whether or not a pro—palestinian march should take place on saturday, the 11th of november, armistice day, was a source of political tension. the march went ahead, but there were concerns the faked clip fanned tensions at a counter—protest. we almost had serious disorder at that weekend. as it was, were elements of the far right there, police officers were injured, arrests were made. butjust imagine in a different scenario where there's more toxicity or, for example, in a close election, close referenda, times where there's disharmony in a community, the impact a deepfake audio, an ai generated audio video could have. i hunted down the suspected creator of this deepfake, an account named hjb news. the man behind the profile, henry, called me on the phone. he refused a recorded interview, but he did

allow his words to be voiced up by an actor based on my notes. all of the evidence i've found on social media suggests you were the first person who posted it, and if you weren't the first, then at least you were one of the very first. no comment. i'm trying to report just real news. well, except for the fake clip of sadiq khan. well, yeah, but it's not all fake clips. it's not all fake clips. we post news that could be real with a sense of humour. other social media users who played a part in making the clip go viral did show remorse, though. foolishly, and to my. detriment, you know, and shame, i put it out. what was the reaction when you first shared it? well, within an hour, - 200,000 people had seen it. the metropolitan police, who initially said they were investigating the case, dropped it, stating that the faked audio does not constitute a criminal offense. a clip like this one has both a personal impact

and wider repercussions. you've got friends and family who see this stuff and it's deeply upsetting to you. i've got two, two daughters, i've got a wife. it's far too easy now for people to use technology to cause problems. and i criticise my profession for not evolving fast enough to address some of the challenges that this brings. the current laws we have around copyright, ip, the criminal law aren't fit for purpose. and that will be the worry of some politicians as elections unfold across the world this year. how ai technology can be easily manipulated to spread something you never even said. and you can get more on that story on marianna's radio 4 podcast �*why do you hate me', which is available now on bbc sounds, bbc iplayer and the bbc website. the uk's fertility regulator

is investigating after an nhs clinic took months to tell more than 100 women that their frozen eggs and embryos could have been damaged. some of them had had eggs harvested because they were being treated for cancer. guy's hospital in london says a manufacturing fault is to blame, but that it was not obvious when the eggs were first frozen. tributes have continued to pour in for steve wright, with fellow djs remembering him as a broadcasting "legend" and a "radio genius". steve died yesterday at the age of 69. he delighted listeners of radio 2, and before that radio i, for more than a0 years. his final programme, a special valentine's day edition of his love songs programme, was broadcast on sunday. david sillito looks back at his life. steve wright!

# steve wright in the afternoon #. all right, now, just after two o'clock. now, today, have we got a lot of stuff for you! steve wright in the afternoon, a programme that spanned more than a0 years of radio history. stand by, studios. action! it was only over a year ago that it came to an end, but this afternoon, radio 2 was the bearer of some sad news. it's really hard to know - what to say about the news of steve wright's passing, except we are all - absolutely devastated. it is a shock. it was only days ago listeners heard this sign—off from his sunday love songs. and i'm back for more love songs next sunday. is he really? are you a milkman? 0h, great! and for those who've worked with him over his years at radios i and 2, he was more than just another dj. from my personal experience, he was a very warm, genuine man who was concerned about the people he worked with. but an extraordinarily creative presenter. i mean, he was a real one—off. there was no—one else

who sounded like steve wright. a lot of us tried to be as good as steve wright, but no—one, no—one was that good. # steve wright!# that style, the posse, mr angry, voice—over man — it was zany, funny and, at its peak, it had 7 million listeners a day. and the bride is 107. all: yes, yes, yes! i think it was just because it was something different. it was slightly subversive. there was a little bit of satire in there and it wasn't like, "there you go, that's the great sound of..." behind the fun and laughter was a radio perfectionist. he wasn't necessarily the character you heard on the radio — _ full of life and effervescent - and this frantic, frenetic delivery. he was a quieter person. i would say almost - an introvert, quite shy. and that meant that when you felt you were friends with him, - it was very, very real. this cacophony of sound that was his show was so, so full of life. - i think that's why we're all finding it so hard, .

because we can't believe that that life has gone _ hello, good evening and welcome to top of the pops. he did present top of the pops and a few tv shows but his home and where he shone was behind the microphone. steve wright — professional, slick, funny and a master of the art of radio. steve wright, who died at the age of 69 yesterday. bbc sound has a special page with some of his programmes from radio two, if you would like to listen to them. it is course valentine's day, but with it comes a warning for people to be wary of romance scams online. figures reveal reports of romance fraud have risen by almost 60% over four year. scammers use fake profiles on social media and dating sites to gain people's trust, then trick them into sending them money. bbc south east's investigations reporterjosie hannett, has more.

beep. itjust kind of seduced me, even though my head was saying, "this is a scam." and they are so convinced they are engaged with me. whatever i say when they write me, they attack me. i'm the fake guy. mary and christian have one thing in common. they were both targeted by romance scammers. mary and her husband, julian, were together for 23 years. he died in 2020, and a couple of years later, she felt ready to get back into dating. a teacher and actor from brighton, she was approached on facebook by a man claiming to be a trauma surgeon called danny. this man just seemed to know exactly what to say to push the right buttons. and i was open, totally receptive. hejust lured me in. he asked mary for money for medical research and gift cards for his son.

she sent him nearly £1,000 before her bank intervened. there were lots of things that made me think this is a bit weird. and then one day, he said, "oh, here i am." and i thought, "where are you?" it's so dark i couldn't see anything. and ijust couldn't quite make out if his lips were in sync with what i was hearing. danny isn't the man in these pictures. this is christian boving. these are real images of him. he's a doctor, and he's from denmark. but scammers have been using these pictures for years, and even photoshopped them to make him look like he's in hospital and with messages to try and convince people the relationship is real. every day i'm reporting new profiles. it has been hard. i was...| think was nearly going into a depression because i felt used, misused. i feel degraded. i didn't want to tell people about it in the beginning. mary thought she was in a relationship with christian for months, but now is the first

time they've actually met. we can see you. this is so weird, christian, that you're there in real life. i'm actually a real person. i'm so sorry to hear about your story. and... well, i'm just so sorry for you that it's been going on for ten years. we sent 11! fake profiles pretending to be christian to facebook�*s owner, meta. within 2a hours, they've removed the accounts. so that's the warning about romance fraud. but it is valentine's day, so we have to celebrate all things romantic. our colleagues in newcastle went out on to the streets of the city to ask what being in love means to people. it's, like, nice to be loved, i guess, and nice to love people. it makes me feel complete in a really soppy way. we have been married 38 years next week, so, yeah, _ i've definitely experienced love

and it's lovely. _ from human love to the animal kind. the owners of a "lonely donkey" have been inundated with offers following an appeal to find him a new friend in time for valentine's day. this is harold the donkey and he lives in leicestershire. his best friend, a goat called billy, sadly died at christmas. dot and carl smith put out the appeal and now they are meeting three new goats to see if they could be a perfect match for harold. he will meet two potential suiters, a pair of pygmy goats from cambridgeshire, on saturday. the couple are also meeting a nanny goat on the same day. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, there. there was a great view of the northern lights last night across northern parts of scotland helped by clear skies, a temperature of “4. it was a lot milder elsewhere,

but we still have a lot of cloud around today and over the hills in particular it's grey, misty and murky. still on the chilly side across northern parts of mainland scotland with the cloud coming in after that cold start, but very mild elsewhere and temperatures are higher than they were yesterday. but we still have a lot of cloud, still some rain and drizzle. nothing particularly heavy so far, but after dark i think it may well get wetter, the rain becoming more persistent and heavier and moving northwards into scotland, so getting much wetter here and it will lift the temperatures here as well. otherwise, those temperatures not really changing very much at all overnight. it will be a very mild start to thursday. that milder air is coming in on that southerly breeze, that is ahead of this weather front here which will start to take some rain eastwards through the day on thursday. we've still got the overnight rain in scotland, a wet start here in the morning, that rain pushes northwards, the rain clears northern ireland, heads back into scotland but we could see some heavier rain coming into the south—west of england and the midlands. but ahead of that further east may well brighten up,

there should be some sunshine coming through as well. our average maximum temperatures at this time of the year are around about 8 or 9 degrees, but tomorrow it could be even milder than today, particularly across eastern parts of england —15, 16, maybe 17 degrees if the sunshine does come out. it will probably feel a little bit more like spring. but we have some way to go to beat the all—time february record, that was set in 2019. that weather front does take some rain eastwards on thursday night, there are more weather fronts in the atlantic. that one is going to fade away. this one, though, will bring some rain in from the west over the weekend. but after the overnight rain clears away from east anglia and the south—east, we're left with some sunshine here and there, a few showers becoming more confined to england and wales. a lot of places will be dry, though, on friday. temperatures not quite as high but still on the mild side, 12 in the central belt of scotland and 1a in the south—east of england. quickly onto saturday, a fair bit of cloud around, it could be misty and murky to begin with. some sunshine for eastern areas.

out towards the west, our band of rain on that weather front arrives, so turning wetter here, but ahead of that, the air is still quite mild for this time of the year.

live from london. this is bbc news. israel says its troops are evacuating civilians sheltering me a hospital, while the un one of a slot if the ground offensive in rafah is launched. —— warn of a slaughter.

voting in indonesia ends — unofficial results have strongman prabowo in the lead. he has emerged with the early lead in the early counting. he says it is a victory for all indonesians. here in latest data _ a victory for all indonesians. here in latest data shows _ a victory for all indonesians. here in latest data shows inflation rates unchanged unchanged at 4%. ukraine's military says it's destroyed a russian warship in its territorial waters off occupied crimea. hello. welcome to bbc news. we start today's programme with reports coming from gaza that the israeli military has ordered palestinians to evacuate the nasser hospital in the southern city of khan younis — where hundreds of people have taken refuge. in this video an announcement is being made on a speaker attached to a drone, telling people to evacuate the hospital. and in these images — verified by the bbc — you can see a large crowd of people leaving the

hospital. the israel defense forces said its troops were