06 News Audio: Recent Episodes
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Conflicting reports about Kunduz / The artistic appeal of Soviet bus-stops / Why Spain is divided over bullfighting
The uncertain stop-gap government; it's deadline day for Bank of America; and making a sandwich from the ground up.
Palestinian flag raised at UN; Kunduz battle continues; Why it takes two to buy a Rembrandt
Russian parliament votes for military action in Syria / Hostility towards migrants in eastern Germany / The Danish cartoon controversy - 10 years on
A coalition of colleges aims to reinvent the college application process; former Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to "save" capitalism; and indicators suggest more young people are entering the market for first homes.
Afghan forces fight to retake Kunduz from Taliban; stem cells to cure blindness; Nepal unrest
US government personnel data records have been hacked and over five million fingerprint records stolen. Biometrics cannot be copied as easily as a number or password but any security breach is much more serious as fingerprints and retinas cannot be reset. Dr Carol Buttle a cybersecurity and biometrics expert explains more.
Medical Devices Vulnerable to Hackers
MRI scanners and other medical devices are also being targeted by hackers. Why are they connected to the internet at all? BBC technology writer Jane Wakefield tells of recent research from the US with a fake MRI aimed to monitor hacking efforts.
Project Isizwe
In South Africa, mobile phones may be common but data is expensive. And yet it is important for education. Project Isizwe co-founder James Devine talks to Click about spreading free wi-fi in South Africa.
what3words
Around 75% of the world’s countries and four billion people have no address. No address means fewer rights. Company what3words have given each 9m2 section of the world an address, consisting of three words. CEO Chris Sheldrick explains how the system works in multiple languages and some of its less obvious uses.
(Photo caption: A scanned finger print © Getty Images)
Further sanctions on IS / Boycott of French radio quota system / Hajj death toll confusion
Shell's out, but Arctic oil is staying in the ground; 70,000 medical codes for your doctor to consider; and why Fred Savage took "The Grinder" job.
On the eve of his speech to the U.N., Vladimir Putin tells 60 Minutes he is seeking partners to battle ISIS in Syria. Scott Pelley sits down with GOP Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump to talk immigration, taxes and NAFTA.
Martian streaks 'painted by water' / Hundreds escape from jail in Bangui / The search for Nefertiti's tomb
Syria tops agenda at UN meeting of world leaders; Ukraine's internal turmoil; Iraqi refugee suicides; saving desert tortoises
Catalonia nationalists win elections; Pope Francis concludes his US visit; 'Supermoon' coincides with lunar eclipse
Rally for missing Mexican students / Russia and Estonia exchange 'spies' / One-fingered climber nears Everest peak
Hezbollah confirms local Syria truces / Nigeria reaches polio ‘milestone’ / Sam Smith unveils Bond theme song.
Director Madhur Bhandarkar and actress Ruhi Singh talk about 'Calendar Girls'. Simran Kaur Mundi spoke about her role in comedy 'Kis Kisko Pyar Karoon' leading Pablo to explore comedy in Bollywood.
John Boehner's changing relationship with the GOP and Wall Street; China's cap-and-trade program; and taxi medallions.
There's room at the inn for the pope's Philly visit; China's big Boeing order; and the rise of the Master Algorithm.
Fahrverg-fail; Mark Zuckerberg's attempt at education reform; and management consultants for a refugee crisis.
The car manufacturer VW has admitted that more than eleven million diesel cars could be affected by the company rigging car emission tests in the US. Calls for testing of VW diesel cars outside the US are growing, with Italy, France and South Korea opening investigations. But can current technology accurately test real world driving emissions? Professor Chris Brace from the University of Bath explains what can be done now.
Blockchain Money Transfer
Could Bitcoin blockchain technology be moving into mainstream banking, making money transfers faster and more secure? Gareth Mitchell speaks to David Rutter, CEO of R3, a financial innovation company that will be working with nine major banks to develop blockchain technology for tracking real life financial transactions. The technology works by making a chain of all transactions and sending this updated chain to everyone who has ever made a transaction. But will this method lead to faster more secure and cheaper transactions?
Getting Online for the First Time
A new project is about to be launched in the Philippines to help people who have never used a computer get online. It is an extension of the work currently being done by the Tinder Foundation, a ‘not for profit’ in the UK that helps a quarter of a million people use the internet every year. The Philippines, like the UK, is increasingly moving to an online system where many government services will soon only be accessible through the internet. Helen Milner, CEO of the Tinder Foundation, spoke to Click just before she set off.
Future of Cities
The Vision of Cambridge report 2065 has just been published with leading scientists and entrepreneurs contributing to predictions as to how the city will develop. Much of this predicted expansion will be possible because of smart technology; big data, the internet of things, driverless cars, online teaching. Dr David Cleevely (founding Chairman of the Cambridge Science Centre and Founding Director of the Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge), who contributed to the report, tells us if other cities around the world can benefit from these advances and which one’s already are.
(Photo caption: A vehicle being tested at the Centre for Low Emission Vehicle Research. Credit: University of Bath)
Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz
EU tries to solve migrant quota row / The sea-creatures that help fight global warming / How bizarre rumours spread about David Cameron
Kickstarter is becoming a public benefit corporation; Volkswagen may face a criminal probe; and Wyoming debates starting a refugee resettlement program.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tells Steve Kroft that his countrymen's chant of "Death to America" is a condemnation of U.S. policy rather than a death wish for Americans; Scott Pelley reports on Pope Francis, who has the last word on his own security and always puts the people he serves ahead of his own safety; Anderson Cooper meets Chaser, a dog who can identify over a thousand toys, and the scientists who are studying the brain of man's best friend.
How would proposed EU migrants quota work ? / African-American actress delivers powerful speech at Emmys / Can happiness be taught ?
Pope Francis meets Fidel Castro, Carson: US president should not be Muslim, Tramway opens in Ethiopian capital
Director Nikhil Advani told Raj and Pablo about his new film 'Katti Batti' and Pakistani TV actor, Rehan Sheikh, spoke about his first film 'Azad'. Plus Raj and Pablo discussed the pressure on men to look good in Bollywood, and Salil Archarya brought all the latest gossip from Mumbai.
US-Russia defence talks over Syria / Japan to allow military role overseas / Are robots musically creative?
Laurene Powell Jobs reimagines American high school; a conversation with author David Maraniss about Detroit; and who's hoping for a rate hike?
Half a million children 'flee Boko Haram' / Inside the embattled Turkish city of Cizre / China's one child policy
Economy's fine, raise coming soonish; the latest on cable consolidation; and change is on the shelves at La Tropicana grocery store.
Fifa secretary Valcke suspended / US leaves interest rates unchanged / First woman in space launches Soviet spacecraft exhibition
Good news on tackling Malaria / Boy arrested for taking home-made clock to school / British holidaymakers talk about whale ordeal
Knock, knock. Who's there? Inflation. Inflation who? Aren't you glad I didn't say interest rates again? Seriously, folks, we're looking at the good ride borrowers have had; the wages-poverty relationship; and the economics of live political debates.
UN issues report on Sri Lanka war crimes / Assad will not leave under "foreign pressure" / Fear among India's minorities
Hungary takes new measures to deal with migrants / N. Korean nuclear reactor "in operation" / Will computers be as intelligent as humans ?
In March 2010 every webpage with the domain address ending in .yu disappeared from the internet – the largest ever to be removed. This meant that the internet history of the former Yugoslavia was no longer available online. Dr Anat Ben-David, from the Open University in Israel, has managed to rebuild about half of the lost pages – pages that document the Kosovo Wars, which have been called "the first internet war”.
Digital Renaissance
Is technology leading to a renaissance in the arts? Just like the invention of oil paint spurred the Renaissance in painting could digital tools be doing the same in today’s art world? Tracey Logan visits the Saatchi Gallery in London to see emerging digital art from Asia and asks could exhibits like Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders be changing our cultural experiences forever?
Eyes in the Sky
Instant analysis of thousands of satellite images is allowing engineers to use these images as measurements. From calculating the levels of global oil reserves and the rates of construction in China to even working out how much money we are spending in shops, major advances in machine learning are allowing investors, businesses and governments to make better informed decisions about ventures and policies. James Crawford, CEO of Orbital Insight, a company based in California explains how they do this. As part of BBC’s AI week, Azeem Azhar, technology entrepreneur and Click’s Bill Thompson discuss the advances in AI and what they mean to us.
(Photo: A Kosovo Gorani man enters an internet cafe next to a mosque in the village of Globocica, 2009 © AFP/Getty Images)
How, exactly, the Federal Reserve raises rates; the volatility of working in the oil industry; and the humanitarian crisis in Europe.
Lara Logan reports on Iraq's Christians who have been forced to flee their ancient homeland because of ISIS violence and threats; Scott Pelley on a high school football coach whose act of bravery saved an untold number of young lives; Sharyn Alfonsi profiles Greg Glassman, a brash, former gymnast who created the CrossFit workout, now the basis for a chain of gyms that has become the largest in history.
Drama as Australian PM Tony Abbott is ousted by rival / Report from Syria's frontline / Egyptian forces kill tourists / Former astronaut says: "Let's go to Mars"
Ebola hopes dashed in Sierra Leone / The Great Khali returns to India / Music for a traffic jam
Athiya Shetty and Sooraj Pancholi talk about their roles in their debut movie, Hero! And Gulshan Grover reveals his four upcoming films!
UK Labour Party elects left winger Corbyn / Memorial for Mau Mau victims in Kenya / Dozens die in India blast
The lumpy process of budgeting; betting on crude oil; and another round of "What is Janet Yellen thinking?"
Convictions in Mumbai train blasts / Reporting from inside Yemen / When does online flattery turn into sexism?
Catalan separatists hold mass rally / Cuba to free inmates ahead of Pope visit / Iconic game character Mario turns 30
The Justice Department gets tougher on white-collar crime; raising the refugee limit for Syrians; and changes afoot on the NFL field and New York Fashion Week's runways.
President Assad's support / US woman 'killed by IS' / Pakistani court clips hunters' wings
Syrian government and ISIS accused of using chemical weapons, US agrees to take Syrian refugees, Chinese human rights lawyers still missing.
A "cage-free" life examined; how Detroit students dealt with the city's bankruptcy; and, oh yeah, the new Apple products.
Islamists seize key Syria airbase / BA plane catches fire / Queen breaks record / Graffiti grannies
The strategy behind buying slot machines; Germany's good deed and good investment; and Shuddle-ing the kids around.
The UN says the EU can absorb the number of migrants seeking asylum / Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP party offices attacked / Brazil baffled after 150 tails cut from cats and dogs
Downloading 1GB of data may use as much as two hundred litres of water according to new research from Imperial College London. Scientists at the Centre for Environmental Policy have been estimating how much freshwater has been evaporated, used or polluted by data centres. Bora Ristic from the team behind the work tells us more.
Virtual Reality – Where Now?
Deep in the heart of London’s cyber sector, a production company have come up with a new way of looking at the world. 360˚ video sits on a fine line between film and virtual reality. Offering an immersive new type of experience, audiences of the future will be able to look around and perhaps even explore their favourite scenes. Gareth visits the company East City Films to discuss their latest work, a documentary about 7/7, shot using a rig of GoPro cameras and edited to work in 3D virtual reality. The film will soon be shown at the Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival.
The Demise of Flash
Do you use Flash – is it still churning away on a laptop that’s a few years old – or are you someone who will refuse to use it because of the many security issues? Like it or loathe it, it looks as though the video playing programme may have had its day. Gareth Mitchell, Bill Thompson and the Guardian’s technology reporter Samuel Gibbs discuss.
(Photo caption: Server room of BalticServers © BalticServers.com)
Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz
Germany "can take half a million asylum-seekers a year" / UN Special Envoy urges action on Syria conflict / The women recruited for extremism
Molly Wood sits in for Kai: why e-book sales are falling, a shortage of warehouse workers just in time for the holidays and how military cuisine shapes the way you eat.
Steve Kroft reports on a new reality exposed by North Korea's hack on Sony Pictures: you don't have to be a superpower to inflict damage on U.S. corporations; Cardinal Sean O'Malley tells Norah O'Donnell about working with Pope Francis to remake the Catholic Church and combat child abuse; Anderson Cooper reports on what it's like to try to achieve "mindfulness," a self-awareness scientists say is very healthy, but rarely achieved.
Lebanon's Syrian refugees / Rainbow Warrior bomber apologises / London through Russian eyes
France & UK to house Syrian migrants / Dark secret of the Kennedy clan is revealed / BBC outlines plans for its future
UK drone hit kills Britons in Syria / Chad ex-leader dragged into court / Mountain gorillas named
The latest jobs report; "full employment" explained; and why the U.S. isn't taking in more refugees.
Trump 'not to run as independent' / US clerk jailed in gay marriage row / Egypt jails belly dancers
Iraq's Christian militias / Nigeria's army chief on Boko Haram / Streetwise polar bears
Obama welcomes Saudi King / Nigerian President declares assets / One Direction star corrects fan's grammar
China parades its military might, Guatemala president resigns, Earth has 'three trillion' trees
Austrian police rescue migrants from sealed truck / Congolese rebel leader "The Terminator" on trial / Has the West abandoned Syria ?
Former Congolese warlord on trial / Obama secures senate support for Iran deal / Donald Duck's wartime service
Steve Kroft reports on a man who held a job at some of the top corporations in America and lived a seemingly normal life as a father and husband -- all while spying for the Soviet Union in the last days of the Cold War; Lesley Stahl profiles a great Chinese tennis champion who stood up to her country's stringent sports system.
Actor Saif Ali Khan talks about his controversial new film 'Phantom'. Brother and sister Huma Qureshi and Saqib Saleem discuss their family and their careers. Singer Atif Aslam talks about his UK performances and Salil Archarya brings all the Bollywood gossip.
Scott Pelley reports on the 2013 sarin gas attack in Syria that U.S. intelligence estimates killed more than 1,400 civilians; Former Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma talks to Lesley Stahl about President Obama, his personal friend and political foe; Ballet has lifted Misty Copeland from poverty, over assumptions about race and through injury. Bill Whitaker reports.
60 Minutes found that Lumber Liquidators' Chinese-made laminate flooring contains amounts of toxic formaldehyde that may not meet health and safety standards. Anderson Cooper reports. It took over 80 years, but a museum dedicated to African-American history and culture is finally taking shape on the National Mall in Washington. Scott Pelley reports. With over 50 percent of our nation lying underwater, huge discoveries await, says explorer Robert Ballard. Lara Logan reports.
Actors Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra and Kavi Shastri discuss their roles in this week's new release 'Brothers'. Komal Nahta reviews the movie and Salil Archarya brings the latest Bollywood gossip.
When insurance companies deny the mentally ill the treatment their doctors prescribe, seriously ill people are often discharged, and can be a danger to themselves or others. The U.S. and China are locked in a high stakes contest over satellites that are critical to national security and everyday life. FBI agents discuss their 16-year search and eventual capture of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, once No. 1 on the Most Wanted list. These stories and more on this week's "60 Minutes."
Actor and Director Farhan Akhtar discuss’ his latest role as a Producer for 'Bangistan' plus hear from its star Riteish Deshmukh. Imran Abbas talks about period drama film 'Jaanisaar' whilst Salil Achawyra brings the hottest Bollywood gossip and the boys play 'Knowing Me Knowing You'.
Scott Pelley reports on how insurance companies can fail the mentally ill, often causing them to be a danger to themselves and others; David Martin reports on the high stakes contest the U.S. and China are locked in over satellites that are critical to national security and everyday life.
Ajay Devgn and Shriya Saran talk about their latest film 'Drishyam', Manisha Koirala opens up about overcoming illness, Javed Ali talks about his forthcoming concert in the UK and Satish Kaushal discusses his new movie 'Promise Dad'. Plus the hottest Bollywood news from Salil Archarya and a review of this week's release by Komal Nahta.
FBI agents tell Steve Kroft about their 16-year search and eventual capture of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, once No. 1 on the Most Wanted list; Morley Safer profiles Wikipedians, those "persnickety," techy types who keep your favorite Internet information website brimming with data; and Neil deGrasse Tyson tells Charlie Rose about his fascination with the universe and his own personal journey to reignite interest in the great beyond.
Singer Neeti Mohan discusses her involvement in the upcoming AR Rahman concert, actor Vipin Sharma talks 'Kick' 'Dhanak' whilst Saleem Suleman reveal plans for their UK visit in October. Plus Salil Acharya brings the hottest Bollywood news live from Mumbai!
From smartphones to cars and defense missiles, modern U.S. life depends on rare earth elements but China dominates the industry. Lesley Stahl reports; Anderson Cooper has the story of a woman who was arrested and charged with helping her dying father kill himself; Morley Safer profiles a billionaire investor who's pledging a good part of his fortune to save America's history.
Benny Dayal is live in the studio to discuss the BBC Asian Network Proms. Konkona Sen Sharma, Vir Das and Adil Hussain each discuss their latest projects showing at the London Indian Film Festival. Meanwhile 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' is the weeks big release so Raj & Pablo speak to its star Kareena Kapoor and Director Kabir Khan. Plus Salil Acharya brings the latest Bollywood news from Mumbai!
Bill Whitaker investigates the biggest leak in Swiss banking history and examines HSBC's business dealings with a collection of international outlaws. "The first 50 years are for learning; the second 50 are for LIVING!" That's the motto of a show in Harlem with a cast of singers ages 55 and up. Lesley Stahl reports.
Raj & Pablo explore Sport in Bollywood! Indian Goalie Mir Ranjan Negi discusses women’s hockey and 'Chak Di! India' plus Director Anil Sharma talks live about his Boxing film 'Apne'. Meanwhile BBC Sports Reporter Ankur Desai delivers his opinion on the ultimate sports film and the boys get quizzed on their own sporting achievements! Plus Salil Acharya gives the hottest gossip live from Mumbai!
Scott Pelley reports on how a glitch in Social Security can result in fraudulent payments -- costing taxpayers billions -- and identity headaches. Norah O'Donnell looks into a controversial procedure that could stop the spread of dangerous genes that have stalked families for generations. Steve Kroft talks with Steve Carell about the challenges of making the film "Foxcatcher" and his success in Hollywood.
Govinda and his daughter Tina Ahuja discuss her Bollywood debut film 'Second Hand Husband'. Meanwhile the boys explore Bollywood duo's and challange Farah Khan, Salim-Sulaiman and Deepika Padukone to play Raj & Pablo's cheeky game 'Knowing Me Knowing You'. Plus Salil Acharya brings the hottest gossip live from Mumbai.