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tv   The Briefing  BBC News  May 14, 2018 5:45am-6:01am BST

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in the daily telegraph's business pages a senior british scientist is warning against self—driving cars, arguing they are not safe because engineers can not predict how their creations will behave on public roads. in the ft today, it looks at the significance of hsbc completing the world's first commercially viable trade finance transaction using blockchain. and on the front page of the new york times international edition we're introduced to an 11 year old girl from south—east london who says she looks at meghan markle and sees a version of herself, trying to find a place among its racial codes. so let's begin. with me is mark davies, chief executive at camberton. this story is on the front page of a lot of newspapers, but a different headline. we have the holmes talking about russian interference, we have the telegraphs talking about the need for cooperation post—brexit, and we have the independence and that one terrorist attack a month is thwarted. this is in a speech from the head of mi5 that will happen today in berlin. i think that telegraphs have this right. the other two papers have gone with the
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old lines. —— the daily telegraph has got this right. the daily telegraph is focused on the fact that the cooperation between the uk and europe is the key message of the speech. the reason it is important is because another speech is happening today, and that is from michel barnier speaking in brussels. he is talking about the pros to brexit landscape and how security should look. and i think this is a very direct message to michel barnier that says, look, very direct message to michel barnierthat says, look, once very direct message to michel barnier that says, look, once we get the other side of brexit, it is very important that we have the same cooperation that we have had between the uk and the rest of europe as we had beforehand. and i think the of it is relative fluff. his talk about things that we have heard before. on this times one, he is saying things that have been said relatively recently from the prime minister. this is the difference. the prime minister, the public face of this country, and this is mi5, the
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security services. andrew parker making a speech on foreign soil about the direct threat that russia poses he will say notjust to the uk but to the rest of the world. had it in russia it will take this? is this of significance, do you think? yes, i think it is significant. the fact that it i think it is significant. the fact thatitis i think it is significant. the fact that it is happening in berlin makes it obviously significant. so, you know, he is making a pointed attack on russia. but as i say, that is not big that has come out of this. the new line is what he is saying about what michel barnier should be thinking about later today. when you talk about security between the eu and what will be the uk post—brexit, not part of the eu any more, i guess it is important for all member states to have that close security cooperation when terrorism is international. not just cooperation when terrorism is international. notjust terrorism but all security. absolutely. i think that they will be very conscious of the fact that the uk
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has played a leading part in that, not least because of the five eyes security system that has existed since the second world war. and other news that will dominate the headlines around the world soon is the movement of the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. it is the movement of the us embassy from tel aviv tojerusalem. it is not the movement of the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. it is not a new building, but this is a very symbolic move and will have ratification throughout the world. what is their take on at? understandably, the headline reads a sad day. it is not surprising that the gulf news should say in the opening paragraph that piece has been more elusive than ever. in theory, it does not actually make a difference, because this does not make any comment about east jerusalem and, in theory, a posterior in —— palestinian state could adopt eastjerusalem as its capital. but it does send an enormous asset. and the palestinians
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have understandably ta ken enormous asset. and the palestinians have understandably taken a much harder line. —— does send an enormous message. in order to appeal to the moderate, ordinary palestinians, abbas has had to take a strong line. so has had an impact and will continue to have an impact. yes, as i say, is not surprising that the gulf news should run with this big headline. yes. israel, obviously, says that the us is only recognising something that to them has been a for 70 years, as they celebrate 70 years of independence. and actually with the peace process so stalled as it has been for years, this does not change anything. yes. israel are right in sending the united states are recognising something that israel have thought for 70 years, but that is the whole point. this is was lesbian are two sides of an argument, and the israeli one is the one that the us
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have clearly ta ken. israeli one is the one that the us have clearly taken. in the system before, when they were in tel aviv, yes, it was a complete fudge, but it was a fudge that sent a message. and now in moving, donald trump has clearly ta ken now in moving, donald trump has clearly taken inside. you are right that the peace process has basically stalled, but the message that this senseis stalled, but the message that this sense is obvious the significant and i don't think you will see to many other countries, if any, i don't think you will see to many other countries, ifany, doing i don't think you will see to many other countries, if any, doing this. i think hungary, romania, and the czech republic. there are couple of smaller states, but i don't think you will see any of the major ones following suit. let's move the daily telegraph in the business pages there. this is an artificial intelligent expert warning of the dangers of self driving cars. we've heard this message before but this comes from someone senior in the industry, doesn't it? yes, this is somebody who sold deep mind two
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treble eight years ago for a huge amount of money. i think this headline while being accurate is also pretty big. i think the headline is that he is unsure about citroen cars in the future. that is not what he is saying, as you would say of somebody who spend their life building robots. he's not concerned about robots taking on tasks including driving. what he is concerned about is that the test be taken ina concerned about is that the test be taken in a place where there are people. he said until we are further down the line with technology, we should be having driverless cars on the roads to test them. of course, we have seen a couple of accidents and a couple of people have been killed. so his message is we should be doing these tests in cowra, effectively, and when we are much more confident, we should be bringing the cars off the road. he is not suggesting that we should be
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-- is is not suggesting that we should be —— is not suggesting that we would not be in driverless cars in a few yea rs. not be in driverless cars in a few years. right, the financialtimes. explain the story and what it means to the ordinary people like me who are not involved in banking and trading like this. blockchain is an underlying technology. in a way, what is surprising about this story is that it has taken a couple of yea rs is that it has taken a couple of years for this to happen. blockchain, there is no say that if it is as a book out about the blockchain revolution a few years ago that said that this is exacted what the technology should be useful. in simple terms, blockchain is like taking a spreadsheet and allowing everybody to have access to that spreadsheet at the same time and being a two edit the spreadsheet at the same time. currently, if you andi at the same time. currently, if you and i use the same spreadsheet we would have descended to each other, or at least you would not be ought too evident if i was editing. blockchain is technology that allows a ready access at the same time to edit and add to the information that
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is on it. hsbc have now use that technology for ordinary financial transactions. up till now, it has only been used in cryptocurrency. it makes perfect sense that we should ta ke makes perfect sense that we should take a technology that allows the better record—keeping that we have at the moment to record the financial transactions that take place. this is the first of what a suspect will be absolutely standard practice in a few years from now. —— what i suspect will be absolutely standard practice. the hsbc guy quoted said we need more people involved in this. of course, this has proven that it can be used effectively. the go. they give for explaining it. the new york times, now. “— explaining it. the new york times, now. —— there you go. —— thank you for explaining. the wedding of metre marble and prince harry and what is going to do for ordinary people. -- meghan markle. i was in the united states on day that barack obama was elected, and i was in an african
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american restaurant and i remember the buzz around that moment on what it meant for the people there. and i think that this will have a similar sort of meaning. you think it is a significant? i think there will be a lot of street parties across the uk on saturday which will be celebrating is waiting for a reason entirely different from just being one about royalty. the new york times captures the reasons behind that by talking to an 11—year—old girl who comes from south—east london. the quote that she has from it is london. the quote that she has from itis— london. the quote that she has from it is — the quote from her in the middle is quite telling. she says there is nothing that raises people can do about this marriage, so they might as well get used to it. we will have to leave it there. it is great to see people all around the world celebrating the upcoming nuptials. stay with us. thank you for watching. hello there.
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it has been a bit of a mixed weekend, but for many of us, sunday was a beautiful day. it brightened up pretty nicely. and we had some great pictures sent in by our weather watchers, including this one from helensburgh in argyll and bute. blue skies and waters quite calm. as we head through this coming week, similar scenes, with high pressure often in charge of the weather. things are looking largely dry. some spells of warm sunshine in the next few days before we see a cooler interlude through the middle of the week. the satellite image shows the cloud that we have had. that has been moving in from both the west and also towards the east as well. so a bit of a cloudy sandwich with a clearfilling in between. in the early hours of monday morning, a chilly start with clear skies and light winds. but it will warm up fairly quickly. we will have that cloud just edging across northern ireland, western parts of scotland, and later on to western fringes of england and wales. also this cloud in the east is bringing some mist and murk to the eastern coast of scotland and a rather cool breeze and cloudy
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conditions towards east anglia. but 19 or 20 degrees in the sunshine — that is going to feel quite pleasant. looking through monday night and overnight into tuesday, high—pressure tries to build in. we also have this frontal system heading into the north—west of the uk. so i think on tuesday that will bring more cloud to northern ireland and western scotland, initially, with patchy rain on it. we still have a bit of cloud in the east and cool conditions around those north sea coasts, as well. but it should thin and break up, allowing a lot sunshine to many central and eastern areas before the cloud arrives. the warmest places are likely to be aberdeenshire down towards the south—east of england. in this zone, temperatures will reach around about 18—23 degrees or so.
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it will turn cooler from the north—west behind that weather front. so the front continues its progression southwards and eastwards across the country through tuesday night and on into wednesday, now. and you'll see the blue colours returning to the map behind that front. so a different feel to the weather moving in through the middle of the week with the winds coming from a more northerly direction. a chilly day on wednesday for many, particularly on the coasts in areas like norfolk. a cool breeze coming in here. a bit more cloud across southern part of england and wales with that dying front. more sunshine further north. it is not doing great but this time of year, 12—16 degrees. probably the coolest day of the week on wednesday. and it will be cooler than that it will have been on tuesday. but it looks like it will dry out and warm up a touch as we look towards the end of the week. and it looks like high—pressure holds on as we head towards next weekend, too. bye bye. hello, this is breakfast,
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with dan walker and louise minchin. gun smuggling, sexual exploitation and cyberfraud — why top law enforcement officials say organised crime is the greatest threat to national security. the national crime agency says the police need to find new ways to combat criminal gangs. good morning, it's monday 14th may. also this morning: a boost for brain cancer research — more funding is announced following the death of dame tessa jowell. two british tourists kidnapped at gunpoint in the democratic republic of congo say they are "very grateful" after being released unharmed. petrol and diesel prices are at their highest since 2014.
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