# they tried to make me go to rehab # but i said, no, no, no...# and the life and music of amy winehouse is the subject of a new film, back to black. hello and thanks forjoining us on bbc news. tens of millions of people across north america have been watching a total solar eclipse — where the moon briefly blocked the light from the sun. cheering crowds who gathered at the resort town of mazatlan on mexico's pacific coast were the first to cheer as the sky turned completely dark in the middle of the day. the total solar eclipse swept up from there and across several us states and then into canada. it took about two—and—a half—hours in total — and thrilled the enormous crowds who'd gathered

in its path along the way — including our very own nada tawfik. have a listen to this. here it is it is peeking through the clouds, mother natures seizing us. there it is. wow. that is spectacular. that is fabulous. here we go you can see it fully now. you can see it now. mother nature is truly teasing us today. earlier during the martial of eclipse it is peeked through and it has again. that was nada tawif as the eclipse reached its totatlity. shejoined me earlier and explained what the atmosphere was like at niagra falls. certainly a joyous moment now it is sunny in niagara falls but for a moment with the heavy cloud cover many were beginning to feel that they were not going to be able to witness that moment of totality. to see that moment of totality. to see that bright intense corona of

the sun as the moon blocked the sun's atmosphere. but they were able to. and it was just an absolute feeling of awe. the crowds here all erected, clapping and joy. the atmosphere here it went completely dark, the temperature dropped and the sequels— they had the most interesting reaction — dozens of sequels just going crazy in the sky right above the stunning backdrop of niagara falls —— sequels. as my colleague emma vardy reports this was the scene replicated right across the eclipse�*s path. right across the eclipse's ath. ,., right across the eclipse's ath, , ., ., right across the eclipse's ath. ., . , , path. the path of the eclipse first touchdown _ path. the path of the eclipse first touchdown on _ path. the path of the eclipse first touchdown on land - path. the path of the eclipse | first touchdown on land along the west _ first touchdown on land along the west coast of mexico. modern technology meeting a phenomenon as old as the universe. as daylight return, the shadow of the moon swept into the united states. in indianapolis, it became a theatre to another display. the moon moving into perfect alignment with the earth. the outer atmosphere

of the sun visible here. the tiny flares of light flickering into space. the sun's corona was being studied by nasa as they continue to unravel the mysteries of the universe. that is so beautiful. i got this. listen for the birds. oh, my god. beneath the skyscrapers of downtown dallas, rapture at the most cosmic spectacle of the heavens can offer. this has been a very surreal few minutes, what it was a bright, hot sunny day and now feels chilly. i am getting goose bumps. the clouds moved aside atjust the right moment so the crowd here are just awestruck. it kinda felt like a dimmer switch being turned down on the sun. it was really cool to see. i was amazed at how the lights

on the skyscrapers came on and it went so cold and then it wasjust like... beautiful. absolutely amazing. the new york skyscrapers brought people closer to the solar eclipse of the century. while in arkansas, and mass wedding marked the moment. truly an eclipse of the heart and one many people may never see quite like this again. there were so many different ways — there were so many different ways that people march that spectacular moment, the first time — spectacular moment, the first time in — spectacular moment, the first time in a _ spectacular moment, the first time in a century that a total of eclipse _ time in a century that a total of eclipse was viewable from all three _ of eclipse was viewable from all three continents. the next time — all three continents. the next time won't be until 2044. already, _ time won't be until 2044. already, when you speak to

people _ already, when you speak to people in niagara falls and across_ people in niagara falls and across the country, who were able — across the country, who were able to — across the country, who were able to witness this event, they— able to witness this event, they are _ able to witness this event, they are already planning the next — they are already planning the next time they will be able to see one _ next time they will be able to see one. it is an indescribable experience and something that no matter how often it is replicated, it isjust a stunning. here in niagara falls, _ stunning. here in niagara falls, the park was expecting to have — falls, the park was expecting to have a _ falls, the park was expecting to have a record number of forests— to have a record number of forests and those i spoke to really — forests and those i spoke to really reflected how witnessing this cosmic phenomenon made them _ this cosmic phenomenon made them realise their place in the greater— them realise their place in the greater world and the cosmos and how — greater world and the cosmos and how humbling of and experience it was —— tourists. but _ experience it was —— tourists. but ultimately it was an amazing excuse for students to skip school, families to plan trips— skip school, families to plan trips and _ skip school, families to plan trips and get out and just to spend — trips and get out and just to spend this wonderful time together. so for minutes plunged into darkness, experiencing a once—in—a—lifetime event for many— once—in—a—lifetime event for many who— once—in—a—lifetime event for many who are living on this

path — many who are living on this path and _ many who are living on this path and don't know when they will be — path and don't know when they will be able to get to the next one — will be able to get to the next one. despite the threats of weather— one. despite the threats of weather putting a damper on it, here _ weather putting a damper on it, here irr— weather putting a damper on it, here in niagara and across the path _ herein niagara and across the path of— here in niagara and across the path of the eclipse, many peorrie _ path of the eclipse, many people were able to enjoy that spectacular moment. it people were able to en'oy that spectacular moment. it seems to mean so much — spectacular moment. it seems to mean so much and _ spectacular moment. it seems to mean so much and so _ spectacular moment. it seems to mean so much and so many. - spectacular moment. it seems to | mean so much and so many. now everyone goes back to their daily lives, i must ask, what is your big take away from covering the story? i is your big take away from covering the story?- is your big take away from covering the story? i have to sa , it covering the story? i have to say. it has — covering the story? i have to say, it has been _ covering the story? i have to say, it has been a _ covering the story? i have to say, it has been a difficult i say, it has been a difficult year— say, it has been a difficult year of— say, it has been a difficult year of hard news and you really _ year of hard news and you really have to take those moments where you have people getting _ moments where you have people getting together and celebrating thatjoyous occasion. i really thought it was — occasion. i really thought it was interesting to see people smiling — was interesting to see people smiling so widely and cherishing that family time, that— cherishing that family time, that time with friends and i think— that time with friends and i think that is again, a moment for us — think that is again, a moment for us to— think that is again, a moment for us to remember our small plate — for us to remember our small plate in — for us to remember our small plate in this great, great universe. plate in this great, great universe-— plate in this great, great universe. . ., ., universe. certainly a lot of perspective _ universe. certainly a lot of perspective from - universe. certainly a lot of perspective from that - universe. certainly a lot of.

perspective from that event. i know today was quite emotional it was all some of the eclipse from the piece from emma vardy, from the piece from emma vardy, from people you spoke to come a lot of emotion involved in seeing this total eclipse? absolutely. i spoke to a couple from _ absolutely. i spoke to a couple from new york city who decided to get— from new york city who decided to get married right here with niagara — to get married right here with niagara falls as the backdrop moving — niagara falls as the backdrop moving their wedding back a week— moving their wedding back a week saying, where else would they want to get married. when people — they want to get married. when people asked whether they were on their— people asked whether they were on theirwedding, people asked whether they were on their wedding, they will always— on their wedding, they will always be able to say it was during — always be able to say it was during the solar eclipse during this time — during the solar eclipse during this time in niagara falls and we saw— this time in niagara falls and we saw that mass wedding in arkansas, to so many people deciding _ arkansas, to so many people deciding to cherish this moment in a special way, whether it be a wedding, whether be coming to niagara _ a wedding, whether be coming to niagara falls or a place they've _ niagara falls or a place they've never seen before, you really— they've never seen before, you really did — they've never seen before, you really did feel the emotion. some — really did feel the emotion. some people just saying, for those — some people just saying, for those not here they have to catch — those not here they have to catch the _ those not here they have to catch the next one because it

is indescribable, the emotion they— is indescribable, the emotion they felt— is indescribable, the emotion they felt inside, seeing that corona _ they felt inside, seeing that corona shining so bright and seeing — corona shining so bright and seeing the atmosphere turned so dark in— seeing the atmosphere turned so dark in front of them, it was undescribable. as many have said. — undescribable. as many have said, indescribable. you undescribable. as many have said, indescribable.— said, indescribable. you can see it described _ said, indescribable. you can see it described in _ said, indescribable. you can see it described in words - said, indescribable. you can see it described in words on | see it described in words on her website. just head to bbc.com/news — or use the bbc news app. do check it out. now to events in the middle east. israel's defence minister has told troops it's an opportune moment to reach a deal on the release of hostages held by hamas. a spokesman for qatar which has been involved in the latest talks in cairo, has expressed cautious optimism. meanwhile, palestinians who've returned to the wrecked city of khan younis in gaza have spoken of the devastation they found, after months of intense fighting there. israel says its troops have been pulled back from the area in southern gaza to prepare for the next stage of the conflict. meanwhile more than 300 aid trucks have entered gaza, the highest number in one day

since the start of the war. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. for months, khan younis was a city of targets, its apartment blocks and hospitals seen by israel as hiding places for hamas. residents returned today searching for their city homes inside the concrete mountains as israel continued talks with hamas on a cease fire deal. translation: the| destruction is huge. khan yunis has been destroyed. it all needs to be rebuilt now. it's not suitable for animal to live in, let alone human being. translation: | wasn't . expecting this destruction. our biggest request is that they withdrew from our land. it's better for us to have tents on the rubble of our home rather than being displaced. hamas launched rockets from

khan younis, the army said, even as its troops withdrew. it hit back with airstrikes. israel's prime minister has promised total victory in this war, but hamas is still fighting and the withdrawal leaves just a skeleton israeli presence across the middle of the strip. this is being presented as a temporary tactical withdrawal and that buys benjamin netanyahu more time. under american pressure to agree a cease fire deal and pressure from his own cabinet to keep the war going, he's framing this as a pause, not an end in the fighting, keeping both foreign and domestic allies on track. translation: we are working constantly to l attain our objectives. first and foremost, the release of all of our hostages and the achieving of total victory over hamas. this victory requires entering rafah and eliminating the terrorist battalions there. this will happen,

there is a date. returning residents to their homes could smooth the path to a cease fire deal, but it could also help those in israel who want to continue the war. israel is facing tough us demands to move refugees out of rafah before any ground offensive there. a day after the israeli withdrawal, it's clear how much the face of khan younis has changed, much less the face of the war. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. russia's ambassador to the united nations nuclear watchdog says his country has called an emergency meeting to discuss what he said were ukrainian attacks on the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. the russian occupied facility is near to the front line of fighting, and both sides regularly accuse each other of shelling the site. 27 people have gone on trial in connection

with the panama papers scandal. the affair began with a huge leak of legal and financial documents eight years ago. it highlighted how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. the vatican has issued a strong warning about gender theory. the declaration — signed by pope francis — said that sex change surgery risked "the unique dignity" of a person which is bestowed at conception. the pontiff has often been criticised by catholic conservatives over his perceived liberal stance. donald trump says abortion rights should be decided by individual us states. he's been under pressure from conservative republicans, who have been calling for an outright abortion ban. gary o'donoghue is in washington with more. donald trump is a man who has occupied pretty much every position on abortion over the last 25 years, but he has been claiming credit for overturning that abortion right by the supreme court by putting conservative justices there. social conservatives

want that to go further, they want a nationwide ban on abortion and donald trump has been flirting with that idea but the polls are very clear it would be a liability for him to go down that road at the election so he has taken the strategic and frankly politically sophisticated decision to hedge on this one, for the fear of driving away republicans and galvanising democrats. anti—abortion groups are unhappy about that and his vice president mike pence said it was a slap in the face but the reality is that social conservatives are never going to vote forjoe biden so no matter how unhappy they are with donald trump, they have nowhere else to go. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

south east asia is experiencing a record—breaking heatwave, with countries across the region battling threats

including crop failure, educational disruption and water shortages. in the philippines, thousands of schools cancelled in—person teaching because of the extreme heat. scientists blame a combination of human—induced climate change and the el nino event, which caused hot and dry weather across the region. i'm joined now by ben horton, director, earth observatory of singapore at nanyang technological university. thank you for helping us understand this topic. explain to us by this region in particular is experiencing a heat wave of this severity. singapore and southeast asia always experiences hot temperatures around this time of year but they are unusual because they are combining together with human —induced climate change. we have carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere not seen for at least a million years. superimposed with that we have natural variability we are in

the el nino of the southern isolation when you are in el nino there are atmospheric and ocean temperatures around the indian ocean and southeast asia are increased so the ads onto climate change. then there are other factors that happened in the last 12 months. we have the tonga abruption, that erupted huge amounts of water vapour into the upper atmosphere. water vapourjust like carbon dioxide acts as a greenhouse gas. then we had slight changes with maritime trade regulations, maritime trade used to put aerosols, far higher quality aerosols in the upper atmosphere through their pollution. that action used to cool the climate, regulations has removed some of these aerosols adding to the climate. so it is a mixture of human induced in natural availability giving us the record—breaking temperatures in southeast asia. this year. but you had me on this show this time last year were in 2023 we had heat waves. i think what needs to be set is

this is just what is going to happen. we live in a warming world and every time this year, people in southeast asia, particularly in a el nino you're going to experience record—breaking heat, impacts on our livelihoods, impacts on agriculture. on our livelihoods, impacts on agriculture-— agriculture. only set to get worse, agriculture. only set to get worse. given _ agriculture. only set to get worse, given that - agriculture. only set to get worse, given that there - agriculture. only set to get worse, given that there is i agriculture. only set to get i worse, given that there is no slow down with these omissions as well. if we focus in on one human aspect, taking the case when schools are unable to go to school due to jicama what impact if they have on young people? impact if they have on young --eole? ., , impact if they have on young eo le? ., , ., impact if they have on young --eole? ., ,., ., , people? heat is a deadly problem _ people? heat is a deadly problem particularly - people? heat is a deadly problem particularly for. people? heat is a deadly i problem particularly for the youthin problem particularly for the youth in the elderly. the youth have, unlike adults, a limited ability to cool themselves down. so if they are in the hottest parts of the day and some of the reports coming out of the philippines are that there are 60—70 students in a room without ventilation,

obviously for their direct safety, for the direct safety, they need to be removed from schools. and that has a huge long—term impact on their development, their education andindeed development, their education and indeed their impact upon the workforce. this is a sort of adaptation that we must make. we must realise that climate change is here now. we are not going to go back to the cool temperatures of ten — 20 years ago. we are dealing with hot temperatures so we need to adapt in three ways. first there needs to be an emergency adaptation, similar to what we had in covid. when there are heat indexes that are dangerous, particularly for people who cannot escape the cooling areas such as shopping malls, construction workers, school children should not be on recreation in the afternoon. the second thing we can look out the window here, you need to cool your city. increasing populations on planet earth are now in cities, they need to be cool now in cities, they need to be cool. how do you do that? we

have all of these innovative technologies. we can use paint that cools the building, we understand the importance of green vegetation, re—vegetating rcu has many aesthetic and mental values, rcu has many aesthetic and mentalvalues, but rcu has many aesthetic and mental values, but it cools rc opening up our waterways which will, which have been covered, reflecting solar radiation cooling our city. there are implementations that could happen immediately and can make a great difference. for example in singapore, the difference in temperature between a reservoir and downtown singapore is a whole six celsius. that is the difference between a liveable lifestyle and a deadly lifestyle.— lifestyle and a deadly lifes le. ., , , lifestyle. so many lessons we must learn — lifestyle. so many lessons we must learn from _ lifestyle. so many lessons we must learn from this. - lifestyle. so many lessons we must learn from this. thank l lifestyle. so many lessons we i must learn from this. thank you for sharing your expertise with the forests. —— sharing your expertise with us. there's new evidence that people living with long covid, have inflammation in their

blood, and this may provide clues, as to how best to treat the condition. a uk study of hundreds of patients who've been seriously ill with covid, suggests their immune system remains overactive long after catching the virus. fergus walsh is here, with the full story. the study followed more than 650 patients in the uk who have been treated in hospital with severe covid. six months on, two in three were still experiencing symptoms, including heart and lung problems such as shortness of breath, fatigue, gut issues, anxiety, depression and brainfog. the researchers analysed their blood and found these proteins, which are markers for inflammation of the immune system which are useful while the body is fighting an infection, but not once a virus is gone. the scientists say there is strong evidence that long covid is caused by different types of

post—viral inflammation. i think this is really exciting for us, it is the biggest study of its kind. it has taken a long time to get this far, but it is finally pointing to some very specific pathways that might be underlying long covid that could be targeted in future trials and treatment. this is tracey evans, she was a care assistant before contracting covid in early 2021. tracy ended up on a ventilator in hospital and three years on, she still can't not work to a raft of long covid symptoms. i have fatigue so bad evenjust changing a pillowcase on a bed, it's breathless. i can't walk far. even to the local shop, which isn't far, i can't walk. i have shooting pains all over my body. i've got really bad brain fog, i forget what i'm saying, i forget what things are. so if somebody�*s talking to me, i canjust stare at them blank. a blood test to diagnose long cool it is a long way off

but it is hoped that this research can eventually lead to new treatments with existing drugs being trialed to target areas of the immune system which are triggered by long covid. at the time of her death — amy winehouse had already become a music legend. but her struggles with substance abuse, mental illness and addiction were well documented. now her life and music is the subject of a new film, back to black. here's our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher. # tried to make me go to rehab, isaid no, no, no.# amy winehouse, a music legend. # yeah, baby, and the rest # they tried to make me go to rehab # i said, no, no, no.# now, a new film is telling her story.

i was so excited by the idea of, you know, playing and getting in touch with amy — the girl, and then amy the singer — as well as, like, you know, the woman before the icon. i don't write songs to be famous. i write songs because i don't know what i'd do if i didn't. and for you, sam, how hard was it to find your amy — a big part of the film is amy's troubled relationship with blake fielder—civil. i set out to make the film, like i said, through her perspective. so her love of him, you know, had to be palpable. it had to feel real and we had to understand why she fell in love with him. and so it wasn't about making a sort of one—dimensional villain. we had to fall in love with him to understand why she wrote one of the greatest albums about their love. and... and, for me, really, the villains of the film, you know, it's addiction and paparazzi. do you think now, obviously, what amy went through,

what britney spears went through, that maybe we've moved on a bit as a society that people wouldn't be persecuted essentially like that? i don't know. recent news may say different. i felt like we maybe had evolved to this place of maybe that wouldn't happen now, but it feels like it is happening now. # we only said goodbye with words # i died a hundred times.# what do you think she'd make of the film? i feel like hopefully she would feel proud of it and us. and of herself, too, you know, as a catalogue i hope that she would watch it and feel, like, you know, proud of everything that she created. ceremonies have taken place in both england and france — to mark the 120th anniversary of the entente cordiale — which paved the way for strong diplomatic co—operation between the countries. this was the scene in paris earlier as british troops joined their french counterparts and not too long after, french troops took part in the changing of the guard outside buckingham palace. france is the first non—commonwealth country to ever take part in the ceremony in london, while the uk has

become the first foreign state to have guarded the french presidential residence. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. monday was quite a quiet day of weather, really. we had some sunny spells breaking through the cloud, for example, here in cambridgeshire. and across large parts of england — it was a warm day for april, with temperatures topping out at 19 degrees celsius at kew in london. these temperatures are around five or six degrees above average. it's going to be a much cooler kind of day for tuesday. notjust cooler — it's going to be wet and windy for many as well. the change is down to an area of low pressure. this area of cloud you can see swirling to the south—west of the uk and that's essentially pushing northwards and eastwards over the next 12 hours. we already have quite a bit of rain with us at the moment and the rain across northern ireland and scotland could be heavy enough to cause

some localised flooding. 20—40 millimetres of rain, not a huge amount in the grand scheme of things. however — edinburgh, for example, has already had over one and a half times the april average rainfall, even though we're onlyjust over a week into the new month. so this extra rainfall could be enough to cause some localised flooding. the weather will tend to brighten up from the west as we go through the day. sunshine and showers follow our main band of rain through. it's also going to be a windy, gusty kind of day. particularly for england and wales, gusts widely running into the forties of miles now, but could reach around 50 or 60 miles an hour around some coastal areas, with the rain reluctant to clear away from eastern scotland and parts of north—east england. our temperatures are about 10 to 12 degrees for most now. that will clear through and be left with some colder air as we head into the first part of wednesday. potentially chilly enough to give an odd nip of frost for the early part of wednesday morning. should be a fine start to the day with sunshine. then it clouds over with the next weather system moving in from the west, bringing more rain. now, even as the rain pushes through across wales and south—west england, it probably will stay rather cloudy.

the weather that follows, however, it will start to turn a bit milder again with south—westerly winds, temperatures around 13—15 degrees. and that warming trend continues as we head into thursday. again, we've got south—westerly winds with us, but this time after a cloudy start, the clouds should tend to thin and break up and we'll see some spells of sunshine coming through quite widely. yeah, there'll be a few showers for the north and west of scotland, but otherwise it's mostly dry. and those temperatures, 17 for aberdeen, 17 for belfast, but highs could reach around 19 or 20 across parts of eastern england. it stays pretty mild then towards wales and england as we head into the weekend. temperatures could reach the low 20s for some.

big plans for u—s made chips.. the world's largest maker of semiconductors agrees to a build a third factory in arizona.. and gets billions in support. how the total eclipse has created a boon for us ——plus, we take you to south korea for a ride on the world's first driverless night bus. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. our top story today — tsmc is expanding its plans to invest in the united states. the taiwanese chip—making giant will build a third factory in arizona.

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