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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What resolution did the US House pass regarding Trump's war powers?
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Thursday, the 4th of June. The US House of Representatives passes a resolution limiting President Trump's power to continue the war with Iran. But how effective will it be? Israel and Lebanon agree another ceasefire after talks in Washington on the condition that Hezbollah stops its attacks. And Cuba's central banks' visa and mastercard payments will be suspended from Saturday because of US sanctions.
The achievement for me is to be able to convey the real human emotions without interrupting the viewer with the notion that this is AI or not or how it's made. A film generated entirely by artificial intelligence gets people talking at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Just a day after he was forced to drop his plan for a $1.8 billion alleged slush fund, Donald Trump has suffered another political setback, this time on the war with Iran. Since the US and Israel launched their attacks in the Middle East three months ago, the Democrats have tried and failed to rein in the president's war powers. But now the US House of Representatives has passed a resolution ordering him to withdraw American troops or gain congressional approval for the conflict.
On this vote the yeas are 215 and the nays are 208. The concurrent resolution is adopted.
Four Republican members of the House sided with the Democrats to pass the resolution in the latest sign of growing opposition from the president's own party. Before the votes, the Republican speaker Mike Johnson said the legislation would weaken Mr Trump's hand in negotiations with Iran. Democrats said it was an unambiguous message from the American people to the president to end his quote, "...deeply unpopular and illegal war of choice in Iran."
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Chapter 3: How are Israel and Lebanon addressing their ongoing conflict?
The measure will now go before the Senate. But even if it passes, it's largely symbolic, and the president has the power of veto. In any case, Mr. Trump said on Wednesday the fighting may soon be over once and for all. The negotiation itself has gone very well, actually.
Hyvin hyvin. Jos se tapahtuu, ja se ei saa tapahtua, mutta jos se tapahtuu, se voi tapahtua viikonloppuun. Tämä optimismi tuli, vaikka uudet klashit Yhdysvallan ja Iranin välillä, jotka jättiin ainakin yhden henkilön kuolemassa. Mutta on tullut, että on ollut joitain progresseja lebanonin paralleellisessa konflikissa, jossa Yhdysvallan puolustus huomioi Washingtonissa, että israelilaiset ja lebanilaiset omistajat olivat sovellaneet yhdistelmäkseen.
Fighting has continued in Lebanon despite a truce brokered by President Trump in mid-April. I heard more from our correspondent in Washington, Tom Simons. First he told me about the significance of the congressional vote on Iran.
Chapter 4: What impact do US sanctions have on Cuba's economy?
It doesn't actually go before the president, so it's not legally binding. And as you said, if it did go in front of Donald Trump, he would veto it, and then that could only be reversed by a two-thirds majority vote in each of the House and the Senate, which is not likely currently.
Also the War Powers Resolution, which was passed in 1973, on which all this is based, gave the president 60 days to request permission from Congress to effectively have a war. That clock ran out in May, but the White House has said in a statement that the war actually ended in April, when the US and Iran agreed a ceasefire. Now that ceasefire has been broken many times. Both sides are using their military to fight.
Mutta se ei näy, että tämä voto vaihtaa paljon, mutta se on poliittisesti melko symbolinen.
Yeah, let's wait and see on that, shall we? Because Donald Trump, there was reporting last week that the talks had stopped, and earlier this week as well. And in a fairly rambling press conference today, Donald Trump said the negotiations were actually going very well. We could see a deal over the weekend. We'll see. And I was quite interested that he gave an example about one of the issues at stake. I mean, Iran has agreed, he said, not to develop a nuclear weapon, but...
Then there was a question of what if it tried to buy one, and Donald Trump said that US negotiators had to effectively close that possibility down, which resulted in another two weeks of negotiation. So it's quite interesting getting an insight there of how he sees what's going on behind the scenes. And he also said that he had previously, he used the word, overrated the need to buy.
Ja se on nyt näyttävä paremmin asiaa. Ja se on näyttävä paremmin asiaa. Ja se on näyttävä paremmin asiaa. Ja se on näyttävä paremmin asiaa.
One of the main sticking points for Iran has been Israeli attacks on the Iranian back group Hezbollah in Lebanon. But now Lebanon and Israel have agreed this ceasefire. Hezbollah of course not party to those talks in Washington. So will this latest agreement make any difference?
Well, there could now be a ceasefire. So that would stop the attacks on Hezbollah that seem to have been a sticking point for Iran in these negotiations. But it's much easier to say let's have a ceasefire than to actually have a ceasefire. Hezbollah is going to need to stop firing under this agreement. It's going to need to pull out of a key part of southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese army is going to have to take control in various places and Israel is going to need to be happy that its aim of disarming Hezbollah is being met. So there's clearly quite a lot that could go wrong there. But you're right, the US clearly realizes the importance of all of this to the Iran conflict. So it's insisting on the need to keep brokering what will need to be the talks that will potentially turn this ceasefire into a peace deal. Tom Simons in Washington.
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Chapter 5: What are the latest updates on the Ukraine-Russia war?
It's been a difficult role to play because frankly we're not an impartial mediator. We sanction Russia and we are providing and have sold weapons through the Pearl Program, which has remained unimpeded, to the Ukrainians. Unfortunately those talks have stalled in recent months for a variety of reasons. The Ukrainians have actually made some battlefield gains in the last month. The Russians are losing 5,000, not injured, dying. According to the Department of War, it is one of the first conflicts ever in which the death rate is higher than the casualty rate on the Russian side.
Our State Department correspondent Tom Bateman listened in to the meeting. The message that they got from him was that in the view of the administration, their attempts to mediate a negotiated outcome to the war have effectively hit a stalemate and that they're not currently engaged in that process to all intents and purposes.
I mean, I heard a similar message from Mr. Rubio. I spent about a week on the road with him last week. And a few times we put him that question about the current state of play with the US role when it comes to Russia-Ukraine. And really the language around it has become, well, you know, we're prepared to re-engage in negotiations, but the two sides were too far apart. They wouldn't make the necessary concessions. I think there is more to it than that, of course, which is both the situation on the ground has shifted. There clearly is some momentum there.
Tom Bateman, Washington.
Cuba is in a bad way, with rubbish piling up on the streets, shortages of food and fuel, and on Wednesday a large hotel chain announcing it was ceasing operations there. From Saturday things could get even worse for the economy, with Visa and Mastercard transactions no longer working as a result of US sanctions, the authorities say. A presenter on state TV announced the news, reading out a government statement.
The foreign bank that processes the transactions has terminated its relationship with Cuba, he says, as a result of the executive order issued by President Trump as part of his strategy to, quote, strangle the Cuban people. Pascal Fletcher from BBC Monitoring has lived and worked in Cuba for many years. So what does this suspension of payments mean for people living on the island?
Luulen, että se tulee olemaan toinen pysymys, jos haluat, jolla on jo melko suomalaisia sanktioita. Esimerkiksi tällaiset kartteet, joita ei kaikki saa, niin ne ovat ihmisiä, joilla on pystytty saamaan niitä lähtökohtaisesti, tai joilla on kansainvälisiä yhteisöjä, jotka voivat auttaa heitä tällaiseen asiaan. Se ei ole kaikki, ja paljon ihmisiä on paljon muita asioita ajattelussa, vain yrittäen elää 18- tai 20-aikaisesti parikysymyksiä päivässä.
water problems, problems with obtaining food. So while this will certainly affect people and affect their ability to make purchases, it's certainly not something that will affect the whole population who have already got a lot on their mind and are under a lot of pressure with this sort of ratcheted up US sanction situation.
What sort of alternative payment systems are there in Cuba? There are some. I mean, there are national cards they can use. And I noticed that the central bank in announcing this also mentioned the Mir card. Of course, that's a Russian payment system. But of course, the Cuban economy is still plugged into the international economy, which is very dependent on U.S. financial transactions, the U.S. dollar. So this will definitely have an impact. And these other cards that they mentioned are not really going to replace or solve the problem.
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Chapter 6: How is artificial intelligence changing the film industry?
BBC Afrika-korrespondent Paul Njia told Valerie Sanderson what more the WHO chief had had to say. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus did reveal that today there are 344 positive cases of Ebola in the DRC.
Including 60 deaths and 116 suspected cases. Six people have so far recovered. And then in neighboring Uganda there are 15 confirmed cases and one death. But Dr. Tedros was also keen to speak about efforts and also the challenges that they are facing. While he said that the world is catching up with the Ebola outbreak, he also admitted that there are challenges in scaling up testing capacity. And also spoke about the fact that only about 45% of contacts have been followed up.
Hän sanoi, että Afrikan pitää olla noin 90 prosenttia, joten todella vaikea aika vastustajille Ebola-virusin. Mutta hän varoitti, eikö hän, ympäristön koulutusvaihtoehtoja, joita jotkut maat osoittavat. Miksi se oli niin?
That's right, Valeri. He was very blunt in that warning and cautioning against those blanket travel restrictions because he said that they disrupted supply chains and hindered the response. He rather urged countries to prioritize exit screenings at airports and ports.
To ensure that there are these screening operations ongoing. Because closing the border, as the WHO has said over the last couple of weeks, also hinders access to up-to-date data that is really needed for the information of people around the virus. So it's something that is really important, as the WHO says. And over the last couple of weeks we've seen countries such as Canada, the United States...
joilla on joitain restriktiivisiä asioita. Kanadassa on esimerkiksi 90-luvun paikka dokumentointiin ja emigraatioon ihmisiin DRCin, Ugandaan ja Etelä-Sudanaan. Ja kun maailmankuva tulee, ihmisiä näistä eri maista, jotka tulevat osallistumaan DRCiin, yrittäjät sanoo, että he pysyvät pysyväksi, koska he eivät tiedä, miten he sopivat DRCin, joka tuntuu ensimmäistä kertaa yli 50 vuotta.
Paul Njea, BBC Afrika.
The World Cup kicks off a week from today and it will be the biggest tournament yet with 48 nations taking part. Matches will be played in 16 cities across the US, Canada and Mexico with the first match in Mexico City. Some fans had expressed concerns after violent scenes gripped Mexico in February following the killing of a major cartel leader. The government insists fans will be perfectly safe but it's also faced violent protests this week.
Our correspondent Will Grant went to one of the country's host cities, Monterrey in northern Mexico. Patrolling the skies over the steel giant, as Monterrey's World Cup stadium is known locally. The overflights in one of two Black Hawk helicopters purchased from the US are for both surveillance and for show, intended to reassure visitors they'll be safe, even in Mexico's dangerous border regions.
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Chapter 7: What measures is Mexico taking to ensure safety during the World Cup?
It cost only $2,000 to make. None of the actors are real. Writer-director Ash Kusha sent his film out to industry colleagues, and they had no idea it was an AI creation. We sent it to around 30 people in the film industry, and 27 people, these are top executives, been in the cinema for a long time,
He eivät tunneet, että se oli AI. Minun onnistuminen on saavuttaa todellisia ihmisoikeuksia, saavuttaa kertoa historiaa, eikä välttämättä välttämättä katsoa, että tämä on AI tai ei, tai miten se on tehty. Tämä AI-filmi laittaa monia kysymyksiä. Kuinka paljon voimme uskoa, että kuvat, joita näemme elokuvassa, ovat oteellisia? Ja kuinka paljon tämä AI-generoivuus voisi laittaa ihmisiä työskentelemään filmi-industriassa?
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Tribeca Festival. It began here in the downtown Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca. Back then it was a very different story. The community had been devastated by the September 11th attacks, and the film festival came about partly as a civic restoration project to revitalize the area.
It dawned to me that this is real. The impact of the 9-11 attacks is explored in a Tribeca film called IFSI. It features testimony from 12 unrelated individuals on how they reacted to the devastation of 9-11. It's a collection of quite moving stories. The film is directed by Sean Wilsey. I think they portray humanity differently.
in a way that's really apolitical. And I kind of had that in mind in this divisive moment that it feels like we're in in America. It's a film for everybody.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the classic New York film Taxi Driver, starring Tribeca co-founder Robert De Niro. He will appear in a special screening reuniting with Taxi Driver co-star Jodie Foster and director Martin Scorsese. In Taxi Driver De Niro plays the mentally unstable Travis Bickle, who uttered what's become one of the most famous lines in movie history. Like it or not, Robert De Niro will forever be associated with that line of dialogue.
Do you find when you walk down the street, people yell out at you, you talking to me? Oh yeah, and I say, you're the only one there, and I sing it sometimes in the street, and I, you know, it's a whole thing. Tribeca may lack focus and big breakout memorable hit films, but on its 25th anniversary, it's fair to say that this New York extravaganza has always been adventurous, and it's generated an estimated more than one billion dollars to the local economy. Tombra.
And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Jantis Haycox and produced by Siobhan Leahy and Chantal Hartl. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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