this is bbc news. the headlines: after recieving a letter from kim jong—un, president trump says the summit between the us and north korea will take on june the 12th in singapore. mr trump held talks with kim yong—chol, the highest level representative from pyongyang to visit the white house since 2000. europe, mexico and canada have rejected america's new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. canada said it would join the european union in filing a challenge at the world trade organization. washington claims the policy would safeguard national security. giuseppe conte has been sworn in as italy's prime minister, ending a period of political deadlock. the leaders of two anti—establishment parties who nominated him will serve as ministers. the president had previously rejected his pick for finance minister. in about ten minutes on bbc news, it's time for newswatch. but first, here's click. a bit of rain, a bit

of sun and a lot of books. that's the world—renowned hay festival. once a year, the small town of books, hay—on—wye on the england—wales border, hosts thousands of visitors, ready to fill their boots with fact, fiction, opinion and debate. screams hay is a great place to hear from authors, and scientists and big thinkers. and, when you've done all that, you can come and see asked too. for the third year in a row, we've been invited to show off some

cool tech before a live audience. of course we turn someone into communist revolutionary vladimir lenin using vr. why wouldn't we? do you actually feel like you're there then? yeah. i can turn around and i can see everything, like, i've got a whole room. and we played mind games with neurologist doctor hannah critchlow, and albert einstein. even though you know that it's the wrong way round, i cannot help seeing that this is going the wrong way. anotherface is popping out, but actually it's the back end of the mask. anotherface is popping out, but actually it's the back end of the mask. i was put on the spot with a challenge that gave me shivers and flashbacks to my mastermind appearance. oh, god! oh, my god! what does the g stand for in gdpr? oh, god! gregory! no, it's general. the island of tuvalu, which lies in the pacific ocean, midway between hawaii and australia, is located at which top level domain popular with television channels?

what? .tv? and then there was click‘s very own patented shouty wave game which we call hay fever. as one half of the audience tries to push the other half off a seesaw. all shout it's controlled using image and speech recognition, to make sense of all the waggling and yelling, you know. right, we're going to move on now and look at a piece of technology which aims to help blind people to navigate... well, anywhere, better. many blind people have fantastic spatial awareness, but at events like these, and everywhere else, there are always things that will catch you out. gary 0'donoghue‘s been testing a new pair of glasses in washington, dc.

excuse me? could you show me down the steps do you think? yes. hey, erin, how are you doing? hi, gary, thanks for calling aira. i'm in washington, dc on the national mall, and right by the reflecting pool. this is one of washington's most popular tourist spots. but even though i've lived here for more than three years, i've never been able to experience this walk alone. but that just changed. of course you have the reflecting pool on your right hand side, and i can see we off in the distance the washington monument. what's helping me do this is a service called aira. the name a nod to artificial intelligence and, i'm told, something to do with egyptian mythology. egyptians aside, though, it requires a dedicated smart phone connected to new custom—made classes with a camera between the lenses, with an impressive i20—degree field of view, both horizontally and vertically. tap a button on the phone twice and your connected to a trained sighted agent who gets your video feed. while there are other apps that connect sighted help to blind

people, it's the combination of the tech and the quality of the agent that makes this feel different. the tasks it can help with can be a simple or as complicated as you want, from booking a car to helping you keep up with your social media presence. as a journalist, i want to be able to access all platforms, and now i can even independently post instagram. that looks spot on, so it looks very centred. iseelovand e. it took me a long time to... i won't say keep my mouth shut, but it took me a while to understand, and through the training process, understand what information is important and what information is not important. so there is a bit of a learning curve, at least there was for me, to understand what was opinionated versus what wasn't. the service is currently available in america and has just launched in canada and australia, with plans

to expand in the uk. all the agents work from home and the calls are priced per minute of their time. and they're working on a smart assistant that will automate basic tasks, like reading text or identifying barcodes so you don't waste minutes there. and in some places like airports, it's free. the airports will sponsor the service to pick up the cost while your there, and aira draws a geofence around the location so you're not billed for the time. every disabled person has their airport horror story. if you're visually impaired, and if you ask for help, they tend to want to stick you in a wheelchair. so if this bit of tech can help me avoid that kind of episode, i'm up for it. it says, "scan your document's barcode." and go to the leftjust slightly and pause and select. this is actually the back of the receipt advertising for american express, and now it's upside down if you will retain it. 0k, perfect. it takes a little while but it's doable, isn't it?

that's a amazing. there's a bench here on the right—hand side. you have a narrow path here and then you're going to have a bag on the left and a man on the right. so a very narrow path here. i know everyone talks about independence, it's not independence, it's choice. the issue is choice. normally when i go to an airport, you see, the most you can really ask of someone who's helping you, guiding you through, the most you can really ask of them is to show you where the loo is and possibly buy a bottle of water. after that, you're done. i want to shop! aira has adopted a subscription model, and while the hardware is free, there's a sliding scale for monthly minutes. it's not cheap. currently 100 minutes set you back 89 us dollars. the unlimited plan, $329 per month. given most blind people are unemployed and those who work often earn less than average wages, isn't that a bit out of reach for most people? as we started to hear more

about the financial concerns, we started to go to the businesses and say, "these your customers, can you start to pay for the aira service?" so what we then did is added the guest programme. so again, today, you can sign up as a guest for free and use it in places that you go. so am i persuaded? there's no doubt that being able to do even small things at the time of your choosing feels great, but it's still expensive and, of course, there's the huge looming question of privacy. do i want to show a stranger my bank statement? in the meantime... i'm told there's a little ice cream stall not far from where i am. yeah, absolutely. let's go exploring. so... i think it's about time i got my long—suffering producer a treat. hello, welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that a tesla in autopilot mode crashed into a police car in california.

the driver sustained minor injuries after deciding to take a break from the wheel. uk drone users could soon face a fine if they do not undertake an online safety test before taking to the skies. and virgin galactic has completed its second supersonic test flight in two months, yet again sparking talk that an out—of—this—world trip could be edging closer. if you're a street performer, london may be the place to be. buskers in the city can accept payment via contactless as well as small change, thanks to a partnership between busk in london and the now paypal—owned swedish tech firm izettle. wondering whether it's worth installing solar panels in your home? google‘s project sunroof now aims to help homeowners in some parts of the uk find out what savings they could make. it combines machine learning with google earth and maps data, local weather information, and property features, like the angle of your roof. and finally, ever wondered how tight a compression bandage should be?

well, engineers at mit have created a colour—changing one to help. high—tech light—tra nsmitting fibres are woven into a conventional bandage, causing it to change colour according to the pressure levels. probably not so great if you're colour blind, though! well, back at hay, it's deep concentration here in the scribblers hut. it's a digital animation and video mapping workshop run by mash cinema. creepy laughter we are creating monsters. and then we're going to animate them. we're using a free app called tagtool on these ipads. you draw the monsterfirst, and then you animate it. the idea is it's teaching

these children more about the art of animation. the software is fairly intuitive. the animating function records the motion of your hand. because it's done on an ipad, you can literally create a 2—d digital creature or animated graffiti whenever inspiration hits. there's also a function that lets you collaborate on artwork with other tagtool users. i thought all the monsters here were equally scary, although here are some of our favourites. but it was after dark that they really came to life. the team went into gorilla mode, projecting the creatures all over the festival site. creepy music plays that's it for the short of click at

the hay festival, 2018. if you like to see more from us the hay festival, 2018. if you like to see more from us at hay then check out the full—length version, which is up on iplayer right now. next week its world cup time so we'll be looking at the technology behind football, which apparently is a sport. in the meantime we live on facebook and twitter @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. welcome to newswatch. later on this week's round—up of your reactions to bbc news coverage, the world's media fall victim to a prime example of fa ke fall victim to a prime example of fake news as a russian journalist turns out not to have been murdered after all. and why there was no mention of the arrest and jailing of this man, although hundreds of thousands of people knew about it. first, the political turmoil in

italy occupied plenty of airtime this week, as that country struggles to form a government three months after a general election. that election saw the success of what has been called the antiestablishment five star and la liga, normally described as a right—wing party. but these coalition partners have also been widely characterised across bbc news with a term that has proved controversial with some viewers. there is catchier adler describing concerns of italians on wednesday's news at ten. they want those changes that populist politicians have promised them. they are trying to foist an unlike the government of technocrats threatening the same old same old and trying to put a lid on things, that just same old and trying to put a lid on things, thatjust didn't go down well. if there were fresh elections it would probably explode into even more support for the populists. john hsu bridge contacted us this week with the following query. well, we sought an answer to that

from bbc news and they told us: