return to the path of law before any dialogue could take place. tech giant google has introduced new headphones which can translate what someone's saying — into other languages — in real time. the pixel earbuds allow users to both listen and speak in foreign languages, using google's latest smart—phone. with me is the bbc‘s technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. this sounds like a really clever idea. it's using some of google's existing technology. take us through how this works. well, it is more amazing and less amazen than it seems. more amazing it shows us how far artificial intelligence has got that we can translate from so many languages. it is a brilliant feat of engineering. less amazing in that the earbuds all they are doing is effectively taking an app which is ona effectively taking an app which is on a phone, google translate and taking that technology and put it in your ear. when it is up and running in the next few weeks or so when this thing goes on sale, you will be able to tap the earbud and say you wa nt to able to tap the earbud and say you want

election. twitter and google also say they were used to share divisive posts traced to russia. the social media giants had initially dismissed complaints about fake news as crazy. the author and journalist jared yates sexton began looking into the trump/russia links over a year ago. hejoins me via webcam from washington. good to have you with us on bbc news. there is a certain synchronicity between the fact these charges were brought in the robert muller investigation yesterday and for the hearing today facebook, google except. i couldn't agree more. this is a really large problem that i think a lot of people have underestimated for a very long time, the facts were there in the election and a lot of people missed the point and a lot of people missed the point and now we are able to see what social media has been able to do particularly when we look at the statistics, over 60% of people rely on social media for their news in this country and now we look at the ability for russia to come in and interfere in our elections, i think these facts coming out together a pretty important. in

other people had done the wrong thing. all across the country people looked up google "what is eu"? all across the country looked up google, "move to scotland". all across the country people looked up google "irish passport applications". the book is called autumn and it's about time and autumn and the movement of the year. the seasons remind us of the depth of our own experience in time and the way that we experience time differently. as i was thinking about autumn, i simply saw a picture by an artist i'd never heard of and i looked at the picture and i was like what is that? that's amazing. a female pop artist. how don't i know about this person and then i looked up her life and then i realise the story of pauline boty is of a life of such energy, such vibrancy that stops so soon that there was an immediate parallel with the very notion of the briefness of life that autumn just reminds us of every leaf fall, she pasted, she cut, she painted, she concentrated. in her dream she slapped the past in its face. telling her school friend beryll, they were both 16, "i'm going to be an a

the 2008 banking crisis. tech giants amazon and google's parent alphabet have posted a surge in sales over the last three months. shares in alphabetjumped after the company reported sales up 24%. amazon sales are up 34% and analysts now estimate that this year amazon will be responsible for almost half of everything sold online. iag, the owner of ba, saw its shares fall today despite posting a rise in profits of 22.5%. it's been a difficult few months, with it failures and cabin crew strikes, extreme weather and the impact of terrorism on tourism — but compared to last year, shares still remain up 55%, as budget airlines like air berlin and monarch fail, so what is iag getting right? alex macheras is an aviation analyst. thank you forjoining us on the programme. given all the challenges they have faced, how have they managed to still post rising profits? good morning, well, these are strong results from the iag group and they are the parent company owner of british airways here in the uk, spanish airlines and ireland's national carrier, what they have done well is through this conso

internet companies together, companies like facebook, google, twitter and microsoft, and i asked them what they could do to go further and faster. they answered by forming an international forum to counterterrorism. this is good progress, and i attended their inaugural meeting on the west coast. these companies have transformed our lives in recent years with advances in technology. an now address them directly. —— and now i address them. call and you urgently to bring forward technology solutions to read your platforms of this vile terrorist material that plays such a key in radicalising. act now and honoured your moral obligations —— urge you to bring forward technology solutions to rid your platforms. removing harmful material from the internet is a core activity of prevent, our prime counter radicalisation programme. there is also a safeguarding element. in london earlier this year i met a mother whose son had travelled to syria to fight for daesh. she had no idea of his plan. she was devastated, but it was notjust her son who had been groomed by daesh's toxic influences. h

complaints about the quality of the screen. the phones are also investigating google said it was investigating the issue, which it took "very seriously". the digital, media and sport select committee has written to facebook‘s mark zuckerberg to request information on any paid—for activity by russian—linked facebook accounts around last year‘s eu referendum and the 2017 general election. singapore airlines has finalised a deal worth £10.4 billion to buy new boeing aircraft to modernise its fleet over the next decade. the carrier will purchase 39 aircraft. a look at the markets. some good progress on the footsie. whitbread‘s share price tumbled about that news about costa. rsa insurance up by 4%. back to you. what should you do when you feel a bit nervous about doing something a bit dangerous, then answer? get someone to do it with you. this is the moment 245 people simultaneously bungee jumped off a 30 foot high bridge in brazil. guinness world records have not yet officially confirmed the daring group feat as a record, the previous highest number of group bungee jumper

met. what is it like to meet these google playing you? fantastic. what‘s it like to meet the person you‘re playing? it feels good. i just wanted to write a story that made people see the person and not the syndrome. the cost of 200 have been rehearsing for almost a year. with that like the map production? it was amazing. really, really good. i was covered in goose bumps. it's i was covered in goose bumps. it‘s amazing. it‘s notjust the cost, it is seb and caroline also taking about. —— notjust the cast. —— notjust the cast. news from the irish broadcaster are te, who are reporting one person has died asa te, who are reporting one person has died as a direct result of storm ophelia after a tree fell on a car in the waterford area in the south—east of ireland. it is a direct result of storm ophelia. in a moment the news that one but first the weather forecast with chris. today‘s the day that ophelia is battering parts of the british isles. on saturday this was a major category three hurricane. coming past the west coast of portugal and spain it weakened to a category