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The company says it will use the AI doppelgangers in some social media posts and marketing, but only with the permission of models who will be compensated for the use of their image. But there's concern it'll drastically reduce the amount of work available. James Menendez heard more about how it will work from Mark Bain, who's technology correspondent at the Business of Fashion in New York.

The company says it will use the AI doppelgangers in some social media posts and marketing, but only with the permission of models who will be compensated for the use of their image. But there's concern it'll drastically reduce the amount of work available. James Menendez heard more about how it will work from Mark Bain, who's technology correspondent at the Business of Fashion in New York.

Technology journalist Mark Bain. Still to come, why man-made change is threatening fungi or fungi, the lifeblood of most plants.

Technology journalist Mark Bain. Still to come, why man-made change is threatening fungi or fungi, the lifeblood of most plants.

Buckingham Palace has provided an update on the health of King Charles following his diagnosis of cancer last year. The statement said the King had spent a short time in hospital on Thursday after he experienced temporary side effects from his ongoing medical treatment. His appointments for Friday have been cancelled. The BBC's Ben Schofield has the details.

Buckingham Palace has provided an update on the health of King Charles following his diagnosis of cancer last year. The statement said the King had spent a short time in hospital on Thursday after he experienced temporary side effects from his ongoing medical treatment. His appointments for Friday have been cancelled. The BBC's Ben Schofield has the details.

Ben Schofield. With attention focusing on the war in Ukraine and the breakdown of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, another area of the world is preparing for possible conflict. Japan is taking the threat of war between China and Taiwan seriously. so seriously that it's made a plan for how it would evacuate 120,000 of its people living on islands close to Taiwan.

Ben Schofield. With attention focusing on the war in Ukraine and the breakdown of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, another area of the world is preparing for possible conflict. Japan is taking the threat of war between China and Taiwan seriously. so seriously that it's made a plan for how it would evacuate 120,000 of its people living on islands close to Taiwan.

The government says it'll start conducting evacuation drills next year. I asked our Asia-Pacific regional editor Celia Hatton what's prompted the government in Tokyo to act now.

The government says it'll start conducting evacuation drills next year. I asked our Asia-Pacific regional editor Celia Hatton what's prompted the government in Tokyo to act now.

Have they ever done anything like this before?

Have they ever done anything like this before?

Celia Hatton. Later this year, Japan's Tokyo Metro, along with UK rail and bus firm Go Ahead and Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo, will begin operating the Elizabeth Line here in London. It's the newest tube line in the capital, linking a town like Reading and Heathrow Airport in the west through central London to Essex in the east.

Celia Hatton. Later this year, Japan's Tokyo Metro, along with UK rail and bus firm Go Ahead and Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo, will begin operating the Elizabeth Line here in London. It's the newest tube line in the capital, linking a town like Reading and Heathrow Airport in the west through central London to Essex in the east.

It took 20 years of planning, construction and delays and finally opened in 2022. Train now approaching.

It took 20 years of planning, construction and delays and finally opened in 2022. Train now approaching.

So what can we expect from the new Japanese operator? Andrew Peach heard more from our Japanese business reporter Mariko Oi, who's been talking to the boss of the Tokyo Metro.

So what can we expect from the new Japanese operator? Andrew Peach heard more from our Japanese business reporter Mariko Oi, who's been talking to the boss of the Tokyo Metro.

Mariko Oi. The British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil says it'll end its campaign of civil disobedience. In the past, the group's supporters have disrupted sporting events by bursting bags of bright orange chalk dust, shut down key roads and, most infamously, in 2022, two activists threw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting in the National Gallery in London. This was that moment.

Mariko Oi. The British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil says it'll end its campaign of civil disobedience. In the past, the group's supporters have disrupted sporting events by bursting bags of bright orange chalk dust, shut down key roads and, most infamously, in 2022, two activists threw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting in the National Gallery in London. This was that moment.