tv The Papers BBC News July 29, 2018 10:30pm-11:00pm BST
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hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines. geraint thomas crosses the finish line in paris to become the first welshman to win the tour de france. it looks like it has gone crazy back home, so i am looking forward to getting back and celebrating with everyone, but at the same time looking forward to a bit of normality as well, watching breakfast tv in bed with coffee. five people die, hundreds of buildings are destroyed and tens of thousands flee their homes, as wildfires rage across northern california. at least 1a people have been killed in an earthquake which struck the popular indonesian tourist island of lombok. the government promises action over fake news on facebook, and other social media, to regulate political ads and abusive posts. and at10:1i5pm, click goes to hollywood, and to a virtual reality film studio. virtual reality film studio? we've
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got one downstairs, we could have saved a trip. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejohn rentoul, the independent‘s chief political commentator, and ruth lea, economic adviser for the arbuthnot banking group. ruth will be advising us on europe clearing in a moment, we hope. let's take a look at tomorrow's front pages. geraint rides to glory, says the telegraph, which features a picture of triumphant tour de france winner geraint thomas, but the paper splashes on claims that brexiteer ministers have criticised theresa may's approach to leaving the eu without a deal, calling it a kamikaze approach. the times also features a picture of britain's proud cyclist but leads on reports that britain's
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biggest farm—approval scheme is failing to detect breaches of its animal welfare standards. the daily mail criticises the working practices of rail firms and claims that drivers are having to work overtime in order to keep networks running. the daily express carries the headline ‘brexit food crisis fury‘ and claims leave—supporting mps are accusing the government of another ‘project fear‘ campaign. the i leads on the disruption caused by the sudden bout of rainfall to hit the uk after last week's soaring temperatures — with flash floods leaving travellers stranded and festivals cancelled. the metro front page covers news of a mother in corfu who died after eating a mouthful of raw chicken. and the financial times leads on reports that deutsche bank has moved half of its euro clearing activities from london to frankfurt. let's start with several
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incarnations of the brexit story, which is why you are here so regularly. the daily telegraph says be no deal start is kamikaze, say leavers. an anonymous cabinet minister is quoted on the front page of the daily telegraph accusing theresa may of trying to scare people into supporting her plan for brexit by suggesting no deal will lead to armageddon, is the colourful phrase. this is all the fault of people like ruth, who wanted the government to do some serious planning for no deal, and that's what the prime minister is doing but the side affect of that is to scare the side affect of that is to scare the living daylights out of people. but if you were planning for no
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deal, that's not kamikaze.” but if you were planning for no deal, that's not kamikaze. i work for a japanese bank so i'm familiar with japanese terms, i for a japanese bank so i'm familiar withjapanese terms, i think kamikaze is wrong. this is project fear, they are saying, which isjohn says is armageddon if there is no deal. its wto rules if there is no deal. its wto rules if there is no deal. they say they are having this into bullying people into accepting a mangled chequers agreement for skiing in the eu. i now support a new deal situation portrayed, under wto rules, with which we free trade with a lot of the world. because we are out of time? two years ago i would have said we want to go for a straightforward free trade agreement like canada but the government got
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bogged down, so it's too late to go there, soi bogged down, so it's too late to go there, so i think now the best option is wto. some of those concerns are homed in on by the daily express, brexit food crisis fur read, shops running out of supplies, not just food fur read, shops running out of supplies, notjust food but drugs. this is project fear mark 2. over half of our trade is true wto rules now, how do we trade with the states and australia? if we leave under wto rules in march, we will continue to trade. but do those rules kick in at midnight? they will, and hmrc has said it will be ready. i'm not sure that's true. the national audit office has confirmed that. ruth, are
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you saying the government is making it up that we have to stockpile food? this is another scare story, worse than project fear mark 1. but doctors have expressed concerns about incidents applies not being available, we cannot make it ourselves and we need it. the government has produced these impact state m e nts government has produced these impact statements which start to sketch out how the army might need to be called didn't... how the army might need to be called didn't. .. i think it's how the army might need to be called didn't... i think it's a how the army might need to be called didn't. .. i think it's a disgrace! what's a disgrace? however much you might disagree with the government, i don't think the british civil service would make things up. these are serious considerations for a breakdown in negotiations. these are scare stories, after the referendum the treasury told us we would go
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into a recession. that was different, that was about the psychological affect but this is practical effects of a breakdown of negotiations. what about food and medicines? we imported under wto rules. why should trade stop? there will be a lag between one set of rules that we currently operate underan rules that we currently operate under an wto kicking rules that we currently operate underan wto kicking in? rules that we currently operate under an wto kicking in? that will happen at midnight on march 2019. george osborne has been saying leave mps will not write it down because it's too frightening to see written down what leave will look like. ple nty down what leave will look like. plenty has been written down about wto rules. i would rather you talk
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to me about what's in the ft. deutsche bank shifts half of its two from london to frankfurt. what is euro clearing? if two parties have done a deal in euros, they need an intermediary to settle it and a lot of that is done in london but which bank will shift half of that frankfurt. and that's bad? i think it's inevitable because the ecb have done a power grab because they said london is not in the euro so they should not have euro clearing, and the ecj found in favour of george osborne at the time that i suspected that when it got to brexit and be worked out of the eu, a lot of that would go. the ft admits that only a
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few hundred jobs are directly linked. even the ft cannot exaggerate that. city status with derivatives is under threat, it suggests degradation of the importance of the city. having these conversations they talk about job losses in london but the number seems to decline by the month, and if some jobs go, they go. that's what you expect. we will talk about something beyond brexit but daniel condon is loving the brexit banter tonight. i'm glad we have one satisfied customer. i'm sure daniel speaks for many. this is about energy smart meters and how... i've got it. it's under the file, sorry.
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energy firms are using smart meters to keep customers captive.|j energy firms are using smart meters to keep customers captive. i keep getting letters from my energy supplier saying they want to put a smart meter in and i ignore them and now i am vindicated because ed davey, the energy secretary in the lib dem coalition, admits these firms are abusing smart meters to keep customers captive. they make sure they don't work if you transferred. have you got one? yes. i don't look at it. does it stop you switching supplier?” i don't look at it. does it stop you switching supplier? ijust don't look at it, i pretend it's not there. have your bills gone down? i don't think so because i keep switching things on. that's not how
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it's supposed to work. i'm shocked at your profligacy. it's in a box in the cupboard. you are an economist! i don't care. i'm an impetuous one. i minister responsible for a policy admits that... it was mike o'brien. in the meantime, who knows how much money they have wasted. we will finish with the i, some good news for welshman geraint thomas, who has won that tour de france. it's a beautiful picture on the i sports page and an extraordinary achievement for anyone. he cycled very fast. i'm not a cycling fan, i must admit, because it'sjust
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peddling harder than the next person. there isn't much more to it. then why do we not do it? because i'm too old. however, what i think is fascinating, i don't pretend to understand, is all the tactics. the pelton and trying to protect each other or push each other up. we non—cycling people understand every four years that the olympics come on, we get into it and all that stuff, wind resistance, and then we forget it all and then stuff like this reminds us. what are you meant to say to him? chapeau, that is what
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i meant to say. is that welsh? william powell can help us with that. i don't think the french are happy about this, they keep winning it. john and ruth will be back with us it. john and ruth will be back with us at 11:30pm for another look at the papers. next, click. the eight planets in our solar system, all unique and instantly recognisable. and don't they look amazing from our viewing podium here in outer space? now what we really wanted to show
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you here is just how good visual effects have become. not only does the graphics computer generate all of these lovely images but, as the cameras move about, the objects and the background appear to stay in their correct positions. now this is not easy. now this technology originally came from the movies and now it has come to tv. so, here we are in the bbc‘s virtual studio and the first thing that you will notice is obviously that the graphics computer replaces anything that is green with the background. but, in order to draw all of the objects in the right place in 3d space, the computer needs to know exactly where the cameras are so it can draw everything from the right angle, and that is why all the cameras have this set of reflective tracking balls on top of them. it also means that i can take my own set of tracking balls and turn this into a virtual hand—held camera that i can fly through the sea.
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so, there is mercury and venus, earth and mars, coming round past jupiter, just duck under saturn, and there is uranus and neptune. and here is the thing, just as we are getting used to having this much fun in a tv studio, at the top end of the movie industry, they are getting ready for something even more incredible. here's mark cieslak in los angeles. the next big leap in cinema technology could be upon us. called intel studios, this is the first time a crew has been allowed to even catch a glimpse behind the scenes at this state—of—the—art equipment. this space is designed to film in 360 degrees, a technique known as volumetric capture. diego priluski has worked on the visual effects for movies like gravity and warhorse. now he is heading up this operation. wow, so this is your volumetric space?
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it is indeed. it is pretty big. it's the largest currently in the world. it is currently focused on large—scale volumetric capture, and it is a unique space that we have built, dedicated for the methodologies of filmmaking volumetric. can we take a look inside your dome, please? wow—wee. laughs. that is a lot of green. it is a lot of space and a lot of cameras. how many cameras have you got here? well, currently have we have more than 100 cameras. it really changes from production to production. our goal really is to, how do you have enough sensors to capture the entire information from any angle? so as you can see around, it is really a variation of angles and positions that really enables you to capture every bit of information from any direction. in this space, a scene can be performed once but is recorded on all of those cameras surrounding the actors, so every single angle is covered.
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the individual shots are pumped via fibre—optic cable to dedicated servers, which then processed the images into a point cloud. a point cloud is a sd 360 degree representation of the entire studio. the action can then be watched from any angle the viewer desires. once decisions have been made about where to position the camera, the action is cleaned up, using vfx and the scene is complete. this particular scene was attempted several times but this clip was made from shots all captured on the 15th attempt. you can relight that scene, you can integrate, of course, virtual sets around that, but the key thing is that you can keep that live performance, and you can keep that truly capture of the actors, that true presence that they have, into the interaction between them, and once you have digitiser all the information, once you basically generated this volumetric, immersive data, you can really be walk inside the space, either on a virtual space and virtually
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come out and reshoot the entire scene again. the filming process, with its 100 plus cameras all filming at once, generates a massive amount of data, all of which is processed and stitched together on—site. in total, there are 10 petabytes of storage in here. that is the equivalent of 133 years of hi—def video. so far, paramount pictures have penned a deal to use this space for upcoming projects. because the studio's dome separates the filming from the crew controlling the kit, directing the action is similar to directing in a modern news studio. ok, so do you want to get on stage, get ready. yeah, yeah. so no suits, no motion captured things, it is you and your waredrobe that will be the performance. so this is my opportunity to try out this volumetric studio. i'm used to working with one or a couple of cameras,
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it is going to be a bit different working with over 100 of them. and they will be able to capture from every single conceivable angle me attempting to get this ball into that hoop. let's try that again. this time, the team add backgrounds and create a seamless moving shot made from the 100 individual camera captures. (laughs) ohh, and the crowd goes wild! creating the shot is not quick though, this one took about 150 hours to make. as we look at filmmaking, we want to create that transition. how do you immerse into this world and into these experiences, but with the real actors, with the real performances? le tour de france is coming
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to an end this week. the monumental 3,351 kilometre race is now 115 years old. fans love its epic proportions and its gruelling pace, but this year they may also be able to enjoy lots and lots of lovely data, because analytics and machine learning are coming to one of the oldest sporting competitions in the world, and kat hawkins went to find out how. this year's tour de france is taking place against the same beautiful french mountains as always. but there's a big difference this year. technology and data play more of a role than ever before. cycling is becoming increasingly data—driven and for good reason.
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masses of data can be collected and, in a sport of fine margins and superhuman endurance, those insights are the key to energy efficiency, strategy and gains. we look at many things, we look at obviously heart rate, we look at power data and their maximum powers and their altitude and elevation gains. so we look at that and we see how the riders are building and we leverage that data to try and build them to be better and stronger in stage races. how is the data collected and transmitted ? that is where these little devices come in. it may not look like much but this small clip—on device is on the back of every bike taking part in the tour de france this year and it has actually been revolutionary. the sensors on the bikes send real—time locations data to a nearby vehicle, which them beams it up to a following helicopter. it is then sent to the data truck for real—time analytics. and this is where the magic happens, from bike to motorbike to helicopter to here,
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this is where all the data for the tour de france is being stored. the data truck is where data is analysed, enriched, and visualised for broadcasters and teams. there is even enough data for machine learning algorithms to get to work. the depths of data analytics produced from simply a gps device is staggering. conceptual data such as 3d maps, weather, gradients and rider information is also added to bring the data to life. during the race, riders wear earpieces and following closely behind them is the data car, where the team analyst is dissecting the data and feeding them live information. what happens in here? it is quite an important place, isn't it? if you imagine you have a comms office when you're trying to fly a rocket to the moon, just feel like we're that place in nasa where all the details come in and they come in from all directions, and then we send out one message to the riders. hundreds of datasets are analysed, from competitor tactics to live course conditions.
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so we analyse all of the climbs, the gradients of the climbs, the road surfaces, the width of the roads, any road furniture, anything, you know, coming around a blind corner there is a pedestrian crossing, and all of these kinds of things we try to find. on the tour de france with restrictions and sponsorship deals, we do not get any heart rate and power data, but we do get location, which is absolutely crucial because we can make decisions much, much quicker. ok, so we are in the race. this is happening, this is live. what are we saying to our riders? so, we're saying, "come on, serge, you've got 250 more metres hard. radio: round the next corner here, the hairpin, you can't see it but it flattens off in 250 metres. you'll get some respite, we've got drinks in 400 metres, so you'll get to cool down. take your drinks and we've only got 10k to the finish. good lad. keep fighting. i can see automatically that the psychological impact of that is huge, but how do the cyclist themselves feel about having data in their sport?
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having everything about you measured and tracked can have its downsides. of course, a lot of teams are trying to keep it secret because when you're racing the tour de france you don't really want to give your competitors that advantage. people say it's turning into f1, it's just robots talking to robots. what do you say to those people? it's more than that. a robot doesn't have to put the effort in. from data centre to road race, there's 20 kilometres to go. 20 kilometre windspeed. the final is coming up. that is it for the short cut of click for this week. don't forget the full—length version is up on iplayer for you to watch right now, if you fancy. and ypu can follow us on twitter and facebook throughout the week for loads of tech news and behind—the—scenes photos too. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. good evening.
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at last, a good spell of steady rain across most parts of the country. shame it coincided with the holiday weekend and some blustery conditions. the seas whipped up here in stornoway earlier but it wasn't grey skies all the way. plenty of sunshine in orkney and more of you finished the day with sunshine as the weather front that brought the rain pushed east. we still have an area of low pressure to the south of iceland, circulating cooler air into the north and west of the uk but the story this week shows that that circulation weakens. southerly winds develop and it will bring a bit more warmth to southern and eastern areas later. it will be a week in which, after a weekend of rain and strong winds, it turns less windy, some showers to the north and west and things gradually turning warmer.
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even tonight not desperately chilly, in southern and eastern areas in particular we still have some cloud, some showers too. a few showers push into wales, the midlands, part of south—west scotland, maybe clipping northern ireland. clear skies in between. temperatures in scotland into single digits. most, though, double figures. staying mild and muggy towards the south—east corner. rush hour on monday could bring bursts of heavy rain in east anglia and the south—east. showers in the midlands, towards yorkshire, and more showers across scotland. drier weather in between. more sunshine tomorrow afternoon than this afternoon. the winds lighter than today and temperatures up, especially to the south and east, 25 degrees the high here. 19 to 21 the maximum in scotland and northern ireland. a fresher night taking us into tuesday. a bright start for most but cloud increasing through the day, bringing the odd shower here and there. the focus on the wet weather will be the highlands and ireland
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as the breeze picks up but temperatures widely high teens, low to mid 20s. into wednesday, another fine start. with the wind still in the south westerly direction, we keep temperatures in roughly around the low to mid 20s across many areas. warmer in scotland and northern ireland. here we finish the day with more cloud and a scattering of showers. longer spells of rain on wednesday night into thursday. not much of an impact in the south and east due to an area of high pressure. the likes of london get warmer as we go through the week, but even further north the showers will gradually fade. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00: geraint thomas crosses the finish line in paris to become the first welshman to win the tour de france. looks like it's gone crazy back home, so looking forward to getting back again to celebrate with everyone, but at the same time i'm
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looking forward to watching brea kfast tv looking forward to watching breakfast tv in bed with the coffee. six people die as wildfires rage across northern california, but firefighters say they're now slowing the spread of the flames. we are feeling a lot more optimistic today as we are starting to gain some ground, rather than being in the defensive mode on this fire all the defensive mode on this fire all the time. we are starting to make some good progress out there. at least 111 people have been killed in an earthquake which struck the popular indonesian tourist island of lombok.
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