welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and tina daheley.o'clock: almost 30,000 people are now known to have died in the earthquakes in syria and turkey but the un warns that figure could double. celebrations as a young girl is pulled from the rubble. but almost a week on, hopes fade that others will be found alive. bbc chairman richard sharp is accused of making "significant errors ofjudgement" by mps for not declaring his involvement in helping borisjohnson secure a loan.

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our headlines today... with ben thompson and nina warhurst.a. good morning. in the next few minutes we will get the latest uk inflation figures. i am at the birmingham wholesale market to tell you what those rising prices mean for you and your cost of living. welsh rugby in turmoil. professional players in wales are said to be considering strike action due to contractural concerns, putting their six nations campaign at risk. a council is accused of ruining a new artwork by banksy, as it removes a key part of the mural because of safety concerns. good morning. some mist, fog and frost, especially across eastern and south—eastern parts of england. fairly patchy, will lift readily and we'll see sunshine. heavy across northern ireland and scotland will sink southwards as a weak feature through the day with sunshine and a few showers behind. i will have the details later in the programme. it's wednesday 15th of february. our main story. a toddler with a rare inherited condition has become the first child to be treated by the nhs with a new life—sav

welcome to breakfast with ben thompson.unfinished business" on brexit as he tries to reach a deal with the eu on trade arrangements for northern ireland. awaab�*s law: new rules to improve standards in social housing after two—year—old awaab ishak died because of mould in his home. the perils of pavement parking: safety campaigners in wales welcome plans to fine drivers who block paths with their cars. it's a big cup final day in scotland and in england as celtic, rangers, manchester united and newcastle united all go in search of league cup glory at hampden park and wembley.

hello, i'm ben thompson, this is outside source. a backlash from beijing — china condems washington's decision to order all its agencies to delete tiktok. we firmly oppose the wrongful approach of overstretching the concept of national security by abusing national power and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. it follows similar moves by the eu and canada — but does the social media app really pose a security risk? also in the programme... britain's prime minister visits northern ireland — seeking to secure support for his new trading deal with the eu. and the counting is still underway — but opposition parties in nigeria want the election scrapped — calling it a sham. welcome to the programme. we start with the international row over tiktok. china has accused the us of overreacting after federal employees were ordered to remove the app from government—issued phones. tiktok is owned by the chinese firm bytedance. and on monday, the white house gave government agencies 30 days to remove tiktok from their phones.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. 0ur headlines today...the nhs. as candlelit vigils are held for the 16—year—old transgender girl brianna ghey, police now say her murder could have been a hate crime. good morning. everything from cabbages to carrots and cucumbers is getting more expensive, butjust how quickly? we will get the latest official inflation figures out this morning and i am at

this good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today.ns says it expects it to double. remarkable stories of survival are still emerging, but hopes fade many others will be found alive. a boy and girl, both 15—years—old, are arrested on suspicion of murder, after the death of 16—year—old brianna ghey in warrington. people in england are going without prescriptions as a way of saving money, according to the royal pharmaceutical society. the year of the debt crisis — that's how one charity

hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. trated with soaring house prices, he decided to live in a skip. it's almost a year since the wanted star tom parker died from brain cancer, and a new version of his memoir has been released. we'll talk about it with his bandmate nathan sykes. and the football pundit chris sutton has tried his hand at refereeing — he'lljoin us to discuss the verbal and physical abuse faced by officials at grassroots level. todayis today is a busy day for business news. we'll get an update this morning on how our wages are faring against the rising cost of living. i think the answer is no. ben's taking a look at this for us. we will get that later, a snapshot. yes, it's a bit of a strange situation right now. if you've been lucky enough to get a pay rise this year, chances are any gains have been more than wiped out by rising prices. it may not feel like it, but wages are going up at their fastest rate for nearly 20 years. but when you take into account those rising prices for things like food, petrol an

welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines today...y devastated by last week's earthquake. the united states defends its decision to shoot down three flying objects over the weekend. but the white house says it still doesn't know what they are. there is no. again no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity. average wages have been rising at the fastest rate for decades but they've failed to keep up with the soaring cost of living. we'll get the latest figures this morning and i'll explain what they tell us.

this good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today. one week on from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, the death toll exceeds more than 33,000. the united nations says it expects it to double. remarkable stories of survival are still emerging, but hopes fade many others will be found alive. a boy and girl, both 15—years—old, are arrested on suspicion of murder, after the death of 16—year—old brianna ghey in warrington. people in england are going without prescriptions as a way of saving money, according to the royal pharmaceutical society. the year of the debt crisis — that's how one charity is describing 2023. it describes a tidal wave of people needing help. we spend the day with one support worker. it was a comeback for the ages in america's biggest sporting event, as kansas city chiefs fight back to beat philadelphia eagles in thrilling super bowl 57. good morning. quite a cloudy start for many. under that cloud it is mild. where we have the clear skies, it is a colder start. here we will have the sunshine. more of us will see t

so the rouse with the designers, ben and jane thompson came up with the term festival marketplace to refer to what they were doing. they were taking an industrial architecture that was past its prime and turning it via adaptive reuse into a new tie kind of shopping district. he was very successful at this for a time. faneuil hall marketplace here. this is what the interior looked like, sort of big at btire's harbor place, which has more of a seafood theme. and manhattan, south street seaport and pier 17, along with the othestrian malls that i was just talking about. so i hope you can kind of look at this interior pho o faneuil hall and see how the colors and materials and textures of the festil marketplaces were really different from those of the mall. it was warm. instead of beg co wh festival like fabric banners andoofi open stalls instead of individual boutiques, brick paving and so on. one of the things that the thompsons put in their kind of design manual for faneuil hall was that nothing could be wrapped in plastic like everything had to be out and touchable. and i think someti

hello, i'm ben thompson, this is 0utside source.abusing national power and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. it follows similar moves by the eu and canada — but does the social media app really pose a security risk? also in the programme... britain's prime minister visits northern ireland — seeking to secure support for his new trading deal with the eu. and the counting is still underway — but opposition parties in nigeria want the election scrapped — calling it a sham.

ben thompson had been head of the architecture program at the harvard graduate school of design. gilbert of hk also designed the arrows, air and space museum in washington, dc. others you might have hed of include the office of eero saarinen, which designed the neiman marcus in dallas, i.m. pei, and cesar pelli, whose work you see here. but the interest in the mall, in the upper echelons of the profession began to peter out in the 1970s as malls became more. you became witness, architects started being afraid of commerce that it would taint their practice to design something commercial. and this is something that john gertie raged about, you know, often in interviews from the nineties on because he felt like he couldn't get any respect. it may interest you to know that frank gehry, of all people, designed a shopping mall. he's spent the early part of his career actually working for victor gruen, and he designed santa monica place for james rose, the same innovative developer as faneuil hall. santa monica place is basically the west coast version of faneuil hall. it was very white

i can't keep up with the drama i think this is great for business it's kind of the point ben thompsonaking, feeling like you're talking to a person may be a feature and not a bug. >> absolutely. i think this is great for microsoft. it's great for the business. when was the last time we talked about bing it's been ages this is going to demonstrate that microsoft has ai capability and put bing back on the mark and, c, elevate it as a pop culture phenomenon in a way that brand hasn't been associated with for a very long time. i think it's very good for microsoft. >> what about the sort of dis disturbing last time we talked about bing it was crosby. i read some of the chain of messages in "the new york times" story. they seem to run off the rails a bit. if i get that as part of my experience, how long am i likely to stay with bing or chat gpt? >> let me stick up for the ai here, which is a weird thing to do i'm going to do it against kevin roos if you tell the ai to be in a shadow world or be a devious version of itself and it delivers that for you, is the product really not performing. s

welcome to breakfast with ben thompson. our headlines today: rishi sunak says there's "unfinished business" on brexit as he tries to reach a deal with the eu on trade arrangements for northern ireland. awaab's law: new rules to improve standards in social housing after two—year—old awaab ishak died because of mould in his home. the perils of pavement parking: safety campaigners in wales welcome plans to fine drivers who block paths with their cars. it's a big cup final day in scotland and in england as celtic, rangers, manchester united and newcastle united all go in search of league cup glory at hampden park and wembley. morning, all. part two of the weekend continues on a very quiet note. a lot of dry weather around and a little more in the way of sunshine and with lighter winds than yesterday, it will not feel quite as cold. all the details coming up shortly. it's sunday the 26th february. good morning. our top story — rishi sunak says he's giving "everything we've got" to secure a deal with the eu on post—brexit trading

i'm ben thompson in the studio.good afternoon from windsor, where a "deal has been done", according to a senior government source, who has told the bbc an agreement has been reached over post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, after talks between the prime minister rishi sunak and the european commission president ursula von der leyen. you can see the convoy of cars right there, we think, preparing to take both those leaders to a news conference just a short distance from here. we think the foreign secretary has already just from here. we think the foreign secretary has alreadyjust left in the last few minutes, he was also at this working lunch that we were told about. it's gone on for a couple of hours, if that, and our and a half, ursula von der leyen arrived here. we were told there were still talks to be had. whether that was about how they finalise presenting this agreement, it's not clear. we know that in downing street and number of conservative mps were seen coming in and out, and steve baker

. >> you know, congressman benny thompson of mississippi will be honored with the chairman's award and civil rights attorney benll receive the social justice impact award. well was there actually any competition for either of those awards? they are the perfect recipients. >> think about the contribution that chairman thompson made with the january 6th committee, in terms of uncovering what was taking place and to protect our democracy. there was no competition. for me personally, constable thompson receiving the award is really important because much of what i do has been, through his mentorship, from college when i worked with him in the very first campaign to current, and i didn't have an opportunity to -- the chairman of the board and he has to win the chairman's words. and for ben crump, the voice he's brought to justice for so many families across the country who died at the hands of law enforcement is something that must be recognized. it is unfortunate that his career is built on the death of individuals, but, you know, i would say his career is built on his advocating for families and their loss. one of

thompson has more. >> reporter: new questions about the disbanded memphis police department's scorpion unit, whose officers violently beat tyre nichols. nichols family attorney, ben crump, says there's more victims. >> there's a brother who said four or five days before this happened to tyre that same scorpion unit confronted him. and he said that they used all kind of profanity against him, they threw him on the ground and put a gun to his head. >> reporter: five officers now charged with second degree murder with two others on administrative leave as investigations continue. lawyers for two of the men charged say they will plead not guilty. >> all of these officers were under a duty to prevent the other officers from taking illegal actions that caused tyre nichols' death. >> reporter: this as first responders are also under fire. two medical workers and one lieutenant have been terminated. officials writing their actions or inactions on the scene that night do not meet the expectations of the memphis fire department. after an internal investigation, the department says they failed to conduct an adequate patience assessment of mr. nichols. video shows emts walki