presidential elections where the economy and immigration are key voter concerns. huge political rallies have been held to drum up support. ukraine s most senior security official tells the bbc the country is ready to launch its long expected counter offensive against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . a man arrested after a car crashed into the gates of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. now on bbc news, amol rajan interviews: watergate to trump. in every trade, there are certain names that are held up as the gold standard. when i started out in newspapers in fact, for most of the past 50 years there have been two names that stood apart and stood above any others in journalism. bob woodward and carl bernstein were the reporters at the heart of the watergate scandal, and
describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . a man arrested after a car crashed into the gates of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. now on bbc news. talking movies cannes film festival special. hello from the french riviera. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from one of the world s great movie events, the cannes film festival. coming up in the programme the excitement of cannes. the strong lineup of films and the wealth of famous names from international cinema on the red carpet. top movie stars on being in cannes. harrison ford returning as indiana jones, overwhelmed by the festival s adulation. it was, uh, indescribable. adored by his fans but not by all, the once mighty hollywood superstar johnny depp in cannes discussing with me, if somewhat uncomfortably, his comeback role. i mean, comeback is a weird thing because. he never left. no, i didn t go anywhere, you know
a man arrested after a car crashed into the gates now on bbc news it s time for the travel show. this week on the travel show it s a right royal affair in sweden. it s one of the best escorts we do. everyone is out riding through masses of happy people. i m searching street food stalls for breakfast, filipino style. it looks like a mackerel. oh, yes. you re going to walk slow. and i get to sashay away with the golden gays of manila. ifeel like i ve got a lot of make up on. you look like a star. chuckles. hello. i m high above manila, the philippines famously busy capital. now, like most big cities, this place really comes alive at night and a little later, i ll be heading out with some grand dames who certainly know how to put on a show. but that s to come later. first up you d be forgiven for thinking that the major royal events of the year had been and gone already as the united kingdom held the first coronation of a new monarch in over 70 years. but in one part of sca
under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. now on bbc news, sudan fighting: caught in the shrapnel. gunfire. it s mid april. as violence breaks out in sudan, disturbing images of possible war crimes are emerging, being carried out on medical facilities and staff by both sides. the warring factions of formerly allied militia empty the streets of the capital. we wanted our contact on the ground to verify what s going on, but it s impossible. using satellite data and mapping tools, we analysed user generated content on a huge scale and spoke to dozens of doctors to build a picture of whether war crimes are being committed and the impact this is having on millions of people. so how did this conflict begin? on the one side, there s the government sudanese army often referred to as the saf, led by this man, general fattah al burhan. opposing him is general mohamed dagalo hemeti, who runs the rapid support force, or rsf. t
Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv with john berman in new york. Youre watching cnns Special Coverage of israel at war. Israel is promising that a new phase of its war in hamas is coming, just not clear when exactly that will be. Troops have been amassing for days now near the border with gaza getting ready for an expected Ground Operation. Israel pounded the territory again today with air strikes. Officials say hamas commander who played a key part in last saturdays attack was killed. Hundreds of thousands of civilians tried to heed the idfs warning to get out. U. N. Official warns such a large scale evacuation under siege could lead to a humanitarian disaster. Anderson, there is an Important Development tonight from the pentagon as well. We learned a second u. S. Carrier strike group led by uss dwight d. Eisenhower is sailing to the middle east, sailing to the mediterranean. It is designed to sell messages to israel and proxies including lebanon and hezbollah not to get involved. The Eis