four people have died as hurricane florence lashes down on the us east coast. a mother and child were killed when a tree fell on their house in wilmington. emergency workers are battling strong winds and floodwaters to try to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their homes. a super typhoon has hit the north east of the philippines, making landfall in baggao — with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. more than four million people are directly in the path of the storm and thousands have been evacuated. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has pleaded guilty to two charges, relating to his former role as a lobbyist in ukraine. as part of a plea deal, he will co—operate with the investigation into russian electoral interference. the white house say the new deal has nothing to do with mr trump. now on bbc news — click. facial recognition, x—ray vision,

and a brexit mission. we are almost six months away from the uk starting its transition period to leave the eu. the details of which, in case you haven't heard, are still a bit sketchy. as the eu themselves as that, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed... but as the politicians but allowed the final points and we consider the what ifs, ports across the country are bracing themselves for change.

thovex here exclusively handles eu imports, so when brexit does come, it is one of the ports that is going to have to adjust the most, but no matter how final arrangements play out, making sure our pores and borders run smoothly is clearly going to be a keep rarity —— dover, here. almost 500 million tons of freight go through the uk borders every year. offloading and processing everything coming in and out is a complex task. technology is already fundamental in that process and some politicians hope will be the saviour with the day comes for the saviour with the day comes for the uk to stand alone. this week we are looking at some technology that hopes to do exactly that. we start with estonia, which is said to be the well‘s most digitally governed

country. so we sentjenot to see how it manages its movement of good. after brexit the uk may need to find quicker ways to monitor the freight coming in and out of the country from friends by rail. new x—ray technology deployed on estonia borders might be the model —— france. it separated in 1991. the population is still overwhelmingly russian. before independence there was no border between estonia and russia. now there are well—established entry and exit points. building the heart borders took a lot of cooperation between the two countries. on the estonian side, radiation detectors and an x—ray vehicle scan for suspicious of freight. contra band is x—ray vehicle scan for suspicious of freight. contraband is including cigarettes. in russia and different

countries, the price of one pack is about a significantly different. the profit can be big. there are many other unusual items as well. this is some depletion from china? it is full of snakes and starfish. you would think people would drink that to get some kind of health benefit? probably. what is this? it looks... inside part of a bear. they kill animaljust to inside part of a bear. they kill animal just to take inside part of a bear. they kill animaljust to take some profit. he also showed me some of the low—tech methods people used to smuggle goods. do i look suspicious? kind of. show me what you have there? it looks like nothing, but, sorry... cigarettes. estonia has invested billions of pounds in five new x—ray

scanners from a chinese company. they automatically check the trains without stopping them. how does this can recognise that this is a freight train rather than a passenger train? for this we have special sensors installed at the rails. it is the first type of sensors. the second type is located on the bridge, it looks like a camera. yes. both are sensors have two give a signal that this wagon is great and not a passenger. does russia have something similar on its side? no. it are relying on you guys? it is a way of cooperation. for the outbound traffic, if we see something suspicious we will give the information to the russian side. this gema has made inspection of trains 10— 50 times faster. this gema has made inspection of trains 10- 50 times faster. all

estonians, the trains, they are connected online. so we can learn from other builders and images and compare. we sent pictures. that gives us a bigger database. estonia is already looking at ways computers can speed up the process, further reducing check—in times. can speed up the process, further reducing check-in times. it is nice to have very modern railway x—rays and be an analysis of the images which must develop to the next level, not made by human. i believe oui’ level, not made by human. i believe our future is machine level, not made by human. i believe ourfuture is machine learning and artificial intelligence regarding checking these pictures. is there something you can see being abused in the eurotunnel between france and england? bat is this? y.? an automatic system to be used everywhere. backin everywhere. back in britain, a southampton —based company has been looking at ways to detect passive radiation in

cargo. it has developed highly sensitive detectors to do this by highlighting gamma and neutron rays. in the past, the equipment would just tell you there was radiation present. but with many everyday materials such as salt or fertiliser having natural levels of radiation this could pose real delays for customs officers. this new type of equipment can tell you exactly what the material is. it tells you what type of source it would be. they can use that so they can compare it with ma nifests use that so they can compare it with manifests and understand better whether or not they are expecting that radiation. in the case of this truck, it signalled some radioactive material, identified as potassium chloride salt. and where vehicles can't be moved through the radiation monitors, the solution is to instead use a mobile version to travel around the cargo picking emissions

from at least 2.5 metres away. this high—level detection is just one element of an 11.8 million euros eu funded project. it is trailing cutting edge science and artificial intelligence to help smooth borders across the continent. be more information we can get for each cargo the easier it is for customs to determine whether or not that cargo is legal and can pass the border —— for information. cargo is legal and can pass the border -- for information. and yes, while that is the aim, brexitise around the corner. i sat down with the head of border services. he had been speaking at a uk select committee hearing this week, about the future of our borders. the question of timing was high on the agenda. to complete a system by much wouldn't be possible. wouldn't? would be possible. there is a clash

between you need to get systems up and running quickly and if you took your time you could create the perfect technologies to do the job in an ideal way. perfect technologies to do the job in an idealway. in some perfect technologies to do the job in an ideal way. in some ways brexit is an event it requires transformation at the border. it also gives us an opportunity to create a border that is what leading, that is one that provides the uk with a really strong assets are weak and trade effectively with the well, it can protect society, and gives advantages to us whether we are trading with the eu with the rest of the world. that macs are wea k rest of the world. that macs are weak and trade. what evolving technologies at the moment do you think is particularly relevant to the world post—brexit? the internet of things. exciting technology. what does that mean for the border? in summary, everything is connected to

the internet and therefore that gives us an opportunity to see where things are at any point. blockchain, often talked about, what does that mean for a border process? to do things across a border we really need to trust the users, the traders, and what they are sending. blockchain helps us to move from relying on what they are saying is true to bringing a verifiable truth to what is in that supply chain. artificial intelligence, well, that's basically helping machines help people. how can we move some decisions that are made by people to be made by machines? hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was a week when apple once again took to be stage announcing new devices, revealing three new models of the iphone with two being the largest associate and carrying the largest associate and carrying the largest associate and carrying the largest pricetag. and the new apple watch features and ill

echocardiogram with the us food and drug administration approved in the watch as a medical device —— electrocardiogram. it was the we could will put against legislation that will extend eu citizens with rights to be forgotten globally. facebook? aaa —— ai named rosetta looks at sex and interpret a meaning to better understand means. and smart tvs may soon be telling its owners how to sell —— so makers. eu parliament approved two new copyright rules which could force content providers to apply strict checks are videos posted on their sites. but some campaigners argue it could mean the end of these. music plays. the soon—to—be—released a feather 19 game is under investigation in belgium for keeping lid boxes in the new edition. they have ba by peter saying lid boxes in the new edition. they have baby peter saying it is similar

to online gaming which is illegal in the country —— they have band. the robot using medical —— treating children. it has a pulse, it can cry, and a quintal. can be remotely set to go into anaphylactic shock and go into cardiac arrest. the company that makes the robot said a disappointed that people find the creepy and that none of the people trying to whip him find a nightmarish. —— trained with them. crossing borders isn't just about —— trained with them. crossing borders isn'tjust about goods. it is also, of course, about people, and a lot of them travelling at one time. we'll know how busy those immigration queues can get, so i have come to see one company who hopes they can make the process a lot easier —— we all know. so easy, in fact, that you may not even need to ta ke in fact, that you may not even need to take your passport in future. here at the uk base, they are hoping

airport queues and barriers could eventually become things of the past. right now they need to develop what could plausibly be put in place. this piece of kit is something you may already be familiar with, as they have been deployed in airports around the world. but the thing you are less likely to have seen is how this is playing out behind the scenes. immigration officers would then see all three photos match up and be privy to information from national databases privy to information from national data bases and watch privy to information from national databases and watch lists. and here we have the self—service checkout of immigration. ok, that is not what it is actually called, but these kiosks are already in some us airports and a p pa re ntly are already in some us airports and apparently they have helped people through the queues of four times faster. this will also authenticate a person is who they say they are, as well and get through some of those routine questions. then i am presented with a receipt, which i

need to take to an officer. but of course that involves dealing with a person, a piece of paper, and i still need the passport, but the idea here is that none of this needs to be necessary. this is not the mobile app is being trialled in brisbane and the middle east. much like the process would be machined your passport will be eventually checked as well as monitoring the chip. that data will be sent to their buyer authenticate server which will be matched to a selfie. yes, a selfie that you take to prove that you are the passport holder. then when you are travelling, this electronic document would be ready to link your journey. electronic document would be ready to link yourjourney. it could do so by scanning and validating your boarding pass or possibly through integration with an airline's app. ballet have a token catered in the phone which is linked my passport, my face, and my boarding pass. —— now i have. i go to check—in or

security or back drop, all i need to use is my face. i don't need any of these documents out of my bag. so your face becomes your passport. my face becomes my passport. your face becomes your passport. my face becomes my passportlj your face becomes your passport. my face becomes my passport. i am still uneasy about putting my passport on a phone. our comfortable giving people will be with that? it takes getting used to. the passport is a very secure document, but you still have to carry it. and they are lost a lot. the company does acknowledge that biometrics can prove to be a challenge for children. one survey suggests that 82% of people to want a biometric passport on their phone. how does this process done through technology compare to a human being doing it? humans are far, far better at determining intent and also the behavioural tic —— detection officers are very good at that 6 cents. something is not right about

an individual. what a machine is very good at is the mechanical and particularly facial matching. surely the real issue you need to overcome is the authorities and regulation. how plausible do you think it is to reach a point where this could be deployed internationally? we are seeing this driver from governments. they are out there now working with systems integrators and providers such as sita to push technology within the revelatory framework as much as you can. i foresee an airport of the future having biometric tokens, rather than technology being touch points that you have two. , silly point, it is about a seamless experience through the airport —— sticky point. there are conversations around tunnels. no physical barrier but rather like a customs channel you walk through and there is intervention. if they are identified through behavioural detection or biometrics, is of

interest they can be pulled out of the line, rather than everybody being stopped in the process. we have seen the technology that can make a difference to the process of moving through the airport, but how about those final moments before you board the plane? we heard there with some technology the other side of the atlantic that could help. so he couldn't pack his bags quickly enough. today i am off to bermuda. i have checked in using my passport. i have reused through security using my passport. and now, i'm boarding my flight, passport. and now, i'm boarding my flight, not using my passport. ok, so i'm not really going off to a tropical island, but i could, if i didn't have to get back to the office. thanks, boss. good morning,

ladies and gentlemen. we are using a new self boarding process which ta kes a new self boarding process which takes a quick photo capture. jet blue has temporarily booked me on to its 11 o'clock flight from bogan what —— logan boston airport, so what —— logan boston airport, so what you are seeing is the passenger experience playing out. like the app la ra experience playing out. like the app lara has been exploring, here they are using facial verification in face of passports. passengers, should they wish, can simply walk up to this tablet on a stick, resent their face, to this tablet on a stick, resent theirface, and to this tablet on a stick, resent their face, and get to this tablet on a stick, resent theirface, and get the green light to step on board. —— present. no passport needed, no boarding pass needed. there is no physical barrier either. perfect if you have misplaced your documents in your second oversized carry on. not so good if you are camera shy. i am surprised by how quickly people are boarding. another thing that is impressive is it seems to recognise people's faces regardless of how tall they are, even children. the

face pod has an extremely wide camera lens to help it capture people of all heights. it takes 55 snaps per second so it doesn't miss you. we boarded close to a full flight you. we boarded close to a full flight of 150 customers in under 20 minutes. it is close to a ten minute improvement from a typical boarding time when we usually allot 30 minutes for boarding. now, before you go cutting up your government issued id, there are a number of things that stand in the way of you and that gleaming green tick. passengers that check in online can't use it. travellers without be passports need not apply. and if you checkin passports need not apply. and if you check in at the airport using any other means than your passport you will still need to show your papers toa human will still need to show your papers to a human at the gate as normal before you can board. so, what does the us department of homeland security think about this. it increases our processing speed and the accuracy of our inspections, but

the accuracy of our inspections, but the real value is that it allows our officers to focus on the enforcement mission. it allows them to focus on talking to people and enforcing cbp's laws and regulations. system also provides a digital record of exit checks, but of course passengers are more biometric to the data —— biometric data to the government in return for speedy boarding. but is using just your face secure enough? it has passed our security checks so far. at the headquarter level we have a rigourous process and of course we're never going to enter into something will weaken our position. now, the facial boarding technology has been trialled here for the past six months but there are other systems like it dotted around various airports in america. but it is not the technology, it is regulation which are standing in the way for worldwide rollout. in many countries, an officer must see your physical id before you made apart.

and of course at the other end, you will still need your papers, because different countries will have different countries will have different border regulations. but in an increasingly digital world, this facial boarding is taking us a step closer to leaving our papers behind. there are games about alien invasions. there are games about raiding tombs while solving head scratching puzzles. there are even games about experiencing the thrill of stimulating life as a goat. but a game about brexit? now, that is unusual. forget hard brexit. this is black mirror meets a 16—bit yes minister. not tonight imagines a

dystopian future where the very worst kind of brexit has occurred. anybody in the uk of european heritage has been relocated to ghettos and can only find low—paid employment. the player must earn a certain amount of cash in order to remain in the uk. this is the product of an indie development team, and they have tasked the player with working as a bouncer. the early stages of the game are spent being employed by pubs and clu bs. spent being employed by pubs and clubs. by the end of the game, a very severely right—wing government has been put into place and by that point you are making horrible decisions about, say, the landlords will ask you, don't let any of this kind of person into night, and you have to try to decide weather you are going to follow their rules or not. by the very end you are doing silly things like working order patrol on the dover border and on the london wall. it is very

satirical. what inspired you to make a game about brexit? let's put it this way. there is lots of inspiration for a dystopia at the moment. and not tonight wasjust inspiration for a dystopia at the moment. and not tonight was just a great opportunity to represent a kind of british dystopia which i think is unique. i grew up in somerset and i remember being slightly underage, trying to get into various night spots around somerset. that always had a big impact on me because my friends were a year older. and then, working similarto a year older. and then, working similar to gameplay came along, games like papers please, and they we re games like papers please, and they were a big inspiration. and on top of that, brexit happened. as the juxtaposition of trying to get into a nightclub venue or party or house party, compared to getting into a country, it really hit a note with me. do you think games should tackle more weighty subject matter is? absolutely, yeah. 100%. we have seen some elements of it in larger games, for example wolfenstein. you still

got some nazi killing skills in you? they are re— imagination of america. but as an independent developer, we really have an opportunity to publish something different and something political, and i think thatis something political, and i think that is a good thing, there should be more politics in games. to be honest, i would love to see some big negative responses to it, because we wa nt to negative responses to it, because we want to get both sides talking, right? if it is just people who voted remained sharing this thing around, that seems quite pointless. that was mark, and that is it for our click border technology special. with six months to go until brexit there is lots of themed programming across the bbc. but to keep up with us on “— across the bbc. but to keep up with us on —— at click, we are on facebook and twitter. and of course we will be back here next week. hello again.

before we look at the weather in the uk let us have a round—up of what is happening with the storms elsewhere in the world. for northern parts of the philippines battered by typhoon mangkhut, that is heading out into the south china sea, not far away from hong kong on sunday, not as powerful by this stage. back over the pacific, into north america, where we find florence. that will weaken over land this weekend it will continue to bring flooding rains to the carolinas. this area of cloud contains remnants of an ex—hurricane that could be heading our way next week. this weekend, bit of a mixed bag. wetter windier weather in the north—west that will start to push its way will start to push its way into england and wales next sunday. the best of the weather will be in the south—east. we have this link of drizzly rain across northern england. perhaps even into north wales. the wetter weather a rise as the winds pick up in the afternoon across northern ireland and into western scotland.

elsewhere dry weather. the difference in temperatures in the sunshine. through the evening and overnight you can see how this rain develops more widely in northern ireland, in scotland, pretty heavy rain. quite windy out there as well. some of that will edge of the irish sea. the south—east dry and clear. and across the board it should be quite a warm night on saturday night. the rain should move away from scotland and northern ireland. being replaced by sunshine and showers in the north—west. the rain gets stuck across northern england, wales, not far from the south—west. the east midlands, east anglia, the south—east likely to be warm but towards the north—west of the uk a different story, quite a bit cooler with the show is coming in was the south—east, the temperatures continuing to creep up and up. into the early part of next week, this area of low pressure contains remnants of ex—hurricane helene. it will drive its way quickly northwards up the western side of the uk. uncertainty about the detail. the winds will collect really picking up as it sweeps its way northwards and is threatening to bring heavy rain briefly as well. the system has come from a long way south and contains tropical air. that will be felt across the east and south—east of the uk for monday and tuesday.

it will be not as warm in the north and west of the uk. stronger winds. rain for a while. towards the south—east this is where temperatures will continue to climb into the mid—20s. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is ben bland. our top stories: hurricane florence is pounding the carolina coast with powerful winds and devastating rain. severalfatailities are reported — with predictions of more storm surges to come.

super typhoon mangkhut has made landfall in the northwestern philippines, with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. thousands of people are being moved to safety. donald trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort agrees to co—operate with an investigation into links between the president and russia — as part of a plea deal. one of america's biggest basketball stars visits the uk for a series of exhibition matches. he tells the bbc why he's an advocate for those who can't speak out for themselves.