tv Click BBC News March 4, 2018 12:30pm-1:01pm GMT
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will tweaked so we don't know if it will come to pass, but it does risk a trade war. —— just a tweet. the eu is threatening to tax the harley—davidson. this is how these things get out of control. retaliation, cross retaliation and no retaliation against. at any point that this starts, it is very hard to stop, especially when the measures he started with our global, and then you have responses against that globally. but this is the protectionist agenda he was elected on, america first, evenif he was elected on, america first, even if it means putting up trade barriers. this is his interpretation of america first. the reality is there is no one place where everything is made and no 1's
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destination for it. unfortunately this administration has not absorb this administration has not absorb this reality. the history of unilateral trade action such as he is suggesting to ta ke action such as he is suggesting to take is always an unhappy one. it has never ended well and the idea that it will end well this time, that it will end well this time, thatis that it will end well this time, that is einstein's definition of insanity. doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. once we do leave, after brexit, we have been talking about doing our own trade deal with the united states. will this kind of protection still apply? if there we re protection still apply? if there were those types of negotiations, will don trumps to try to put ta riffs will don trumps to try to put tariffs on british goods? my knowledge of the way in which the us negotiates its trade deals is very
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hard—headed, as is everyone else. we will not get a special pass unless it benefits the united states. we cannot expect to be exempted from measures if he pursues it is in his interests to pursue them, despite the special relationship between our countries. thank you very much indeed for your analysis. thank you. an independent report given to carillion said the firm had been aggressively managed to make its balance sheet look better than it was. the document has been published by two committees. time now for the weather.
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we will see this area of extending into easternmost areas of kent, suffolk and norfolk as well. getting close to london, it might scuttle away to the ease. this area of rain goes out into the north sea before bending back into the cold air gci’oss bending back into the cold air across scotland, said the rain here will turn to snow later during the night. it could be quite heavy over the hills. french is —— temperatures below freezing and more snow in the forecast for scotland. rain and sleet will be mixed in, further showers across wells and south—west england. brighter weather across eastern england, turning milder in
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london, but for most of us, still quite cool. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: sir roger bannister, the first athlete to run a mile in underfour minutes, has died at the age of 88. he had been suffering from parkinson's disease. theresa may urges the eu to get on with agreeing what she calls her "ambitious, but practical" vision for relations after brexit. we've set out what we want, we've set out where we think we can have this ambitious relationship that's good for both sides — let's get on with it. work continues to clear snow from roads and railways lines after severe disruption. meanwhile, warnings of flooding as strong winds batter the coasts. president trump threatens to increase trade tariffs on cars imported to the united states from europe. eu leaders have vowed to retaliate in kind. lets get more reaction to the death
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of sir roger bannister who has died at the age of 88. tributes have been coming in ever since news of his death was announced a couple of hours ago. the prime minister has been tweeting her tribute to sir roger bannister. she said he was a great british sporting icon. on the line now is roger black, former british 400 metre runner and triple olympic medallists. thank you for being with us. an extraordinary sporting icon, sir roger bannister, and such a great achievement.
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great achievement and the barrier that we broke, has another barrier been broken since that has had such a big impact on the world? i think the answer is no. i did a project on sir roger bannister and the four—minute mile when i was at school. i wrote to him when i was having the dilemma regarding whether i should leave medical school to ta ke i should leave medical school to take athletics seriously because he was the only person i knew who was combining the two. he wrote me back a lovely letter. he said i should ta ke a lovely letter. he said i should take it a bit more seriously than he did! he was always this iconic figure and whenever i spoke to him, it's interesting, because remember him for the athletics, but actually, medicine was his true love and he was true to that. in his day, you we re was true to that. in his day, you were able to play around a little
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bit with athletics, as he said, but he was a huge figure in our sports and he will be sorely missed. why was it such a sought—after achievement to run the mile under four minutes? it was compared almost two climbing everest in the 1950s. it was, it was around the same time. it was, it was around the same time. it was, it was around the same time. it was just a perfect number, breaking four minutes. it was that elusive figure and the interesting thing as we all know that when he did it, more people did it. once something is done, other people can do it. it's used in the corporate world. once you have smashed through a barrier, other people will do it. he was the first person to do it and he will be remembered for ever for being that person. and just talked was about how we did do it. he he was about how we did do it. he he was lucky. he had his paces and in a
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senseit was lucky. he had his paces and in a sense it was a team effort. definitely a team effort. they chose the place and time and they had a strategy and they stuck to its. he was the one that stuck to it. he a lwa ys was the one that stuck to it. he always gave credit to chataway and eve ryo ne always gave credit to chataway and everyone else. he did cross the line, but the others mattered. you do get nostalgic because it really was the amateur days of athletics. you have this image of him getting up, getting on a train, putting on his spikes and giving it a go. it wouldn't happen now, it's completely different, it's very professional. we admire that. we love the
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symbolism of what he did back then, but the most important thing about it was breaking that elusive barrier that had been there for so long and so many people thought could not be broken. thank you so much for being with us. roger black, former 400 metre runner and triple olympic medallist with his thoughts and memories of the great sir roger bannister who has sadly died at the age of 88. preparations are underway for the
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oscars. let's get more. it is the most famous carpet since aladdin's, and now it is being rolled out before the stars roll up. not long to go now, but operations continue to hollywood's big night. this star wars actor will be making an appearance for the first time since 1977. all these years of watching it in my pyjamas, saying, look at her hair! now this year i have to put on a tuxedo and be part of it, look at her hair! now this year i have to put on a tuxedo and be part of it, because i'm presenting. as big an honour as it is to be part of it, it's more fun to watch it at home. you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth! playing a starring role this year will be gary oldman, who is favourite to win best actor for his portrayal of winston churchill in darkest hour.
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do they know i'm black? british hopes also rests with daniel kaluuya for get out. i've got a few text messages from people saying, good luck. i'm just trying to relax and enjoy it. you may think that thing looks human. stands on two legs, right? the shape of water has 13 nominations. its british star, sally hawkins, is up for best actress. francis mcdormand is tipped to win for three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. while it may look much the same as usual, this is not a typical oscars year. the issues of harassment and gender equality are being talked about as much as the likely winners, which is threatening to overshadow the ceremony. is it going to be about the prizes or the protests this year? i think you decide, that person decides. for us, it's about the fun. your life should be a protest. your voice, every day, should be the protest. notjust one night. i know that if i get up on the stage i will be so nervous...
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this woman is competing against herself, with nominations for best costume design for beauty and the beast and darkest hour. how did this happen, i don't know! you have been in this position before, you won an oscar in 2013 for anna karenina. what is that moment like, when your name is read out? totally and utterly overwhelming. it's everything mixed up together. it's a kind of... absolute shock. and then a kind of dread, of standing up and going up onto the stage. but also the most wonderful feeling that you can't believe that you've actually won. the stars have been out and about in hollywood this weekend. but it is just a taster before the main event. congratulations from all of us.
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the big day is getting closer and now, pubs will be able to stay open longer. cheers! on the friday night before the royal wedding and the saturday night itself, licensing hours are being extended until 1am, so people have more time to raise a glass to the happy couple. i think it's a great idea! it lets people celebrate, brings people together. to connect the people to the royal family, we need to be able to celebrate as well. i'm very much in favour! i think it's something that all pubs need. this has happened before, including for the wedding of the duke and duchess of cambridge and the queen's 90th birthday. it's the home secretary who can briefly loosen licensing laws for special occasions. of course, the royal wedding coincides with this year's fa cup final on the 19th of may, but the government says there have been no reports of increased disorder when pub rules have
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previously been relaxed in this way. it's all about community, it's about coming together and celebrating, whether it's football or a wedding, and i think actually it's just going to be a great day for people and for pubs. on friday, prince harry and meghan markle announced that over 1,000 members of the public will be invited to the grounds of windsor castle to join the celebrations and hear the wedding bells chime. drinkers will hear a familiar peal, too... bell rings. ..just a little later than normal. jessica parker, bbc news. now on bbc news, click heads to the mobile world congress in barcelona to find out the latest in the world of smartphones. this week, 108,000 people landed
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in barcelona with one thing on their minds — mobiles. welcome to the mobile world congress, the enormous annual expo where we get to hear about the latest in phones, tablets and, increasingly, anything that moves. smartwatch with built—in projector, anyone? and roaming the show floorfor us this year, lara lewington. despite talk of how many of the big players are not releasing new phones at the show, there are quite a few new phones on display. and the cameras were often taking centrestage. this is bothie mode. we saw how we might interact with our devices in the future — who needs buttons
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when you can gesture? it works! and the way they might interact with us. a phone screen that bends. could a bendy phone be the future? but to really get to grips with the latest news here, ijoined forces with a man who seriously knows his phones. hmd, who bought the nokia's phone brand a few years back, are again embracing nostalgia with a 2018 twist with its 8110 4g. and no, you do not need to have it in banana yellow. would you feel silly to take that out of your pocket? absolutely in that colour. i would need it to be black or any other colour except bright yellow. its operating system can only run a few apps. however, they will include google assistant, google maps and facebook, although not twitter or whatsapp. but with battery life of up to 25 days — well, that's on standby — and a price tag of 70 quid, it does sound like a decent proposition.
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it is, with 4g, too. that is all of the data connectivity you would want at a ridiculously low price. how nice is it to hold like that, frame the shot and then use the centre button to take the it? even here at the big reveal of a phone, it was the camera that was very much front and centre. for a start, the samsung galaxy s9 and s9+ shoot better pictures in low light, reducing grain by taking a burst of 12 shots at once. the larger s9+ actually has two lenses which work together to produce photos with a blurred background, in the same way that the iphone 7 plus has done since 2016. this, though, is quite new here in the west. it is the first phone i have seen that has a mechanical aperture which can switch from f2.4 to f1.5 to let in more light. now, last year, we saw a sony phone which could shoot at 40x slow—mo. that's 960 frames per second!
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and, as we predicted then, that feature is now starting to migrate into other phones. one problem i had with sony's super slow—mo mode is that you have to be incredibly precise in order to start the recording and capture those 0.2 seconds of slow—mo action. not so with the s9. it waits until it detects motion in a certain part of its viewfinder and then it fires the slow—mo mode. so... that should mean you don't miss those milliseconds of slow—mo magic. hot on the heels of apple's iphone animojis, the s9 lets you create and send your own emojis. now, they do look a little
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like you but, quite impressively, they will copy your expression using live face tracking. or you can use one of the pre—sets that created from your, ahem, likeness. overall, the s9 and s9+ look and feel like their predecessors. the same size, they're dust— and water—resistant and they still have the headphone socket. hurrah! but the screen is ever—so—slightly longer. they will now accept sd cards of up to 400 gigabytes and they can play dolby atmos sound. and where the s8 could be plugged into a special dock to connect to a screen, mouse and keyboard, the s9 can actually become a trackpad. and soon, this will also double as a keyboard. even with the s9‘s better tech specs, critics have said that the improvements
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are not massive. but i do think that the camera and the sharing functions are sure to be eye—catchers. and of course, no super slow—mo shoot is complete without lots and lots of confetti. this is possibly one of the more surprising things on the show floor. i am currently in a holoportal. the set—up consists of four kinect sensors, five laptops doing the grunt work, and once a person has been created in holographic form, well, they can be seen on this, the microsoft hololens, in real—time. and i have been to see a family who are really putting this set—up to good use. so harrison has something called duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is a fatal genetic muscle—wasting disease. it means every single muscle cell in his body
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is deteriorating over time. unfortunately, that means he loses the ability and strength to do a lot of things that we take for granted — simply walking, giving your parents a hug, things like that, theyjust go in time. he has a life expectancy somewhere between 20 and 25. which is when the heart and lungs — which are also muscles — give up, and then we lose him then. since harrison came off his feet at the end of last year, being able to create stimulating and engaging experiences at home has become more important than ever. and today, he has a virtual visitor. this research prototype is currently being perfected at doubleme's ravensbourne college base. harrison!
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hi! 0k! i see the holograndpa. are you in charge of cooking tonight? yep. your dad would like a steak that's that big! he's allowed one that's this big. we've got next tuesday — pancake day. what are you gonna have on your pancakes this year? definitely maple syrup. along with this mixed reality set up are ar and vr versions. eventually, maybe more than one person being holoported at a time, or 2—way audio and video could be possible. but right now, it is about getting the basics right. although what is created here isn't a true hologram, the headset displays holograndpa as a 3—dimensional projection, as if he was in the room. there was, when we tested it, a bit of a time lag due to a lack of processing power and connection. arsenal beat tottenham. never in a million years is that going to happen!
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3—1 to tottenham, harry kane scores two. yeah! now, after weeks of build—up, the oscars are finally here. the 90th academy awards are this weekend. over the past few weeks, we have been going exclusively behind the scenes with some of the nominees in the best visual effects category. this week, it's the fourth in our series, which is the ninth in their series, otherwise known as episode viii. yes, of course, i am talking about star wars: the lastjedi. kill it. we aimed to try and do as much as we can in camera. the reality is there always going to be shots, sequences or big moments that are gonna need visual effects and on a film like this, it is a star wars movie, we ultimately ended up with over 2000 effect shots in the film. you have too much of your father's heart in you.
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it took almost a year to get to the final look of snoke, and it's an organic process. we start with a maquette. we copied that, we scanned it, we digitised it, brought it in, started to paint textures, started to build the internal controls and anatomy of that character. and then as the editors, rian and bob, were working together, they brought together the sequences only using andy's reference, and he had this incredible, powerful performance, a very resonate voice. closer, i said. young fool! the bombing run was in the original script almost exactly as you see it in the film. we did bid how to execute the bombing run as a piece of miniature photography, with motion control and bring all the layers in and composite them, practical pyrotechnics and everything. and the scheduling and cost of that was just too prohibitive. but the important thing to me is, when working with a director like rian, is to communicate
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that we can make our cg look like any particular style of thing at the moment. we can make it look like a balsa wood model, a very shiny, modern sort of cg—looking ship — we have that control over the way that we can render things now. and after a time, rian became confident in what we could do. and actually, it was a liberation. we could achieve anything and the explosions and pyrotechnics that we've achieved in the bombing run i think have pushed us to a new level. i think our contributions to films are getting more and more invisible in certain cases. but when they are not invisible, because you know they cannot be real, they are getting more believable. globally, the visual effects techniques are so advanced now that it is now important to tell a good story and it is now important that that story has good ideas and creative challenges that push us to create visuals that have never been seen before. that's it for the short cut of click for this week.
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the full—length version is up on iplayer for you to watch whenever you want, including right now. don't forget, we live on twitter on facebook. you'll find us there throughout this and every week. thank you very much for watching and we will see you soon. hello. many parts of the country still struggling to deal with snow. it's not so much what is falling from the sky, but what has happened over recent days that is causing issues. this snow drift is five or
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six feet high. it was sent in from one of our weather watchers yesterday. and this appears to be a greater completely buried in one of the snowdrifts. snow to come today with cold air feeding in from the continent. less cold across southern parts of england and wales and that's why we have seen showers working their way across the south of england and wales. fresh snow across parts of northern england and certainly for scotland who have also had freezing rain. icy conditions for the first part of the day, but as we go through the afternoon further snow is expected. and every showers will move up to eastern england. it will stay to the east of england, but certainly across parts
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of essex and kent. showers across wales and look at those temperatures, coming up to seven, eight, nine celsius. the area of rain across east anglia will go out into the north sea before bending back into the cold air with the rain turning to snow again later in the night across eastern areas of scotland. as we go through the course of monday we have the risk of icy stretches on untreated roles and across rural parts. we will see further showers across wales and south—west england, but by and large the weather becoming drier and brighter across eastern areas with few showers. temperatures up to 11 degrees in london, which is getting closer to normal, but it is still a little cool for most areas. the atla ntic little cool for most areas. the atlantic remains blocked and this area of low pressure will monitor for the week. the air is pleased to
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—— the air is still pretty chilly, so there is a risk of snow in —— north and scotland. good afternoon. sir roger bannister, the first man to run a mile in underfour minutes, has died at the age of 88. he set the record on a track in oxford in 1954, later winning gold at that year's commonwealth games. after retiring from athletics sir roger became a distinguished doctor and neurologist. his family said sir roger died peacefully in his sleep. joe wilson looks back at his life. 25—year—old roger bannister, third from the left...
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