Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in the gaza strip, where the Palestinian Islamist group hamas has called for a new popular uprising, or intifada. It follows president trumps recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. Traditional allies of the us, including saudi arabia and france, condemned president trumps decision, but israel said it was a welcome step forward. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports. Over the years, palestinians have burned Many American flags. The question is whether something fresh is happening. Whether this old conflict has entered a new stage. Volleys of tear gas were directed at palestinian demonstrators by Israeli Security forces in towns around jerusalem. Many palestinians have serious doubts about whether these street clashes change anything. Jerusalem, though, is as special for palestinians as it is for israelis. And trumps decision to ignore palestinian claims to the city has caused real anger. Israels Prime Minister, benjamin net
Im stephen sackur. For now, the bbc employs human beings like me to question the way our world works. But, for how much longer . As research and Development Effort into Artificial Intelligence intensifies, is there any sphere of human activity that wont be revolutionised by aland robotics . My guest today is alan winfield. A world renowned professor of robot ethics. From driving, to education, to work and warfare, are we unleashing machines which could turn the dark visions of Science Fiction into science fact . Alan winfield, welcome to hardtalk. High, delighted to be here, stephen. You do have a fascinating title, professor of robot ethics, im tempted to ask you first, whats most important to you, the engineering, the robotics or the ethics, being an ethicist . Well, both are equally important. I am fundamentally an engineer, so i bring and engineering perspective to robot ethics and engineering. But, i would say, that more than half of my work now is actually thinking about. And, yo
Feels like at the airport and more like it is nine below zero, not even below freezing but zero in mount pocono, really brutal stuff here. Again we have dealt with this almost every single winter but you know, first time of the year, can definitely feel most harsh, new there is some pretty substantial win and not that it has allowed a wind advisory for places like rehoboth, south delaware, kent , sussex county, cumberland, atlantic and cape may counties lasting until 10 00 a. M. This cameras well mounted. You dont see a lot of shaking but there is definitely wind to work with at shore points, beaches and delaware. Storm scan will stay that way throughout the day. Later tonight a new clipper comes along and we will talk about that but kid are heading out to school, blue skies, sunshine, you just cant go by it. Factor in the wind, high only 31 but wont feel better than the teens. Freezing cold, freezing cold, hopefully they dent have to go outside for an extended recess because that is v
The discovery. Annalysa gayle has the story. Annalysa the police say that somebody went out for a walk when they spotted Daniel Dehaven s bonnie in the woods off dorsey road near bwi airport. Dehaven was last seen january 2. He suffered from dementia and was nonverbal. The police are investigating a tip he may have been picked up by a driver on route one, and the driver may have dropped him off on the 800 block of annapolis road in anne arundel county. The search expanded since the tip and residents help search for mr. Dehaven. He was the brother of a retired Montgomery County firefighter. At this time the police do not believe there are any suspicious factors linked to his death. In from northwest washington, a shooting leading to a lockdown at George Washington university hospital. Shots werel said the fired nearby and the victim walked to the emergency room. His injuries are not lifethreatening and the police are looking for the shooter tonight. Operations at the hospital have retur
The week. Larry glad you are here with us. The good news is that it will get even better. Could we have flipflops by friday . Archery co it depends on eileen whelan. Eileen 60s on friday. Im showing you a live look right now. Guess what . You can see the Washington Monument unlike yesterday when we woke up with the really sick fog with a lot of ice. The door. Cold. Reagan national is at 28. 21 in manassas. Bundle up getting up the door. It is dry. Temperatures climb up to 37 degrees by 11 00 but high temperatures today will be seasonable. It felt like springtime so it will feel comfortable later this afternoon with a mixture of clouds and sunshine this has been Getting Better each and every day. Week with the warm up comes a chance of rain. We tend that out for you coming tried at least we have groats this morning. Julie unfortunately, we have problems. Peppered with incidents. Ae outer loop, we have stalled bus. Northbound out of Silver Spring. There is a crash on a rip from tonight i