this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. brady, the and, as for tom brady, the questions over his future are set to be the headlines at seven: continued. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more the body of the iranian general — assasinated by the us on iraqi throughout the evening. soil — is returned as boris johnson says "we will not lament" his death and calls for de—escalation from all sides. donald trump warns that america has a list of 52 targets if iran decides to retaliate. his secretary of state says the president will never shy away from protecting his country. the american people should know that every target that we strike will be a lawful target and it will be a target designed with the singular mission of protecting and defending america. the iraqi prime minister calls the killing, a "political assassination" and its foreign ministry summons the us ambassador. the australian prime minister warns that the bushfire emergency could last for months and announces hello, welcome, and a very the creation of a recovery agency, happy new year to you. gosh, 2020 always sounded like the future, didn't it?! now that it's here, i guess it's not. we are going to get stuck into the new year next week

but first, we're going to take you on a trip back through 2019. it was the year that we celebrated our 1000th show with an interactive episode online, where you could choose your own path through. 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 to the address that is 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 will be given options to dive deeper or to maybe look at things from a different perspective or maybe to skip on entirely. i tried out nasa's next moon buggy. by the way, we are on a slight incline right now. laughs. and we visited taiwan to see how green technology was helping to clean up the environment.

i think 2019 was a year when many of us regarded technology with a healthy degree of scepticism. instead of just openly welcoming tech advances, we worried about data privacy, about the management of social media sites, and about online security. it was a year when the police around the world stepped up their use of facial recognition technology and while, yes, it could help track down criminals, as the police here in the uk discovered, big brother is not everyone‘s cup of tea. police cameras in an east london street. everyone gets scanned. if you refuse, here's what can happen. if i want to cover me face, i'll cover me face! don't push me! this man didn't want to be caught by the police cameras, so he covered his face. police stopped him, they photographed him anyway, an argument followed. how would you like it if you walked down the street and someone grabbed you? crosstalk.

what's your suspicion? the fact that he's walked past clearly marked... i would do the same! it gives us grounds to stop him and verify... no, it doesn't! the police said this was disorderly behaviour, so they gave him a fine. the chap told me down the road, he said they've got facial recognition. so i walk past like that — it's a cold day as well. as soon as i've done that, the police officers asked me to come to them. so got my back up, i said to him, bleep off, basically. i don't want my face shown on anything. if i want to cover my face, i will cover my face. it's not for them to tell me to not cover my face. got a now £90 fine — there you go, look at that! thanks, lads! £90! well done! he was caught up in the last of ten trials carried out by the metropolitan police. the met have had successes — there were three arrests from facial recognition on this test day alone — but the trials have proved controversial. 0pponents claim they are taking

place in a legal vacuum. there is nothing in uk law that has the words ‘facial recognition‘. there is no legal basis for the police to be using facial recognition. there are no legal limitations on how they can use it, no policy, no regulation. this is a free for all. we are reviewing all capabilities in terms of live facial recognition. and absolutely, the technology is there for body—worn or smaller devices to be fitted with facial recognition technology, as is cctv, so absolutely, we will look at that. but again, the right safeguards and the right reviews and learning has to be put around that. now, what's your top technology of 2019? well, the one that we think really came of age this year, really started to take off, was electric cars. for the first time, if you were thinking of getting a new car, you probably at least considered getting an all—electric one, so we did a whole show on them.

and to prove how quick they can go, we raced one against a lambo! now, both cars are in their fastest set—ups and whatever happens today, we recommend you don't try this at home. we have several safety measures in operation. first of all, johnny is a professional racing instructor here at drift limits. he does this day in, day out to scare the living daylights out of members of the public. in the passenger seat will be mark, ensuring fair play and probably screaming his head off. and who can we get to give one of the finest sports cars a run for its money in a tesla? it's only top gear's the stig! oh, i'm sorry, the stig wasn't available, so i'm standing in. is that 0k? it's only click‘s lara lewington! drivers, start your engines! revs engine. relaxing music plays. dramatic music plays.

ready... i'm the passenger here. myjob is really simple, ijust have to observe and report! whoa! i did brake a bit early, but i so clearly won. i'm no expert but that was no contest. wow! and i can tell you that lara hasn't stopped bragging about that race since. now, 2019 was the year when many more manufacturersjoined the electric party. better infrastructure, decent driving ranges and guarantees on battery life all added to the mood music. and so, dan simmons went to the frankfurt motor show to catch the electric buzz.

electric may only represent less than 3% of all new car sales last year, but vw have taken a close look at them and reckon it's the future. well, it's obviously not real. these cool designs actually for the future, maybe. each car manufacturer brings out some concept ideas. interestingly on the volkswagen stand, they were all electric. the real car they were launching was the ids — a sort of electric golf. with a 205—340 mile range, depending on the exact model, with prices starting from a competitive 30,000 euros. and a first from vw — they will guarantee the battery for eight years, meaning that if it loses more than a quarter of its full charge when new, they will replace it. audi hasn't done much in the way of electric for the past ten years, either — although now

they have this. sorry, that's another concept car. now, they have this. they have started with the popular style family suv. but at more than £70,000, can many families afford it? surely, some things will never lose the roar of a combustion engine. now, when land rover decide to make the defender electric, well, then you know there is a trend going on. it also updates its own software over the air. and then, there were the sports cars. the taycan is porsche‘s first all—electric car and it shifts — 0—62 in 3.2 seconds, with a range of up to 279 miles and a guarantee on that battery. ok, it's £115,000, but that's a 12k saving on its petrol performance equivalent, the 911 actual turbo.

good value, maybe, but i have a feeling that it's that vw that will turn out to be super competitive as an entry model for most. that was dan playing with the everyday and the not—so—everyday evs. last autumn, marc cieslak was invited to new mexico in the states to see the world's first commercial spaceport. fire, fire! it's a little after 7am and i'm heading into the desert in new mexico, about 20 miles past a place called truth or consequences.

hi there. thank you very much. welcome to spaceport. thank you! the only way that you can get to space today is with the russians, and they're currently charging nasa around $80 million a ticket. spaceport america is the new home of virgin galactic — the company founded by billionaire sir richard branson to take paying customers on 90—minute flights to the edge of space. the spaceport‘s exterior is the product of british architects foster & partners. eventually, five spaceships and two carrier aircraft will reside in the hangar. passengers will also receive three days‘ training here before blasting off into the upper atmosphere. and spaceship from base, you are go for l—10 on top. it's also home to mission control, where all flight operations are monitored from. and this is the very first time a tv crew has been allowed to film

inside this room. winds are holding 160 at ten knots... when do you think virgin galactic is going to be putting paying customers up into space? when is the date — when‘s that going to happen? right now, according to our current projections, we think that we can start commercial operations next year. that is all we have time for for the shortcut of click this week. for more of the big themes and big moments from click 2019, check out the full version which is up on iplayer right now. who knows what 2020 will bring! well, to try and find out, next week, we will be at the world's largest expo, ces in las vegas, and we would love you to be there too. hold on tight, this ride does not stop! see you there.

hello. after the relative calm weekend, there is something coming next weekend. at times we could see some damaging gust of wind north—west. it is really mild in the first half of the week before things turn bad again later in the week. we have clear skies, but really we have just spots of light rain. strengthening breeze in the worst, holding up at eight or 9 degrees. just to the west of ireland, it is all tied in to the first of a succession of low pressure systems. the first one of theseis pressure systems. the first one of these is across iceland but there

are some strong winds on the southern flank that will bring widespread gills. we have heavy rain in the morning, spreading through scotla nd in the morning, spreading through scotland in the morning and early afternoon and through the afternoon and much and wales and the west of england. very hefty downpours with that. around is northern and western areas we could see winds of up to 50 mph is. it was to try to wait on the day and temperatures will be around eight to 10 degrees. authenticity was sunshine to the worst. clear skies unfortunately by night. just a few showers in the north, leaving a chill, the temperature is quickly rising as we go into tuesday. there will be more heavy rain with warmer airon the will be more heavy rain with warmer air on the southern edge. an incredibly multi to come on tuesday, which will be tempered by some is strong winds. in the north—west of scotla nd strong winds. in the north—west of scotland and northern ireland, a few

showers in eastern and southern areas, but most will stay dry. widespread gills in the south. those wins will be incredibly mild ones. it will bring tempers up to around 50 degrees and 16 celsius in scotland. that milder air is swept of the night as we go into wednesday. not much rain as we go to southern and eastern areas at this stage. see more wet and windy weather before dry and colder 00:14:35,812 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 conditions for the weekend.