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hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, but first the headlines. the foreign office orders an inquiry, after what it calls a "disgraceful" leak of memos, criticising the trump administation. the emails written by the british ambassador to washington, call the president's white house "inept, insecure and incompetent." it is obviously very disappointing that this correspondence has come out into the open, but it is also important to say that it is the job of ambassadors to give frank,
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personal opinions about what is happening in the countries they serve. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell sasteremy corbyn must get on and back another public vote, over brexit. one of the city's biggest employers, deutsche bank, announces it will cut up to 18,000 staff, worldwide. exit polls suggest greece has elected a new centre right government, ousting the leftist syriza party, in a snap election. at the women's world cup, the united states prove too strong for the netherlands, retaining their title, in france. and coming up — it's the 1,000th episode of click and, this week, it's an interactive special. hello and welcome to our look ahead
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to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and entertainment journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph says that the career of the uk ambassador to the us is in the balance over the leaked memo branding the us president "inept". over the leaked memo branding the us president "inept". the times claims that borisjohnson is heading for a showdown with tory mps as they plot to stop him delivering a no—deal brexit if he wins the leadership race. the mirror leads with figures that show holiday prices are up to 81% higher during school breaks. the ft covers the news that deutsche bank will cut 18,000 jobs as part of a radical overhall. the guardian reports that hospitals are having to cancel operations because consultant doctors have begun working to rule in a standoff over pensions.
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so, thank you both forjoining me and that story of the leaked memos over quite a few of the front pages that we have got so far and at the telegraph are saying the trump aids are calling for sir kim darroch to be sacked. we havejust are calling for sir kim darroch to be sacked. we have just seenjeremy hunt firmly distancing himself from this whole debacle. the story has moved on from what we have seen in the morning papers, with the headlines we have come to expect of trump's white house, it is pretty much the same material that was cove red much the same material that was covered in michael wolff's book, house fighting, emotionally insecure... it is one thing for a journalist to talk about it, but this is quite a different thing. well, we are just normally very used to hearing much more discreet, tactful terms but it is the same
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material and clearly an embarrassment for the foreign office and you do have to wonder who would leak it and what their motivation would be. we have already had reaction from donald trump who, we know, is not someone who likes to hear these sorts of personal insults. donald trump is a child, he doesn't like anything that criticises him, he doesn't take criticism, but this is what diplomats do and my concern isn't really that the ambassador spoke the truth in private memos that are supposed to go back and forth between london and washington. my concern is who has leaked this and why have they leaked it because it isa why have they leaked it because it is a very strange story, i can't remember the last time we saw diplomatic cables being leaked to a sunday newspaper so my question is who has leaked it and why. sunday newspaper so my question is who has leaked it and whym sunday newspaper so my question is who has leaked it and why. it is clearly damaging for kim darroch, someone clearly damaging for kim darroch, someone who is on his way out anyway. there were some suggestions that he would extend his term but in
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theory, he goes injanuary anyway so he's feeling more frank perhaps than he's feeling more frank perhaps than he would have done at the beginning of his tenure. equally, he is seen asa of his tenure. equally, he is seen as a very pro—european senior diplomat and perhaps you could argue that this plays into borisjohnson's and is in being in a position to appoint somebody far more aligned to his personal cause. we are already hearing suggestions that perhaps this idea that donald trump we know likes of having nigel farage in the role. sure, donald trump and the white house, let's have boris johnson in the downing street and nigel farage. and the story picking up nigel farage. and the story picking up on the point you are making there, who would do this and why they would do it? it is a confusing picture. there were a lot of people that wanted to show borisjohnson their loyalty and it might be out of a misplaced sense of loyalty to the most likely prime minister, thought they could damage kim darroch. there
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is some validity to the idea that, as part of borisjohnson‘s transformative new agenda, he might wa nt to transformative new agenda, he might want to appoint someone like nigel farage to be the ambassador. how the diplomatic service would cope with someone diplomatic service would cope with someone that lazy is difficult for me to understand but whatever boris wa nts to me to understand but whatever boris wants to do, the world is about to become his oyster so stand by and we will see what happens. become his oyster so stand by and we will see what happenslj become his oyster so stand by and we will see what happens. i think we can expect a whole bunch of selfies in trump tower if this does actually happen, many deals and policy discussions will be had in perhaps more informal encounters than we might be used to. but i don't see this happening, it would be a very extreme version of events. let's be frank about this, this is what donald trump himself has suggested. if you really want to curry favour with someone like donald trump, why not listen to him and give him the pretence that he is influencing britain? that thing with trophies he isn't interested in friendships and alliances, he is only interested in what trump can get for trump so this idea you can put a room up and a
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pointless person and he will give us an easy trade deal, they are only fantasies. trump will only do what is an advantage to himself. you talk about this idea that it could be trying to curry favour with boris johnson but boris johnson trying to curry favour with boris johnson but borisjohnson really wa nts a johnson but borisjohnson really wants a good relationship with the white house. yes, exactly and this doesn't play well in the short term andl doesn't play well in the short term and i think politicians and diplomats on both sides of the pond will be looking at how this is dealt with and addressed. yes, the cat is out of the bag now, it will be all about who gets punished, what consequences happen for that person and how the uk, this parliament in waiting, is seen to react and i think trump will be looking carefully at that and expecting people to want to play to his favour, as tony said. in the times, another boris johnson favour, as tony said. in the times, another borisjohnson story. clearly, he is out in the lead in the tory leadership contest and all the tory leadership contest and all the papers are looking ahead to what is going to happen once he is tory leader and prime minister. johnson
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faces tory plot to prevent no—deal brexit is the headline in the times. one of the things we have heard quite a lot about in this boris johnson correlation is that none of the numbers have changed in the house of commons and far from being ina more house of commons and far from being in a more advantageous position, if reports are to believed, boris johnson is going to sack 13 or 1a members of the cabinet. no doubt at least 13 or 1a ministers not seen as so solid on brexit, creating a huge pool of rebels who will not be afraid to use any parliamentary mechanism are betty disposal to legally stop input in the country at risk of a no—deal brexit. legally stop input in the country at risk of a no-deal brexit. we are hearing figures of as many as 30 plus conservative mps. it is shocking, it will be a bunfight if it happens, with the threat overhanging of the pro—rogaine, whatever that looks like. i don't think borisjohnson whatever that looks like. i don't think boris johnson particularly whatever that looks like. i don't
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think borisjohnson particularly is trying to square the circle —— macron. we know that the 160,000 people he's playing to enact gallery are already waving their papers and jeremy hunt to say and do not put your mark on the ballot papers until we have the tv debates but we have said this, the chance of an envelope coming through the letterbox and not being ticked for somebody who is in the front and will be in a position of influence and willjobs, gongs, anything people might feel they need, clearly it is all to play for andl need, clearly it is all to play for and i don't think he cares. it is all short—term rhetoric to the ball up all short—term rhetoric to the ball upa all short—term rhetoric to the ball up a food and —— field and it is horrible and cynical and depressing. while we are on politics, labour of courses deep in its own rows. outcry over labour threat to staff in gagging row. yes, labour seem to have got themselves into a little bit of a pickle again, and are
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currently fourth in the obviously capturing the imagination of the british people. labourer threatening people who may be appearing in this documentary on panorama this week and labour have pre—emptively attacked the bbc about the documentary that the labour party hasn't seen. it was reported in the sunday times yesterday that they have been sending out legal letters from a famous legal firm warning people that their nondisclosure agreements, which labour opposes but obviously not for their own staff, pointing out that the nondisclosure agreements are still valid and they could face some sort of legal sanction if they break the nondisclosure agreement, as many of them have done to speak to the documentary. and there seems to be an increasing pressure on corbyn oh to sack some of those key figures in the team around him. his shadow chancellor came out today to say thatis chancellor came out today to say that is all tabloid people once again but you do have to wonder,
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picking up on what tony was saying, about keeping these ndas in place. they must be running from something because obviously the right way would be to have complete transparency. they have had the chakra party report, there is another inquiry going on, there must be something, one can only assume, more threatening with this all coming out, otherwise why do this? this look so bad and, plus, the pressure 110w this look so bad and, plus, the pressure now of apparently corbyn, the figurehead, still having the confidence of the party at large but increasingly looking alienated. his deputy leader tom watson, every chance he gets, comes out in favour ofa chance he gets, comes out in favour of a second referendum. john mcdonnell hasjoined of a second referendum. john mcdonnell has joined outside of a second referendum. john mcdonnell hasjoined outside of the contest in terms of that particular policy. jeremy corbyn is going to have to do something. yes, emily thornberry, another one of those figures who has been openly saying that the party has got to openly call for a second referendum and
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position itself as a remain party, which we know is anathema tojeremy corbyn. trying to get itself above 18% in the polls would be nice as well. the point is that emily thornberry has been one of his most loyal loo tenants. dianne abbott is one of his most loyal new tenants, john mcdonnell has been loyal from the start of this project. these are the start of this project. these are the usual suspects, these are jeremy's friends and closest allies begging him to move both on anti—semitism and coming to a comprehensible position on brexit. it is this constructive ambiguity, i think it has run its course. it is also really reductive of labour to think that unless we have a brexit general election that the next general election will be about brexit. it won't, it will be about bread—and—butter issues and if they came toa bread—and—butter issues and if they came to a position and then moved on, they would probably see some sort of recovery in the polls, i would imagine. andjust sort of recovery in the polls, i would imagine. and just to add to the problem is, there is more trouble over claims of anti—semitism. we know there is going to be a panorama programme
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this week, we now hear are seeing the deputy leader is deploring the effo rts the deputy leader is deploring the efforts to try and silence people speaking out. and john mcdonnell added his voice to back. i felt a distancing was happening, he said he had personally petitioned downing street to protect whistle—blowers when it comes to court cases. tony lives in the politics corridors. i don't, all i see isjeremy corbyn not speaking. it is always someone else, it is always keir starmer, dianne abbott, emily thornberry, it is neverjeremy corbyn. just as it was never borisjohnson until he is neverjeremy corbyn. just as it was never boris johnson until he was givena bit was never boris johnson until he was given a bit of a cake. i was never boris johnson until he was given a bit ofa cake. i mean, he just won't be questioned. i feel i am watching somebody paralysed by indecision and that is not very powerful or appealing. well, before we have to stop, let's look at the guardian front page, it has got a great picture of the victorious women's football team for the united
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states, the favourites one through 50 delete predictably but some great football. yes, i didn't see any of it but i'm told there was some great football. you were saying i walked the corridors of westminster, i don't know anything about sport but ido don't know anything about sport but i do know that women's football has massively come to the fore this summer massively come to the fore this summerand massively come to the fore this summer and inspired thousands of girls so, to me, that is an incredibly positive story. it really does seem to have been inspirational to so many. and different radio stations cover the tournament in different ways so perhaps the older demographic, moustache twirling, oh, ladies football! whereas other stations, talk sport, 5 live, other stations, talk sport, 5 live, other stations are available, talking as if it has been there for a really long time, covering it in non—patronising terms, as it deserves and culminating in this great final. we will leave it there for now, thank you very much indeed. that is it for the papers this hour.
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means that this week, you are watching season one, episode 1,000. i watching season one, episode 1,000. ,and to watching season one, episode 1,000. , and to celebrate, we are making a world first. doing new things is in our dna. i am floating on air. which is why we don'tjust our dna. i am floating on air. which is why we don't just show you the tech, we use the tech to push the boundaries of what is possible on tv. here is the team, mark on camera one and two, simon on three and four, jen on five, neva on six and seven, bent on eight and this is italia on nine. this was the well‘s first full tv programme to be filmed and edited only on mobile devices. fyi, it was a nightmare. this week's programme has been filmed entirely in 360
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degrees. this was another world first when we reinvented how tv was made for an audience that could look in any direction and any time. and this week, four click 1,000, we have really gone for it. do we explore the cave or do i look behind the tree? i will explore the cave. so, turn to page 8a. this is how i spent a lot of my childhood, reading a book where i could choose my own adventure, where i could choose what happened next and every time i read it, the story changed. i absolutely loved them. not only was i in a different world, but because i was in charge of the story, that story came to life and it felt so real.
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come on then, spen. so, after choose your own adventure books, came computer adventure games, first with text, and then with amazing graphics. but both would let me explore vast worlds, bigger than any book. the problem is tv doesn't let us do that. it tells one story, it makes one set of choices, and we just sit back and watch. until now. i demand freedom! imagine if everything that you watched was interactive, and if you could change your experiences depending on your mood, your desires, or even how much time you had. if you go online at the address that's on—screen now, you will find a special version of this programme that is interactive. you get to choose which tech
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stories you hear about, and in how much detail. as you watch, you'll be given options to dive deeper, or maybe to look at things from a different perspective, or maybe to skip one entirely. the technology used to make this possible is known as object based media, or obm, and it could be the future of how we watch video content. broadcasters have been developing the tech for years now. bbc r&d has explored the concept with various online tutorials. the step by step nature of obm is particularly useful there. netflix has had a dabble with its puss in boots, and more recently, with charlie brooker‘s interactive bandersnatch. and now, premiering the bbc‘s first ever obm tv show is us. to say it's been a tricky, brain—melting minefield would be an understatement. it's a little bit like trying
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to pick up ants from space using tweezers with a blindfold on. these are all the plans that we've made to figure out how we're going to structure this episode. doing obm is really different because you have to think of the story in different ways, because people might have seen other bits of the story, they might have chosen different path through the story. i have been told to create 700 million versions. it has taken more brainpower than any episode i have ever worked on, and more teamwork, to get the thing out there. trust me, we're not talking to each other the moment. what does that stand for? wizard. but we couldn't have done it without r&d‘s otherworldly expertise. matthew and his team have been devising an obm strategy for the last few years. a couple of years ago we decided we wanted to try and transfer this capability to create this stuff. we were busy engineering it, but we didn't have any tools.
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so we decided to build a story kit, essentially. custom—made software can handle hundreds of pieces of content, like video, audio and text, and put them together on the fly, as viewers make their choices. so it's a tool that is aimed at producers who have no hot software development skills, so the whole idea was to allow these people to then easily use an interface like a drag—and—drop interface like story former, to create those experiences. all in all, we think we have 148 different chunks of video, which to my mind makes about a gazillion different paths through the content. also tons of footage, and we've used up every hard drive that we have. i suppose it's been keeping me up at night, thinking are we going to get it finished in time? it really has been a challenging process. there's been times when i had to dojust like... but we think, we really think, it's been worth it. putting you in the driving seat
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will mean, hopefully, you at home can enjoy the show more than ever before more. you at home can enjoy the show more than ever before. at the core of being able to give you all these choices is the idea of branching narratives, possible options that lead onto the next bit, or reroute you to a park where the story can flow from there. to get advice on how to create a multiple—choice click, i went to create one of the creators of the fighting fantasy books i grew i went to meet one of the creators of the fighting fantasy books i grew up with, ian livingstone. it involves writing multiple storylines at once. and how i used to do it was create a map, on which i kept a record of all the encounters as you went through the adventure. it's giving you a choice like do you want to turn left or right, which is a simple choice, or do you want to try and tiptoe past the sleeping goblin or attack him with your sword. and the choices are quite varied. so when i'm writing i have to keep a record of where the reader would go. so if you make this choice, i need to make sure that they can
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actually get out of there, and then these are all the encounters. they find gold, they find treasure, they find magical items. can i show you our version of an adventure map? this is the layout of this actual interview, which is multichoice. what do you think? minimalist. not too many options, so we should be done in less than four hours. because it can take you days to get through a fighting fantasy game book. good luck on your adventure. that was ian livingstone talking to one of his biggest fanboys. now, currently, normaltv doesn't allow us to show you a fully interactive programme, so to give you a feel of what click obm will be like when you watch it online, we've added a dash of it to this week's tech news. you will see some options pop up on screen. you won't be able to click them, we will do that for you. but it should give you an idea of what to expect. here is lara.
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hello and welcome to the week in tech. this week, the church of england issued its first guidelines for social media users. its release came the same time as the archbishop of canterbury streamed his own live video. nearly a decade ago, alphabet, the company that owns google, announced its balloon spin out, loon. this promised floating masts which would deliver 4g services to the world's most remote places. it is now planning to launch its own trial with african telecom. loon's balloons are each the size of a tennis court, but they need to be as they are filled with enough helium to keep them afloat while carrying solar powered networking gear. this robot bear is quite aptly called huggable.
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a new trial suggests it could help poorly children feel better in hospital. more than 50 sick kids took part in the study with mit media lab, northeastern university and boston children's hospital. the hi—tech toy not only brought out more smiles, but also got the kids out of bed to be more active too. huggable is far from the only cute robot on the block, though. in europe, this little robot even goes to school for sick children. this means they can virtually attend classes and play with their friends. and finally, an american artist has built robotic arms to let you poke, inflate and generally play around with famous paintings. neil mendoza's mechanical masterpieces is displayed at the children's museum of pittsburgh. that's it.
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that is the short version of click but check out the long version this week. if ever there was a time, it is this week. surely? the machine keeps on turning — next week to celebrate the anniversary of the moon landings, we will bring you click 1001, a space odyssey. until then, on behalf of everyone who has worked on this programme and there have been many, thank you very much, thank you for watching and taking part and we will see you soon.
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well, the weather tomorrow is looking pretty good across most of the uk, a lot of sunshine in the forecast. not everywhere, though. northern ireland, i think there will be some rain on the way. this is what it looks like right now, the weather front already rearing its head here to the west of ireland but the vast majority of the country deny dry, a lot of clear weather, too, and really nippy in eastern scotland, the north—east of england, and side of town it could be only two or three degrees first thing on monday. a lot of fine weather across the bulk of the uk but there is the weather front moving into the bulk of the uk but there is the weatherfront moving into northern ireland and eventually we will get that rain in belfast, probably around lunchtime, i think, at the earliest. in the south, one or two showers around, the temperatures in the sunshine getting up to 23, very pleasa nt the sunshine getting up to 23, very pleasant for most of us, should be at least the high teens. tuesday, it does look as if it will be pretty cloudy across most of northern britain with some outbreaks of rain and really the week ahead is looking
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this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines: the foreign office investigates the leak of classified e—mails from the uk ambassador in washington describing president trump's administration as "inept", "insecure" and "incompetent". it's obviously very disappointing that this correspondence has come out into the open, but it's also important to say that it's the job of ambassadors to give frank, personal opinions about what is happening in the countries they serve. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, sasteremy corbyn must "get on", and back another public vote, over brexit. one of the city's biggest employers, deutsche bank, announces it will cut up to 18,000 staff worldwide.
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