i'm ben bland. the headlines: the us government says almost 2000 children were separated from their parents on the border with mexico between april and may. the department of homeland security said they'd been placed in detention while the adults were awaiting prosecution for illegally crossing the border. president trump has announced tariffs of 25%, targeting $50 billion worth of chinese goods. they will cover a range of sectors, including aerospace, communications, robotics and cars. china has promised immediate counter—measures of similar size and strength. in the most exciting match so far in the football world cup in russia, spain have drawn 3—3 with portugal. cristiano ronaldo scored a hat—trick for portugal and diego costa scored twice for spain. in other matches, uruguay beat egypt 1—0, and morocco lost to iran through an own—goal. it is just off the half—past one. a very good morning to you. you are up to date with the headlines. now on bbc news, time for click.

zombies, dinosaurs, and fluffy cloud ca ndyfloss zombies, dinosaurs, and fluffy cloud candyfloss trees, yes, it is all in a day's work at the biggest gaming event of the year, e3. video games have come a long way in the last a0 years. gaming gear now feels a lot more real. gaming rigs have got big and expensive. controllers a re have got big and expensive. controllers are not just a have got big and expensive. controllers are notjust a bunch of buttons any more. these days, it can feel like you in control a real vehicle, and the graphics are

graphic. but sometimes, you just cannot beat the real thing. because evenin cannot beat the real thing. because even in virtual reality, which can be really, really good, you still cannot feel the realism, you cannot feel the forces on your body, you cannot feel the car being crushed under the track is. —— tracks. at least that is the argument made by tank america, here in florida, and for the moment at least, i think they are right. if you do not have your own tank, do not worry because video games are getting more and more like the real thing. we are going to handover now to co—host at

the world's because video games expo, e3 in los angeles. in the next three days, thousands of people will be packed into the giant los angeles convention centre, all of them wanting to get their hands on the latest video games. it is bound is beyond belief and very, very noisy but don't worry, we hit the brakes of the long so that you do not have too. -- to. first up, surprising absolutely nobody, battlefield returns with another slice of multiplayer mayhem, battlefield five. this time, the action has been transported to the second world war. 0ne transported to the second world war. one new edition is the last man

standing battle wow mode, but more on that late in the programme. also making waves, first person demon slaying in doom eternal. that got fa ns slaying in doom eternal. that got fans excited, as did a third person shooter. you will note that all of these games have something in common and that is they are part of the franchise. a sequel basically guarantees your user base from the start off. developing a franchise cost a lot of money, like millions and millions of pounds, so creating something we have already got an established jon rahm, you have your weapons and your characters, everything feels familiar and people wa nt everything feels familiar and people want more familiarity. -- genre. but there is still plenty of original stuff on display here at e3. the uk developer has a ton of experience at developing unusual games. this is

their latest offering, it is called dreams, and it defies categorisation. it is again but it also creative toolbox, if you like, and allows players to create their own game too. big part of this game is the creation of your own games and applying in —— and there is an enormous amount of tools with which to do that. for example, we have remixed will and i'm going to remix it, so i can go into an editor and i can change or create whatever elements i want to. and if you are musically minded, you could even create your own tunes to go with the game that you have created. this is how calvin harris does it. from making platform games to space shooters, to whatever this is, creating and sharing the fruits of your labour is what this is all about. you would be forgiven for thinking that virtual reality had gone the way of digit spinners,

yesterday's passing fad, but that is not the case of this year's e3. there are plenty of virtual reality games on show in one particularly interesting one comes courtesy of a fellow who used to live in the shire. tv star elijah wood found that a production company back in 2010 which makes horror and genre in movies, such as the acclaimed a goal walks home at night. it has made an acclaimed psychological thriller called transference. 0ne acclaimed psychological thriller called transference. one of the things that you can do in vr that you cannot do in films? —— what are? similar tools, music, you cannot do in films? —— what are? similartools, music, the you cannot do in films? —— what are? similar tools, music, the lack thereof, it are all things that you can use in virtual reality as well to elicit an emotional response but you are it. sounds intriguing, i will find out for myself. so this looks like the kind of a party you do not want to go to, and let me go. help. more virtual reality on show

in this title. my goal is to guide this sphere to this ever—changing map. i controlled this fear by looking where i actually want to go. it is all done with head movements and it is a clever way of getting around without being able to see your hands and seal place on the controller, and it demonstrates that developers are looking at different ways of drawing the best art of virtual reality, playing to the technology's strengths. unsurprisingly, dream reality, the developers behind this game, think virtual reality is only getting into its stride. any new tech, you are going to get these ups and downs but if you look back in ten years, you are going to be, in my mind, you have had a lot of excitement, we plateau a bit, a lot of excitement that we are already going back up. in the gaming landscape will buy franchise fodder and first person

shooters, it is refreshing that jewels of originality can still be found if you look hard enough. now, two of the biggest event that e3 are being microsoft and sony press extravaganzas, and here are highlights from both. —— rv. and there was plenty for xbox fans. the show starting strong with a tease, climaxing in a glimpse of a helmet. —— are the. climaxing in a glimpse of a helmet. -- are the. we willjoin master chief on his greatest adventure yet to save humanity. showcasing 20 games, the showcase was a rise of puzzle solving, ninja sneaking, body slamming, alien exploding action. for when the fighting is stopped and the fallout is settled... iconic

sequels came thick and is pleasingly fast, games like fallout 76. our hearts and minds. devil may cry five. and dying light to. once again, the world changes completely with the seasons... but the only one we will be able to play this year is thought some racing, set in great britain with seasonal weather fronts the mixup gameplay. what is it about us brits and talking about the weather? i need help. one of the biggest cheers came full years five, which introduced the female lead, a move which could cause in certain online circle. that is a direct order. one of the things that i really love about gaming is it really love about gaming is it really can unite all of us across gender, across geography, we able to

bring people together playing games, some of that isjust bring people together playing games, some of that is just the bring people together playing games, some of that isjust the audience that play, but also in the characters that play, either i get to craft character or as you said strong female protagonists in games, i think you are seeing a lot of that. i am i think you are seeing a lot of that. lam proud i think you are seeing a lot of that. i am proud to be able to do that. i am proud to be able to do that without first character. microsoft is still playing catch up in the console gaming space, with industry experts judging they have been outsold by a factor of four to one by the sony playstation, although no official figures support this. delivering games you can only play on xbox is what will boost that comeback, and microsoft announced buying five indie game makers to make that happen. among the existing line—up of 18 xbox exclusives was long anticipated and frankly gorgeous rpg, cyberpunk 2027. from

the team behind the witcher franchise. pat light was a betrayal, only fleeting. we may have to wait a while for most of these games. -- that light. with microsoft pushing a cheaper subscription model, in the way that music and movies went, the good news is lots of the big names will launch straight to the xbox game pass. sony was trying something different with its press event this year, they are actually physically moving all of the assembled fans and press into several different themed spaces, which had been beamed to reflect the sort of games they are showing, it is the sort of magical mystery tour with video games. it started with a kiss. sony opened its press event with the last of us to

—— the last of us part two. ellie kiss is a new character, which drew cheers from the audience. then we got the first glimpse of the game set ina got the first glimpse of the game set in a world devastated by a fungal zombie plague. —— kisses. then there was a brutal graphic depiction of violence. —— brutal depiction of violence. —— brutal depiction of violence. —— brutal depiction of graphic violence. there is no word of a police state yet though. then came the sheer, bizarre spectacle of the first gameplay from a video games or term, his long—awaited death stranding. but it is babies in bottles —— with its babies in bottles, and star—studded cast, the game looks stunning. even

sony executives seem in the dark about what this all means. we have seen death stranding trailers at e3 for the last couple of years. can you tell me what it is actually about because i have no clue? can i ask you to ask him yourself? i have no idea. his release is expected -- its release is expected in 2019. our friendly neighbourhood spiderman shows back up on the playstation in a game that shows his aptitude for acrobatics, with combat that revolves around punches, leap and enough spinning kicks to makejohn gorton dammit dizzy. —— jean—claude

van damme. it is released in november this year. there was the release of the gravity defying game called control, which rounded out a solid release. the rounded out the offering on the console that is currently dominating this generation. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that dixons carphone admitted a major data breach affecting more than a million users's personal records and compromising really 6 million bankcards. apple is to change the iphone default settings to make it harderfor hackers to iphone default settings to make it harder for hackers to access devices. the move will also make a trickierfor devices. the move will also make a trickier for law enforcers to get in if need be, will though the company denies that is part of the aim. and

uber has applied for a patent to use ai uber has applied for a patent to use alto uber has applied for a patent to use al to assess how drunk potential passenger might be, doing so by looking at their location, typing accuracy, and even the angle they are holding their phone. an important milestone for drying deliveries in the uk has been passed as one has been given permission to fly far beyond the visual line of sight. the partnership between the uk government's pathfinder programme and the alp saw a successful flight stretching 12 kilometres away from the pilot, making use of gps positioning and real—time photography mapping system. and finally, mit has revealed these 3—d printed structures that can grab, paul and jump. they are designed for use in biomedical devices, where they could be remotely controlled from outside the body. the idea is that they may take images, extract samples, that they may take images, extract sa m ples, test

that they may take images, extract samples, test blood, or even control blood vessels to control the pumping of god. i will always remember the first time i saw doom, a first person shooter game that several people on different networked computers could play at once. it absolutely blew my mind. the latest virtual reality technology makes it possible to feel like you are actually there and feels pretty realistic. but real battle games have moved on as well, and this is the most realistic laser tag i've ever played. this experience has taken some of

the ideas from videogames and combined them with the ultra realism of ian on a movie set. 0nce hit, players can rhys sporn at the special rhys sporn button. —— respawn. school boards are displayed around the rooms and you get is an app to track your score between visits. it is exciting, it is exhausting, but i think kate has found something even bigger at e3. it is all very well going on to the battlefield fully armed. but sometimes the only thing you can find is a bush to hide in. and that is the thrill i love when playing battle royal games. you start each round with nothing and have to try and stay alive until everyone else is dead. 0k, a tank would have been better. player unknown's

battlegrounds kicked off the current craze for battle royale type games, but this year it is all about fortnite. now the world's most game, fa ns fortnite. now the world's most game, fans packed into a stadium to see 50 celebrities and 50 gamers compete great $3 million charity prize pool, with popular twitch streamer ninja claiming victory. more eager news at the three was nintendo announcing fortnight on the switch. from a standing start back in march, pubg and is fortnite have been breaking records all over the place. it seems everybody is playing these games. so what is it about battle royale?” think battle royale is so popular because it has all the best elements of online gaming but also reduces some of the problems. you don't have to spend hours a week playing. we don't all have evenings free to spend playing. it also means you are not going to run into people who are

griefing or trolling. we have unpleasant aspects of online gaming, people who just want to get in your way, and in battle royale games that is not always in their best interests because it you get in the way there is a good chance you are going to kill them. that such an appetite for the genre, there are now plenty of apple royale games in the making. —— battle royale. and with fortnite reportedly earning hundreds of millions of dollars on in game cosmetic purchases in april, it isa in game cosmetic purchases in april, it is a tasty slice of pie they are after. just charging for votes, skins, crazy have your characters, it is pretty unusual, nobody else is doing it. the rest of the industry, believe me, is looking at fortnite and seeing if they can borrow that stuff. you know battle royale is huge as a concept in something as big as call of duty is willing to drop its single player campaign to focus on it. yes, you have outright.

call of duty black ops is dropping the single player story mode for a last man standing. but not everybody enjoys playing online with real people. you have a legion of fans of call of duty who love the solo mode. what do you say to them? we try to tell a narrative in different ways with this game. the zombie experience we did at launches the biggest one we have ever done and we are introducing a whole new cast of with different storylines. blackout isa with different storylines. blackout is a new mode, it brings a lot of the legacy of the like our series, ina way the legacy of the like our series, in a way which i think is going to let fa ns in a way which i think is going to let fans create their own stories, andi let fans create their own stories, and i think it will really appeal to casual and very competitive and ha rd core casual and very competitive and hardcore gamers alike. when you look at these games it is

easy to think there is no such thing as an original idea any more. but maverick‘s proving grounds, due out next year, is hoping to stand out from the crowd. where we see existing battle royales, they are the first step into massively multiplayer competitive gameplay, at maverick is taking a step up in terms of depth. you actually affect the environment more. there is a lot more strategy that occurs in a game of mavericks because you can see information caused by other players. there is much more depth in the player to player interaction. with 1000 players in a match and the ability to track your prey by the footprints and other marks they leave on the landscape, it is an intriguing spin on the seemingly unstoppable might of the battle royale game. so, that's it. e3 overfor another

year and battle royale game is obviously one of the biggest themes on show, basically. so huge. one doesn't wonder if the bubble isn't going to burst at some point. black 0ps, i enjoyed playing that but i think there will be a lot of problems with a single player fans when it comes out, despite their insistence they will be content in there for story mode fans. insistence they will be content in there for story mode fanslj insistence they will be content in there for story mode fans. i think fortnite will remain dominant, it is difficult to beat. interesting, diversity and the characters you can play is a very big thing. lots and lots of games allowing you to play as female characters, and that has caused some fuss online. but the games company seemed to be ignoring that kind of fuss. and a good job, too, because the figures are showing that more and more women are coming to gaming, so perhaps more representative of the stories that we live in our real lives and the characters become across in our real lives, is actually attracting a wider audience, and that can only be a good thing. so female player characters in battlefield five, a female player character in assassin's creed 0dyssey. that is

two dig franchises. and gears live coming out with a strong female lead. we were lucky because we got the opportunity to play a lot of games and even got the opportunity to play against one another. games and even got the opportunity to play against one anotherlj games and even got the opportunity to play against one another. i knew you go into bring this up. he is basically just saying this you go into bring this up. he is basicallyjust saying this he gets the chance to say again... i'm the king of games! right, plainly an apc game. watch this, just watch this. now, this is a hugely anticipated title for the switch, super smash brothers. all your favourite classic gaming characters are there. i am playing sonic at the moment, there is solid snake, zelda is in doubt. it looks gorgeous. doing well at the moment. i am a bit of a button masher, which is actually driving mark wilde. it is interfering with my position combat. it is kind of a cross between a beat ‘em up and a

platform, because you have to sound platforms. as well, yeah. it is not quite as simple as pulling off some martial arts moves. you can choose signature moves that you don't normally find in beat ‘em up games. and the winner is... samus! thank you very much. in your face.|j and the winner is... samus! thank you very much. in your face. i was let down by the hedgehog. seriously, sonic, could do better. brilliant stuff. and that's it for this week. i hope you have enjoyed it half as much as i have. we are saying in the us next week for a look at sustainable technology. in the meantime you can find loads more from us on facebook and twitter. thanks for watching. and if you

wouldn't mind, get out of my way. the weather this weekend is looking a little hit and miss. in fact, we are expecting some rain, on and off rain across northern parts of the uk. there could even be somer thunder and lightning. but the good news is it is not going to be lightning all through the weekend. i think we will all get at least some sunshine. let's have a look at the satellite image. a lot of cloud across the uk right now and, in fact, this area of cloud here is racing in our direction and will be moving through the rest of the night and into saturday morning, and that is responsible for the showers. here is the forecast through the early hours of saturday. showers getting into northern ireland, some into wales, the north—west of england and northwest scotland. we will have some rain overnight and then towards the east and south, it is looking drier.

the temperatures first thing on saturday will be hovering around 10 degrees. this area of low pressure is going to upset the weather a little bit, at least temporarily on saturday and the further north you are across the country, the more likely you are to run into those heavy showers. let's say wales, parts of northern england, northern ireland, certainly scotland here, there could be some thunder and lightning and potential downpours, but they will not last very long. in fact, the breeze, and it will be a fair old breeze, should push them through relatively quickly. you can see where the splodges of blue are. to the south, not so much of that blue here, the weather is looking drier and brighter. that weather system moves away, those are the showers here. by the time we get to sunday, another weather front moves through but this will bring something a little different. it is going to be mostly cloud. we are going to have to pay for it. we will lose the showers, but there will be a lot of cloud streaming in off the atlantic on sunday. there will be a lot of cloud, particularly around eastern areas, but for a lot of us, it will be an overcast day. we could end up a little on the drizzly side on sunday. temperatures around the high teens

on sunday, nothing too spectacular but in the sunshine, it should not feel too bad at all. then as we head into next week, the good news is that the weather system seems to be moving to the north and away from us. there is still some rain in the north of the country, but the overall trend is for things to start warming up. for example in manchester, by monday and tuesday, we're back into the mid—twenties. london, possibly back even into the mid—20s. the good news is that the weather is going to be improving across much of the uk as we head back into next week and summer is going to make a return. that is it, bye—bye. this is bbc news, broadcasting to viewers around the world, and on pbs in north america. i'm nkem ifejika.

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