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0vernight, israel killed a fourth senior member of the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, who headed its rocket launching team. more rockets have been launched from gaza this morning. the first full—scale driverless bus service is taking to the road in scotland from monday, in what is believed to be a world—first. the autonomous vehicles, with two members of staff on board, travel on pre—selected routes using sensors. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been on board the service travelling over the forth road bridge near edinburgh. high-pitched beep. the sound alerting pass...

Bridge. you will hear a peep very shortly, that will show it is kicking into autonomous mode. that is when the computers take over. upwards of ten stencils around the vehicle —— macro sensors around the vehicle —— macro sensors around the vehicle which will guide it when the computer takes over. i think it is just after the traffic lights, let's see if we can hear? that should be the autonomous mode now. there we go. it's kicking in. callum is there as a safety driver now, his hands i think are off the wheel. close to the wheel but of the wheel. with me is steve russell, the innovation...

Safe? , ., ., , safe? yes, that feeling worse off because if— safe? yes, that feeling worse off because if you — safe? yes, that feeling worse off because if you don't _ safe? yes, that feeling worse off because if you don't think - safe? yes, that feeling worse off because if you don't think about | safe? yes, that feeling worse off. because if you don't think about the safety driver, it is just a normal bus. —— that feeling will wear off. the full route is iii miles. bus. -- that feeling will wear off. the full route is 14 miles.- bus. -- that feeling will wear off. the full route is...

This is an autonomous bus so it drives itself. it can manage about 90% of the route, from when the trial starts at monday morning at 7:30am. the only bit that will be manually driven is the bus stop. if manually driven is the bus stop. it is going at a fair old pace, the normal speed that the bus would go on this route?— on this route? yes, it can drive in mixed traffic _ on this route? yes, it can drive in mixed traffic up _ on this route? yes, it can drive in mixed traffic up to _ on this route? yes, it can drive in mixed traffic up to 50 _ on this route? yes, it can drive in mixed traffic...

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