this is bbc news. the headlines: officials in somalia say the security services have ended a siege at a hotel in the capital, mogadishu. the claim has not been independently verified. at least 20 people are believed to have been killed after the hotel was stormed by members of the islamist militant group al—shabab. the russian occupiers of crimea say they've again had to activate air defence systems in the city of sevastopol. it has been the target of drone strikes for several nights running. the city is the base of russia's black sea fleet. it's also become a holiday destination for russian

tourists. the ukrainian heavyweight boxer oleksandr usyk has retained his four unified world titles with a victory he dedicated to the ukrainian armed forces. he beat britain's anthony joshua on a split points decision. the fight in saudi arabia was a rematch of usyk�*s victory in london in september. now on bbc news, click. this week, we are celebrating music, orchestral style and then this week, we are celebrating music, orchestral style and then we this week, we are celebrating music, orchestral style and then we press this week, we are celebrating music, orchestral style and then we press the this week, we are celebrating music, orchestral style and then we press the more this week, we are celebrating music, orchestral style and then we press the more tunes this week, we are celebrating music, orchestral style and then we press the more tunes on green vinyl. in the records are not the only thing we are

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around and how it permeates areas of our lives and equally started to draw on and in other parts of our culture. and that includes music. the first time i realised gains were starting to take music score seriously was when it played wipeout 2097 and relies the soundtrack was not some random slinky plonk but it was firestarter by the progeny. — prodigy. find but it was firestarter by the progeny- - prodigy-- progeny. - prodigy. and in recent years _ progeny. - prodigy. and in recent years it _ progeny. - prodigy. and in recent years it was - progeny. - prodigy. and in . recent years it was recognised as a major art form. well—known hollywood composers like hans zimmer have turned their hand to writing musical scores and this is why video gaming came to our best—known celebration of classical music and pokemon took over the royal albert hall at the proms. dramatic music. i

am at the bbc studios for the final rehearsal of the first ever gaming the proms, called from eight bit to infinity, a celebration of gaming music through the ages paid by the royal london hospital harmonic orchestra, taking us back, my back. it reminds you of a certain time of your life.

this man has conducted previous the proms based on electronic music and sci—fi movies — and helping to create music, journeying through the 80s and through pokemon and shadow of a colossus and right up until battlefield 2042. in order to recreate sounds and feelings of the games, some of which emerge through tiny speakers, he hasn't augmented the traditional orchestral make up slightly. traditional orchestral make up sliuhtl. ., slightly. can you show me your electronic _ slightly. can you show me your electronic expanded _ slightly. can you show me your| electronic expanded orchestra?

electronic expanded orchestra 7 the electronic expanded orchestra? the main thing is to make it all crew stick. this is white noise. that would come through a massive array of speakers. so you get this lovely... do you have to tune these... ..crinkly sound. ..before you go on? no. sure? no. cos the heat would change the note. this is true. you're going next level. yeah. which is great. this is the electronic powerhouse set—up. right. so especially for battlefield. so here you've got a load of electronic stems from the original score and they're being controlled individually and blended in with what the orchestra are doing. a lot of modern video games come with ready—made orchestral scores. that is the music that you hear in the game. but when you think about it, if you're trying to adapt music

from a 1980s computer game, you're basically talking about taking beeps and bloops, that's all it is, just single notes, and somehow adapting it and turning it into something that can be played by an orchestra this size. i mean, that's a hell of a lot of work. game music plays. i say beeps and bloops, but those early theme tunes were actually pretty clever, managing to give the impression of chords and multitrack audio, even though the computers could only make one sound at a time. it's something that astounded a young matt rogers, who's now been asked to arrange a new version of the theme tune to this — the 1987 zx spectrum game chronos. i did like the game, - but i used to load the game more to listen to the music. so i'd be loading that game| and then sitting with my ear to the...to the spectrum. and that's... the thing was, when i came| to arrange it, i already knew it inside—out because i've

known it for a long time. | orchestra plays. matt's challenge was notjust to transplant the original arrangement to an orchestra, which, of course, wouldn't sound that great. no — instead, he expanded it in length and in breadth. even the compositions of modern games like battlefield 2042 have to be interpretations, because these days, gaming scores aren't even linear pieces of music. every time you play, the music changes to follow the action. what's important to understand is that composing for a game is such a multifaceted job. you have to compose for when nothing's going on. you have to compose for when action is happening. you have to account for the fact that the player might do something unpredictable. the amount of music and the amount of talent that goes into even a ten—hour game, let alone a 50 game orioo—hourgame... it really, really takes an awful lot of talent and hard work, notjust from composers, but from everybody who works on game audio, and recognising that's really important. and that recognition

is finally coming. next year, the grammys will feature a category for best video game score soundtrack for the first time. overdue? maybe. it feels like gaming music's really having a moment. i lots of fans, really passionate fans. i i would say there was a point where perhaps the wider musical establishment didn't respect video game music. but i also think that's true for film music and tv music back in...back in time. usually it just takes a little bit of time for cultural and arts institutions to catch up, but i think we can safely say that we've got there in the end. just like a lot of film scores, this is obviously pretty atmospheric. so although it's a perfectly good piece of classical composition, my guess is if you know the game and what bit this relates to... ..it will heighten your enjoyment.

in fact, the battlefield 2042 performance is where those strange additions to the instruments really do theirjob, allowing the orchestra to produce sounds that they really shouldn't be able to do. on the night, in the albert hall, the gaming prom sounded beautiful, exciting and innovative. and if you'd like to experience it yourself, it's on iplayer right now. ok, more music for you now, and did you know that more than five million vinyl records were sold in the uk last year? sales are now at their highest for 30 years. now, these records are made from pvc — that's polyvinyl chloride, a material that environmental campaign groups and some music lovers would like to see less of in the world, not more. for some music lovers, this experience is one

of the best they can get. music starts. as a record collector and someone who cares about the environment, i am worried about how much plastic is being used. i've come to amsterdam to see how vinyl's made... ..and perhaps buy a few records along the way. amsterdam is home to one of the largest vinyl presses in the world, with millions being made here each year. the process to make one of these albums has been the same for at least 40 years. first, a master disc is made of metal and converted into a stamper. then pvc pellets are loaded into the machine, melted, and pressed into the mould. but according to greenpeace, pvc is the most environmentally

damaging of all the plastics. do you think about the environmental impact? a couple of years ago - in the news, it was that they found a lot of plastic in the oceans. - so the first thing, of course, what happens is that - you get a call like, i "hey, can you press records from the plastic from the ocean?" - it's always difficult - to explain to some people that we can use whatever to make things greener, i while you want to keep . the quality of the product as it is now, - and that's impossible. impossible? well, one company not far away in eindhoven disagrees. i'm harm theunisse... i do it again. i'm harm theunisse... it's a typical dutch name, harm. - i'm from green vinyl records. harm theunisse has ploughed everything into developing and patenting a new robotic pressing machine.

we are here trying tol produce and we are... we already succeeded - in making environmentally friendly vinyl records. we use no pvc. we're using 90% less energy. we don't have the label with the paper. - it's a printed label. ok, so what's happening now? i'm moving the whole injection unit forward to the position - that we can start injecting the plastic— against my negatives. and in every 20 seconds, there's a record coming i out of this press. this is so cool. after the record is moulded, this robot takes over the rest — removing it from the machine, cooling the record, printing the label and pressing it for packing. it uses less energy than typical vinyl production, and avoids using pvc, instead substituting it with pet, a safer form of plastic that can be recycled. one of the main things they've been trying to improve here is how the records actually sound. the quality is equal to better. you're going to buy one - and then listen it to yourself, and then you will...

you'll hear the difference. so hot off the press, we've got this record that has just come off the machine. music starts. crystal clear. and you've got some good artists on the books now. tom odell is someone that you're pressing for, you know. do you feel that the artists are more environmentally conscious? no, not at all. so it may be a long way to go before bands and singers are pushing for this change in production methods. but what about the traditional manufacturers? i was involved in the green vinyl project when they started up because of course i was interested in the way that they try to make records. so if the product which comes from an injection—moulding press is good enough, looks well enough for our customers, it might be worthwhile to look into that. saying that, these machines are massively more expensive than the presses we use over here and we just bought.

back home, and i'm thinking differently about my record collection after my trip to the netherlands. and although there's a long way to go until the table is turned, there's hope that future generations will be able to relish listening to music on vinyl without worrying about its impact on our planet. now it's time for this week's tech news. dating app tinder is swiping left on its boss. renate nyborg's exit is part of a wider shakeup by the parent company match after financial results were not as good as expected. she has only been ceo for less than a year and her departure has nothing to do with the fact that we spoke to her two weeks ago. surgeons have used virtual reality to help successfully separate brazilian twins born with fused brains. doctors in brazil and britain wore vr headsets to test techniques before operating on the three—year—olds. there is quite a lot of planning involved in this type of surgery and all the planning rooms and the simulation runs we did in virtual reality, the actual surgery, for the actual surgery i physically went to rio

and did the surgery there with the team. it was an exceptionally talented team there and with our experience we managed to deliver a good outlook for the boys. scientists in the united states have created a wearable ultrasound sticker the size of a postage stamp that is capable of imaging internal organs. it is hoped the device will give doctors a more detailed picture of a patient�*s health and cut the need for bulky equipment. and a group of deaf people in the uk have started testing out these glasses that, when connected to a phone, can convert conversations into subtitles. the software can recognise who is speaking and it will soon be available to people on the ee phone network for a monthly cost. my name is mike poole. for 31 years, i was a graphic designer. i did a lot of trips for different brands doing shoots around the world. it's good fun.

nick: seven years ago, mike's globetrotting career came to a halt literally overnight. we had gone to a party on the friday night. i woke up on the saturday morning, just went to get out of bed and i couldn't stop myself falling. and i landed on the floor, and my wife said, "what's going on? what are you doing down there? i said, "i can't move... can't feel my legs." and that was it. an hour later i was in the uch, being told i had a right—sided stroke. mike is one of 1.3 million stroke survivors in the uk, and like him, the majority left hospital with a disability. he can't feel his left arm, hand or leg. it's going ok. i mean, i'm not quite sure where it's going yet. since his stroke, he's taken up painting, regularly visiting headway, a day centre for people affected by brain injury in east london. trying to sort of rescue an old painting. uh-huh. very blue. it's very blue. going through my blue period, yeah. if i could get my left arm to work again, that would be fantastic.

even if i could just use my arm to hold down something, maybe if i'm chopping vegetables. if i could cook again, that would be a great help. through the charity, he's been trying out, and on, a new piece of kit which aims to restore movement to his left hand. i'm willing to give anything a go which would help return some normality to my life. the extensor is the muscle that is running all the way up here. he's participating in research by knitregen, a medical tech firm housed in the royal college of arts accelerator. alongside neuroscientists, it's developing smart assistive clothing that so far apparently has seen a 30 to 50% boost in recovered function. and the secret is in the sleeve. this device here directs a force to a specific muscle in the wearer's arm so that over time it can retrain the brain so that eventually a wearer can regain control of their limb. it's to be worn for several hours per day, as current data suggests the longer the garment keeps tapping away, the greater the results.

can you feel anything? can't feel anything. no sensation. i do feel a slight sort of pulsing, but... but no real response in my hand yet. the gains aren't necessarily seen immediately, and that's really important to note. so what we're doing is we're pairing a companion app with the technology so you can see what's happening to try and make it as transparent as possible. because if you don't see any gains to begin with, you might give up. a huge problem with medical devices for rehabilitation is getting people to want to use them, and in the case of wearables, like the thing they'll put on time after time. this could be a t—shirt. this could be an everyday shirt. this could be just something that you wear that people don't go, "hey, what's that? why are you wearing that? what's it for?" because what that ends up doing is it brings back this trauma,

the experience, the story behind their stroke or their brain injury, which they have to then relive and tell again and again. so just, it will literallyjust do that all the time? the garment is also designed to be worn along with headphones, which would deliver a click sound that would help trigger a physical reaction. if you deliver a tap... ..and then a startling sound second, you can activate muscle activity. if you reverse the order and you deliver a sound and then a tap, you can suppress muscle activity. some people say, "well, this is part of my life experience, you know, and this is who i am now." absolutely fine. but we want people to have a choice. it's very early days. the system is currently being only lab—tested, and whilst participants are showing a muscle response, it could be some time before they see any life—changing results.

spencer: right. summer's here, so time maybe to get fit and relax. but there's no real need to go very far when there are so many summer gadgets around to help, and lara has been checking some of them out. aah. first comes a break from all that hard work with a device called sensate, which aims to replicate the benefits of meditation without all the practice. you put on the device around your neck like this, connect to the smartphone app, pop these in, and it's time to relax for ten, 20 or 30 minutes. water ripples. soothing music. you can choose the soothing music you listen to whilst the device uses what's called infrasound resonance, which is carried via bone conduction technology and aims to train the vagus nerve. whilst there is no medical validation for sensate, it's claimed that the device,

which is based on science, will over time strengthen that nerve and in doing so improve resilience to stress. it does provide a rather comforting hum, which i think does feel relaxing. so i may not feel like i've been on holiday after using it, but possibly this is how you feel after meditation. now time to spend some energy. this is the renpho smartjump rope. it connects to your mobile phone so you can track your skipping for a bit of cardio anywhere, any time. she laughs. the rope connects via bluetooth and is meant to be tracking skip time, number of skips, calories burned, and tangles. for me, more of the latter. oh, and now the minute's up but i haven't done anything! ok, let's start again. well, that was a bit rubbish, wasn't it? i'm going for free jump.

less pressure. we did manage to catch a fewjumps on camera, as well as fill up the click outtakes collection. 0h! once you get into it, it's all right. although i feel like i've done a half—hour workout, and i've done about 20 jumps. and it's quite fun if you're any good at skipping. if you can'tjump over the rope, well, that is a problem straight away, even though it has quite a nice system of being able to make it the right length, and it feels like a decent rope. i think ijust need to be swapped in for someone else. definitely enough of that. this pair of devices are called jlab frames and you attach them to the side of a pair of sunglasses or regular glasses to turn them into audio glasses. and they are a lot cheaper than buying the glasses that do the job. they have eight hours' battery life. they also have a microphone and speakerjust here, so you can talk to anybody and listen. you can even summon

your virtual assistant. they do feel a bit clumsy to wear, but you get used to them soon enough and the sound quality is pretty decent. it'sjust, would i really choose wearing these over a pair of earbuds, when it comes to it? and finally, to choose what to listen to on a fine summer's day. blinkist is an app that takes nonfiction books and breaks them down into 15 minutes' worth of content, which you can either read or listen to. each chapter — or blink, as it's called — sums up a key message from the book. and yes, i know this concept isn't for everyone orfor all the time. of course there are times when you want to listen to or read the whole book, and i am worried that sometimes it does stop me. but generally this just gives you the opportunity to learn about subjects that you might not want to invest so much time in. so there you have it. maybe all the relaxation, entertainment and activity you could possibly want, without needing to go anywhere. or maybe not.

i was doing this fine yesterday before we were filming. so basically, you just wanted to play with some toys, yes? yes, but i only get to do it twice a year, ces and the summer. you can do anything in the summer. 0k. yes, you can. but i should have practised the skipping a bit more off—camera because it was a little bit clumsy. and they were the best bits. they were the best bits? yeah. blimey. i know where the outtakes are... listen, that's it from us. thanks for watching. we'll see you soon. bye— bye. hello, thanks forjoining me. time to have a look at the weather for the week ahead. and it's looking fairly typical for the time of year across oui’ shores. the satellite picture showers

weather systems coming off the atlantic. we've had a bit of rain recently in scotland and northern ireland, thanks to this weather front which is way out of the picture on sunday. sunday starts off pretty bright for most of us, however cloud will be increasing in the south—west of the uk because of the next weather front approaching, so perhaps some spots of rain for wales and north—western england later in the day on sunday. a mostly dry day, sunny across scotland and quite warm, low— to mid—20s across eastern parts of the country. here's the forecast for sunday night into monday. notice these weather systems moving in off the atlantic. as well as cloud and rain, also bringing in some fairly warm air overnight, so look at the temperatures first thing monday — around 16 degrees. here is that weather system on monday, shrouding the uk with a thick cloud and outbreaks of rain, at least early in the day. so this is the morning, notice it's not raining everywhere, the north—east of scotland quite sunny first thing but come the afternoon we do think the weather system will be out of the way and should allow for some sunny spells to develop, almost anywhere across the country on monday. let's have a look at tuesday. the weather system's out of the way in the north sea and the next one is coming soon, so quite typical for our climate, one weather

system after another, quite changeable conditions through the course of the week, so i think a fair amount of cloud at times on tuesday, showers here and there. the driest of the weather, the warmest of the weather across the eastern and south—eastern areas, even feeling quite hot, and 27 degrees in norwich. let's have a look at wednesday, and here is that weather front moving in from the south—west bringing outbreaks of rain to parts of england and wales but certainly not raining everywhere. across east anglia in the south—east it could be quite sunny and warm, 26—27. a lot fresher in scotland with the atlantic winds, temperature typically in the teens. one weather front moves away, you guessed it, the next one is heading our way out of the atlantic. so this is what we cool unsettled weather, changeable weather, where we have one weather system after the other,

after the other, not necessarily bringing in an awful amount of rain but at least some, and we do need the rainfall given it has been so dry. here is friday, very uncertain whether rain will be but the changeable weather will be in place pretty much for the whole of the week. so let's summarise the week. you can see here's cardiff, bit of rain on monday, sunshine tuesday, rain again on wednesday. some quite changeable weather really wherever you are and warm across the south—east. in london, up to 27 degrees. let's look at the all—important bank holiday weekend as we head towards the end of august. what we're watching is an area of high pressure building across the uk. if you look at the pressure lines, that's where the air�*s coming from and what it's doing is coming from the north, blocking hot air coming in from the south. hot weather is expected to develop across europe but at this stage it doesn't look like it will come our way. so, yes, high pressure builds for the bank holiday weekend,

it will be drier and more settled. but at this stage we're not expecting it to be especially warm. that is it from me. bye— bye.

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