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we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines. hundreds of anti—british demonstrators protest outside the embassy in tehran. here, the government calls yesterday's detention of the ambassador, "a flagrant violation of international law". it's completely unacceptable. i think you are right, a breach of certainly the vienna convention and a whole range of things. urgent talks between the queen, prince harry and meghan, will be held tomorrow over the royal couple's future. 8,000 people are ordered from their homes and manila international airport puts all flights on hold, after steam and ash erupt from a volcano in the philippines. in australia the terrible toll of the bushfires on the country's rich wildlife and many endangered species.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rob merrick, who's deputy political editor at the independent, and the defence correspondent for the times, lucy fisher. many of tomorrow's front pages are in and lead on the same story: "heaven help us" is the headline on the metro ahead of the queen's summit with prince harry about the future of the royal family. the daily mail describes it as a "historic crisis summit" and warns there are "formidable obstacles" for harry and megan obstacles" for harry and meghan before they can stand down as senior royals. also featuring the same photo of the queen is the independent, but it leads on an investigation that found the public backs a net zero carbon
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emissions target by 2030. the i describes the royal meeting as "sandringham showdown" but fronts a story about the success of the sugar tax, stating that soft drinks makers cut sugar in their products by 28%. the ft leads on the tensions in iran, with the head of qatar calling for calm in the country after a passenger plane was shot down by iran's defence system. the guardian describes the escalation as public protests build across tehran. the paper calls it a "renewed crisis" for iran's leaders. that is a little taster of the front pages. let's start off with the front page of the metro, the lead story. you see, do you want to kick off? the queen looking very intense year leaving church today. i think
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we have to remember in all of this that whatever prince harry and meghan markle, the duke and duchess of sussex, want to do, the fact is it has landed on the queen. 93 years old, has dedicated her life to service and anyone would sympathise with her being at the centre of this extraordinary row as they gear up for these crunch talks tomorrow. extraordinary row as they gear up for these crunch talks tomorrowli am for these crunch talks tomorrow.” am tickled by the fact that the intro says the queen appears to be deepin intro says the queen appears to be deep in thought and it looks like her normal expression to me. clever journalist to discern that. i think it is laughable that we pretend it isa it is laughable that we pretend it is a crisis. it is not a crisis. how would you describe it? it is entertainment for a lot of people. it is upsetting for the queen, but nobody really cares. only passionate
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royalists i suppose. it is long overdue that the royal family is reinvented. i read today that the brother of the dutch kink works in banking. the daughter of the swedish royal family works in a charitable foundation in america and this is what goes on in other royal families. there is no reason why harry and meghan can't move abroad. it is not a crisis. it is probably a crisis for tabloid editors of course. what do you make of the details that need to be thrashed out. they were highlighted in our piece by sarah campbell. the funding, the titles, the security, thatis funding, the titles, the security, that is the nitty—gritty of it all. yes, that is absolutely right. it is clear they have been bounced into this early announcement, possibly not the most well thought through plan because they announced this idea to forge a new future for themselves, ambitions to be
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financially independent, but it is not clear what commercial opportunities they will pursue. i was interested to see some footage of the pair of them at the lion king premier lastjuly and as they are coming out it is a very swish leicester square event and prince harry starts talking to the chief executive of the walt disney company saying, do you know that my wife does voice—overs, she would be interested in having a go. you can see this movie mogul looking very surprised. maybe we should talk. perhaps she might want to pursue a return to acting. as you mention, lots of questions about the security detail and who pays for that. it is said to cost up to year, will that remain entirely taxpayer funded. 7 let's return to the front page of the independent. the same picture but a different story. this sandringham summit has been described as unprecedented. surely
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they have lots of family talks7 what do you make of that?” they have lots of family talks7 what do you make of that? i am definitely not close enough to the family and you can detect my interest in the subject of the royal family. the funniest thing was the stated aspirations to become financially independent and some people thought that might involve getting a job. it turns out to be an aspiration to live off the duchy of cornwall income, live of this feudal system where huge chunks of the country are owned by prince charles who pays no capital gains tax on it, he paid no corporation tax on it, so all the money is handed down to the other royals. if they move to canada if they live there for over a certain numberof they live there for over a certain number of days they will have to pay tax. let's turn to the front page of the daily mail, that same story
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again, not so fast, harry. there are so again, not so fast, harry. there are so many hurdles in place here. but what a lot of people are wondering about is that he is a spare, as they are described. is it the fact that he has dared to step away that is the problem do you think? in terms of duties often it was the pair of them, the brothers together, then it was harry and his wife. how do you see in terms of the options, lucy, what do you think? you are right, he is the spare. and plenty of other european royal families there are more minor members of the royal family and he is probably moving to bea family and he is probably moving to be a more minor remember now that prince william has several children and is the next in line to the throne and it is all set up. the idea of moving away and doing something else is a viable option. the way it has been handled is very
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poon the way it has been handled is very poor. i have heard talk about the template of the barack 0bama family and the clintons being the template. why not? charitable causes, a book deal. that sounds like appropriate work for them to pursue. it is the way in which they have done it and this short, sharp shock to the family. everyone has a family and you can understand how upsetting it will be and the palace talking about their disappointment, strongly worded for this institution. and in terms of wording, independence, it is strange because a lot of people, non—royalists, will say i don't want to pay for the royal family, non—royalists, will say i don't want to pay for the royalfamily, but now they are saying they are going to earn their own, people are saying they cannot do that. a royal family being financially independent does not go together and they are caught between a rock and a hard place. that is true because they will be
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accused of cashing in on the royal name if they try to and they will ta ke name if they try to and they will take money from the taxpayer if they don't. that is where i have sympathy for them. focusing on this story for several years fiow, for them. focusing on this story for several years now, it shows the absurdity of having royal family. it isa absurdity of having royal family. it is a form of child abuse. what do you mean by that? these children are born into this lifestyle and at some age they realise they will never be able to live a normal life because of the circumstances. that is a form of the circumstances. that is a form of child abuse. if you are incredibly dutiful like the queen, maybe you are able to live with it. and if you are like harry who likes to take his clothes off and dress up asa to take his clothes off and dress up as a nazi, you rebel against it. i do have sympathy on that front. 0k, let's move on. let's turn to a front page that does not carry this story. it is about iran and the diplomatic crisis, the tensions that we thought
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we re crisis, the tensions that we thought were easing, but it is growing now and protests on the streets of tehran against the uk. we have seen today the second day of demonstrations spreading across the country, certainly in tehran there isa country, certainly in tehran there is a mixture of and elements in this protest. . . is a mixture of and elements in this protest... the majority of demonstrators are incredibly angry at the regime for the secrecy around the downing of the ukrainian airlines passenger jet the downing of the ukrainian airlines passengerjet with 176 people killed, an appalling tragedy. iran has now admitted it was behind the missile strike, it was an accident, they have come clean. there are huge concerns among many quarters of the population that have been hit by very harsh sanctions in the past year. the economy is struggling. it is about all the modus operandi of the iranian regime and the secrecy and its unwillingness to admit it straightaway and the obfuscation in
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the early hours and days. that is one of the reasons for the protests. do you think that is news to them or the fact that they have had to admit it for the first time publicly7 the fact that they have had to admit it for the first time publicly? of course it is humiliating for the regime to admit that they have made such a cock up with something as serious as releasing a missile that shot down a passengerjet when there are so many shot down a passengerjet when there are so many safety catches there, they should have read the transponder codes, they should have been able to use the military friend 01’ been able to use the military friend orfoe identification, they should not have happened. but it is the way they handled it, the secrecy around it, people are rebelling against that kind of authoritarian regime. there seems to be a real shift in opinion in the last 48 and was in iran because of the appalling tragedy and the nature of the shooting down of the jet has become apparent. although we did not pay much attention to it before the
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assassination, there were huge demonstrations in iran and for a brief period the iranian people came together because they saw the common enemy of america because they assassinated their military leader. now they have shot down the jet, it has swung back the other way. i know the guardian refers to the burning of the union flag and the chanting of the union flag and the chanting of death to britain, in fact most of the demonstrations are against the regime and because of american sanctions people are suffering over there. the key quote seems to be that they tell us the lie is it is america, but the main enemy is here. let's go to the financial times. is this a vote of confidence from the chief of the m157 how did you read this7 chief of the m157 how did you read this? i was interesting to see the head of the m15, who is stepping down in april, saying there is no reason for the us to cut off intelligence sharing from the uk and
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pushes ahead with using the chinese telecoms giant, and the 5g roll—out. interesting, a sunday times interview with ben wallace, the british defence secretary, he made very clear that everyone from donald trump downwards, the national security adviser and his counterpart have all warned him in no uncertain terms that if britain does go ahead with huawei, the us will take moves to shut britain out from aspects of intelligence sharing which is key to the partnership. they need a decision. it has dragged on and on. the provisional decision by theresa may was in april last year and it triggered the sacking of the defence secretary, gavin williamson, who was accused of breathing details of it. as lucy says, there have been lots of hintsjust how
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as lucy says, there have been lots of hints just how angry the americans would be if we were to go with huawei. but when donald trump was here last year he didn't seem very concerned at all on that occasion. i know donald trump swings this way and that and we should not put too much store in that, but maybe that means we are about finally to get a decision this month, nine months after the provisional decision. let's go back to the guardian. steve mcqueen on the front page with a warning to ba fta. the front page with a warning to bafta. what is he saying? he is saying that bafta is at risk of irrelevance because i gather that the latest bafta list has no acting nominees at all from ethnic minorities and i think there has not beena minorities and i think there has not been a woman director nominated for seven years. when i looked at the background to this story, it came up on google with exactly the same story from four or five years ago, criticism of bafta for its white and
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male dominated list. it appears they have learned nothing. i gather they have learned nothing. i gather they have changed their membership with more ethnic minority and female members, but they have not come up with a different list. the contrast is with the brits in music which is dominated by ethnic minority artist and there does not seem to be anything similar in the acting world and steve mcqueen says that is where the irrelevance lies. someone argues maybe that is not the option of talent there in terms of nominations. ido i do not think that is right. i went to see little women with my mother yesterday. i thought it was fantastic. there has been lots of concern about the female director of that not receiving a nomination. perhaps it is the criteria by which people arejudging, perhaps it is the criteria by which people are judging, perhaps we are to use two male and white actors and
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directors. thank you. rob and lucy will be back at 11:30 for another look at the papers, and don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week, at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you to rob and lucy. iam back i am back at the top of the other. do not go away. —— top of the hour.
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booming voice: welcome to the biggest tech show on earth. are you ces ready? featuring 180,000 people from 160 countries, with 4,000 companies, and one pizza—making robot. it's ces! goodness, he sounded excited, didn't he? so he should! yeah, absolutely, it is exciting. we have only got ourselves a blooming studio this year overlooking the actual show. that's ces just out there, hello! oh yeah! it is quite something and we have for you the latest announcements from here, as well as getting our hands on some of the most
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exciting—looking gadgets that have made their way to las vegas. in fact, spencer, you've been in the water with one of them, haven't you? certainly have, yes. there's water in las vegas and here it is. this is lake las vegas, an oasis in the desert. this is stacey and this is the hydrofoiler xe1. it's an electric bike that you pedal on the water. of course it is. as you pedal, the electric motor turns the propeller, which pulls you forward, and the hydrofoils underneath act like aircraft wings and lift the whole caboodle out of the water. it is the same sort of thing you may have seen on racing yachts. well, it looks manageable, doesn't it? i mean, how hard can it be, really? 0k. one, two, three... and as long as you pedal hard
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enough at the start, you can get the lift you need, and you are sailing! they said, "do you want to go for a bike ride in las vegas?" and i said "yeah, why not?" they also said, "do you want to go for a trip on lake las vegas?" didn't realise they meant at the same time. argh! and here's the problem. until you get the hang of it, there's quite a bit of this. argh! and this. ..and this. oh, yeah. oh, no! the trick, apparently, is if you feel the bike starting to overbalance, steer into the tilt but lean the other way. bleep. and when that doesn't work, try not to swear on camera. now, i was hoping to show you more of my successful rides,
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but you've already seen all of them. the winter water temperatures got the better of me. so please watch stacey being too cool for school while i tell you that experienced riders can get up to 13 miles an hour, the battery gives you an hour of ride time and the price is nearly $7,500. so if you buy one, find some warmer water and practise, practise, practise. she makes it look so easy. i nearly had it. i swear i nearly had it. ijust need a couple more goes, but right now, i'm absolutely frozen. that looked difficult. how was it? it was. it was difficult and cold and wet. and wet. and cold. but here's the thing, right? if you go out there, everyone will tell you that
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their thing is amazing. and spoiler alert... it's not! so we want to test as much as is humanly possible, and someone who has tested more than is humanly possible, if you ask me, is lara. i've tried, and some of the things that i found most exciting this year have been for the smart home. so here are a few of my top picks. there are always plenty of smart home devices at ces, but some of them are a bit more creative than others. it is called wheel.me, and the idea is that you can summon your furniture using your voice or an app or do so remotely. naturally, we figured that we could have some fun with this, so we've been trying it all round the house. this is all thanks to some smart coasters that are under here. wheelme are currently at prototype stage and they are eventually going to be miniaturised to around 25 millimetres — but right now, i've got what i need
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just here in front of me. i going to take that, that, these and it is time to do a spot of cooking. let's get started. where is that smart bin7 the townow automatically opens and you can pop your rubbish inside. a sensor inside will be able to tell when it's full so it can automatically seal the bags, or you can do it manually like this. now i can take out the sealed bag and once i close this, the new bag will move into place by itself. it will keep doing this until you've used up all 25 bags that are in the cylinder. i felt like this was a little small for a kitchen but the company is working on a larger version too. 0k, i'lljust leave that to cook for a moment. oh, no! i've spilt some coffee!
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luckily, we've got a robotic mop and vacuum to hand. what a coincidence! narwal has already mapped the room, so it is now time to mop the room. you can set it up with a choice of different programmes to use and in the future, it will actually be able to do just spot cleaning. whilst it does have a seriously hefty price tag, what makes this device different to similar ones is its ability to self clean. once it's made its way back to its base station, there is one section of clean water and another section that will become dirty water after those mops have been washed. now, it will need to do that after every 30 square metres of cleaning, so that really is a fair bit. that is quite a lot of goes around this kitchen. that looks ready, but i could do with actually taking this to the show floor. luckily, i've got this lunchbox which actually heats up. heatbox uses steam technology to heat the food inside. this section here is
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where the food goes. it is sealed with this bit of rubber to stop either the food leaking out in your bag or any of the water seeping into the food. the makers have considered the fact that this may not be enough food for some people, and that is why these removable trays are easy to just stack up. you can have a few of them and just keep swapping them in to warm up all the food. 0k, there's lunch. i shall warm that up again when i get there. time to head back to the show floor. i brought some lunch. this was all pretty easy. all i needed to do was put a spot of water underneath the food and then in ten minutes, it was piping hot. lovely. oh sorry, i didn't actually make you any. charming. there is a pizza—making robot here, apparently, it does 300 an hour — or as i call it, just about enough. tell you what — let's look at some of the really big announcements from this week's show. is that all right? mmm. not bad!
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ces loves a new tv but the challenge has often been persuading the rest of us that we actually need them. samsung went big on 8k qled displays, also embracing ai to upscale lower—res content. the edges on this tv are so thin, it is being described as almost bezel—less. in fact, 99% of what you're looking at there is just screen. but if you're struggling to understand why anybody would actually care that the frame is just a little bit smaller, then at least this one has something very different about it. samsung sero not only works horizontally like a normal tv but also vertically. take a look at this. it may be only 4k but it will mirror your phone and is being considered a future concept based on our changing habits of how we consume media. still a limited amount of content
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in this shape though. it still seems better the old way. meanwhile, lg display was suggesting more uses for its transparent and flexible 0led screens. in an aircraft, for example, in a car, and in the living room. here's the follow—up to the roll—up tv that we saw two years ago. this one rolls down. what will they think of next? interestingly, the original roll—up one will go on sale later this year for $60,000. the pitch is that if you have a really small living room, you can maximise the space by rolling the screen out of the way. although if you're paying $60,000 for a screen, i suspect you don't have a small living room. better known for their consoles than their cars, sony unexpectedly unveiled an electric concept car.
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the vision—s features 33 different advanced sensors, multiple widescreen displays and immersive 360 audio. don't expect one to be whizzing down any road near you anytime soon, though, as the japanese giant hasn't revealed plans to sell the car to the public. and that's it for the short version of click from ces for this week. the full length version is waiting for you on iplayer, right now. please go and see it, we left all the best bits out, ok, so that's where you'll find them. that's what we always do, right? ah, yes. and we have more amazing stuff from here next week. that's true. in the meantime, you know where we are, don't you? we are on youtube, facebook, instagram and twitter at @bbcclick, so come and see us, and thank you for watching,
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hello. sunday was a decent enough day across the british isles, a passing showerfor some, but it is the prelude to something a good deal more vigorous as this area of low pressure, storm brendan, infact, moves in towards the western side of the british isles. you will not see the rain first up. you will feel the wind as soon as you step out of the door and then through the course of the morning, many western areas will get to see some really heavy rain, so some very strong winds as well, tricky driving conditions. not a cold day by any means at all. we get to see the rain later on in the day, over towards the eastern side of britain, but what you will get for a greater part of the day, gusts of wind, 45 mph in the south—east, 65 mph coming up through the irish sea, 70 mph, perhaps, over the eastern side of scotland, as high as 85 mph as we move towards the western isles. transport will be disrupted. please check if you're on the move. once that system is away, here comes the next system, more wet
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and windy weather for tuesday.
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this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11:00: urgent talks between the queen and prince harry and meghan will be held tomorrow over the royal couple's future. (chanting) hundreds of anti—british demonstrators protest outside the embassy in tehran. here, the government calls yesterday's detention of the ambassador "a flagrant violation of international law". com pletely completely unacceptable. i think you are right. a breach of the vienna convention, a whole range of things. 8,000 people are ordered from their homes and manila international airport puts all flights on hold after steam and ash erupt from a volcano in the philippines. as australia's prime minister apologises

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