jim reed, bbc news. of the most read stories on our website on the increasingly alarming world of deepfakes. a bbc report follows a woman we're calling jodie who found images of herself used in deepfake pawn — and the later found, of herself used in deepfake porn — and the later found, to her astonishment, the person responsible for it was her best friend. "jodie" has been speaking to kate west from bbc radio 4's file on a programme. here is kate explaining the impact of the deepfake on "jodie"s' life. years of her life taken over by people, herfriends messenger seen her picture being used on dating sites and twitter with expressive captions and it came to a head when she got an unknown enormous e—mail saying just a warning, i recognise you, i thought i would let you know that pictures of you have appeared on a pawn site and i would let you know, and she scrolled through the images, although completely innocent photographs, pictures of her on holiday with her mum, and pictures in a coffee shop, and someo

jim reed, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.ony blinken is on his way to europe for a five—day visit. he'll meet french president emmanuel macron in paris with a packed agenda — they will discuss ukraine, gaza and haiti. he will then attend the nato foreign ministers�* meeting in brussels. the highest court in florida has upheld a republican—backed law that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. the procedure was previously allowed up to fifteen weeks. florida's supreme court has also ruled that voters will be able to decide on expanding abortion access in november. north korea has fired another ballistic missile, according to south korea's military. japan's coast guard said the apparent missile fell into the sea —— outside of its exclusive economic zone. if you're a fan of winter sports, you'll know all about curling — whose contestants slide heavy stones along the ice, and frantically scrub their path with brushes. but where do the blocks of granite come from? in the lead—up to the world men's curling championships we've

jim reed, bbc news.ian priests, that even its curators aren't allowed to examine them. the 11 wood and stone "tabots," as they are known, were looted by british soldiers after the battle of maqdala in 1868. they're kept as part of a wider collection of about 80 items, like the ones you're seeing. there've long been calls, for the collection to be returned to ethiopia. in 2019, the country's culture minister asked for exactly that on a visit to the museum. well now, the uk's information watchdog is investigating over claims that the museum has failed to disclose "key details" of internal discussions about the tabots, in response to a freedom of information request. i spoke to lewis mcnaught from returning heritage, a not—for—profit organisation that collates information on cultural restitution. it submitted the information request. lewis told me more about these artefacts. let me start by saying this is not a typical collection of looted artefacts. i know that everybody has very strong views either for or

jim reed, bbc news. curling — whose contestants slide heavy stones along the ice , and frantically scrub their path with brushes. but where do the blocks of granite come from? in the lead—up to the world men's curling championships we've been to the island of ailsa craig, off scotland's west coast, for a glimpse of a unique process. what's stood the test of time is certainly this type of rock that's here. this metamorphic rock from this small island. it's hard to believe that take it from a rough rock like this, ends up into a masterpiece and somebody throws that rock that then ends up winning the gold medal. this is kays of scotland. we manufacture curling stones for the olympics and the world championships in over 17 different countries. we've been here for 174 years. this is where we use all the hand tools. and it's really the skill of the crafter that gives it that final finished shape of the curling stone. the operation was known as three hand turning and grinding. it meant that the success of the p

jim reed, bbc news. indies and us. the test captain, who hit the winning runs in the final against pakistan in 2022, has asked not to be considered for the tournament which starts injune so that he can focus on his fitness. he's recently had knee surgery. it's now six decades since marie mcdonald mclaughlin lawrie traded her four names forjust one — lulu. when she released "shout" in 1964, it catapulted her to chart success across the world. well, this weekend sees the start of lulu's farewell tour, and she's been looking back on her extraordinary career with our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. # you know you make me wanna shout, look, my hand'sjumping # look, my heart's bumping...# 1964, a 15—year—old lulu in the film uk swings again, making a big noise with her first single, shout. # yeah, yeah, yeah...# now, exactly 60 years later, she's about to embark on herfinal ever tour. to be honest with you, if, when i was 15 years old, and i would have — someone would have suggested i'd be doing a

jim reed, bbc news.ial. how quickly after a brain injury are you talking about administering antidepressants and for how long? the plan is to administer the antidepressant within four weeks of the head injury and we would like patients to stay on the treatment for up to about 12 months. explain to me, scientifically, _ for up to about 12 months. explain to me, scientifically, why - for up to about 12 months. explain to me, scientifically, why that - to me, scientifically, why that might work? is it about establishing new pathways in the brain? describe why what you are suggesting might work. we why what you are suggesting might work. ~ ., ., ':: :: , why what you are suggesting might work. ~ ., ., ':: ::f , why what you are suggesting might work. ., ., '::::f, work. we are not 100% sure exactly wh a work. we are not 10096 sure exactly why a traumatic _ work. we are not 10096 sure exactly why a traumatic brain _ work. we are not 10096 sure exactly why a traumatic brain injury - work. we are not 10096 sure

jim reed, bbc news.. people had come to take their pictures next to a mound of old cars after it featured in a youtube video, which racked up over 6 million views. but as our wales correspondent tomos morgan reports, they left an unsightly trail behind. so, as we come under here, you can start to see the resemblance of other explorers.— start to see the resemblance of other explorers. outside the mine are remnants _ other explorers. outside the mine are remnants of— other explorers. outside the mine are remnants of recent _ other explorers. outside the mine are remnants of recent visitors. i are remnants of recent visitors. they wrapped themselves up in black bags, and they will go through and rip them off one side, and on the way back out they have the same process. way back out they have the same rocess. , , , ., .,, ., process. piling rubbish on top of rubbish? yeah. _ process. piling rubbish on top of rubbish? yeah. at _ process. piling rubbish on top of rubbish? yeah. at the _ process. piling rubbis

here's our health correspondent, jim reed. could a jab like this change the way cancer is treated?n the uk to be given this personalised vaccine, not to prevent the disease, but to try to stop a skin cancer returning. at least by being on a trial, i'm actively doing something that, you know, i'm having a fight, basically, i'm having a fight with whatever it was that gave me a melanoma. last summer, steve had this tumour removed from his scalp. those same cancer cells were flown to the united states and used to make the new experimental treatment. by priming, or preparing, his immune system, the hope is that steve's own body can better find and attack any cancer cells left over after his surgery. the trials being run at this hospital in london and others are based on the same technology used in some covid jab called mrna, combined with a second treatment. early research suggests it significantly reduced the risk of this specific skin cancer called melanoma returning three years after surgery. researchers hope the same approach could work more widely. the real potential here, of cour

jim reed, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there.for some. cumbria had temperatures down as low as minus six degrees celsius. and through the afternoon, we did see quite a few showers develop, as you can see here on the afternoon radar picture. some of those showers worked into cornwall. you can see quite big thunderclouds here on the horizon of helston. now during this evening and overnight, we got outbreaks of rain moving into southern england, perhaps reaching the far south of wales. a few showers for northern scotland, but otherwise the day showers will melt away. clear skies for scotland, northern ireland and northern england will allow another widespread and sharp frost. in the south, it's frost free because we've got that cloud and rain moving in. and this weekend we are going to see this area of low pressure move up from spain, bringing with it some quite heavy rain for a time. now, on saturday, we'll get some rain pushing into southern england early in the morning, reaching across parts of wales into the midlands and east an

here's our health correspondent, jim reed. could a jab like this change the way cancer is treated?rst person in the uk to be given this personalised vaccine, not to prevent the disease, but to try to stop a skin cancer returning. at least by being on a trial, i'm actively doing something that, you know, i'm having a fight, basically, i'm having a fight with whatever it was that gave me a melanoma. last summer, steve had this tumour removed from his scalp. those same cancer cells were flown to the united states and used to make the new experimental treatment. by priming, or preparing, his immune system, the hope is that steve's own body can better find and attack any cancer cells left over after his surgery. the trials being run at this hospital in london and others are based on the same technology used in some covid jab called mrna, combined with a second treatment. early research suggests it significantly reduced the risk of this specific skin cancer called melanoma returning three years after surgery. researchers hope the same approach could work more widely. the real potential h

jim reed at deutsche bank, we have gone seven consecutive sessions without a new record. the longest without an all-time high since january. lisa: the only negative thing you can say about a rally that has not gone down very much. there has been really interesting price action under the hood. you've seen the magnificent seven underperforming. the video was fascinating. the fact intel came out with a chip that may or may not take off. intel shares, met, nvidia down. there is a feeling people are trying to hedge the high flyers. jonathan: yields unchanged, lower yesterday on the tenure. at the moment for .36. coming up this hour dan morris of bnp paribas. tobin marcus of wolfe research, and bloomberg's george ferguson with new concerns over at boeing. we begin with the top story come investors weighing today's inflation data. dan morris saying "march cpi data will be critical, telling us whether the big increase in inflation was just a blip and whether goods inflation is returning." are these pumps in the road or new terrain? dan: as pointed out from one of your previous co