thanks very much, dave lee.cordia cruise ship off the italian coast, has begun a 16 yearjail sentence. italy's highest court upheld his prison term, marking the end of the appeals process more than five years after the disaster, in which 32 people died. greg dawson reports. more than five years since his ship capsized, francesco schettino's fight forfreedom capsized, francesco schettino's fight for freedom is over and capsized, francesco schettino's fight forfreedom is over and is spending his first night inside this prison in rome. it follows a definitive ruling here at italy's highest court that his 16 year sentence was sound. his convictions include multiple counts of manslaughter, causing a maritime accident and abandoning ship before his passengers had been evacuated. translation: this ruling causes an extraordinary, terrifying affair. 72 hearings in the first trial, then the appeal trial, finally the supreme court. we are glad the supreme court. we are glad the supreme court. we are glad the supreme court

dave lee, bbc news, san francisco.ize includes two artists over the age of 50 for the first time in more a quarter of a century, after the award lifted its upper age limit. the turner prize has become one of the best—known arts awards. each year, four artists are shortlisted. at 62, one of britain's leading black female artists, lubaina himid, becomes the oldest person to be nominated. another black british artist, 52—year—old hurvin anderson, is also now eligible for the £25,000 prize. also shortlisted are londoner rosalind nashashibi and german—born andrea buttner. the winner will be announced in december. with me is art critic estelle lovatt. the bar has been raised. what is unusual, the first time it is not at a50 unusual, the first time it is not at a 50 yearcap, unusual, the first time it is not at a 50 year cap, so we have artists in their 50s which shows that it can ta ke their 50s which shows that it can take a lifetime to be discovered overnight, because this propels you into the limelight. it is interesting

our technology reporter dave lee went for a visit.w take on healthcare stop we tried to be more if when dealing with health. a 3—d infrared model. healthcare in america always comes ata healthcare in america always comes at a cost. it is actually really affordable. 149 per month. we also have human dog does, it is technology combined with our doctors. —— dog. we have some of the best engineers from companies looking after your data. where is the data? looking after your data. where is the data ? we looking after your data. where is the data? we do not comment on infrastructure for security reasons. how do i eat no my data is in good hands? we don't comment on that. -- how do i know. the wall street journal is reporting that ford is planning to cut about 10—per cent of its 200—hundred thousand strong global workforce. the firm had already announced plans to cut costs by 3—billion dollars — as car sales in the us have slowed. in a statement ford says it has not announced any new actions and it does not comment on speculation. we will up

let's speak to our north american technology correspondent dave lee in san francisco.r heads? i guess one of the big questions is why so many companies have not protected themselves. this isa have not protected themselves. this is a virus that has been known for some times. microsoft fixed the problem are few months ago. this can be solved by updating computers but organisations like the nhs are using computer systems that are so updated that the patch would not apply without extra cost and effort. it seems to be described as a wake—up call. many people had warned something like this could happen. some of the press are reporting that it seems that these cyber weapons could have been stolen from the national security agency? the nsa have not said anything. the timeline is interesting. a group called the shadow brokers leaked a treasured trove of tools from the nsa, so they say. in order to hit targets in the cyber arena. those were called zero day attacks. once they were out in the open, that was a free for all for any criminal enterprise and state actors to create tool

that was dave lee in silicon valley.e no surprises from the us federal reserve's latest meeting. the central bank kept the cost of borrowing on hold. it downplayed week first quarter economic growth. it's a sign it is still track for two more break hikes this year. consumer spending continues to be solid. inflation has been running close to the fed's target. australia's fourth—largest lender nav reported a rise in profits, boosted by lending growth. the bank's profits rose to $2.44 billion, however the company did signal concerns over slowing housing price growth and a possible oversupply of inner—city apartments. indonesia's state—controlled mining company will resume exports this month, with an initial shipment of 150,000 tons, expected to leave for china in early may. the exports, after a three—year ban of raw mineral exports, which the indonesian government put in place in 2014 to encourage investment in its projects. donald trump has labelled it the failing new york times, at the paper has posted its best quarterly

from san francisco, here is dave lee.blic in march it had to answer two big questions. the first was, could attract enough new users to keep investors happy, and the second question, probably a bigger question, was caught it survive an onslaught from facebook which has been copying snapchat‘s best ideas and giving them to its users instead. well, so far the a nswer to users instead. well, so far the answer to both of those questions seems to be no. user growth has been too small, revenue has been too small, and while snapchat is still very popular with teenagers, there hasn't been an increasing engagement that perhaps investors would have wanted. indeed, on an earnings call after results were published, one investor asked the chief executive whether there were new products coming which could give investors cause for hope. he didn't have too many bright ideas. he also said he wasn't worried by facebook, but on the evidence of these results, he probably should be. colinjacobs is managing director of immediate future, an ind

dave lee joins us from san francisco with more. the big question is, who is behind it? ve: that is a very big question, a question we can't quite answer yet. i have to say this is a very , sophisticated attack. we don't know quite where it has originated from. the intriguing part is it appears to use a tool that was originally created by the u.s. government and the national security agency, the nsa. and their tools were recently leaked by hacking group, so everyone could see these tools. they were public. they could use them for their own hacking if they wanted to. and security experts at the time warned that something like this could happen if institutions did not upgrade the computers quickly enough, and it seems that has happened in countless examples across the world, particularly in the u.k., particularly in europe. and questions are being asked now about that process. government has creating these tools given when they , become public, they can cause such damage. other news, thousands of venezuelans have taken to the streets to protest against the government nicola

dave lee is our north american technology correspondent. good morning, dave.e. what light can you shed on what is going on? i can confirm, as you mentioned, that it on? i can confirm, as you mentioned, thatitis on? i can confirm, as you mentioned, that it is an international cyber attack. almost 100 countries have registered this problem. some of the worst hit have been a russia. many of their government systems were hit by this. we have seen it had places in china. in the united states, fedex has been turning customers away throughout today. it is still friday here. that has obviously been a big problem. although in the us, their healthcare system has not suffered the same kind of problems that the nhs has back home. but they are still taking it very seriously, keeping an eye out and trying to minimise the huge amount of damage this attack has caused. experts are now trying to unravel some of the problems. this has happened once or twice before. what pattern has been set? how has this worked out in the past? it is quite a troubling pattern. we have had a case

dave lee is outside the court where the hearing has been taking place. till going on, they kicked all the journalists out for a private hearing happening right now, but this morning we got a glimpse of precisely what this row is about. on the one hand you have a company which spun out of google's cell striving car division, accusing nowell of essentially stealing their technology, taking it away from google and creating their own self driving division. uber dispute that, saying it has not happened. although they do not dispute that a former employee took some files from his former employee, basic glove has not use them for anything so it can't be guilty of stealing trade secrets and infringing on patterns. we are waiting to hear today an injunction will be applied to uber which could seriously hamper efforts in developing and researching this technology. so it is employees moving from one company to the other? it centres on a man who is a pioneer of self driving technology, he used to work for google in their self driving division, he left very suddenly i

that was dave lee, our technology correspondent in san francisco. maintain their current lead in the opinion polls. mr watson told the guardian that it would be "very, very difficult" to turn the poll numbers around, and labour had a "mountain to climb." mrs thatcher won majorities of 144 in 1983 and 101 in 1987. the conservatives want to give people the power to demand that social media companies delete any embarrassing content they posted online before the age of 18. labour has questioned whether the legislation would be enforceable, given that most of the largest companies are based abroad. pope francis will canonise two portuguese children at a mass today on the spot where they reported seeing the virgin mary exactly 100 years ago. tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in fatima to welcome the pontiff last night and today's mass is expected to attract a million worshippers. francis is the fourth pope to visit the shrine. tonight it's the eurovision song contest and, after failing to make it into the top 10 for the past seven years, could this b

we can go to dave lee and san francisco's covering this. a loss was expected, why? that wasn't surprising, the size of the loss, though, is staggering. $2.2 billion in the last three months, the previous three months since this year. the only had revenues of 150 million. that gap was enormous. other worrying thing is for the company, they grew their user base 596, company, they grew their user base 5%, something particularly worrying for snapchat or their investors. facebook as we know is one of its main rivals and they've been doing everything they can to stop snapchat from growing. adding many of snapchat‘s popular features to instagram and facebook. it seems the tactic is working, snapchat has barely added any new users in the last three months and as a result their shares are down about 20%.m their shares are down about 20%.m the us politicians, not least the president, want to talk about immigration, undocumented workers and border walls. the real concern of many businesses is they need more, not less migration. businesses, particularly farming and tourism, wan

from san franciso here's dave lee.t public in march, snap at to answer two questions, the first if it could attract a enough new users to give investors happy, and could it survive an onslaught from facebook, copying its ideas and giving it to its users? so far, the a nswer to giving it to its users? so far, the answer to both questions seems to be no. user growth seems to have been too small, and while snapchat is still very popular with teenagers, there has not been an increasing engagement that investors wanted. 0ne investor asked the chief executive if there were new products coming up to give investors cause for hope. it's fair to say he did not have too many bright ideas. he also said he was not worried by facebook, but, on the evidence of these results, he probably should be. i'm joined by mike weston, founder of marketing agency radiate b2b. welcome to the programme. it seems that investors are quite skittish. we see some very big numbers in terms of subscriber growth and the losses. but that is nothing new for

let's bring in dave lee in san francisco for us. good to have you with us.pple may face, but these earnings, something to smile about. yes, well let me take you back to this time last year when i was stood pretty much on the same spot. we were reporting that apple for the first time had a drop in revenue year on year. this year, it's a much healthier picture. they're inspecting around 5% up on this time last year. the results haven't come out yet. this is what we're expecting. we will know more in half an hour. we're expecting a strong quarter. this is the time of the year where apple has a slow quarter, because it's after christmas. though it's the quieter period they should show some strong earnings. another thing we're looking out for is apple cash pile overseas. it could top, if you can believe this, $250 billion. that's kept overseas. it's an extraordinary amount. there's pressure at the moment on apple to ta ke pressure at the moment on apple to take back some of that money into the us and start buying things, like other companies or rewarding some of

the bbc‘s dave lee joins us live from san francisco. what has been microsoft's response?e done everything they can to prevent this happening. we knew about this vulnerability over a month ago. microsoft had fixed it, a month before we knew it existed. and so really, it was up to people to upgrade their systems. it does seem, as we are hearing, in those two pieces, that organisations like the nhs simply were not doing that. their machines were too old and they we re their machines were too old and they were not being properly looked after and maintain. and that is why it has been hit so hard. i think it is interesting that the prime ministers said it was an international event. —— maintained. but the international health system has not seen anything like the same impact. i spoke to the department of health here in america, and they said they were not aware of any significant impact. that shows the gap between the us and with the nhs. how sophisticated is this? do you have to be a top hacker to get your hands and is ra nsomwa re, hacker to get your hands and is ransomware,

dave lee, bbc news, san francisco.can leave the eu. iam says, before britain can leave the eu. i am going to be talking to someone from the liberal democrats but first we can hear from john nicholson from the snp, the party spokesman on culture, media and sport. your take on michel barnier‘s comments. he is adamant this is not a punishment bill in any way, that is the word he used. i think the delusional arguments are coming crashing into the juggernaut of german economic reality. one thing is clear, the 20s of the member states are united, so the pollyanna skipping by david davies and his chums is simply not going to sustain close scrutiny. theresa may is not going to get the kind of deal she is talking about. the bull throughout the uk have to focus because theresa may wants a 100 seat majority and seems headed for it, she wants to crush opposition and the scent which is not good for government, not good for democracy. we need to have mps elected who can stand up against her. none of us is in the negotiating room. we

dave lee reports. pulling over.nology by downloading 14,000 files related to the design of the system that helps the design of the system that helps the cars see what is around them. the accused employees created 0tto, a self driving truck company bought by uber last year for millions of dollars. now they want a judge in san francisco to put in place an injunction on uber using the disputed technology. it could mean then you self—driving cars being trialled in cities around the us could be taken off the roads. it could be taken off the roads. it could be taken off the roads. it could be a major setback for uber as it tries to be the first company making commercial self—driving cars and everyday reality. uber denies using any of google's technology, saying they are just trying to stifle innovation and competition. bbc news, san francisco. here at breakfast, we like to keep you abreast of all the important worldwide panda news. we have quite a high bar, we like to think. with this in mind we thought we should bring yo

lee who is live on the west bank. good morning. what are they hopeful and eager about? >> reporter: good morning, dave.his is the first time that president abbas and president trump have met. expect them a little bit meet and greet, get to know each other better. mahmoud abbas is bringing a laundry list of things he wants to talk about that. on top of that list is settlements. he wants the united states to put more pressure on israel, also they will be talking about the embassy, mike pence yesterday said that they are electronically considering moving it from tel aviv to jerusalem. that's not only deeply unpopular with the palestinians but also key u.s. regional allies like jordan, egypt and saudi arabia. they are also going to be talking about the prospect for a palestinian state, mahmoud abbas would like to see that within the 1967 borders with east jerusalem as its capital. also, the arab peace initiative is likely to be brought up as well the arab league would recognize israel with a peace deal. now expect president trump to possibly bring up the stipends for palestinian families who have someone e