Its homeland the tiny town thats famous for doing it all thanks to the delicious local joke act. And how you could join me the u. N. Climate talks in madrid appear to have stalled an activist you know meaningful deal well a much now theyve criticized the lack of progress the meeting was supposed to end on friday but disagreements mean that the negotiations all dragging on representatives for more than 200 nations are trying to strike a deal on a missions targets of am to finalize the look at the existing charis agreement on Global Warming which comes into force next year in. Unity which will d. W. Who to undershoot has been following developments for us and she joins me now to see tell us whats the latest well of course there is no agreement yet theres no consensus between the parties and the countries involved in these negotiations its looking like the negotiations are going to drag into day time on sunday and the participants have been up all night discussing i mean with 20200 Differ
Position activists marched to join just capital demanding the government resign and cold snap elections. And fields break into a museum in germany stealing priceless jewels from one of europes biggest treasure collections. A very warm welcome to the program top story this hour the United Nations is calling for calm in the democratic republic of congo after hundreds of protesters in the eastern town of benny stormed un buildings and set fire to the Mayors Office at least 2 people were killed by gunfire during the clashes the u. N. Denies that its peacekeepers shot at demonstrators people say theyre angry at the government and the u. N. Mission for their failure to stop the rise in deadly rebel attacks in the region sara reports it was this is the moment protesters in beni were shot from inside a United Nations compound but it was people accuse the u. N. Mission in the democratic republic of congo of failing to protect them against the allied Democratic Forces rebel groups. Determined to
Those who accuse a particular country. For the latest on the stories you can head to our t. V. Dot com coming up astronomer Martin Reeses goes through with. Me how im so feet share not same 1st 6 years of enjoyed thoughtful and honest conversation with Global Leaders and their crunch issues but today the Bigger Picture what is a catalyst that makes us take what matters today and what really matters tomorrow welcome to. Visionary. The 21st century an era of mind boggling breakthrough but among all the solutions are there are dangers lurking and they are known how can we grasp all that science has to offer and still stay safe while ive talked to a lower march in. Astronomer royal then amoret is a professor of cosmology and astrophysics at the university of cambridge. Martin rees a pleasure having me on our program so we had all of the questions you know. Many of your colleagues are actually were knowing that Technology May help human race advance and thrive and prosper but it can also. H
Breakthrough in technology but it would take a whole generation yes digest and now this breakthrough as had been every day every 5 minutes so its like we cant really catch up with them we dont whether thats indeed the worry that these changes are happening faster than we can accommodate them and regulate against them that is. Theres been a huge surge of developments in both biotechnology. Intelligence and machine thing and these are the ones that are hard to deal with but of course. All technologies advanced. And it was only 50 years between the 1st transatlantic flight. In 919 and the 1st man on the moon in 96 you know that was 50 years but in the 50 years since then in terms of space size in aviation things havent changed no as we back to the moon. The jumbo jets flew in 96 you know. It could be that they go into a sort of on that level off again so we come to shoot the sauce just evolving technology will continue to evolve its breakneck speed. He once wrote a book with a very optimi
You feel like your predictions are coming true or maybe you see the reverse process is yes well i think i was among the highlights the issues that the empowerment of small groups of individuals by bio inside is going to lead to new tensions new threats to governance and a growing tension between 3 things we want namely liberty security and privacy and i think that prediction has been borne out. Confronted by these concerns in my opinion but although i think we will have a bumpy ride through the century its always you they are unlikely that we ourselves out im not suggesting that but i think we do need to worry about the control that these technologies into of us we can its hard to regulate. But also its depressing that the gap between the way things could be and the way things actually are is so wide and possibly getting wider. What exactly do you mean like the way things could be the way things are you mean like humans could be more in tune with the technology and more responsible wit