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My friend and colleague, a spanish broadcaster, has covered the academy awards for more than 30 years... speaks spanish. he is one of the few lucky accredited journalists on the small red carpet this year. its going to be like watching a movie. i dont know details because they do not want to reveal anything but i think its going to be interesting to see a ceremony which is really a film, with its scripts and everything. the academy has a lot riding on the oscars show. last years academy awards, ...

By a wealthy businessman and a close friend for a change in the tax rules. tax rules. the prime minister responded, "ill fix it." then after a discussion with the chancellor, who everybody seems to be lobbying these days, the prime minister texted his friend to say, "its fixed." how many other people with the prime ministers personal number has he given preferential treatment to? can ijust remind the house what we were facing in march last year, mr speaker? which was when we had a new virus whic...

This is bbc news. im lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: hospitals in delhi issue an 505 for supplies of oxygen and free beds as coronavirus case numbers and deaths reach a new record in india. turkey reacts angrily after president biden breaks with us policy and calls the massacre of armenians during the first world war �*genocide�*. calls for borisjohnson to explain how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for, following allegations from his former chief advisor. the ind...

We can fiddle with age, ethnicity and mix faces, but most importantly, create people that dont exist at all. this technology is used to create large databases of fake faces, which is then used to train facial recognition systems. but creating faces in this way is not enough. if you want to create something that works and treats everyone more equally, the real images you feed into the gan have to be representative of life. after all, we would not be looking straight into a camera in the real worl...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines. englands biggest football teams — and the sports governing bodies — will stage a four—day boycott of social media from next friday — to campaign for social media companies to crack down on online abuse. indias prime minister narendra modi says the surge in coronavirus cases has shaken the nation — his comments come as the country hits a record number of new cases for the fourth day in a row. a campaigns being launched to encourage younger peo...

This is bbc news. im joanna gosling. our top stories... indias prime minister narendra modi says the surge in coronavirus cases has shaken the nation — his comments come as the country hits a record number of new cases for the fourth day in a row. how ever much we try, at some point, we just cannot do our best because there is a shortage of oxygen, a shortage of icu beds and a shortage of medicine. pressure grows on the prime minister over his flat refurbishment — labour calls for the govern...

Are on the left. the algorithm starts by comparing the facial features it knows to the new image that its looking at. after hundreds of iterations, its able to work out what makes that face look the way it does — at least mathematically, anyway. once we have this digital replica, we can start playing around with different features. we can fiddle with age, ethnicity and mix faces, but most importantly, create people that dont exist at all. this technology is used to create large databases of fa...

This is bbc news. the headlines at seven: families are told to buy their own oxygen as india hits a record number of new coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row. translation: ive never seen such a terri in: translation: ive never seen such a terrifying situation. _ translation: ive never seen such a terrifying situation. i _ translation: ive never seen such a terrifying situation. i cant _ terrifying situation. i cant believe we are in the capital of india. people arent getting oxygen and ...

Because of the recent demographic changes in the academys membership, it has got much harder than it used to be to predict who will win the acting races. anyway, emma jones has been taking a look at the field. it really is anyones guess this year as to who of all these nominees will take home an oscar. even the nominations had surprises. the best actor category includes chadwick boseman for ma rainey�*s black bottom, asian american steven yeun for minari, and londoner riz ahmed for sound of me...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i am joanna gosling. indias prime minister narendra modi says the surge in coronavirus cases has shaken the nation — his comments come as the country hits a record number of new cases for the fourth day in a row. a fire sweeps through a hospital treating coronavirus patients in baghdad, killing at least 82 people according to iraqi officials. labour calls for the government to face mps over the refurbishment...