because it is a strong storm. the bahamas are flat, they have no defence to the storm and it will churn over there, it's going to dump perhaps two feet of rain. as the hurricane heads in, the ships sail out — the united states navy moving away from the storm's path. it's a similar message for communities in the caribbean. we are moving as many possible. still, there are many residents who are refusing to move. we send this final plea asking them to kindly move themselves to safer ground. the caribbean and the southern states are ready for the wind, rain and storm surges. the region is more than used to severe weather. all that's left now is to hang tight and be hopeful. pope francis has had to apologise for arriving late for his weekly address to crowds in saint peter's square — for a slightly unusual reason. he told crowds

at the vatican this morning that he'd been stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes and had to freed by firefighters. apparently there had been a power outage as he was making his way up in the lift... now it's time for a look at the weather with ben. hello. it is the first day of september. the first day of autumn as far as meteorologists are concerned and so it seems apt that there is quite a cool fail that there is quite a cool feel to our weather today. sunshine at times, but also some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. the showers most plentiful across scotland, northern ireland, the north of england, in fact, a band of cloud will bring more general showery rain into northern ireland later in the afternoon. further south, not as many showers, more dry weather as well, some sunshine with highs of 13—20d. through this evening and tonight we see the showers crossing northern ireland, passing into scotland on the north of england. showers elsewhere tending to fade away and with clear skies overhead, it is going to turn into a very chilly night. certainly compared with what we have

been used too lightly. been used to lately. many spots well down into single digits. tomorrow then, starting off with a lot of fine weather and sunshine. we will hold on to some of that across the south, but generally speaking we see more in the way of cloud spreading in from the west. outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and scotland. some drizzle for other western coasts and those temperatures between 15 and 22 degrees. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines. labour's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, says this week will almost certainly be the last chance to stop britain leaving the eu without a deal at the end of october the senior cabinet minister reponsible for no deal preparations, michael gove, refuses to be drawn on whether the government would abide by any legislation designed to stop a no—deal brexit. meanwhile — the eu's lead brexit negotiator michel barnier says the uk has now reached a ‘moment of truth‘ — he rejects borisjohnson‘s demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. in other news — pro—democracy activists in hong kong target

the city's airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. the german president, frank walter steinmeier, has asked for poland's forgiveness at an event marking the eightieth anniversary of the start of the second world war. now on bbc news... as click passed 1000 episodes, they celebrated by creating the bbc‘s first ever interactive tv show, harnessing the power of a new technology called object based media. this week, another chance to watch our 1000th episode, when we made the bbc‘s first interactive multi—choice tv show. there were flow charts... elephants... flow charts... data... flow charts... and wizards!

a warm welcome to click. welcome to click. welcome to click, i am spencer kelly. finally we have reached a very special milestone. we have been on air every week of every year, without a break, since we launched in the year 2000, which means this week you are watching season 1, episode 1000. 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't just show you the tech, we use the tech to push the boundaries of what's possible on tv. here is the team. it is mark on camera one and two, simon on camera three and four, jen on five, nima on six and seven, ben on eight and this is thalia on nine. this was the world's first full tv programme to be filmed and edited only on mobile devices. fyi, it was a nightmare! this week's click has been filmed entirely in 360 degrees. this was another world first, where we reinvented how tv was made, for an audience that could look in any direction at any time. and this week, for click 1000, we've really gone for it! do i explore the cave,

or do i look behind the tree? i'll explore the cave. so, turn to page 8a. this is how i spent a lot of my childhood, reading books where i could choose my own adventure, where, at every point, i got to decide 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. it felt so real. 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 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 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 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. and it's really a bit of a beast. doing obm is really not simple because you have to think about the stories in a different way, because people might

have watched some bits of the story and not other bits, they might have chosen different paths 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 at 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 kind of transfer this capability to create this stuff. we were busy engineering it, but we didn't have any tools. so, we decided to build a story kit, essentially. their 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

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. there's 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 will mean, hopefully, 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 part where the story can flow from there.

to get advice on how to create our multiple—choice click, 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, 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 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. but with great power comes great responsibility, i mean, do you really want to make decisions about the tv programme and films that you watch? would you rather just sit back and relax? and also, if you want to talk to your friends about what you've seen, but they've seen a different version of the show, you don't have that common ground. and then there's another thing. through interactive experiences, it's possible to keep tabs on viewers' habits, and you may be giving out more information about yourself than you think. here'sjen copestake with more. extrovert or introvert? open to new experiences or more comfortable with tradition? we're using the data we collect

while you watch the obm to deliver a specific advert to you. the choices you made gave us an idea of your personality. it's certainly not scientific, but when you try it out, see if we were right. researchers have worked out that even simple data leaks can give indications about your personality, with just 75 facebook likes being as illuminating as asking a work colleague about you. and with 300 likes, they can be as accurate as asking your partner. you can infer some very private stuff even from this data that you think is not too meaningful. people's personality, people's intelligence, poeple's political views, religious views, sexuality, really private stuff, just because you like camping and a few other things. of course, we all recognise when facebook, google or instagram do this, showing adverts tailored to our online behaviour. this can be good if you're looking for a specific item, but can also be a bit unnerving.

people often say online advertising is creepy, so you are talking to a friend, then later on you see an advertisement for the same thing you were talking about. it mightjust be that you were talking to your friend, but then the fact you are talking to someone else, they may search for something, and then suddenly you are seeing an advert for something that they're interested in. they infer you are friends and therefore probably have similar interests. if all this creeps you out a bit, we had a look to see some of the tools online that may help obscure your data trail. first up, you might want to get rid of the cookies stored on your browser. these store personal data like your login, emailaddress and what is in your shopping basket. clear the cookies from your web browser using the appropriate menu. in chrome, it is in the history settings. in safari, look in preferences and privacy to block all cookies or manage which ones have access. cookies aren't the end of the problem. other types of trackers can still follow you around. some ad—blockers and anti—tracking

tools can show you who's watching. privacy badger from the electronic frontier foundation is free to add to your browser. it shows you which domains are following your online movements and lets you choose which ones to allow or block. ghostery flags more spying eyes. other services will help you stay on top of trackers, for a price. disconnect.me has a free basic service for desktop as well as smartphone apps. for $50 a year, you can get a full vpn and tracker protection for three devices. still, even with all these tools, you may not be completely private or untracked. have a look at who tracks me. it shows some popular entertainment and news sites are crawling with unseen trackers. if, like more than 60% of us, you use chrome, it won't be easy to stop google keeping tabs on you. however, an alternative like mozilla's firefox is privacy focused. when you install firefox, you see the privacy settings it offers straight away. firefox is also the only major

open source browser, which means anyone can check its code, making it more trustworthy. finally, there are some more whimsical ways you can try and obscure your data. the go random plug—in lets you confuse facebook‘s snoopers, randomising your emoji reactions, preventing their ability to build a personality data profile. be warned — this might get you in trouble if you end up laughing at something awkward! another tool designed by ben grosser is the demetricator. the demetricator hides the like counters on twitter and facebook so you aren't giving out data or being influenced by what others are liking. instagram made its own version of this too. that wasjen. so, how might algorithms change what you watch in the future on tv, based on your personal data? well, to simulate this, we have taken dan simmons‘ report on tech in malawi and tailored it for a viewer who we know is interested in inventions and the environment, but who likes watching

shorter reports. this could be the result. with an average income ofjust a few dollars a day, this part of the world is known as one of the poorest on the planet. what's less well known is how quickly malawi's two main cities, the capital, lilongwe, and the commercial centre, here in blantyre, are expanding, as are their horizons. malawi has a lot more high tech than you might think going on. do you want to know more? well, how long have you got? researchers are developing artificial intelligence, creating smart homes, predicting health problems and making old computers work again for the whole continent. in some ways, malawi's cities look and feel like many others. there are plenty of shops

and services, new buildings are going up but, importantly, there is a real need here for more simple tech that makes life better without the need for power. only a fraction of the country is actually on the power grid and even those who have it, well, historically, it's been unreliable. demand far outstrips supply. and it gets hot here as well in the summer — between 30 and 35, even now, at a cooler time of year, it gets up to the mid 20s. i'm on my way to meet a very cool inventor who specialises in sustainable tech. hey, adis. hi, dan. hi. thanks for having us over. nice workshop! anaele iroh, or adis, as he's better known, leads a team of half a dozen or so at his home in blantyre. all sorts of things are being hacked together here. it's a mash—up of ideas. this skeleton car will be on the road next month, i'm told, powered in part by steam.

this tin can electric car uses phone id for security. and that's just one sim card that that works with? even adis's pottery wheel helps power things up. so, has anybody before called you a mad professor, with all of this stuff? well, yes, i've gotten quite used to that! in the heat of the day, i've come to see a prototype adis is particularly proud of. well, this is the zero electric climate control system. the main thing here is what i call the cooling element where it takes water and it presents it to the environment, right? so the heat and the environment help it evaporate. that process cools things down. it sounds very simple, but there is a bit more to it than that, isn't there? here, we have formulated materials

that already are folded up so tightly that they shrink a large amount of space into a very small space, right? at nano scale. when we put water into it, that water can be spread out and it can use up heat more efficiently to close it. what sort of results have you found by putting this prototype into various situations? well, my neighbour here, for example, has one unit that he is using for the whole building. so, he had found that on one side of the building, he had 28 degrees centigrade, and on the side of the building where one of these climate control systems was installed, he had 25 degrees centigrade. right. time to test our water climate cooler. so, did the invention work? that's the question.

well, you can find out by watching the click obm show online and choosing to watch dan's piece. of course, there are many more adventures waiting for you there too. we are really proud of our interactive programme and we would love you to stop by and choose your own path through it. the address is on screen now — bbc.co.uk/click1000. we think it's a fitting way to celebrate our anniversary. there is another way too, of course, and that is to crack open the archive, look at the silly old tech and try and ignore the haircuts! hello. i'm stephen cole. a warm welcome to click online, the first of a new series for all those interested in new technology and the internet. in april 2000, the bbc decided to explore the exciting new world of the dot—com bubble! and, in a spectacular piece of timing, click online went on airjust as it burst. as online dog walkers

and wine tasting services tumbled around our ears, the programme went looking for the next big thing. i told you i could do it. we didn't always find it... oh—oh, i forgot to change the batteries! ..but every so often, we backed a winner. gmail is a free email service. twitter.com is as simple as it gets. it's called bluetooth. the device, with some never—before—seen features, has been billed as nothing short of revolutionary. we have met all sorts of amazing characters on our travels. it's me, mario! and i mean all sorts. la, la, la, la, la—la! hey! we pushed tech to its limits. 0h! sometimes we pushed it too far. we are going to build an artificial intelligence.

and sometimes, it pushed back. they came here on a sort of gold rush, promised riches from waste that's slowly poisoning them. right now, over 20,000 compromised personal computers are under our control. it's been a pretty intense experience, but the thing that it has really left me with is i want to hold onto my data. over the past 19 years, we have built it. we have flown it. we have ridden it. we've broken it! we've worn it. even the electric shorts! wow! and we've played it. and, boy, have we played it! we've gone live. we've seen the very highest tech...

this is a bit spiritual, really. ..and the lowest! over 1,000 shows, it's been an enormous privilege for all of us to bring all of you the tech that's changed the world. refreshing! or not. come on, percy.

yeah, it certainly feels like we've seen it all, but i have a suspicion that there is much, much more to come! on behalf of everyone who has worked on this programme over the years — and there have been many — thank you. thank you for watching and we will see you next time. hello. it seems apt that the first day of september is bringing us some rather cool weather. it is of course the first day of autumn as far as

meteorologists are concerned with that cool feel we have a mix of sunshine and showers. the cool air came in yesterday with this cloud that brought rain for many of us. you can see the spackle of clouds on the satellite picture earlier. shower clouds drifting in from the north—west and with that breeze we are tapping into some much cooler airthan we are tapping into some much cooler air than we have been used to. through this afternoon there will be spells of sunshine but showers, the showers most plentiful across the northern half of the uk, across scotla nd northern half of the uk, across scotland some heavy showers and thundery, there could be hale. all with some sunny spells in between but those temperatures, 13 degrees for stornoway and 15 in glasgow feeling very fresh. northern ireland will see cloud increasing from the west with a band of showery rain fitting through in the afternoon, a few showers in the north of england, some get it into the north midlands, north wales and east anglia. for southern england and the southern half of wales, not many showers, many places getting a dry afternoon and spells of sunshine. through this evening and tonight, that cloud and

showery rain crossing northern ireland will move into scotland and the north of england and the cloud associated with that likely to break up associated with that likely to break up to some extent. generally long clear spells through the night and it is going to be a rather chilly night, towns and cities between six and 9 degrees. in the countryside down to around four or 5 degrees. a cool start to monday morning, high pressure in charge initially, find to start with sunshine are many areas, particularly for england and wales. frontal systems approaching from the north—west and we will see rain in northern ireland spreading into scotland, the far north of england, drizzle developing for the western coast of wales and the southwest. generally speaking, more in the way of cloud developing across the uk as we move through the day. eastern scotland holding on to sunshine, temperatures between 15 and 22 degrees. into tuesday, a lot of cloud, dribs and drabs of rain

and drizzle, hefty showers across the north west and temperatures during tuesday between 17 and 23 degrees. temporarily feeling milder but it will not last, more cool air sweeping south through the middle of the week and those temperatures up to 19 or 20 degrees at best.

good afternoon. labour says it'll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed, it's likely to delay the date of departure. the cabinet minister michael gove refused to commit the government to implementing such a change even if it's approved by mps, saying ministers would wait to see what happens in westminster this week. here's our political correspondent susana mendonca.