and hitachi is saying they can detect cancer in its early stages and tell you what kind it is.cer, for lung cancer, bowel cancer and some childhood cancers, paediatric cancers. initial tests look very positive, they only have a small sample at the moment so more testing needs to be done. how long will it take to get into surgeries will be the question everyone is asking. such an important development. injapan we are thinking 1—2 years to get through the formal stages of acceptance by the government. in other countries like the united states, if hitachi decided to do some testing there, this could be available to the public within the next 3—4 months. certainly by the summer of next year. advances in mass spectrometry and machine learning have made the biomarkers in urine that change with cancer more easy to detect. and, it is hoped, as reliable as a blood test. obviously it needs a whole lab setup to do the testing at the moment — but the future, maybe five, ten years down the road, hitachi are already talking to a toilet manufacturer to put the testing element of this technolo

and hitachi is saying they can detect cancer in its early stages and tell you what kind it is.el cancer and some public cancers, paediatric cancers. initial tests will very positive, more testing needs to be done, how long will it take to get into surgeries will be the question eve ryo ne surgeries will be the question everyone is asking. such an important development. in japan everyone is asking. such an important development. injapan we are thinking 1—2 years. to get through the formal stages of a cce pta nce through the formal stages of acceptance by the government. in other countries like the united states, if hitachi decided is in tests there, this could be available to the public within the next 3—4 months. advances in mass strip on —— mass spectrometry and machinery have made the bio marketing year in that change with cancer more easy to detect. and it is hoped as reliable asa detect. and it is hoped as reliable as a blood test. obviously it needs as a blood test. obviously it needs a whole lab set up to do the testing at the moment but the future maybe five, ten years d

the problems started when a train similar to these hitachi models was being tested.d train collided with and wrecked half a kilometre overhead electric cabling. that line in and out of paddington is a massively important piece of railway for everyone on great western, and also heathrow express and transport for london, as well as freight trains. so, a huge, huge operation to get that resolved. for passengers tonight, some services are back up and running. but a warning from network rail, that there still might not be a full timetable in the morning. her majesty the queen has unveiled a new portrait of herself, which unusally includes the handbag she is rarely seen without. in the painting, commissioned by the raf club to mark its centenary, she is shown sat in an ornate chair in windsor castle's white drawing room, with the bag by her side on the floor. award—winning artist ben sullivan included the accessory to help show the person behind the head of state. that's it. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm chetan pathak, and this is sport today, live from the bbc

they are also getting a tender offer put in the market by hitachi. >> all right, banks.u can get all the latest stock stories from our equity team by going to first go on your bloomberg, and also by the mobile app under news. coming up, it's the market open. futures are pointing up across the board. ♪ ♪ ? >> less than a minute from the open of the cash equities trading day here in europe. across ahe picture number of markets toward the start of another week in cash equity trading, this is what we are seeing, a little to strengthen the euro despite the headwinds facing angela merkel in berlin. oil picture down around half handle, thes the nikkei index is a little bit weaker, but really the negativity is focused on china and the pound is fairly stable. futuresve a look at the because it's a fascinating picture, we are seeing 1% despite just over what we have seen in asia which has been a pretty negative session centered around china. aroundg picture focuses resilient in german politics, all those factors coming together to influence the start of the trading day. bookmaking

the problem started when a trainer similar to these hitachi models was being tested.rk out how the heights —— high—speed train collided with an wrecked half a kilometre of overhead electric cabling. that line in and out of paddington, a massively important piece of railway for heathrow express and transport london, as well as freight trains. so the huge operation to get that result. for passengers to night, some services back up and running. but a warning from network rail that there still might not be a full—time table in the morning. and grahm tom burridge reporting there. now on bbc news it's time for click. this week: is beauty really in the ai of the beholder? a bug—eyed camera. and bringing colour to the great war. this is christie's auction house in london and, at the moment, its home to a curious painting. it's called edmond de bellamy and it is not what it seems. what i like about the work we're offering is that, at first blush, it looks like a portrait. the frame is all part of that. you approach it, assuming it is like everything else you have seen. and the

the manufacturer hitachi said the problems were caused by one of its test trains like this one.d up to two days to definitively identify what happened. there was a test trains on the network that ran into some difficulty, and that damaged the overhead line equipment on all four of the lines in and out of paddington and for a distance of about 500 metres, half a kilometre. it is a lot of damage. the lines affected run from paddington to slough and to heathrow airport. around 800 trains arrive and depart from the station each day, they carry around 90,000 passengers. passengers on the great western railway from here to thames valley, west of england, south wales have been incredibly patient as the electrification project has run years late. new trains haven't come in when they were supposed to and the whole thing is way over budget. for some of them, this might be the final straw. great western railway and network rail are apologising to passengers but the warning is there will be no quick fix to the problems. we have just seen a heathrow express train arrived at the station and g

shares in hitachi chemical have tumbled during trade in tokyo.nese media that the firm falsified inspections for a material used in semi conductors. the material is used to protect chips from scratches. so that report causing the shares to fall significantly. so that report causing the shares to fall significantly. let's go to china, where pet pampering has reached new heights. with a growing middle class in china, many pet owners can now afford extravagant gifts for their cats and dogs. 0wners are splashing the cash on spa visits and even acupuncture for their beloved animals. take a look at this. don't hold back, # bbc the briefing. tell us what you thought. i have a cat and dog and i don't think they would be up for that kind of pampering. tell us what you think. what do you pay for when it comes to your pets and what you indulge them in? let's look at markets really quickly. 0f in? let's look at markets really quickly. of course last week was about extreme volatility. 0n the dow, quite significant falls for the main market in the us, followin

the power lines were brought down during a test of the new high—speed hitachi drains.he wire and instead of a smooth contact it has ripped the wire down for half a kilometre. and what has been the effect for commuters at the far end of the line from paddington, and the source of the problems. definitely, it has caused huge problems. there are thousands of commuters trying to get to london this morning and back from the capital to the west country last night. gwr said they put out lots of m essa g es night. gwr said they put out lots of messages on social media and it did keep the numbers down this morning turning up. definitely in swindon they say less passengers were there. some passengers did get to london today. bristol temple meads usually has two trains per hour going to london and ended up with one per hour with passengers stopping at reading and getting onto waterloo. however, the journeys reading and getting onto waterloo. however, thejourneys have been pretty tough for many. however, thejourneys have been pretty tough for manylj however, thejourneys have been

shares in hitachi chemical have tumbled during trade in tokyo.a that the firm falsified inspections for a material used in semi conductors. the material is used to protect chips from scratches. apple is reported to have launched an investigation into its supply chain after a hong kong—based human rights group said one of its suppliers was illegally employing students in china. a financial times report suggests apple has been manufacturing apple watches at its quanta chongqing facilities using "significa nt" numbers of teenage workers. it also said working conditions for the interns at the factory broke chinese rules. indian prime minister narendra modi is in tokyo, where he'll meet his japanese counterpart shinzo abe for a second day of talks. the two leaders will discuss trade, security and the growing influence of china. rupert wingfield hayes is in our tokyo bureau... hello, rupert, fozz on the agenda today? it's all about japan and india and what they call the indo pacific strategy, a free and open indo pacific, it's a term we hear more and m

the problem started when a train similar to these hitachi models was being tested.t how the high—speed train collided with and wrecked half a kilometre of overhead electric cabling. paddington at times almost a ghost station today. that line is a massively important piece of railway for everybody on great western but also heathrow express and tfl as as freight trains soa express and tfl as as freight trains so a huge operation to get it resolved. where are you heading to? bristol, i'm a bit late. back in reading, more services moving as the day went on. but the rail network across west england and south wales is by no means back on track. first great western has managed to run in reduced timetable in the latter half of today but network well, which runs and manages the track, says that tonight significant repairs are still needed on that long stretch of electric cabling outside london so the disruption, widespread and the beer widespread and severe all—day, will continue to and severe all—day, will continue to a less extent tomorrow. thank you. almost 200,000 people

the problems started when a train similar to these hitachi models was being tested.ded with and wrecked half a kilometre overhead electric cabling. that line in and out of paddington is a massively important piece of railway for everyone on great western, and also heathrow express and transport for london, as well as freight trains. so, a huge, huge operation to get that resolved. for passengers tonight, some services are back up and running. but a warning from network rail, that there still might not be a full timetable in the morning. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may has addressed eu leaders in brussels, urging them to show courage, trust and leadership to reach a brexit deal. ina in a blow to the prime minister the group has abandoned the idea of calling a special summit on brexit next month due to lack of progress in the talks. and in other news severe disruption to rail journeys to and in other news severe disruption to railjourneys to and from paddington today and warnings of more in the morning after damage to overhead powerlines. three men who were sent

the problems started when a train similar to these hitachi models was being tested. wrecked half a kilometre overhead electric cabling. of overhead electric cabling. that line in and out of paddington is a massively important piece of railway for everyone on great western, and also heathrow express and transport for london, as well as freight trains. so, a huge, huge operation to get that resolved. for passengers tonight, some services are back up and running. but a warning from network rail, that there still might not be a full timetable in the morning. that's because that long stretch of electric cabling to the west of paddington has not yet been fully fixed. network rail, the public company which owns and runs the track, says it managed to fix two of four of the tracks at that point. its team already at the scene tonight but we are told the work will not be fully done by the morning and therefore, even though tonight half the trains are cancelled on the board behind me, we are told things will have significantly improved by the morning but will not be completely b

hitachi tells me they are very, very concerned about this. has been running so far has been going perfectly normally and they are desperately keen to find out what happened here. they say it will take between 24 and 48 hours. these are new, expensive trains, they run on electricity as well as diesel because the lines aren't going to be fully electrified. it is an extremely embarrassing issue for them. but far more incredibly disruptive for 100,000 passengers who'd normally be going through here. unbelievably, problems are spreading, there are signalling issues between woking and riding. people heading for waterloo are going to be facing problems too. they were hoping to get services started by midday, there might be something running after one o'clock, i'm hoping to be on the first train to find out what happened. there is no certainty. in an age of social media, it is questionable whether people are being kept informed. bwr are apologising to customers but in terms of hitachi, while things are they going to be looking at? something clearly w

in japan engineers at the hitachi laboratories partnered with kyoto university have been working with. trying to create the most stable digital storage medium ever. but they still have to discover a way to overcome the extreme resistance of this rock crystal. why do they have it again. we began our research in one nine hundred ninety six. europe when the mural laboratory discovered that a laser could modify the structure of quartz as far as fast within a study the possibility of using this technique for long term data storage or declare a. cure. for this. i am now going to record data on this sliver of quartz. the data is recorded by a femtosecond laser this laser emits pulses of around one billionth of a second. the pulse creates perfectly formed microscopic dots a dot for zero and a no dot for one in binary code. dozens of dots can be recorded at once. the information is embedded in the layers so it's unaffected by dust or scratches. another advantage of quartz it's transparency means the information can be read by any microscope. talking about it it was all sort of conserved digita

it is thanks to generous donors, including hitachi and another foundation who saw our "abc 7 news" storymber. we showcased the hygiene program at the frick impact academy in oakland. >> we learned that a lot of children because of lack of hygiene, because clothes wasn't washed at home, not access to have the laundry facilities, they would skip schools. >> m.a.p. buys personal hygiene items in bulk for those signed up for the perhaps. >> some of the children, they don't have hygiene products at home, especially teenagers. they need that. and because of lack of it, they get bullied, they don't come to schools. they feel embarrassed. their self-esteem goes down. >> with them having it here, it is like an emergency pack. they can knock on a door, ask for shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes, toothpaste, sanitary napkins, anything that people need. >> reporter: she is the liaison for moms against poverty for schools, churches and centers like this. >> there's a need out there. there's a lot of people that's in poverty, people that need help, and that's what we're here for. >> they provided the

the manufacturer, hitachi, said the problems were caused by one of its test trains, like this one. two days to definitively identify what happened. there was a test train on the network that ran into some difficulty, and that damaged the overhead line equipment on all four of the lines in and out of paddington and for a distance of about 500 metres, half a kilometre. it is a lot of damage. the lines affected run from paddington to slough and to heathrow airport. around 800 trains arrive and depart from the station each day, they carry around 90,000 passengers. passengers on the great western railway from here to thames valley, west of england, south wales have been incredibly patient as the electrification project has run years late. new trains haven't come in when they were supposed to and the whole thing is way over budget. for some of them, this might be the final straw. what is being described as a minimal train service, but the warning is the delays will continue for the rest of today and possibly into tomorrow. the advice is do not travel unless you have too. for passengers a

the manufacturer of the test train, hitachi, promised a full and thorough investigation.ore disruption tomorrow. the trains take their power from an overhead line that is just above the train, and it uses a device which touches that wire and brings the power onto the train. but the wrong pa rt power onto the train. but the wrong part of that device appears to have made contact with the wrong part of the wire, and instead of a smooth contact it has actually ripped the wire down for half a kilometre. so that it clearly a lot of wire, it is a long distance and it has disrupted all for tracks. —— all four tracks. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. theresa may is in brussels foran eu summit with fellow leaders. again, the irish border is the primary challenge. stories from bbc world service... the un special envoy to syria, staffan de mistura, says he will step down at the end of november for personal reasons. he said he would use his remaining time to try to make progress on ending the war in syria. that's from bbc arabic. south africa's educat

the problem started when a train similar to these hitachi models was being tested.he high—speed train collided with and wrecked half a kilometre of overhead electric cabling. that line is a massively important piece of railway for everybody on great western but also heathrow express and tfl as well as freight trains so a huge operation to get it resolved. paddington at times almost a ghost station today. where are you heading to? bristol, i'm a bit late. back in reading, more services moving as the day went on. but the rail network across west england and south wales is by no means back on track. so where are we now? normally, there are four lines from paddington to west london out to wales and the west country. at the moment, since those lines were pulled down overnight, there are only two in operation. engineers are working ha rd operation. engineers are working hard through the night to clear the debris and make repairs needed to get all four reopened. network rail has said it doesn't think there will be time during the night, to get all the work finished, there

i want to highlight hitachi.ost of its stake in cars to a french company for about 80 billion yen. anon is falling over 4% this morning after missing third-quarter estimates and cutting its full-year forecast. a lot going on in seoul. earnings due out from korea. chemicalsd lg among the biggest drag for the benchmark. the likes of hyundai motors on the other side of the spectrum. : the world's three leading central banks are headed into the end of the year on very hs, with thet federal reserve and european central bank saying they are committed to tighter policy. the bank of japan is signaling it well commit to easing -- will commit to easing next week. should we forget slowdown and continue removing stimulus? governor -- let's take a look at the ecb. a big policy meeting. staying on the stimulus track, they will open the door to a rate hike as early as september of next year. maybe some of the numbers aren't as strong as they could be. draghi thinks the momentum is there. informationing remains consistent with a

hitachi chemicals gained the loss of the most ground in four years. known for water purifiers and air cleaners, and the offer price is a 22% premium to the friday closing price share. >> thank you. an insurance company is reporting third-quarter earnings today. our analyst is joining us now for a preview. expect for their numbers, especially after its peers reported last week? >> it has been some choppy times for chinese insurers. when we look at the numbers in the past couple of days, we have net profit weaker than expected, at least compared to our expectation, largely due to investment losses, because the sluggish stock market in china. okthe same time, peers did during that time. that goes to show the different kind of investment strategies or capabilities between the two companies. an, theyomes to ping are in the safer camp. we expect them to be relatively stable. it has a banking arm, so profit wife, -- so profits should be more stable. on the life insurance we still expect headwinds in terms of investment losses. his -- to compared to its peers

now, the damage was caused by an hitachi te5t train that was going between bristol and london on tuesdaylumn by jamal khashoggi, the journalist who disappeared after he visited saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul two weeks ago. turkey has accused the kingdom of murdering him there, a claim saudi officials deny. in the opinion piece, mr khashoggi makes an appeal for a free media and freedom of expression in the arab world. from washington, here's chris buckler. no matter what the investigations and searches finally discover, there seems to be a growing acceptance that jamal khashoggi will not be found alive. in5ide that jamal khashoggi will not be found alive. inside the saudi consulate in istanbul, he disappeared and the claims that he was interrogated, tortured and murdered here are becoming more and more difficult for saudi arabia to 5imply deny. a5 more difficult for saudi arabia to 5imply deny. as a turkish crime scene investigation team left the saudi consulate's istanbul re5ident5, saudi consulate's istanbul residents, the washington post published jamal khashoggi's last common, a