which brought destruction to the north of the philippines. typhoon mangkhut ripped through the main island of luzon, bringing widespread flooding and landslides. the storm's now heading towards hong kong — where warnings of gale force winds and a massive storm surge have forced a mass evacuation. authorities in the us have warned that storm florence is farfrom done. the weather system has caused catastrophic flooding across both north and south carolina. officials say at least 12 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands of homes are without electricity. the british prime minister, theresa may, has passionately defended her plan for brexit and added she gets a "little bit irritated" about how long she'll last in thejob. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, she said "this debate is not about my future, but the future of the people now on bbc news, click. facial recognition, x—ray vision, and a brexit mission. we're 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 have said, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed... but as the politicians battle out the final points and we consider the what ifs, ports across the country are bracing themselves for change.

dover here exclusively handles eu imports, so when brexit does come, it's one of the ports that's 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 key priority. 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 uk to stand alone. this week we're 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 sentjen to see how it manages its movement of goods.

after brexit, the uk may need to find quicker ways to monitor the freight coming in and out of the country from france by rail. new x—ray technology deployed on estonia borders might be the model. the country separated from the soviet union in 1991. in its easternmost city of narva, the population is still overwhelmingly russian. before independence there was no border in narva between estonia and russia. now there are well—established entry and exit points. building hard borders took a lot of cooperation between the two countries. on the estonian side, radiation detectors and even a driverless x—ray vehicle scan buses and trucks for suspicious of freight. contraband smuggled includes cigarettes, as taxes are much lower in russia. in russia and different third countries, the price of one pack is about 60, 70 euro cents. but, for example, in

the uk it can be for £9. so profit is absolutely big. there are many other unusual items too. this is some kind of from china? it's 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. 0h! yeah. they kill animalsjust to take some profit. nikolai also showed me some of the low—tech methods people use to smuggle goods. do i look suspicious? kind of. show me what you have there? it looks like nothing, but, sorry... cigarettes. you have some cigarettes here. estonia has invested billions of pounds in five new x—ray scanners from chinese company nuctech. they automatically check the trains without stopping them. how does the scanner 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 to give a signal that this wagon is freight and not a passenger. does russia have something similar on its side? no. it are relying on you guys? it's a way of cooperation. for the outbound traffic, if we see something suspicious we will forward the information to the russian side. the scanner has made inspection of trains 10—50 times faster. the x—ray images are shared in a central area. all estonians, the trains, and x—rays are connected to one network. so we can learn from other borders‘ 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 checking 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 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? why not? an automatic system to be used everywhere. that wasjen. 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 that 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 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. the 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. and yes, while that is the aim, brexit is around the corner. i sat down with the head of accenture‘ 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? wouldn't be possible. there is a clash between the fact you need to get systems up and running quickly and if you took

your time you could create the perfect technologies to do thejob 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 world leading, that is one that provides the uk with a really strong assets are weak and trade effectively with the world, it can protect society, and provide advantages to us whether we are trading with the eu with the rest of the world. what evolving technologies at the moment do you think is particularly relevant to the move 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 move 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 the week when apple once again took to be stage announcing new devices, revealing three new models of the iphone with two being their largest associate and carrying the largest pricetag. and the new apple watch features an electrocardiogram, which the us food and drug administration approving the watch as a medical device. it was the week when google fought against legislation that will extend eu citizens‘ right to be

forgotten globally. facebook‘s ai, named rosetta, has learnt to look at images with text and interpret their meaning to better understand memes. and smart tvs made by vizio could soon be telling its owners how to sue it makers. eu parliament approved two new controversial copyright rules which could force content providers to apply strict checks to videos posted on their sites. but some campaigners argue it could mean the end of these. music. the soon—to—be—released a fifa 19 game is under investigation in belgium for keeping loop boxes in the new edition. they have banned the feature, saying it is similar to online gaming which is illegal in the country. and finally, meet hal.

the robot designed to train medical staff treating children. hi, i'm paediatric hal. the humanoid bot has a pulse, can cry, bleed, and talk. it can also be remotely set to go into anaphylactic shock and go into cardiac arrest. but the company that makes the robot said a disappointed that people find the creepy and that none of the medical staff who trained with halfind him nightmarish. crossing borders isn't just about goods. it's also, of course, about people, and a lot of them travelling at one time. we all 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. so easy, in fact, that you may not even need to take your passport in future. here at sita's 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 and watch lists. and here we have the self—service checkout of immigration. ok, that's not what it's actually called, but these kiosks 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 as 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 my passport, but the idea here is that none of this needs to be necessary. the smart path mobile app

is being trialled in brisbane and the middle east. much like the process with the other machines, your passport will be visually checked as well as monitoring the chip. that data will be sent to sita's bio—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're travelling, this electronic document would be ready to link your journey. it could do so by scanning and validating your boarding pass or possibly through integration with an airline's app. now i have a token catered in the phone that has linked my passport, my face, and my boarding pass. now all i need is when i got o a smart path touchpoint, as we call them, that check—in or security or back drop, all i need to use is my face. i don't need to get any of these documents out of my bag. so your face becomes your passport.

my face becomes my passport. i am still feel quite uneasy about putting my passport on a phone. how comfortable giving people will be with that? it takes getting used to. everybody has a phone. every body trusts the date in that phone as well. 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. 0ne survey suggests that 82% of people do 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 detection officers are very good at that sixth sense. 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 drive from governments. they are out there now working with systems integrators and providers such as sita to push technology within the regulatory 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 to stop at, sticky points, it's about a seamless experience through the airport. the frictionless travel. there are trials and discussions around immigration tunnels. no physical barrier but rather like a customs channel you walk through and there is exception intervention. if they are identified through biometrics or behavioural detection, or 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? well, nick kwek heard there with some technology the other side of the atlantic that could help.

today i'm off to bermuda. i've checked in using my passport. i've breezed through security using my 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 takes a quick photo capture. jetblue has temporarily booked me on to its 11:00 flight from logan boston airport, so what you are seeing is the passenger

experience playing out. like the app lara has been exploring, here they're using facial verification in place of passports. passengers, should they wish, can simply walk up to this tablet on a stick, present their face, and get the green light to step on board. 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're 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 facepod 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 of 150 customers in under 20 minutes. it's 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 e—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 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 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. the system also provides a digital record of exit checks, but of course passengers are giving more 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 headquarters level we have a rigourous process and of course we're never going to enter into something that 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 regulations which are standing in the way for worldwide rollout. in many countries, an officer must see your physical id before you may depart. and of course at the other end, you will still need your papers, because 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 simulating life as a goat. but a game about brexit? now, that's 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 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 in tonight, and you have to try to decide whether you're going to follow their rules or not. by the very end you're doing silly things like working border 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 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 simulator gameplay came along, 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 matters? absolutely, yeah, 100%. we have seen some elements of it in larger games, for example wolfenstein. .. wolfenstein character: you still got some nazi—killing skills in you? ..their re—imagination of america. but as an independent developer,

we really have an opportunity to publish something different and something political, and i think that's 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 want to get both sides talking, right? if it is just people who voted remain 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 at click, we are on facebook and twitter. and of course we will be back here next week. hello. there's the potential for some turbulent whether in the forecast over the next few days and that is already making its presence felt across scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england and north wales as this front works its way south and east overnight, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds. through sunday, the frontal system is running into an area of high pressure to the south of the uk. through sunday, it will weaken. the rain will tend to fizzle out

and we will be left with a band of cloud and the odd spot of rain through the afternoon, stretching down through the midlands and south—west england. 0n either side, spells of sunshine. some patchy drizzle for the western isles of scotland where it will continue to be quite windy. elsewhere, the strong winds from overnight will ease down but still quite a breezy day and fairly warm across east anglia and south—east england. temperatures up to 22 or 23dc. elsewhere, generally 17 or 20 celsius, cooler for the far north of scotland. keeping an eye on this area of low pressure, it has in it the remnants of hurricane helene, no longer a hurricane but providing tropical moisture and energy to that area of low pressure. it will strengthen the winds as we go through monday and pull some very warm and humid air across england and wales, particularly the further south and east you are. on monday, a mixture of variable cloud and a sunny spells before the rain arrives into northern ireland, parts of north—west england and western scotland. it will be heavy. some strong winds accompanying that with some very strong gusts as well. these are the average speed through monday afternoon.

the gusts will be even higher. as we go from monday into tuesday, the gusts for the western isles of scotland could touch 60 or 70 mph. as we head south and east, in the warm and humid air we could see highs of 23 on monday across east anglia and south—east england. here is our area of low pressure marching across the western side of the uk into tuesday. notice the squeeze in the isobars. this is where we will see the strongest winds — across northern ireland, scotland and northern parts of england. some very strong gusts. on tuesday, a mixture of sunny spells and heavy showers, particularly for northern ireland, scotland, western side of england and wales. again, a windy day for all of us but still holding onto some very warm and humid air across east and south—east england where we will see that which is up to 23 and 24. some sunshine here, yes, and very warm, but windy for all of us. particular gusty for

northern ireland and scotland and northern parts of england. strong winds early next week, very warm in the south—east but some rain for the north and west. bye— bye. this is bbc world news, i'm duncan golestani. our top stories — at least 25 dead — as typhoon mankut wreaks havoc in the phillipines. it's now heading towards hong kong where warnings of gale force winds and a massive storm surge have forced a mass evacuation. warnings in the us that storm florence is "farfrom done". president trump declares a disaster in north carolina. the british prime minister defends her brexit plan — but dismisses talk of a leadership challenge. this is why i get irritated. this

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