Are those phones . They are phones, yeah. 0k. Meanwhile, laras getting her groove on at a live concert in the metaverse. My avatar, Beat Engineer, there. Hes ready to dance. My finest dance moves. And we meet the brothers who are trying to replace plastics with plants. But how do they stop those pesky splits . What makes a team quite strong is really these different opinions. One opinion we can all agree on, though, is that you wont want to miss this. Life in plastic, its fantastic. Willkommen. Bienvenue. Hi. Welcome to ifa, europes biggest Tech Show, where, every year, thousands of people pile into berlins giant Exhibition Centre to grab a Sneak Peek at the latest. Well, everything. The press, business and the public can zip around more than two dozen halls full of weird and wonderful displays and demonstrations. You can play Ping Pong with foldable phones to somehow prove how tough they are. You can meet robot animals, stuffed pets. You might even catch a glimpse of a real live pussy
Its here on this beach, near the town of ambleteuse, where eight people were declared dead last night after a small boat started to sink not long after leaving the coast of france. Translation the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. A total of 45 people have now died in the channel this year, the highest reported number since 2021, according to the uns international organisation for migration. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to meet the italian Prime Minister in Rome Tomorrow to discuss italys offshore processing plan, where Asylum Seekers are sent to albania. Speaking to the bbc this morning, foreign Secretary David Lammy said the government was open to using some of the schemes to tackle the issue. Well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and the southern mediterranean, are route
Lets speak to our lets speak to our political correspondent political correspondent damian grammaticas, who is at The Party damian grammaticas, who is at the Party Conference in brighton. Conference in brighton. You join us you join us youjoin us in you join us in writing where youjoin us in you join us in writing where the Lib Dems are enjoying that the Lib Dems are enjoying that election result. More than a election result. More than a four fold, fivefold increase four fold, fivefold increase election result. More than a election result. More than a fourfold, fivefold increase in mp5, Sir Ed Davey enjoying fourfold, fivefold increase in mp5, Sir Ed Davey enjoying mps, Sir Ed Davey enjoying absolutely will mps, Sir Ed Davey enjoying that. The benefits that he that. The benefits that he brought to the election where brought to the election where he put himself out there are he put himself out there are took part in lots of stance in took part in lots of stance in defence but try to tal
Hed persuaded the president That Authorising Ukraine To Fire Western Missiles at russia was a good idea. Instead, he said well, theres only one reason were having these discussions, and that is because putin has illegally invaded ukraine. And the quickest way to resolve this obviously lies through, you know, what putin actually does, because its for him to end this. But we are having the discussion. Weve stood with ukraine. Ukraine has a right to self defence. And weve stood united, not just with our allies here in the us, but across with our nato allies. Thats very, very important to us. These are the long range Anglo French missiles. Ukraine would love to fire into russia, the uk making the argument to allies, its a request that should be granted. They rely on american Satellite Systems to work. You might ask why the Prime Minister has been so keen to dash here, to visit a president who we know will be gone in just a few months time. His answer is there are urgent issues that need ad
Of The Worlds biggest crypto exchanges explains why its crucial The Worlds biggest economy makes the crypto rules clearer. And well hear from the man overseeing them. The head of the us regulator, the securities and Exchange Commission, explains why hes brought so many lawsuits against crypto firms. Plus, the viability of vaping. The boss of the E Cigarette Firm juul tells us why his business has a long term future, even though he doesnt want any young people taking up the habit. Wherever yourejoining me from around The World, hello, and welcome to the show. The us election is looming large, and there are many issues on voters minds, from inflation and climate change to war in the middle east. But despite all those, one republican senator has said that cryptocurrencies are a defining issue in the run up to november the 5th. And hes not alone in thinking that. The place of one of The Worlds most divisive and consequential technologies in The Worlds biggest economy is at stake, after a y