stephen hawking has passed away, so stephen hawking.o perhaps the computer pioneer alan turing, the wartime code breaker. and how about mathematician ada lovelace who worked on an early form of computing? or rosalind franklin who played a key part in finding the structure of dna. there are two men on the current £50 note, the engineers bolton and watt, and there will be plenty of people arguing that the men have had their turn, it's time to see a female scientist on the new 50. that could weigh on the mind of this tv science star who will help draw up a shortlist. it would be a very powerful thing and if that is the way the public vote, that will be wonderful. but it doesn't matter which way they vote. we are throwing it open to the public, we want them to nominate the great and the good and the unsung heroes. the signature on the new plastic 50 is likely to be from the bank of england's sarah john. i am only the 33rd chief cashier so there are only 33 people who have had their signature on the back of england banknotes and it is a grea

the belongings of stephen hawking, the renowned physicist, have raised over $2 million for the stephens said the collection of items represented the collection of items represented the ultimate triumph of scientific brilliance over adversity. professor hawking's signed copy of his 1965 ph.d. thesis sold for $500,000. an early wheelchair raised $400,000 and a script for his appearance on the simpsons sold for $10,000. his book on which he signed with a thumbprint in1988, on which he signed with a thumbprint in 1988, sold for $100,000, way above the $5,000 guide price. and tell me what you think about our talking point today. we are talking nannies and many states, apparently contracts are having to be signed by nannies preventing them from using facebook tom instagram and the like at work. send us your thoughts. use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. gabrielle says it depends on the job, if you are in charge of children your focus should be always on them, and not on their phone. as a mum,i on them, and not on their phone. as a mum, i completely agree with that. stay with us on bbc news. the

you could have a summit this week, the tory leadership campaign this week, i think like stephen hawking are a million universes, there could be a million versions of brexit we could have, and trying to second—guess it is impossible. brexit we could have, and trying to second-guess it is impossible. in terms of leadership contenders, who do you think? we all suspect boris johnson will be here, don't we? and he is on the front of the daily telegraph, this column is being teased where he is being... typical borisisms, we are preparing to take colonial rule by foreign powers, and we should withhold at least half of the £39 billion. there are other lines as well. an extraordinary column. he is essentially saying we have to unpick the whole deal. quite where that would leave us, i don't know. exactly. let's turn to the ft, and we heard about this extension to the transition period. so i think taking us possibly years, 2020 two is the offer. this is michel barnier, the chief negotiator, saying let's add another year on, we don't have to hurry away, we will be happy to have you there. you will

the late stephen hawking's brief answers to the big questions, and fox news host's tucker carlson's thoughts on elitism in america. also on the list is tara westover's memoir of her child had knew the idaho mountain the and her introduction to formal education at age of 17. after that it's actor lin-manuel miranda's book of daily affirmations. some of these authors have or will be airing on booktv on c-span2 and will be available to watch online at booktv.org. .. and so i wanted to before i ask the first question and introduce everyone wanted to just give a

the personal effects of the late stephen hawking, including a signed copy of his 1965 phd thesis, havewned by the cambridge physicist, who died in march, were auctioned by christie is. a copy of the thesis sold for more than three quarters of $1 million. that's it for this edition of asia business report. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. we have sport today coming up next. remember, if you want to reach us via twitter, you can do so and that's it for this edition of asia business report. hello, i'm ben bland, the top stories this hour: the lawyerfor asia bibi, the pakistani christian woman acquitted of blasphemy, has told the bbc she's free to leave the country. us authorities say they will prevent people who illegally enter the country from claiming asylum. the international trade secretary, liam fox, says the uk must be able to decide when to leave any temporary customs arrangement with the eu. vicki young explains. a deal is almost done and cabinet ministers want to know exactly what they'll be asked to sign up to. they've come to read details of progress so far. it's 95% done, acco

stephen hawking has passed away, so stephen hawking.vote. we are throwing it open to the public, we want them to nominate the great and the good and the unsung heroes. the signature on the new plastic 50 is likely to be from the bank of england's sarah john. i am only the 33rd chief cashier so there are only 33 people who have had their signature on the back of england banknotes and it is a great honour, a great privilege and i can't wait. even if you don't think you will have a much need for cash in 505, you will care whose face is on the new ones. they will not be issued for at least another couple of years, but you have six weeks only to get your names of scientists in. simon gompertz, bbc news, at the science museum. and steven hawking also has the backing from the physicist and tv presenter brian cox. he tweeted: theo is here — in a moment he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. a stark warning from the met office — the uk has faced more weather extremes

the ceremony paid tribute to stephen hawking, who passed in march. a man had asthma attacks around the same time every day. >> i noticed these attacks seemed to be early in the morning. and i saw the correlation with the circadian rhythm. my topics are generally inspired by personal experiences. >> celebrities like pearce brosnan, lionel richie, and julianne more also there. the winners split $22 million in prize money. >>> all right. let's vote for sunshine and really nice conditions tomorrow. if you're going to be out and about, exercising your right, early when the polls open at 7:00 in many areas, mid to upper 50s. by noon, if you you're a able to kick off at work, maybe your work allows you an hour to vote, upper 60s around the bay to low to mid-70s inland. if you have to wait until after work, say 5:00, still comfortable. mid-60s around the bay. upper 60s to low 70s inland. as the polls close at 8:00, you might need a coat if you rush in at the last minute. temperatures in the low to mid-60s. absolutely no chance of rain. so get out there and v

we'll show you the special tribute to stephen hawking. >>> queen has rocked the box office and now championsf the world. ♪ >> the biopic "bohemian rhapsody" is top ticket sales this weekend. reviews compared it to going to a concert and features many of the group's songs that have become anthems. >> you're having too much fun. it took $50 million, beating expectations. in a distant second "the nutcracker" and "know's fool" in the third slot, "a star is born" brought in $11.1 million and rounding out the top five was "halloween." when we stopped the story, you stopped dancing and conducting, eric. >> sorry, what are you talking about? >> if only you could see. >> i don't know what she's talking about. i had a moderate affection for queen. we'll see you back here at 11:00. thank you for giving that away. >> it's endearing you to your audience. >> you first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second, it ensures the closest ambulance can respond if you call 9-1-1. vote yes on 11. proposition 11 "a common sense solution" to protect public safety. it ensures the closest ambulance

the online sale, by the auction house christie's, was in aid of the stephen hawking foundation and theey to find out what coming up on the victoria derbyshire programme at 10. good morning. we have got an exclusive interview with the only female afghan barrister currently practising in britain, who says she has been sacked by her clients several times because of her race. 0ne defendant told her, "i want someone white because thejudge will told her, "i want someone white because the judge will believe them". we will be speaking to her from live outside the court where she is working today, just after 10am. now it is time for the weather. the weather is going to turn quite nasty later this afternoon across western parts of the uk. we will see some heavy rain and strong winds moving in. strong winds developing for all of us really but it is around the irish sea coast where we could see some gales developing later. a few showers across scotland, down through central and eastern areas, but some sunny spells for much of the day. it is across northern ireland, the west of wales and the south—

from sherlock holmes and stephen hawking to dr. strange and grinch.show patrick melrose and why his actor parents tried and failed to dissuade him from getting into show business. our sunday sit down with bennedict cumberbatch, plus the latest news and politics this weekend on "sunday today." you can catch us in the morning or as always, set your dvr and watch us whenever you like. for now, i'll send it back to you, frances and phillip and i'll see you sunday morning. >> thank you, willie. we'll be watching. >> a slam dunk for a young steph curry fan. a 9-year-old girl caught the basketball star's attention asking why his shoes aren't available in girls sizes. it didn't take lont for the warriors point guard to get back to her. nbc's almaguer has more. >> reporter: he's a three-time nba champ and two-time mvp. she is a 9-year-old with quick hands and a steady peck. when riley morrison learned her idol steph curry's shoes were only available in boy sizes, she wrote the nba superstar asking why. i know you support girl athletes because you have two daug

belongings of steven hawking's — the renowned physicists — have raised over $2 million for the stephen hawkingistie's said the collection of items — represented the "ultimate triumph of scientific brilliance over adversity". professor hawking's signed copy of his 1965 phd thesis sold forjust over half a million dollars. an early wheelchair raised $400,000 and a script for his appearance on the simpsons sold for $10,000. his book — a brief history of time, which he signed with a thumbprint in 1988, sold for $100,000 way above the $5,000 guide price. models have been gracing the catwalk in beirut. nothing really out of the ordinary you'd say, but look closer — these dresses are made with chocolate. they are the creations of 13 lebanese designers and 13 pastry chefs who joined forces at the fifth salon du chocolat, or chocolate fair, organised in lebanon's capital. a reminder of that manias. donald trump's administration has published proposals to limit applications for asylu m proposals to limit applications for asylum —— of that top story. officials say president trump has the authority to rest

the belongings of steven hawking, the renowned physicists, have raised over $2 million for the stephen hawkingie‘s, said the collection of items represented the "ultimate triumph of scientific brilliance over adversity". professor hawking‘s signed copy of his 1965 phd thesis sold forjust over $500,000. an early wheelchair raised $400,000 and a script for his appearance on the simpsons sold for $10,000. his book, a brief history of time, which he signed with a thumbprint in 1988, sold for $100,000 — way above the $5,000 guide price. models have been gracing the catwalk in beirut. nothing really out of the ordinary you‘d say, but look closer — these dresses are made with chocolate. they are the creations of thirteen lebanese designers and 13 pastry chefs who joined forces at the fifth salon du chocolat, or chocolate fair, organised in lebanon‘s capital. that‘s it for now. thanks very much for watching. the weather is not looking great for some of us on friday. low pressure, stormy out to sea and some of that rough weather is heading our way. on friday and we are expecting it and windy weather ac

the owner, stephen hawking, obviously.50 note, my debt —— nye bevan, who founded the nhs. loads of great suggestions. as you all said, it is quite nicejust to suggestions. as you all said, it is quite nice just to think about these people whoever ends up getting it. and just kind of learn what they all achieved. on stephen hawking, he would seem to be quite an obvious popular suggestion. what you all think of that? i think it's a great suggestion. i love the idea of someone suggestion. i love the idea of someone from suggestion. i love the idea of someone from recent suggestion. i love the idea of someone from recent history. a lot of people on our banknotes from a long time ago. he was held in very high affection by the public not only for is brilliant physics but is kind of sense of humour. allowing himself to be used on the simpsons and things like that. and triumph over adversity. absolutely. he is a hero figure to people who are research scientists living with disabilities. it would send a strong signal. everybody kno

i was a post-doctoral researcher with stephen hawking. i publish on all aspects of dinosaurs.een doing a lot of m also the ceo at intellectual ventures. advanced new technology. try to help the developing tha career path brought him to his latest passion. >> this whole camera system i built. >> reporter: taking eye-popping portraits. >> that's pretty good. >> reporter: of food. >> the first thing that surprise people is blueberries are not blue on the inside. >> reporter: the food photography is a spinoff of an earlier project, his 2011 magnum opus, a 50-pound, $625 encyclopedic cookbook called "modernist cuisine." >> after i retired from microsoft, i wanted to do more cooking. so i really naively thought, well there, must be some big book of modern cooking. no. so i ended up writing it. >>ghefs but a t people seemed most interested in the pictures. and when myhrvold researched photography books he noticed something. >> there are some topics that are very well covered. so nude photography of women is a giant category. >> shocker. >> food photography is just not something that

some other bestsellers are the late stephen hawking's brief answers to the big questions. and fox news host tucker carlson's thoughts on elitism in america in "ship of fools." also on the amazon list is educated, tara westover's memoir of her childhood in the idaho mountains and her introduction to formal education at age of 17. after that it's actor lin-manuel miranda's book of daily affirmations, good morning, good night. some of these authors have or will be airing on booktv on c-span2 and will be available to watch online at booktv.org. >>> c-span launched booktv 20 years a on c-span2, and since then we've covered thousands of authors and book festivals including over 30 events with the late conservative commentator william f. buckley. in 2000 he appeared on our monthly call-in program, "in depth." >> there was a poll published two or three years ago that said between 75-80% of the people engaged in television journalism had voted democratic in the last election. when i was at yale, a professor to whom i was very attached disclosed a poll taken of tenured professors in

stephen hawking.stroys the nerves that move muscles, eventually making it impossible to walk, speak or breathe. tim understood that he had been given a death sentence. he also had no interest in doctors, treatments or sympathy. >> tim green: i said, "we're not talking about it." >> troy green: it was almost taboo. even, even around the house, no one, we wouldn't talk about it, we wouldn't address it. it was just kind of like the elephant in the room. >> kroft: were you in denial? >> tim green: no, i knew i had it. >> kroft: you didn't want to waste any time thinking about it? you just wanted to live? >> tim green: exactly. >> kroft: most a.l.s. patients are given two to five years to live, and tim green wanted to enjoy whatever time he had left with his five kids and wife of 29 years in the beautiful town of skaneateles, which sits at the top of one of new york's finger lakes. >> tim green: life can never be long enough. >> kroft: life can never be long enough. >> tim green: yeah. >> kroft: few outsid

the online sale, by the auction house christie's, was in aid of the stephen hawking foundation and theciation. 0ne one last story for you at 6:09am. if you're a parent of small children, you've probably had enough of hearing about baby sharks, but this time we're not talking about the song. i wasn't familiar with the song. a p pa re ntly i wasn't familiar with the song. apparently there is a song. the song a p pa re ntly apparently there is a song. the song apparently drives lots of parents a little pit to distraction. baby sharks of a different kind. -- a little bit. a rare shark nursery has been discovered by scientists just off the west coast of ireland. this unusually large school of blackmouth catshark and thousands of their egg cases were filmed on the seafloor by a remote controlled camera. they can grow to lengths of 80cm, 31 inches, and typically eat crustaceans and small fish. can wejust look can we just look at this for so much longer? it is hard to get a sense of proportion. you can see the little eggs on the floor. that is quite a find! there we go! hello, mike! good morni

. >> why does it progress slower in people like stephen hawking and faster in people like me? at his home inspired to conquer the disease with and for him. >> he combines his genetic studies with strong statistical methods and also imaging to achieve goals that, you know, other labs wouldn't think of doing without rahul at the helm. >> reporter: the doctors have given you a year. what is your reason to keep going and fighting. >> it's the hardest thing to get out of bed every morning. my wife and kids give me the courage to fight. i love my work because it makes me feel alive and gives me purpose. i want to really, really, really beat als and this keeps me going. >> reporter: while his work and family keep him going many times the reality of his situation becomes unbearable. what is the hardest part in all of this for you? >> the loss of the relationship with my sons is the hardest thing. hands down, i just want one hour. >> how hard is it not to be able to hold your in his stillness memories are a comfort. >> i imagine the monsoons in india where i grew up. the new england fa

i look forward to buying stephen hawking's book. i some of his comments about the future and the ethical concerns and i think that i will absorb this over the next couple of weeks and a lot of people who are concerned about this should absorb his thoughts. think we should have more debate on this and more discussion and more awareness about it. >> that is my depth of knowledge in quantum computing so i will not try to go there. >> i think when it comes to any type of advanced technology -- 10 years ago we didn't have iphones. just the computing power that we have in our hands versus 15 years ago is amazing. we have the benefits of this and we don't want to give it up but it comes with risks. as we do all that we are doing now and to your point earlier it won't ever be 80 thing. my job as the state director is not to get it down to zero. we are humans. we will have the factoring aspect. we just have to make sure to set up a policies and have discussions and make sure that we as a population and as a country are having a conversation

well, according to professor brian cox, the late professor stephen hawking should be.sam sweeney went in seach of a new violin, he had no idea of the incredible story he was about to uncover. his chosen instrument had a label inside saying it had been pa rt—assembled in leeds during the first world war, but the maker never returned home to finish it. the bbc‘s john maguire explains how 100 years on, the fiddle is finally making music again. when sam sweeney, a folk musician, picked up and played this violin, it was love at first sound. out of all of them, i singled out this fiddle and fell in love with it. there was something about the tone that ijust adored. sam spotted the fiddle in roger claridge's shop. the pieces had sat in a bag in roger's workshop for years, until he was persuaded by his wife to assemble them, breathing new life into the old. inside, sam was intrigued by a label that read "richard howard, 1915" and the words "made in the great war". sam's father found the violin's creator through war records. more than a century ago, richard howard had headed of

other bestsellers are the late stephen hawking answers to the questions and tucker carlson's thoughtelitism in america. also on the amazon list is educated, westover's memoir of her childhood in idaho mountains in her introduction to formal education at the age of 17. after that it's actor book of daily affirmations. some of these authors have or will be airing on book tv on c-span2 and will be available to watch online at berkeley-- book.org. >> each year book tv takes hundreds of author programs throughout the country. here's a look at some of the events we will cover this week. monday, national church hill library in washington dc to hear british historian andrew roberts. that same evening at the strand bookstore in new york city bookseller and publishing executive james bostic will highlight his list of 1000 books to read before you die. we are back in new york wednesday where journalist fox butterfield will report on the multi generational criminal activities. also wednesday at politics and prose bookstore in washington dc: ba university american studies professor will recount t

hawk your book. >> i love it. lou: stephen moore, the book, we recommend it. >> don't sell your stocks now. don't sell low. people always make that mistake. lou: you're not supposed to buy high and sell low? i didn't know that. >> stay with the market. keep with these stocks today and five years from now you're going to be a happy camper. lou: we're not going to wait five years. we're going to make. >> oh yeah. i'm with you. lou: thanks so much for being with us. appreciate it. >>> up next, the president signaling a continued relationship with saudi arabia after the murder of jamal ka ka khashoggi. >> this is a slap to the face to the intelligence community. >> this statement from the president is the most un-american statement i ever read. >> the president lets the crown prince off the hook. >> from day one the president has looked for reason to excuse the saudi regime. >> every time i hear the president open his mouth i think about if fact that this administration is a walking civil and human rights crisis. lou: and you know every time i hear the national left wing media brain, i think to

stephen sackur. israel's seemingly indestructible prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has dodged another political bullet. after the recent flare—up of violence in gaza, his defence minister quit and another key cabinet hawkett, said he would go too if he wasn't given the defence portfolio. the pm called his bluff, and mr bennett, who is my guest today, decided to stay after all. what's behind the chaos in israeli politics? are the right—wing factions putting their own interests before those of the nation? naftali bennett, in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. great to be here, stephen. it's been quite a week. how would you characterise your relationship with prime minister netanyahu today? well, we're political adversaries, but i'm part of his government and i support prime minister netanyahu as the prime minister of israel. so, you know, it's not unlike the uk, where things are also quite tumultuous. we're going to continue in order to strengthen israel's security. let's unpick this notion that you're sitting there in a cabinet led by a guy who you now describe as an adversary. avigdor lieberman, who was defence minister until very recently, he described mr netanyahu's decision to undertake a ceasefire wit

articulate the division in the white house between the hawks on one side, navarro and light heiser, and then the doves on the other side, the stephenudlow's area and so what -- and the question is, who is trump listening to and how is the strategy being guided? who is he paying the most attention to as he leaves for the meeting? if you look at how trump dealt with kim jong-un, how he does with south korea over the trade deal, and of course, mexico and deal that trump made, you can look at that as a case for how trump may approach of a deal with china, if you are optimistic. but if you think that peter navarro and robert lighthizer, that they have his ear, this could be a much more drawnout affair. there may be a framework to de-escalate the tensions of the meeting, and that is what we are looking for. a should mention, in terms of the domestic agenda in china, we are focused on the data coming out at 10:00 hong kong time, to give us a gauge of how that trade war is impacting the trade what does the economy numbers. they had a focus on infrastructure spending, we could get a sign of how much that is coming into play, with the fixed

hawks. many fans are concerned about the future of the team. kevin durantes contract expires at the end of the season. >>> stephen curry will stay on the bench while the warriors play tonight. curry will travel with the team on this texas road trip but he will miss at least the next five games because of injuries. he's already missed three. he missed 30 games last year with various injuries. the warriors say the earliest he could be back would be november 24th against sacramento. >>> today at 9:00 new numbers on the campfire in butte county as the walmart turns into a camp for evacuees. >>> we'll talk live with a local travel writer who has the 100 things you have to do in the city of oakland. >> when asked about the air quality, i asked steve when he think it would get better and he said it's no longer looking like the weekend but maybe tuesday or wednesday because of the weather pattern. we're going to talk to him and everyone talks about the air quality everywhere i went.

stephen miller. the final order appeared to take defense secretary james mattis by a surprise, an indication to the extent to which immigration policy in the white house is engineered by a small group of hawks including miller and shut has often caught other stakeholders offguard. help us understand the perils of policy making. >> there is no policy making process. from everything i can see and hear, a normal white house would have the senior officials from relevant agencies meet over many hours to make determinations about what the best way forward is. what seems to happen in this white house is that may take place and they make a set of recommendations and those recommendations are completely ignored by president trump and a small group of people around him including stephen miller. essentially, the experts, their opinions are shoved to the side and what you have is an ideological agenda that maerrie with trump's political agenda that ignores the border security experts, the military in every key decision. >> we are told from our reporting from other reporting that the number the president cares the most about is apprehensions when it comes to immigration. what are the metrics he should b

a dissertation written by the late british physicist stephen hawking has sold at auction for almost seven hundred thousand euros the thesis is about the origins of the universe it was one of several items from hawkins a state or action to raise money for charity in london. watch out truong a democrat maxine waters is set to lead the powerful financial services committee following the midterm elections and already she's flexing ho muscles also coming up with less than five months to go before britain's exit from the e.u. summit u.k. companies are eyeing an exit from britain just to stay in business. and after years of political unrest and terrorist attacks tourists slowly returning to enjoy each it attraction. they say is your business update i'm having a home for him but am glad you could join me now her name is maxine waters she's a democrat and most crucially the new head of the financial services committee in congress and she's already known.

a dissertation written by the late british physicist stephen hawking has sold at auction for almost seven hundred thousand euros the thesis is about the origins of the universe it was one of several items from hawkins estate orks and to raise money for charity in london. germany honors the victims of kristallnacht the night eighty years ago of nazi organized terror against jews that heralded the holocaust today chancellor merkel warns of resurgent anti semitism i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day. there was a shattering noise and the whole of palin was burning. and it carried on burning the next morning. the next morning when we had to go back to school we saw broken glass everywhere again. it doesn't sound like that's why we call it a stand not because it was glittering everywhere it's up to. the state must act decisively and consistently against any gratian.