go, we have got the smile! katharine birbalsingh says her school is the strictest in england. last year, a ban on prayer was brought in, leading to this legal challenge. asking for space to pray inside.

in a statement, she said it was a victory for all schools. she added, half the pupils are muslim and families recognise our traditional values, create a school environment that is a joy to be in. suella braverman was the founding chair of governors. speaking to me before the judgment, the former home secretary back to the head teacher. those children are british citizens. and therefore, it is around a british culture that they should cohere. and prayer rooms would only lead to segregation along racial or religious lines. it would only lead to more division. and fragmentation within the school, which is actually very harmonious. michaela school is popular, it gets outstanding exam results. it is a nonreligious school. but around half the pupils are from muslim families. the family in this case are anonymous by court order. the girl's mother said in a statement she was profoundly dismayed, saying the case was brought because, in ourfaith,

prayer holds undeniable importance. some schools do allow space for prayer at lunchtime. just like many workplaces. but today, some were concerned about the impact of this judgment. part of following the teachings of the prophet and the koran is that i should pray five times a day. if somebody denies me my right to pray, they are denying me my right to be a muslim. that is a violation of my personal life, my right to beat religious if i want to be. right to be religious if i want to be. this judgment has implications for every state funded, non—faith school in england. it supports the right of individual schools of the head teacher, school governors to decide what is in the best interests of their pupils. while some schools do set aside a room for a coterie of

up up next with the context. hello there. it's not been as windy today, but it certainly still felt on the cold side. and we're not alone because colder air has pushed all the way into many parts of europe. in actualfact, bringing with it a lot of showers, notjust here at home. we're still in that colder air at the moment with the northerly breeze and high pressure for now is sitting to the west and that will bring some more cloud towards us for tomorrow. but at the moment, we've still got the showers and we've seen them streaming across northern england into the midlands and into the south east of england, where there's been a few thundery showers around it as well. now, those should tend to fade away during this evening. we could see a few more showers coming into northern england and wales for a while and we've still got those wintry showers affecting north—eastern areas of scotland. but with some clearer skies developing and the winds easing,

it's going to turn quite cold out there. we're looking at the risk of a touch of frost across northern england and also into scotland. we'll start with some showers across northeast scotland. many places, though, starting dry and quite sunny. the cloud will build up again and we will see a scattering of showers with the odd heavy one arriving. but there's more cloud and some outbreaks of light rain affecting northern ireland moving over the irish sea into western parts of wales later in the day. but ahead of that we've got that northerly breeze. it is not as strong as it has been, but it's still cold air. and so temperatures are going to struggle again on wednesday. that cloud that's coming in from the atlantic on that weather front that's moving away. high pressure still to the west, another weather system coming in around the top of that. but we'll have some clearer skies overnight into thursday morning. this time more across england and wales. so there's a risk of a touch of frost here. in actualfact, sunny, start here, but it will cloud over

from the north and we'll see outbreaks of rain coming into scotland, perhaps affecting northern ireland and then pushing into northern parts of england, limiting the sunshine in the afternoon more towards the south west of england and the channel islands. temperatures could reach 12 degrees in cardiff and 12 degrees in belfast. so still it's not particularly warm out there. now, the weather system, an area of low pressure that's bringing the rain, pushes away quite quickly overnight and into friday, allowing this to arrive. high pressure to build across the uk. now that's going to bring some uncertainties. it looks like we're in for a much needed drier spell of weather, but we could introduce more cloud and it's not going to be as warm as last weekend.

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israel has decided it will respond, but will— israel has decided it will respond, but will it— israel has decided it will respond, but will it retaliate by attacking iran directly? that will also be unprecedented after decades of a shadow— unprecedented after decades of a shadow war and covert operations. those _ shadow war and covert operations. those israeli senior figures have been _ those israeli senior figures have been talking _ those israeli senior figures have been talking not _ those israeli senior figures have been talking not about - those israeli senior figures have been talking not about wreaking j been talking not about wreaking vengeance, _ been talking not about wreaking vengeance, but— been talking not about wreaking vengeance, but about _ been talking not about wreaking i vengeance, but about maintaining an international— vengeance, but about maintaining an international alliance _ vengeance, but about maintaining an international alliance against - vengeance, but about maintaining an international alliance against iran. i israel says it has killed a senior his brother commander israel says it has killed a senior commander in a strike on lebanon. what does that mean for the shadow war with iran? some speculation benjamin netanyahu has been avoiding rishi sunak. —— a senior hezbollah commander. not until late this afternoon did the pm make contact with his israeli counterpart. still we wait for a clear signal of israel's next move. also tonight, drama in brussels.