villagers in morocco's atlas mountains are using their bare hands to dig out people — following friday's deadly quake. they've been working with rescuers to search for others who may be alive under the rubble. the death toll currently stands at more than 2,000. us presidentjoe biden visits vietnam to sign a new diplomatic partnership — almost 50 years after the end of the vietnam war. mr biden has met the communist party leader, nguyen phu trong, and is due to have further talks on monday. the visit comes amid china's growing influence in the region. a top—ranking us military officer warns that ukraine's army has little more than 30 days left of fighting before the weather hinders its counter—offensive. general mark milley told the bbc that the ukrainian attack was going more slowly than hoped, but was progressing at a steady pace. now on bbc news, click.

this week, we're at the biggest tech show in europe for phones, fashion and ffffreaky robots! robot speaks with australian accent: �* , , an exciting time to be alive. are you alive? when is an airport not an airport? when it becomes a tech hub for green start—ups. cheers! thank you. and as we save the world one broken item at a time, the award for the most profound question of the week goes to... who comes to an exhibition with a broken vacuum cleaner? cackles. hello, desdemona.

how are you? hi there. i'm doing great. just learning and exploring the world around me. how about you ? i'm good, thank you very much. actually, iam having a whale of a time. i've made it no secret that in the past, robots like this have left me very cold. they were misleading, speaking pre—prepared answers, and giving the impression that we're on the verge of an ai revolution. however... it's definitely an exciting time to be alive. are you alive? depends on your definition of alive. i'm certainly kicking along. laughs. ..since chatgpt, everything has changed and this robot is not being puppeteered. it's genuinely the mouthpiece of a large language model chat programme that is responding live to my unrehearsed questions. how does bob marley like his doughnuts?

bob marley likes his doughnuts with a little bit ofjammin�*. reggae music plays. desdemona here has been trained on science fiction authors, so i've been told to have some fun with it. if you could, would you lock all the humans away and run the world yourself? well, i'm not sure if i'm ready to take on that responsibility just yet. i think my line of questioning says more about my mindset than yours, to be honest. don't worry. i'm sure you're not the only one feeling a bit overwhelmed by all this a! stuff. let's take it one step at a time. ok, let's. i'm at ifa in berlin. it's europe's biggest tech show where, in hall 20, the robots are doing their thing — whatever that thing actually is. ifeel like i'm about to have my brain operated on or something. the lasers are going to come out

and suddenly, it's going to yank the top of my head off and do some kind of minority report stuff. it's notjust the bots, though — every type of tech is here for every part of our lives. it is a real spectacle with attention—grabbing booths, gravity—defying demos and any attempt possible to make the hottest tech look extremely cool. it's definitely one of the more colourful shows that i get to go to. more of the rainbow next year, though, please — just a personal request there — but it's maybe the white goods that have the biggest outing here. home appliances are well represented and this is a place where they deliberately break an egg on your floor so they can vacuum it up again. ugh — sticky roller, though. tell you what else is cracking — tv screens. not literally, mind you, but the latest 0led tvs are big,

bright and sharp and they also turn up in the most unusual places. this could get in the way of shaving, if you ask me. from the bathroom to the bedroom, there is something weird lurking around every corner and if it's your kind of thing, then this place can be fun for all the family. 0ops! that's what ifa is. but what ifa isn't is a place where you are guaranteed to see the next big thing. certainly don't come to ifa expecting there to be new ideas and new inventions on every single stall — i mean, they are here, but you have to know where to look. this is as much about manufacturers and retailers selling their version of the latest tv or vacuum cleaner or toothbrush or toy or washing machine. but one thing you can do at shows like this is take the temperature

and spot the trends. what is everyone talking about this year? and the new boss of the show was in no doubt about the big talking points for 2023. there's two themes that've completely blown everything else out of the water. they've almost kind of zoomed out of nowhere, if you like. ai. you know, if we're being honest, nobody was talking about a! a year ago. now, everybody�*s grandmother is an expert on al, right? we're in the sustainability village, which is the, you know, physical embodiment, if you like, of the fact that everybody is talking about eco sustainability, energy uses on your washing machine, power. of course, it's easy to say you're green, but harder to live up to that branding. we'll visit one of ifa's more sustainable stands later in the programme. but that other theme — ai — is also something that seems to creep in to lots of product slogans. a! has been in a lot of stuff for a long time. yes. how is it manifesting

itself here this year in a way it hasn't before? yeah, well, i would say potentially, it hasn't yet. right. i think where it gets relevant probably for the next year or two and then, going forward for our large clients — your samsungs and bosch, siemens, miele and those people. they've talked, as you said, for a little while about internet of things and smart things and smart home of the future and i think that's already taking off and catching fire but it's been much slower than they've wanted to, you know? when proper intelligence gets into your machines and they can really start to influence your life, really be of help and assistance to you and help you make choices and so all sorts of different and do all sorts of different things, then i think you will see the hardware reallyjump. and i think there's going to be some revolutions in the home that happen once the power and the capability of a! really gets understood and built into the software and then, the hardware of some of our home appliances. and after spending a little while with desdemona here, i am actually starting to believe that smart appliances

of the future really could add — well, at least a little personality to our homes. what can you tell me about the presenter of bbc click? they say the presenter of bbc click is an expert on all things tech and ai—related. i can only assume they must be a robot like me. laughter. and we will be back at ifa soon. one of the things that make travelling to berlin so memorable, for me at least, is, weirdly, its airport. it was called tegel and it was really unusual. the architecture was pretty brutalist and its layout was like nothing i've seen anywhere else in the world and when it was replaced just a couple of years ago by a more modern airport, it made me a bit sad, really. but tegel lives on. plans are under way to turn it into a tech hub and alasdair keane has been airside.

this was, for decades, berlin's gateway to the world, transporting millions of passengers every year to and from the german capital until demand finally outgrew what its �*70s chic could offer. when berlin's tegel airport closed in 2020, there was one big question — what to do with such a huge site? the answer — a space for technology companies, a university and even the homes of the future. let's go and take a look. where better to start a tour than the highest spot? tell us about tegel airport. well, yeah, it's a true panoramic experience. what we can see really well from up here is actually the former orange cargo hold and that the former workshops where we have that first community of start—ups already here. they do autonomous driving, all sorts of urban tech innovations, yeah, they really give the space a sense of what it feels like when we actually have a community here.

the architecture here is quite iconic. the plan is to keep a lot of it? absolutely. so, this is one of the main endeavours, really, of the site — to keep the heritage. we don't want to lose the identity of the space at all. we want to use it and kind of inspire people to see something new in it, so that's why the urban tech republic really tries to combine heritage and innovation. these buildings are incredibly iconic and even sentimental for a lot of berliners but this site will also include new buildings and a community of homes fit for the future. so, this really shows us the scale of the site here. yeah, here we have a map of the different projects that we're looking at. over in the far corner of the airport, away from the tech hub, will be more than 5,000 homes. but that will be a test ground for new innovation in sustainable living. and there's an attempt to make them future—proof, including when we rely on the sky

more for deliveries. they're currently planning mobility hubs for drones, where they have paired to kind of land and also to be serviced. while some of the development will take the next decade or so to complete, there are already the first of the smaller tech start—ups moving in. yeah, welcome. we're in the former cargo hall of the airport tegel that used to be the place where all airfreight — which is not passengers or passenger luggage — went through. here, we have organisations from renewable energies that work, for instance, on green hydrogen or storing heat for cities in the future. we've also have got companies working on e—mobility but also food production and also sustainable construction of houses. what is the draw for a tech company to come and be based here at an old airport?

there's lots of space and solutions for future cities, they require space to develop prototypes, to have test labs and everything. the range of companies here so far is growing, like enerkite, who are developing power generating tech they hope could get electricity for communities but also has the potential to pop up anywhere. but also companies are trying to get food production as close to homes as possible through mobile greenhouses. cheers! thank you. what is the big benefit to you as a start—up of being based here at the airport? a big dynamic and positive spirit to develop a technology that helps to fight the climate change. it's also very inspiring to be in a decommissioned airport. the idea that now, we can disseminate, like, ideas and actually products from here to the rest of the world is very inspiring. converting a site of this scale

is going to take the next 10—20 years but there are a couple of big challenges — one, keeping the history of this place and mixing that with new buildings but also, trying to predict what infrastructure will be needed in the technology of the future. i'm shiona mccallum and here's the week in tech. video conferencing platform zoom has revealed a new ai—powered assistant for its users. some of the abilities of the a! companion include answering questions based on meetings, as well as summarising key points. the new addition will be available for subscription users of the platform. scientists at bangor university in north wales have developed an energy source that could allow astronauts to live on the moon. the fuel cell, known as the trisofuel, could be used to power a micro nuclear generator. if successful, the technology could springboard further planetary exploration.

the moon is dark half of the month, so we can't rely on solar energy, we can't rely on solar pv and things like that — although i imagine they'll be part of the mix — but we need to have that thing for when it's dark, so that's where nuclear comes in. the eu has announced which big tech firms will face tougher rules on how they do business under its digital markets act. tech giants like amazon, apple and meta will need to comply with rules like making apps interoperate with rivals. and everybody, say cheese! polaroid has released an updated version of its iconic instant camera. some of the key highlights include a continuous autofocus lens system and lidar accuracy. the camera is set to be available from early september. ifa is full of strange sights, so of course there is the occasional fashion show with... what are those, handbags?

no, not handbags — it's a phone. of course it is. this is the honor v purse which is taking wearable tech to the extreme. it is a foldable with screens on the outside, both sides as you can see, and it comes with an attachment allowing you to carry it with pride. this is obviously mainly aimed at women, plus anyone for whom pockets are but a dream, or who likes matching accessories. it comes with customisable characters to complement your couture, which, thanks to the phone's motion and touch sensors can jangle about like a charm bracelet, floof like real fluff, or swim away like any sensible fish in a handbag would. this is what they call a concept launch, just to get feedback from the market at this stage but the honor on sale already in china is the magic v2. it is a more traditional foldable — it has no strap though. the interesting thing from a technology point of view

is that the honor magic foldable phones are very thin. this is something that we got used to with traditional so—called candybar phones, but when you fold a foldable it necessarily becomes twice as thick. but look at this — this is a reasonably recent traditional phone, and thickness—wise, they are... almost on a par. and the reason these can be this thin is because of the battery. it is a variation on the traditional lithium—ion battery, and it is already in use in electric cars. it uses a specific mix of silicon in certain parts of the battery, and this gives it nearly 13% more energy density. meaning you get more charge in the same space, or here, the same charge in a smaller one. typically you have the iphone or other smartphone user experience — per day you need to charge it two or three times. but with this new battery

technology, once, and for one day it is enough. if you recognise the name honor, you may remember it as a brand of huawei phones — that is the huawei that was once the second—biggest smartphone maker in the world, until a trade ban in 2019 stopped it from working with us—based companies. and this famously meant its phones could no longer carry official google apps, effectively killing their appeal to a lot of the world. but in 2020, honor was spun off as a separate company, so although its phones are still made in china, it now has no connections to huawei. and that means among other things, all the phones now have access to google services once more. how important is it to have google services on your phone? we need to work together, we cannot without a partner to move forward. so we need acollaboration.

so we need a collaboration. and also that honor need to contribute to the industry. for example, when we make the foldable phone so thin, also we can attract the other consumer more in this direction, the foldable phone can become mainstream. this will be big support to google, otherwise they have no motivation to develop this software ecosystem. we are at a stage where every phone maker is struggling to find a point of difference. that's why there is a lot of foldable action these days. new battery technology also feels like a significant selling point. phones as purses? well, it may not be everyone's bag — but who knows. now, as we said earlier, although whitegoods are ifa's big thing, one of its big themes is green. sustainability was a big theme last year.

of course it's a big theme this year and it's only going to get bigger until, i dunno, we solve the problem. the question is, are we any closer to that? as we know, the whole purpose of tech fairs like ifa is for companies to sell brand—new products. it's an industry that is heavily led by new versions — new versions of phones, for instance. we are being made like made to feel very negatively about ourselves that, you know, we just don't belong and we're not as cool or as amazing if we don't have all these gadgets. and that is something that i really had to put to the managing director of this massive new tech trade show

that we happen to be at. we can be very sustainable by not buying new stuff. and yet here we are at a trade show full of new stuff. so, yeah, how do we balance those two? we obviously have got customers spanning the whole gamut of, let's say, durability and reliability. a lot of our customers pride themselves in the fact that their products are going to last a long time. i think are more enlightened customers realise that they're i think our more enlightened customers realise that they're not really in a battle about, is it... have we shifted 1.2 million units this year versus 1.1? they're really in a battle for brand love. if you've got somebody that's so in love with your product they're willing to repair it and tie up with elastic bands and reuse it as much as possible, that's worth, rather than going and looking on the market again and potentially going to a competitor, that's worth just as much. so i think that kind of re—use and repair can have an impact. and so it was that in a tiny corner of ifa's so—called sustainability village, a small group of volunteers

were asked here to encourage visitors to make do and mend. it's working. it's working! it's working. ingo used to be an electrician and when he retired, he occupied himself by fixing everything at home. then he set up his own repair cafe where volunteers breathe new life into broken electronics. in germany, the awareness of longevity of articles is growing, and of repairability. people want to repair. the younger generation is rather looking for latest technology, latest design and rather prefers to buy new. i'm not criticising that, but i'm saying in terms of interest in repairing something, it's more prone in the older generation. have you repaired many things while you've been here at ifa? actually, five or six only. who comes to an exhibition with a broken vacuum cleaner?

laughs well, there might not be any vacuum cleaners so far, but sebastian has brought his mum's blood pressure monitor. it didn't compress the arm anymore. we decided to buy a new one and it wasn't that reliable. so my mother trusted in this device and she wanted this to be repaired. and luckily i found this place where they found the right solution. so she will be happy, environment will be happy. so another happy customer. but there is a reason that the repair cafe is run by volunteers. the labour cost of repairing these small items means that operations like this aren't usually commercially viable. this is an item of 20 euros. the phone is an item of 600—800 euros. but they're difficult to repair. they are difficult to repair, but they're... if you then spend 30 euros to open the unit, you can say, yeah, this is worth it,

i want to keep my phone. for this unit, it's not worth it because it's more than the new one. so we have we're in this niche where the professional shops cannot really help. but in the future, legislation could help make it easier and cheaper to fix our goods than it is to buy new ones. in march this year, the eu proposed a law that requires more products to be more easily repairable, even after their warranty has expired. and some european countries are already trying to encourage repair. france is leading the way quite a bit there. they have got this very interesting repairability index, showing, with a figure from 1 to 10 how repairable your product is. as a citizen, you can think, "do i want this "because it's only a 1?" or "do i think i'm going to go for the other one "that's for the other one that's

"a lot more repairable, which will make it last longer "and be more worth my money?" i think there's a lot that we can do ourselves to make choices that are actually more beneficial for ourselves, especially in times when life is just expensive. i think we tend to think a bit short—term in terms of investment and living more sustainably. but if we think about it a bit more long—term, that's much more in our own advantage — paying a bit more for higher quality can be a lot less expensive. a laptop is better than a desktop because its smaller, so it uses less material, less impact. also it will use less of your energy. whether tech companies do give us more sustainable products may be a reflection on how much pressure we and governments put on them. and given the importance of repair, i wonder if these guys will be given a bigger stall at ifa next year. and that is it from us at ifa 2023.

we will be back for this show�*s 100th anniversary next year. can't wait! meantime, thanks for watching and we will see you soon. hello there. the storm clouds have been brewing today. we've had some intense downpours already. it'll be quite nasty on the road. so the met office do have warnings out for those thunderstorms which are likely to give some sudden flash flooding, frequent lightning. more details on the website. but as i say, there are some quite torrential downpours out there. no surprise really when you consider today has been the seventh consecutive day where temperatures have reached 30 degrees or above. that's a record for september here in the uk, and it's really quite unbearable for some.

but behind this weather front in the north, there is relief on the way. behind it, much fresher air as we start to introduce winds down from the north and the west. but it's going to take probably until tuesday to clear the south, but it is going to eventually freshen up through the next few days. but for this evening, some fairly widespread thunderstorms, possibly even more further south to start with. and then our weather front, which has been more potent in the north as well today, will start to push southwards. so there will be some unsettled weather around, some tricky driving conditions through this evening and overnight. and for most, again, it will be really quite uncomfortable and close for sleeping because the humidity remains high. so there's mist and fog around first thing in the morning, which will take a while to clear. then we'll see some brighter skies, butjust generally more cloud, i think, for england and wales tomorrow. 0ur weather front close by to northern ireland and southern scotland and northern england for much of the day, brighter skies with a few showers behind and fresher here across the north of scotland.

but for most, again, the humidity is high and we'll still see temperatures into the mid to high twenties for the south and east. however, it's unlikely that we're going to see 30 degrees again. then through monday evening and overnight, that weatherfront may well pep up again. now, there'll be a few thunderstorms anyway developing during monday ahead of this weather system, combining with that further weather front slipping south. so, again, another humid night in southern areas, but in the north, much fresher in scotland, northern ireland, even a touch of ground frost potentially in the glens in the north this week. tuesday again sees that weather front pushing southwards. it will eventually reach more southern areas later in the day. ahead of that, some brightness lifting the temperatures into the low twenties, but for most, it will be a more manageable day. the humidity gone, quite pleasant with the sunshine in the north, scotland, northern ireland much, much brighter. but you can see the outlook. the temperatures are a little lower. the humidity�*s gone, but it's a generally changeable, showery picture.

live from london, this is bbc news.

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