tv Click BBC News October 16, 2021 1:30am-2:00am BST
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of parliament has been declared an act of terrorism. sir david amess was repeatedly stabbed while meeting his constituents in south east england. a 25—year—old man, thought to be a british national of somali origin, has been arrested. the islamic state group has said it carried out an attack that killed more than a0 people at a mosque in the afghan city of kandahar. the mosque is used by the minority shia muslim community. police believe two suicide bombers carried out the attack. the united states says it will reopen its borders on november 8 to all foreign travellers who've been fully vaccinated against coronavirus. the white house said travelelrs would also need a negative covid test taken in the 72 hours before leaving for the us. now on bbc news, it's time for click.
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this it's time for click. week, hong kong is changing this week, hong kong is changing and so is its wikipedia entry. but who is responsible? ringing the vikings to life for schools. and, i mean, how many ljs do you need on a song? for many of us, wikipedia embodies the true spirit of the internet, an enormous source of information created, edited and policed by volunteers around the world. and while it's certainly possible to tweak an entry about yourself or your company
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to add some "facts", the community of editors and fact chequers have been immensely hot on dragging you back to earth should you put yourself up earth should you put yourself up too much. but earth should you put yourself up too much-— earth should you put yourself up too much. but over the last coule up too much. but over the last coume of _ up too much. but over the last coume of years _ up too much. but over the last couple of years we _ up too much. but over the last couple of years we have - couple of years we have uncovered evidence that some of wikipedia's articles are being changed to present a particular country in a more positive light and that's china. you remember _ light and that's china. you remember what _ light and that's china. you remember what carl - light and that's china. you remember what carl miller found will be sent into taiwan? articles about taiwan's independents were being edited to swing in line with china's view. �* ., ., ., view. although carl pointed out these views _ view. although carl pointed out these views are _ view. although carl pointed out these views are not _ view. although carl pointed out these views are not lies. - view. although carl pointed out these views are not lies. after. these views are not lies. after all, who is wikipedia to override the opinions of many people in the most populous country of the world? well, now, a click investigation has found evidence that wikipedia articles about hong kong are also being changed to be more pro—china. and the situation has escalated to the point where wikipedia's governing body has suspended several pro— beijing editors for abusing the
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platform. so carl and danny have teamed up to ask whether wikipedia's open knowledge goals are really compatible with the world where different countries have different views on the truth.— countries have different views on the truth. tear gas which is bein: on the truth. tear gas which is being fired _ on the truth. tear gas which is being fired and _ on the truth. tear gas which is being fired and you _ on the truth. tear gas which is being fired and you can - on the truth. tear gas which is being fired and you can see i being fired and you can see from above, behind them the riot police have these two watercolour trucks. in hong kona , watercolour trucks. in hong kong. beijing _ watercolour trucks. in hong kong, beijing has _ watercolour trucks. in hong kong, beijing has been - watercolour trucks. in hong - kong, beijing has been clamping down on descent since the start of the protests in 2019. the clashes between the police and pro—democracy demonstrators may have subsided for now, at least. but the same cannot be said for the online world, where the battle for the narrative still continues. furious edit wars have been raging behind the scenes on wikipedia between pro—democracy and pro— beijing points of view. 0ur investigators have spent weeks looking into these edits, mostly in chinese languages but also some in english. this article is about the yuen long attack in 2019 we
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saw about 100 men in white shirts attacking people in a transport station. there were allegations these men had triad connections but were in cooperation with the police ultimately backed by beijing. but on the chinese wikipedia page of the incident, the second of these pictures was removed and then two days later, well over 100 photo editors were made to the page. changes were being thrown back and forth between words such as rural fractions to terrorists or conflict replacing terror attack. the worst still be and wars seem to have taken a nasty term with the reports of threats being made to editors who are contributing or at least seem to be a democracy edits. messages on private chat channels were designed to strike fear. which led to seven pro— beijing editors being banned from the site. some for the threatening messages and some accused of propagandise in the chinese narrative. these are editors that usually look at the event from a western prism and what chinese editors deemed biased. but to get a
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sense of how real the situation is on the ground now, we are fwbc hong kong correspondent danny vincent to dig deeper. wonderful we asked our hong kong correspondent. i met someone we're going to call john. he continues to edit articles on wikipedia relating to important events in hong kong's recent past, so a balanced viewpoint is presented. we gathered in a neutral location and under the cover of darkness. since the introduction of beijing's national security law, wikipedia seems to have become a much more hostile place. fir0= a much more hostile place. pro- bei'in: a much more hostile place. pro- beijing peeple — a much more hostile place. pro- beijing people often _ a much more hostile place. pro- beijing people often remove - beijing people often remove content that is sympathetic to the protest. tear gas being fired, barricades and the like, they also add their own content. pro—democracy editors tend to add content to shift the balance or the tone of the article. but in my experience, the pro— beijing editors are a lot more aggressive in draining
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up lot more aggressive in draining up this information. it's now unfeasible without external interference because they are trying to rewrite history. while these editors may use a state registered e—mails, and vpns to get across the internet, it's otherwise banned internet, it's otherwise banned in china, john says it's not a straightforward situation of beijing ordering the edits. there seems to be an overflow of patriotism in china and these changes are being carried out by people loyal to the communist party but they are not paid for by the government and they are not based in china either. �* . ., ., , and they are not based in china either. �* _, ., , ., and they are not based in china either. �* _, .,, ., either. and in contrast to john in hon: either. and in contrast to john in hong kong _ either. and in contrast to john in hong kong there _ either. and in contrast to john in hong kong there are - either. and in contrast to john in hong kong there are others continuing their work editing wikipedia articles in chinese but in english but from the safety of another country. dave lives in britain but as a pro—democracy editor he fears for his family and friends back home. so he spoke to us anonymously.—
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home. so he spoke to us anonymously. when i started doinu anonymously. when i started doing my _ anonymously. when i started doing my edits, _ anonymously. when i started doing my edits, pro- - anonymously. when i started doing my edits, pro- beijingl doing my edits, pro— beijing editors were ganging up to undo my edits. when i took my concerns to a higher level in wikipedia, the pro— beijing editors tried to use their numbers to crowd me out. so my voice did not get hurt. indie numbers to crowd me out. so my voice did not get hurt.— voice did not get hurt. we put all of this _ voice did not get hurt. we put all of this to _ voice did not get hurt. we put all of this to wikimedia - voice did not get hurt. we put all of this to wikimedia to - voice did not get hurt. we put all of this to wikimedia to askj all of this to wikimedia to ask just how long the wikipedia could survive and it has become a battleground. indie could survive and it has become a battleground.— a battleground. we come at it from a very. _ a battleground. we come at it from a very, very _ a battleground. we come at it from a very, very hard-core . from a very, very hard—core ideological perspective about neutrality, about freedom of expression, about quality. and we will stick to that. and we will stick to that no matter what. wikipedia is global. wikipedia is not localised to particular countries. as soon as we identify someone who is not behaving appropriately, we ban them. so it's quite simple. and that's exactly what wikipedia did last month when it banned seven pro— beijing editors. we tracked down yann,
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one of them. he lives abroad now that used to organise events in china, teaching citizens there how to edit wikipedia. he denies misusing the platform enters the removal of active pro— beijing editors is detrimental to the neutrality of�*s as a whole. wikipedia especially chinese wikipedia especially chinese wikipedia is a balance that inaudible beijing and the pro— beijing forces must maintain a balance and people agree on a compromise. in orderfor a compromise. in order for a project compromise. in orderfor a project to proceed. and the thing is moving one—sided from you are removing the probate invoices for this platform and of course the balance unintelligible pro- of course the balance unintelligible pro— beijing forces within wikipedia. b5 it forces within wikipedia. as it turns out. — forces within wikipedia. as it turns out, and _ forces within wikipedia. as it turns out, and i _ forces within wikipedia. as it turns out, and i have - forces within wikipedia. as it turns out, and i have deep i turns out, and i have deep experience talking to people all over— experience talking to people all over the world and meeting wikipedia and is —— wikimedians. the people in china — wikimedians. the people in china for— wikimedians. the people in china for example are so brainwashed you cannot even conceive _ brainwashed you cannot even conceive of the idea of neutrality isjust conceive of the idea of neutrality is just completely false — neutrality is just completely false. so many people are able to say— false. so many people are able to say ok. _ false. so many people are able to say ok, here is my view of
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the world _ to say ok, here is my view of the world by understand their other— the world by understand their other views of the world and that— other views of the world and that and _ other views of the world and that and should present an explanation of all these various— explanation of all these various things in a fairway. the — various things in a fairway. the way— various things in a fairway. the way wikipedia works is that while anyone can edit an article, level administrators act as the ultimate decision makers. they are vetted and elected by a community of writers within each country which wikipedia says is crucial to preserving the integrity of the people's encyclopaedia. but yet in recent weeks, 12 administrators from mainland china have each had their wikipedia privileges revoked. those administrators that were elected fair and square, years ago or decades ago, they were elected by the community. from yann's perspective _ elected by the community. from yann's perspective wikipedia is still missing the beijing viewpoint. so he is setting up an alternative to wikipedia in china, albeit one that will be censored. china, albeit one that will be censored-— china, albeit one that will be censored. we are going to do basically use _ censored. we are going to do basically use all— censored. we are going to do basically use all wikipedia's l basically use all wikipedia's
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content. chinese wikipedia's content. chinese wikipedia's content and we built a mirror site. we build a fort of wikipedia in china. it is going to be better than wikipedia's current competitors because we are providing an automatic information from just in automatic china and people will have a better platform to actually write about encyclopaedia articles. the bi . . est encyclopaedia articles. the biggest thing _ encyclopaedia articles. the biggest thing that is preventing mainland chinese people — preventing mainland chinese people from expressing the viewpoint of mainland china's people — viewpoint of mainland china's people is— viewpoint of mainland china's people is the chinese government who don't allow them to edit _ government who don't allow them to edit so— government who don't allow them to edit. so the idea that we are somehow excluding china is absurd — are somehow excluding china is absurd. we welcome them with open _ absurd. we welcome them with open arms. absurd. we welcome them with open arms-— absurd. we welcome them with oen arms. ., ., .., ., open arms. hello and welcome to the week in _ open arms. hello and welcome to the week in tech. _ open arms. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it _ open arms. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was - open arms. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the - the week in tech. it was the week that the us became the world's largest bitcoin miner of the regulations banning practice of taking effect in
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china. defence company goes robotics added an assault rifle to a robot dog. in australia's space agency announced its first mission to the moon. it will collaborate with nice on building a 20 kg rover to collect lunar soil containing oxides. separate equipment will be used to try to extract oxygen. another space news this week, startrek oxygen. another space news this week, star trek captain william shatner became the oldest person to launch into space. the nonengineering was a passenger aboard jeff azoff�*s blue 0rigin it. it's the second successful crude trip into supple orbital space for the company this yearfind supple orbital space for the company this year find taxi firm vertical essbase as its cars will be into the skies in the uk by the mid—20 20s. the many aircraft are emission free and will be able to transform transport four people at speeds of up to 120 miles an hour. artist anneka gives you exhibition was shown at the tape, shown in love with the world it features robots called their robes floating around the
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human visitors. it is open until mid january next year. and finally this week, another robot sharing space with humans, this time in california. meet the legs on board drone, leo for short. research at caltech wanted to get a robot that can jump and fly to develop a new form of locomotion. leo can ride a skateboard and walk on a slack line. the right music makes things better. it can change our mental state, and emotion to movies and and even help us move when it is hard to keep putting one step in front of the other. yet while so putting one step in front of the other. yet while so many putting one step in front of the other. yet while so many of us consume music, playing an instrument feels out of reach. but you no longer need 10,000 hours to create something beautiful. you just need a different kind of instrument. this is the harmony engine,
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adding layers of extra vocals to my voice in real—time. the program first recognises which note i am singing, and then adds layers based on music theory or even user input. the company who makes this are behind auto tune which is everywhere and pop music, and if you have ever listened to a billie eilish song, you have heard it used to great effect. # what do you want from me, why don't you run from... that sounds — don't you run from... that sounds familiar. _ don't you run from... that sounds familiar. i - don't you run from... that sounds familiar. i didn't i sounds familiar. i didn't realise that _ sounds familiar. i didn't realise that was - sounds familiar. i didn't - realise that was technology. you analyse the pitch of the song you are singing it, you slice of your head, and then put the head slice of your head, and then put the head back slice of your head, and then put the head back on. slice of your head, and then put the head back on. that slice of your head, and then put the head back on. that is really how it works in a kind of silly sort of explanation. the new product, auto tune slice has only been out a week.
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it automatically cuts a vocal melody into a playable musical keyboard. but is all this tech taking too much skill out of music creation? musicians and recording engineers who understand every aspect of the recording process, and those guys are probably rolling their eyes, laughs, we had to learn all this stuff, and now companies are trying to make tools so that they don't have to do the hard work that we did. to learn our craft, learn our trade. hard work that we did. to learn our craft, learn ourtrade. if you are more of a drummer than a singer, dubler might hit the spot, using ai a singer, dubler might hit the spot, using al to learn your version of a drum kit. you have two train the system to learn your voice into drum kits. now it turns my enthusiastic though amateur beat boxing into a drum kit.
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beatboxes. unlike many music plug—ins, dubler also works without needing any external audio software though it does work with digital audio workstations. this is the newly released you know synth pro which glorifies in sounds juicy and rich, which might prove a bit too rich for the beginner. though it is easy to make something sound good with very little effort. so here we go. nice! and you can change the feel of the sound by using these bits. lowering the barriers to creativity can help musicians who struggle with mobility. like this avid pianist who is connected to a respirator and unable to leave
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her house, so she is controlling this piano at yokohama city hall remotely. it is part of a project, when she presses a key the piano played along with her. she practised playing her side slightly ahead of time as it takes about 100 ms for her piano signal to reach the concert hall stop none of these new creativity tools detract from the massive edifice of learning a physical instrument. in fact i think they complement each other. technology at its best, giving the gift of music to everyone. of of us have had our lives impacted by cancer in some way. i have, i know you have as well. but it can be tricky to support someone you love going through it. because you cannot necessarily really understand what they are going through. but one app is hoping to help by creating a community of cancer patients to be able to
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share theirjourneys. this woman was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer back in 2019, and has since undergone operations, chemotherapy and nf egg collection.— operations, chemotherapy and nf egg collection. ivf egg collection. sometimes i feel lonely _ ivf egg collection. sometimes i feel lonely because _ ivf egg collection. sometimes i feel lonely because i _ ivf egg collection. sometimes i feel lonely because i am - feel lonely because i am literally one in a million. this spring, she started using a new app designed for cancer patients. i a new app designed for cancer atients. ~' , ., , patients. i knew instantly it would be — patients. i knew instantly it would be a _ patients. i knew instantly it would be a place _ patients. i knew instantly it would be a place where - patients. i knew instantly it would be a place where i i patients. i knew instantly it. would be a place where i could message people, we could connect and communicate and thatis connect and communicate and that is what i really needed. the day before i started chemotherapy i was a bag of nerves, and i turned to the app and then i had loads of messages of encouragement and i had a lot of questions to people, i spoke to girls about getting manicured, sometimes you can use your femininity and bring that back is amazing, it is what i need. alike was
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launched by a 200 —— by a cancer sufferer. the problem with relying on pre—existing social media is you cannot find people. i like it takes the best bits of a social media platform and repurposed that specifically for the camera —— cancer community. you can filterfor age and we cancer community. you can filter for age and we want people to filter based on location, buying something that can be with you right diagnosis, treatment, recovery and in some cases with people at the end of our lives.- at the end of our lives. many are keen _ at the end of our lives. many are keen to _ at the end of our lives. many are keen to keep _ at the end of our lives. many are keen to keep up - at the end of our lives. many are keen to keep up with - at the end of our lives. many are keen to keep up with thej are keen to keep up with the latest research as well, but this can be challenging as new findings shared by academics or medics can be hard to decipher. and that is where medivizor4 comes in. it scans the web and put it into patient friendly
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e—mail updates. put it into patient friendly e-mail updates.— put it into patient friendly e-mail updates. put it into patient friendly e-mail udates. ~ , ., e-mail updates. when my mother was diagnosed — e-mail updates. when my mother was diagnosed with _ e-mail updates. when my mother was diagnosed with cancer, - e-mail updates. when my mother was diagnosed with cancer, i - was diagnosed with cancer, i was diagnosed with cancer, i was amazed that the plain english was accurate, timely information was really horrible.— information was really horrible. ., ., , ., ~' horrible. how does it work, i imaaine horrible. how does it work, i imagine you _ horrible. how does it work, i imagine you have _ horrible. how does it work, i imagine you have a - horrible. how does it work, i imagine you have a team - horrible. how does it work, i | imagine you have a team who take this information and translated into people can understand. we translated into people can understand.— translated into people can understand. ~ . understand. we are calling the internet understand. we are calling the internet or— understand. we are calling the internet or analysing _ internet or analysing information, and also people assisting our machine to translate this into layman almost layman terms. the basic services free — almost layman terms. the basic services free for _ almost layman terms. the basic services free for patients - almost layman terms. the basic services free for patients but. services free for patients but the company is funded by paid versions, including one for private doctors. taking matters into your own hands, though, and —— can have its downsides. the brilliant thing is recognising that at that time they are most employable. —— important thing. where information is quite empowering
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you have to make sure it is the right information, notjust right information, not just based right information, notjust based on an algorithm which could unfortunately scare the patient sometimes. because two people could have cancer, and have different concerns about their cancer diagnosis. i have different concerns about their cancer diagnosis.- their cancer diagnosis. i don't know about — their cancer diagnosis. i don't know about you _ their cancer diagnosis. i don't know about you but _ their cancer diagnosis. i don't know about you but my - their cancer diagnosis. i don't know about you but my kids l their cancer diagnosis. i don't i know about you but my kids are having a completely different school experience to the one that i had when i was young, how about you? they just seem to be able to do teaching so much better these days. maybe there is more _ much better these days. maybe there is more weight _ much better these days. maybe there is more weight being - there is more weight being given to the idea that different children learn in different children learn in different ways. i different children learn in different ways.— different children learn in different ways. i think you are riuht. different ways. i think you are right- and _ different ways. i think you are right- and in _ different ways. i think you are right. and in fact _ different ways. i think you are right. and in fact some - different ways. i think you are right. and in fact some kids, | right. and in fact some kids, my boy included, learn really well through computer games, and i expect marc cieslak would have done also. since 2007 the assassin's creed videogames have allowed players to bump off bad guys throughout periods off bad guys throughout periods of history as various as raisins italy to ancient greece. the most recent entry in the series, valhalla, transports the action to the ninth century as vikings attempt to settle britain,
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something it doesn't go down that well with the locals. valhalla's developers have worked really closely with historians and archaeologists to ensure historical accuracy and real locations like this one, colchester castle on england's south coast, appear in the game. we tried to research the kind of people we would meet there but also their habit, the way they would talk, the way they would live their daily lives. the way they would live their daily lives-— daily lives. and the idea is not “ust daily lives. and the idea is not just the _ daily lives. and the idea is not just the aesthetic - daily lives. and the idea is not just the aesthetic but l daily lives. and the idea is - notjust the aesthetic but also not just the aesthetic but also philosophical, what are their thoughts of the period, what are they looking for in their daily lives. are they looking for in their daily lives-— daily lives. what do you do with all that _ daily lives. what do you do with all that research - daily lives. what do you do with all that research and i daily lives. what do you do - with all that research and work it has been put to work will bring world in the developers have removed the violence from the game, replacing it with quests which are designed to allow the player to gain
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greater historical insight about the period. valhalla is the third assassin's creed game to feature this element, called discovery to: viking age. we must exit — discovery to: viking age. we must exit the _ discovery to: viking age. - must exit the fjord, sail right. must exit the f'ord, sail riuht. ., ., must exit the f'ord, sail rirht, ., ., ,., must exit the f'ord, sail riuht. ., ., right. how do you approach the discovery tool, _ right. how do you approach the discovery tool, was _ right. how do you approach the discovery tool, was it _ right. how do you approach the discovery tool, was it about. discovery tool, was it about taking the weapons and killing out? i taking the weapons and killing out? ~ . taking the weapons and killing out? ~' ., , , ., , out? i think the idea is people can enjoy _ out? i think the idea is people can enjoy these _ out? i think the idea is people can enjoy these locations - out? i think the idea is people can enjoy these locations are l can enjoy these locations are while learning about them. we have created these quests that are basically around empathy, because videogames have a strong component to make people learn, because we feel what our avatars and what the characters are living through. i avatars and what the characters are living through.— are living through. i shall observe _ are living through. i shall observe and _ are living through. i shall observe and hopefully . are living through. i shall. observe and hopefully learn some — observe and hopefully learn some new tricks of my own. fine some new tricks of my own. one ofthe some new tricks of my own. one of the most _ some new tricks of my own. one of the most famous _ some new tricks of my own. iez of the most famous viking settlements in the uk was in york, and it is here we find this viking centre, home to a vast array of period artefacts. some of which provided inspiration for the developers. and we also find writer and
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broadcaster danny wallace, who has had a long association with the assassins creed series, providing the voice of one of the game's characters, historian sean hastings. i think back to my history lessons at school, and a man or a lady would stand up and talk to me for a very long time about crop rotation or spinning jenny's. and what i can remember is that you have to leave one field fellow, that is very important. however, thanks to kind of getting involved in these games, you find yourself engaging with those worlds much more. so if you suddenly see something and it catches your eye, and you are like, i wonder how they made shoes or i wonder what they ate, you can go over there and you can find out yourself. there and you can find out yourself-— there and you can find out ourself. ,.., , ., yourself. the discovery tour will find its _ yourself. the discovery tour will find its way _ yourself. the discovery tour will find its way into - will find its way into classrooms and 52 schools across the uk. as a result of the collaboration between the game's publishers and the uk's digital games body. the digital schoolhouse will see this game
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users are teaching tool across a wide variety of subjects including history, art, english and computing.— including history, art, english and computing. most teachers will agree. _ and computing. most teachers will agree, that _ and computing. most teachers will agree, that when - and computing. most teachers will agree, that when you - and computing. most teachers will agree, that when you are l will agree, that when you are teaching children, passive consumption of knowledge has limited retention value long—term. the best way to get children to learn and to develop a deep and full understanding, which they can then apply later on down the line, is by getting them actively involved in doing something that is engaging. do not lose your course through the storm! so not lose your course through the storm!— the storm! so in the future, when we — the storm! so in the future, when we want _ the storm! so in the future, when we want to _ the storm! so in the future, when we want to learn - the storm! so in the future, - when we want to learn something as well as consulting a book or research with the help of the internet, some of us mightjust pick up controller as well. i wish history was taught like that when i was at school, i would have been brilliant at it! b, would have been brilliant at it! �* ., ., would have been brilliant at it! ., ., , ., it! a lot of people have tried to learn a — it! a lot of people have tried to learn a language - it! a lot of people have tried to learn a language in - it! a lot of people have tried to learn a language in mind| to learn a language in mind powers in virtual reality, in 10 minutes i learn more than i would have. 10 minutes i learn more than i would have-—
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10 minutes i learn more than i would have. ., ,, ,, , ., would have. speak spanish. that is it from us _ would have. speak spanish. that is it from us this _ would have. speak spanish. that is it from us this week. - would have. speak spanish. that is it from us this week. you - is it from us this week. you can keep — is it from us this week. you can keep up _ is it from us this week. you can keep up with _ is it from us this week. you can keep up with the - is it from us this week. i'm, can keep up with the team on social media, find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter. youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter-_ and twitter. thanks for watching _ and twitter. thanks for watching and... - and twitter. thanks for i watching and... goodbye! hello again. most of us had a fine day on friday with plenty of sunshine around. it was certainly a beautiful end to the day in dumfries and galloway with the sun setting over the seas there on the horizon. now, we did briefly see a cool down in weather with this slightly fresher air coming down from the north—west,
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but this weekend, milder air is going to be pushing back in off the atlantic, and with that will come rising temperatures. so, on friday, actually, briefly, although it was cooler, temperatures got close to normal, 1a is average, actually, for october, it's been a very mild 0ctober so far. but actually this weekend, across the board, we will see those temperatures climbing two or three degrees celsius. and the milder air has actually already started to arrive in the south—west with thickening cloud. an odd spit of rain from that, 12 celsius for the first part of the saturday morning, contrast that with the cold air in the north—east, where parts of eastern scotland and north—east england have a frost in the countryside. now, for saturday morning, there will be a lot of cloud around first thing, a few showers for northern areas of scotland again. this cloud pushing eastwards across england could be thick enough to give an odd spit of rain, and through the afternoon, there is the threat of more general heavier rain moving into northern ireland, but that will arrive quite late in the day. it turns milder, 15 or 16 celsius quite widely, but it's scotland, we are still hanging onto that slightly cooler and fresher air. 10 celsius in aberdeen and 12 celsius for glasgow. now, saturday night, we will see a more active weather system move in bringing rain across northern ireland, some heavy rain in scotland.
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maybe a few spots for western parts of england and wales, but it is probably that the rain is going to be a little bit lighter an patchier nature here, and that takes us into sunday. a lot of cloud to start the day, still thick enough for an odd spit of rain. this is generally pushing eastwards with weather generally trying to improve and brighten as the day goes by, there will be a few sunny spells coming through from time to time. now, temperatures — mild again. we're looking at highs of 17 celsius in london and glasgow. and temperatures rising a little through the central belt of scotland, around 1a celsius for glasgow and edinburgh as well. into next week, the low pressure is firmly in charge, often going to be pretty windy, and we're going to see this very long weather front. this could bring some heavy prolonged outbreaks of rain, at the moment, it could be affecting the hills in wales, perhaps bringing some localised flooding, but otherwise very mild weather. could see temperatures up to 20 celsius in london on tuesday.
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