and the division between the rich and the division between the rich and the poor is getting so wide, and this is actually saying, this is the 50 economists, historians and ex— politicians from half a dozen countries is suggesting levies on multinationals, millionaires and carbon emissions to tackle the most urgent issues of the day including poverty, migration, climate change and the eu's so—called democratic deficit. market forces is what a lot of people rely on. people who think capitalism is the drive of wealth won't agree to it. no, they don't, and the guardian makes the point that these people arguing that eu institutions are stuck in a technocratic impacts that benefits the rich. the problem is the point you just made, it is the classic riposte, that might be true, but if people too many people perceive most people too many people perceive most people at the top are getting the

greatest rewards, and everyone is making it hard to survive, which is what is driving the french protest, that has to be answered otherwise you have more disenchantment. and already they have found that they have protest in brussels, don't they, and there are calls for them in holland as well. everyone from outside looks at macron as being a great, forwardthinking, positive person. and quite appealing in many ways. but that's not how he has been seen by a lot of french people. so you can look at the outside possession from different countries elsewhere. that is not how he's coming across to his own people. the ft. coming across to his own people. the ft, macron set for £1 billions, the opening date has been pushed back, financial problems —— crossrail. it is an enormous project in london thatis is an enormous project in london that is supposed to make travelling gci’oss that is supposed to make travelling across the city much easier. well, it will be a really good thing when it will be a really good thing when

it opens, and, as you have said, it is supposed to open this week, and is supposed to open this week, and is causing a big problem not only in the fact that it is an opening, but of course the budget of transport for london, which runs the tubes and the bosses is predicated on getting the bosses is predicated on getting the lot of revenue coming in from fa res the lot of revenue coming in from fares that were meant to be gathered from now on crossrail, so there's a massive hole. the third rescue this year. yes, the same time, the biggest issue, notjust london, all the money going into the london project, which is needed, which is important for london, but clearly if you're in the north, thinking about the poor transport connections gci’oss the poor transport connections across the country. terrible, in the old bone shaker is. yeah, indication of the skewed nature of funding and not enough funding going into generating proper infrastructure in the north —— shakers. generating proper infrastructure in the north -- shakers. but alsojust another bailout, i mean all that money, the taxpayer money going into that, and more. it is a shame, when

you look at the engineering on it. it's incredible. fantastic, the ability to drill under london — some very fragile buildings, to negotiate their way past all of the tube lines and everything else, it's fantastic engineering project, which u nfortu nately has engineering project, which unfortunately has run aground slightly over signalling in particular i think is one of the problems, and a few of the delays, but it was almost there. and now... it is raising a way. talk to us about bananas — on the ft. it is raising a way. talk to us about bananas - on the ft. this is a fascinating story. you have a minute. the cavendish banana, 9596 are cavendish bananas and we face a world without them because we have something called the banana disease, the panama disease. not very good at reproducing. no, i thinki am the panama disease. not very good at reproducing. no, ithinki am right in saying they are officially a herb. so there is a soil dwelling

fungus devastating the global plantations. buckle world's first crop of bananas grown without soil because producers are rushing to reduce the spread of the deadly fungus. -- but the. what are they grown in? it is a mixture of... nutrients. rock and chalk. very small font, isn't it? it is all very small, yes, i know. i look forward to eating one of those. they are the oi'ies to eating one of those. they are the ones we eat anyway. you mean the new once? yes, the ones you have been telling us about. that one. i will lend you one. i doubt it. 5 listen, i'm very generous with my food. you can even have the bit i was ring—fencing. can even have the bit i was ring-fencing. laughter let's look at the daily mail. drug driving at record levels. half of those pulled overin record levels. half of those pulled over in crackdown test positive. i mean, this is something that we have not concentrated on as much in the past as drink—driving, which is obviously very topical at this time of year. for a long time it has been

impossible to test people properly for breaking drugs laws and so on, so for breaking drugs laws and so on, so that in itself has become more feasible but of course it is a concern, isn't it, if people are obeying the law of drink—driving or not, but if other people are driving around not fully in control of what they are doing because their vision is skewed, or they are reacting... 0r is skewed, or they are reacting... or they is skewed, or they are reacting... 0rthey are being is skewed, or they are reacting... or they are being really aggressive, because it seems to be that it was. . . because it seems to be that it was... from this article so far, i haven't obviously read inside, but it is cocaine and cannabis was quite high on the list that people had taken. so presumably some driving very slowly and some driving very fast. that would attract attention, wouldn't it? that is what they were. they were pulled over because they we re they were pulled over because they were driving erratically and then they tested them and half of those who were pulled over for driving erratically tested positive. what are the penalties?

lam iamjust i am just trying to think, actually. i can't remember the penalties for driving while incapacitated, i haven't checked on the precise nature of the offence but that was a lwa ys nature of the offence but that was always one of the problems for a long time, there was a particular test. because there is more than one substance you are testing for. exactly, but the basic point is that yes, you are a menace on the road in that situation, and not a desirable situation. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, penny smith and martin bentham. that's it from us, dubai paper. we don't mind which one, it keeps us going —— do buy a paper. goodbye. sorry, i was a bit previous insane

goodbye to you. i have another programme to introduce. now on bbc news, a special report on biohackers — the people who want to make their bodies and brains function better by changing their biology. —— in saying. that means trying to edit their dna, putting chips under their skin, and trying to create entirely new human senses. the victoria derbyshire programme's catrin nye has been meeting the people pushing the limits of what it means to be human. and a warning, this film starts with a graphic image of a needle implanting a microchip. all righty, are you ready? i'm ready. take a nice big breath for me. well done.

your chip's in. you're a cyborg. yay, i'm a cyborg. meet a group of people from different corners of the world, all linked by a desire to make their bodies and brains function better. they're inserting technology under their skin. adopting extreme diets, trying to change the biology they were born with. some trying to live to 150. i would be willing to take pretty much anything in order to improve my biology. meet the bio hackers. i've come to leicester to meet some biohackers who are into body implants. and, to find them, someone is coming

to meet me here who has the directions in his hand. hello. are you carl? i am carl, yeah, good to meet you. catrin, nice to meet you. have you got something for me? i've got a chip in my hand. oh, my god. and that has my directions on it? yeah, it does have your directions on it. i can see the chip. it feels a bit like a there. kind of. yeah, it's about the size of a grain of rice. so, how do i get my directions from it? so, you just put your phone against the chip, hold it against it and there you go.

and there it is. there it is. it's read the address of that, straight into google maps. this is jenova rain. can i go to lester road in groby? hi. jenova rain. lam. this isjenova rain and the salon has more conventional things, like ear piercing, she inserts chips into people. so we have going in your today is an nt microchip. what kind of people are getting these chips? definitely more people that are interested in the novelty of having one, having and, i've been upgraded to a cyborg. one of the reasons i want to do it because they have a nfc reader in my car, so i would like to be able to start my car without needing my keys. this is my entrance into bio hacking, i've been very curious about it before, i've written about extensively, i like to automate a process as much as possible, and this is just another way of doing that. the chip is currently located around about here, just in the neck of the needle. that's pretty big. alrighty, are you ready? i'm ready.

take a nice big breath in for me. well done. super. all done. so we just press down on that. your chip's in. my chip's in? you're a cyborg! whoo—hoo! yay, i'm a cyborg! you're a biohacker. then, the moment of truth for raven. does it actually work. ok, so now i'm approaching my nfc tag. yes! it's working! nice. her hand can now link to any website, and she can hopefully programme it to open her car. i meet the next biohacker

on hampstead heath in london. liviu babitz has developed something called the north sense. he can literally feel north. what's inside here? lots of electronics. lots of other stuff. and how is attached? so there are two titanium bars, one from here to here and one from here to here. oh yeah, i can feel it. and the bar in here. they're still a bit red. how fresh are they? they're not that fresh, but they are touching, pushing. go around, face north. oh, yeah. so that's north, there. buzzes. yeah.

it's like you're getting a text message, with your phone in your pocket, vibrating when you hit north. yeah, it's a vibration, yes. this biohack is all about creating new human senses. some animals can already sense north, so why shouldn't we? he wants this to be the start of an entirely in—built navigation system. scotland, the north, netherlands, israel, paris, the us. rich lee is a ao—year—old cabinet—maker from st george in utah, in the us. so i strap this on arm and it basically charges my body. a door knob, waiting for someone to open it up, to get electrocuted.

i think it's hilarious. he is also a grinder. a biohacker that does extreme body modification. so i've got a magnet right here in this finger, right on the side, and another one of my middle finger right here, on the other side of my hands, and that small nfc chip, about the size of a grain of rice right here. i've got another nfc chip right here. it's about yay big here. over here, i've got a bio thermchip, and up here the headphone implants right in my area. this little bit of cartilage in the front of the ear. and i know, when i got to a restaurant, upjust be messing with that at the table in it always catches peoples eyes and the like wow, how's he doing that? as soon as you get it, you go around the that the world is magnet pawn, and you're looking,

your microwave and all these different appliances putting out really big fields it's always going on in the background and it's just like his sense of taste or something, you just take it for granted. this home experimentation can go very badly wrong, these are the scars left by one of his failed body hacks. in—built shin guards that got so swollen, they had to come out again. we had a metal rod that was basically being shoved down the length of my shin and basically separating the tissue from the shin. on the removal, i did not use anaesthesia at all. took out the scissors and cut the stitches and pulled out with plyers so, there's that. there are biohackers working with far less extreme methods, i've come to germany to meet some.

hi, can we come up? yes, it's on the fourth floor. fourth floor, wow. hi! sorry about all the stairs. that's all right. it's a good work—out. that's get this up here, that is what i take, l—carnitine, l glutamine, l tyrosine, collagen. omega three, it's pretty standard. mk seven, sleep optimisation, l atonement. that is the nastiest supplement i have ever, i would not recommend taking that. dirk is not actually diabetic, but he checks his blood sugar daily to make sure it that optimum stable levels. i would be willing to take pretty much anything in order to improve my biology. is this all available over—the—counter? what you see here is. how did you get it? it's not off the internet, actually get it from pharmacies. prescriptions? yes. may i ask who was doing that for you? no. my doctor doesn't know anything about this, because one important thing about bio hacking is taking 100% responsibility i do my research myself and i do take full responsibility. you want to live as long as possible? at the highest quality of living. how long do you think you live? easily 150 years.

i am a dad of the 16—month—old and being a biologically young dad is one of my biggest motivations. back in utah, and grinder rich lee is working on his most ambitious project yet. the motors. a very long—running plan for a built—in vibrator to be installed under the skin just above the penis, basically designed to turn him into a sex god. designed to stimulate flesh. i am putting a vibration motor in my body, and become a sex cyborg or something. i've been through so many things, i was very close to implanting number seven and right before implantation, we're running test and there was a small switch that broke inside, and maybe $15,000 to undo it. still running into hurdles,

but i'm trying to do it. some theyjust think they're kind of gross but, i don't pester them about golf, and they do not pester me about bio hacking. the weather is looking pretty quiet out there at the moment, with some clear skies, pretty nippy as well first thing in the morning on monday. a touch of frost across northern areas of the uk. so let's have a look at the forecast, then. clear whether across much of the country, just a few showers in the north—west here, and this is the frost across scotland and northern england. temperatures early on monday will be about —1 four minus two degrees but in the south it is closer to around five. tomorrow is actually looking pretty bright if not sunny first thing in the morning, but later on it will cloud overin morning, but later on it will cloud over in the west and it will end up a pretty overcast afternoon. top temperatures 12 in plymouth but

closer to around five degrees in newcastle. the temperatures through the week will actually drop and drop and drop as we develop an easterly winds. you can see in london only around five degrees by the time we get to thursday. goodbye. welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. our headlines: court documents released in the huawei fraud case. meng wanzhou says she's innocent, unwell, and won't run away. a 26—year—old man appears in court in new zealand, charged with murdering a british backpacker on a round the world trip. hello, i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: indonesian police seize 8000 songbirds in just one week — all destined for sale on the black market. the steps south korean women take to look the part for their careers, and the growing movement to do it differently. live from our studios in singapore and london,