might be imminent — and there would be more armed police on the streets. the united nations security council has strongly condemned north korea for carrying out its latest missile test — calling it ‘highly provocative‘. but after an emergency meeting the un said there would no further sanctions for now. north korea fired a missile over japan for the second time this month. after twenty years in space, the cassini mission to the ringed planet saturn has come to a spectacular end. the probe had run out of fuel and the us space agency nasa had commanded it to destroy itself by plunging into the planet's atmosphere. cassini orbited saturn for thirteen years. in about ten minutes time we'll have this week's edition of newswatch, but first on bbc news it's time for click. (siren sounds)

radio: we have one party down. in the united states, mass shootings are something that in the 1980s. occur with depressing regularity. libraries, churches, cinemas, and schools — all locations of acts of mass murder. often perpetrated by one individual, with powerful military style weapons. in the last four years there have been more than 200 mass shootings in schools alone in the united states. the deadliest school shooting ever was in 2012 at sandy hook elementary school, where 20 children and six staff were murdered by a lone gunman. it made headlines across the globe.

and so, to help prepare for the next time, authorities have turned to technology that is normally used in video games, to help train emergency crews and even teachers to be ready to respond. just a warning, you might find some of the images in this film distressing. radio: at least one person has been shot... they're saying there's hundreds of people just running around... unfortunately these active shooting situations, particularly in schools, are not going away any time soon. you'll see in schools, they do more fire alarm drills than they do active shooter drills. you'll see in schools, they do more fire alarm drills than they do active shooter drills. that's changing now in some schools. the most recent school shooting in the us was just a few days ago, in spokane, in washington state. a high school student died confronting the shooter. the department of homeland security is try to do something about these events.

there have been a lot of copycats, that have necessitated first responders getting more prepared to respond to these kind of attacks. so it's created a simulation to help train first responders to what it calls "active shooter" attacks. the simulator is called the enhanced dynamic geo—social environment, or edge for short. using a pc, a team of first responders can work together to resolve an active shooting incident in a hotel. fire teams put out blazes, paramedics treat the injured and cops deal with the bad guy. this facility is part of the army research labs. they are primarily concerned with building research and training the military. it is the birthplace of the edge system which we can see through here.

designed in conjunction with simulation specialists cole engineering, the research lab has used the unreal engine, the guts of a host of popular video games, to create its environments. one of the reasons we connected with the department of homeland security is that we have a lot of experience in the simulation world. one thing that we have been moving towards is the use of game technology, to provide those capabilities that traditional simulations did in the past. time to try edge for myself. i can play as a firefighter or medic, but i will choose to play as a cop. to make the training is useful as possible, the active shooter is played by a human being. this introduces an unpredictable element that an ai would find difficult to replicate. this feels like an ordinary videogame graphically, and the way it plays. actual first responders would play this game, applying their real tactics and procedures to the situation. will this can sometimes highlight

problems that might occur in the real world. while the hotel might feel like playing in a normal video game, the team here has been working on a new environment, one with far more chilling connotations. a school. when there is a school shooting, it is completely different than when there is other types of soft targets hit. and it's very different than a traditional, if you have an active shooter at a mall or a theatre or somewhere like that. a new playable character has been introduced into the school environment. as well as cops, the player can take the role of a teacher. so an active shooter event in a school, has it been discovered then, that by the time law enforcement arrive, the event is over, that the shooter has killed people in the school? that's correct. basically the teacher is almost the first line of defence for the students, to stay safe. so i have spawned

in and i am a teacher in a classroom. here are my kids, i can definitely hear gunfire. i have a list of instructions that i can give to the kids — in this instance i think the safest thing to do is tell them to get out of the school completely. this classroom has windows. i have barricaded the door to the classroom, you can see the shooter outside, he is shooting at the barricade, i have evacuated all of my pupils from the classroom. my class has survived, but the experience is an unpleasant one. this has definitely stopped feeling like i am playing a game. while orlando is home to the arl, it also knows the carnage that can be wrought by a lone gunmen. this is pulse, it was a gay nightclub.

last year it was the site of america's deadliest shooting. omar mateen, a lone gunman, armed with a pistol and an assault—style rifle killed 49 people here. in the wake of the pulse shooting, florida state senator linda stewart tried to introduce a bill limiting the sale of new assault—style weapons and large capacity magazines. the bill did not pass. homeland security has commissioned this simulation software, which is to train first responders and law enforcement, in how to deal with active shooter situations. what you think about that bit of software? i think it's absolutely necessary. i think that the more hands—on, or the more information that people who are having to respond have, the better they will be able to respond in real—time. in the meantime homeland security is hoping to create more environments for edge, eventually building a generic anytown usa for virtual training.

i don't think we can necessarily stop these events, but hopefully we can reduce the number or the severity of these attacks. it's unbelievable that it was only just over ten years ago that stevejobs said this. an ipod, a phone... (applause). ..and we are calling it iphone. the iphone did something no smartphone had done before. it really brought the internet into our pockets with its high quality, big touchscreen, a good browser and that great idea of pinch and zoom. it kickstarted a new generation of smartphones. it defines the look that every other maker's smartphone

still adheres to, and in the process it made apple the most valuable company in the world. so when a new iphone arrives, the world pays attention. we did too. dave lee was there. say hello to apple park, or the spaceship, several call it. eventually, 12,000 people will work on this 175 acre site. it was designed by british architect norman foster and cost a reported $5 billion, which makes it the most expensive building in america. their headquarters is in many respects the last great project from steve jobs. this was his final appearance in public before he died. one last launch not for a device, but for a building. so it's curved all the way around. as you know, if you build things, this is not the cheapest way. there is not a straight piece of glass in this building. six years later i am among those piling into the steve jobs theatre, a purpose—built venue for the kind

of product launches that he made his trademark. you wonder what he would have made of the latest iphone. new facial recognition software means you can unlock the device just by looking at it, a system that replaces the fingerprint sensor in previous iphones. after a bit of a mishap, apple's craig federighi got it working. let's try that again. and this might be the most ridiculous orfine use of sophisticated technology ever. it's a happy puppy. check out the physics of the ears. animated emojis track my facial expressions to power the emoji with different expressions. this makes me laugh. i can be this pig and if i smile

it smiles, it smiles, and it might raise my eyebrows and puff my cheeks, it does that. at $999 or £999, the iphone x does not come cheap, which is why apple is also bringing out an iphone 8 and 8 plus, a more incremental upgrade on last year's models. and for the first time for an apple smartphone, it can be charged wirelessly — something samsung, it has to be said, has offered since 2015. the iphone 8 plus's camera offers a way to artificially change the lighting on a picture, which it does by using the two lenses on the back to digitally simulate different lighting conditions. and the apple watch has been given a significant upgrade. it now has its own cellular connection built—in, which means you don't need to take your phone with you in order for the watch to work. it is sales of the iphone which have made apple the huge, huge company it is, and the new h0 is a permanent reminder of the company's enormous power. will the iphone x continue the success into another

decade? apple seems confident — but then again, they might be talking poo emoji. if you wonder what humanity would do if given access to the most advanced facial tracking technology available, you now have your answer. and that is it for the shortcut this week, the full—length is up on my player for you to watch now. and we live on twitter and facebook as well. thanks for watching and we will see you soon. hello and welcome to news watch. this week, what some have called storm pawn. with bbc reporters putting themselves in the eye of the hurricane. are they taking unnecessary risks and focusing attention on themselves rather than on the tragedies they are sent to cover? the eyes to the right. and

did bbc news failed to give monday night's brexit vote in parliament the attention it deserves? but first, the launch of the new iphone. it has become an annual fixture in the diary of anyone says the technology, or who wants to keep up with the latest digital fashion. the aim is to cellphones make profits. is the bbc helping apple with its marketing? the unveiling of new models included the iphone ex, and it took the form of the big jamboree, with all the razzmatazz of that silicon valley could muster. there were plenty of mentions of the thousand pound pricetag. martin point to what he thought was overkill on the bbc news website, complaining of ridiculous over coverage of the new iphone launch. does it really warrant for mac articles and four videos? classic apple bias. andy meanwhile, it is a case of another

week, another storm over whether coverage by bbc news. hurricane omar has followed —— followed harvey and the floods in south east asia, prompting considerably action from news watch viewers. here is some reaction to how irma has been reported on over the past week.