in a moment we will hear from our technology correspondent dave lee. but first, here is what the director of homeland security said about russia's role in the 2016 presidential election. our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. let me take just a moment to touch on this, because i think it's very important to do so. two years ago, as we all know, a foreign power launched a brazen, multifaceted influence campaign to undermine public faith in our democratic process and to distort our presidential election. that campaign was multifaceted. it involved cyber espionage, leaks of stolen data, cyber intrusions into voter registration systems,

north american technology reporter dave lee there. games under way in indonesia, where tens of thousands of people at tending events in jakarta. the southeast asian countries estimated to have spent over $2 million building up infrastructure for the event. indonesia stepped up to the plate after the bid but withdrew from hosting duties because the games became too expensive. so, how much does it cost to stage an event like this? well, here is what we can tell you. rio de janeiro, this? well, here is what we can tell you. rio dejaneiro, at the 2016 summer you. rio dejaneiro, at the 2016 summer olympics cost brazil more than $13 billion, a far cry from the original estimates of $4.6 billion. and russia's cost of hosting the fifa world cup this summer reportedly exceeded $14 billion, so is the investment a winning strategy for indonesia? a sports marketing expert says there are intangible assets, like good publicity. expert says there are intangible assets, like good publicitylj expert says there are intangible assets, like good publicit

laura: a brief time ago i spoke to our technology correspondent dave lee. sethe tech companies surp by the president targeting them like this? dave: i don't think they will be surprid. what the president has been saying goes some of the concerns that -- echoes some of the concerns that originally came from the further reaches of right-wing politics in the u.s.o bu recently brought to various congressmen and women suggesting that views on social media -- facebook, twitter, and as we are hearing, google, somehow suppressed or not being spread as widely as left-leaning voices. there is a view among growing number of conservatives that thl people we in towns like this, silicon valley, are using their immense power in order to influence -- have influence with those platforms. all the companies deny that very strongly. laura: what is google specifically saying about the claim that it censors conservative voices? dave: google was quick off the mark. after the president's tweet early in the morning, google said in a statement that the search is not used to set a pol

in a moment we'll hear from our technology correspondent dave lee — but first let's hear exactly whatnt trump said in the oval office. i think google is taking advantage ofa i think google is taking advantage of a lot of people and i think that isa of a lot of people and i think that is a very serious thing and a very serious charge. google, twitter, facebook, they are trading on very troubled territory and they must be careful. it is not fair to large debt at portions of the population. 0ur silicon valley reporter dave lee is in san francisco. what do you make of this? what do you make of thi57m what do you make of this? it is stepping up the attacks from donald trump to these technology companies. he is echoing something we have heard from several members of congress in recent monthss, the suggestion that silicon valley giants, the technology leads as many refer to them, are using their power, these immense power to somehow silenced the views of conservatives and boost liberal views they are said to hold themselves. the companies deny it strongly, however donald trump in his early—m

that was dave lee, re—cooperating in silicon valley.at's it for our summer sizzler. hope you've enjoyed it as much as we did. we live on facebook and twitter as well. now, after such an intense summer of sport, next week we're going to look back at some of the new technology that has been brought into play in the last few months. and we will leave you with one more thing which we hope illustrates the perils of filming someone going down a vr waterslide. enjoy this. 0urcameraman, nick kwek, certainly did. hello there. we're looking at quite a changeable spell of weather, really, over the next few days, with some rain around. we'll certainly get some rain as we go on through the next 2a hours. the satellite picture shows a band of cloud pushing in across the united kingdom for today, and this is rain—bearing cloud. now, we have seen three bands of rain that will tend to merge together into one as it moves its way in across england and wales as we go on through the next few hours. so there is some rain on the way for some of us. if you're

that was dave lee, re—cooperating in silicon valley.ur summer sizzler. i hope you've enjoyed it as much as we did. we live on facebook and twitter as well. now, after such an intense summer of sport, next week we are going to look back at some of the new technology that has been brought into play in the last few months. and we will leave you with one more thing, which we hope illustrates the perils of filming someone going down a vr waterslide. enjoy this. 0ur cameraman nick kwek certainly did. this isn't working at all! it's been a mixed fortunes day. this was the scene taken by one of our weather watchers, thick, grey clouds that will produce more rainfall as we sped through this afternoon and evening. for the week ahead still looking rather unsettled in the north and west in particular, fairly breezy and showery. the driest and warmest weather expected in the south east through the week ahead. here's the satellite and radar showing where we've had rain over the last few hours. it's been across parts of scotland, eastern england and h

dave lee live in san francisco. you're watching newsday on the bbc.victory lap and a brighter future for more than 600 greyhounds — under threat after the closure of asia's only legal dog—racing track. also on the programme: we report on the long hours spent queuing at london's heathrow airport for travellers from outside the european union. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories — international spotlight on china over claims it's running political indoctrin

that was dave lee, re—cooperating in silicon valley.om our summer sizzler. i hope you've enjoyed it as much as we did. we live on facebook and twitter as well. now, after such an intense summer of sport, next week we are going to look back at some of the new technology that has been brought into play in the last few months. and we will leave you with one more thing, which we hope illustrates the perils of filming someone going down a vr waterslide. enjoy this. 0ur cameraman nick kwek certainly did. this isn't working at all! we are seeing some big weekend weather contrast, yesterday many of us weather contrast, yesterday many of us started with the sunshine, cold start to the day. this morning, mild start to the day. this morning, mild start to the day. this morning, mild start to the day but also allowed and outbreaks of rain and that is the way that the weather will stay, area of low pressure in the south—west of the uk, cold front stretching in across england and wales, warm front pressuring across england and scotland. areas of rain

that was dave lee, re—cooperating — coop, you see, — in silicon valley.r. i hope you've enjoyed it as much as we did. we live on facebook and twitter as well. now, after such an intense summer of sport, next week we are going to look back at some of the new technology that has been brought into play in the last few months. and we will leave you with one more thing, which we hope illustrates the perils of filming someone going down a vr water slide. enjoy this. 0ur cameraman nick kwek certainly did. this isn't working at all! laughter hello there. for many of us it has been a sunny start to the day if somewhat chilly first thing but as we go through the rest of the day we will see cloud generally thicken from the south west with outbreaks of rain getting into wales and south—west england and turning heavier here through the afternoon with strengthening south—westerly winds. the best of the sunshine, eastern scotland and eastern england, that's where the highest temperatures will be. but and for the northern isles there will be one or two passing showers. 0

that was dave lee, recuperating in silicon valley. from our summer sizzler. i hope you've enjoyed it as much as we did. we live on facebook and twitter as well. now, after such an intense summer of sport, next week we are going to look back at some of the new technology that has been brought into play in the last few months. and we will leave you with one more thing, which we hope illustrates the perils of filming someone going down avr perils of filming someone going down a vr waterslide. enjoy this. our cameraman nick kwak certainly did. this isn't working at all! good morning. weekend weather coming up, but first let's take a look back on friday, a day of mixed fortunes, with heavy way around for some, so much so that weather watches had to shelter underneath hastings pier get this dramatic shot. there was some sunshine to be found, particular cross the channel isles, as you can see at guernsey. there was this kind of changeable theme that moves us towards the weekend, in actual fact. something that will be quite important will be

that was dave lee, re—cooperating in silicon valley.l from our summer sizzler. i hope you've enjoyed it as much as we did. we live on facebook and twitter as well. now, after such an intense summer of sport, next week we are going to look back at some of the new technology that has been brought into play in the last few months. and we will leave you with one more thing, which we hope illustrates the perils of filming someone going down a vr waterslide. enjoy this. 0ur cameraman nick kwek certainly did. this isn't working at all! hello. it stays changeable over the next few days and if you have had sunshine today like here in north yorkshire, you are likely to see rain over the next 12—24 hours. conversely, where we have some rain today and a fair amount of it across parts of wales, then tomorrow you should see a bit more in the way of sunshine. it is still really quite a messy picture because we have low pressure to the west of the uk. through tonight, outbreaks of rain will continue working northwards and eastwards. not very much rain

that was dave lee, re—cooperating — coop, you see, — in silicon valley.ur summer sizzler. i hope you've enjoyed it as much as we did. we live on facebook and twitter as well. now, after such an intense summer of sport, next week we are going to look back at some of the new technology that has been brought into play in the last few months. and we will leave you with one more thing, which we hope illustrates the perils of filming someone going down a vr water slide. enjoy this. 0ur cameraman nick kwek certainly did. this isn't working at all! laughter hello there, we've seen some contrasts east— west across the country during the day, while the cloud has been increasing from the west we have kept the blue skies and the sunshine in the east and this is proof of that, beautiful scene here in cromer in norfolk taken by one of our weather watchers earlier. these clearer skies will cloud over as we head through tonight and we'll see low—pressure spilling some rain from west to east through the rest of the weekend but it won't be a write—off, there will be a bit

but as our north america technology reporter dave lee explains — the firm is under great pressure tot gears up to go public. uber is of course a private company which means it doesn't have to release its finances to anyone other than its private investors but the firm is trying to be more transparent and that is because they are planning on hitting the public markets in the future but investors in the company i worry that some of the recent troubles for the firm mean when it goes public, the value could be considerably lower than where it is now, which is $70 billion but there is good news in these latest figures. bookings are up these latest figures. bookings are ‘7 these latest figures. bookings are up 6% on the last quarter and that means year—on—year, bookings are up by 40%. means year—on—year, bookings are up by a0%. that includes both bookings for car journeys by a0%. that includes both bookings for carjourneys and also from uber eats, the compa ny‘s for carjourneys and also from uber eats, the company's food delivery service but there are areas of this business bringing huge l

our technology reporter dave lee met some highly skilled hackers capable of cracking the american defences try to change the votes for donald trump. i'm going to try to give him less votes. these are the websites that are very important because they report the election results to the public. they also tell the public where to go and vote. you can imagine if either of these two things were changed, the chaos that would answer you.“ these two things were changed, the chaos that would answer you. if you need any assistance please raise your hand —— that would ensue. delete the rose, updating the rose. deleting them, adding them. —— delete the rows, updating the rows. you can just go in, we —— delete the rows, updating the rows. you canjust go in, we can call it with our own name if we want to and make it look like we have won the election. time has expired. you have the opportunity to do that today. do so. vote yes on this amendment for your country! usa! usa! usa! do you think these systems should be more secure? we should have it weighs secure because russians are out there, people —— way s

our north america technology correspondent dave lee has more from san fransisco.ome people are writing of this milestone as being nothing more than a nice round number, but the significance is important. it shows a company that has had blistering growth over the last decade or so since it launched the iphone. they passed the milestone, over $1 trillion, on thursday morning's trading in new york, and the way they did it was by selling iphones at a higher cost. last year the company released its more expensive iphone x at $999 or £999 in the uk. it meant the average selling price of the iphone has gone up dramatically, even though the company is selling fewer of the devices overall. also, apple has managed to diversify the kind of products it offers. it's now doing music streaming, cloud services, and apple pay. those services divisions now amount to around $10 billion every single quarter in revenue and that is what's giving investors hope that, even once the smartphone era does moves on, apple still has something else to offer. it might not be plain sailing for th

dave lee reporting there.standing achievement in popular film. that means films that are hits with the public, like black panther. many in hollywood aren't happy. actor rob lowe tweeted: "the film business passed away today. it had been in poor health for a number of years. it is survived by sequels, tent—poles, and vertical integration." this is all to boost ratings as viewing figures for the academy awards have been falling over the past few years. here's peter bowes in los angeles. some are saying it is a half baked idea because the academy hasn't really said what the rules will be in terms of eligibility for this new category, for example the film is described as a popular film, would also be eligible for best film at the oscars? so in the industry people are little bit confused by this, some people are angry because another of the changes is that some of those awards, they sometimes described as the below the line categories, the awards like sound editing, sound mixing, film editing, make up, those will b

dave lee speaking to me earlier from san francisco.emperatures towards the south and east of the country. further north and west, we have some clout and outbreaks of rain. the low pressure is close behind at northern parts of the uk, high pressure generally speaking is pretty close to the south of the uk. but from time to time, we shift these weather jigsaw puzzle but from time to time, we shift these weatherjigsaw puzzle pieces around a bit, so it is on thursday, low pressure comes a bit further south, and we will get some rain evenin south, and we will get some rain even in southeastern areas. the midlands and south west of england, their days start with rain, moving to east anglia and the southeast. higher we see sunny skies, hefty showers into the northwest. the temperatures had downwards, 16—20d. there is another frontal system moving towards the northwestern areas as we get there friday, but the high—pressure tries to reestablish itself down to the south. so we are down to that fairly standard summer weather, ran across northern

jane: dave lee, thanks for joining us. the jury has been chosen in the trial of former trump campaign manager paul manafort. it is the first by the legal team of speciamucounsel robert ler. manafortresult in mr. spending the rest of his life in prison. rajini vaidyanathan explains how we got here. rajini: paul manafort held a coveted place in donald trump's inner circle as his campaign manager. weeks after he was here for the republican national convention 2016, his political career began to unravel, forced to quit dafter questions were rai after his ties to foreign governments. today he is in jail, facing charges lated to his work before the joint the trump mpaign. arriving at court in virginia, manaforts cused of laundering millions of dollars in cash while he worked as a politicalan consuin ukraine. his clients included the country's former president.an prosecutors say he funneled the money through offshore accounts into exotic locations with lavish purchases, buying multimillion dollar properties in new york and virgin

laura: dave lee in san francisco, thank you.ar crimes may have been conducted according to all parties -- why all parties in yemen, according to rights experts who claim that little effort has been made into minimize casualties. yemen has been divided in a fierce civil war. caught in the middle are civilians, and almost 6700 have been killed. the real figures are likely to be much higher. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. james: the u.n. experts are blunt -- the plight of civilians in yemen has been all but ignored. the u.n. team points to attacks on residential areas in which thousands have died. among ose attacks, saudi-led airstrikes come in for particularriticism, like this one three weeks a that killed dozens of children in a s in a marketplace. >> individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition, including saudi arabia and the united araemirates, may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction, proportionality, and all precautions, which may amount to war crimes. james: th

dave lee reports from san francisco.k appears to be on the front foot when it is dealing with its misinformation problem. it says it has discovered co—ordinated in authentic behaviour. the activity involved almost 10,000 facebook posts and 150 pieces of advertising. it was designed not to back a certain candidate that simply make americans angry. facebook said 30 real—world events such as protest we re real—world events such as protest were organised by the malicious actors. 0ne were organised by the malicious actors. one was due to take place in washington later this month. 600 people indicated they would attend. though the techniques used closely resembles those seen in the run—up to the 2016 election, facebook stopped short of blaming russia for this latest campaign. it says whoever it was to greater caring coupling —— covering their tracks but it did find overlap between the newly discovered accounts and those operated by the kremlin‘s internet research agency, known as the ira. some in washington felt the hand of ru

dave lee reports from san francisco.th its misinformation problem. it says it has discovered co—ordinated inauthentic behaviour. the activity involved almost 10,000 facebook posts and 150 pieces of advertising. it was designed not to back a certain candidate but simply make americans angry. facebook said 30 real—world events such as protests were organised by the malicious actors. one was due to take place in washington, dc later this month. 600 people indicated they would attend. though the techniques used closely resemble those seen in the run—up to the 2016 presidential election, facebook stopped short of blaming russia for this latest campaign. it says whoever it was took great care in covering their tracks but it did find overlap between the newly discovered accounts and those operated by the kremlin's internet research agency, known as the ira. some in washington felt the hand of russia was obvious. i have a high level of confidence that these accounts, many of them that have been tied to ira accounts, many of them

here's our technology correspondent, dave lee.re than a nice round number, but the significance is important. it shows a company that has had blistering growth over the last decade or so since it launched the iphone. they passed the milestone, over $1 trillion, on thursday morning's trading in new york, and the way they did it was by selling iphones at a higher cost. last year the company released its more expensive iphone x at $999 or £999 in the uk. it meant the average selling price of the iphone has gone up dramatically, even though the company is selling fewer of the devices overall. also, apple has managed to diversify the kind of products it offers. it's now doing music streaming, cloud services, and aple pay. it's now doing music streaming, cloud services, and apple pay. those services divisions now amount to around $10 billion every single quarter in revenue and that is what's giving investors hope that, even once the smartphone era does moves on, apple still has something else to offer. it might not be plain sailing for

in a moment we'll hear from our technology correspondent dave lee, but first here's what the directorland security said about russia's role in the 2016 presidential election. democracy in itself is in the crosshairs. let me take a moment to touch on this because i think it is very important to do so. two years ago, as we all know, a foreign power launched a brazen, multifaceted influence campaign to undermine our fate in the democratic process and to distort our presidential election. that campaign was multifaceted, it involved cyber espionage, weeks of stolen data, online propaganda and more. let me be clear, our intelligence community has it right. it was the russians, we know that, they know that, it was directed at the highest levels and we cannot and will not allow that to happen again. although no actual votes were changed in 2016, let me be clear in this, any attempt to interfere in our elections is a direct attack on our democracy. it is unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. mark my words, america will not tolerate this meddling. whether it is north korea or the russians,

technology correspondent dave lee reports.his milestone as simply being nothing more than a nice round number but the significance is important. it shows a company that has had a blistering growth over the last decade or so since launching the iphone. they passed the trillion dollar mark on thursday morning in new york and at the way they did it was by selling iphones at a higher cost. last year released 999 pounds in the uk for iphone x. it has gone up in the uk for iphone x. it has gone up dramatically. even though the company is selling fewer of the devices overall. it has also managed to divert the products it offers. cloud services, music streaming and others. it is giving investors hope that what the smartphone era moves on, apple has something else to offer. it right not the plain sailing for the rest of apple history, up ahead and emerging threat from china were cheaper device makers could eat into their bottom line. more broadly, analysts here say apple's nextjob is to predict the future. they may have been at the kin

technology correspondent dave lee reports. writing off this as simply being nothing more than a nice round number, but the significance simply being nothing more than a nice round number, but the significance is simply being nothing more than a nice round number, but the significance is important choppy it shows a company that has had a blistering growth over the shows a company that has had a blistering growth over the last decade since each launched the iphone. they passed a milestone on thursday morning's trading in new york and the way they did it was by selling iphones at a higher cost. last year the company released its more expensive iphone x and it meant that the average selling price has gone up dramatically, even though the company is selling fewer of the devices overall. also, apple has managed to diversify the kind of products it offers. it is now doing music shinnie, cloud services and apple a, those amount to around $10 billion every single quarter in revenue and that is what is keeping investors hopes, even when

almost 10,000 facebook posts and 150 pieces of advertising. 0ur north america technology reporter dave leefrancisco. facebook released a bunch of information about this issue earlier. they say they removed 32 different pages and accounts which, given the huge user base, does not seem like much but between them they posted around 10,000 items and purchased 150 pieces of advertising at around $10,000. facebook say they were able to reach as many as a quarter of a million people who were following the activities of these pages and accounts. facebook is trying to show that it is investing in this area and that it is working. they used outside help to assess some of the patterns used in order to track down this was happening. ahead of the mid—term elections in the us, facebook hopes that this shows they are taking action early to make sure they do not see a repeat of what happened in 2016 when russian influence was a huge problem on facebook and, perhaps, meddled in the election. that allegation is ongoing. what we do not know is whether this is seen as a major victory for misinformation, or a

in a moment we'll hear from our technology correspondent dave lee, but first let's hear exactly whatnt trump said in the oval office. i think google is taking advantage of a lot of people and i think that is a very serious thing and a very serious charge. google, twitter, facebook, they are treading on very troubled territory and they must be careful. it is not fair to large portions of the population. he is echoing what we heard from several members of congress in re ce nt several members of congress in recent months, the suggestion that silicon valley giants, the tech elite as many refer to them, using that power, this immense power to somehow silence the views of the conservatives. the companies deny it strongly, however donald trump in his early—morning tweets amplified some anecdotal evidence, it must be said, from a conservative blog that suggests as much as 96% of results when you search for trump news were from left leaning outlets. it is very complicated to judge how reliable that sort of information is because everybody gets google results tailored to them personally. many

dave lee in san francisco. joining us is kathleen brooks, research director at city index.w, that president trump can have direct impact on a lot of firms and particularly the markets. but very vocal in saying what he doesn't like about google? absolutely. it goes to show for other technology stocks that there have been attacked by the left for a potentially ruining hillary clinton's campaign, and now trump and hard—core republicans are attacking them as well. going forward they will come under a lot more scrutiny, get more regulated and a larger proportion of their profits are going to have to go to the compliant element. they will end up the compliant element. they will end up like finance world after the crash in 2008, or by all of a sudden complier is‘ department had to ramped up to beat off these accusations of being biased. some experts i have talked to say this is just president trump diverted all our attention away from the headlines that i really quite damaging as faras headlines that i really quite damaging as far as he is concerned, onto something else. let's tal

says the administration is now "looking into" the issue of regulation. 0ur silicon valley reporter dave lee more. he's echoing something that we have heard from several members of congress in recent months, the suggestion that some of the silicon valley giants, the people based here, the tech elites, as many refer to them, are using their power, this immense power to somehow silence the views of conservatives and instead boost liberal views they are said to hold themselves. the companies of course deny it strongly, however donald trump, in his early—morning tweets, amplified some rather anecdotal evidence, it must be said, from a conservative blog that suggests that as much as 96% of results when you search for "trump news" were from left—leaning outlets. it's very complicated to judge how reliable that kind of information is because of course everybody gets google results tailored to them personally. many experts don't give the research much credibility at all. google certainly doesn't. but regardless of what google thinks, it does have this new problem. well, an enhanced problem on its ha

here's our technology correspondent dave lee in san francisco. la liga to the indian subcontinent. this is a deal to bring every single game in la liga, the top—flight of spanish football, to the indian subcontinent, which in facebook terms is around 340 million people. it would be the only way to watch this, particularly if you happen to be in that region, which is a very big deal for a company like facebook — trying to grow in the region, and having such a well—known football league where the only way to watch is facebook is a big dealfor them. technology companies are increasingly investing in sports rights around the world. we are seeing it in the uk, the us, and now a massive deal in the indian subcontinent. a big dealfor facebook. they will be hoping this gets even more eyeballs to the advertising or on their platform. venezuelan president nicol s maduro has announced the end of the country's long—running free fuel policy. the president said that venezuela ns "should pay the international price" to fill their tanks from now on. the south am

tojune but will be looking to do better before it goes public. 0ur north america technology reporter dave lee company which means technically it doesn't have to release its finances to anyone other than its private investors, but the firm is trying to be more transparent, and that is partly because they are planning on entering the public markets some time in the future. investors in the company are slightly worried that some of the recent troubles for the firm could mean that when it eventually goes public, the value could be considerably lower than where it is now, which is around $70 billion. there is some good news in the latest figures. bookings are up 6% on the last quarter. that means year on year bookings are up by a0%, and that includes bookings for car journeys and also from the food delivery service uber eats. there are still big areas of this business bringing in huge losses, most notably the self driving car programme, which is reportedly getting through around i million every single day. currently not bringing in too much in terms of results. —— from $1 million every single day.

in a moment we will hear from our technology correspondent dave lee.ut first, here is what the director of homeland security said about russia's role in the 2016 presidential election. our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. let me take just a moment to touch on this, because i think it's very important to do so. two years ago, as we all know, a foreign power launched a brazen, multifaceted influence campaign to undermine public faith in our democratic process and to distort our presidential election. that campaign was multifaceted. it involved cyber espionage, leaks of stolen data, cyber intrusions into voter registration systems, online propaganda, and more. let me be clear — our intelligence community has it right. it was the russians. we know that, they know that, it was directed at the highest levels, and we cannot and will not allow that to happen again. facebook released a bunch of information about this issue earlier. they say they removed 32 different pages and accounts which, given the huge user base, does not seem like much but between th

let's get more on this with our north america technology correspondent dave lee. es down to basically how much money the people who created tinder, ten employees that were instrumental in making the app are able to get by selling stock in the company now that has been acquired by the mass group. the alleged that the match group. the alleged that the match group purposely devalued the value of tinder when it came to those employees selling their stock, and they said because of this the money they said because of this the money they received was much, much lower thanit they received was much, much lower than it should have been given how tinder was taking the dating world by storm at that time. the reason the evidence they say for this is that the match group said they would make for $150 million more in revenue this year when in fact looks like it's going take in more than $800 million in revenue therefore the plaintiffs say that means they have been done a few dollars from that the company may say the lawsuit isa that the company may say the lawsuit is a meritless.

well, we can speak now to our north america technology correspondent, dave lee, whojoins us live fromt have been voiced by the conservatives, the right—wing media in the us, suggesting that silicon valley companies run by people who they say as being the tech elite are inherently biased against conservative views and they are using those platforms in order to push those of use. as you mentioned, it was very early in the morning, just after 5am in washington went from apparently set up presumably in his bed and treated and all capital letters that the system was rigged, that google had been hiding results from right—leaning publications in favour of those on the left. he has been talking a little bit more about those concerns in the last few moments at the white house. here's what he had to say. we have literally thousands and thousands of complaints coming in. and you just can't do that. sol think that google and twitter and facebook, they are really treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful. it's not fairto large they have to be careful. it's not fair to l

thank you very much, dave lee.way, already across northern ireland, scotland and the northwest of england. are expecting some rain. crossing this way over the country the next 24 hours, only on and off rain, not lasting for too long. it is going to be a very mild night, very warm, temperatures in the south in the high teens, similar values further north. whether you in scotla nd further north. whether you in scotland or on the south coast of england, it will be a warm and muggy night. tomorrow the heat wave continues across the southeast, temperatures will be in excess of 30 degrees. we will see a spell of rain across yorkshire, south of the weather front is hot, across yorkshire, south of the weatherfront is hot, north across yorkshire, south of the weather front is hot, north of the weather front is hot, north of the weather front is much weather front is hot, north of the weatherfront is much more co mforta ble, weatherfront is much more comfortable, temperatures will be typically in the low 20s. that father ——

dave lee, technology correspondent, san francisco.e does that is something of a black box. the algorithm of google search is one of the most closely guarded secrets of the most closely guarded secrets of the company because indeed that is how it makes the majority of its money. however it does go into some detail. i'm times about how it does rank websites, whether on normal searches or searches for news. google says there is around 200 different fact is that play into how highly a site and rank. one of the key ones being how often other sites link toa key ones being how often other sites link to a page, which isjust key ones being how often other sites link to a page, which is just one possible measure of how valid that piece of information is, or how reliable it might be. of those 200, google sets for certain that political ideologies do not play any pa rt political ideologies do not play any part in that. they are not, contrary to what donald trump suggests, pushing any kind of left—wing media agenda. and in doing so will becomes on

however, one firm has made something of a breakthrough in robot technology, as dave lee reports fromst you must work out which brick you need. you need to pick it up, hold that the right way, and then apply force, but not too much, to connect the bricks together. brick bob, created by autodesk, can do all that and unlock new ways to make things. this book manufacturing, where things coming out of the assembly line might be very customised for the end customer. you have seen robots making things before, but the kind of machine you will see in factories today require extensive programming and calibration. derek they're engineered in a way that everything is locked in. if something were to go wrong, a part doesn't get delivered exactly, then the line goes down. he says his brick bot solves that by being understanding ofa solves that by being understanding of a task, rather than simply following instructions. in theory that means it should be able to adapt quickly to new projects. time to update you on the postelection situation in zimbabwe, we have not heard the results of the election,

dave lee reports from san francisco. once, facebook appears to be on the front foot.russia was pop possible. i have a high level of confidence that this has been tied to ira accounts. the model what was used by the russians in the past. i think this was russian related. president donald trump as begrudgingly ignores that russia may have influenced hers election when. vladimir putin has denied it. with the mid—term vote approaching in september, facebook suggest that russia is very much still at it. face because under pressure to stamp it out. the ability to make your own gun using a printer is as revolutionary as it is bizarre for many. but 3—d printers have made it all possible. however, a federaljudge in seattle has temprorarily blocked the release of the blueprints for such a gun being published on the internet. judge robert lasnik says they could fall into the wrong hands and cause irreparable harm to citizens. after all, these plastic guns would be untraceable and unlicensed. but — while the technology is different — this is still a debate about guns in the unite

positive chris herren ted we love that and we do hope it does work out and dave press from appreciate it and. fay merican director spike lee is back with a shock comedy about the white supremacy supremacy group excuse me the ku klux klan the film is called black klansman it takes place in the one nine hundred seventy s. references to today's united states are hard to miss sheers the scene portraying former k.k.k. leader david duke today we are privileged. to be among white men. and white women. such as yourselves real warriors for the real america the america that aren't sisters fought and died for. the true white american race the backbone from whence came our great southern heritage. and i want to thank you. thank you so much. for never putting your country second. america first earth. wow you get chills just watching that david leavitt's from our culture desk is here with a little bit of analysis and you know the reason why that really resonates is the fact that a lot of people will recognize that phrase right this is no mistake this is spike lee reminding us that the k.k.k. was using that motto before donald trump pick

dave clark. you just got breaking news on the mendocino complex fire. >> reporter: call fire just told us that a firefighter was injured while battling the fire. lee martinez did confirm the injury at the command center. and they will have an update for us on the noon news. some people evacuated from their homes are now being allowed back. and the evacuation orders have been downgraded from mandatory to advisory south of the national forest boundary the la li but almost 291,000- acres have burned. that is nine and a half times the size of san francisco. they don't expect to contain it till september that is weeks longer than what cal fire said just yesterday. >>> the city of san francisco starting the new risk assessment for chronically homeless adults. they will talk to 2,000 homeless people before the end of october. they're going to get a 17 point questionnaire to help the priorities set priorities with helping with housing. the san francisco examiner said it will be graded and the scores will be the only thing used to decide who needs permanent housing the movement. >>> the board of supervisors will debate marijuana regulations. they will talk