turkey has given its first official statement on how it believes saudi writerjamal khashoggi was killed, saying he was immediately strangled. the statement follows weeks of media reports about the murder at the saudi consulate in istanbul on 2nd of october. president trump has been speaking at a rally in florida in the first in a string of campaign appearances in the run—up to the midterm elections. he told his supporters that the democrat challengers had no policy other than to resist his vision for america. in the next six days he'll hold eleven more rallies. swiss doctors say three partially paralysed people have been able to walk again, using an electrical spinal implant. the device they developed gets the patient‘s brains to send signals to their legs, helping some of them walk for about a kilometre. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, we're back injapan with new legs, spare arms... hello?

..and too many heads. hello, japan. you're looking fab. it's great to be back in this crazy old world of the future. from the middle of tokyo, it feels like you can see for years and years. here's a country that's no longer afraid to mix globalfashions with its own unique culture.

and it's a place that loves, loves, loves a robot. they've been dreaming of them since astro boy in the ‘50s, and as the world of robotics has advanced, some of their visions are coming true. hello, and...oh. but even before we have properly intelligent bots, could this be the country to bring forth the superhumans? it's time to meet the machines that may one day be augmenting humans, and the humans behind the machines. camera there, camera there? yourface. my face, sorry about that. this robot has certainly pulled in a big audience. now, as you've probably guessed, those were purely preprogrammed

moves, and like many robots that we've 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 its dexterity, and the control that it gives its operator when touching and interacting with objects. now, what's really interesting is 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 could 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, which 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's wearing a virtual reality headset. this 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 an experience as it is to have someone else's movements on my back, i'm betting it'll 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! ohhh!

perhaps one day in the future, fusion will be used to help two people work together when they're far apart. for the moment, though, being my personal assistant will be just perfect. phone rings hey, you've got a phone call! hello? yeah, hi, boss, i'm really busy at the moment. can you talk to my personal assistant, please? ok, thanks. hello! yep, i copy that. all clear. i love the vision here. it's not unique by any means, there's plenty of these kind of ideas in many universities around the world, but every so often, japan still throws up something special. so let's pop over to the brain department —

which, fortunately, isn't here. come with me, because we have been invited to a very special place. this is nissan's advanced technology centre. not many people get to go inside. in this modern, airy creative space, which is unusual forjapan, i have to say, engineers, scientists and designers work together on some pretty advanced projects. in the name of technology, we're ruining my hair. this is the brain to vehicle research centre. now, it's not telepathic driving, but this headset is measuring my real—time brain activity. the idea is that one day it will predict what i'm about to do just before i do it. there have been experiments which have shown that long before we realise that we've made a decision, our brain has started making the decision.

there's electrical activity in our brains about 1.5 seconds before we realise we've conducted an act of free will. it means that if you're a particularly bad driver, the car can begin to react as soon as your brain registers that you want to turn or to brake, but before your hands or your feet actually make the move. on tight corners like these, it means that your car may one day smooth out your late reactions, and make you feel a better driver than you actually are. now, the computer can't actually tell what movement you want to make, all it can detect is activity in your motor cortex, the part of the brain associated with movement. the car's sensors will then check for bends in the road or other cars and work out what it was that you wanted to do. we should develop smart systems,

and this is a smart system, that should not all the time be replacing the human being, but in many cases, it should be enhancing the human capabilities. and this brain to vehicle, it is doing this connection, it is connecting human intelligence with artificial intelligence, not replace this one, but to enhance it. hello, and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that uber said a clean air fee will be added to all london—based fares starting early 2019. the extra money will be used to help drivers to buy electric cars. electric scooters were banned from sidewalks in the city of madrid. and does this signal the death of the disk? john lewis announced this week that it is to stop selling dvd players.

also this week, netflix, which already has over $8 billion in debt, plans to fund new content by getting further into debt. the video streaming company will add another $2 billion to the amount it already owes. apple and samsung were fined millions of euros each for software updates that the italian authorities say deliberately slow down users‘ phones. samsung says it will appeal the fine, apple has yet to make a statement. the water abundant x—prize, a competition challenging teams to build machines that harvest waterfrom thin air, has a winner. these machines can pull moisture from the air, condense it and then filter it into fresh water, up to 300 gallons a day. and to round things up, check out this mini flying robot. the insect—inspired flycrotug can pull objects up to a0 times its weight. stanford university say the bot can be useful during sea rch—and—rescue

missions by helping find victims, carry water or move debris. 0k. a quick break from japan now for a look at the biggest video games release of recent times. mark cieslak has gained rare access to the team behind it. 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 are 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. not just in games. but grand theft auto made $6 billion as an entertainment product. that leaves everything else — films, television — everything else in the dust. the game is so big, it has had to be

created using nine different studios in four different countries. rockstar north here in edinburgh is the largest of the studios working on this game. not that many get a glimpse inside the 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 around 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 red dead redemption 2's open world? for us, the biggest game that we've ever made. notjust going bigger and broader, but striving for a depth, being able to go into more environments. and when you go into those

environments, to be able to pick up and 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 we're trying to create world that you believe in, and a character that you believe in, you have to have that connection. so we're always try to push, i think, with every game, to go deeper with that — you know, with that sort of idea. for things to mean something, they need to cost something. in the last game, if your horse would die, or you lose your horse, you whistled for it and a new one would appear. it was very convenient. but it meant that the horses were somewhat disposable. that's a nice horse. so we decided that the horses will not be disposable. hold still, girl. you know, if you go too farfrom your horse, it's not going to come magically. you will have to go back to it. but, if you spend more time with this horse, you will bond with it, and then it will come to you from a greater distance. or it will stay with you under duress, in combat.

it might be less afraid to go in the swamp where there's alligators. there are things like that, which we balance. so, are you pushing the boundaries of what is capable with interactive entertainment at the moment? you know, i think everything that we've done is to serve that goal, and to try and really blur the lines between on—mission and off—mission, and what's narrative, and what's ambient, open—world experience. finding that balance between realism and believability and fun and playability is something that we are always trying to balance. you hope that you've hit it as well as you can, but you don't know until people play it. that was mark. meanwhile, back in japan. .. this is someone who couldn't walk when they 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, and 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 to move their legs again. the legs' purpose is not to strengthen muscles,

but to rebuild the neural loop between brain and legs. we watched the development of these power—assisted suits for quite a few years here on click. but one thing has always concerned me. the company that makes this robot suit has chosen to call itself cyberdyne. well now i finally had the opportunity to ask the founder of the company if he knew that this was the name of company that makes the terminator that then goes back in time and tries to wipe us all out.

similar? it is the same, man! ok, coincidence it is. moving on. really, this is just the start of the exoskeleton story. for the next part, we go to steve, who is in nara city, in the west ofjapan. atoun has been trying to make exoskeletons a reality for 15 years. while they have come a long way from some of their earlier prototypes, only now are the legs trying to leave the labs. very good to meet doctor. should i step in? it's not like putting a normal trousers, is it?

what you want me to do? lovely. so these are the prototype robotic trousers. the idea is if you're working in the woods, say, planting a forest of you might wear these, and it would help you with the load and also help you navigate the terrain. please, switch on my trousers. just off for a stroll. it's interesting to see the different forms exoskeletons can take, from full body suits to power wear, that helps with one task or one part of the body. this prototype was designed to help people working in nuclear power stations navigate while wearing heavy protective suits. don't feel like walking? no problem. it can also roll along. while speed is not its strong point,

it can also go up stairs. translation: if powered wear was in more common use, the limitations of physical power could be expanded. elderly populations could continue to be a workforce. many of the prototypes have been designed to tackle very specific problems, but atoun has bigger ambitions. translation: firstly, human augmentation could open up new opportunities for everyone, and their behaviour and actions could change. this could really change the way we live. secondly, powered wear may become part of popularfashion, just like choosing your favourite outfit, if human augmentation becomes a natural part of our body. but getting people to actually use these things means making a simpler, lighter, and cheaper. this one is called himeko. it is easier to put on and use.

it is just a couple of knee pads connected to ropes connected to the motor back here. itjust gives a little bit of help walking. it might be the elderly people who have trouble walking — it could encourage them to go outside — orjust help people who walk around a lot in theirjob and get tired. this just takes the load off. it is quite subtle, but i can feel it is doing something. over the course of the day, that is when you might notice the difference. so this little demonstration gives an idea of what the exoskeleton is doing. i have this 25 kg weight here, but i can move it, just using my finger. really, i am not making any effort at all. this is taking all the weight, but i'm still in control of what happens. that is what happens with the exoskeletons. packing all that it is you would be happy wearing every day, though, is the real challenge. this is the model y. it's the commercial version they're selling, you can see

the boxes around here. they're selling this in industries across japan, and the idea is to get a little help to protect your back. so moving crates around every day, this will give you that help when you stand up and put things down, so you don't hurt yourself. this is like a simple backpack, and it is giving a little bit of extra pull and protection when you move. so i've got a 25 kg crate of beer here, the party i'm having later. there we go, back protected. off i go. that was steve. i never did get my invite to that party. anyway, as far—fetched as they seem, japan is exactly the place where these robot machinations really can take form. its ageing population and shrinking workforce means robots are needed. and its love of technology

means they are welcome. it has been and other earth—shattering, high—flying, eye—opening visit, but that is it from here. for now. thanks forjoining us. sayonara! hello there. many parts of the country had a largely dry halloween evening, but the rain has begun to pep up across central and eastern areas.

through the night, these weather fronts will affect much of the central and eastern side of the uk. further west, light winds and clear skies mean it will be a chilly start to this morning with some frost for northern ireland, mist and fog in western scotland. further south and east, because of more cloud rain, it will be a milder start with temperatures 7—10 degrees. this morning will be a soggy one through central and eastern areas. some of the rain will be heavy through the morning. but the band of rain heads east, becoming confined to the very far southeast. brighter skies to the west will filter through some areas. a few showers in western scotland, where there will be wind chill in the high ground, as their air will be cool. still fairly mild in the south and south—east, temperatures 11—12 at best. heading into friday, this ridge of high pressure means a fine start of the day, but to the west we see this deep area of low pressure, it is actually ex—hurricane oscar. it will be a chilly start to friday, with fog and mist around. lengthy spells of sunshine. later in the day, it goes downhill towards the west.

increasing wind and rain. temperature—wise, double figures for many of us, just about, in the afternoon. not to bad given the sunshine. this deep area of low pressure skirts past the north—west of the uk. it will some very windy weather friday night and saturday across the northern half the country, with a band of rain affecting northern ireland, scotland, and into western parts of england and wales. but many parts of eastern england, the south—east, should see dry all day, with good spells of sunshine. a gusty day across the board with very windy conditions in the northwest. potentially disruptive wind gusts of 60 miles an hour. but temperature—wise in the mid—teens celsius across the board. ex—hurricane oscar clears northwards saturday night into sunday. we look to this next area of low pressure which will push up into the south. this will be not as intense as we expect on saturday, but could bring windy weather to the south—west corner

with outbreaks of rain across a good portion of england and wales. some heavy in the south—west. sunshine for scotland and northern ireland with lighter winds there. temperatures 12—14 degrees. so yes, the weekend will be mild, especially on saturday. windy at times on saturday. gales in places. some rain around but also some sunshine. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: new detail on the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. a turkish prosecutor says he was strangled as soon as he entered the saudi consulate. with the us midterm elections less than a week away, president trump puts himself at the centre of the campaign. more than 90% of the world's children are breathing toxic air,

according to a new study by the world health organisation. france has launched a national investigation into the high number of babies being born with missing arms or hands, weeks after an initial inquiry closed.