—— the chief financial officer of the chinese tech giant huawei has been arrested in canada at the request of the us. the canadian justice department said wanzhou meng would face an extradition hearing on friday. there are unconfirmed reports that her arrest is related to violations of us sanctions. a full state funeral has been held in washington dc, for former president george hw bush. he was remembered as a patriot, a statesman and a loving father in a service attended by all surviving us presidents. he'll be buried on thursday in his home state of texas, alongside his wife barbara. protests have reignited across spain, after a court upheld a controversial verdict against five men accused of gang—raping a woman. the group known as the ‘wolf pack‘ were convicted of sexual abuse, now on bbc news, click. this week: a special look at tech for disabled people, with hero arms, talking internet, and, all right, who covered

the wall with doughnuts? one of the most important topics that we cover regularly here on click is tech which can assist disabled people. as the cost of prototyping and innovating has come down, and as disabled people have become more involved in the design, we've seen some amazing projects over the last few years. this monday is the un's international day for people with disabilities, and so this week, we're dedicating an entire episode to the area.

now, we start with kat hawkins. she is a double amputee herself, and she has been looking at a company that is trying to bring low—cost prosthetics to children. lead the way. so this is my room. i love it. i'm with 12—year—old raimi, having a tour of her bedroom. this is my pride hat, because we go to pride every year. nice. you can see an arm poking out of there. i make a lot of hats for my arm. i love that you made that! she was born with a shortened right forearm due to amniotic band syndrome while she was in the womb. have you been bullied, have people been mean to you? when i was in year 3, people used to bully me, and they used to go like that, just to represent me, and it was horrible. the bullying raimi encountered meant that she felt excluded and different. but after years of dealing with these feelings, a piece of tech has hit the market,

and it is making a huge difference for her confidence. are you ready? yeah, i'm ready. i'm ready. so this is my arm. so hopefully, it's charged — i'm not sure. raimi's arm is made by open bionics, a start—up based in bristol. they are bionic and myoelectric, meaning a motor is controlled by muscles on the residual limb. they have only been going for four years, but are already making an impact. so this is the 3d printing room. oh, my gosh. and we launched the product this year, we launched it in may, and we've had an incredible response. we've had a lot of young users tell us previously that they would go into school and they would feel a bit ashamed of their device, and they didn't want to wear their hook at school because it resulted in bullying. whereas with their hero arm, it's like a gadget, almost, that they get to show off and they get to experiment with and play with and they get to swap the covers.

as well as offering kids the chance to design how their prosthetics look, the hero arm is multi—grip, offering a number of different hand movements. you can change the grip by pressing this once, lets you know you have engaged a new mode. so this is a pinch grip. and away from the circuitry, the entire arm and hand is 3d printed. it is the first 3d printed arm to be medically approved and offered to children. it is over half the price of other available bionic arms, but will still cost you around £5,000. it is not currently available on the nhs, either. but they are currently part of a clinical trial, trying to change this. one of the biggest incentives for open bionics is about making prosthetics look cool, making kids superheroes. back with raimi, i hearfirst—hand how her arm has made a difference. did you do this?

yeah. and so, then, how does the arm kind of fit into how you see yourself? it changes everything. does it? yeah. tell me why it changes everything. because you can do so many more things. you can rubik's cube with it, you can drink with it. it makes your life better, definitely. and that is, like, the most amazing bit, isn't it? yes. is that you can feel that you can live your life, in the way that you want to live it. yeah. without fear, like, properly taking control of what you want. especially if you're in school, it makes people back off from, like, bullying and things like that. so it's definitely... do you really think that it's made a difference in that respect? yes, definitely. and you don't want this on yourface. yeah! that was kat with the amazing raimi.

of course, there are a number of companies working on prosthetics for kids. we came up across another, limitless, when we were in florida. they make low—cost 3d printed prosthetic arms, but they are also focused on getting children to learn how to use and be comfortable with them. three! we designed a game around being able to use and flex their muscles in a different way that will lead to them not being discouraged when they get assigned an arm. tech has so much to offer in this area, whether it is made by small start—ups or by big multinationals, and it is these global giants that paul carter has been exploring in silicon valley, right? exactly, i wanted to see what these major companies were doing in this sphere of accessibility, and find out how they're addressing some of these really, really big challenges.

silicon valley in california — home of the technology giants who increasingly often shape our daily lives. i've come here to speak with apple, facebook, google and mozilla to find out — or try, at least — where we are at in the world of accessible technology. but, before all that, what do we actually mean when we say "accessibility"? i started by asking some of the people i met what it means to them. accessibility is all about making the world's information and technology available to everyone, regardless of their physical or cognitive abilities. accessibility means making things to help people with disabilities, and so that can mean modifying existing products or software to help people, or it could mean building completely new things. we look at accessibility

as a basic human right. we love the products that we make, and we love knowing that everyone wants to use our products, and can. first up is google, who in recent years have won plaudits for introducing accessibility information into mainstream products such as google maps, which now includes directional info for wheelchair users. they are hoping a new product might have similar benefits for those with visual impairments. one example of a technology we're working on is called lookout. lookout is an app that provides a continuous video stream to blind users, or those with visual impairments. scissors at 12 o'clock. it helps them understand the objects and text in the environment around them. why are they doing this? there are over a billion people in the world with a disability, according to estimates by the world health organization. that's a billion users. that's a really large market. and it's also — it's people. with over! billion devices worldwide running ios,

apple are arguably now one of the biggest sellers of accessible technology in the world. i managed to secure rare access to their base in cupertino. i was keen to find outjust how much involvement disabled people have in the design process, and what, or indeed who, drives the agenda. we stand by the mantra that is something in the disability community, which is nothing about us without us. so as we build our technology, we have employees who are members of these communities and who are reliant upon this technology in their daily use of it, who are helping us to make decisions about what we build. we also look to the communities themselves. we get in tons of feedback from individuals across a wide spectrum of disability areas, who share with us their thoughts. so it is brilliant that these companies are making their products more accessible. do you think there is enough motivation for them to give it the emphasis that it needs? all of them that i spoke

to were very keen to stress that this is absolutely central to their mission, it's part of their dna — which, to a point, i believe. but i think we need to be a little bit cynical about this. as you mentioned in that piece there, there are over a billion of us in the world. we're a huge market, and that means ultimately a lot of money. and do you get a sense that disabled people are involved in the process? to a point. on our travels, we met lots of disabled engineers, coders, developers. but one thing i noticed was a lack of disabled people at the very top level of this. now, i'm not saying that everybody working in the accessibility sphere needs to have a disability or have lived experience, but it did seem to be something that at the very top level seemed to be missing, and i think that needs addressing. it is fair to say that facebook are neverfarfrom a headline but on accessibility, they have ambitions to make things better. i spoke to matt king, an accessibility specialist at facebook, and one of their first blind engineers, about the challenges faced by engineering accessibility into such a sprawling product.

there are all the things that people are sharing on facebook, and of course, as we all know, one thing that's really common are images and photos. and if somebody shares a whole bunch of photos on facebook and they don't have the time or even the awareness that they should provide some descriptions of those photos, then we have a problem in that, you know, i can be able to see that a conversation is taking place, but have no idea really what that conversation is about. to help overcome this problem, facebook have developed a process called aat, or automatic alt text, that can tell users the contents of images. outdoor. cloud. foliage. plant. tree. automatic alt text is using machine vision to understand what is in a photo, and then give the users some idea of that. joy, smiling.

i9 likes. three comments. but, as technology changes and advances, are we at risk of creating new and more complex access issues? technology changes very quickly, so you can have something that works really well for you one day, and then the next is completely unavailable to you. and so that's where, you know, trying to keep up with the pace of change of technology has always been a challenge within the field of accessibility, and that challenge isn't getting smaller. although perhaps without the giant reputation of their silicon valley neighbours, non—profit mozilla, creators of the firefox browsers, among others, are working at the cutting edge of accessibility research. one area they are particularly exploring is speech recognition. they have developed a product known as firefox listen, that uses speech to navigate the web instead of traditional input devices.

firefox listen is basically asking a question. i mean, like all good research. you are asking a question. and that question is, how do we bring the web to the world of speech? how do we bring speech to the world of the web? another way of putting it is what does it mean, is you have the internet in yourears. what surprised you during your visits to these places? i think we think of these companies as being incredibly secretive, adversarial, competing against each other. the one thing that i found most surprising was that, in the accessibility sphere, they're actually working together. they're sharing information, they're sharing knowledge, because they understand that that's the best way to actually solve some of these problems. and, of course, there will be new problems and new challenges as we invent new technology. exactly, it's a little bit like painting the forth bridge. you get to the end, you have to start all over again.

and that's the thing. as we are creating this new tech, we are creating these new accessibility problems. but it's about being quick enough and reactive enough, and trying to anticipate what those might be, and keep ahead of the curve. the world of accessibility is ever expanding, and there is little doubt that huge strides have been made in recent years. but where do we go from here? and perhaps, most importantly, how do we ensure that disabled people are part of thatjourney? there will be so many ways to innovate on these things that we are working on. and there are things we are working on and haven't even started working on yet. the advances in artificial intelligence are staggering right now and the ability of machines to perceive the world is just getting better day by day. these things are going to happen, there will be people using vr glasses and ar glasses and there will be people talking to their devices and phones and there will be people working with connected devices around them and we want to make sure that there is someone focused on user agency and putting the users first in terms of how we do that. i've never been more optimistic about the field of accessibility

than i am nowjust because of the trends that we have been talking about. there is more awareness of its value, there's more awareness of how it has a positive impact on society. there are more companies that are willing to invest what needs to be invested in order to realise our vision of a society that is fully inclusive. hello, and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that uber was fined almost £a00,000 for letting hackers to steal data on 2.7 million customers in the uk in 2016. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg angered representatives from nine different countries by refusing to appear in front of a select committee on disinformation and fake news. facebook‘s vice president of policy solutions appeared in zuckerberg's place. also the week that audi and airbus showed off a flying taxi concept

at a show amsterdam. and yes, the concept is small or very, very far away. something which is definitely far away is nasa's insight rover which touched down this week on the surface of mars. cue excited scenes from nasa employees and as it began its mission to study the red planet's interior and even take a cheeky selfie or two. it's not quite robocop but tokyo can still boast its very own patrol droid, helping keeping the peace at seibu shinjuku station. called persuesbot, it uses ai and access to the station's security cameras to look for suspicious activity such as unexpected bags. and finally, more mecha news. a restaurant in kathmandu, nepal has gone completely digital with orders placed by touchscreen, and food delivered by robot waiters. fantastic news for skinflints.

i suspect these guys won't be tipping. i'm lucy and this is my guide dog, olga. i'm a youtuber, freelance journalist and disability rights advocate, and as a blind woman, i use apps to help me with everyday tasks, in order to be as independent as possible. and today we're going to test out some new blind apps. the first app i'm testing is welcome by neatebox. what it does is address the issue of accessibility in businesses. when visiting somewhere for the first time, it can be stressful, but this technology should alert venues in advance of what i need during my trip. today i'm visiting the first bank in england to try out this app, and i've set up a profile and booked an appointment. now i'm going to see

if their location beacons, known as a geofence, will alert the bank that i'm about to arrive. good morning, lucy. morning, lovely to meet you. hello, hi. it's a slight bend here. fabulous. the email i received told me what time you would be coming and what your immediate needs were, so it explained to me that you had a vision impairment and you had a guide dog. i really do like this app, and it suitable for all disabilities, but the tech is so new that there still are a few teething problems with. up next is the big spender app, and it has nothing to do with banks. i'm wanting to spend olga's today, so i'm going on the big spender app, which will me show me hopefully where green patches are so she can go for a busy. and side note — the sped—up voice you can hear is not part of the app, it's a screen reader that helps me use my phone. 109 metres away. we'll get going. i usually have someone helping me to take olga to the park, so this app could give me so much more independence. so confusing. when i've done it before, it sort of works, but this time,

it's still telling me that i'm 109 metres away. 3 hours, 20 minutes? have i done something wrong? no, it's still telling me... so it's telling me the grass is 109 metres away? yeah. i can feel it. ooh. ..ok, this isn't the app, but it's olga. unfortunately, the app also can't tell the difference between a public space and someone‘s front garden. bit of a fail, isn't is, 0g? hopefully, we will have more success with our final app, selfie x. and what better place to try it is in the selfie factory. this is not made for people with disabilities but the voice controls could hopefully help me take a great photo. ok, so i'lljust load the app. i'm going to turn my phone around. cheers. done. olga has no idea what's going on.

say cheese! down, right. down — say cheese! so we've tested out some great apps today and some not—so—great ones. and i think the blind tech world is getting better and better every day. but i think some apps need some work, and the selfie one is definitely a go situation for me. down. olga! olga, no! don't get the donuts, darling. we're really sorry about those donuts. were they real? i don't know. anyway, that was lucy edwards and olga. now, if you are visually impaired, driving a car is obviously currently impossible, but as autonomous vehicles start to appear over the horizon, so do the chances of becoming more mobile and independent if you are blind. we asked invictus games athlete jamie weller to try a new car that's

under development by jaguar land rover. when i lost my sight, i was told by my grandparents, "well, you can't see now, you can't do." those words have always stuck in my head. i always look at things and say, "well, how can i do this?" rather than, "i can't do that, i'm not going to do it." it's about a positive mindset. i've pushed back boundaries in what people can do. i've been to deloitte and became the first blind chartered accountant, which doesn't sound that sexy. and i was in the invictus games in toronto, winning four bronze medals on track. it's a standard range rover sport, that's right. but it's been adapted, and bolted on around the car, you've got various sensors, radars, front and back and these lidar sensors. this is all the car. did that accelerate itself?

yes, yes. this is all the car. my first reaction is, it's pretty impressive, actually. now i feel like i'm just in a normal car. obviously, it doesn't feel likejim is driving. i think that technology is just going to get better and grow. is this test being used as part of the research, or is itjust pr? no, this is all research we are gathering data. every single run we do. so now cars are coming across in front of us. the car's not reacting, because they're driving away. exactly. there we go. a bit more. so all of this has been from the learning we've on the roads. it's critical testing and data—gathering.

i'd like the car to tell me where i am on my road, whatjunction i'm coming up to, what shops, where i'm passing. you know, what's my eta, when am i getting to my destination. all that type of stuff would be extremely useful for me to come into my head, so i can understand what's going on. for me to be able to get around independently, and get in a car and go and take my children to school, pick them up or go to the gym, without having to get public transport, it's going to be a massive step forward. my wife always drives the kids around, from parties to school, and all different clubs. but for me to be able to do that, to be be part of the family and function, it's going to be a massive step forwards. notjust getting from a to b myself, it's fantastic. we are stopped. any other any objects around us? if i was to get out of this car, i would still have a guide dog. it will be that it is wide enough to open doors.

it might be that someone has gone and put a rubbish bin or a cone in the way or occur in the wake and the car is saying that it is clear to open the doors, it's actually a very good thing to do. today, accessibility in tech is phenomenal. when i lost my sight in 1991, the level of accessibility in tech was zilch compared to what it was today. but there's still so much room for improvement. don't get me wrong, every day is a challenge. it doesn't get easy. it's hard. but, you know, ife would be interesting if it was easy, would it? that was jamie weller. and we will continue to watch developments in all of these areas and all the companies that we feature today do have accessibility web pages so we'll put links to those on our social media channels. we live on facebook, an instagram and twitter at @bbcclick. so if you need those things, that's where you should go. that's it for now, though — thank you very much for watching

and we will see you soon. hello. whilst wednesday brought a mild day to the southern half of the uk, across scotland it did remain very chilly. today we're going to even out the temperatures somewhat, but along with that change we will bring in quite a few showers for a time and a blustery wind to boot. the reason for the change, this area of low pressure approaching from the atlantic. and by the end of the night it will already be starting to try and push some milder airfurther north into scotland. there mayjust be a few icy patches in the far north—east. so for first thing, out temperatures to the south in double figures already and the milder air will continue to work its way further north as the morning goes on.

it will though be a blustery rush hour. and as you can see, underneath this rain here behind me is scotland. many areas seeing a pretty wet picture at 8am. some heavier downpours pushing through the borders. quite a wet story across northern ireland too. ahead of that rain, well, a dry but cloudy picture for northern england, the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. but the showers already starting to approach the south—west of england and wales. in the white arrows there we saw your sustained windspeed but the gusts will be higher and overall we're shaping up for a blustery day from top to tail across the uk. scotland should see skies clearing for the afternoon. some sunshine possible here. and certainly a milder day than we had on wednesday, temperatures into double figures for glasgow and edingburgh. to the south more clouds and showers and highs of 13 or 1a degrees. so very much on the mild side once again. through thursday evening, most of the rain subsides but then we tip over into the early hours of friday and things start to get very lively once again.

overnight thursday into friday, this beast starts to swing in from the atlantic. it wil bring a spell of heavy rain. but that is not the biggest problem. the rain actually for many will clip out of the way very quickly first thing friday. aside from scotland, where you, unfortunately, get the worst of both worlds. you will still have the heavy rain first thing on friday but you will also though have some very strong winds, gusting 60 to 70 miles per hour. perhaps in the odd spot of exposure up to 80 miles per hour. that will be enough to cause some disruption. and the rian keeps pushing in here during the day and, yes, white on the chart across the mountains, we are likely to see some snow. further south, some scattered showers towards the west, but many eastern areas windy, yes, but mild and perhaps more in the way of sunshine than we will do on thursday. onto the weekend, and the prospects are for things to gradually become drier for all. the winds will start to ease a little too and change direction. thing turning chillier by the time we get into next week. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.

my name is mike embley. our top stories: trouble for chinese tech giant huawei. its chief financial officer is arrested in canada and faces extradition to the us. a state funeral in washington for former president george hw bush. the world war 2 pilot who helped end the cold war is remembered as statesman and loving father. he valued character over pedigree, and he was no cynic. he looked for the good in each person, and he usually found it. mass protests across spain, as appealjudges uphold a decision to clearfive men, known as ‘the wolf pack‘, of gang rape. and — a blueprint for better health. british scientists complete the biggest gene sequencing project in healthcare in the hope of beating more diseases.