continues to grow. rose mcgowen is the latest actor to claim she was raped by the hollywood producer. —— rose mcgowan. he denies the allegations. meanwhile harvey weinstein‘s brother has denied reports that the film production company they co—founded could be closed or sold. president trump has set out a new, more confrontational approach to iran, condemning tehran as a fanatical regime. he said he wouldn't cancel the agreement immediately, but instead was decertifying it. the move has prompted condemnation from the other international powers that signed it. the worst wildfires in california's history have left at least thirty four people dead and hundreds missing. firefighters are facing dry and windy conditions for yet another day as they try to contain more than 17 blazes ripping through the region. now on bbc news, it's time to click. this week, japan's love of robots

laid bare. they are training, battling, dancing and diving into danger. i have worn plenty of protective suits in my time but they have a lwa ys suits in my time but they have always been to protect the environment from my body. this time, it's different. i've come to one of the most infamous locations on earth. until 2011, few people had heard of the of the fukushima daiichi power plant in north—eastern japan. then the largest earthquake in japanese history japan. then the largest earthquake injapanese history changed everything. the resulting tsunami

killed more than 20,000 people. and the 14 killed more than 20,000 people. and the 1a metre wave overwhelmed fukushima's flood defences. ironically, it was the power station's cooling system that was flooded and when it shut down, the radioactive fuel rods began to overheat and melt down. they reacted with the steam around them, feeling units one, two, three and four with hydrogen gas which then exploded. —— billing. 6.5 years on, the melted radioactive fuel remains somewhere inside these buildings. humans can't go anywhere near that you will so robots are being used, first to try and find it and then eventually to remove it. and today, we've been given rare access to the site to help us understand just how hard thatjob is. help us understand just how hard that job is. translation: in order

to work out how to decommission the reactor and remove the fuel we have to understand the state of the interior. only then will we know what kind of tools and machines we need to develop. probably the most important thing i can carry. it tells me how much radiation i'm exposed to. the tokyo electric power co tepco is keen to show us, and the world, how much of the radioactive debris has been removed and how it is possible to walk around the site without too much protective clothing. but to really understand the challenge the robot space in finding and removing the melted radioactive fuel, we do need to suit up. we are going inside unit five, which is identical to the units which is identical to the units which were racked by the explosions. as you can imagine, it is really hot

inside. it's a confusing jumble of wa lkwa ys inside. it's a confusing jumble of walkways and machinery and it's difficult to appreciate that someone here is a seven story high tanker called the primary containment vessel, the pcv. and now it's time to go right underneath the reactor. 0h, to go right underneath the reactor. oh, wow. they think what happens after the meltdowns is that the molten fuel just burns after the meltdowns is that the molten fueljust burns through the bottom of the pcv and came down here on to what's known as the pedestal. that's where they think the pedestal. that's where they think that you will lose now. it's difficult enough getting around this place on foot. now imagine trying to remote control a robot through this after the whole place has been mangled by an explosion. oh, yes. and do it in the dark. each of the reactors suffered different damage. some are still full of water, some are dried and so toshiba has built a

special robot for each one. as important as how they move about is how they get in on the first place. translation: we need something that could fit through an existing service edge. that's the reason we made small robots. is scorpion. its mission was to hunt for fuel in unit two. now time is of the essence for any fukushima two. now time is of the essence for any fu kushima robot. two. now time is of the essence for any fukushima robot. the radiation will eventually disable its cameras, rendering it useless. but the entire mission can be upset by something far more basic. this is service hatch x6 but in unit two, we were hoping to send the scorpion robot and down the ramp to film the molten fuel but he got caught halfway down and never made it so they did not get any footage evidence of where the fuel was. in unit three, the

water is much higher survey had to think of another way to get a robot into film what was going on and that is where the mini sunfish came in. that is where the mini sunfish came in. built to fit through this 15 centimetre pipe, mini sunfish is a tiny underwater robot with fire propellers, two cameras and for human operators. 300 clobbered away from fukushima in toshiba's yokohama randd from fukushima in toshiba's yokohama r and d centre, i came face—to—face with the star of the investigation. -- 300 with the star of the investigation. —— 300 kilometres. after two months of practice in a duplicate of the blood and pets —— pedestal, mini sunfish was successful at finding melted concert material that could be fuelled debris on the pedestal in unit three. one of the reasons there is so much water in the reactor buildings is because groundwater is leaking in and it needs to be pumped out. the problem is it can't be

pumped out into the sea. there is still about 150 tons of groundwater leaking into the site every day and although they can use some of that to cool the fuel rods, it all gets contaminated survey need to store the access in these tanks. each one holds 1200 tons of water and there are currently 900 of these tanks here. it is obviously impossible to keep building these tanks at the rate of one every eight days. i don't know what they are going to do with them ever. so how do you stop groundwater from leaking in with them ever. so how do you stop groundwaterfrom leaking in the place? well, you build an ice wall. pipes of coolant have been inserted 30 metres into the ground and they are gradually freezing the soil and stopping anything from seeping through. it sounds completely nuts at howells would you do it? and ice

wall on the ground. having been criticised in the early stages, it 110w criticised in the early stages, it now seems that tepco is working hard to make fukushima state. it is reinforced working areas, sealed the concrete and reduced radiation levels. in our visit, we received the radiation dose equivalent to four dental x—rays. but there is such a long way to go. decommissioning the site could take 1:0 decommissioning the site could take a0 yea rs decommissioning the site could take a0 years and decommissioning the site could take ao years and it may cost y8 trillion. the human cost is more difficult to quantify. the exclusion zone has left many people homeless, unable to stop nature from reclaiming the poster cockle —— post— apocalyptic ghost towns. they can't go back until the radioactive fuel is recovered. those little robots have a lot riding on the tiny backs. they say injapan, you are

never more than six feet away from a robot. ok, actually, they don't say that but it does feel like it. and behind many of japan's that but it does feel like it. and behind many ofjapan‘s most iconic creations are to robot visionaries. hello, everybody. this is professor hiroshi ishigiru. hello, everybody, lama hiroshi ishigiru. hello, everybody, i am a copy of professor hiroshi ishigiru. this robot was created by the professor in his own likeness and has even been used to fill in for him at lectures he can't attend. we are trying to create a human robot, that is our final go. it is notjust making robot, that is our final go. it is not just making a robot, that is our final go. it is notjust making a robot, it is understanding humans itself. the lab has developed a number of humanlike

robots and is looking at how to create empathy between humans and robots. professor ishiguro believes that we may see far closer relationships between us and our electronic counterparts. of course, we wa nt electronic counterparts. of course, we want to give human rights to the robots and we want the robots being oui’ robots and we want the robots being our partners and therefore people wa nt to our partners and therefore people want to have friendship with the robot, we might find humanities with the robot. we believe this is our future. thank you so much. but not eve ryo ne future. thank you so much. but not everyone is trying to build robots in ourown everyone is trying to build robots in our own image. this is professor takahashi and this is his lab at tokyo university. he's been designing robots for decades. if technology was no object, where would you like to see robotics had?

robots for communication can be interfaced between human beings and other devices, the internet, services. we all have our own tiny robot that we can call pinocchio. it's so stupid to put everything together. we don't put a toaster and a toy and a car... that does sound silly. and microwave together. a toilet and a car? i will go to the patents office. so tiny might be the aim but that date —— that does not mean these robots are all looks. this is one of his latest projects released last year. it's a tiny robot that is also a phone. hello. and a projector. so it's a project? and a projector. so it's a project? and you keep it in your pocket. there is a clip. there is a clip.

0h, there is a clip. there is a clip. oh, idid there is a clip. there is a clip. oh, i did mention it also dances, didn't i? this is a very practical... and sophisticated. sophisticated and easy to carry around. not so easy to carry around. twice as expensive as iphone. so how do you think people will be persuaded to switch a black rectangle for this? smartphone is so sophisticated and it's almost perfect but there is only one shortcoming which is siri. siri so smart that people don't use it in their daily life but we can talk to a pet fish or a total but the problem is, it is a square shaped like this. it has an animal shape, a human shape, we are willing to talk to them. if we are going to talk to oui’ to them. if we are going to talk to our devices as if they are humans, thenit our devices as if they are humans, then it would certainly help if they look a bit more humanoid and if we

wa nt to look a bit more humanoid and if we want to do that any time soon, there may be little guys like these are the answer. hello, and welcome to the answer. hello, and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that mark zucker bergh apologised to be using hurricane damage in puerto rico for showing off facebook‘s new br function. it was in the week he hoped to take br mainstream with the launch of oculus go, a $200 stand—alone vice. a new generation of tamagotchi has been announced, 20 yea rs of tamagotchi has been announced, 20 years on from the original battery operated pet craze, a smaller, simpler version bringing this dowager and pointlessness to 2017. and microsoft says windows 10 phones are and microsoft says windows 10 phones a re low and microsoft says windows 10 phones are low longer be our focus, with no more hardware will feature is being developed, having only claimed o.3% of the phone market, it probably is

not much of a surprise. what is being claimed to be the largest ever and aj —— energy generating walkway has been shown off at the berlin festival of light. it can convert —— it can convert footsteps into energy. and finally, mit's computer science and a ita has developed a way to see around corners using a smartphone. it will detect an object or person through the night of action that they produce and be a music could help self driving cars or even search and rescue teams. also handy for playing hide and seek. at japan's olympic training atjapan's olympic training hq, a top—secret project is finally unveiled. any guesses? yes! ladies

and gentlemen, i give you block machine! the volleyball playing robot. over engineered, iwill let you judge. but it is hard to not appreciate the ambition. it is here to put the youth female volleyball tea m to put the youth female volleyball team through their paces, and solves a problem they face. translation: after winning bronze in the london olympics, we are aiming for gold in rio. we came third in the world, yet we re rio. we came third in the world, yet were the smallest in height. we wa nted were the smallest in height. we wanted to give them the ability to practise against taller players. that is the use of the machine. with not enough tall women to practise against, the university designed the robot and the interface which lets you simulator piece big, height, and typical formations of different international teams. —— the speed. translation: without the block

machine, our players would not have had much practice against high players. it contributed to the bronze medal in the championship. there are plans ultimately to use computer vision to have the team respond automatically to play, but right now, well, it is still one of the best video games i have played for a while. oh, the best video games i have played fora while. oh, yes, it is the best video games i have played for a while. oh, yes, it is a remote—controlled robot, i get to choose where the hands go, left, right, middle, and how many hands. bad timing. oh, what! of course, volleyball is not the only thing getting a technological boost in the run—up to the tokyo 2020 games, as

dan simmons has been finding out. —— games. tokyo 2020. while the city will no doubt put on a brilliant olympic games, yoshiaki sawabi is not so sure when it comes to the paralympics. and that is worrying, because he is one of the organisers. so, he has built this. and it really isa so, he has built this. and it really is a workout for the upper body. well, i guess it depends on how much you put into it. i am moving to the right—hand side of the course. it is an exhilarating ride. and 3000

people have already tried it out is the spring. —— since the. outside the spring. —— since the. outside the office, we caught up with the tea m the office, we caught up with the team and the rest of the expo, c tech. this is another paralympic event that can be played by competitors with varying degrees of disability. but again, it is able—bodied people that they want to get interested in the sport. it has been a highlight of paralympics in the past. he has got three years to raise its profile to the japanese public. this is a half sized automated version of the game space. censors keep track of the balls. the flashing lights and automated scoring helped to draw players in. and the company is in talks with arcades, shopping centres, and even bars, to open the sport up to the

public. he has been in a wheelchair for 20 years, so i asked him if to welcome other wheelchair users. —— tokyo was willing to. downstairs, i am downstairs, iam being downstairs, i am being scanned downstairs, iam being scanned in 3d, as this tech specialist, michael, is showing me the new tory of the company. they want to work out what is the new toy of the company. this new kit can capture all athletes at their best and i select exactly the movements they used to win. but remember, entertainment is as important to these guys as learning, so they have given me a few new moves. i am not sure if it is good enough for the gold, though. for the last leg of ourjapan trip,

we wa nted for the last leg of ourjapan trip, we wanted to show you something of a japanese tradition happening deep in the countryside, far away from the blade runner streets of tokyo. it is sunday morning, and that this high school in a small town of tendo, dozens school in a small town of tendo, d oze ns of school in a small town of tendo, dozens of pupils have gathered for a sumo dozens of pupils have gathered for a sumo match, that is robot sumo, of course. yeah, today, i have come to watch a regional heat of a national competition which is now in its 25th year. and with several spots up for grabs in the final, nothing is being left for chance. the winner is the first robot to get the other one out of the ring twice. if that hasn't happened in three minutes, the winner is the first to get one point. do if a robot flips over all stops working, the match is over, or maybe they were given extra time if it is really fun. —— though,. you

will get the idea. they cannot even push across the floor. how was this going to work? the rings are made of steel. and the sumo bots have really strong magnets to simulate the mass of real sumo wrestlers to give them the best chance of not being flipped. but the fact the umpires need to wear shin guard probably tells you that this doesn't always work. —— guards. here we go! yeah. it is quick. and the reason is that once the bots are left alone, these matches are taking place entirely autonomously. these machines are tending to outthink and outsense each other in the blink of an eye. someone who knows how best to gain those little advantages is this 17—year—old, amani mori. her dad

came second in the very first robot sumo competition. last year she came third. translation: sumo competition. last year she came third. translationzlj sumo competition. last year she came third. translation: i am trying hard to beat my father's record. that is what i am aiming to do. he had a big influence on me. tactics include having a black bot which is harder for your opponents' censors to see. you could also have a preprogrammed strategy. the programming needs to be superior to win. but i think having the best laid is the most important feature. -- blade. here she goes. i am no expert, but that does not look good. but in the second round, her expertise starts to show. as the day goes on, she conquers all before her, untiljust before the final... she crashes out.

translation: there is a strategy called feint when you back off before you go in, but the timing was off and the bot went too early. win or lose, of course, overthe off and the bot went too early. win or lose, of course, over the years, this competition has given thousands of stu d e nts this competition has given thousands of students invaluable experience in robotics and programming. and of course, when you do get knocked out, you can still enjoy everyone else's smash—ups! wow, what an exhilarating way to end this trip to japan. now, you will find loads of extra photos from our journey you will find loads of extra photos from ourjourney on twitter, @bbcclick. we are also on facebook. thank you so much for watching, and we will see you soon. hi there.

we're going to look at the satellite picture, first of all, because we have quite a typical autumnal set up, really. cool north—westerly winds across the atlantic meeting milder southerly winds, the a weather front in between. what of course is not normal is this. hurricane ophelia, a category two hurricane, near the azores, with winds gusting to 120 miles an hour. they will be affecting our weather early next week. for the time being, we have warm winds wafting their way across the british isles, dragging out that warm air for the time of your. so, over the next days we could see temperatures go as high as 2a degrees, if we get some sunny spells. the temperatures, by the way, are pretty good, actually, for late july. except it's not late july, it's october. and those temperatures are really quite incredible fought the time of year. now, it is a mild start to the day everywhere, with temperatures into double figures. we've got some rain around in northern ireland, into north—west england, and south of scotland, as well, seeing that wet weather. look at these temperatures. 16 degrees, as we start the day. elsewhere, temperatures

should peak at this time of year. as we go through the day, this band of rain will slowly push its way northwards, whilst easing. the cloud over england and wales, while quite low at times across wales and south—west england, with some hill fog patches in the morning, but the cloud will tend to shrink as we go on through the afternoon, to allow some bright spells through. in the best of the sunshine, i think i temperatures could get to 22, maybe 23 celsius towards eastern england during saturday afternoon. overnight, rain turns heavierfor a time across northern ireland, but more especially in western scotland, where it will be a wet old night. another mild night, saturday night, these are the kind of minimum temperatures. 13, 1a degrees, something like that. now, on sunday, there is a better chance that we will see more in the way of breaks across england and wales. you'll notice, though, the rain in northern scotland. when the rain sticks, which it could do across northern scotland, through the day, it will not feel especially warm. temperatures into the teens. but with the sunshine coming out, we could see

highs of 23 or 2a celsius. so it will be a very warm day for late october indeed. beyond that, we have to look again at the azores. this is hurricane ophelia. this is be working in north—eastward direction. probably another 2a hours as a hurricane before it turns into normal area of low pressure. please bear in mind that the track of this low pressure could change, but nevertheless, you will notice that we've got some very strong winds coming our way through monday and tuesday as well. firmly in the firing line is ireland. northern ireland and scotland could also be impacted. the winds may well be damaging. but bear in mind the track could change, so the strong winds could affect other areas of uk, as well. and that's your weather. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: hollywood's sex scandal deepens. rose mcgowan is the latest actress to claim she was raped by film producer harvey weinstein. hillary clinton says the allegations against the movie mogul, a prominent supporter

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