we ll have newswatch. but first, here s click. has there ever been a time when we haven t been at war? battles have been raging down through the ages, over lands, religion, over resources. and every so often, a new technology comes along which gives one side a massive advantage and changes the shape of war forever. throughout the history of warfare, there has been one common thread, and that is it has been people who have made the decisions on who and how to fight. but now we are having to ask the question what would happen if you took the human out of the loop? weapons, guided and driven by artificial intelligence, are no longer science fiction. and next week, the un will discuss whether the development and deployment of this kind of technology should be left unrestricted, should be regulated or outright banned. so far, the us and the uk have opposed binding agreements to regulate or ban the use of so called killer robots. james clayton reports from silicon valley on the d
the reporter could have described what the jury had had to witness and listened to, to explain the full depravity of the people found guilty. it was deeply distressing to be shown this. this would be the case at any time but the fact it was broadcast at 6 o clock, when children could be around and watching too meant that it went beyond all acceptable levels of disclosure and was not in the public interest. i want the bbc to explain what value, other than their ratings, was there to show this video and hear his distressed voice? totally unnecessary and such disturbing content. your meagre excuse of the content prior to showing was in no way sufficient. i do not feel this should ve been shown at all. we ve had other complaints of late about what some consider excessively graphic detail shown on early evening news bulletins. last month, david fuller was convicted of double murder and scores of offences of abuse. morning. david, it s the police. reporter: after 33 years, he alm
But here s some of phil mackie s report last thursday, the day his stepmother and father were convicted of killing arthur. arthur labinjo hughes had been a healthy and happy little boy. but he was subjected to months of beatings and punishments by his stepmother, emma tustin, and father, thomas hughes. during the trial, jurors listened to the hundreds of audio recordings that tustin made all of them extremely distressing. some of those audio recordings and videos were shown in that report a decision which prompted several viewers to contact us in protest. here s barbara harris and first, helen walker. the horrific and tragic murder of arthur was an important news story and was rightly included in the news at six. however, it was truly shocking to see film of the little boy in a terrible state of suffering, as recorded by his murderer, followed by a playing of the audio of his cries, used as part of the broadcast.
On under your own roof? caroline cockwell got in touch with us to say. and sue williams agreed. that s a story that s not going away anytime soon, and we hope to talk to someone at the bbc about it next week. meanwhile, it was announced on tuesday that an investigation will open next week into the death of six year old arthur labinjo hughes. it s a highly distressing case, and we are being careful