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0:00:12 > 0:00:14Fire and fury...
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The author of the incendiary new book about Donald Trump's White
0:00:17 > 0:00:19House speaks in his first broadcast interview since publication.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22I will tell you the one description that everyone gave,
0:00:22 > 0:00:24everyone has in common.
0:00:24 > 0:00:31They all say he is like a child.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Brutally cold weather in the United States
0:00:34 > 0:00:36kills at least 18 people - low-temperature records could be
0:00:36 > 0:00:38broken in the coming days.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39The lines of communication are open.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42North Korea agrees
0:00:42 > 0:00:48to talks with the South - the first in more than two years.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51The film that Kevin Spacey was in, and then wasn't.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53We talk to director Ridley Scott about the business of replacing
0:00:53 > 0:01:03the actor after allegations of sexual misconduct.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Hello and welcome to World News Today.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18The author of a controversial book on Donald Trump's White House has
0:01:18 > 0:01:22spoken for the first time since its publication.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27He says he stands by everything he wrote. He dismisses the President's
0:01:27 > 0:01:33assertion that he never spoke to him, saying that he spoke to him for
0:01:33 > 0:01:36three hours before and after his election.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38President Trump tried to get the book's publication halted,
0:01:38 > 0:01:44and has dismissed it as "full of lies".
0:01:45 > 0:01:53He has flown to camp David and talked to the assembled press on the
0:01:53 > 0:02:00lawn.We are going to camp David, we have a lot to accomplish. The stock
0:02:00 > 0:02:07market is setting new records and the tax cuts are kicking in, far
0:02:07 > 0:02:11beyond what anyone thought. Numerous companies have come out and said
0:02:11 > 0:02:18that they are going to come out and said that they are going to make big
0:02:18 > 0:02:22payments to the employees. Nobody had that in mind. Where very
0:02:22 > 0:02:26honoured by it. Things are looking good over the next couple of months.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31We are going to camp David with a lot of great Republican senators and
0:02:31 > 0:02:37we are making America great again. Thank you very much.No mention of
0:02:37 > 0:02:40the book as President Trump left for camp David.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Our North America editor Jon Sopel reports.
0:02:43 > 0:02:49Not quite Harry Potter but at midnight last night,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51they were queuing to get their hands on Fire And Fury, and
0:02:51 > 0:02:56if Donald Trump had the powers of the young wizard,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58he'd have made this book disappear but he doesn't and this
0:02:58 > 0:03:00damning portrait is now available for everyone to read.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Well, what I'm most looking forward to is seeing what we all know
0:03:04 > 0:03:06is going on just below the surface.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10I'm expecting the White House to be as absolutely dysfunctional
0:03:10 > 0:03:13as the leaks make it seem.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16I don't think anyone really gets tired of palace intrigue.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20The picture it paints of life in the West Wing is unsparing,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23allegations of marital strain, of tears and tantrums,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26of dysfunction and improvisation.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31And at the epicentre of every storm, Donald J Trump.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I will tell you the one description that everyone gave,
0:03:34 > 0:03:39everyone has in common, they all say he is like a child.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44And what they mean by that is he has a need for immediate gratification.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48It's all about him.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52And the gravest charge of all, Michael Wolff alleges that a number
0:03:52 > 0:03:55of his unnamed sources told him that the President was mentally
0:03:55 > 0:03:58unfit to remain in office, a charge that brought this response
0:03:58 > 0:04:00from the President's spokeswoman.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05It's disgraceful and laughable.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08If he was unfit he probably wouldn't be sitting there and wouldn't have
0:04:08 > 0:04:10defeated the most qualified group of candidates that the Republican
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Party has ever seen.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16The President has been on Twitter to rubbish the book saying:
0:04:16 > 0:04:20I authorised zero access to White House, actually
0:04:20 > 0:04:23turned him down many times, for author of phoney book!
0:04:23 > 0:04:25I never spoke to him for any book.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Full of lies, misrepresentations, and sources that don't exist.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33But that's not how Michael Wolff remembers it.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35I absolutely spoke to the President, whether he realised
0:04:35 > 0:04:38it was an interview or not, I don't know but it certainly
0:04:38 > 0:04:40was not off the record.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43The author says he stands by every word.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Although with anonymous sources it's hard to fact-check.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50The most remarkable thing about this is -
0:04:50 > 0:04:54given Michael Wolff's track record - why White House staff gave him
0:04:54 > 0:04:57access to the inner sanctum of the West Wing for months on end
0:04:57 > 0:05:00as virtually a semi-resident.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04The author was asked this morning what he had to say
0:05:04 > 0:05:06about the threatening legal letter the President's lawyers had sent.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10His reply?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12"Where do I send the box of chocolates?"
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Supporters of Mr Trump have dismissed the book
0:05:18 > 0:05:21which depicts a chaotic White House, as phoney.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Sebastian Gorka, who was Deputy Assistant
0:05:23 > 0:05:25and Strategist to the President,
0:05:25 > 0:05:30dismissed the book as blatant lies by a political assassin.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34You need to have a look at the disclaimer that the book has
0:05:34 > 0:05:37on page ten of the Business Insider just published today.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40On page ten the author, Michael Wolff, who has been caught
0:05:40 > 0:05:43lying repeatedly in the past in his previous books,
0:05:43 > 0:05:47states that he cannot verify the accuracy of anything
0:05:47 > 0:05:50that is in the book.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54If you did that as a journalist, you would be fired.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56This is just a tissue of lies which is about
0:05:56 > 0:05:58as realistic as Harry Potter.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Let me give you just one factual example.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03He states that on the day he won the election,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05the President did not know who John Boehner, the Speaker
0:06:05 > 0:06:08of the House, was in Congress.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Any child with access to Google can google Donald J Trump
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and John Boehner and find photographs of those two men golfing
0:06:14 > 0:06:16together from two years ago.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20The idea that this person is reporting anything of factual
0:06:20 > 0:06:23import is just fallacious.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Again, he is a political hack, this is a storm in a teacup
0:06:27 > 0:06:29and the book will be forgotten a week from now.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31That was Sebastian Gorka, who was President Trump's
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Deputy Assistant for eight months last year.
0:06:33 > 0:06:41Let's talk to our correspondent, Anthony Zurckher in Washington.
0:06:41 > 0:06:54I put it to him whether it was a point about the disclaimer?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Michael Wolff said he conducted over 200 interviews, many
0:06:57 > 0:06:59of which she recorded and has notes for, he has
0:06:59 > 0:07:00said that he stands by
0:07:00 > 0:07:03all of the reporting and he is comfortable with it.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06As pointed out, some of his past works have been pushing the
0:07:06 > 0:07:08facts as far as they can go and focusing more on flowery
0:07:08 > 0:07:10language than on actual on the ground reporting.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13But I think if you look at the book overall, it matches up
0:07:13 > 0:07:17with you what of what the mainstream reporting has been on Donald Trump
0:07:17 > 0:07:19as President over the past year.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22It is no secret that there has been a
0:07:22 > 0:07:26lot of chaos within the White House and that there is a lot of staff
0:07:26 > 0:07:29turnover.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31The president has seemed occasionally disinterested in the
0:07:31 > 0:07:37details of governing.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40These should not come as a surprise but we should
0:07:40 > 0:07:45look at individual anecdotes and individual stories with a sceptical
0:07:45 > 0:07:48eye, we cannot take it on face value and while haters and sceptics of
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Donald Trump might embrace this book, they must look at it as a
0:07:51 > 0:07:52somewhat detached observer and not this
0:07:52 > 0:07:54just because it agrees with the
0:07:54 > 0:08:04worldview that it is necessarily entirely accurate.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Let's stay in the US but move on to the weather that has been blamed for
0:08:11 > 0:08:1718 deaths in the country. The brutal cold will move across the midwest
0:08:17 > 0:08:21and down to the Carolinas. Record-breaking temperatures could
0:08:21 > 0:08:34be experienced across the nation. The storm swallowed up the very
0:08:34 > 0:08:40foundations of very beach. Wind and waves lashed the coastline. In
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Massachusetts, the storm brought not just heavy snowfall but flooding to
0:08:44 > 0:08:54due to the high winds. In Boston, there was a three foot storm surge.
0:08:54 > 0:09:00If anyone wants to question global warnings, look at the flood zones.
0:09:00 > 0:09:06Those zones didn't flood 30 years ago.In the wake of the blizzard,
0:09:06 > 0:09:13subzero conditions are making life very difficult. The winter Hurricane
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Irma conditions closed major airports in New York though they are
0:09:17 > 0:09:22reopening today. The clear up has begun in Manhattan and the New
0:09:22 > 0:09:28Yorkers are trying to take it in their stride.I have many layers. I
0:09:28 > 0:09:34keep feeling OK right now. As long as I am at work quickly.It has been
0:09:34 > 0:09:39way too long. I just want to be nice and warm again.They need to clear
0:09:39 > 0:09:43the snow before it turns into dangerous eyes. The storm brought in
0:09:43 > 0:09:50cold air from the Arctic and its aftermath means we are due to have
0:09:50 > 0:09:55subzero temperatures for the next few days. It is so cold, -10
0:09:55 > 0:10:03degrees, already I can barely feel my fingers or toes.This is
0:10:03 > 0:10:09Tallahassee Florida and we are getting snow.They haven't seen snow
0:10:09 > 0:10:13here in three decades. The freezing temperatures are prompting many
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Americans to experiment. This particular trick is proving very
0:10:17 > 0:10:25popular in the deep freeze.
0:10:26 > 0:10:34Some more of the stories making the news today. 19 people were killed in
0:10:34 > 0:10:41a train crash north west of Johannesburg. The train was
0:10:41 > 0:10:45travelling to Port Elizabeth when it hit a truck burst into flames.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Nearly 200 people were injured and police have launched manslaughter
0:10:48 > 0:10:55investigation. Protest in Pakistan after the US government announced it
0:10:55 > 0:11:00was cutting nearly all security aide to the country. Washington said that
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Islamabad had failed to deal with terrorist networks operating on its
0:11:04 > 0:11:11soil and that the freeze would last until action was taken against
0:11:11 > 0:11:14groups such as the Taliban.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15North Korea has agreed to hold direct talks
0:11:15 > 0:11:19with the South next Tuesday - for the first time in two years.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21They're likely to focus primarily on next month's Winter Olympics,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23which are taking place in South Korea.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It comes a day after the US announced that it had agreed
0:11:26 > 0:11:28to Seoul's request to delay joint military exercises.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Those drills usually increase tensions with Pyongyang.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35From Seoul, Sophie Long sent this report.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37The first talks between the North and South Korean governments
0:11:37 > 0:11:41for more than two years will take place here, the village
0:11:41 > 0:11:44of Panmunjom, which straddles the border between the two countries
0:11:44 > 0:11:49in the demilitarised zone.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52The South's offer of high-level talks was accepted via fax.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55TRANSLATION:Regarding the agenda, both will discuss the Pyeongchang
0:11:55 > 0:12:00Winter Olympics and ways to improve ties between South and North Korea.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02It came just hours after the United States
0:12:02 > 0:12:05and South Korea agreed to suspend joint military drills.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09They say exercises like this one are defensive
0:12:09 > 0:12:12but the North Korean leader sees them as rehearsals for invasion.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17Both South Korean and US Marines are taking part in this exercise
0:12:17 > 0:12:21in the mountains of Pyeongchang.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24They are training together to deal with winter war conditions
0:12:24 > 0:12:28and temperatures of below minus 20.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31But these drills will stop for the duration of the Winter
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Olympics and Paralympics.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36The South Korean President Moon Jae-in has said the Games
0:12:36 > 0:12:39could be a ground-breaking chance to de-escalate tensions
0:12:39 > 0:12:43on the Korean peninsula.
0:12:43 > 0:12:50Xin Gu-sop hasn't seen his sister for 70 years.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53He and 61,000 others whose families remain divided by the border
0:12:53 > 0:12:56hope these talks could be the prelude to change.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59TRANSLATION:I am old now and I don't know how many
0:12:59 > 0:13:02more years I will live.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06It is my only wish that I meet my sister once and for all.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10This is the wish not only for me but for all divided families.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13But others are sceptical about Kim Jong-un's motives.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16The commander of US forces in South Korea said
0:13:16 > 0:13:22they are keeping their expectations at an appropriate level.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27My mission remains the same, to quietly and under control operate
0:13:27 > 0:13:32a military force in greater and greater readiness in the event
0:13:32 > 0:13:36that it's the negative outcome, not the positive one.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38But scepticism didn't stop President Trump claiming
0:13:38 > 0:13:43credit for the potential thawing of relations.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be
0:13:45 > 0:13:49going on between North and South Korea right now,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52he tweeted, if I wasn't firm, strong and willing to commit our total
0:13:52 > 0:13:55might against the North?
0:13:55 > 0:14:00Sophie Long, BBC News, Seoul.
0:14:00 > 0:14:08Stay with ours here on BBC News. Lots more to come including
0:14:08 > 0:14:11artificial intelligence, virtual reality and digital currencies. All
0:14:11 > 0:14:16big in 2017. We look at what to expect from tech trends in the
0:14:16 > 0:14:27coming year.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33Japanese people are in mourning after the death of Emperor Hirohito.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Thousands of people came to pay their respects after it was
0:14:36 > 0:14:42announced it was dead. After half a century of delighting friends around
0:14:42 > 0:14:46the world, Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang are calling it
0:14:46 > 0:14:52quits. Paul Simon starts his tour of South Africa tomorrow in spite of
0:14:52 > 0:14:56protests and some violence from activist groups. He said that
0:14:56 > 0:15:05artists should boycott South Africa until majority rule is established.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Three weeks ago, the authorities assured these areas that oil from
0:15:09 > 0:15:15the broken tanker Erika would head out to sea. It didn't. The world's
0:15:15 > 0:15:27tallest skyscraper opens today in Dubai.
0:15:33 > 0:15:41Welcome. You are watching BBC World News today. The author of a new book
0:15:41 > 0:15:48about Donald Trump says everybody he talked to at the White House says he
0:15:48 > 0:15:55is like a child. Now let's get all the support. Let's bring you
0:15:55 > 0:16:01up-to-date with the two FA Cup third-round ties being played. Still
0:16:01 > 0:16:05going in the Merseyside derby, Liverpool leading Everton by a goal
0:16:05 > 0:16:09to milk banks to James Milner's first half penalty. Virgil Van Dijk
0:16:09 > 0:16:14making his debut in that game. Still goalless between Manchester United
0:16:14 > 0:16:21and County at Old Trafford. Not involved in the Merseyside derby is
0:16:21 > 0:16:27Ross Barkley who has joined Chelsea from Everton in a fee thought to be
0:16:27 > 0:16:32£50 million. He is yet to play this season after hamstring surgery but
0:16:32 > 0:16:37is approaching match fitness and has signed a 5.5 year contract at
0:16:37 > 0:16:45Stamford Bridge. He joined Everton as an 11-year-old.An English
0:16:45 > 0:16:51player, a young player, a good prospect for Chelsea. I think that
0:16:51 > 0:17:00the club decided also for his contract. I think these are good
0:17:00 > 0:17:11opportunities for the club to buy this player.Arsene Wenger has been
0:17:11 > 0:17:16handed a touchline ban and fined £40,000 by the FA over comments he
0:17:16 > 0:17:21made about the refereeing of Sunday's game against West Ron. He
0:17:21 > 0:17:25has also been asked to provide observations about what was said
0:17:25 > 0:17:29about penalty decisions in each of their last two matches over the
0:17:29 > 0:17:36festive period. Natalie Perks has more. The FA says the ban follows an
0:17:36 > 0:17:42independent regulatory commission hearing today in which Arsene Wenger
0:17:42 > 0:17:46admitted his behaviour and language was abusive and improper and
0:17:46 > 0:17:49questioned the integrity of the match referee. That ban means he
0:17:49 > 0:17:56will miss the game this weekend. He will miss the first leg against
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Arsenal's semifinal in the League Cup against Chelsea and he will miss
0:17:59 > 0:18:03a Premier League match away at Bournemouth. In a separate cases
0:18:03 > 0:18:09been asked for observations about what EZ around festive period
0:18:09 > 0:18:13relating to penalty decisions. He seems to be suggesting there is a
0:18:13 > 0:18:17conspiracy against Arsenal. He doesn't seem to be a happy bunny at
0:18:17 > 0:18:23the moment. He has got form for this, last year he served a
0:18:23 > 0:18:25four-game touchline ban after swearing at Anthony Taylor during a
0:18:25 > 0:18:30home game against Birmingham and calling him dishonest. Australia
0:18:30 > 0:18:38once again in control, after day two of the final Ashes Test. The hosts
0:18:38 > 0:18:47193-2 in reply to England's 346. It is the most often repeated sentence
0:18:47 > 0:18:51of the Ashes, Steve Smith is still there, alongside Osman choir jerk
0:18:51 > 0:18:57who is not far short of his century and they are batting Australia into
0:18:57 > 0:19:02a very strong position. England lost Davit Milan thanks to a spectacular
0:19:02 > 0:19:06catch from Smith but the rest of their catching was not in the same
0:19:06 > 0:19:09class, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood made terrible mistakes in
0:19:09 > 0:19:18the field. Are the rest of the lower order made useful contribution as
0:19:18 > 0:19:23England put on 113 before being bowled out. They made the perfect
0:19:23 > 0:19:26start in the field with Stuart Broad clean bowling Cameron Brannagan of.
0:19:26 > 0:19:36David Warner -- Cameron Bancroft. David Warner made 50 but Jimmy
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Anderson got him. That brought in Steve Smith and although him and,
0:19:40 > 0:19:47just rode their luck at times, Mason Crane bowled well but they were
0:19:47 > 0:19:51increasingly comfortable as the day wore on. They will look too bad
0:19:51 > 0:19:55beyond England's total and England must work out somehow how to get to
0:19:55 > 0:20:09spit out. Play gets underway in just under two hours.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Protests continue in Iran into a second week, they were triggered by
0:20:15 > 0:20:20rising food prices. Pro-government rallies have been organised to
0:20:20 > 0:20:32counter them. Russia says that the US is trying to meddle in Iran's
0:20:32 > 0:20:37internal affairs. The United States says it will not stay silent.I call
0:20:37 > 0:20:40on the government of Iran to stop censoring the voice of the people
0:20:40 > 0:20:45and to restore the access to the Internet because in the end the
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Iranian people will determine their own destiny and let there be no
0:20:49 > 0:20:54doubt whatsoever that the United States stands unapologetically with
0:20:54 > 0:21:00those in Iran who see freedom for themselves, prosperity for their
0:21:00 > 0:21:08families and dignity for the nation. The former Iranians ambassador to
0:21:08 > 0:21:13the UN joined is and I asked if the US intervention would have any
0:21:13 > 0:21:21effect?Both China and Russia will veto any intervention and even Great
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Britain and France are not interested in being in the same camp
0:21:25 > 0:21:33with respect to Western relations to Iran. If it is actively helping some
0:21:33 > 0:21:40radical elements in Iran to claim that actually it was an American
0:21:40 > 0:21:44conspiracy to start the demonstrations, the impact of the
0:21:44 > 0:21:50effort at the United Nations and the rhetoric in general is to create the
0:21:50 > 0:21:55kind of insecurity in Iran that would be very negative on the part
0:21:55 > 0:22:01of the uranium efforts to attract foreign capital. In that sense,
0:22:01 > 0:22:06United States is damaging the Iranian economy and not helping the
0:22:06 > 0:22:14demonstrators.Let's look at what the protesters are doing. The
0:22:14 > 0:22:17protests seem to be dying away and we are now seeing pro-regime
0:22:17 > 0:22:22protests. What is your assessment of what is happening? Is it losing
0:22:22 > 0:22:29momentum?In the short-term it is possibly losing momentum if you mean
0:22:29 > 0:22:33the presence of bodies on the streets, how may people can risk
0:22:33 > 0:22:39their lives? Hundreds of people have been arrested and over 20 people by
0:22:39 > 0:22:43official records have been killed. There is no question that the
0:22:43 > 0:22:48demonstrators are showing that the social base of the regime is
0:22:48 > 0:22:54significantly declining. The vast majority of the demonstrators based
0:22:54 > 0:22:59on information I have gathered come from the kind of social classes that
0:22:59 > 0:23:08is the working class, raw areas not the University but the periphery.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13The kind of people who used to be attracted to the rhetoric of the
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Islamic Republic. They have turned against it because of the economic
0:23:17 > 0:23:26suffering, incredible corruption and deep feeling of inequality in Iran.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30The integration of technology into our everyday lives seems to increase
0:23:30 > 0:23:39every year. Here are the top tech trends for 2018. I'm Dave Lee in
0:23:39 > 0:23:44Silicon Valley. Here is what to look for in the tech world in 2018. The
0:23:44 > 0:23:49biggest tech show in the calendar begins on the 9th of January and you
0:23:49 > 0:23:54can expect huge amounts of announcements from companies like
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Samsung and Google and intriguing announcements from those you might
0:23:58 > 0:24:05not have heard of. This is an AI controlled car. Another thing to
0:24:05 > 0:24:10look out for is whether Apple might become $1 trillion company. Right
0:24:10 > 0:24:15now it is hovering around 900 Williams but with sales of the
0:24:15 > 0:24:19iPhone ten looking strong, it might send the share price soaring. We're
0:24:19 > 0:24:32expecting it to launch a smart home Part. Uber had a rotten year. The
0:24:32 > 0:24:39CEO was given his marching orders. The new boss has plenty on his place
0:24:39 > 0:24:43including a court battle with the self driving car company spun out of
0:24:43 > 0:24:49Google. They accuse Uber of stealing their technology to make self
0:24:49 > 0:24:55driving cars of their own. The trial begins in February. At the start of
0:24:55 > 0:25:04last year, the value of one bit coin was $700. Now its value is almost
0:25:04 > 0:25:0820,000 dollars. Supporters say it will keep going up but many
0:25:08 > 0:25:12financial experts warned that the bubble could burst any moment and
0:25:12 > 0:25:18your bit coin could be worth very little. Also, keep your eye open for
0:25:18 > 0:25:24other digital currencies that may enjoy some second-hand success from
0:25:24 > 0:25:29bit coin's well. Facebook has been urged to clamp down on fake news
0:25:29 > 0:25:36websites and Russian propaganda. It is says it will hire 10,000 extra
0:25:36 > 0:25:41people to moderate its network. YouTube and Twitter are also rolling
0:25:41 > 0:25:44out changes to minimise hate speech. All companies are being told they
0:25:44 > 0:25:52must be quicker to remove terrorism related content. Can they do it? Is
0:25:52 > 0:25:57using social networks harming others? All questions that the most
0:25:57 > 0:26:02powerful companies must try and answer in 2018. If you're still