We have the the last black man in San Francisco which is a Sundance Film Festival hit. We have monos, an extraordinary feature. And black and blue, a thriller starring naomie harris. Lots of talk about all of these. So, San Francisco features. This was a film that was funded initially by crowd funding, the appeals with an idea and they did really well. It is code written by and stars jimmie fails who plays a man who is desperate to retrieve his family home in the upmarket filmore district of San Francisco. He has a good friend who he tours around the city with and they have been pushed to the outskirts, and visit this house regularly which is now lived in by a white couple, who he feels dont look after the house properly. He turns up and paints their windowsills. Go away, its our house, and he says, well, youre not looking after it properly. He arrives there one day to discover they themselves have been thrown out of the house, theres an inheritence problem, theyre no longer living the
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Imagine having an extraordinary sporting talent but finding yourself traumatised by the realities of elite level competition. Imagine being defined by your gender and physicality in ways that crushed your own sense of yourself. Add to that a prolonged battle with alcohol and drugs and you have the pain filled early life of my guest today, olympic swimmer turned artist, model and now writer, casey legler. What did it take to emerge from the darkness . Casey legler, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. You come here having just written a rather extraordinary memoir of your early life, the first 21 years or so of your life. It is raw, it is full of pain and it exposes some of the very dark places in your own life. How hard was it to write . Um, first i just want to say that its great to be here. I told you before we started that im a huge fan but my wife is a massive fan and ive done, ive done, you know, vogue covers
Also in the programme the us military publishes the first images of the raid in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. Raging wildfires in california as a new blaze in the south of the state threatens the Ronald Reagan president ial library. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london. Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so affects the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, le
Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so it will affect the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or Party Political broadcasts. Today there is a third front, the cyber war, and this digital blitzkrieg is the most complex and controversial of the lot. Data from the Electoral Commission shows the proportion of Campaign Money going to Digital Advertising is growing fast. The issue isnt just Political Parties. Its anyone with a political message to sell. Theres potent
Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on the 22nd of november, so itll affect the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor, amol rajan, has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or Party Political broadcasts. Today there is a third front, the cyber war, and this digital blitzkrieg is the most complex and controversial of the lot. Data from the Electoral Commission shows the proportion of Campaign Money going to Digital Advertising is growing fast. The issue isnt just Political Parties. Its anyone with a political message to sell. There