he's now the director of the oxford internet institute at the university of oxford, and phil really took me under his wing when i came to do my ph.d. at the university of washington in seattle. phil, at the time, had been studying the arab spring. he had been in tunisia, in tunis studying the people who were using technology in attempts to communicate about democracy, to organize protests, to do all of these sorts of things. heed had written a book with oxford press called "the digital origins of dictatorship and democracy." and the discussion in this book was all about the ways in which the internet had played a role from the beginning of the internet going mix in countries -- public in countries, for helping people to realize freedom but also for helping people to realize control. and so phil, obviously, was thinking about these kinds of things very early on. and i had just come from being a fellow on the obama campaign in 2012, and i had become enthralled when i was working on the campaign with the way that they were making use of day. i was, like, blown away by how sophisticated the

in oxford are no pushovers and newcastle don't have the best of memories from playing at that stadiumally tough game. i know that their priority is to get out of leaguei but their priority is to get out of league i but they showed in the first game at st james's park that it won't be easy for newcastle and they're going to have to be better than they have been in the last couple of weeks to get into the fifth round. talking of who is going to be playing on the pitch for newcastle. we have seen that liverpool are going to play their second string tonight due to the winter break. i don't think steve bruce has that in mind for newcastle. is this a hindrance having this type in the middle of the winter break for the team? not for newcastle, it's not for the team because they haven't been successful in this competition. they haven't been past the fourth round under mike ashley said that is something they have to improve on and he will wa nt to they have to improve on and he will want to do that. he has played a relatively strong side in the last two rounds and certainly against oxford at h

section that is only oxford graduates that are recruitedm you're a weirdo and your peculiar apply.ry good. —— i didn't say a weirdo. they are on social media all the time! the boss basically said they are looking for people who think out of the seeking to broaden recruitment to bolster problem—solving capabilities. to broaden recruitment to bolster problem-solving capabilities. which is good, but secrecy and all of that is good, but secrecy and all of that is such a part of it. most young people, everything is in the public eye. let's finish... should we revisit this? let's finish with the front page of the times. that's our new passport. it's made in poland. funny that. there's the prime minister. he's looking a bit worse for wear. here's that blue passport which is brandishing for the first time. the united kingdom, no longer the european union. do we have to have this passport? i have my eu passport for the next ten years! do we exchange it? do we wait until it's we exchange it? do we wait until its run out? we've got half an hour. i think you'll find that as long as it has expi

it hammed on oxford street near first avenue. police say the suspect escaped in a white sedan heading north on oxford street. >> we're offering a reward up to $50,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for this robbery. >> just before 6:00 two men held up a person on oxford street four blocks from where the mail theft happened. police haven't said this if he think the two are connected. >>> jurors in harvey weinstein's new york rape trial will begin their deliberations. he's charged with raping a woman in a manhattan hotel room in 2013. he's also accused of forcibly performing a sex act on another in 2006. prosecutors say weinstein was a sexual predator who thought he could get away with anything. defense attorneys claim the women had consensual sex because they thought he might help their careers. >>> a bill to deter short-term rentals from becoming party houses. fines up to $5,000 on short-term rental hosts who violate local laws. four months after five people were k

can newcastle capitalize on a perfect start against oxford? good evening.y is that all british citizens in china should leave the country, if they can, to minimise the risk of exposure to the coronavirus. that's the official advice published by the foreign office earlier today. work is continuing to bring home britons from hubei province, where the outbreak began. so far, 427 people have died from the virus — all but two in mainland china — with more than 20,000 cases confirmed in 26 countries. the number of cases is thought to be doubling every few days, but the world health organization says it still does not amount to a pandemic. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth has the latest from beijing. in wuhan, they have turned this stadium into a hospital — state media using images like these to reinforce a message. china's getting things under control. but the deserted airports and cancelled flights show it's fear

so i got offered a job and said would you like to go to oxford with me? yeah, twist my arm, of course i want to come. one day i was at a conference and i was standing around, kind of scared about it and this guy approaches me and conspiracies theorist want to talk to you. they wanted to know who i am and are you going to start talking about aliens or anti- vaccine stuff? i have to carry on with you? i don't want to talk to you about that stuff but andrew said to me hey, i make and build automated profiles on social media in england. i was like what? are control 100,000 accounts on twitter, i do on behalf of the labour party. they don't pay me to do it or anything. i believe in it. i said wow, this is pretty crazy. we got to talking and struck up an unlikely friendship and he really taught me a lot about the ways in which people can use technology to amplify their voices online. a lot of what i talk about is about social media, campaigns look like people on social media but that are not actually people what they are automated profiles. one person could hav

these are live pictures from oxford right now.ourth—round replay. the dressing room looking spot—on. the mascot is looking forward to it as well. you can look forward —— you can watch it on bbc one this evening. that's all from sportsday. the best goals and reaction from those fa cup ties in our late sportsday with katie at 10:30. dojoin us then. goodbye. hello. there is a whole lot of whether heading our way but not for a few days. in the short term it is actually going to be very quiet indeed. we have had some strong winds in the last couple of days, they have died down now. the skies are clearing, the temperature is dropping and frost is on the way. this is what the weather map look like during tuesday evening and then basically through the early hours of wednesday the skies will continue to clear. we have this cold air sitting on top of us but it will not last very long. through the early hours of wednesday, clearing skies across much of the country, mist and fog developing here and there. quite a widespread frost. not a harsh

taylor: that was da davidson's barry oxford.head, a possible solution to childhood blindness. we take a look at what experts are trying to achieve with gene therapy. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: this seven-year-old has a rare genetic disorder that limits his vision. scientists have developed a medication that has the potential to substantially improve his site. -- sight. ♪ >> defects in retinal genes cause a devastating form of childhood blindness. gene therapy is at the forefront of treating retinal degeneration. there are over 20 clinical trials addressing diseases in ways we did not think possible before. >> having to make a decision on his behalf has been a real struggle. this treatment could change our lives. it could stop a truly terrible disease. >> as we tackle the problem of childhood blindness this will , make a real breakthrough and help us tackle problems we never thought possible. >> maverick is my first-born child. he has been the most amazing child since the day he was born. i did not have experience

set up a money has gone to the professors work in oxford.a money has gone to the professors work in oxford. i think you'll be able to look back in a few yea rs you'll be able to look back in a few years when the kids get in their teens. they can look back and say my mum said she died when they were young, she made a difference to people. she would expand modified i think, but i would have liked to see can you believe this we had so many people running. they all had t—shirts with your name on it. people running. they all had t-shirts with your name on it. ian is on t-shirts with your name on it. ian isona t-shirts with your name on it. ian is on a mission to raise awareness about ovarian cancer. i don't sit here criticising doctors or what they did because they were amazing. it is definitely not making that forefront of doctors thoughts. we had a at legacy bentley bentley went to focus on what diana stood for in her life. ovarian cancer is this much of her story. this is her story. that is just much of her story. this is her story. that isjus

when i was working in oxford which buttons on my career it was really a pinnacle moment my mother was very proud but i just like that she know. what do you think. you can do in 1020 years how is it going to help anybody to improve the lives of the people that live in our village. it's a wonderful. time for me because i have seen the other side of what i don't even imagine most in the oratory and what is even more exciting is that i've seen you apply i researched on in africa. just something i couldn't imagine you when i was 25. some you believe. my name is sheila. i was born in nigeria i studied medical biochemistry and then went on to do a ph d. in plant by chemistry. i did some to stop troll well in oxford at the institute of viral ajeet and environmental microbiology. and i specialized on a system called the bacula virus expression system which is a methodology that used to genetically modify viruses. about time i went to university i sell really prepared for the world and then i realized perhaps i was i wasn't quite as. gender dynamics i didn't understand it i'm 18 years old i mea

two of the suspects used a handgun in a robbery at oxford street and solicitor way. the suspects were last seen heading north. >>> senator bernie sanders rallied supporters this afternoon and thousands packs the pavilion for a get out the vote event with more supporters outside of the event. sanders promised to defeat president trump, saying the trumpet ministration is undermining democracy. sanders also said americans are tired of income inequality and corruption. >> they are tired of three people owning more wealth than the bottom half of america. they are tired of tax breaks for billionaires, where half a million americans are sleeping out on the streets. >> danny glover introduced the center, saying sanders is creating a movement that will transfer him the country. toward the bottom of your screen you can see police escorting them out of the event. toall attention to hey went what they described as dairy industry abuse of cows and calf. >> babies are being taken away from their mothers and that is just the normal. i want bernie to include animals in his platform

professor in pathology at the university of off hong kong who is also an expert in flu viruses from oxford in the united kingdom we have dr peter drawback who's a global health specialist and director of the university of oxford skull center for social entrepreneurship and in culture in the u.k. as well. as you reader in modern history at the university of essex among research that is china's health system welcome to you all dr nicholls if i could start with you 1st of all before we get into the nitty gritty of the question in hand let's just spend a little time with you and the suspense of where we're at with this far so we really any near understanding where we are with this virus and its impact globally and in china what kind of threat is it. well that's a very long question which is difficult to answer but certainly not that in hong kong we've had the samples of the virus but minette was to actually start growing it in the heart rate and we're now able to actually infect normal human tissues in a culture system to actually have to actually see which part of the body this virus replicat

ok mark almond is the director of the crisis research in oxford joins me live on the line now good afternoon to you mark. in terms of nato stoltenberg says turkey has nato support do you think that will actually materialize into nato forces on the ground. i don't think major forces will enter syria in support of those turks who've gone the problem to accuse the nato alliance principle is a tack on one as an entire home all the turks might be risking trying to save an attack by one. brings in all the others to support it and i think was also reluctant to see neutral come into a confrontation with russia so there's quite a lot of powerful voices in nato who support the turks desire to see who's syrian army's offensive stopped but i'm not sure they want to go beyond words and perhaps just use the relationship since of fluctuates of recall correctly when turkey was buying russian movie hardware. the rest of nato was very happy with turkey now those things are fully behind them where exactly does turkey stand within the alliance. well i think part of the problem is that president assad who on tho

s crisis research institute in oxford good afternoon mark so russia has said that turkey attacking syrian army positions is a worst case scenario what do you think they mean by that what could the consequences be if it was to happen. well it could draw russia and turkey into a war because the russian force is on the side of the syrians in combating the local rebels and turkey you could intervene would clearly be taking sides of the rebels and in order to do that you would have to provide protection for its forces from the air would have to use its own or force its own interprete missiles which would put at risk russian airplanes we will be back if you like to the crisis situation of 2015 when the turks shot down a russian aircraft. so it's potentially very dangerous situation even if we don't go that far that's the worst case even if we just get to a case where the turkish forces increase or a true bombardment of the syrians the situation on the ground which is often discussed as a humanitarian crisis will get worse for the refugees because i'll be trapped between 2 lines of fire rather t

and director of medical ethics at the your hero center for practical ethics at the university of oxford gentlemen welcome to the program let's start with you dr. at what point does this become a pandemic with the already with the disease spreading so far from the original outbreak we are certainly at the verge of a pandemic we are not technically in the midst of a pandemic yet but for all purposes we need to prepare for a pandemic and you know everyone in all different countries need to prepare for that eventuality does it matter what we label it i mean it it's spread around the world already the label that we give this outbreak is irrelevant at this point given the spread in so many different countries around the world all citizens in every country around the world have to prepare to talk to their other how to prepare is a country like kenya for an outbreak of this virus. is very difficult to see countries prepared or not prepared is a very big economy to have to but we've seen in the last from armed are not struggling to contain the leak so definitely i would say this is there are 2 y

escape she's the europe policy analyst at access now that's a digital rights advocacy group and in oxford we have neera silva she's the director of the journalism fellowship program at the reuters institute for the study of journalism at oxford university welcome to you or david i want to start with you because social media is fundamentally about individuals uploading their own content to these platforms right so where does the responsibility lie then with the individuals or with the platforms and if we then hand that responsibility to the platforms does that then mean that individuals then don't have the accountability for what they post. well i don't think anyone's saying that ultimately it's an original publisher or even an individual uploads information online that they are responsible 'd for the legality of it but we have to be aware that unlike you know 20 or 30 years ago and particularly in the offline world when it was largely professional actors who had a name and address that were located all today we have hundreds of millions of amateur individuals uploading often anonymously i

he‘s come to thejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford for a ground—breaking gene therapy.t‘s a big thing for me. the treatment, called luxturna, costs an eye—watering £600,000 but nhs england has agreed a discounted price with the manufacturer, nova rtis. i can kind of make it out, but it‘s not very clear. in theatre the surgeon prepares the gene therapy. today they‘ll treat the right eye. the left will be done in a few weeks. it‘s delivered via an injection under the retina at the back of the eye. the treatment delivers working copies of a faulty gene, rpe65. these are encased in a harmless virus, which breaks into the retinal cells. once inside the nucleus, the replacement gene kick—starts production of a protein essential for healthy vision. this is a life—changing treatment for patients, hopefully preserving and improving vision for decades. it should have the biggest impact with children, halting site loss before permanent damage is done. halting sight loss before permanent damage is done. this is very exciting. this is the first approved nhs gene therapy for an eye d

crosstalk in the atlantic alliance i'm joined by my guest mark allman in oxford he's the director of the crisis research institute in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator also in london we have. he is founder of a consulting and foreign affairs analyst all right gentlemen cross-like rules. in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mark let me go to you 1st here let me just read you 2 quotes here of number one foreign minister lavrov played in munich saying quote change course speak for it's too late and we have the new head of the european union's foreign policy arm he he also says europe must develop quote appetite for power in the trump era they're both hinting at the same thing in different directions here what does that tell you better change course before it's too late what's that mean to you. i think certainly the tensions between russia and the west in general are really probably tensions in russia in the united states and we can see that actually inside the european union and the european members of nato th

the attack hammed on oxford treat at the corner of the cal campus. police say they escaped heading north on oxford street. >> it's a standing reward. it's not something we have to ask for. it's a reward that's always there up to $50,000 for information leading to arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for this robbery. >> now just before 6:00 last night two men held up a person on oxford street just four blocks from the mail theft and got away in a white sedan. they haven't said if they think they are connected. >>> jurors in harvey weinstein's -- >> i'll take it from here. he is charged with raping a woman in a manhattan hotel room in 2013. he's also accused of forcibly performing a sex act on another in 2006. prosecutors say weinstein was a sexual predator who thought he could get away with anything. defense attorneys claim the women had consensual sex with him because they thought it might help their careers. happening today the sfmta will consider a report on some dramatic changes to parking in the city. it's aimed at

this former oxford university student has broken her nda to talk to us at the risk of being sued.cidal students. there were a number of students, who we knew were suicidal. i saw no responsibility or no care of students' well—being. why do you think it is important to speak out? why now? i have witnessed and experienced so many problems. if people don't speak out, things will never change. oxford university says it doesn't comment on individual cases but confirmed it did carry out a review into student welfare after the complaint — adding it provides a high level of support to students. our investigation also found not all students got a pay—out. 0livia didn't. she signed her nda so that neither her, or the student she accused could contact each other. basically, to feel safe, i had to promise never to tell anyone or face expulsion. they should acknowledge there is a problem and try and take steps to tackle it. the government has told the bbc the use of ndas for student complaints is unacceptable and is clamping down on the practice. lawyers say universities are often using these

he was elected president of inpus christi college oxford 2010 and served in that post until his retirement last year. he is the author of one of the finest modern by our groupies of the 16th president -- biographies of the 16th president, lincoln a purpose of , life and power which was awarded the lincoln prize in 2007 and wrote the upcoming "lincoln's sense of humor" on which tonight's lecture is based. this year marks the 500th christi,ry of corpus and occasion being marked in many ways including a new exhibition featuring the college's manuscript treasures that just opened at the folder shakespeare library on capitol hill. i encourage you all to visit it. ladies and gentlemen, professor richard carwardine. [applause] richard: thank you very much for that warm welcome, michael. among the arresting displays at the chicago cemetery fair in 1864 was an exhibit labeled the two american humorists. of of the two busts was that dan rice, the blackface minstrel. you see him in 1859. he appeared before the great union speech before the medical students in philadelphia. of what he lectured on, but

cup by 3rd division oxford united newcastle had been to know before 2 late goals from oxford forced extra time but then frenchman alan sun macsyma growth through the oxford defense to hit a thunderous winner from newcastle 3 to the finals for them to 3rd round for the 1st time since 2006 river plates will be allowed to keep their 2018 coppola berta dora's title but they have been ordered to play more matches in the competition behind closed doors their fans attacked the team bus of argentine rivals baka juniors before the 2nd leg of that final injuring some of the players after further clashes with police the game is abandoned the final was a venture he finished off of the burn about in madrid baka took the case to the court of arbitration for sports but their demands to be awarded the title was dismissed the court also ruled that river plate must play 2 more matches behind closed doors in this season's competition. last season's most valuable player made sure the n.b.a.'s newest star didn't get too big for his jordans as the milwaukee bucks defeated the new orleans pelicans number one dr

last december we got a flash of real honesty from nigel farage at the oxford union when he said that i will accept that none of us knows what the risks if we leave the european union. muffles the most momentous decision that the british are being required to take in 40 years. and you know what the risks are so not sort of fly with me and we'll see what happens yes but that's it isn't it is the whole point is that if we don't think the country is worth more than then the whole point is if we put the x in the box in the right box on the ballot paper we then have 2 years of hopefully a responsible government hopefully a responsible chain that will negotiate a at exit package which is $110100.00 words it's like surely isn't it may be you know with luck yes as is this is a huge gamble you want the british people and it's a huge it's a huge gamble for both sides and nervous time for you coming up to the referendum so nervous that you've even started talk about what it would be like to lose haven't you. well what i was actually trying to do was say that the leave campaign has made no attemp

a lot of people at the oxford end who are resisting this, i think 0xford, the local authorities don'tlar kind of challenge on that to what we saw yesterday on heathrow is, i think, very large. the 19905 saw huge protests against road building, like here at the newbury bypass. campaigners won some of their battles, but lost a lot. this time they hope will be different. there are some key opportunities there for the government to walk the walk and to cancel and scrap some 20th century, outdated, zombie road schemes. what do we want? climate justice. when do we want it? now. yesterday's court decision against heathrow was so critical it surprised even some protesters. # no more runways.# ministers will be anxious to avoid a repeat verdict over their flagship roads programme. roger harrabin, bbc news. the time is 19 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime. three new cases of coronavirus are confirmed in the uk, bringing the total to 19. they include the first in wales — a patient who had recently been in northern italy. and still to come, the last thing that your current needs at t

candidate in the field, but a candidate with a very strong cv, a graduate of harvard, a graduate of oxfordwas in the us military as well. it sometimes feels as though he's been preparing for this moment all of his life. the other leader in the polls right now is bernie sanders, the left—wing candidate in the field, the 78—year—old, a man who only in october had a heart attack, but who has this appeal for the young. he offers them free college tuition, he offers to legalise marijuana, he offers free health care for everyone and that is a very compelling message, especially for young people. the person who's had a very disappointing iowa caucus clearly, whatever the rest of these results is, because they won't really significantly improve his standing, isjoe biden, the former vice president for eight years, of course, the deputy to barack obama, the moderate in this race, the man who says he is the man capable of beating donald trump in november. he has always claimed this electability is linked to his likeability, but here he has performed very poorly. and for those who have seen joe biden

league a soccer i'm tough frankfurt have extended their unbeaten start to 2020 with a 5 nil win over oxford on friday american defender timothy chandler continued his incredible scoring run with 2 goals either side of half time is now scored for this calendar year philip cost edge completed the route to deep into injury time when these frankfurt move into the top half of the table for the time being at least. our next story takes us to brazil where in a small area of the amazon endangered wild dolphins are helping children with a wide range of disabilities build their strength and get their lives back. jessica found sikka decided to become a physical therapist in order to help her daughter glenda the 12 year old was born 5 weeks premature and weighed just 750 grams one of glenda's biggest achievements is that she is no longer afraid of animals unless she never used to want to leave the house because of all that noise outside then she started therapy with the horses but landed just wanted contact with any animal since we've begun the dolphin therapy she's willing to accept other types of the