of a conversation between donald trump and his former lawyer michael cohen in which they discuss a payment to a former playboy model. the conversation is believed to have ta ken place just before the 2016 presidential election. 17 people, including nine members of one family, are now known to have died when their tourist boat capsized and sank during a sudden storm on a lake in the us state of missouri. another two members of the family were among the 1a people aboard the amphibious vessel who survived. the eu's chief brexit negotiator says the british government's proposals have opened the way to a constructive discussion, but it must be workable. michel barnier questioned whether the plans for a common rulebook for goods were practical. earlier, theresa may urged the eu to evolve its position on brexit. now on bbc news, it is time for click. this week, i give you your next car.

your next backpack. and your next pairof your next backpack. and your next pair of shoes. welcome to one of the biggest airshow is on the planet. this is the farnborough international airshow, a chance to see the newest aircraft are close and witness them being put through their paces. i mean, really, something that big

should not be doing that. alongside the air displays, this is where the aviation industry does its business, and on the first of seven show days, orders were made for more than 300 aircraft and deals of almost $50 billion were struck. 0h aircraft and deals of almost $50 billion were struck. oh my goodness. imean, it billion were struck. oh my goodness. i mean, it isjust so incredible to see what these enormous flying bits of metal can do. but interestingly, the next big thing in aviation could be quite small, and very personal. this is the blackfly, a new type of single passenger craft. now, you may have never heard of 0pener, the

company that made it, and that is because it has been operating in secret for the past nine years. the eight rotors are powered by a battery offering travel distances of about 25 miles. in the us, speeds would be restricted to 62 mph. you don't need a runway, because this pav or personal aerial vehicle can ta ke pav or personal aerial vehicle can take off and land vertically. in fa ct, take off and land vertically. in fact, it doesn't even have wheels, and that is partly due to its amphibious ambitions. it can land on water if necessary. now, after you have towed it to your take—off spot, it is time to quickly assemble the craft. 0pener is targeting enthusiasts who have open stretches of uninhabited grassland that they need to get between. well, who doesn't? america's faa has approved the design, which has an autopilot function. in fact, the design, which has an autopilot function. infact, it the design, which has an autopilot function. in fact, it is even said that riders won't have too hold a pilot's licence. it is one of several companies hoping to change

how our skies look. earlier this year we reported on uber‘s plans for sky taxis. another company sees order taxis is the waves forward, while chinese company e—hang is designing a craft to be piloted by enthusiasts or self flying taxis. this week, aston martin joined the growing list of companies with personal aviation in its sights when it showed off its concept design, and rolls—royce pitched in with its own helicopter like four seater. so personal aviation is fast becoming a thing. 0pener hopes to be selling the blackfly from next year at the cost of an suv, and while that is not an exact figure, it seems that it would be within the price range of quite a few people in the us and elsewhere. now, just after the blackfly was announced it was revealed that the man funding at all is google co—founder larry page. now, this is a guy who seems to

collect flying cars like they are cadillacs, because this week there was another big announcement from his fleet, this time in las vegas, and david lee travelled there in a boring old normal plane to check out the kittyhawk. this used to be a top—secret project, but not any more. you are seeing the kittyhawk flyer in all its glory. so many people think this thing is the first step ina people think this thing is the first step in a dream that we as humans have had for a long time, the dream of flying around in a flying car. this test flight flown by britney lasted about nine minutes. right now, battery capacity allows for around 20 minutes but the speed is limited to six mph. not exactly fast travel, but you can cut them some slack. this is a flying car, after all. i really don't have to think

about a lot, other than leading the aircraft do its thing and then putting it where i want to go. it's, like, that simple. that's the beauty of it, because you are about, you are flying, beautiful scenery, and i just put in where i want to go. i don't have to weather think anything, the controls, so was like, all you have to think about is how awesome it is to fly. kitty hawk has created this small hangout at the edge of a lake near las vegas. the location is important. it rarely rains. but it does get incredibly hot, and sometimes too windy to fly. the vehicle itself weighs less than 254 pounds, which is important, because it means the us aviation authority does not require a rider to have a pilot's licence. instead, kitty hawk puts them through a training regime that lasts just 90 minutes. first, a simulator, then a real machine strapped to the ground, and then this fund ball pool with a serious purpose. this is where you

practise getting out if the flyer was to crash into the water. 0k. there is not much of an interior yet, but i imagine they will be working on that. and here is the seatbelt. sadly, they wouldn't let me fly it myself, but i did at least have a chance to try it out for size. so i'm in, and thati have a chance to try it out for size. so i'm in, and that i have the controls you. one of them does altitude, the other one is the direction of where i am travelling. these things, they are going to crash one day, right? of you have any issues? has one fallen out of the sky yet? we have not had a single... flying people, we have not had a single person go in the water. we do had a single person go in the water. wedoa had a single person go in the water. we do a ton of flight testing on this, and as we are always developing new things, we find bugs and we fix bugs. that is a huge core pa rt and we fix bugs. that is a huge core part of what we do. as is often the case with new and exciting technology like this, it is not a question of whether they can do it,

but whether we are going to be allowed to. in orderfor but whether we are going to be allowed to. in order for this but whether we are going to be allowed to. in orderfor this flyer to bea allowed to. in orderfor this flyer to be a reality in our daily commute, a lot of laws need to change to make it possible. but it is not the only way humans can get into the sky. dan simmons has been looking at another idea. that is so loud, but he does it with so much grace. so the jet pack does 250 mph. it will go up to five 100 metres, which is like 1500 feet. it can fly for ten to 15 minutes, and it only weighs about 65 kilos. this main straight is more familiar with fast ca i’s straight is more familiar with fast cars the jet packs streaming past the stance, but as part of the

future lab exhibition here, this man dreams of assault taking to the skies. thisjet pack, as soon dreams of assault taking to the skies. this jet pack, as soon as the whole thing is off, you do want to clear a ll whole thing is off, you do want to clear all of that fuel in all of that baggage. it might be thejb 11, it might be new, it might be extra special in terms of the amount of power and agility it offers david as he goes flying around this circuit, but once he has done with it, just get the thing off. great lanning, like it. tell me a bit about this. sojb11, like it. tell me a bit about this. so jb11, six engines, like it. tell me a bit about this. sojb11, six engines, this is our latest version. so 1311, this is the latest version. 501311, this is the 11 federation. so there have been ten before this. flew around statue of liberty injb9, that was to make ita go, of liberty injb9, that was to make it a go, but it only had to make engines. so you have some redundancy, you can lose one of these thrusters and you will stay up. and the computers have got to be robust. where are they? so that one is the starting one, that is on the throttle, and then there is a computer system in here, that is our

main computer. and this distribution system, and then each of the engines has their own computer, so there are six computers, then a master computer, and throttle computer. so a lot of computers. how long has it taken to get to this stage with a jet pack? over 12 years. i started on 12 years ago. and it has gone quickly but it has been a hell of a process. and now you have got this, this is supposed to be in a sweet spot. it is ok, if ijust sit here. i'm not going to take it up for a spin. but this position, what am i looking at here? so on the pilot's side, you are looking at, on thejet and —— left engine and the right engine, so you're looking at all the engine, so you're looking at all the engine information on this site. so how they are, how fast they are spinning, what is the battery voltage, how much fuel you are using, et cetera, that is this site. and when the batteries ternan you see all of that information, there. and those leds are basically... if it is green, everything is good. fly. if it is orange, probably want

to start thinking about it, if it is red, definitely land. 1et pack aviation says the 1311 red, definitely land. 1et pack aviation says thejb11 would sell for north of $300,000, if the public could be trusted to be let loose with one, which is why it is not for sale, although the us military is looking into its use, as they have been with jet packs for the last 50 yea rs. been with jet packs for the last 50 years. the new design will wow crowds around the world, but it could also offer us the chance to have caister flight sessions in the near future. you know, my idea is that young kids or 14—year—old kids, you know, my daughter included, should be able to fly at one of these on a tether system, in com plete these on a tether system, in complete safety, these on a tether system, in com plete safety, a nd these on a tether system, in complete safety, and get a feel for the future of aviation. because it is not the aeroplanes any more, it is not the aeroplanes any more, it is about the capacity for individuals to move around the environment, eno, go from their house to the shops, or their house... you know, to be old to take an autonomous flying vehicle from

one place to another. it will happen. it is not to happen tomorrow, it will happen. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that google was fined a record £3.9 billion for illegally cementing its dominant position in search. amazon's bezos is announced to be the richest man in the world, worth a whopping £113 billion. and netflix saw its shares dropped by 1496 netflix saw its shares dropped by 14% after recording disappointing subscriber growth. it was also the week that shares at tesla plummeted after elon musk insulted one of the rescu e rs after elon musk insulted one of the rescuers of the thai footballers from a cave. he was angry after his mini submarine, design but not used to the rescue, was called a pr stu nt. to the rescue, was called a pr stunt. elon musk later apologised

for calling unsworth a paedophile and twitter. facebook‘s mark zuckerberg controversially defended the rights of its users, including holocaust deniers, to free speech. he doesn't think facebook should ta ke he doesn't think facebook should take down content just he doesn't think facebook should take down contentjust because people may be getting information wrong. the remote north coast of scotla nd wrong. the remote north coast of scotland will be the first place in the uk to get a spaceport, which could be ready to start small rocket launchers with them four years. and finally, do you talk to your plans? would you like to take them for a walk, but don't have time? now you can employ this adaptable hexarobot, which can take your plans for a walk, letting you know when they need water, and even dancing when they are happy. the company hopes that one of these robots can look after creatures on mars. away from the amazing aerobatics of the farnborough air show, the aviation industry is big business here and

showcasing its newest innovations. 0ne showcasing its newest innovations. one of the mid—term goals of the field is to make electric and then possibly solar powered planes. well, these are the first pictures of the latest airbus zephyr plane, and unmanned solar aircraft which is currently circling above arizona, where it is hoped it can stay up continuously for 30 days at altitudes of 70,000 feet in the stratosphere. and today, at farnborough, airbus has given us an exclusive look at the new zephyr s. and this is the new uk it production facility for the zephyr s. and there is, 25 metres long, just those two little propellers. in the most amazing thing, i think, is how it weighs. 75 kg, which is about the same as me. high above, commercial aircraft and bad weather, there are two suggested uses for this so—called high altitude pseudo—

satellite. remote surveillance, or asa satellite. remote surveillance, or as a communication platform in a pa rt as a communication platform in a part of the world. so this is reaching out to those 4 billion people in the world today that had no link to the internet, and this is a game changer, which the zephyr can bring into play here. so the problem with a satellite, it is great for consistency, but what happens when you want to change a payload? you are not bringing a satellite down and saying let's quickly change the payload. and this is where the beauty of the zephyr comes in, it is the flexibility. it means we can bring that are down, we can put a new payload on and we can send it back up again, and this means we can ta ke back up again, and this means we can take the new leads a technology that are coming, we can take advantage of that, and just put it on the zephyr and bring it up again. the main challenges keeping planes like this aloft at night. the key is to allow the plane to gradually lose height in the dark but ensure it is still above 50,000 feet by the time the

sun rises again. this height is called your lawn altitude. we just got the news that came in from the team, we have set a new dawn altitude record of 59,000 feet, which is outstanding and really going beyond expectations that we had. such are the harsh conditions and constant recharging cycle in the stratosphere, the zephyr will need to come down every three months to have its batteries replaced. and on top of all this, airbus is also collaborating with face look, which recently ditched its own solar plane project. we have been talking about the so—called wonder material that is graphene for a while. this is one lay a fixed carbon was the world was my first 2—d material. 1 million times further than a human hair, and stronger than steel. —— thinner. and

it's stronger than steel. —— thinner. and its flexible, superlight, conductive, has thermal properties. the list goes on. so while it may be commonly used in smartphones, for example, why is it not, well, everywhere? the trouble is there is no set standard for measuring graphene, which means manufacturers who could be incentivised to use it don't really know what they are working with. but that could be about to change. they launched today at uk parliament aims to standardise what constitutes graphene, and it has come some way since we first talked about it on the programme a few years ago. in fact, i've even been testing some graphene trainers. they feel pretty normal to run in, but the benefits are really meant to be felt further down the line. it is that durability and flexibility, particularly over tougher to rain, thatis particularly over tougher to rain, that is where they claim to come into their own. —— tougher terrain. at the potential uses of the

material are vast and varied, keeping research is busy. here at the national physical laboratory, pretty impressive, isn't it, not only are they testing the latest ways that graphene can be used, but also, they have this chemical mapping system which is just one pa rt mapping system which is just one part of the equipment to actually test the graphene content in any item. is it thatjust as simple as working out what percentage of graphene an item would need to be to cobble fires graphene? the first issueis cobble fires graphene? the first issue is understanding the measurement of the material itself to say, well, is their graphene there? when you look in a black powder there could be anything in it, so that is the first issue of having measurement procedure is everybody can follow. if it is not disbursed through it, if it is compton one part, it may actually make the comps it worse. i've actually got my hands on a whole pile of graphene, and. and with such qualities, isn't this rather a lot?

what could you do with it? you would imagine adding this into a composite. if you think of something like lightweight planes, fuel savings, this is the material you would need to put into the composite. ok, and for our batteries and devices, are these sorts flakes that would use? yes, for energy storage, even things like making flexible electronics as well. 3ack out farmborough i've come to see the latest research by rolls—royce into keeping our current crop ofjet engines safe and well maintained. sometimes a bit of debris can get sucked into an engine and hit one of the blades and damage it. it might end it out of shape ever so slightly. that is really dangerous, because as this engine spins millions of times the blade could end up cracking. what you normally

do is send somebody to where the engineers to ever so slightly shave away the damage. they remove the pa rt away the damage. they remove the part of the blade that is banned. well, this is a prototype or blending robot, which you can attach to the outside of the engine, and then a tele— operator can remote control this part of it. they can be anywhere in the world. they lower this tube into the engine, there is a camera and a scanner to assess the damage, and when they find the damage, and when they find the damage they used this tiny little dental drill to remotely shave away the damage. bob ‘s your uncle. 0ne day, engine damage could be assessed by this little fella and his friends, wiggling into the crevices of the machinery. if me or you went and inspected the combustion chamber it would take us hours, just because we've got to get inside with a flexible bit of spaghetti and look around and map everything that is in there, all those features. with these, we can send in maybe five or ten and they can go to different

parts of it and transmits the images back. we've got a very quick map of the expected area. the whole point is trying to make insufficient and get the plane back out. we've got a group of people working on it at the moment, doing some pretty exciting stuff, walking around upside down on bits of engines. it looks like science fiction but there are areas where we are building the new key building blocks to make it work. they walk upside down in engines? yes, they have to, because we need to inspect all the circus area. how do you achieve that? are they magnetic? i can't disclose too many details about that, that publication is in review just details about that, that publication is in reviewjust now. this isjust a prototype. the real robot will be half the size. now, from robots that can repair damage to robot is intent on destruction. let's head to china for something completely different. 1ens and bay sports centre. ——

shenzen bay sports centre. home to the region's biggest sporting events, with room for 20,000 spectators. and every summer, this place hosts one event a difference. welcome to d1| robo masters, a big, loud, robo shootout. in each round two tea ms loud, robo shootout. in each round two teams remote control their robot ta nks two teams remote control their robot tanks around a complex battlefield. the aim, to take out the opponent's base robot while defending your own. and before the 2018 robo master event this weekend i joined and before the 2018 robo master event this weekend ijoined one of the teams for some vital practice. nihau, i'm spencer. let's do this. let's do this! talking team tactics is going to be difficult on account of the chinese— english thing. this

competition is all about attracting and inspiring engineering students who get to massively redesign and modify the starter kits which contain four ground robots and a drone. now, these already come with lasers for raining. they fireballs at the opposing team's pressure sensors, and they have wacky wheels. this is huge fun! the whole thing feels like a really realistic videogame. what started as a competition for local universities has now become a mega event, attracting talent from all over the world. students work four months honing their designs, turning these beasts into ultimate fighting machines is no easy task. to compare stu d e nts machines is no easy task. to compare students with this kind of system thinking, we need to give them a project where they can integrate the different areas, learn how to co—ordinate as a team, they are

collaborating with each other. that is what we did, actually, in company, for a drone, we have electrical circuits and mechanical design, and a drone is similar to a robot. so it is a very good way for them to train. each bot is transmitting back a live point of view image. any delay in transmission and view our toes. am i dead? i was the longest lasting of the three of us. we would hope that a robotics completion like this, in the future, can become a popular sport where the ball don't admire those athletes, but they admire engineers. —— where people. brilliant! and that's it from my eight 350 and my attack of the four this week. i hope you enjoy what you have seen. don't forget, there are

loads of extra photos on twitter, and we are on facebook as well. thanks for watching, and we'll see you soon. hello. some areas were lucky enough to have some useful rain on friday. 0thers, though, just had the cloud and hardly anything fell from it and it is looking mainly dry for the weekend as the nose of high pressure builds in behind that rain—bearing weather system clearing away south—eastwards. for early risers saturday morning, a lot of cloud around, rather misty and murky in places, for england and wales anywhere at any stage in the day there's the chance of a hit—and—miss shower. most will avoid them and stay dry with warm sunny spells developing. warm anywhere where you get to see sunshine, not a lot of cloud around for northern scotland and north—east scotland and thickening further later in the day. this is 4pm, south to north across the uk, at this stage parts of southern england and south

wales most favoured for an isolated shower. most stay dry. again, warm sunny spells in england and wales, southern and eastern scotland. more cloud for northern ireland, western scotland, especially into the north—west, where the breeze is picking up. a bit of patchy light rain is starting to move in. for the golf at carnoustie as the open continues, a lot of cloud around particularly early in the day, sunny spells developing. looks like it will be a sunnier and warmer day on sunday, but at that stage it looks like the breeze will be perhaps more significant. as we go on through saturday evening and overnight, what showers have popped up in england and wales will die away. a few patches of mist and fog around but most will be with clear spells. more cloud starting to filter into western scotland, and again there will be a bit of patchy rain

the further north you are, and a warmer night to come for scotland and northern ireland compared with friday night. and some spots into the high teens overnight, particularly in south—east england. into sunday then, and a weather system moving in will give some patchy rain for parts of northern and western scotland, perhaps later in the day into northern ireland as the cloud feeds in from the north—west, breezier across northern scotland compared with elsewhere, but for much of south—east scotland and across england and wales, there will be more warm sunny spells to come and it's becoming very warm to hot once again as those temperatures get close to 30 celsius across eastern and south—eastern england. early into next week, this weather system will bring patchy rain into scotland and northern ireland. ahead of that, though, we draw up even hotter air to england and wales and the heatwave is absolutely back on. anywhere getting to see some sunshine next week will be very warm to hot but again

it's got the weather system earlier in the week affecting parts of scotland and northern england. highest temperatures in east and south—east england in excess of 30 once again and dry. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america on pbs and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: questions surface after reports that donald trump's former lawyer secretly recorded him, discussing payments to silence former playboy model karen mcdougaljust months before the us election. police confirm nine members of same family were among those killed when a tourist duck boat sank during a storm in missouri. with just months left to finalize a brexit deal, the eu's chief negotiator says there is progress, but there's still work to be done. former cricketer imran khan remains the frontrunner in pakistan's elections next week, but is the campaign being overshadowed by his

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