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it will not be a cold night though with all of the cloud around. temperature is between 8 and 11 celsius. it seems on monday for many of us they will be a pretty cloudy start of the day, mist and fog patches are lifting, and although for most of us dry through the morning, the afternoon and will see further showers develop, and we are going to have a couple of these convergence zones that are expected to set up across eastern scotland and running down into the eastern parts of england. so those are the zones where you are most likely to see heavy showers. they will be thundery and slow moving in nature. there could be one or two elsewhere, for example, in parts of wales and northern ireland. between the showers not feeling bad with the sunshine, temperatures reach a high of 20 degrees. from monday and tuesday, we have a weak weather front moving its way into northern scotland, that will bring a change in the weather here with the rain. high pressure begins to build in further west bringing some quiter weather.
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with building pressure, for northern ireland and parts of western england and wales and probably the midlands, it should be largely dry with sunshine with temperatures reaching a high of 21. but across northern scotland, thick cloud and slightly colder weather and a threat of rain around as well. onto wednesday's forecast, that area of high pressure builds in further, so wednesday should be a quiet day for most parts of the country. again, lots of dry weather with sunshine with the exception for northern scotland where rain will work its way into northern areas, it gets quite cold there, with a low of 10, the further south we see highs of 20 degrees. that's your latest weather, goodbye for now. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. jeremy corbyn has insisted labour will not support the government's brexit legislation — despite theresa may promising what she described as "bold" changes. a roadside bomb explodes close to a bus carrying tourists in egypt —
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injuring at least seventeen people. as a new rail timetable comes in — passengers are advised to check before they travel tomorrow. abortion and american politics — how president trump's intervention could set the stage for next year's election. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin lipton who's chief sports reporter at the sun and john rentoul, chief political commentator for the independent. i want to be chief of something my boss calls me that when he wants something, thanks, sam. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the daily mail says pressure is growing on the nhs to compensate families affected by the blood scandal. and like many of the front pages it
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also features a picture of prince louis up and running, as new pictures are released. meanwhile the i newspaper talks of parents‘ fury as they claim the health service is failing to prescribe cannabis that could help save their children's lives. the daily mirror says workers building quatar‘s infrastructure for the world cup are being paid as little as 82 pence an hour. the financial times leads on news that american intelligence chiefs have been holding a series of talks with us companies over the dangers of doing business with china. the guardian says human rights watch has accused the government of ignoring children in hunger by pursuing policies with no regard for their impact on vulnerable young people. and the times reports scrapping hs2 would be a disaster for the economy in the midlands and north of england according to the treasury. it's brexit, what a surprise, dft, may analyse the uk break—up as near as captives push for nokia brexit,
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what does it mean? its theresa may last push for her final attempt to get the brexit get there, as no one thinks he succeeds, but she's trying to run all the sort of emotive arguments to try and persuade mps to vote for it in the first week of june, when they are back after half—time, and is quite an important issue, that if we go for a no deal exit, which is what borisjohnson and others want, that risks the unity of the uk, because northern ireland might devote to join the rest of ireland and scotland but for independent. separating the republic. it's an ongoing debate for many months now and it seems know your conclusion, my surprise when the first two words which was may and allies did not know she had any
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left it with the chaos is going on, but what we had clearly is a series of increasingly deaf —— desperate attempts by trees and they to be able to go out with some degree of legacy, which is not utterly destroyed which i think might be possible —— and possible now, it's a remarkable, if you look at when she took over, and she was seen as being this all—powerful you took over, and she was seen as being this all— powerful you know, took over, and she was seen as being this all—powerful you know, prime minister who would it change the country and it's been a series of unmitigated disaster is from the first minute. how much of that could be really say it's our fault that when you think how divided her own party are over whether brexit should happen or what shape it should be. it was the election debacle it was her own fault, and scapula she ran up her own fault, and scapula she ran up ourcampaign and her own fault, and scapula she ran up our campaign and lost majority and did not help in that lost her authority, you needed leadership and
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persuasiveness and she doesn't have that. she assumed she had been a massive majority and they would vote for what she wanted, and the opposition within our own party was emasculated and i was a position from alternative and therefore she could push it through, it was a significant miscalculation one year into herterm, significant miscalculation one year into her term, which has set the same for the last two years. the guardian, uk breaching human rights and duty, by ignoring children and hunger, this is from the human rights watch group. yes it's saying that they are presenting harmful policies with no regard for any children living in poverty and i think we had an indication this may have been coming at the end of last year, when the repertoire from the united nations put out his initial findings confirming and i have to say the government reaction may be i'm not interested in noticing it i think they will ignore it. you can't
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really i mean, if it's as bad as they are suggesting here, then they really should not ignore it and it's what of those things where teresa may did initially set out to manage to bring the country together and deal with people who found life difficult. i mean, i do have my doubts about, human rights watch used to be a very good monitoring of human rights abuses abroad, and i do think extending back to what is in effect the child poverty action group, is stretching a point, but these are very important findings, they need to be investigated and i'm glad the institute for fiscal studies has set up a proper inquiry into inequality in modern britain because we need to know actual facts and figures about how bad the situation is. let's look at the mirror, 82p an hour walk of shame
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are migrant workers who were involved in getting ready for the world cup and qatar. yes in 2022, they have long been criticisms of they have long been criticisms of the state of the human rights abuses in qatar, the government insists these are not happening, this indentured labour with people coming from particularly from places like bangladesh and the philippines, and price of lebanon, they soak the sort of countries getting provinces that they don't materialise —— promises, and they are effectively setting back by sending back and owing money for the way they had been sent to qatar, they have been debts and on a very big scale, and it seems despite promises of improvement and care and in improvement in wages and etc,
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nothing has actually changed, amnesty international again, with the human rights watch in the previous story, this is similar situation sort of related, where the rights of these workers have been out of the abuse, and the qatari government seem out of the abuse, and the qatari government seem to not care. out of the abuse, and the qatari government seem to not carem doesn't necessarily guess in relation to getting ready for wild type, the labour conditions and price of the world are shocking. that's true but this is a particular example that we are interested in, because presumably it's the richest country in the world and i mean, i thought there had been such a fuss about it i thought there was a? over whether the is a wild couple was going to go ahead. unfortunately there no question about it they're playing it in the winter because it's too hot and it should not have gone to qatar, but it won't change because the file will be sued for so much that they will not change it
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because they are going to qatar to keep the money and we could go to become a way to end of mind, but we will discover in a few weeks' time but not right now, and that has been promises that have not been made good on. financial times, promises that have not been made good on. financialtimes, spy promises that have not been made good on. financial times, spy chief warrant us companies on a risk of doing business with china. this is american companies being warranted, and it echoes some of the concerns expressed express here about having been involved in the 5g network in this country. that's right, they are more aggressive about cooperation with china than ours appeared to be. they had been warning so valley and american companies of the dangers and trading with china. the problems of spying and problems of copyright that there well, lending china does
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do, is copy american products and make them more cheap and as china and america are getting more equal terms, and i kind of trade war is going to get worse and worse. we we re going to get worse and worse. we were led to believe that there was a point of agreement and that it all caved in, and yet further sanctions and tariffs were imposed by president trapp last week. there does appear to be a bipartisanship there, and these meetings that had been facilitated by senior senators and both parties, and the floridian republican is love, across the aisle on one issue, there appears to be an agreement which is a threat to the us and china, now the chump language is not exactly coming things down which is fair to say but does it
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ever, so —— trumpet, it appears there is a widely held view that that biggest issue facing america at the moment is china. let's look at the moment is china. let's look at the daily mail, give us justice before it's too late, these are the families affected by the contaminated blood scandal. it's a very long—running story this, it's been a concern at the newspapers and success and successive health ministers, since the 1980s and 70s as well, these people were infected back then, and it's astonishing it hasn't actually been satisfactory did not satisfactorily sorted out yet, and i'm not quite sure what the story is here, because itjust says families are still missing out on compensation, i don't know what has happened to make a front—page story. as we have been hearing from the inquiry into it and the last few
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weeks, then they have brought it to the forefront again and the fact that one person every four days is dying and no one has compensation for it. it's an awful tragedy for many people and not just those who die but the families and the people who are losing parents and children for no reason due to horrendous errors made a long time ago, but we had this issue in the 80s but the other diseases and issues that people were innocent victims of, i would mathematical manufacturers, as his people did not think at that time, there wasn't enough understandings and of course a lot of the blood that was coming from prisons and overseas as well, it was not properly screen, i mean why i can't imagine that now, you don't conceive of that that at the time it seemed to be common factors. the other thing is that those who are
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getting money out of it were under gagging orders to not talk about it which has come out again because of this inquiry. that's playing in for practise. let us finish with some sport, thank goodness you are here, martin. association football, yes. biting company, emotional city captain shocks by quitting to join boyhood team after securing domestic travel i'm not sure that's more to say but we will let you elaborate how much of a shock was it that the captain of manchester city is going back to his old cloud? no one knew he was going to until he announced it, it was a 2—part facebooking in christ when he said he was quitting we are like oh spite and then second when he said he was going back to his old cloud of the player manager, while he has been, he was signed by manchester city nine days before abu
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dhabi brought the cloud, he has been the bedrock and cornerstone of everything they had achieved, he has been central to the way the cloud has grown both on and off the pitch, he's beena has grown both on and off the pitch, he's been a magnificent captain and leader as a football player and also a really decent human being is not a method and packed in the city of manchester, and he would be badly and deeply missed by the manchester city fancy watch and go with a light ofjoy at city fancy watch and go with a light of joy at what city fancy watch and go with a light ofjoy at what he has brought and lots of disappointment that he is choosing to go but the good thing i think if he has gone on his terms rather than getting on a bit now and injuries. well how old is the? 33, that's all for football, also the ultimate high he a captain of the first team in english football history to win all three domestic trophies in the same season, biggest ever fa n on saturday, magnificent, and he is magnificent said goodbye vincent. good luck as well, anything
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to add it? nothing at all, and it's the first i've heard of this guy honestly. i did not even know who he was and i feel well, honestly. i did not even know who he was and ifeel well, i'm not in the back of the key with this story not quite. usefulfor a back of the key with this story not quite. usefulfora headline. that's it for the papers this hour. martin and john will be back at half past eleven for another look at the papers, and don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — 7 days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. next on bbc news it's click. theme music plays
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artificial intelligence continues to play a bigger and bigger role in our lives so it is no surprise that the barbican summer exhibition charts our perception of computers, intelligence and artificial beings through the ages and through the lens of different cultures. the desire to create artificial life is old, very old. it goes back at least as far as the legend of the gollum, created from dust or clay and brought to life through incantation. ai: more than human is a celebration and a critical examination of innovation — that's a lot of "ations" — showcasing the works of diverse digital artists and academic institutions around the world.
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see, in 100 years' time, we will all look like this. how computers perceive us using cameras is an overarching theme here. last week, we covered the uk police's increasing deployment of live facial recognition, from specially—equipped vans to cctv cameras and, in london, we caught an incident when one man refused to be scanned. if i want to cover my face, i cover my face. don't push me out of the way... the police said this was disorderly behaviour so they gave him a fine. if i want to cover me face, i cover me face. it's not up to them to tell me not to cover me face. i got a £90 fine, here you go, look at that. £90 — thanks lads, £90, well done. and just this week, san francisco has banned law enforcement agencies from using facial recognition. it is a landmark decision in the security versus civil liberties
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debate surrounding this technology. well, we asked for your feedback and we were inundated with comments and questions. many of you were of the opinion that, if you've got nothing to hide, then there's nothing to worry about and this is another tool to help keep us safe. but some opinions expressed exactly the opposite, that this is another step on the way to a surveillance state. we've asked biometrics expert stephanie hare to answer some of your most prominent questions. stephanie, welcome. one of the questions that was asked the most was whether facial recognition could work with people who choose to wear face coverings. and in fact, we put this to the police — here's what they said. it is not a problem. it is more of a challenge. the way the technology works, we need to — the starting point is the eyes — the eyes are really important in terms of facial recognition technology. often those eyes are visible. we have face cameras to include motorcycle helmets, so the technology does work with motorcycle helmets as well. i would suggest, operationally,
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it is not as efficient and effective with face coverings but it is not an impossibility. so stephanie, the police say that facial recognition technology will still work even if the face is partially covered. is that true? some facial recognition technology can indeed identify someonejust using their eyes alone. that would require infrared capability and depth—sensing capability. that exists in your apple iphone x. it does not, to my knowledge, exist in the technology that the police are currently using, which is relying on 2d photographs in a data base, cctv and other public cameras, which tend to return quite low quality footage, and even body cams — not at the moment. so this technology is very much under development. it illustrates though that it is possible. another question that came up a lot was about facial data and gdpr. now, we has seen some private companies building huge databases of facial data.
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a lot of people want to know how this can be allowed to happen? it's a great question. so in the show last week you featured a company called facewatch, and facewatch is maintaining its own watch—list of people it thinks are either criminals or suspected criminals, and it's sharing its own privately—gathered watch—list with the police, and then the police are sharing their database with facewatch. and the potential loophole within the gdpr is that the gdpr protects people's biometric data, but makes exceptions for things like national security, fighting fraud and fighting corruption. stephanie thank you very much for your insights and thank you so much for your comments and questions. don't forget, you can always get in touch with us on twitter. here in the uk, the latest published data suggests that over 60,000 people under the age of 18 went missing in the space of a year. now, while 97% of those come home or are found alive and well,
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the unimaginably heartbreaking search for the remaining 3% continues. and here too facial recognition could provide an extra bit of hope, as lara has been finding out. this is six—year—old bleona mata. she disappeared from her family home in albania in 2010. and this is how she might look today at 15. after repeated sightings by albanians visiting, she is thought to be in the uk. in her home country, hers has been a high—profile case so of course all conventional avenues of searching have been pursued, but now amazon's facial recognition software is being tried. it is part of a new system that aims to search the dark web, as well as all websites, to find any pictures that
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may bear a likeness. the dark web is what could be described as the hidden part of the internet. it provides anonymity to those using it and placing it is difficult. this engine casts its net wide. searching internationally for a likeness. when it gets ahead or receives a reported sighting, a poster is sent to screens in the vicinity, filling otherwise redundant advertising space. the gmc engine is a very basic platform that allows currently 29 countries, law enforcement agencies and charities, to upload missing child photos and information so on social media, via e—mail, or on twitter. amazon's recognition works by extracting data from the face and representing that as numerical values so then it will do the same again with the other
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images that its searching for the person in. here we end up with a percentage possibility as to whether it is that same person. we don't actually store the faces, so we store a numerical representation of the faces. we encode that numerically and that is a one—way process. so there is no way to return and generate an image of the face from this numerical vector that we store. we have a customer called marinus analytics in the us that has rescued a 16—year—old girl in northern california that had been trafficked for sexual exploitation. inputting bleona's picture created no leads on this occasion but the system will continue to search until it is told to stop. yet the pain of not knowing still continues for her family. this is early days for the technology and clearly it can be improved over time. we are looking to connect to other datasets.
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child sexual abuse material data bases, or perpetrator data bases, sex offenders data bases, or even cctv. if this system has the capacity and it's that easy to input a picture and within seconds it's going to do a search of the whole web, why isn't this being done for every single child who is missing? i think the system has the capacity, it's a matter of capacity in our own team or in policing to make sure that the system is used. at the moment, only our team has access to the gmc engine, and we so we basically need to make sure that our team has access to all the images of the outstanding missing children, say, after three days and then run them through the engine to see if we can find them. as is often the case, the technology existing is just the first step. with the ability to search not just the open internet but also the dark web, this could be the start of something far bigger.
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and back at the barbican‘s new exhibition, i'm becoming part of the show. no, this isn't a painting of flowers, but an ai looking at my hand and other objects through a camera. this is a demonstration of how a neural network can only interpret what it sees through a camera based on what you've already taught it, so if you only need a neural network images of waves, it will try and interpret what it can see through this camera in terms of seascapes but if, for example, you were to only feed it images of fire, then my hands would be interpreted in terms of flames. pretty cool, or should i say, hot. learning how an ai perceives the world is an undercurrent running
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throughout the exhibition, and, with understanding, comes language. this is the waterfall of meaning, and it examines millions of sentences and looks at the way we use words to try and teach itself whether, for example, beer is expensive or cheap, whether it's bad or good, whether it's male or female. if there is an inherent bias in how we use words, that will show up the results. ai is just revealed the secret part of human so i think that this is a good opportunity to think about bias, because ai doesn't lie, ai doesn't excuse. ai just reveal everything. so then that's the reason, you know, the bias getting problem. actually, we have the problem already. and that's it for the short
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cut of click, here at ai: more than human, at the barbican centre, in london. this is alter 3 and it's in no way freaking me out. don't forget the full—length version is available to watch right now on iplayer and you can get in touch with us any time you fancy. we're live on instagram, youtube, facebook and twitter. thanks for watching. and i'm just going to step a little bit further away now. bye. hello there, cloudy day with heavy showers in the zone stretching across dorset in the midlands and lincoln share, that kind of area,
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you see a line of storm growing in the recent irs and with those heavy down price he local torrential falls of rainfor price he local torrential falls of rain for example price he local torrential falls of rainfor example in price he local torrential falls of rain for example in warwickshire with a funnel cloud being reported, it does not reach the ground and president lincolnshire. showers and fade away as they go to the next few hours and stay murky on the coastline at east england and scotla nd coastline at east england and scotland with misty fog patches, cloud everywhere else, not really cold, temperatures eight and 11 degrees, cloudy start on monday, but like the weather today we see it thinning out and breaking with sunshine slowly coming through in the afternoon with heavy is particularly east scotland and england, shower us with thunder and some slow moving once again. that your latest letter.
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this is bbc news. the headlines. jeremy corbyn has insisted labour will not support the government's brexit legislation despite theresa may promising what she described as "bold" changes. as a new rail timetable comes in, passengers are advised to check before they travel tomorrow. mourning a lost son — emiliano sala's family tell the bbc they feel he was abandoned. abortion and american politics — how president trump's intervention could set the stage for next year's election. and at 11:30 we'll be taking another look at the papers with martin lipton from the sun and john rentoul from the independent.

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