marianna spring, bbc news.ate me? — it's on bbc sounds and bbc iplayer. now, this hasjust been revealed as the brightest and hungriest object in the universe. it's powered by a huge black hole some 17 billion times the mass of our sun. scientists knew it was out but they've onlyjust been able to see its fully glory and vast appetite thanks to the world's most powerful telescope. 0ur science correspondent jonathan amos has more. at the core of every galaxy there is a giant black hole. even in our own milky way, we've got one — here in this picture. it's the dark region at the center of this ring of light. it's actually quite modest, weighing just four million times the mass of our sun. but far off in space, almost as far as we can see, there are true monsters with so much gravity that they pull prodigious amounts of matter onto themselves. and this is the latest to be discovered. it goes by the ungainly name ofj05294351, but those numbers belie its size. it weighs some 17 billion times the mass of our sun, and i

marianna spring, bbc news.as the somewhat ominous message from erling haaland after he hit five goals in manchester city's 6—2 defeat of luton in the fa cup. after a challenging period with injuries haaland insists he is now getting back to his best as city pursue domestic and european success in the closing months of the season. eight teams will bid tojoin manchester city, as well as leicester, newcastle and coventry in the fa cup quarterfinals when they take on their fifth round ties this evening. chelsea are one of those looking to create some positive headlines after their loss to liverpool in the league cup final at the weekend. they're at home to leeds united. joining me to discuss this in much more detail — bbc reporterjoe lynskey. we've got to start with chelsea and mauricio pochettino. they could really do with a morale boost later. absolutely, chelsea and liverpool backin absolutely, chelsea and liverpool back in action tonight three days on from that dramatic conclusion to the carabao cup final, live

marianna spring, bbc news.j steve wright, who's died at the age of 69. he delighted listeners of radio 2 and before that, radio i, for more than 40 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 2.00. now today, have we got a lot of stuff for you! steve wright in the afternoon, a programme that spanned more than 40 years of radio history. standby 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 i 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. are you a milkman? oh, great! and for those who've worked with him over his years at radios 1 and 2,

for more, let's speak to our disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring.e had this happen and it is quite scary and terrifying to see this, but what can be done in terms of legislation?— of legislation? that's a really good cuestion, of legislation? that's a really good question. and _ of legislation? that's a really good question, and one _ of legislation? that's a really good question, and one that _ of legislation? that's a really good question, and one that a _ of legislation? that's a really good question, and one that a lot - of legislation? that's a really good question, and one that a lot of - question, and one that a lot of people are asking, including politicians like the london mayor. there are different people with responsibility here, and it is my job to hold them to account. you think about the social media companies and new measures that they are working on or introducing, particularly to label content that is al generated so that people are quickly aware that that content is false, or that it's not real in some way. they are coming under hu

that it inflamed protests in the real—world. 0ur disinformation and social media correspondent marianna springontrol the met police. 'they will do, as the mayor of london tells 'them and obey orders...�* it was deliberately made to give the impression that i'd said what i hadn't said, but it looked and sounded so authentic. you know, we did get concerned very quickly about what impression it may create. the timing explains why the clip went viral. 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 crea

that it enflammed protests in the real world. 0ur disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring was the target of a deepfake audio recording. i control the met police. they will do, as the mayor of london tells them and obey orders. it was deliberately made to give the impression that i'd said what i hadn't said, but it looked and sounded so authentic. you know, we did get concerned very quickly about what impression it may create. the timing explains why the clip went viral. 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 that weekend. as it was, there 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 vi

our disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring has tracked down the man who firsthe first i've come across that's been linkedto real—world harm. it targeted the london mayor sadiq khan and was intended to sound like a secret recording replicating his voice. the clip disparaged remembrance weekend and called for pro—palestinian marches to take precedence. i to take precedence. control the met police, they w do i control the met police, they will do as the mayor of london tells them, and obey orders. the timing explains why the clip went viral. whether or not a pro—palestinian march should take place on saturday 11th november, armistice day, was a source of political tension. the march went ahead in a different part of london but there were concerns. there were concerns the clip fanned tension at a counter—protest. police officers were injured, arrests were made. it generated a lot of headlines at the time. i tracked down the person who posted this deepfake. but the man behind this so—called news account refused a recorded interview so this is an actor speaking his w

targeted as part of a series investigating the extraordinary cases of online hate, the bbc�*s marianna spring now, thanks for joining us. what did you learn when you looked at this case in closer detail? 50 you looked at this case in closer detail? , ., , , detail? so people might remember there was quite _ detail? so people might remember there was quite a _ detail? so people might remember there was quite a lot _ detail? so people might remember there was quite a lot of _ detail? so people might remember there was quite a lot of coverage i there was quite a lot of coverage backin there was quite a lot of coverage back injanuary there was quite a lot of coverage back in january about there was quite a lot of coverage back injanuary about eni aluko and the way thatjoey barton had posted several comments about her and other female pundits. ifound those comments triggered a wave of abuse on social media and x in particular — it used to be called twitter and was taken over by elon musk a year and a half ago. i've looked through multiple cases that eni aluko received or were targeted at her that

the bbc�*s marianna spring has been given exclusive access to the premier league's new "troll bustingore eight o'clock. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning. welcome to bbc london. i'm thomas magill. a bbc investigation has found major flaws in the construction of some balconies on an east london housing estate after one collapsed last year. the incident on the weavers estate in barking back in november meant hundreds of residents were banned from using their balconies. now, tests by the bbc has found some of the materials used to make the collapsed balcomy were more suitable for indoor use — including weak glue. atrocious. unforgivable. it's... you know, it beggars belief how people can build shoddily using the wrong materials. they used internal quality plywood on this building, something you use for building cupboards in your kitchen or your bedroom. bouygues uk said safety was its number one priority and that the design and materials were considered by consultants and approving authorities. it says the balconies on the estate were prefabr

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good morning country, we continue february, and nina mozheiko and marianna murenko are celebrating this wonderful, unique day with you. springi’s seasons, cheikovsky’s seasons, but here i took a slightly different path, that is, it’s not january, february, march, but here the action seems to unfold according to the belarusian calendar-ritual cycle, yeah, explain, three spring holidays, three summer holidays, three autumn, three winter, and that is, these are not months , that is, sometimes there are holidays, that is , let’s say kupalli and piatro - this is the month of july, they are two holidays, but they are very different, that’s the main task, so i say that this can it’s not even really music, it’s the creation of some kind of sound spaces, because every holiday has its own emotional content, so i tried to kind of penetrate into... the inner world of each holiday and feel the mood, feel the mood, yes that is why, oleg igorevich, well, i know you, i want to say that, in fact, your kidneys are very recognizable, in what way, it’s immediately clear that you are a student of bogatyrev, who, by the way, also, first of all, w

up-to-date information about the weather at this time, but real spring is outside our window, i’m just going ahead , i’m telling you, and marianna attention look at our temperature map, this morning up to +4 in the minsk region in brest up to +7, +1 +3 in the vitebsk region in gomel up to +2 +5 +7 we will have in the beautiful city, by the way there will be rain and in grodno, in mogilev 0 +2 cloudy with clearings, rain, i repeat, will only be in grodno and vitebsk, but don’t be upset, because during the day in the republic it will be up to +14, this is a pro-brev region and it seems to me that this is already even... not like march, these are some april indicators, we are happy, we can’t enjoy this weather. another piece of good news is that the precipitation forecast for two regions this morning will end during the day and it will be dry throughout the country. nevertheless, i’ll still add a fly in the ointment, i’ll remind all our viewers that in the morning we’re still forecast to have light fog in some places, some sections of the roads may even get icy, so please be careful on the road, be careful while driving, and also,