ido i do apologise, we have a spelling mistake, but thank you very much for your time. perfect weather coming up, here is phil. mishmash of weather, still some rain to be had but not with the intensity that has caused so many problems of late, showery band of rain moving to the eastern side of the british isles to finish off saturday, showers persist across northern parts of scotland, and return, later in the night, across parts of wales andindeed in the night, across parts of wales and indeed into the southern counties of england, not going to be a particularly cold night. here we are, sunday, make the most of the dry weather across the midlands, southern scotland, because as the day goes on, so the showers move from the south—west to cover many parts of the british isles. i wouldn't promise anybody a dry day by any means at all, keep some sunshine, temperature pushing towards 20 degrees.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the leader of hong kong backs down indefinitely after mass protests over their controversial extradition law to mainland china. the political row intesifies over gulf tanker explosions — two

senior cabinet ministers accuse jeremy corbyn of not backing britain's interests by questioning if there's "credible evidence" for the attacks. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranianjailed in iran, has begun a new hunger strike in protest against her imprisonment. there is an innocent woman at the heart of this, she just wants to get back together with her daughter, gabriella, to reunite that family. please show that you have humanity, show that you have a heart, let her come home. nearly 300 homes are being evacuated because of flooding in lincolnshire, brought on by heavy rain. and a hundred people are being moved to safety after the river steeping overflowed. are being moved to safety now on bbc news, click. are being moved to safety this week we go on an excellent adventure, take dance lessons from a tomato,

and get invaded by flossing aliens. giant alien heads, pokemon gyms, and massive queues to get into the los angeles convention centre. for hard—core gamers this can only mean one thing — it's for the electronic entertainment expo. orjust plain old e3 to those in the know. almost a quarter of a century on from the very first show, it's now the premier event in the gaming calendar, with over 70,000 people making the annual pilgrimage to the show floor.

although, why they need a rock—climbing wall i'm not quite sure. and so we sent sent along our very own gaming gurus, kate russell and marc cieslak to see what everyone will be talking about this year. this e3 is a little bit different, though, since 2017 the public has been allowed in, before that this was a games industry only affair. usually, playstation and xbox hold giant computing press conferences to show off their latest software and hardware. however, playstation isn't attending e3 2019 at all... ..and that left xbox is the only big games company — with an actual piece of hardware — doing a press briefing. get ready... in typically bombastic fashion, xbox‘s event is big and loud. please welcome keanu reeves. keanu reeves brought some star power to proceedings, turning on the charm. you're breathtaking!

you're all breathtaking! as it was revealed, he'll be appearing in the highly anticipated cyberpunk 2077, which will be released in april next year. as well as this, we got glimpses of gears of war 5 and minecraft role—playing spinoff minecraft: dungeons. but in the battle between playstation, xbox, and nintendo for domination of the games console market, the biggest announcement wasn't a new game. xcloud is microsoft's new games streaming service, allowing xbox games to be played on a host of devices, like smartphones, by streaming the games' visuals from a microsoft data centre. i'm streaming a game using xcloud right now. this is actually an xbox one console game that i'm playing on a mobile phone. now, normally, of course, a mobile phone wouldn't be powerful enough to play a game like this one. the game itself actually being hosted on a console

inside a server 400 miles away. the service will preview in october. there isn't any word on pricing yet, though. but while streaming movies and tv shows is fairly commonplace, big questions are being asked about this kind of technology and if games can be reliably streamed over domestic internet connections. one of the biggest comments that we've had from our readers on our site is about the performance and how fast the internet that you have at home is going to be able to support this kind of game streaming. you know, people are struggling to run 4k netflix, long youtube videos, and things like that. are you going to be able to have the internet speeds to match that performance? imagine streaming tv and movies as data travelling down a i—way street in the direction of your television, computer, or mobile device. streaming video games is a lot more complicated. here we have a 2—way stream. in one direction we have the graphics, that's the on screen visuals,

and then in the other direction we have the inputs that the player is making to control the game they're playing. all of this has to happen incredibly quickly. if it doesn't, well, then the whole thing breaks down. despite these reservations, games developers believe that although quality might sometimes be an issue, modern home networks can handle it. companies tried in the past and we've been experimenting with them. i think what really changed is your connectivity in your home is better than ever. those internet companies have built network data centres closer to your home to bring a lot of content already through video — netflix, youtube, et cetera — so we can rely on a much better infrastructure to bring the game. the second thing is that we learned how to adapt the game to your network conditions so that we can really make sure that even if your quality is a bit lower because of your network you can still enjoy the game as best as possible. microsoft's announcement comes after tech giant google caused a stir,

signalling it wanted to get into gaming. google says its new games streaming service, called stadia, could signal the end of the physical console. google‘s making bold claims about stadia and no console required. some people are saying that the console is dead, is that true? for us, we've learned that it's always about gamers‘ choice. listen to what your customer wants. and we have millions and millions of customers. and it's notjust us. the industry has millions and millions of customers who look at the console experience that they have is something that is vital to their gaming experience. we're not here to try to take that away or tell somebody that the choices they've made are wrong. both microsoft and sony seem to be hedging their bets as a new more powerful playstation 5 console is already in the works and xbox has announced project scarlett, which will be capable of 8k graphics and will do away with load times due to processing grunt. and will be backwards compatible with the entire xbox library of games. and that's on the way

for november next year. games streaming may well be the future, but it isn't over for the physical console just yet. e3 is, of course, chock—full of games, games, and, well, more games. there are so many that, frankly, it's easy to get a bit lost. but here are a few that stood out for us. i grew up on wolfenstein in its various guises, so i am super excited for youngblood — two player co—op. let's do it, sister. bj blazkowicz is missing and his twin daughters head out for some two player co—op shooter action. it's not a massive title, but it is accessible across all main platforms, including switch, and it's due out next month, which makes it a rare beast for e3. we also got the first real sight of gameplay from this much

anticipated single player third person action adventure from the star wars franchise. i saw it playing through the opening — frustrating not to get hands on myself — but it looks amazing, with interesting combat mechanics, using forcibilities, wall running, and, of course, what's not to love about lightsaber battles and the cute little droid that sits on your shoulder? it should be on sale for christmas. i've been waiting for this to be playable all year. borderlands 3. the comic book artwork and ridiculous weapons make this instantly recognisable as from the borderland series. moze, the gunner, is a new member of the vault hunter cast and she rocks a mech. yeah, ok, you can leave me here, i have demolition work to do. and it's another game you can put on your christmas list, as it's due out in september. square enix has assembled some

of marvel‘s greatest heroes, the avengers, to star in a new narrative—driven third person action game. hello, san francisco. it's going to feature a story delivered as chapters downloadable over a period of years. a questionable decision that, as far as fans are concerned, is proving as unpopular as the unrecognisable and considerably cheaper than paying for image rights avengers line—up that appears in the game. i'll make this quick. the master chief finally returns next year in halo infinite. a game that will likely to be a technical tour to force as it's the flagship launch title for xbox‘s super powerful console project scarlett. we're yet to see any gameplay, but the e3 trailer hinted that a catastrophe has befallen mankind and the chief looks like he's getting a new a! best buddy. i chose you because you were special.

hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that us border officials admitted a hack. photos and license plates of around 100,000 travellers have been compromised. whatsapp announced it would take legal action against people sending spam messages on its platform. the crackdown is set start in december. and uber said that australia would be first international market for its flying taxi service, uber air. the startup is already launching a separate helicopter service in new york next month. now, this might look like facebook ceo mark zuckerberg, but it's actually a fake video. and the social media mogul says it will stay online. the sham footage was posted to facebook and instagram by an artist who has been making celebrity deep fakes for a uk art exhibition. british grocery delivery business ocado has invested £17 million into companies developing vertical farms, where veggies are stacked upwards in shelves. the retail tech firm plans to grow leafy greens in these indoor farms next to its distribution centres.

and, finally, a robot that's been taught irony. really... showcased at an a! conference in canada, the aptly named irony man has been taught to nail a combination of nonchalant facial expressions and deadpan delivery. i really hate fast food. it is not healthy at all. i — really — love fast food. its german makers say the bot is more likeable and more motivated. adding augmented reality to a real—life karting experience using these magic leap headsets adds a whole new level of fun you'd usually only expect to get in a videogame. well, we use game engines to develop a 3—d world and then we take an absence of an environment, through a camera feed,

and then we place the digital world into our world. virtual reality is taking an individual and bringing them to a virtual environment, you know, enclosed, augmented is taking the digital world and intertwining it with ours, so you can create more of a realistic experience. now this is the kind of experience that is definitely not infringing anybody‘s copyright. the experience is supposed to be collaborative. rather than racing, kate and i are working together to take out all of the bad guys. off the track, spectators can throw power ups and also bomb us to slow us down — if that's what they want to do. hunt, lauda, frost, senna, nothing on cieslak and russell. so it's clearly early days for the technology. but there we are, i've got a power up now. and that power up has allows me to boost it across the finish line.

welcome to in indie zone. with understated booths and a noticeable lack of queues, this is where you will find true originality on show. you must blend seamlessly into human society. the speaking simulator is about a robot who's trying to infiltrate humanity — just by having conversations like we're having now. so players have to manipulate the mouth and the tongue to make their words come out. and you have to do it very quickly. because if you don't your face will start to explode, because you're a robot. and humans find that a little bit suspicious. my teeth are falling out. 0h! oh no! it's all gone horribly wrong. well, that's the way i end most e3s, to be honest. it's a place where you can sit down and talk about art. earthnight is a hand—painted dragon apocalypse, 2—d platformer,

love letter to classic games like mario and sonic and old arcade games. it's a, i don't know, it's a procedurally generated nightmare, i guess. everything is trying to kill you. but everything is really beautiful. you're so close! you are so close! yes! now you're a dragonslayer. i am a dragonslayer! do you have a painting you would like to play with? um, yeah, let's go with the scream. all right. sounds good. we have a minute and a half to try and recreate the painting. a bit of that there and, um... ohhhh. or take a detour into alternative pop culture. boyfriend dungeon is a dating simulator dungeon crawler mash up. basically, your weapons turn into beautiful people and you take them out on dates to make them grow stronger. we love dating sims, but we always thought it would be really fun to kind of break it up with, like, some sort of action — and that was combat for us. and, basically, we thought a lot

of dating sims were really geared towards a certain kind of audience. it was very r rated, a lot of females wearing not a lot of things. so we kind of wanted to make a game that felt like it welcomed us and we have, like, male, female, non—binary options in the game and you decide to date whoever you want and we also have a cat if you decide you want to be single, ‘cause, you can be single and still have a fulfilling life. i appreciate that. yes! a trip to the indie zone always reminds me that gaming isn'tjust about consoles and big fat pcs. check out these. blinks are smart tabletop game pieces and each one knows its own game. it's like a nintendo game cartridge and it can teach all the other blinks how to play the game. i will challenge you. we are playing mortals. purple. victorious.

well played, kate. very close. i'm going to put that down to experience. another game. you almost beat the creator. off you go, off you go, we're going to play. bye! watchdogs legion is set in a post—brexit dystopian near—future london. had a good run there for a while. now it's all right. bombings. and people thrown in cages like animals. a bleak surveillance state where abuse of technology has led to huge unemployment, a privatised nhs and massive levels of civil unrest. it's not a particularly flattering picture of britain. before e3, i went behind the scenes at its developer ubisoft‘s studios in canada. the brexit vote happened, we were 1.5 years into development and we settled on london as a location and an important

decision for us was to address it had on and say yes, this is part of our world and backstory. brexit in our game is not sort of the cause of the problems we are depicting in the game world, the causes of brexit really are the causes of the problems in our world and that is really how we address it. in the game, the player assumes the role of an anti—authoritarian hacker, recruiting a team of characters to help bring down the regime. a large area of london has been mapped in this game and every single person that you meet in the city streets is playable. as you interact with them, a unique character, personality and backstory is filled in for them by the game's artificial intelligence. we have video games about the apocalypse, nuclear disasters, and world wars and now we have brexit which really means the rest of the world is looking at brexit as a legitimate disaster and it's quite fascinating and the fact that it's something that we should be taking seriously, it's not something that is just happening on our stage, it's in the world stage

and that is particularly interesting and kind of scary. here at e3, despite or because of its themes, watchdogs is doing exceedingly well but it's not the only game to take inspiration from headlines in the uk. call of duty: modern farfare features a terrorist attack in london's piccadilly circus. it sticks close to its series roots. a globetrotting first—person shooters, from developers infinity ward, a player spends a lot of time as a special forces soldier. back in 2009, controversy surrounding the franchise with the inclusion of the now infamous no—russian mission which allowed the player to mow down innocent civilians at an aiport. we want to put something of a redeeming quality into this world. we want to basically shine a light. we have a very big platform. call of duty has a huge reach and so if we were just making

something that was sort of benign and just didn't really have anything to say, it would be a missed opportunity for us as creators. but we don't want to do that. what we want to do is, we want to sort of shine some light on the way the world works today and maybe make people think twice about it. developers, along with many people who play games, regard them as a 21st—century art form which can and should deal with thought—provoking content. games are just another form of media and they are another part of our culture. we as game developers, in my opinion, not only should do this, we have a responsibility to do this, to make games speak to broader cultural issues at large, in order to, not to educate but provide that context for people who choose to engage with games is their primary form of culture and entertainment. art, movies, literature and music all tackle difficult and challenging subject matter.

often it's a way of better making us understand our world and it seems the same is true for videogames. out of the 20 best video games last year, only two don't require extreme of violence to win. i'm not saying that's a bad thing, but i wonder if it's possible to have a good time in gaming without having to hit, shoot or explode anything along the way. so this year, i've set myself a task. seek out the non—violent fun on the e3 floor. where to start? no. too violent. so, jason, is there anything i can do where i don't have to violence anything. yes, if you know where to look. that booth is a great example.

farming—based miniogames. and sporting games like ea's entire sporting line—up. so my first solid lead takes me to ea play where the latest from the fifa and nfl franchises are making sports fans happy. i'm not a massive fan of this gameplay style. what's my goalie doing there?! and let's face it, it's far too hot to stand in a shipping container mashing buttons today. more my style is another family favourite getting an island living expansion. the sims 4. one sporting title i can really get behind is you ubisoft‘s roller champions. it's what would happen if starlight express got together with rocket league and had a baby and it's playable right now. it's going to be free to play,

but apart from this e3 demo, not out until early next year. final stop, nintendo. surely this cutesy japanese publisher has loads of stuff where i don't have to hit anything. surprisingly, even here, very few games are free from violence although i have set the bar pretty high with a zero—tolerance approach. one exception is luigi's mansion 3. i know this looks kinda violent but luigi isn't hitting, he's sucking. in the end, i found a lot of fun. but looking around, it's obvious where the bulk of the money is. violent games do sell. also violent games unfortunately are better for competition. there are non—violent competitive games but games like call of duty or streetfighter are just better for the competitive aspects.

it's unfortunate that people seem to think that violent games cause violent people but there is really no truth to that and the proof is out there. i might have had to look a little bit harder for the gentle games here at e3 but i think i'm going to remember them longer than years ofjedi doom wars 5, or whatever it's called. well, a difficult challenge that you set yourself there kate. do you know what, i thought it was going to be more difficult than what it was but when i actually got out there on the show floor and started snuffling around, they might not get the media attention of the more violent aaa titles, but there is a lot of awesome gameplay out there if you don't want to bash anyone over the head. what for you has been the moment of the show? i think my time in the in the indie zone. half a day with the indie people, i got around five different titles, played thema ll properly. two hours. did i mention, no queues? queues here are awful. absolutely.

a horrible situation. how about you ? keanu reeves turning up at the xbox press event and reading autocue, as if he were nicholas cage, that was really quite a special moment. the internet went into meltdown. does he have a head for gaming? absolutely. i'm excited for the reboots this year. some really awesome classics, we've got doom, final fantasy, wolfenstein loads more all getting a 21st—century makeover. that is me happy this christmas. personally, iwould prefer to see some new ideas, some fresh ideas injected into video games rather than rehashing old titles. at least we won't be fighting over the console. that is absolutely true, kate. unfortunately, though, it is the end of our time with e3. yes, don't forget, you can catch us on social media at @bbcclick. do you notice where we are? yes, retro arcade. best of three? it's a deal. bye bye! see ya.

once again the rest of the weekend looks pretty similar to how we started it. a real mixed bag of weather right across the british isles for the rest of saturday, some rain, bit of sunshine in the mix for some areas as well but the reason we have such a varied pattern of weather is because it is being driven by an area of low pressure stop swinging bands of cloud and rain across most parts of the british isles at some point over the next few hours. it isn't all doom and gloom. the torrential downpours of late have given way at times to something as good as that, but it

hasn't been like that right across the day. because we have had this shower rebound of rain working its way from west to east. things have improved behind it but if you had decent weather to start, your evening won't end up in similar vein. the showers purse their ways ever north across scotland. then it turns drier and another portion of the weather front comes back into this south—west and quarter of the british isles to conclude the night and to start sunday. which won't be overly cold to start the day. but it will be fairly unsettled simply because the pattern is being repeated and we have the low pressure out was the western side. the air flow is from the south and south—west so not particularly cold directions but if you lose your sunshine as indeed you will across england and wales, the showers working their way out of the south—western quarter ever further towards the north and east and all the while after a dry start, again

we bring those showers back, some heavy into northern ireland and widely there across much of mainland scotland. keep your sunshine you could get up to 20, if you lose it you could be closer to the mid teens. monday and not a great deal changes. low pressure out towards the west, again there showers get back into northern ireland, longer spells for parts of western and central london but at this stage for england and wales, a few showers to report. gradually slipping its way away. as it clears, we turn on a bit of heat at least for the southern half of the british isles and a better chance of seeing more prolonged dry spells.

this is bbc news — i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 4:00pm. a climb down by hong kong's leadership — after mass protests over their controversial extradition law to mainland china. a major review of hospital food after the deaths of five patients from listeria is announced in england. hundreds more people are urged to leave their homes in lincolnshire because of flooding, brought on by heavy rain. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranianjailed in iran, begins a new hunger strike in protest against her imprisonment. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt urges iran to do the right thing. there is an innocent woman at the heart of this, she just wants to get back together with her daughter gabriella, to reunite the family. please show that you have humanity and a heart and let her come home.