rebutting claims of alleged anti—trump bias in the fbi's russia probe. the white house says the memo "contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages", and for this reason, the president was unable to declassify it. us officials say they're considering what action to take after two british jihadis were captured in syria. alexanda kotey and el shafee el sheikh were part of a team of four british is members who the americans say killed 27 hostages. the families of their victims say the fighters should face trial. uber has settled its legal battle with the self—driving car company, waymo. the dispute was over allegations that the ride—hailing app, stole trade secrets about waymo‘s self—driving technology. in the court will have news watch,

but first, here is click. this is how the self—driving car sees the world. sensors feed the car with a continuous 360 degrees view of its surroundings, along with crucial depth information. it is the key technology for a successful autonomous drive. this week in the us, the mighty court case got under way as google‘s autonomous car ‘s spin—off company, waymo, and uber lock horns in a way that could have

seen uber‘s self—driving taxi plans stall. it was a battle over who has access to the secret keys that make autonomous self—driving car ‘s work was settled in court on monday. an out of court settlement seems to have settled the deal. uber‘s plans to taxi is around without a driver ofa to taxi is around without a driver of a step closer and they are not stopping there. if it continues to look at the future of transportation, with in just look at the future of transportation, with injust a look at the future of transportation, with in just a few yea rs transportation, with in just a few years might look very different to the way it looks now. even self—driving cabs will get stuck injams, even self—driving cabs will get stuck in jams, so this even self—driving cabs will get stuck injams, so this is uber‘s vision. when you are tight time, go by air. it is ambitious and so is the timescale. goalies by 2022

launch a first demonstrate a fight in dallas in los angeles, to show that as a proof of concept that can work, and then work to scale by 2023 and 2025, so we are providing flights, giving them a new way to travel. one of their partners has shown off its design for four seater cabin, which could include a pilot. here is their 360 view with the alternative set up, four seats, four passengers. the aircraft, like self—driving car is, would navigate autonomously. we have seen other designs the air taxis of late, including this one, which recently shuffled actual people in this autopilot drone. —— shuffled. and this aircab, autopilot drone. —— shuffled. and this air cab, which uses 18 motors and nine separate battery packs just in case. —— shuttled. monis are

working on new aircraft, the fa will have to be convinced that they are safe. will as the applicants to come forward with engineering proposals and what test will they propose to do, so that we can assure that if there is a fire or short or something goes wrong during that flight, something goes wrong during that flight, that somebody can safely land and get away from that aircraft before it does damage to people on the aircraft, or the ground for that matter. 50 would it the aircraft, or the ground for that matter. so would it work? here is uber‘s case study. we have landed in la, traffic is a nightmare and a taxi would take us 18 minutes, whereas the air trip to the sky port, plus the short transfer, is less tha n port, plus the short transfer, is less than half an hour. if it says it could end up costing about the same amount. —— ubersays. 0k, there

are many reasons why sell flying taxis sound like a good idea, but uber‘s dream will need to run smoothly to deliver. apologies, very busy airspace right now. unfortunately, the weather is closing in, we're not quite sure we're going to be able to get you into night. really sorry, we are just cleaning the cabin. we at two kilograms over, i am afraid. we are just recharging your taxi at the moment, it will be a while. at least

that last one should not be too much ofa that last one should not be too much of a problem. that last one should not be too much ofa problem. uber that last one should not be too much of a problem. uber have teamed up with ev specialists, charge point. so, you are running 17.5 seconds late and we had to cancel. please do book again via the app. and that is the most challenging part of this project, to get us, the public, co mforta ble project, to get us, the public, comfortable with the idea of taking airtaxi. comfortable with the idea of taking air taxi. when we talk think about -- think air taxi. when we talk think about —— think about consumer options, we saw that with elevator is when they first came out and actually to get consumers comfortable with it, an elevator operator would remain in the elevator, even after it was made electronic, just to get consumers co mforta ble. electronic, just to get consumers comfortable. we are going to be doing the same with the driverless vehicles right now as we have safety

drivers staying in the car, explaining this technology, and the same too with our pilots. we will be launching pilots who will serve not only is the operators of the flight but as an ambassador to get ride is co mforta ble but as an ambassador to get ride is comfortable with this new mode of transport, so soon enough they will forget about its novelty and get back to their texting and making the use of their time during transit. just like the uber waymo court case over who owns the specialist tech that makes self—driving car ‘s work, the creation of the flying will no doubt have its own dogfight in court. perhaps that is another reason why uber is keen to get in early. flying high is not fun for everyone, though. agoraphobia or fear of heights is one of the most common phobias, but this virtual reality therapy hopes to help. sweating again. this man can

confidently fly a plane but when it comes to heights in general, it is a different story. oh no, i have got to move. i can't do it. come back. i can't move while i'm out there, i had to come back you to do that. i couldn't go up the ladder. ijust couldn't go up the ladder. ijust could not go up. if i drove to wales, i went around the longwave, as opposed to going over the bridge. ijust don't like open heights, but icanjump in ijust don't like open heights, but i canjump in a plane flies, that is a completely different environment. in my head it is, at least. that is the sure. welcome back. 0 god, it is dark. howdy they'll? anxious, sweaty, nervous. even though you

have been to the process of doing this before, you still feel the same level of a nxiety this before, you still feel the same level of anxiety doing that now, would you say it is dramatically reduced? more confident, i have much more confidence now than i did when idid it more confidence now than i did when i did it the first time. having taken part in this trial using vr to recreate the sensation of being high up recreate the sensation of being high up in dealing with that, he feels to some extent that he has overcome his fabio. i was on holiday with some friends, they were going on the rollercoasters. i talked about this vr we were doing and they said well, you should be able to come on board. i watched my family and friends go round a couple more times and then just thought well, i can do this.“ you look your left, you will see a basket of light balls. what i want you to do is throw the light balls down into the atrium.|j you to do is throw the light balls down into the atrium. i think it can help pretty much any time for fear or phobia, so for example it might bea or phobia, so for example it might be a fear of a cat or a spider or

dogs, what you need to do is relearn that actually you are safe in the situations you fear will stop the beauty of that is that when you are there, you know that you are not really in that place. it allows you to do things that you would not really doing the real world, but all the scientific data suggest that it does transfer into the real world. it makes people much more willing to engage. although i am slightly terrified of rollercoasters, i don't actually suffer from of heights, but naturally, i wanted to have a go. 0k, naturally, i wanted to have a go. ok, i naturally, i wanted to have a go. 0k, idid naturally, i wanted to have a go. ok, i did you suddenly get that funny kind of tingling feeling at my feet. i hope i do not drop the cat. well, it was certainly an immersive vr experience. i believe that some points, i was looking down over the building. iget points, i was looking down over the building. i get how this can get you toa building. i get how this can get you to a certain level where you can then do things in the real world. it

can go further though. in this programme, you are going to try a series of tasks. earlier this year, it was announced that the uk's national health service is invested in this idea of using virtual reality to battle severe mental health issues, by putting survivors ina health issues, by putting survivors in a virtual environment they would struggle with in the real world. this immersive approach, plus the availability of virtual therapist is, more readily provide more therapy to more people at a lower cost. at the heart of all mental health problems are difficulties interacting in the world and with vr, we can put you back in situations that are troubling and coach them on the best ways to think, feel and behave in those situations. we have got to test on trial and make sure that things work, but the potential is enormous. that was a look at how doctors may soon be veering away from traditional therapies and prescribing a big dose of virtual

reality. that is it for the shortcut of click this week. the full—length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer, and we are waiting for you on twitter and facebook throughout every week too. thank you for watching and we will see you soon. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. 0n the show: how wise was it for a bbc reporter to be following this woman down a dark street? and the bbc‘s weather forecasts have had a makeover but are they clearer or have they made the picture more murky? tuesday marked 100 years since some women receive the right to vote and breakfast marked the occasion with an all—female line—up,

from the two main presenters to sports and weather presenters and a roster of women guests. some members of the audience approved. but, she went on: and irena questioned the whole idea. and corrine butler made this point: across bbc news that day, the anniversary was recognised. kevin jones applauded the coverage as a whole, but had

one major reservation. wednesday evenings bulletins included a report from michael buchanan about an nhs trust in liverpool where, according to a report seen by bbc news, patients had suffered unnecessary harm because a senior leadership team was out of its depth. the chief executive at the time, bernie cuthel, was tracked down on the news at six. we tried to get an interview with her. excuse me? bernie cuthel. yeah. bbc news. health. we just want to ask you a couple of questions. are you a bully, ms cuthel?

are you a bully? and, as you can see, bernie cuthel did not want to answer any questions. a later version of that report for the news at ten made it clear