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people who suffer from chronic pain try angela reports imagine a life with no pain this is being joe cameron's existence here she's eating hot chili as with her husband dr not batting an eyelid. can see. that yes there's been a broken limbs burns childbirth surgeries but no need for pain relief i put my arm on something and only realized it's burning when i can smell fresh burning so it's not comes in the normal reaction issues you cut yourself once maybe twice then you avoid that because your brain says don't do that or my brain just trade. and that's not good that's not good i haven't i haven't got the normal the normal sort of safeguards in a normal body specialized nerves respond to tissue damage and send signals to the brain it's important in terms of self-preservation but roughly seven percent of the population have ongoing chronic pain so finding mutations that lead to painlessness
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could help scientists develop new painkilling drugs for them when easy recovery from hip surgery puzzle doctors she was referred to a pain geneticist at university college london there they found she had two notable new taishan one in a previously unidentified gene as we understand it her body is awash with fatty acids through various receptors through her pain sense sensation so that's the difference and this is a consequence of losing the activity. so she's unique the discovery has caused joe cameron to reflect it explains why cuts and bruises always healed quickly for her and why she's had memory lapses throughout her life and also why she's always been happy her mutation means she's never felt much stress or anxiety scientists say the implications of these findings are immense child out of their london.
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british inspectors say they found significant security problems with software supplies by chinese telecom giants while wait and reports identifies the facts which they say could be exploited by hackers bots stopped short of calling for an outright ban on the farms quit months the u.s. is pushing european allies to ban huawei from next generation mobile networks in the coming years. john biggs is a reporter for tech crunch an online publication focusing on the tech industry he says it's important for the company to correct its mistakes for the future of mobile networks the key here is this this hardware and software that they're going to be providing is going to be the backbone of the future five g. mobile networks so it's vitally important that there aren't any holes here what it sounds like is that they've discovered some mistakes in the code. when it's a when it's a game or it's microsoft word
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a mistake is ok but if we're talking about a global network of mobile phones connecting to the central switches that's not ok the concern there is that if you have these switches and they're really fair they're giant machines the things that we don't even expect to see anymore but these massive switches are fairly complicated because they have to route all our calls. in the past the you had nokia you had siemens you had a number of companies doing this and now it looks like while weighs the number one and whatever your number one you people are going to start taking potshots at you. do they deserve it potentially that they're undercutting competitors in the each one of these countries and that's a problem but if there are actual holes here that we're dealing with that's a very big deal so they should be able to fix that and they should fix that as quickly as possible. experts and campaigners are in geneva to discuss a global ban on so-called killer robots lethal it's one of those weapons that can hunt and kill without
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a human involved they don't exist yet spot the debates has drawn attention to tech giants and their role in developing military artificial intelligence that might cross an ethical line our science and technology and so mariana holmes has more. we have here is our primary test facility i was driving around twenty four hours a day seven days a week robots road here being tested to deliver discover to do what they programmed to do. but what you won't find here is a so-called kill of robot a fully autonomous weapon designed to hunt and kill without a human involved as far as we know they don't exist yet but canadian company clear path insists killer robots have no place on the battlefield we feel. that there is a a line which is being crossed with this technology and we feel that on top of being
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riskier than anyone that actually appreciates right now there is a disconnect from there is an ethical and moral disconnect from. from war we think that these weapon systems are going to be used in all sorts of dangerous ways both by major powers and non-state actors alike i love. the risks of say i'm ashamed killing the wrong person of being hacked of engaging with another machine in a conflict a some of the reasons the company says it took a stand in two thousand and fourteen and has committed to not knowingly at least create fully autonomous weapons thousands of scientists engineers to companies and out official intelligence experts have done the same but they're not shunning military contracts completely they say a i can be a valuable tool the pentagon just last month called on big companies to help
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develop its ai capabilities russia and china are already investing in military ai technology i think it really first comes down to the responsibility of every engineer in developer to ensure that that. the governments around the world are aware of the risks in the use of this technology and that these decisions are being made in a in a rational considered way and then from there perhaps they can start having conversations about if their company in particular themselves in particular should work on these this technology or take work as a demanding transparency is their bosses i knew had potentially lucrative defense contracts some of them have chosen to leave and work for companies like cleopatra it all boils down to wanting to know what they creating and whether it's technology that could kill all save lives medium hond al-jazeera.
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in term boss until the end of the season but united have lost just one premier league game and reached the quarter finals of the champions league this is been my of course ultimate dream all the time. and maybe a naive dream. always have that dream in my mind to have this responsibility for this huge fantastic family with a book. and so on and i'm privileged to be given this fantastic responsibility to lead us forward so she is old club in norway more than need to get used to life without him there managing director is confident they can cope. to life's problem and we have to move. focus on the other football club for the next. for the season the season start on sunday so we have to be prepared and get it we
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are so sure scored one of the most famous goals in united's history to win the champions league back in one nine hundred ninety nine white york was part of that trouble winning squad and says united made the right choice but certainly what we have seen on the guard of all are going to. bring the best sort of of the players they are playing with the desire and passion that we expect these players we know that they're talented players and know we have seen it on there are they i don't think when you look at city and you look at you know liverpool there were one stage in the season there was sixteen points ahead of us i didn't see that at all and now we have seen the real potential of all players. southampton's manager is blocking wife i a team hotels to stop this players becoming gaming addicks roughhouse and who told took similar measures at his old club in germany and believes it's a very serious problem but not a small problem of think because. if you be honest then it's the same like
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alcoholism or getting addicted to drugs or something but it's something you get addicted to and and that means you you you have to protect the players it's something we have to do as a club. to the system. to this. to protect their means. help them to choose not to spend so much time and as long as it's not really for the government in this then we have to protect them in our way . barnes shake solomon is guaranteed another four years as president of asian football will stand unopposed in next saturday's election after the only remaining challenger captors so will be with true he's pledged his support to someone who's have a job since two thousand and thirteen. valtteri bottas will be feeling the pressure at this week's bahrain grand prix after not with a single race last season the mercedes driver had
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a stunning start by winning the season opener expectations will be high though after clinching victory in australia bought us a shown he can be a serious contender teammate and defending champion lewis hamilton i can sure say that something in my mindset has changed for the year. to prepare preparation over the winter and just the way of how i feel and think about things have changed and. it's quite difficult to explain in detail but i feel different two years before. two time champion for nando alonso will test with mclaren after sunday's grand prix this one year left f one at the end of last season but remains close to the team as an advisor mclaren well want alonso's thoughts on their revamped car is twenty eight teams had a serious design flaw and major league baseball the new york yankees started off their twenty nine hundred season with a big win over the baltimore orioles yankee stadium the yankees little boy to
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a three run home run in the bottom of the first inning to put them three nothing up and they never looked back japanese pitcher musher hero ten aka three eighty three pitches struck out five and allowed just two runs the yankees winning seventy two. californias horseracing board has taken steps to affectively banned the use of whips following several horse deaths in santa anita twenty two horses died in less than three months of the breeders cup venue jockeys argued whip's had nothing to do with it but the board disagreed and passed a rule which only allows them to be used jockey for safety is in question that changes won't come into force straight away and there will be forty five days of further debate and a second vote. cyclist miguel and gail lopez has taken the overall lead in the volatile callaloo in spain after one hundred fifty kilometers and three billy climbs the twenty five year old
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a stonor rider one stage four by sixteen seconds puts them fourteen seconds clear of britain's overall there are now three colombians in the top four and that's all your sport for now more later. so this news or do you stay with us here at all to see or i'm back with the latest world news after this short break. a prominent saudi john lest committed to freedom of expression silenced in tukey by his own government and the most horrific way. al-jazeera weld investigates the
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death of jamal. which resonates to the highest levels of the saudi government with startling evidence about the disposal of his body. jamal khashoggi the silencing of a journalist on al-jazeera. around ten million yemenis are on the edge of balance examining the headlines netanyahu was looking at charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust setting the discussions you're denying that he was beaten by the police i did not deny sharing personal stories with a global audience explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform motivate and inspire you and it's all good but the world is watching. they say what do you think of waterboarding i said i think we absolutely need it we should have it out of which we should have more people in power investigates the
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private companies and will us towns and legislate complicit in the illegal use of torture under interrogation the sun will rise once a day and then sets not a future in the hands of the cia you can make the sunshine or not rendition movies that aired. on al-jazeera. t.v. . three female activists are granted temporary release from jail in saudi arabia women say they were abused in prison. and how long he'd seen this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.n.
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calls on saudi arabia to make public the trials held over the murder of saudi journalists. the barracks at battleground talks intensify ahead of a third votes on to resume a z e u deal. when you. live in. a musical maestro leeds tribute says a national service to remember the victims of the new zealand mosque attacks. we begin in saudi arabia where three female activists somethin granted temporary release after spending ten months in prison they've been freed after the second hearing of their trial which is still continuing there are reports the others will be released on sunday the women say they've been sexually harassed given electric
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shocks and full logs by prison guards said arabia's government denies the women have been mistreated. well several reports claim the female bloggers as a man on the john as ease of use of and academic rock. they've been charged in parts with contacting international media and human rights groups they were among more than eleven female activists arrested last may including rights campaigner. her brother has alleged that sowed the top adviser to crown prince mohammed bin salman he was fired over the killing of journalist tamara shoji oversaw the torture of his sister who has made her son is the executive director of equality know an organization that addresses violence and discrimination against women around the world she says the detention or female activists in riyadh is illegal and immoral.
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well we are hoping that the international pressure on this and the international press on this will have an effect on what happens to these women going forward we are we out delighted that they are not going before the specialist court on terrorism charges but they're still going before a criminal court and this move has been very fast and we don't know quite what to make of it these women have not been given access to lawyers they have not been able to see their families there has been a chilling effect all around saudi arabia on activism and women's rights so we are watching with bated breath but we are going to continue with the activism on their behalf to shine a light on their cases and we hope that that will have a positive effect on their on their cases people are not supposed to be tortured in prison anywhere a prison is a and you're supposed to have a trial and a punishment that ben needs to be carried out these women were held without trial this has been a long period and so everything that's been happening to them is extrajudicial and it is illegal and immoral
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a un investigator is calling on riyadh publicly open the trial of eleven suspects accused of involvement in the murder of journalist. the special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions i'm just kellam ours since the coup story hearings are full and shorts or international standards she also called on the kingdom to release the names of the defendants welsher in total says the u.n. representative for and the sea international she says citee is trying its best to treat the trial as an internal matter. this is a trial that they are you know that's taking place in saudi arabia they've invited various representatives from france from the u.k. from russia from china from the u.s. to observe this trial and they are following international standards here is the un special rapporteur coming out with this statement today saying that it is fully
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below international standards that this is not an internal affair when you decide to monitor a journalist on foreign territory in a foreign consulate and so it's a very strong statement by the u.n. and let's hope that it doesn't fall completely deaf is the saudi arabia saying that we've identified these eleven people and and this is a fair trial that we've invited some foreigners to even it so that if they have nothing to be afraid of then why not actually open it up why not allow for human rights observers for the u.n. themselves to come and to come in and observe for journalists the last time time again to the trial why don't they let them in as well so you know you can't have it both ways you can't stand there and say we are following our judicial process we have nothing to hide don't fight decent people who are to blame but then also not allow any sort of transparency you know the fact is that when this trial you know
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comes to its end saudi arabia will expect that this whole matter goes to bed because they you know how their trial and they and they've had their proceedings there's no way that the international community will accept this and if indeed there has been no transparency in the trial and that's what we really have to remember here. germany has extended a ban on arms exports to saudi arabia for another six months a government spokesman says no new contracts will be approved between eight and the end of september a temporary ban was peace in place in the vendor after the murder of jamal khashoggi it was june to expire this month. while germany kane's for less than two percent some of the top top arms exports to saudi arabia but the ban will affect saudi defense deals with other e.u. countries key among them is a thirteen billion dollar deal for your fighter typhoon german manufacturers were
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expected to supply almost a third of the components for the fighter jets france has been critical of the german response french ambassador to berlin and mary day could only or warns the move could jeopardize european defense cooperation. meanwhile the united states has secretly authorized several companies to sell nuclear power technology to saudi arabia u.s. energy secretary rick perry reportedly approved sixty miles on wednesday can the whole morning from washington. it's been a cozy relationship from the start donald trump selected saudi arabia as the location for his first foreign trip the u.s. president made clear the kingdom is a priority that's why u.s. lawmakers are now asking questions about reports the trumpet ministration recently granted secret approvals to at least one u.s.
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company to sell nuclear power technology to saudi arabia the kingdom school is to reportedly build two nuclear power plants with the united states russia and south korea competing for the project the us department of energy is not confirming the deals in a statement to al-jazeera instead only that any action that's been taken is to protect a company's privacy but members of congress suspect otherwise after many in congress believe the truck administration last year failed to hold the highest levels of the saudi kingdom clued in the crown prince responsible for the murder. he was the washington post contributor murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul last october. given the saudi crown prince has stated publicly saudi arabia would pursue nuclear technology of iran did the same there are fears any transfer of technology could lead to a broader middle east arms race if you cannot trust a regime with
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a bone saw you should not trust them with nuclear weapons the u.s. secretary of state this week assured lawmakers and efforts underway to contain any proliferation threats we are working to ensure that the nuclear power that they get is something we understand and doesn't present that risk here and. but lawmakers aren't satisfied with calling on the white house to release the names of all u.s. companies who've secretly been approved to work with the kingdom even though any potential project is still years away this does not show any sign of progress if there is any progress is just showing that the process is starting to move forward albeit slowly but they are probably any company from the united states submitting abed's with saudi arabia as is now a bit closer to do about. still at the request of lawmakers a government investigation into the deals is now underway kimberly hell get al-jazeera the white house. an egyptian delegation has been in israel and gaza
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trying to negotiate a peace deal it comes after a major escalation this week between israel and hamas are a force that has more now from gaza city. well after the latest escalation earlier in the week another relatively calm day in gaza but the next two days friday particularly saturday could well be a lot more tense saturday is the first anniversary of the great march of return the massive border protests that have taken so much attention during the course of the last twelve months i have seen so much bloodshed more than six and a half thousand people injured by israeli sniper fire more than two hundred fifty palestinians killed during the course of those protests and hamas is calling on a major mobilization of people to go and protest again on saturday to mark that anniversary at the same time as there's been a big mobilization of israeli forces on the other side the prime minister benjamin
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netanyahu was visiting those troops today saying that he had mobilized extra forces to ensure that israel could carry out a broader military operation if so required but said that would only take place if or other options had been exhausted in those other options really center on the progress being made or otherwise of egyptian media's. who are now mediators rather who are now back inside gaza having been inside israel earlier on thursday trying to come to some kind of long term truce between hamas and israel as they have been for many months now the speculation is about some kind of a deal involving easing of import restrictions into gaza easing of fishing restrictions job creation in alliance with the united nations but the israeli government the israeli prime minister in particular is under a good deal of pressure given that he is just a couple of weeks away from an election to project strength rather than give hamas too much already he's been criticized for not having done enough in response to
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a rocket launch earlier this week and so there is a big military presence on the israeli side and we're expecting a big protest on the gaza side on saturday so that does make for a very volatile mix still to come on al-jazeera. dramatic rescue attempts as fire engulfed a terrible can bangladesh's capital. and meets the british wonder woman with a gene mutation which means she's and pervious to pain. hello we've got some cloud of rain pushing towards central and southern parts of china at the moment see this bad a cloud rolling out of south vietnam of pushing right up towards the east and.
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