Coming up on @BBCNewsnight

Powerful interview with the family of Virginia Giuffre on latest attempts in Congress to release all Epstein files, their call for Sarah Ferguson to lose Royal title, and how they and she reacted to the Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew

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1. Trump suggesting a Ukraine-Russia peace deal involving “some swapping of territories”

2. JD Vance @ UK - a charm offensive after his sharp criticism ? - a confidant explains

3. Wikipedia boss Jimmy Wales tells us of his concerns about Online Safety Act & AI hit to graduate jobs…

#BBCNewsnight at 2230 on BBC2 / IPlayer & across the world on BBC News:

Astonishing footage of a drone dropping off contraband at a major prison: “we have ceded airspace” over our prisons says chief inspector

- Chancellor big Mansion House speech as tax rise speculation rife

Do believe the hype… 🎤

Tonight @BBCNewsnight at 2230

Does Russia want actual peace? key Putin ally suggests Moscow not about to compromise…

Panel @PeterRicketts @montie @cocobyname

What’s going on with Reform?

AND end of week excl with banned Eurovision singer from Malta

Thumping fall in Tesla sales in Jan across Europe (EU +Efta + UK)… down 45%, to 9,945 from 18k last Jan. In EU alone halved to 7,500… at the same time EV sales in general up 37%.

Shares down 10%.

Overtaken by JLR and Mazda. And BYD in UK.
New model Y factor, but Musk hit too?

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PEM convention doesn't cross red lines?
No it doesn’t… it’s not a customs union

q. and a full fat Veterinary agreement. Dynamic alignment with the EU, that doesn't cross the red lines?

No thats part of our manifesto, an SPS agreement, a veterinary agreement, yes.

Trade Sec Reynolds met with EU trade Commissioner Sefcovic at Davos thanked him for “incredibly positive & helpful contribution” in my interview with him

… “proves we can improve the terms of trade with EU and can do that whilst pursuing closer trade links around the world”

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🚨 Trade Sec Jonathan Reynolds tells @BBCNews after Trump speech US does not need to apply tariffs to UK because there is no goods trade deficit.
 
🚨 Reynolds also clarified that both UK joining PEM and a Brexit vet deal with dynamic alignment would not cross red lines.

Coming up 2230 @BBCTwo

Fascinating iv with @DMiliband on working with Syria’s new leaders, refugees, & UK’s place in a rapidly changing geopolitics

And GDP, British ambition and Chinese spies with @samuelkasumu & @DrJoGrady
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

Stunning view from Newsnight towers….

RESET!

What does PM actually mean by a changed relationship with the EU, after his meeting with Council President at Number 10 today… myself and Nick picking up it could be more extensive than thought… with Margaret Hodge and Kwasi Kwarteng at 2230 on BBC 2 and IPlayer … @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

6/ it is clear from emails released to court that motivation behind Open AI, 9 years ago was to prevent “Demis” ie Deepmind ie Google to, with its vast capital and data, achieving “AGI dictatorship” … other emails obsessed with trumping counteroffers from Google for top AI talent …

5/ now fast forward to the court case Elon Musk has lodged against Open AI and then go back in time to the internal founder emails now publicly released as part of it, given context of Nobel prize-winner above.

Bottom line -one pretty chilling phrase jumps out, the concept of

“AGI dictatorship”

As benign as today’s inflation uptick appeared, with core inflation and services inflation slowing…

occupier housing cost is now at a record (since data calculated in 1992) of 7% and this driving a notable wedge between the target measure of CPI (2.2%) and the ONS favourite measure of 3.1%