i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies review of the 95th annual academy awards. it will be remembered as a night when a bighearted, kinetic, adventurous, independent americanfilm, everything everywhere all at once, took home how many of hollywood s coveted golden trophies. best motion picture of the year. everything everywhere all at once was the big winner, taking home the top best picture trophy and prevailing in six other catagories. for its creators, both 35, daniel scheinert and daniel kwan, who also won for best director and original screenplay, it was a night they would neverfor get. mom, just wait. no time to wait, very busy. this energetic film has michelle yeoh playing a laundromat owner struggling to pay her taxes and moves into different versions of herself in parallel universes. this is michelle yeoh s film and she made history by becoming the first asian woman to win the best actress oscar. asian actors have historically faced resistance in hollywood.
and you ll remember nearly a year ago, borisjohnson was fined for breaking the law when he attended this gathering on his birthday. so this isn t about whether he broke the rules. this is about whether boris johnson misled parliament over those gatherings. that s being investigated by a committee of mps who are focusing on statements he made to parliament when he was prime minister. statements like this this was december, 2020. whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. the committee of mps already says evidence suggests borisjohnson may have misled parliament. now borisjohnson submitted this document his written evidence for the investigation 52 pages of his legal defence. in it, he says, i accept that the house of commons was misled by my statements that the rules and guidance had been followed completely at no.10. he adds. when the statements were made, they were made in good faith and on the basis of what i honest
they also discussed china s12 point plan to bring an end to the war in ukraine. in a statement issued after the meeting they said: the russian side welcomes china s willingness to play a positive role for the political and diplomatic settlement of the ukraine crisis, and welcomes the constructive proposals set forth in china s position on the political settlement of the ukraine crisis. at the white house today, us officials took pains to point out what they think china could do to end the war. if china wants to play a constructive role here in this conflict, then they ought to press russia to pull its troops out of ukraine in ukrainian sovereign territory. they should urge president putin to cease bombing cities, hospitals and schools, to stop the war crimes and the atrocities and end the war today. it could happen right now. kirby also said that the us does not want a ceasefire in ukraine right now, because it would freeze the battle lines in their current state. as a remi
andy murray will be on court in a couple of hours, and novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. we speak to the woman who s run 150 consecutive marathons and just completed an epic run across australia. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we re seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. but power is shared in the
andy murray will be on court shortly at the australian open in melbourne. novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor, chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we are seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. all the laws that are passed here are checked to make sure they don t contradict with laws for the whole of the uk.