announcer: this is bbc click live. please welcome your host, spencer kelly! eering and applause erm, right! there. hello! welcome... my erm, right! there. hello! welcome... my own floor! welcome to click live! and have we got a show for you...! have we got a show for them? we have. we're ready to go. laughter we have some really amazing things for you tonight. we've got some things that noise, we've got some things that noise, we've got some things that noise, we've got some things that fly, some things for you to taste. some of it won't work, 0k? laughter bear with us, because hopefully the stuff that does work — fingers crossed, a lot of it has in rehearsals — it is a world—first, and you won't see this anywhere else, and no—one has seen this before you. before any of that, i have to introduce you to the other half of the show. please welcome to the stage kate russell. applause brilliant, isn't it? when they said i'd have my name in lights, i was expecting more broadway than boardwalk — but it's a start! it's going to be a really, really crammed show. i don'

announcer: this is bbc click live. please welcome your host, spencer kelly! applause erm, right! there. hello! welcome... my own floor! welcome to click live! and have we got a show for you...! have we got a show for them? we have. we're ready to go. we have some really amazing things for you tonight. we've got some things that noise, we've got some things that fly, some things for you to taste. some of it won't work, 0k? laughter bear with us, because hopefully the stuff that does work — fingers crossed, a lot of it has in rehearsals — it is a world—first, and you won't see this anywhere else, and no—one has seen this before you. before any of that, i have to introduce you to the other half of the show. please welcome to the stage kate russell. applause brilliant, isn't it? when they said i'd have my name in lights, i was expecting more broadway than boardwalk — but it's a start! it's going to be a really, really crammed show. i don't want you getting too comfortable, because there's a lot of audience participation. so i hope you're ready to take part. do yo

people will say, "i'm at bbc click." we can see that publicly and openly. is this legal?that's a question we get asked a lot. we're just looking at information people have made available themselves. but congratulations on your four—year anniversary. a round of applause please. applause. there's two main lessons — be careful what you're signing up for. the biggest thing that's helping us the most right now, people's social media profiles are open and public. we're not saying not to use it, just check that your profile is private. i'm a complete stranger to everybody in this audience, but so far i've been able to go onto all of their profiles and look at where they were born, their pictures, their statuses. as a total stranger, you probably don't want me reading that information. so just, we're not saying don't use it just make it private so only your friends can see. that would protect you from all of the things we've found out so far, actually. we listen to radio, to tv, to music, to podcasts, using speakers. big speakers in your house and small speakers that you wear in

announcer: this is bbc click live. please welcome your host, spencer kelly! re. hello! welcome. my own floor! welcome to click live! and have we got a show for you...! have we got a show for them? we have, we're ready to go. laughter we have some really amazing things for you tonight. we've got some things that noise, we've got some things that fly, we have some things for you to taste. some of it won't work, 0k? laughter bear with us, because hopefully the stuff that does work — fingers crossed, and a lot of it has in rehearsals — it is a world—first, and you won't see this anywhere else, and no—one has seen this before you. before any of that, i have to introduce you to the other half of the show. please welcome to the stage kate russell. applause brilliant, isn't it? when they said i'd have my name in lights, i was expecting more broadway than boardwalk — but it's a start! it's going to be a really, really crammed show. and i don't want you getting too comfortable, because there's a lot of audience participation. so i hope you're ready to take part. do you

people will say, "i'm at bbc click." we can see that publicly and openly. is this legal?legal, yes. that's a question we get asked a lot. we're just looking at information people have made available themselves. but congratulations on your four—year anniversary. a round of applause please. applause there's two main lessons - be careful what you're signing up for. the biggest thing that's helping us the most right now — people's social media profiles are open and public. we're not saying not to use it, just check that your profile is private. i'm a complete stranger to everybody in this audience, but so far i've been able to go onto all of their profiles and look at where they were born, their pictures, their statuses. as a total stranger, you probably don't want me reading that information. so just — we're not saying don't use it — just make it private so only your friends can see. that would protect you from all of the things we've found out so far, actually. we listen to radio, to tv, to music, to podcasts, using speakers. big speakers in your house and small speakers th

those are the headlines, now come on bbc news, click. this week: angry man tries to open e—mail.ram takes on human form. and the x factor reaches a new low. i've had enough. enough of old tech. it's all going obsolete, or so it seems. even desktop computers‘ days are numbered. ah! right! let's see what they've got for us this year. the consumer electronics show in las vegas is the place to find out. it's where the new products and concepts are launched for 2018 and some of them mightjust change the world. one of the highlights of ces for me is always finding out how bendy lg is this year. previously, they have been slightly bendy, and then they were quite bendy. this year, i think they've nailed it. it's a 65—inch roll—up 4k display, and the image quality really is very, very good. and it does roll completely up into admittedly a fairly chunky box. it's an 0led display — the only display tech that can be fully flexible. the circuitry is built on a segmented back, so it's a bit like a retractable garage door. you can actually choose how far the screen rolls out. as well as a wide—

don't forget, we live at bbc click on twitter. is hello.ticking around through the weekend. there will be glimpses of brightness around here and there. this was sent in from the isle of wight, shoving the extent of the cloud there. we will keep with cloudy conditions, some rain around, in the north west in particular, later today. the radar shows that rain working into western parts of the country. the east has been dry and will likely stay dry for much of the day. the reason for the east— west split is because high pressure holds on across scandinavia, keeping things largely dry, and this front is bumping into that area of high pressure from the west. it is not making progress further east. there will be western areas through the afternoon, whereas further east, you are likely to stay dry still cloudy grey, and it is breezy wherever you are. temperatures up to around 5—9dc. if you're heading to premier league football matches, most places are staying dry. rain in the west, top temperatures seven celsius. this evening and tonight, the breez

announcer: this is bbc click live. please welcome your host, spencer kelly! o go. laughter we have some really amazing things for you tonight. we've got some things that noise, we've got some things that fly, we have some things for you to taste. some of it won't work, 0k? laughter bear with us, because hopefully the stuff that does work — fingers crossed, and a lot of it has in rehearsals — it is a world—first, and you won't see this anywhere else, and no—one has seen this before you. before any of that, i have to introduce you to the other half of the show. please welcome to the stage kate russell. applause brilliant, isn't it? when they said i'd have my name in lights, i was expecting more broadway than boardwalk — but it's a start! it's going to be a really, really crammed show. and i don't want you getting too comfortable, because there's a lot of audience participation. so i hope you're ready to take part. do you want to see some tech? crowd: yes! good stuff. i don't believe you. do you want to see some tech? crowd: yes! computers are a wonderful thing,

don't forget we live at bbc click on twitter. i hope you enjoyed the show and see you soon. last couple of days. look at the satellite picture from thursday and i will show you what i mean. a largely cloudy day across many areas of the british isles. here's a satellite picture from yesterday again showing extensive cloud cover. we'll leave the satellite picture behind for a moment. today's headline, can you guess what it'll be? yes, another cloudy day. but the weather is not that straightforward. a weather front in the west is bringing outbreaks of rain for some of us. there's at least one change. now, the weather will be fairly slow moving again on saturday because this weather front is coming in off the atlantic and is running into this massive area of high pressure, that's influencing the weather across much of northern and central europe, so the front will not make much progress against that massive blocking area of high pressure. it means where we start off with outbreaks of rain in western areas, that rain band will probably be in the same kind of errors right way thro

now on bbc news, click. ah, the streets of san francisco.one‘s got that billion—dollar idea here and everyone wants to save the world. the ethos of nothing is impossible runs in the veins and twitter feeds of every twentysomething zuckerberg wannabe. now silicon valley is taking on life's biggest challenge, death. dave lee has been looking at how silicon valley is trying to help us all live longer. this will be my last mealfor 36 hours. like a growing number of people in silicon valley, i'm about to try fasting, something some here believe could contribute to extending our lifespan. my advice to you, just sleep in really late so you don't have to deal with it! kristen brown is a biotechnology journalist. she tells me living longer is becoming something of an obsession for many techies. we do tend to see people notjust thinking of their body as a machine but talking about it metaphorically as a machine. are they actually making any progress? it's growing so quickly right now, we understand so much more this year than we did last year even but

that's all in click in half an hour, here on bbc news.special forces have ended a siege in a luxury hotel in the capital kabul, 12 hours after it was stormed by gunmen. afghan officials say at least 18 people died in the attack, including 1a foreigners. 160 people were rescued from the hotel by the security forces. the taliban says it carried out the attack. our correspondent zia shahreyar reports from kabul. the final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. gunfire and explosions, as afghan special forces battled to regain control of the intercontinental hotel. one soldier throws a grenade. he moves away, then the explosion. the room is soon on fire, evidence of the struggle that had ta ken on fire, evidence of the struggle that had taken place. the afghan national flag waving from the roof, proof that the building has been reta ken. proof that the building has been retaken. more than 150 people, including some foreigners, were inside yesterday evening, when gunmen burst in and opened fire. translation: there were old people and ch

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now on bbc news, click. this week: preserving people during life and after death.u leave behind. and lots of freezers. ah, the streets of san francisco! mecca for technology innovators and aficionados. a destination where the cult of geek reigns supreme. everyone's got that billion—dollar idea here and everyone wants to save the world. the ethos of nothing's impossible runs in the veins and twitter feeds of every twentysomething zuckerberg wannabe. now silicon valley is taking on life's biggest challenge, death. dave lee has been looking at how silicon valley is trying to help us all live longer. this will be my last mealfor 36 hours. like a growing number of people in silicon valley, i'm about to try fasting, something some here believe could contribute to extending our lifespan. my advice to you, just sleep in really late so you don't have to deal with it! kristen brown is a biotechnology journalist. she tells me living longer is becoming something of an obsession for many techies. we tend to see people notjust thinking of their body as a machine but talking abou

now on bbc news, click travels to the us to see how new predictive software can help in emergencies.his week, cars, bars and a police ride! i'm on my way to a reported incident on one of las vegas‘ busiest highways. with the last rain falling overfour months ago, the oily roads mixed with the fresh water have become a lethal recipe for disaster. in the driving seat is sergeantjohn arias, from nevada highway patrol. he's using waycare, software that alerts him to an incident as soon as it's reported via someone calling 911 or through driving apps like waze, and it provides him with details and the best route to get to the scene. it'll tell me the location, what kind of accident, if it's debris, how long it's going and if there's any responders that are assigned to the call that are on their way. it constantly updates him on the situation as it develops. having a robust system in place doesn'tjust help with weather—related collisions. with our route 91 shooting that we had at mandalay, for the portion that we handled in the highway patrol, it's really getting the public that's on the s

now on bbc news, click. this week, cars, bars and a police riot. —— ride.on iam on my i am on my way to iam on mywaytoa i am on my way to a reported incident on 1—off las vegas‘s busiest highways. with the last rain falling over four months ago, busiest highways. with the last rain falling overfour months ago, the audley road is mixed with fresh water have become a lethal recipe for disaster. —— oily roads. in the driving seat is a sergeant from the nevada highway patrol. he is using a softwa re nevada highway patrol. he is using a software that alerts into an incident as soon as it is reported by someone calling 911 or through driving apps and provide him with details and the best route to get to the scene. the location, what kind of accident, the degree, and if there are any responders that are on their way. it constantly updates in on the situation as it develops. having a robust system in place doesn't just help having a robust system in place doesn'tjust help with weather—related collisions. doesn'tjust help with weather-related collisions. with our ro

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in a few minutes on bbc news — newswatch, first, it's click. i've had enough. enough of old tech.l going obsolete, or so it seems. even the days of desktop computers are numbered. right. let's see what they've got for us this year. the consumer electronics show in las vegas is the place to find out. it's where the new products and concepts launch for 2018 and some of them might just change the world. one of the highlights of ces for me is always finding out how bendy lg is. previously, they have been slightly bendy and this year, i think they have nailed it. a; it? $332? illfif’éfig like a retractable garage door. you can actually choose how far the screen rolls out as well as a widescreen tv which can be used as a thin notification bar, a wider format 21x9 cinema screen and of course nothing at all. the argument is that you can make use of the space behind it when you're not using it. and in south korea, a lot of people live in high—rise blocks. can you imagine lugging a tv like that up the stairs? much easier if you can roll it down into a handy tube. elsewhere, plenty of other th

now on bbc news it's time for click, this week the programme looks back on the highlights of its travelshrough the world of tech in 2017. 2017, the year of curious cats, haunting holograms, and trigger—happy trackers. hi there. it's time to look back on the year in tech. as 2017 fades away, we could tell you about all the technology news that has happened — the hacking, the launching, the automatic driving — but that would be just like last year and, come to think of it, the year before that. so we prefer to share with you some unforgettable memories from our year on click, as we've travelled far and wide to bring you some extraordinary moments. and we start with a personal highlight for me. back in october we travelled to japan and we got rare access to see how robots are helping with the dangerous task of cleaning up the fukushima nuclear power plant after its meltdown in 2011. scary? no. i've worn plenty of protective suits in my time, but they've always been to protect the environment from my body. this time it is different. we're going inside unit five, which is identical to the uni

bbc news. coming up just after 3:30pm... clickung blood plasma injections to preserving your body for future resurrection. time now for a look at the weather. temperatures climbed as high as 15 degrees in places today, particularly when we got to see some sunshine. the best about was in east wales, the midlands, east anglia and into lincolnshire. the biggest of the cloud was in scotland where we have seen outbreaks of rain. wet and windy weather sinking southwards across scotland for the into northern ireland, northern england and north wells by the end of the night. strong and gusty winds. it will be mild. —— north wales. there will be mild. —— north wales. there will be mild. —— north wales. there will be colder air. the band of rain will be colder air. the band of rain will go further south through monday. heavy bursts of rain and strong wind. behind it we will peel back the cloud and bright in the skies to reveal sunshine. some heavy and some wintry showers as things turned colder. something colder on the way with wintry showe

that's all in click in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.han security forces have seized control of a luxury hotel in kabul, 12 hours after it was stormed by militants. fierce battles raged through the night as special forces fought the gunmen as they moved around the six—storey intercontinental hotel. six civilians were killed, as were all the militants. 160 guests and staff were rescued, including 41 foreigners. the taliban has now claimed responsibility for the attack. andrew plant reports. the intercontinental hotel in kabul at dawn on sunday morning, blackened and smoking after an ii—hour siege that has seen at least five people killed and several more wounded. the shooting started after nightfall on saturday, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. translation: at first, i heard some gunfire and then, after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said that suicide attackers entered the hotel. security forces were fighting the gunmen floor by floor, with reports of hostages being taken. it's thought the secu

that's all in click, in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news.ood afternoon and welcome to bbc news. many federal government services across the united states have shut down after politicians in washington failed to pass a spending bill. hundreds of thousands of workers employed by federal agencies are being sent home until a compromise can be found. however, essential services including national security and air traffic control will continue. the last government shutdown in 2013 lasted 16 days. sarah corker reports. it's a government shutdown nobody wanted. it went to the wire but there was no last—minute deal. as democrats rallied on capitol hill, inside the senate, republican leaders couldn't secure enough votes to pass a spending bill to extend the funding of federal agencies. on this vote, the ayes are 50, nays are 49. the motion is not agreed. three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. now the trump administration faces an embarrassing shutdown. what we have just witn

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click —— this week. a quick reminder before we go that week. you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week though. thanks for watching. goodbye. hello, good evening. colder, drier weather is on the way this weekend. still some rain around this evening and overnight, with a few showers coming in across southern parts of england, the wetter weather clearing from lincolnshire. a few breaks in the cloud leading to some frost and fog, and a wintry mix of rain, sleet and hill snow moving into northern ireland, across northern ireland, and colder air coming into scotland. at least it brings sunshine and broken cloud. more sunshine coming into northern england, but there will be wintry showers on a cold wind from the north sea, and we've got more cloud heading south across england and wales, with quite a few showers towards southern parts, where temperatures will be six or seven but it will feel colder in the wind and cold overnight, with clear skies and light winds, and a widespread frost in the north. it could get down to minus ten.