hatice cengiz spoke of her panic when mr khashoggi did not emerge from the saudi consulate in istanbul. a constitutional crisis has erupted in sri lanka, where the president has appointed his predecessor and former rival mahinda rajapa ksa as the new prime minister. but the coalition‘s leader ranil wickremesinghe insists that he is still prime minister and says he still commands a majority in parliament. coming up in 10 minutes‘ time, newswatch. but first on bbc news, click. this robot has certainly pulled in a big audience. as you've probably guessed, those were purely preprogrammed moves, and like many robots that we have seen, this is a self balancing robot, which means it does pretty well at staying upright. but one day, this robot may be taught to work autonomously. toyota is looking at ways to train machines using human operators, whose movements are synchronised to theirs. the operator also wears a virtual

reality headset to show them the robot's perspective. it's really strange. because i know there is someone on the other side of these eyes. it feels like this robot is looking at me. one of the most impressive things about thr—3 is it dexterity, and the control that it gives its operator when touching and interacting with objects. and what's really interesting is that not only can the operator control the robot's arms, hands and the fingers through the data gloves, but he can actually feel what the robot feels. so as the robot grasps the object, he can feel the resistance of that object in his fingers. and actually, the entire robot mirrors anything that it senses back to the operator. so... it can feel the fact that it's being pushed. that means that the operator can

sense what's happening to the robot, even if it bumps into something that they can't see, they still know it's there. translation: these technologies can be made to work in many industries. at first, we want to develop the robots to assist with everyday household chores. and then in the future for teleworking, to remotely support work that is more physically demanding. toyota isn't suggesting that all robots will be humanoid in the future. at the moment, this isjust an experiment into how humans might show robots what to do. but how about a robot that can show a human what to do? this is fusion, my new robot backpack. fist bump? i now have four arms, two of which are controlled

by someone else, who is wearing a virtual reality headset. the surrogate can be mounted on your body, then he can actually assess your motion and guide your motion. so it's kind of like skill transfer. the operator of the robotic arms, who could be on the other side of the world, really can teach you things. they can pick things up, and they can even grab my arms and move them around. we wanted to create this kind of collaboration idea between two people, that they are sharing the same body. so if we share the same body, we share the same point of view, then this probably will enhance the quality of communication. it takes a bit of getting used to, but once you do, well, it's time for the hard work to begin. can you scratch my nose for me? laughs hmm, as strange as an experience as it is to have someone else's movements on my back,

i'm betting it will be even stranger from the other side. so as i move my head around, sensors track that motion and the robot head moves in response. different buttons enable different finger functions, so i can move each finger individually, or i can move them all simultaneously with a single button, which allows me to grip an object. i'm grabbing the ball! 0h! red dead redemption 2 allows players to experience a vast, virtual version of the old west, robbing trains, riding horses, and even playing poker. i'm waiting for someone interesting to turn up. rockstar are a huge deal. they're a development studio,

behind the gta series. even if you have never touched a controller, you know what grand theft auto is. you know that this is the biggest entertainment product. grand theft auto this year made $6 billion as an entertainment product. that leaves every thing else — films, television — in the dust. it is so big it's had to be created with nine different studios and four different countries. rockstar north here in edinburgh is the largest of these studios working on it. not many get a glimpse inside this building. security and secrecy is tight. well, ain't this a rare treat? located in the former home of the scotsman newspaper, they're so secretive round here, we were only allowed to film the building's bulging awards cabinet. everything else was out of bounds. we did get to meet one of rockstar‘s head honchos,

though, rob nelson. this world has its consolation. rockstar is famous for creating games with open worlds. what's new in this open world? for us, the biggest game we've ever made. not just bigger and broader, but being to go into more environments. and when you go into those environments, being able to pick up interact with things and being able to interact with people and animals and interact with the world in a way that we haven't been able to do before. if you're trying to create world that you believe in, and a character that you believe in, you have to have that connection. and so we're always trying to push, i think with every game, to go deeper with that, you know, with that idea. for things to mean something, they need to cost something. in the old game, if your horse died, you whistled for it and a new horse would appear. it was very convenient. but it meant that the horses were somewhat disposable. so we decided the horses aren't

going to be disposable. if you go too far from your horse, it's not going to come magically. you will have to go back to it. but if you spend more time with his horse, you are going to bond with it, and then it will come to you from a greater distance. or it will stay with you under duress, in combat. or ot might be less afraid to go into the swamp, where there are alligators. there are things like that which we balance. so are you pushing the boundaries of what's capable with interactive entertainment at the moment? you know, i think everything that we've done is to serve that goal, and to really try to blur the lines between on mission and off mission, and what is narrative, and what's ambient open world experience. finding a balance between realism and believability and fun and playability is something that we are always trying to achieve. you hope that you hit it as well as you can, but you don't know until people play it. they couldn't walk when i came in. now they're walking. mitsuko negashiyo suffered from polio as a child, which left her in a wheelchair until now. today, she's wearing a hal suit.

hal: hybrid assisted limbs. when you want to move your arms or your legs, your brain sends electrical signals to the muscles to tell them to move. this suit detects those signals, and that's what makes it move. so, if you can't move your arms or your legs, the suit still detects the signals, so it can walk for you. for example, if i stop my arm from moving but flex the muscles, it still detects the will to move the legs. lower limb disabilities are often caused by a damaged and disconnected nervous system, between what the brain wants to do and resulting muscle movements. however, even in severe cases, there are still weak electrical signals that do make it through.

and just to prove that it's detecting intention, rather than copying any detected movement, if it's not my brain making my limbs move, the suit doesn't replicate. hal is being used for rehabilitation in serious spinal cord injuries and other neuromuscular diseases, where previously patients had no prospect of being able to move their legs again. the legs' purpose is not to strengthen muscles but to rebuild the new rural loop between brain and legs. —— neural link. to the to the. to the watching and

sayonara. “— to the to the. to the watching and sayonara. —— thank you very much for watching and sayonara. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. did bbc news get the right prominence to last weekend's peoples vote march in london? and why do other demonstrations and

protests go relatively unreported? first, a torrent of speculation after the court of appeal issued an injunction preventing the newspaper from revealing that person's identity. when he was named in parliament, the bbc news channel reported the fact under the rules of qualified privilege. lord hain has used parliamentary published to name retail billionaire sir philip green as the businessman at the heart of the story reported in the media. lord hain‘s comments have now been widely reported across the media. the bbc cannot confirm the allegations and so philip green has made no comment.

reporter: any statements statement so philip said he would not comment on what had been said in parliament but he added to the extent that it suggested that i have been guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour, i deny the accusations. with the injunction remaining in force, not everyone was happy that the bbc reported sir philip's names. here's michael williams. last saturday saw the gathering and central london of a large number of people with a point to make. the peoples pope march later that day's bbc one bulletins, with this report from chris mason. they came from every corner of the uk. and beyond. it is a campaign about one calls a peoples vote. in other words another referendum. when do we want it! now! you might recognise faces here. but the vast majority were ordinary people. still deeply angry about brexit. of course pretty much everything about brexit is disputed and the priority bbc news gave to the march was no exception.

michael ryan thought the extent of the coverage was not warranted, writing... but many more complaints came from the opposite perspective. from those who thought the demonstration should have been given greater prominence. and who objected to the inclusion later and chris mason foster report of this. the marjan monday wasn't the only brexit related event today though. here inherited in north yorkshire and much smaller gathering,