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but why did the writer and collector william beckford i it.eckford was a private man, he didn't like interacting with the public. he had a footpath built up to the tower, by going under the road, via this tunnel. he kept away from the general public. you're live with bbc news. the uk prime minister's office has insisted that rishi sunak has "full confidence" in his home secretary, after she sparked a major row by questioning the integrity of the police. writing in the times, suella braverman said officers "played favourites" when policing protests by cracking down on right—wing demonstrators and leaving what she called pro—palestinian mobs "largely ignored". number ten also said it had not approved ms braverman's article and was looking into what had happened. our political correspondent peter saull reports. another pro—palestinian march like this in london is planned this weekend, on armistice day — but not at the same time as the commemorations, and away from the cenotaph. the police believe the risk of major unrest isn't high enough to warr

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but why did the writer and collector william beckford collect it? had a footpath built up to the tower. by going under the road, via this tunnel, he just kept away from the general public. you're live with bbc news. the collapse of wework — once the biggest tenant of office space in new york and london, before being forced to file for bankruptcy this week — has sent shivers through the commercial real—estate industry. but is it part of a bigger problem? many employees are now hybrid working, rather than returning to the office full—time. vacancies in london offices hit a 30—year high in september, and offices across europe are barely more than half full — according to figures from savills. coupled with soaring borrowing costs, some analysts have warned of a potential crash in the commercial property market, worth $20 trillion globally, and that could impact the wider economy. ruth colp—haber is ceo of wharton property advisors — a new york—based real—estate consultancy. hello and welcome to the programme, thank you for joining us. just how much of a

well, beckford was a very private man.uilt up to the tower. and by going under the road via this tunnel, he just kept away from the general public. you're watching bbc news. now, it is time for our our new weekly segment — ai decoded. welcome to ai decoded, our new feature each week in which we will bring you all the news relating to artificial intelligence and hopefully shed some light on what it is all about. each week, we will pick out some of the best stories for you. let me run you through what we are going to talk about tonight. starting with this from the financial times, news today that meta will require political advertisers to disclose whether they have used ai when they post adverts on facebook and instagram. ahead of uk and us elections next year, there are mounting concerns that al technology will bury us under a deluge of misinformation. similar concerns raised by the us committee on oversight and accountability. in this press release this week, they have warned deepfake technology can and will be weaponized.

why did the writer and collector william beckford l of it.ith bbc news. now it's time for the panel. this is the point of the programme where the panel can tell us what they want to talk about. jenny you have chosen a good one. all of this cost to taxpayers of the comings and goings in downing street. just explain. goings in downing street. just exlain. ,, . . goings in downing street. just exlain. ,, ., . , explain. severance fees. under the ministerial and _ explain. severance fees. under the ministerial and other _ explain. severance fees. under the ministerial and other pensions - explain. severance fees. under the ministerial and other pensions and| ministerial and other pensions and salaries act 1991, i have been revising this, all ministers who have an eligible paid position in government, when they lose their job, they get severance fees, which are equivalent to a quarter of their salary, so for a cabinet minister, thatis salary, so for a cabinet minister, that is nearly £17,000 if they lose theirjob. fora minister of that is nearly £

checky beckford from our station in new york has more >> reporter: he wrote the songs. >> just so unbelievably't believe we're here. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the labor of love, singer-songwriter barry manilow and bruce sussman have been trying to bring to the great white way for 25 years >> it's been a long ride, a really long ride and this is fantastic. >> reporter: and it couldn't have come at a more fitting time "harmony" is the true story of the forgotten group of germans who sold records in the 19 20s a 1920s and '30s sussman who wrote the book and lyrics says audiences might think the show was written within the last month. >> to a point where we were concerned about it, we thought people would think we writing to the headlines. those headlines are 15 or 20 years old. >> reporter: with nods to the past and present, the creators hope the show's message will never be forgotten >> what can happen when people have any type of prejudice >> the metaphor is harmony we must all try to get along >> it's truly a case of life imitating art, you know? >> and we're all going to be watching, when you get no s

malcolm: professor robert beckford's field is social justice and he has been investigating links betweentutions and slavery. >> they signed the first charter that allowed privateers to go into africa, into the west indies, and traffic hundreds of thousands of enslaved people. they made huge profits from it. malcolm: a document recently emerged, showing that in 1689, king william iii excepted shares worth $300,000 in today's values in the slave trading royal african company. the donor was edward colston, the company's deputy governor, who made a fortune from trafficking 80,000 africans to the americas. three years ago, anti racism activists tore down his statue in his home city of bristol. faced with proof of the crown's ties to slavery, king charles has promised to support researchers by opening up the royal family's archives. >> this provides them with a redemptive moment, an opportunity to do what no royal family has ever done before in the history of britain to acknowledge that much of their wealth is linked to the trafficking, enslavement and genocide of african people, and the oppor