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week, what it means as far as that campaign going forward in the alabama senate race, and if you think those comments from the president were appropriate. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8002 for independents. alabama residents and voters, if you want to give your specific perception, 202-748-8003 is the number to call. you can always post on our twitter feed, @cspanwj and on our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. we ll take you back to just before the thanksgiving break at the white house. president trump addressing reporters before he took off for florida, was asked about the roy moore campaign and the allegations against roy moore. here s the president s response. president trump: i can tell you i can tell you one thing for sure. we don t need a liberal person in there, a democrat. jones, i ve looked at his record, it s terrible on crime. it s terrible on the border. it s terrible in the military. i can tell you for a fact, we do ....
the white house has warned that it would be counterproductive if the palestinians withdrew from a planned meeting with the us vice president, in the wake of washington s policy shift onjerusalem. international concern has continued, along with protests in the occupied west bank and the gaza strip. palestinians clashed with israeli security forces, about 30 palestinians were injured. but israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, reiterated his praise for donald trump s decision. 0ur 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 ....
i m 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 won t 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, i m tempted to ask you first, what s 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 thinkin ....
we ll be hearing from musician and tech entrepreneur will. i.am about his latest venture. a warm welcome to the programme briefing you on all you need to know in global news business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. bitcoin pushing towards 17,000 dollars. would you put your hard earned cash into it? or is it all about to go sour? tell us what you think just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. it looks like things are moving at a pace over brexit. the british prime minister theresa may is expected in brussels within the hourfor a meeting with the president of the european commission, jean claude juncker. it raises expectations that talks overnight aimed at meeting the concerns of the democratic unionists on the status of the irish border after brexit were successful. the dup is the main party in northern ireland and theresa may relies on their support to keep her in power. they rejected the wording of the draft agreement earlier in the week as they ....
nasa has captured some incredible photos of the fire from space. 0nto the business pages of gulf news, another day and another record for cyptocurrency bitcoin, which has surpassed $16,000. it bounces up and down a lot. it has dropped 4% in the course of today. people are asking if it is a bubble. finally, staying with bitcoin, bloomberg is looking at electricity consumption that digital currencies like bitcoin absorb. giant farms of servers are needed to handle the massive transactions but has the environmental footprint been overblown? so let s begin. with me is cornelia meyer, ceo of business consultancy mrl corporation. you have been a writing throughout the week about a brexit. it is all coming, one would hope, to a satisfactory head. we ll find out in due course. the daily telegraph are pretty confident a deal has been done. they seem to be spot-on. they said that theresa may would meet this morning with jean claude juncker, when i read this this morning on the wa ....