there have been widespread protests in iraq and. the demonstrators have defied stern warnings from the authorities to stop —— iran. new york's fire chief says a toddler playing with a stove started a fire in the bronx which killed 12 people including five children. investigators say the kitchen door was left open allowing the fire to enter the hallway. a huge fire at a restau ra nt enter the hallway. a huge fire at a restaurant and shopping complex in mumbai has killed at least 14 people. most of the dead were young women celebrating at a birthday party. the fire is thought to have started in a restaurant. attacks by gunmen in each of killed at least nine people. the coptic christian church was targeted. in the past year more than 100 christians and have been killed in egypt. so—called islamic state says it was behind the latest attack. it is just after half past midnight. at this festive time of year it is

time tojoin the at this festive time of year it is time to join the team of click had a christmas special. 2017, the year of curious cat ‘s, haunting holograms, and trigger happy trackers. hello. it is time to look back on the year in tech. as 2017 fades away, we could tell you about all the technology news that has happened, at the hacking, be launching, the automatic driving, but that would be just like last yearand, but that would be just like last year and, come to think of it, the year and, come to think of it, the year before that. so we prefer to

share with you some unforgettable memories from our year on click as we travelled far and wide to bring you some extraordinary moment is. and we start with a personal highlight for me. back in october we travelled to japan and we got rare access to see how robots are helping with the dangerous task of cleaning up with the dangerous task of cleaning up the bookish ema nuclear power plant up the bookish ema nuclear power pla nt after up the bookish ema nuclear power plant after a ‘s meltdown in 2011. —— fukushima. scary? no. i have worn a plenty of protective suits in my time, but they have always been to protect the environment from my body. this time it is different. we

are going inside unit five, which is identical to the units which were wrecked by the explosions. as you can imagine, it is really hot inside this tube. it is a confusing jumble of walkways and machinery, it is to be built to appreciate that someone in here is a seven story sankai of water called the primary containment vessel, the pcv, it is time to go right underneath the reactor. they think what happens after the meltdowns is that the molten fuel just burned through the bottom of the fukushima and came to adhere to the fukushima and came to adhere to the pedestal. that is where they think the fuel is now. —— pcv. it is

difficult enough getting through this place on foot, now imagine trying to remote control a robot through this after the whole place has been mangled by an explosion. 0h yes, and do it in the dark. this is a scorpion, its mission was to hunt forfuel in a scorpion, its mission was to hunt for fuel in unit two. a scorpion, its mission was to hunt forfuel in unit two. time is of the essence for any fu kushima forfuel in unit two. time is of the essence for any fukushima robot. the radiation will eventually damage and disable its cameras, rendering it useless. the entire mission can also be upset by something far more basic. this is service hatch letter xsix, basic. this is service hatch letter x six, they were hoping to set a scorpion robot down this ramp to fuel the —— filmy molten fuel at the bottom. it never made it. they did not get any footage or evidence of where the fuel was. in unit three the water is much higher, so they had to think of another way to get a robot in. that is where the

miniature fish came in. that is where it came in. built to fit through this 15 centimetre pipe, it isa through this 15 centimetre pipe, it is a tiny underwater robot with by propellers, two cameras, and for human operators. 300 kilometres away from fukushima i came face to face with the star of the investigation. after two months of practice and that of the flooded at a still, it was successful in finding melted plums of material that could be in unit three. the commissioning the site could take up to a0 years and it could take 8 trillion yen. those little robots have a lot riding on their tiny back. ever wondered what get up to when no

one is there? —— cats. meet roxie and zara who seemed agreeable in taking part in some gadget testing. sorry. if you have ever wanted to watch, talk to, or even play with your cat is when you are not with them, then this could help. 0nce your cat is when you are not with them, then this could help. once the device is connected to your home wi—fi you can log in via the apa anywhere you can get your phone online —— app. there is a laser game to play, snacks at the tap of an icon, and a function to make and share videos and cat snaps. this

rather unusual looking setup works in quitea rather unusual looking setup works in quite a similar way. there is a camera so you can see in quite a similar way. there is a camera so you can see the cats remotely, also the ability to give them food wherever you are. plus this toy, which is apparently something that might like to play with. —— cats. zara and roxie were possibly slightly intimidated by the jolting of the battery thing and the app was extremely temperamental, making set up a tedious experience. —— feathery. the pepe smart goal has been around for quite awhile and is available for and dogs. it allows owners to keep an eye on tevita, pulse, breathing rate, heartrate variability, and even the positions the pet is in, it can be particular beneficial if there are health concerns 01’ an beneficial if there are health concerns or an injury to keep an eye on. meanwhile, there seems to be a

game of cat and mouse going on. the latter played by a remote—controlled rodent. although it actually consists of the mouse chasing the cat, which probably says it all about my day's filming. that was lara with some pretty disinterested interviewees. you can't win them all. you know us, we will report from wherever we find a good story. there have been semi great ones. semi successful ones in africa this year. back injune, dan simmons went to tanzania to see the first stages of what could be a global revolution in education. we are travelling a long way from any town or city to visit some of the 200 children in this village in northern tanzania. we are beating up

the tablet, the first one. the whole programme is in sight healy so the local children can understand. i think they are going to need more ta blets. think they are going to need more tablets. this is one of about 150 villages in tanzania chosen as the testbed for the global learning x prize. within a few months a000 others will be given out, the challenge to teach 7—11—year—old others will be given out, the challenge to teach 7— 11—year—old to read, write, and do maths over the next year. the most effective app will win $10 million. the price he will win $10 million. the price he will be much more valuable. 0lder children can walk up to four hours to get to and from school, for younger ones like this seven—year—old that is too far. she has been lucky, she is one of those who has been chosen to take part in the challenge. at the start she has not seen a tablet before so she is

not seen a tablet before so she is not used to touching screens. when it comes to reading, she does not know more than one or two words in a sentence. butjohn, who was with the project, thinks the tablet will eventually to read fluently. the problem is that there are about 60— 100 million kids who have no access to school because it is too far. then you have 250 million more to go to school and to leave without ever having learnt to read or write a word. they are in botswana, boston, brighton, it does not matter. could go to school all over the world and they go and do not learn. why is that? that is the question we are trying to address. in our greatest desire, every single child on planet earth has access to a world class education in the palm of her hand. we are hoping to be back next you to see how the teams get along. for now it is time to say goodbye. we have brought some biscuits to say thank

you. and suddenly the difficulties the team faced when they arrived became clear. we just 20 or so ta blets became clear. we just 20 or so tablets per village, there simply won't be enough for everyone to take part. to reduce potentialjealousy, the tablets will be locked to only run the educational software, but eve ryo ne run the educational software, but everyone wants one. a village of mamma has been chosen to settle any dispute. in the skin's partners, unesco, will be asking some other important questions about tablets as well —— scheme stipulate we are doing assessments of the social and emotional impact of such learning, because we expect some criticism from that site. we are engaging with the psychologist, anthropologist, educationalists, to try to understand what does it do to the child? is it an option that is ethical because children go to school, they are socialised also, it is not only the community of learning, it is learning to be part of the group. it isjust like back

at home. now they have all got ta blets. at home. now they have all got tablets. they are not really talking to anybody. that was down in tanzania. next, we are off to germany with k2 has found an elevator that goes sideways —— kate. this picturesque town in germany, home to this and dogs, chocolate box buildings, and a 2a6 metre tower holding the tallest observation deck in germany. but this tower is notjust about great views. built by an elevator company, it has wild lift shaft running inside it. one is used to transport passengers to be top, the other to test the latest in technology. passengers to be top, the other to test the latest in technologym passengers to be top, the other to test the latest in technology. it is in the core of the tower. 0nly test the latest in technology. it is in the core of the tower. only a few people really have the chance to see

what we have built and what is running bear. an elevator without any ropes. —— running there. running bear. an elevator without any ropes. -- running there. this is revolutionary. the cabin is carried by linear motors, it is the same technology that creates japan's will train. as well is eliminating the speed and height restriction of today's technology, this allows passengers to travel sideways as well as up and down, just like willy wonka's fantastic elevator in charlie and the chocolate factory. behind the scenes, behind the car, we changed this. get prepared for the horizontal movement. as soon as the horizontal movement. as soon as the doors close we can go sideways to the next shaft. and this is the most important thing that we come back to a circulating system. reinventing the paternoster. using

this circulating pattern means a lift shaft could hold ten or more caverns, much more efficient than a single up and down right that today's elevator is our limited to. and this will only become more important when we start looking at elevator is reaching perhaps 1000 or more metres into the sky. that was kate going sideways. and so are we. we are off to the place where china makes the world tech, the city of shenzhen, where last month i got exclusive prelaunch access to see how when you smart phone is born. —— how when you smart phone. they make loads of different types of phones in this factory, so to keep the secret from other workers, everything happens behind the blue shroud of secrecy. are you ready? thank you. come in. welcome to production line 27. the

phone starts life as just a tiny camera, there and it is gradually assembled around this you shaped production line, which means by the time it gets to the end it is a fully featured phone. just about there. this is the reasons china has come to dominate technology manufacturing, a disciplined workforce, each person has one particular job workforce, each person has one particularjob which has precision. a single speck of dust and a single phone will be rejected. what i found most surprising about this is it is all people stop it i would have thought with this kind of high precisionjob the stones thought with this kind of high

precision job the stones would have been built solely by machines but it is pretty much all humans. this is where an unlucky few phones are pulled off the production line to check extreme tolerance. elsewhere, other test phones escape that a plunge but instead are drop 5000 times each. others have their charging point whittled and buttons pressed 10,000 times. with the launch over, one class will nervously await first reviews and more importantly, the transporters. they will decide whether these people will be joined by hundreds more or not. a fascinating points behind the curtain in china. and now it is time to leave earth entirely for a few minutes to remember how

the click crew explore the final frontier in vr. virtual reality game star trek bridge crew brings together up to four players, each taking a different role on the bridge of a starship. that is brilliant. incredible! 0h starship. that is brilliant. incredible! oh my goodness, mark! we are walking everybody. way owl! —— wow. we don't have time to sightseeing as we received a distress signal from a stricken vessel. engineering, can you transport the survivors back here? i don't know. laughter. it is

at this moment that the action takes at this moment that the action takes a turn which will appeal to star trek super fans. it has defied one cruiser. it is a klingon d5 cruiser. 0k, target it! target to sure it! -- destroyed. it feels like vr at its best. adjudication is a must, you would complete the mission. rate to ten building. a couple of sticky moments but only think we managed to keep it together as a crew and the result was a successful mission. now, one thing we love to do on click is to look at how things might change significantly in the future. 0ne change significantly in the future. one area that we think is about to

p0p one area that we think is about to pop onto the scene and possibly on to many people ‘s plates is lab grown meat. i am talking burgers, stea ks grown meat. i am talking burgers, steaks and fish. got a taste for it? backin steaks and fish. got a taste for it? back injuly, steaks and fish. got a taste for it? back in july, cap steaks and fish. got a taste for it? back injuly, cap hawkins visited the cultured food capital, san francisco, to see what is cooking. i have come to this lab in the heart of silicon valley to visit impossible to. they claim to have invented food of the future on a com pletely invented food of the future on a completely meatless meat made entirely of plants. impossible foods found that the key ingredient that gives meet its characteristic taste isa gives meet its characteristic taste is a molecule found in most living things and especially in animal must. it luckily, it is also found in plants. this is your magic ingredient, your plate —based blood. right and it provides the explosion of flavour that you get, it is the

different between white meat chicken with a beef burger. the company has recently flipped the switch on its meatless meatpacking factory as it rents up reduction. this will eventually make a million burgers are months and the next aim is to move into chicken, pork and lamb. but it is one thing being a scientist who is enthralled by food tech and another to be a chef using the ingredient produced on a carefully crafted menu. the ingredient produced on a carefully crafted menulj the ingredient produced on a carefully crafted menu. i think we eat way too much meat in general, so it isa eat way too much meat in general, so it is a good way to be as close as possible to meet that looks and tastes. the impossible burger is now the only one rocco has on his menu and he sells 250 of them are weak. it seems like at this stage it might bea it seems like at this stage it might be a novelty for silicon valley diners, but of course, as always, the true test is in the tasting. 0k, it is about to happen. it's really

good. the texture isjust like meat. it doesn't taste like vince beef. a little bit like mushrooms, but i know there is no mushrooms in there. —— mints. what comes across as important is that it is important that the flavour tastes close to meet while being ethical. what if you could serve up animal flesh without the single creature being harmed? that without the single creature being harmed ? that is without the single creature being harmed? that is what this company is working on. they plan to grow actual fish from stem cells. phyllis booth ta kes a fish from stem cells. phyllis booth takes a small sample of cells from a real fish takes a small sample of cells from a realfish and takes a small sample of cells from a real fish and conjures takes a small sample of cells from a realfish and conjures it takes a small sample of cells from a real fish and conjures it up. takes a small sample of cells from a realfish and conjures it up. one cell can theoretically come one ton of fish meat but they are not there

yet. will be on the market in three yea rs yet. will be on the market in three years with products that are a new version of fish that people haven't had before and in five to six years we will have steaks and fillets, just like the fish you normally see in the ocean. cap hawkins reporting backin in the ocean. cap hawkins reporting back in this summer. from california to the netherlands where nick witnessed a dense with a new hologram effect. —— vr. today choreographers and dancers are working with a new medium for artistic expression. they are taking to excerpts from so—called stop ocean and are adapting it to include holographic projection is. ocean and are adapting it to include holographic projection ism ocean and are adapting it to include holographic projection is. it is a really, treaty, almost an imax type experience of. —— dance. every detail has been carefully crafted. they are projecting a fall in the

white giant and dust onto a black back drop playing with the themes of light and dark and destruction. technology needs to embrace the art. but not be sticking out all by itself. it needs to help, it is like a glove to the art to expression. the holographic elision is created with the help of two very high end projectors and a special lightweight mesh screen. —— illusion. by playing out videos on the front mesh and back will it creates an optical illusion of 3—d depth. back will it creates an optical illusion of 3-d depth. for the performers it is actually really good, they can see the projections on the side while they are on stage performing. with other systems, you don't really get that same wall. dancers into position, standby lighting and music, kew projection and action! —— cue. music plays.

applause. after a ll after all that globetrotting, i have to say there is no place like home. there's no place like home. there's no place like home. there's no place like... guards! yes, banks, voting systems and the nhs were not the only ones to have been under attack in 2017. even in my own castle i have my hands full with this lot. we even lost our first guest on the show. sorry can. and in 2018 we will be going back into battle again, reporting from wherever we find the best technology from around the globe and home. we will see you next

year. hi there. it was scotland and northern england that bore the brunt of the snowy weather. bringing localised disruptions on friday but also great conditions for getting out on the sledges in bradford, west yorkshire. further north in scotland, again we had some heavy falls of snow out and about. snow near the roadside here in speyside, a bit of slush on the roads and with temperatures fallen away, we are expecting icy stretches as we start off the morning saturday, particularly for the northern half of the uk. across england and wales many areas had this band of rain through which has brought mild conditions.

temperatures 10—13 degrees first thing saturday morning, mild start to the day. through the rest of saturday, many of us starting on a cloudy and grey note, a few bright sunny spells getting through across wales and the midlands. another band of rain will slip into that cold and scotland, bringing snow to the mountains particularly across 200 metres elevation to the north and central of the central belt. higher areas perhaps seeing sleet for a time. quite a contrast in temperatures. quite chilly in the north, very milf further south, 13 or 1a degrees. —— mild. we have had the snow and cold weather but times they are a changing. you might have heard storm dylan is expected to form in this part of the atlantic. at the moment itjust doesn't exist. the area of low pressure doesn't exist, but this area of cloud will be passing underneath a very powerful 190 mph jet stream and this creates storm dylan. a bit of uncertainty exactly how strong it will be or how far north south it will be.

it will likely bring some severe gales to the northern half of the uk, scotland, northern ireland and northern england. also heavy outbreaks of rain blowing in the wind, but by the time we get to the afternoon, dylan would have bobbed into the north sea, leaving behind a whole rash of blustery showers, still with some snow in high ground in scotland and a range of temperatures still. highs of 5 or 6 in scotland, further south 11 or 12 degrees. and on the mild side. what about new years celebrations? not as cold as it has been. four degrees to scotland and northern ireland, northern england as well. some showers knocking around and that is true further south as well in england and wales, with temperatures around london about seven celsius, a blustery south—westerly wind. for new year's day, outbreaks of rain quite close to southern england, further north in scotland, wet and windy weather still with the risk of snow across the high ground scotland. in between these areas of weather some sunshine to be found on new year's day. that is your latest weather. welcome to bbc news. i'm duncan golestani.

a wave of protests against the government in iran has spread to some of the country's biggest cities. demonstrators have been demanding basic rights and an end to corruption. wyre davies reports. these are extremely rare sights. iranian cities hit by large anti—government protests. this is the western city of kermanshah.