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Watch: Uber launches UK's first robotaxis with a driver - here's what it's like to ride in one
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Customers in London can now travel in the UK's first robotaxis as Uber launches its self-driving minicab on Thursday - the company is the first to launch the service. Initially, it only has 15 autonomous vehicles with a licence to operate in the city, and each one must have a human safety driver behind the wheel ready to take control if anything goes wrong. At the moment, the UK fare for a robotaxi ride will be the same fare as a standard UberX, Uber Electric, or Uber Comfort journey, with upfront fares shown in the app. The BBC's Zoe Kleinman was the first British journalist to hail a self-driving Uber in London - here's how the ride went.
China censors videos showing deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dramatic footage showing flash floods tearing through the main border crossing between Nepal and Tibet has been widely shared around the world. But the footage has become almost impossible to find on China's heavily censored internet service, with only a single image broadcast by state media. Hundreds of people are feared dead, and thousands remain missing as a major rescue operation continues into the weekend. On Saturday, Chinese state media shared videos of rescue teams searching through mud and debris, but there has been little footage of the floods themselves, or accounts from survivors or anxious families.
BBC tracks one week of Israeli settler violence in occupied West Bank
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Violence by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank is set to reach record levels this year, as human rights groups warn that they are increasingly spreading into new areas of the territory. Attacks on Palestinians have risen under Israel's current government, alongside a rapid increase in Israeli settlements, illegal under international law. Many of these attacks are not widely reported on. The BBC's Lucy Williamson has been tracking settler attacks on Palestinians, which have been observed over the last week alone.
Watch: Stargazers around the world glimpse 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse
Watch: Stargazers around the world glimpse'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Stargazers around the world glimpse'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse Close Stargazers across the globe gathered to witness a near-total lunar eclipse on Thursday night and early Friday morning. Some parts of the world had a chance to see a rare'Blood Moon', when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up in the night sky. It comes just weeks after millions of people witnessed the most significant solar eclipse in nearly 30 years . Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage .
Blocked roads and devastation as BBC drives to site of Nepal floods
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC has seen widespread devastation on the way from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu to Trishuli, one of the areas worst-hit by flooding on the Tibetan border. As well as ambulances, hearses were also seen along the route, where rescuers said entire villages had been washed away by floodwaters. Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage . Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage .
Nepal army rescues survivors from hydropower tunnel
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Nepali army has been working to rescue survivors who had been trapped inside a tunnel at a hydropower project in Rasuwa. Footage shared by the country's prime minister office shows soliders carrying survivors and crawling across thick slates of mud to reach others. An update issued by officials on Thursday indicated more than 100 people were estimated to have been trapped in the same tunnel. It forms part of rescue efforts being carried out across the country in the wake of the deadly flood as local police said the Nepal death toll reached 475 on Friday.
Six months into the Iran war: What has Trump accomplished?
Six months into the Iran war: What has Trump accomplished? To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Six months into the Iran war: What has Trump accomplished? Six months have passed since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran. It was a conflict that Trump expected to last four to five weeks, but six months later, there's no end in sight.
Watch: What caused the Nepal-Tibet flash floods?
Watch: What caused the Nepal-Tibet flash floods? To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: What caused the Nepal-Tibet flash floods? The US Geological Survey says the floods in the Nepal-Tibet border were triggered by a glacial collapse - meaning a glacier or part of a glacier had disintegrated. Initial reports led authorities to believe that an earthquake had been the cause.
People pulled from mud in Nepal after deadly flash floods
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video from northern Nepal shows people being rescued from mud after deadly flash floods swept through the Nepal-Tibet border leaving more than 160 people dead and hundreds missing. The Nepalese army and armed police forces have been rescuing flooding victims, although many rescuers are struggling to reach the disaster zone on the Tibet side. Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage . Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage .
BBC visits hospital in Kathmandu as families wait for news
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A deadly flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 150 people, with hundreds still missing. The missing include more than 100 from India, 54 from the US, and 33 from the UK, as well as more than 100 from Nepal itself, according to Nepal's tourist board. The BBC Nepali's Shreejana Shrestha is in a hospital in Kathmandu, where some survivors are being flown in by helicopter for treatment. Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage .