with us now is our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. allow, rory, how are you?uch for coming in to take us through this story, slightly curious, because amazon's forays into food have not been wholly successful, so why they stand now? it is interesting, we rightly think of amazon is one of the most successful technology companies in the world, but food delivery has been one area where it was late and it failed. here in london, tried to ta ke it failed. here in london, tried to take ona it failed. here in london, tried to take on a pretty well established market, you have got deliveroo, you have got uber eats, which was led to the market, and you have gotjust eat, three pretty well funded businesses all going after that market. amazon came along with its amazon restaurants offering, which proved an attractive, and it retreated. so it is having another go. we don't know how much of this chunk of money which has gone into deliveroo this morning, we don't know how much of it is from amazon, we believe pretty well all of it, they are being pretty secretive about it,

rory cellan—jones, bbc news, birmingham.ests were invited to the inauguration ceremony in delhi, including regional leaders and bollywood stars. the election was seen as a referendum on mr modi, who is adored by his supporters but is accused by opponents of pursuing divisive policies. thousands of liverpool and tottenham fans will be heading to spain this weekend, as the two teams face each other for an all—england showdown in the champions league final. liverpool were runners—up last year, and defender virgil van dijk says the pain of that loss will encourage the team. he's been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. he's fast becoming a liverpool legend. virgil van dijk is the rolls—royce of a player who's driven his team to the brink of champions league glory. and as one of the world's best defenders prepared for saturday's blockbuster final against spurs, the giant dutchman told me just how much he's relishing the challenge. i'm full of excitement. that's the only way to describe it, really. i'm looking forward to it, l

rory cellan—jones, bbc news, dublin.people are now known to have been killed when a russian passenger plane caught fire during an emergency landing in moscow. six of the 33 who survived are said to be in a serious condition. some survivors suggest the plane was struck by lightning. scientists are to call for a global rescue plan to prevent the loss of a quarter of all species and plants because of human activity. police hunting joseph mccann for a series of alleged abductions and rapes, have arrested a man in cheshire. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. hello. one game left to play in the premier league and the race for a top fourfinish has become premier league and the race for a top four finish has become an awful lot clearer. chelsea had secured champions league football. tottenham are nearly there but manchester united have blown it after being held to a draw by bottom huddersfield. a bad day for arsenal, a draw against brighton means the only realistic route into the champi

rory cellan—jones, bbc news, dublin.ollowing an incident in liverpool in the early hours of this morning. police were called to monfa road, in bootle, after a man was found with life—threatening injuries following an altercation in the street. a 41—year—old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. investigations are on—going and police are appealing for witnesses in what they describe as a truly shocking crime. an 18—year—old man has been stabbed to death in south—east london. police were called to tiverton street in southwark yesterday evening after reports the victim was being chased by another man who then attacked him. he died in hospital shortly before 11.00pm. no arrests have been made. there's been a lull in hostilities between israeli forces and palestinian militants in the gaza strip after two days of worsening violence. over the weekend palestinian militants launched hundreds of rockets into israel during a protest against the blockade of gaza — prompting retaliatory air and artillery strikes. unco

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.we've been hearing, the cyber attack is thought to have been carried out using software developed by an israeli company, and there are attempts in israel to stop the firm exporting abroad. however, the company says while it sells the software, it doesn't operate it. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has been speaking to a lawyer, who says he was specificially targeted in the cyberattack, and he's sent us this report from jerusalem. as somebody who's a lawyer, i'm used to being the person who defends people's rights, not being the victim myself. this uk—based lawyer has spent months representing people who claim their phones were targeted using nso's software. now, speaking anonymously to protect his privacy, he believes the spyware has been used against him. on sunday i received two whatsapp video calls and i managed to capture the log. so, these were hacking attempts, you think? yes. the attempts were passed to whatsapp, who started their investigation. nso says its software i

rory cellan—jones, bbc news, dublin.s between israeli forces and palestinian militants in the gaza strip after two days of worsening violence. over the weekend, palestinian militants launched hundreds of rockets into israel during a protest against the blockade of gaza, prompting retaliatory air and artillery strikes. unconfirmed reports from a hamas tv station say a ceasefire has been agreed. there's been no word from israel. four israelis and more than 20 palestinians have been killed since the violence erupted. a man in his 30s has been murdered following an incident in liverpool in the early hours of this morning. police were called to monfa road, in bootle, after a man was found with life—threatening injuries, following an altercation in the street. a 41—year—old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. investigations are on—going and police are appealing for witnesses in what they describe as a "truly shocking crime". the united states is sending an aircraft carrier to the middle east as a warning to i

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.s we've been hearing, the cyber attack is thought to have been carried out using software developed by an israeli company, and there are attempts in israel to stop the firm exporting abroad. however, the company says while it sells the software, it doesn't operate it. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has been speaking to a lawyer who says he was specifically targeted in the cyberattack and he's sent us this report from jerusalem. as somebody who's a lawyer, i'm used to being the person who defends people's rights, not being the victim myself. this uk—based lawyer has spent months representing people who claim their phones were targeted using nso's software. now, speaking anonymously to protect his privacy, he believes the spyware has been used against him. on sunday, i received two whatsapp video calls and i managed to capture the log. so, these were hacking attempts, you think? yes. the attempts were passed to whatsapp, who started their investigation. nso says its software i

rory cellan—jones, bbc news, birmingham.trapped on the 30—foot section of the royal albert bridge, which connects plymouth and saltash, on friday. firefighters spent hours trying to rescue her while network rail planned to close the line to help save her. hatty‘s owner, kirsty howden, described the moment her pet finally returned home. it was such a shock to hear her meow, and answer the door, and in she trots. so yes, overjoyed. i know when the firemen left her, they blocked off the gap she was in so she could no longer walk out onto the parapet, the ledge of the bridge. so i'm hoping that kind of maybe forced her to jump up through a hole, and she's run back across the tracks. now it's time for the weather, with chris fawkes. we have seen some warmer weather in most parts of the uk in the last 2a hours, but the differences in the weather we have seen from place to place has been huge. some good sunshine across parts of england, but closer to these weather fronts it has been a different story, with cloud and rain. and indee

rory cellan—jones, bbc news, dublin.wing an incident in liverpool in the early hours of this morning. police were called to monfa road, in bootle, after a man was found with life—threatening injuries following an altercation in the street. a 41—year—old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. investigations are on—going and police are appealing for witnesses in what they describe as a truly shocking crime. the headlines on bbc news: 41 people are now known to being killed when a russian passenger plane caught fire on an emergency landing in moscow. six of the survivors are said to be any serious condition. some reports suggest it was by lightning. a call for a world wide rescue plan to prevent losing one in four of all species and plants — because of human activity. police hunting joseph mccann — for a series of alleged abductions and rapes — have arrested a man in cheshire. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. with one game left to play, the race for a top four fini

rory cellan—jones, bbc news. in central london, where people have been able to access 5g today. i hope not, and i hope you can hear us, we i hope not, and i hope you can hear us, we are i hope not, and i hope you can hear us, we are the first broadcaster to broadcast over a 5g internet connection. if we are breaking up, that may be because the coverage is still a little bit patchy, just to demonstrate, this is a 5g enabled phone connected to the ee network in central london, and we are only getting a speed of 1a megabits per second, the equivalent of what you would get from your home internet connection. but ee says they have been getting speeds of up to 800 megabits per second. if we all started getting that our mobile phones, it means the sort of things we do all day on our phones, streaming music, downloading tv programmes and films, photos on social media, we could do that almost instantaneously. so only available in any few places at the moment up error, i am to interrupt you, because bizarrely the 5g line i

rory cellan—jones is here. caught in the crossfire. if you have got a huawei phone? google, through its android twitter account has sought to reassure people, we are surely well we are complying with all us government requirements services and security from google play protect will keep functioning on your existing huawei device, so some reassurance, but that doesn't say much about what happens one year from now when there's a new version of android, you want to upgrade to the latest operating system and it is possible that they won't. for people going to the shops over the coming months considering buying these huawei phones which have become much more desirable, getting rave reviews, they will be faced with this possibility, likely, that it will not get access to the services they get for free, things like youtube, gmail, google photos, google maps. so it is going to cause a lot of doubt amongst consumers, and it is a pretty serious blow for huawei, really. thank you, rory. the cabinet will begin discussions tomorrow on what downing

rory cellan—jones, bbc news, birmingham.ll—england showdown in the champions league final. liverpool were runners up last year after they were beaten by real madrid. the liverpool defender virgil van dijk says the pain of losing then is driving on the reds now, as our sports editor dan roan reports. he's fast becoming a liverpool legend. virgil van dijk is the rolls—royce of a player who has driven his team to the brink of champions league glory. and, as one of the world's best defenders prepared for saturday's blockbuster final against spurs, the giant dutchman told me just how much he is relishing the challenge. i am full of excitement. that is the only way to describe it, really, ithink. i'm looking forward to it, like everyone else in the team, like everyone else in the city. it's a fantastic event. it's a massive opportunity for us to hopefully get the sixth european cup. liverpool almost did that last year but were beaten by real madrid, and now van dijk wants to use the disappointment as motivation. we don't want to e

that's all with our correspondent rory cellan—jones. you're with business live from bbc news.ccording to research from accountancy firm bdo. their latest figures show sales fell 0.4% year on year in april. that's on the back of a fall of 3.4% last year. sophie michael is head of retail and wholesale at bdo. shejoins us now she joins us now from the newsroom. your data contradicts figures published by the cbi last week which said retail sales rose for the first time in five months in april. why do your figures time in five months in april. why do yourfigures contradict time in five months in april. why do your figures contradict other figures? well, this is a figure which shows the like for discretionary spend. it does not ta ke discretionary spend. it does not take account of food and grocery. we have seen consistently that the spend by the consumer on discretionary spend has been falling. it is a concern in april because actually, there were some really good shopping conditions in april. we had easter, which fell in march last year. we had good weather. we had school holidays

rory cellan—jones, bbc news, birmingham.here would you like to go today? the picnic area please. this duo is all for a drive. but without a driver. in the grant of their retirement village, they are testing a computer operated vehicle. this is amazing. it really is. they do not know how much longer they will be able to drive him he could this help them get out and socialise? this is them get out and socialise? this is the future. it is the future, look at what we are coming up to. sensors detect hazards. that was a short stop. automatic working then prevents accidents. was it scary?“ was not. it was exhilarating rather than scary. did you trust. idea

rory cellan—jones, bbc news, dublin. israel and palestinian militants in gaza after two days of violence. over the weekend, palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets into israel during a protest against the blockade of gaza, prompting retaliatory air and artillery strikes into the gaza strip. unconfirmed reports say a ceasefire has been agreed. 23 palestinians and four israelis were killed in the fighting. our middle east correspondent tom bateman is in ashdod in southern israel. does it look like there a ceasefire in its holding? it has certainly been 12 hours or so now since the last of those 700 rockets were fired by militants in the gaza strip towards southern israel here and a similaramount of time towards southern israel here and a similar amount of time since the last of the israeli air strike that took place in waves over the weekend against the gaza strip. it has amounted to one of the worst flare—ups, the most deadly escalations between these sides since they last fought a war in 2014. more than 25 palest

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.people can now access 5g. it is one of the areas where you can. first of all, how has the signal beam today? well, as you heard in the report, the signal is a bit patchy. that's what we've been finding today. we we re what we've been finding today. we were hoping to be broadcasting to you right now p willey on the 5g network, and earlier today the bbc became the first broadcaster to go live on a commercial 5g network. we've had to boost it with 4g, because as things have got busier here, more people are using their phones and the signal has begun to drop. this phone is connected to the ee network here in central london, we have a speed of about 48 megabits per second, that's what you would get from your home internet. but ee says that in their testing, they've gone as high as 800 megabits per second. earlier today we were getting 500 megabits. that means if we all start getting the speed of internet on our mobile phones, the sort of things we spend all day doing on iphones, on the inte

our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, is here. ofit? yes. investors a re yes. investors are being invited to make a huge bet on a company which not only hasn't made a profit but huge losses and says it may never make a profit. it's making big claims about huge markets it will end up dominating, notjust transport, but food delivery and even freight. no clear idea of how it will get there. it is pouring huge amounts of money into research into d riverless huge amounts of money into research into driverless cars, so it can possibly get rid of its most expensive element, the drivers. but no clarity on how soon that will happen. in effect, investors are being told to get into an uber car with a driver who doesn't quite know the destination, how long it will ta ke the destination, how long it will take or how much it will cost. but there is this thing called fomo. investors were looking at a world where they were told similar things about amazon and facebook and those companies ended up making huge returns for investors and they are bett

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.s the victim of a paedophile network involving senior figures at westminster has gone on trial — accused of perverting the course ofjustice. carl beech, who's 51 and from gloucester, was known as "nick" during an investigation by the metropolitan police, which cost £2.5 million. 0ur correspondent fiona trott is at newcastle crown court. fiona. bring us the latest on what has been going on there. the prosecution told the court is quite impossible to conceive of allegations of a worse kind. this is what he told the police, they said, a former chief of defence police, they said, a former chief of d efe nce staff police, they said, a former chief of defence staff raped him come of the former tory mp harvey proctor murdered a boy in front of him. he made allegations against the former secretary, the late prime minister edward heath and the presenterjimmy savo. this afternoon, the court heard mr beech had a lifelong fear of water. the prosecution said the police found photographs and videos

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports from facebook‘s european headquarters in dublins been streaming through politics. it's a great campaigning tool, but it can be used to spread misinformation or help foreign powers interfere. and facebook‘s shadow looms ever larger over elections worldwide. fake news on facebook... back in 2016, facebook was really downplaying its influence, with mark zuckerberg saying it was crazy to think fake news had had any influence over the election of donald trump. but now, it's changed its tune. and here in dublin, it's getting ready to mount a big operation to oversee its impact on the european elections. at facebook‘s european headquarters, there's a pr offensive underway, with journalists from across the eu invited to see that the company's serious about battling electoral malpractice on its platform. once we find a piece of content that we want to remove, we have the experts in the room who know our community standards. the a0 strong team here include experts who've monitored other polls. among the issues encountered in previous electio

here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. a powerful force has a powerfulforce has beeno spread misinformation or assist foreign powers to interfere. in the shadow of facebook loomes ever larger over elections worldwide. fake news on facebook. back in 2016, facebook was downplaying its influence with the ceo saying it was crazy to say fake news had any influence over the election of donald trump. notice changed its tune. and in dublin it is getting ready to mount a big operation to oversee its impact on the european elections. there is apr on the european elections. there is a pr offensive under way with journalist across the eu invited to see that the company is serious about battling electoral malpractice on its platform. we have experts in the room who know community standards to remove material we want to remove. the experts in this room monitor poles from all over the world. among the issues encountered previously as voter suppression where people are given the wrong information about when to vote. foreign interference and fake accounts. facebook removed nearly 3,00

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports from their european headquarters in dublin.mpaigning tool but it can be used to spread misinformation or assist foreign powers to interfere. and the shadow of facebook looms ever larger over elections worldwide. fake news on facebook. back in 2016, facebook was downplaying its influence with mark zuckerberg saying it was crazy to think fake news had had any influence over the election of donald trump. now it has changed its tune. and in dublin it is getting ready to mount a big operation to oversee its impact on the european elections. at facebook‘s european headquarters there is a pr offensive under way with journalist across the eu invited to see that the company is serious about battling electoral malpractice on its platform. once we find content that we want to remove we have experts in the room who know our community standards. the a0 strong team here include experts who have monitored other elections. among the issues encountered previously are voter suppression where people are given the wrong information about when to v

here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. total security. 1.5 billion whatsapp users have bought into the pledge that their calls and m essa 9 es into the pledge that their calls and messages are private. now they are finding out that attackers could have used a missed call to plant spywa re have used a missed call to plant spyware on their phones to monitor their every move. this seems to be quite a sophisticated breach. it will make a voice call, which doesn't even need to be answered by the recipient, and then once you're inside the app, it's possible to install software or spy on the user. facebook, which owns whatsapp, says it spotted and fixed the flaw in its defences earlier this month, but it's encouraging all users to update to the latest version of the app. who was behind the attack and who we re who was behind the attack and who were they trying to spy on? whatsapp says it believes it was targeted at a few select users and there are the hallmarks of a private company working with governments to deliver spywa re wor

here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. 1.5 billion people around the world use whatsapplief that it isa use whatsapp in the belief that it is a very secure way of communicating. now it has been revealed that a floor allowed attackers to install spywa re revealed that a floor allowed attackers to install spyware simply by making a missed call and that allowed them to monitor everything the user did on their phone —— flaw. whatsapp is a very pervasive application, it is on even when it appears to be off and also, it has very, very wide—ranging permissions, so very, very wide—ranging permissions, so it can obviously use your camera and video because we use that when we are using the app. user of both apple's iphone and android devices are being advised to install an updated version of whatsapp. whatsapp owner facebook said it uncovered this vulnerability earlier this month and acted to fix it. it believes a select few users were targeted by what it calls an advanced cyber actor and the figure is being pointed at an israeli security company. nso provides surveillance tools t

our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones reports.le network users reach everyone and everything a lot faster — at least, that is the promise. you will be able to enjoy much faster speeds, which means you can download things like box set in seconds rather than minutes. it means you will be able to do multiplayer gaming in augmented reality. but first, ee is just switching on the network in six cities across the uk, and even there, coverage will be patchy. for now, speeds will be roughly five times as fast as 4g, but the network will connect millions of things as well as phones to the network. everything from driverless cars to dustbins. the very few people who have one of these phones on launch day may find the revolution gets off to a bit of a slow start, but at least the uk is at or near the front of the pack with this technology. there is, however, one problem. ee is dependent for some of their equipment on one controversial chinese company. huawei, according to the americans, poses a security threat, and they are urging the uk gov

here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. 1.5 billion people around the world use whatsapplief that it's a very secure way of communicating. now it's been revealed that a flaw allowed attackers to install spyware simply by making a missed call and that enabled them to monitor everything the user did on their phone. whatsapp is a very pervasive application. it's on even when it appears to be off, and also, it has very, very wide—ranging permissions. so it can obviously use your camera and video because we use that when we are using the app. users of both apple's iphone and android devices are being advised to install an updated version of whatsapp. whatsapp‘s owner facebook says it uncovered this vulnerability earlier this month and acted to fix it. it believes a select few users were targeted by what it calls an advanced cyber actor, and the finger is being pointed at an israeli security company. nso provides surveillance tools to governments and has previously been accused of helping them to spy on human rights activists. they do sell to governments to use to fight crime a

here's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones.few had heard of and fewer could pronounce, now huawei is number two in global mobile phone sales, with its latest p30 handset getting rave reviews. google‘s move to stop future huawei phones getting access to its apps and to updates of its android software could have a major impact, making shoppers think twice, even if they like what the chinese firm offers. the cameras are great on huawei phones, they absolutely wipe the floor with everything else at the moment on the market. but it means they won't get all the google services that so many of us rely on for every day. so that is maps, gmail, youtube and all of those things we use so much every day. it was president trump's order stopping american firms doing business with huawei over security concerns which forced google to act. but for the mobile phone industry, there could be wider consequences. at the moment phone buyers only have a choice between two mobile operating systems, apple's ios and google‘s android. but if huawei is shu

here's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones.brand few had heard of and fewer could pronounce, now huawei is number two in global mobile phone sales, with its latest p30 handset getting rave reviews. google‘s move to stop future huawei phones getting access to its apps and to updates of its android software could have a major impact, making shoppers think twice, even if they like what the chinese firm offers. the cameras are great on huawei phones, they absolutely wipe the floor with everything else at the moment on the market. but it means they won't get all the google services that so many of us rely on for every day. so that is maps, gmail, youtube and all of those things we use so much every day. it was president trump's order stopping business with huawei over security concerns which forced google to act. but for the mobile phone industry, there could be wider consequences. at the moment, phone buyers only have a choice between two mobile operating systems — apple's ios and google‘s android. but if huawei is shut out of andr

here's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones.omises total security. 1.5 billion whatsapp users have bought into the pledge that their calls and messages are private. now they're finding out that attackers could have used one missed call to plant spywa re on their phones to monitor their every move. this seems to be quite a sophisticated breach. it will make a voice call, which doesn't even need to be answered by the recipient, and then once you're inside the app, then it's possible to install software or spy on the user. facebook, which owns whatsapp, says it spotted and fixed the flaw in its defences earlier this month, but it's encouraging all users to update to the latest version of the app. so, who was behind the attack and just who were they trying to spy on? whatsapp says it believes it was targeted at a few select users, and there's all the hallmarks of a private company working with governments to deliver spyware on mobile phones. it's thought that refers to israel's nso group, which provides surveillance for the governme

our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones reports.bile network users reach everyone and everything a lot faster — at least, that is the promise. you will be able to enjoy much faster speeds, which means you can download things like box set in seconds rather than minutes. it means you will be able to do multiplayer gaming in augmented reality. but first, ee is just switching on the network in six cities across the uk, and even there, coverage will be patchy. for now, speeds will be roughly five times as fast as ag, but the network will connect millions of things as well as phones to the network. everything from driverless cars to dustbins. the very few people who have one of these phones on launch day may find the revolution gets off to a bit of a slow start, but at least the uk is at or near the front of the pack with this technology. there is, however, one problem. ee is dependent for some of their equipment on one controversial chinese company. huawei, according to the americans, poses a security threat, and they are urging the uk g

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.eople can now access 5g. has it gone? it's fair to say we've had some teething problems with the signal here. we were hoping to be broadcasting to you live over the five g network and indeed we were doing that earlier today, but through the day we have seen the signal speed slow down so we are currently broadcasting in 4g. to put it in context, we are getting 250 megabytes per second on the 5g, if you compare that to what you would get on your home internet which is 50 megabits per second. and this is nothing to the 500 megabits we were getting earlier in the day. with me is the editor of which computing. is this what we would have expected? teething problems are inevitable. but even 250 megabits, that's pretty impressive. so when we get the high speed internet en 5g what could it mean for our lives? all sorts of things. we will be much more connected, smart cities, smart cars particularly, instead ofjust talking back to the cloud they will talking back to the cloud they will talk to e

our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones reports.. now, 5g can make mobile network reach everyone and everything a lot faster, at least that is the promise. you will be able to enjoy much faster speeds, which means you can download things like box at ten seconds rather than minutes. it means you will be able to do multiplayer gaming in augmented reality. at first, ee isjust switching on the network in six cities across the uk, and even there, coverage will be patchy. for now, speeds will be roughly five times as fast as ag, but the network will connect millions of things as well as phones to the network. everything from driverless cars to dustbins. the very few people who have one of these phones on launch day may find the revolution gets off toa day may find the revolution gets off to a bit ofa day may find the revolution gets off to a bit of a slow start, but at least the uk is at or near the front of the pack with this technology. there is, however, one problem. ee is dependent for some of their equipment on one controversial chin

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports from dublin.force has been streaming through politics. it's a great campaigning tool, but it can be used to spread misinformation or help foreign powers interfere, and facebook‘s shadow looms ever larger over elections worldwide. back in 2016, facebook was really downplaying its influence, with mark zuckerberg saying it was crazy to think fake news had had any influence over the election of donald trump. but now, it's changed its tune. and here in dublin, it's getting ready to mount a big operation to oversee its impact on the european elections. at facebook‘s european headquarters, there's a pr offensive underway, with journalists from across the eu invited to see that the company's serious about battling electoral malpractice on its platform. once we find a piece of content that we want to remove, we have the experts in the room who know our community standards. the a0 strong team here include experts who've monitored other polls. among the issues encountered in previous elections are voter supp