yep, it's the gaming story of the year, and it's only the trailer. we have the lowdown on gta vi. do you know why you're here? bad luck, i guess. talking of low down, how do you capture the wind at ground level? we have the secret. we don't rotate. we oscillate. speak for yourself, sir. we're also in the smart home where everything is connected. it's that a pizza cam? it is a pizza cam. and are self—driving cars ready for the road? we talk to the tesla whistle—blower who's seen the evidence. do you think that tesla autopilot is safe? unfortunately, not. this is london's barbican centre, a creation in concrete, designed to fill a void created by the blitz of london in world war ii.

developed in the 19505, the plan was to have a city within a city, with 2,000 flats, landscaped gardens, a lake, school and church right on the doorstep. and it's now home to the biggest art centre in europe. it's a prime example of brutalist architecture. and although it's not everyone's cup of tea, it's definitely iconic and has even attracted more modern icons to make their own art here. this is definitely a vision of a utopian community, as it was in the �*50s or �*60s. but the way we think about smart living hasn'tjust been heading in one direction. lights on. lights off. blinds up. blinds down. robo—vacuum, vacuum.

robo—vacuum, go home. you may have seen home appliances like these that connect to your wi—fi router and even onto the internet itself, so they can be monitored and controlled remotely. these days, it is totally possible to control smart appliances in your home using an app, and get information back from them. but in the future, of course, we will want even more levels of control, over more appliances, and we'll want even more information back from them on how we're living. and we might even want a group of smart homes to form a smart community. i'm in sweden to see a glimpse of the next generation of connected living. samsung has partnered with swiss—swedish firm abb to show how any device can be

made smart, not only to make it more controllable, but also to help the whole house, and maybe even the whole street, to be smarter in its energy use. in the past, it's been the early adopters that have really wanted to engage on the connected home, and they enjoy connecting individual components together and figuring out how to make things work. i think what we've seen in more recent years is a greater appreciation for energy, cost control and sustainability. whereas in the past, people weren't so perhaps cognizant of that and didn't value that. that's now ranking up in europe as the highest, most—considered factor in terms of smart home. and so it is that houses like this one will be able to use energy more intelligently. for example, you might set the dishwasher to come on at some point before you get home in the evening, and the system could delay it until the sun comes out — when it can be powered for free

from solar panels on the roof rather than from fossil fuels from the national grid. now, all of that will rely on having a weather monitoring station outside the property, which can precisely alter the home's energy use depending on the conditions. the weather station does two things. it tells us what the weather is now. so, depending on that, how much light is outside? is it bright? is it not bright? does the light have to be dimmed or not dimmed? this all happens automatically. so knowing how much heat comes from the outside and was there automatically reduces the heating, also makes use of the end of the sunlight. so knowing you're coming back at a certain point of time, the blinds will go up earlier. you get the sun heating up the house as well, in addition to the heating system, so that you can save heating, and really making use of what is exactly happening out there to have the best set—up in the house in here. now, this is actually a show home for a development which is going to be called

brobyholm and which is currently being built about 100km west of stockholm, and which will have 500 homes by 2025 and, all being well, a further 1,500 by 2028. the vision for this smart community is for houses whose solar cells are capturing a lot of sunlight, but not using it, to share the electricity generated with their neighbours who do need it. thus reducing the load on the national grid. now, as nathan said earlier, one of the problems with smart home devices has been that they traditionally all come with their own apps. so getting them all working together has been, um, one for the enthusiasts, shall we say? samsung is aiming to simplify that by allowing anything from any manufacturer to connect to its smartthings app. this, incidentally, is the new home—view screen, which will be launched in europe in early 202a.

smartthings is an open platform that currently interfaces with 350 brands and which any manufacturer can hook into. sounds very altruistic, but, of course, bringing all devices into samsung's ecosystem is no bad thing for the company, either. if your device allows for lots of controls and returns lots of information, all of this should be available through the app, which means you can keep an eye on your dinner if your oven has a pizza cam, for example. and whose doesn't? for anything that's not smart at all, it can still be plugged into a smart power adaptor that will at least turn it on and off remotely. the plan is for your home to learn about your lifestyle so it can use energy at the best time to accommodate your routine. but whenever your devices can be monitored and controlled in this way, you need to ask — who else is seeing your data and learning about your habits? you're providing a free platform, you're collecting

data, so i think a question that people would have is, if i connect my stuff to this platform, and each device offers up some information, whether it's about the temperature i like it or whether it's about when i use the fridge most, is that information collected by samsung ? no. so that would reside within the individual manufacturers. so, for example, if you had...if you had a health device that was by a certain manufacturer, and that had all your vital statistics on it, that data isn't then transferred to samsung smartthings. the data that will be transferred to samsung smartthings isjust the interaction between the devices. is it connected, is it not? etc, etc. all of that personal, private data that you said, "i agree it's going to be within that," that's where that resides. smarter living will require us to share more, both

in energy and in data. and when this development is complete, we'll see whether enough people want to make use of the full facilities being promised. we've talked for a long time about living in smarter homes, in more—efficient homes, with less reliance on older energy sources. this will be one step towards it. were they your pyjamas?! that was actually a smart shirt. but in hindsight, it does look like pyjamas, i agree. sorry, yeah, it does. a bit. we saw there how communities in the future may be able to generate their own renewable energy. now, that could come in the form of solar panels or maybe wind power. yeah. the problem, though, is that neither sunshine nor the wind can be guaranteed at any particular point. certainly if you're trying to harness wind power near buildings, well, that comes with its own set of problems. step forward a new type of wind turbine that alasdair keane has been checking out. these turbines are a familiar sight around the world,

but when it comes to collecting wind for power closer to the ground and nearer infrastructure, there are problems. so, close to ground, we've got a problem that the wind - is on average much less, i but much more turbulent. and the sort of scaling down the typical wind turbine - of the sort of rotor looking into the wind doesn't workj for several reasons. but one of the reasons - is that they constantly look in the wrong direction, i because the wind changes so quickly that they can't actually keep up with it, i so they never perform as they could do if they were pointing| in the right direction. and that's one of the reasons why theyjust don't pay back. | step in katrick technologies and a new type of power generator they have at prototype stage that's already attracting attention. so our wind panels are very unique, and as part of our. innovation and proprietary technology, you know, - there's onshore, offshore wind, as we've seen in lots of other.

different wind technologies. but the key difference i between us is we don't rotate, we oscillate. so our current- design is a hexagon. we've got six ducts - and we have a 60—degrees movement with our aerofoils, i and we pick up smaller pockets of wind in urban locations - and we convert that as smaller pockets of energy into electricity. i they've been testing this technology at wind tunnels and they're getting confidence they have tech that could be on the market soon. at strathclyde university in glasgow, i've popped along to see the latest round of testing. the prototype you see i here consists of a duct, and that duct channels the turbulent flow that you get sort of in a city- environment, at ground level.

that channels and sortl of accelerates the flow, and that accelerates the flow onto the oscillating foils thatj you see at the back there. as the wind goes across these foils, similar to a wing - of an aircraft, it generates i lift and therefore that starts the oscillation of the foils. so that converts the kinetic energy that's in the wind i into mechanical power that you can then use. - and therefore you generate more power. well, you generate power. and of course, there's sort of different characteristicsl associated with that. there's an optimum point in which that power- will be generated. and that's the purpose . of the testing in the wind tunnel today, to do that characterisation. - wind rumbles. you've been crunching the numbers around this. are you confident it will make a difference? oh, i am fairly confident that if the nuts and bolts -

work, that it has really potential to deliver. i it's never going to compete with big wind turbines - or big wind farms. but it's one really attractive solution for a company - or organisation like - an airport, hospital, factory, to reduce their electricity. bill and reduce their carbon emissions. and airports are among those interested in using the tech. edinburgh airport has already embarked on a project to bring in solar power. they'd like to harness wind power, too, but conventional wind turbines present a big problem. air traffic control look at itl and think it's an aeroplane. so what we've had to do is try and find a wind - turbine that doesn't turn. actually, the opportunity there is it actually - supplements and complements to what we're doing with solar, | because during the day, - the sun shines, but the wind blows all the time. for the airport, wind could account for 25% of their energy needs.

so this space is - an 800m stretch all along the fence line. airside, of course, - so very good for security. and that's effectively - where we would like to put the katrick wind turbines. you think about it, 70% of the time the wind . is going in this direction, and therefore that's - perfect for those turbines. you've placed an order for 300 of something that doesn't actually quite exist yet. you must be confident it will work. i'm very confidentj in the technology. it is a soft order at the moment. j we would obviously like to make it a hard order, but i'm very- confident in the technology. the challenge now is taking the tech from the prototype stage to technology that can be sold around the globe. so we will be looking - for multiple partners that can have the capability to deployj that in all parts of the world. there are lots of companies interested in what you're doing. airports have put in soft orders. are you under pressure to deliver it? there is, yes. one of the biggest challenges that we have, from engagingl with the end users, is everyone we've spoken to from the uk, i europe and around the world is — how do we get this -

technology yesterday? so we're staying very focused i and the team is working really hard to deliver our milestones and then obviously find - the right commercial partners to then fast track that kind i of development and bring in our new technology to market. - renewable energy is essential in reaching net zero targets, so harnessing all the power that the wind offers is vital. it seems likely you might be seeing one of these ground wind power generators near you sometime soon. time for a look at this week's tech news. google has unveiled a new artificial intelligence model that it claims outperforms openai chat gpt and most tests. three versions of jonah money i have been created for two different applications. pornography websites will be required to use age checking

measures to ensure users are over 18. measures to ensure users are over18. under measures to ensure users are over 18. under new requirements from the uk's telecom regulator. adult website users could have their faces scanned to verify their age. people have been accessing pornography for a very long time now, which is why we want to stress so much that the act isn't going to be fixed. the process allows old polyester material to be recycled into new garments. recycled materials will be used in all boom a replica jerseys from 2024 onwards. sony is accessible playstation controller went on sale this week. the access controller which is designed with an

easier way for people with this to buy ps five games is now available to buy. this is how tesla wants its autopilot software to be seen, assisting a human driver who is ultimately still in control. but when former employee lukasz krupski voiced concerns he felt about safety in his own workplace, and later on with the tech itself, his dream job turned into a nightmare. i became very depressed and anxious. i couldn't sleep right. weird reason it broke now. i don't know why. mr krupski was personally praised by tesla owner elon musk after putting out a fire. he claims his managers turned against him when he raised his concerns directly with the tech billionaire. he then told us he found he could easily access a huge trove of sensitive internal company data, ranging from personal staff details to safety information. he chose to hand it over to us regulators and, controversially, the press. i spoke to multiple hr partners, managers, different levels of compliance, and it didn't work.

if you don't speak to compliance, what else you can do? the dutch data protection authority, where tesla's european h0 is, are looking into the data breach. some of what mr krupski says he saw continues to alarm him. a phantom braking is when the car unexpectedly brakes out of nowhere because it interpreted a shadow as, let's say, some obstacle and needs to suddenly brake. and that can put the car in danger and everyone behind as well. last month, the government announced new proposals for driverless car regulation here in the uk. in san francisco and beijing, you can hire a taxi with no human driver at all. but are we ready for the tech? so it might be relatively easy to get the technology to drive relatively safely on, say, a motorway, which is already quite a controlled environment. it might be next to impossible to get it to drive safely through central london so that we can all be

really confident that it causes no additional risk. but that's all a long way away from the hype that's currently coming from the people developing the technology. do you think that tesla autopilot is safe? unfortunately, not. i don't think the hardware is ready and the software is ready. so even if you don't have a tesla, your children still walk on the footpath. i had this terrifying feeling that one day, a car... ijust harmed him. tesla did not respond to our emails. according to its own data, at the end of 2022, us tesla customers using autopilot averaged one crash where the air bag deployed roughly every five million miles travelled. tesla drivers not using it averaged once every 1.5 million miles or so. the us driver overall average was once every 600,000 miles, but we can't independently

verify tesla's figures. meanwhile, the first delivery of the carmaker�*s latest vehicle, the cybertruck, went ahead in the us last week. tesla's boss, elon musk, continues his push for a driverless future, and the uk aims to be on a similar track. that was zoe. now, there are video games, and there are mega games. grand theft auto v is the second—biggest—selling computer game ever, and now its sequel has finally been trailed online. shortly after it was leaked online. here's mark cieslak with the story so far. lucia, do you know why you're here? bad luck, i guess. critically acclaimed, commercially lucrative and controversial in equal measure. well, look who's back. the official announcement for grand theft auto vi arrived 15 hours earlier than expected, due to its developer's worries

over leaked footage. it's mad. any leak, any detail, - any of the smallest insights, this is the gaming story of the year, and it's- just a trailer. the game's not even out this year. - a blockbuster with its roots in the uk, the company behind gta, rockstar games, celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, with this trailer revealing the next instalment in the series. originally called dma design, its developers were based in dundee. the first grand theft auto looked very different from the game we know today. this original game had more - in common with pac—man than it has with the game you see now. and this was a very small studio. - it took them a couple of years to make the game on a small| budget, and to see — 26 years later — - the behemoth that this has spawned, is amazing. - but even this 2d, top—down version proved controversial. it's been widely criticised for its violent content. under proposals being considered by the home office,

a health warning would be flashed up on the screen at the start, reminding players not to drive like this on the roads. it's a series of games that's always managed to offend somebody. more recent outings have heavily lent into dark humour and satire, in between all of the car chases and criminality. it's been ten years since gta v released, and it still regularly tops sales charts, racking up over £6 billion in revenue. so gta v came out a decade ago in 2013, and since then it's- sold over 190 million units. the way to see it is, l is it's an adult game. it's always had an 18—plus rating, and it's designed. to have aspects of violence and crime _ this is designed to be an adult experience. think of it as a violent gangster movie - and you'll be ok. this is one of the biggest i games in the world, and it's kept alive now by gta 0nline, where you rob banks - and build gangs. and that means it's at the top of the play charts most weeks now for xbox, playstation and pc in the top ten. -

i think what's unusual is that rockstar only makes a handful of games, and those games it makes incredibly well. and what that means is that when they happen, everyone has to look. an innovative and immersive game world, gta v's fictional city of los santos allows players to indulge in everything from extreme sports to watching in—game tv shows. i think the essential ingredients of a gta game are almost like rebelliousness and a freedom to be the naughty version of yourself, things that we obviously can't do in real life and none of us really, actually want to. but the gta games are... they're criminal simulators. what can we expect from the next game, though? there was a leak of gameplayl and about 50 minutes of video of the game got online. people knew to stay away from it because it was very early, i and people could try to draw assumptions from it. - but this was gameplay- that was even a year—old then. i think we can expect at least two protagonists, a woman and a man, which would be pretty historic for the series. we've never been able to play as a woman in the gta series,

and obviously to me that's incredibly important. in terms of storyline, i expect we're going to see something that is pushing...pushing the boundaries again. they spent over $1 billion on it. i so you know it's going to be epic in scale. - and game budgets do run into the hundredsj of millions frequently. but this is going to be the - most expensive game ever made. the best estimate, based on take—two's regulatoryj filings on the american stock market, is a release - date of spring 2025. this first look at gta vi reveals the game is set in a location similar to miami — vice city — and the wider state of leonida. we'll have to wait until the game's released in 2025 to see if gta vi lives up to the series' legacy of lawlessness. and that's it for this week. thanks for watching. we'll be back next week. see you.

hi, i'm ellis with the catch up. tonight, scottish gender laws, a time travelling teen and shane macgowan�*s funeral. our top story. judges have said the uk government acted lawfully in blocking changes to gender identity laws in scotland. the changes would have made it easier for people to change their legally recognised gender and were passed by the scottish parliament last year. but the uk government blocked them over fears they would impact equality laws across the uk. the scottish government has 21 days to decide whether it wants to appeal the decision. some other stories now.

an australian man who died after being buried in sand on a beach. josh taylor, who was 23, fell into a hole reported to have been to roast a pig in queensland. police there are investigating what happened. a man who was expelled from secondary school as a teenager has returned as a governor. dwayne williams has been credited with helping to turn around the fortunes of colton hills community school in wolverhampton. and meet the teen who lives like it's the 1940s. cam grubb lives in kirkcaldy, scotland and is only 19, but nearly everything he owns is from eight decades ago, including his clothes and his phone. he says it's gone beyond an obsession. time now to leave you with 10 seconds of shane macgowan. crowds in dublin lined the streets earlier for the pogues singer's funeral procession, which went

on to county tipperary for mass with guests, including bono and johnny depp. you're all caught up. bye for now. have a good weekend. hello there. it's going to be quite a mixed bag for us this weekend. not a wash—out — there will be some sunshine at times, but that's going to come in between two spells of rain that are coming in from the atlantic. atlantic air, that means it's going to be mild, but saturday looks like it could be quite windy for many places. now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warnings already and there could be 20—30 millimetres of rain here. you can keep up to date with the flood warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland leftover from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come in from the southwest

and usher in some milder air as well as some stronger winds as well. so for many parts, it's going to be a wet start. and because of that, we're looking at a mild start to saturday, no frost this time. you can see the extent of the rain across england and wales and northern ireland. it's going to move northwards and eastwards. could be quite heavy for a while. for england and wales, we should eventually see some sunshine coming in from the west. the odd shower but rain could return to northern ireland, and it looks quite cloudy for scotland with some rain from time to time. mild though temperatures 8—9 in scotland to a high of 14 in the southeast with some late sunshine. it's going to turn quite windy through the day, though, across england and wales and northern ireland, gales quite widely, and around some irish sea coasts the winds could be gusting 60—70 miles an hour. now, those winds will tend to ease overnight and the rain will continue for a while across scotland and northern england.

and then as that moves through, we've got the next band of rain just approaching the far southwest by sunday morning. again, it should be frost free temperatures, six or seven degrees. and it's almost a repeat performance, really, on sunday. this band of rain moves in a little later, but it's not going to be quite as heavy. shouldn't last as long. and again, we'll get some sunshine coming in after the rain for england and wales. more rain returns to northern ireland and still cloud and patchy rain left over in scotland. temperatures not quite so high, but it's probably not going to be quite as windy. should be a reasonably mild start to next week. there's still some rain around from time to time. it does turn drier as the week goes on, but it does turn a little chillier.

live from washington, this is a bbc news special on politics and us foreign policy. gridlock on capitol hill stalls crucial military aid for ukraine and israel amid a fight over the us—mexico border. i will not go back to south carolina and try to explain why i helped ukraine, taiwan and israel and did nothing to secure our own border. plus: divergent world views

on the republican debate stage underscore a larger intra—party fight over theirfuture. how will these disagreements in the us play out around the globe? we'll look at the future of republican foreign policy and what it could mean for the world. i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. there once was a time when the us republican party was synonymous with often times hawkish foreign policy. a muscular defence abroad meant peace at home. or so the argument went. just last month, the world lost a long—running proponent of a strong us foreign policy, with the passing of former secretary of state henry kissinger. for decades american boots could be found on the ground in far—away wars and with that came the influence that republicans in washington wanted. but times are changing. while the trump era was tough on china, it was also characterized by a more isolationist approach.