this is bbc news. the headlines: the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has won the support of the house of commons for a second reading of his brexit bill. the vote brings britain nearer to departing from the eu at the end of january. parliament, now dominated by the conservatives, passed the bill with a large majority. at least six people have been killed in india as police tried to contain a further day of protests about a new citizenship law. police used tear gas and batons, but denied firing on demonstrators. the law allows fast—track citizenship for religious refugees from neighbouring countries but excludes muslims.

there are more catastrophic fire warnings in australia for saturday in three parts of new south wales, with temperatures set to hit the mid—40s celsius. the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has apologised for going on a family holiday to hawaii while his country was dealing with the bushfire emergency. now on bbc news, it's the clickmas special with bags of seasonal tech fun. we hearfrom tim peake on the year in space, and pitch man against robot to see who's the fastest driver around an f1 circuit. mary clickmas! anyway, this festive week we have cars, dogs, astronauts, and lots and lots of singing furbies.

#0h christmas tree... your leaves are so unchanging you have finally arrived, welcome, the gang is all here, you are too, isa the gang is all here, you are too, is a welcome to clickmas 2019! forced merriment and pretend food, just like last year. do we have a festive feast of tech treats for you? yes we do, and first up, it will be la rocca, merry christmas. whenever people say you should never

work with animals or kids, i think clearly there have not worked with tech because it goes well occasionally, doesn't it? this week, i haven't just worked occasionally, doesn't it? this week, i haven'tjust worked with tech, i worked with the dog at the same time, takea worked with the dog at the same time, take a look at this. meet rusty, the tech savvy puppy familiar with being caught on camera and provided with smart phone triggered treats. via this gadget, already in his home. one of the first things we bought, perhaps he actually came home with us was the furbo, which found him all the time, tells you when he is barking, waning, and if you want to give him a bit of a treat, you can click the treat release button and he gets lots of treats sent to him. wants to test some gadgets? i take it that is a yes. today, he is my furry glamorous

assistant, getting his teeth into testing tech. the rechargeable wicked ball moves vibrates and changes colour according to activity level while playing. is developed to encourage attraction and response. level while playing. is developed to encourage attraction and responselj do encourage attraction and response.” do worry about when he picks it up in his teeth and it is vibrating his teeth. gps trackers for dogs have been around for a while, but they are getting smaller and later. this is water resistant and does better on battery life that some of its competitors, and also has a function where you can get an alert if your pet foods goes further than it should, but how useful did camilla find it? it's great, it's a gps tractor, very small, but it is just a gps tracker, and i would have loved to have some activity tracker with it, but it is very accurate and seems to have been correct every

timei seems to have been correct every time i have checked. i would not find it overly useful because i know where he is most of the time. in the case of your dog getting stolen and they are wearing it, that would be extremely useful. being able to track our animals has stepped up a level. now, you can also track their behaviour as well as their activity, so behaviour as well as their activity, so you behaviour as well as their activity, so you can see how behaviour as well as their activity, so you can see how the two things, later. beautifully behaved of course, aren't you? the pet activity and behaviour tracker logs a doggy‘s step count and sleep as well as alerting its own as too much barking, shaking or scratching is going on. ok, a calm moment, but that doesn't seem to be any lack of activity today, although you do need to collect at least a week's worth of data to start to see anything meaningful. the negatives though are you have to keep it on at night

time, and! you have to keep it on at night time, and i personally don't like keeping a collar on rusty at no time, i don't think it is particularly safe. so depending on a dog and its owner's lifestyles, it seems that different gadgets would be used. but one thing that is for certain is that before i felt anything like this again, i think i need a spot of human training... i will play with this with you if you let me hold onto it. that was lara with the dogs, i guess the only thing you need to be thankful for is it wasn't cat. maybe next year? christmas is all about getting get a beer with friends and family, i don't know how you feel about family by now, we have known each other an awful long time. we are dysfunctional, we bicker, but we have seen each other through some ups and downs, good times and bad times, and a few months ago, one

member of click got some bad news to. i got diagnosed with breast cancer a few months back, and chemotherapy has some surprising bits of technology involved, and i thought why not demystify it and give people a chance to see what actually happens. i've got tea, and ipad, colouring pencils, charging cable. two kinds of drinks, headphones, i think it is most things. this is my eighth chemotherapy treatment out of ten, i am ready to rock now. everything sta rts am ready to rock now. everything starts with tablets, lorazepam is to help to deal with the pain of the treatment because it is very very cold. lunch menu... today i will have what i always have, this is where my port has been implanted. it's a fast track tube under my skin

that connects directly to my heart, allowing nurses to administer drugs really easily. like plugging in a phone charger. as a piano player, i didn't want to have any catheters in my hands or in my arms, because the chemo treatment is quite toxic, because when i found out you could get a port fitted and anything goes on here, i don't have to hunt around for a on here, i don't have to hunt around fora vein, it on here, i don't have to hunt around for a vein, it is massively beneficial. i didn't feel a thing! now this is in, that is, everything goesin now this is in, that is, everything goes in and out of the port of. before i started chemo, i was really scared, and i was also uninformed about the actual practicalities of it, the ins and outs, what to expect. like wearing a cold. chemo kills any rapidly dividing cells, including hair, so lowering blood circulation to my scalp can keep my hairon. imagine circulation to my scalp can keep my hair on. imagine eating the coldest ice cream in the world for about an

hour and ice cream in the world for about an hourand a ice cream in the world for about an hour and a half, ice cream in the world for about an hourand a half, and ice cream in the world for about an hour and a half, and that gives you a good idea. 0ff comes the uighur. — wig. there we go, owner l, although with quite a lot of make—up. some patients keep than others, i though i have been quite lucky. tepid water is applied, and if you are having one treatment without the cap on, you cannot do it, and you have come out of. it has to fit very snugly. i a lwa ys out of. it has to fit very snugly. i always had a theory that wearing a cold word make my brain really fast, like superconducting, but it is the com plete like superconducting, but it is the complete opposite of. i am unable to do much concentrating. bring on the winter! this is the painful pitstop ifi winter! this is the painful pitstop if i can get through this, then we are all good. so i have various things to keep me busy, things that ifind things to keep me busy, things that i find really enjoyable are watching mindless tv, and is doing slight

stimulating practice. i have always wa nted stimulating practice. i have always wanted to learn to fly a plane, so why not do it now? bring the nose up. there we go. this is really taxing with the cap on, i can do it with no problem without the cap on. i cannot actually land the plane while i have the treatment. i have crashed every time. i am slightly impaired at this point, but colouring in clouds, that i can do. i have been using apps like this one, procreate, masterclass, and the explained theme during the treatment but i have also been recording my data to show oncologists what my body has been up to. i am record what the data shows like blood pressure, and collect data myself like my resting heart rate and body temperature. three days after treatment i go up a few degrees of. it's really use. you can then go to the doctor and show them physical

evidence of what my body has been doing. it's completely frozen solid 110w. doing. it's completely frozen solid now. sometimes there is ice in there. i can't remember anything anymore. after a few hours of iv and anymore. after a few hours of iv and a cold head, iam anymore. after a few hours of iv and a cold head, i am nearly done for another week. thank you so much. is about it, that's chemo treatment in about it, that's chemo treatment in a nutshell. lots of different iv drugs, call port and now hospital lunch. that was absolutely fascinating. really brave, thank you. i had no idea about what goes on. this is exactly why i did it because it feels like an opportunity to just lift the lid on a single word and just maybe give people who are about to go through this the chance to understand a bit more before going into it and then it is not a whole lot of surreal surprises, one after another, which is what i was like for me. trustee to find all the tech you could

during the procedure. give me everything. you really know your way around social media and i wonder whether media has been a help, hindrance, whether it has contributed at all to your experience. i considered for such a long time, do i share this online, 01’ long time, do i share this online, or do long time, do i share this online, ordoi long time, do i share this online, or do i not? and i decided to share it because i'm not the only person going through this, so many people are. the response i had was overwhelmingly good, so many people shared their stories with me, and it feels like together, we are stronger. i am feels like together, we are stronger. iam really feels like together, we are stronger. i am really glad i shared. i stronger. i am really glad i shared. , gosh, thanks! all right lara, last chance at this. i hope there is a good joke inside! i believe this is

a clue about what you have filmed for the christmas show, but it looks a bit small, quite compact? it is more, but it is very clever. this is a scale model of the robo car, and its makers say it is the fastest thing on four wheels with no driver. that's why there's no driver ‘s seat in there, but i'll be looking at a future of racing cars with no drivers? are we stuffed turkey?! it's like autonomous this and autonomous that and before you know it we will not be driving our own cars, we have robots taking people ‘sjobs, i have had just about enough. somebody told me that there was this robo car that could race a human and be quicker. let's take you to the home of british motorsport. it's time to make a point. robo car is not your average automated car

project. the cabin this car is not interested in traffic lights or junctions, it's built with one thing in mind. speed. like a standard autonomous car, robo car uses various sensors, including lidar, radar, and image recognition softwa re radar, and image recognition software to drive at racist speeds, and by measuring lateral g forces, grip levels, it is learning how to go faster all the time. now to fairly raise the robo car, human versus machine is tricky, given there is nowhere for me to set a. to decide whether human or a! is the faster driver, we're to raise the models that does have a cockpit, which the developers used to test the software. suitably called devbot. they didn't say what happened to devbot one. after a fairly sloppy open lab, a lineup in

pole position, hoping to set a respectable na ptime for team pole position, hoping to set a respectable naptime for team human. let's see how we get on here. for safety reasons, the car has been limited to 100 kilometres per hour, both my drive and the ai, but the acceleration is blistering, and sitting five centimetres of the tarmac, it seems fast enough. just missed that apex, going over the curb! let's get the speed down! with my full on speed but wider line around the last corner be my undoing, or my masterstroke? time for the car to take the wheel. and we are off! 0h, and we are off! oh, my god! that was quick on the brakes there, left that to the last minute. the car was

harder on brakes and more sudden with the steering. did not care about my comfort. but was it quicker? 31.68. you did that in 128. i heated by three seconds into a bank wow! man wins over machine! brilliant. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, dan simmons beating artificial intelligence. that must have made your year. yes. merry christmas, dan. love, ai. itell you what, 2019 has been an amazing year for space nuts everywhere. the 50th anniversary of the first moon landings, our visit to nasa, marks visit to the world's first commercial spaceport and i had a chance to review it all with a proper space not as in a nut who has

properly been to space. tim peak! earlier this year we went to nasa to their hero project looking at how to get the right mix of people for long space missions and they made the point that it is notjust one type of person you need. if you had a spaceship full of one type of person that won't work. do you have any views on the type of mix you need to have on board ? views on the type of mix you need to have on board? you need a mix of different types of people on board with a mixture of different skills. and this is going to be so much more important for a longer duration mission to the moon and the mars purely because you will want a medical doctor as part of that crew, iam sure, medical doctor as part of that crew, i am sure, and you will probably wa nt to i am sure, and you will probably want to geologist as well. you will wa nt want to geologist as well. you will want somebody who is an expert with piloting skills but also in terms of personality and character as well. i think you need to have people who are flexible. somebody needs to be the leader and everybody needs to accept that. and if you are all extremely strong personalities who

do not accept the subordinate position very well, that is not going to work. which one where you? a mix. and i think my classmates we re a mix. and i think my classmates were as well. people who can take on a leadership role in step up to the plate when needed and also people who can instantly fall into a supporting role, come up with solutions and the ability to switch between the two is very important. have you brought any of the astronaut back with you? do you deal with life differently now to how you did before? i have always been quite calm. i think i am even more so having flown in space. and sometimes i thought to myself, you know, you did a space walk i'm sure you can do this. i have had to give myself a bit of a talking to and so yes, you are right! bit of a talking to and so yes, you are right i can do this. 2020 could possibly be the year when space tourists begin to take their first flights, that is what we have been told in the last 12 months. i wonder

if you think space is a place for tourists? we need to be careful about who we send into what environment with what level of environment with what level of environment —— training and was looking after them. it is like scuba—diving, it is ok to go scuba—diving, it is ok to go scu ba—diving as scuba—diving, it is ok to go scuba—diving as a novice if you are with an instructor who knows what they are doing and can get you out ofa they are doing and can get you out of a situation. same with space flight. it of a situation. same with space flight. it is ok to go into space if you are a tourist if you are with professional astronauts who know what they are doing. we don't ask them to do space walks or to capture a cargo vehicle with a robotic arm, we don't ask them to handle technical problems that might occur. we are asking them to know how to look after themselves in an emergency on how to understand the spacesuit and the basic life support systems. so much reduced training package. if you working of the world you had to face the realities of, you had to face the realities of, you know, business making money and

poorer nations becoming richer nations, how would you curtail what we are doing to the environment? going green does not mean not making money and it does not mean stopping countries that are poor from improving the quality of life. we just need to make the decision to do it. if we invest in technology, then the cost comes down and the efficiency goes up. for example, what doing with small satellite is because the satellites are reducing in size, the solar panels are reducing in size and the efficiency is going up in the space one of those environments that is forcing industry to improve the efficiency of solar panels. then you end up with efficient cheap solar panels and then suddenly solar panels on roofs become acceptable and the norm and generate far more electricity. there are so many applications for this. it is a case of changing minds and making that initial step, that initial decision to do something.

tim, it has been a pleasure. thank you so much. the amazing tim peak there and the equally amazing mark here is pacing me at street fighter and what are we playing this on? here is pacing me at street fighter and what are we playing this 0mm is an arcade stick, 16 list classic retro arcade games and one giant controller. the beauty of this is that the controller is almost exactly the same as the kind of thing you would find on an arcade cabinet so you can have the same experience that you had in the 19805, experience that you had in the 1980s, except you do it not in a dirty arcade and you do not need to use hundreds and hundreds of coins. a good yearfor use hundreds and hundreds of coins. a good year for gaming would you say? an interesting year. google tried to persuade us that we would lose our consoles and get into videogame streaming with their service, stadium, which is great if you have an amazing internet connection. if you don't, then it

doesn't work. and we have said that for many years now and they are still not there with it stop a few companies have been trying to videogame stream for quite some time and yet the infrastructure is not there. 0mar, over to and yet the infrastructure is not there. 0mar, overto you. here you go. thank you for thinking of me. that is just here eating chocolate. cani that is just here eating chocolate. can i open this? 0h! a furby! thank you. it is a blast from the past. no cutting—edge gadget that we're used to seeing on the show i did go cau tuber that is bringing a new use of life into old ones. wake up sleepyhead... life into old ones. wake up sleepyhead. .. this is sam battle, otherwise known on youtube is look mum, no computer. with over 240,000 subscribers on the platform, he showcases musical instruments and other weird inventions that he has

created using old tech and only old tech. be it a lego star wars orchestra. a flame throwing henry hoover. 0r orchestra. a flame throwing henry hoover. or even a choir of these cute little terrors. that sounds daemonic. it is daemonic. what else does he have in his studio? this is basically 48 game boys that sounds like an orchestra. for instance... but after a quick modification it does not just play but after a quick modification it does notjust play game boys anymore. that was very close there. hurray! i get it! that is awesome. is your hair0k? hurray! i get it! that is awesome.

is your hair ok? he also has a bike that when paddled powers a synthesiser. 0ops. let's give that another go. i am synthesiser. 0ops. let's give that another go. iam making music. this is the most musical i've ever been. hold onto me, sam! that's it. so what is it about old tech that fascinates him so much? itjust looks so much better and it is easy to modify and happen model things. the problem with modern pieces of equipment is that it is usually made to be small and compact and is easily habitable nor easily fixable. i found easily habitable nor easily fixable. ifound a easily habitable nor easily fixable. i found a problem! sam mainly uses ebay to purchase this old tech for as cheap as possible. but it is not only about cost. this is a piece of history. for instance this wall is pieces of technical university acquired from universities. these are from the 1950s and it is beautiful and you can buy them for

20 quid. there is also recycling and reusing things that instead of going into the landfill and, i don't know, something about classic design and engineering is very attractive. and it also looked like a ton of fun. engineering is very attractive. and it also looked like a ton of funm was the best issued i had all year. 0marand look mum, was the best issued i had all year. 0mar and look mum, no computer finishing off this clickmas special. i hope you have enjoyed being here as much as we enjoyed making it for you. next week you can see highlights of click life which we filmed last month in scotland. don't forget you can always contact us on facebook, instagram or twitter on bbc click. who's watching it over christmas? luck with that. thanks for watching and mary clickmas!

good morning. what a miserable week of weather it has been for many of us, with some relentless rain, and that has brought localised flooding. in fact, friday afternoon, these were fairly typical weather watcher pictures across parts of central and southern england in particular. in fact, by close of play on friday, there were over 90 flood warnings in force, and with more rain to come through the weekend, well, do go to the bbc weather website for the latest updates on the flood warnings and also any met office warnings as well. over the next few hours we've got this miniature weather front which will enhance some showers, some of them heavy, with hail and thunder. windy conditions following on behind, before another weather front makes its presence felt by the end of the day on saturday. saturday morning, we start off with a few sharp showers still remaining. but they are easing away.

the best of the sunshine perhaps on saturday, likely to be for the far north of scotland. slowly brightening up as well across parts of england and wales for a brief time, before yet more wet weather starts to push into the south—west by the end of the day. a cooler feeling in scotland, five or six degrees. double digits quite widely further south. that rain will continue to drift its way steadily east, but it is going to clear off into the near continent through the early hours of saturday night into sunday morning. then behind, with some clearer skies, it will be a chilly start in sheltered eastern areas of scotland, maybe a touch of light frost. too much cloud further south and too much of a breeze for any issue. and still some bits and pieces of rain first thing on sunday morning. sunday will be quieter for many. a case of sunny spells and a few isolated showers. still quite windy across the exposed coasts of the south. 40—50 mile an hour gusts of wind not out of the question. cooler again in scotland, five or six, higher values of nine or ten further south. it looks as though that quieter

theme is set to continue for a time. showers will ease away on monday and by tuesday, christmas eve, it will be drier and quieter. what on earth is happening, you may ask? it looks as though father christmas might be granting us our wish and giving us a brief lull in the weather story at the moment, with high pressure building on christmas eve into christmas day, which will quieten things down quite nicely. it means the chance of a white christmas is very remote indeed. but it does mean a good deal of dry weather in the forecast. so our christmas week looks like this. a showery start, drying up nicely on christmas eve and christmas day. the potentialfor more rain arriving late in the week. take care.

undoing, or my masterstroke? time for the car to take the wheel.

welcome to bbc news, i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: there are more catastrophic fire warnings in australia for saturday in three parts of new south wales, with temperatures set to hit the mid—40s celsius. at least six people die in northern india during another day of big protests against the country's new citizenship law. britian is on course to exit the european union as parliament votes in favour of prime minister johnson's brexit bill. and stuck in orbit — why boeing's mission to the international space station didn't quite go as planned.