a cold weather front from the arctic has caused disruption along america s west coast. you re watching bbc news. now its time for talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attractions. british acting royalty was in town, with dame helen mirren portraying israeli prime minister golda meir. cate blanchett, oscar nominated for her performance in tar, walked the red carpet, as did steven spielberg, at the festival for a lifetime achievement award. and we look at queer cinema in berlin, which was making quite an impact. berlin has a long history of embracing political cinema. in fact, it is an avowedly political f
some showers in edinburgh through the next couple of days. but the best of the sunshine further west. goodbye for now. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s program, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attractions. british acting royalty was in town, with dame helen mirren portraying israeli prime minister golda meir. cate blanchett, oscar nominated for her performance in tar, walked the red carpet, as did steven spielberg, at the festival for a lifetime achievement award. and we look at queer cinema in berlin, which was making quite an impact. berlin has a long history of embracing political cinema. in fact
southern states. you re watching bbc news. we will be back in about half an hour with the potential deal of the northern ireland protocol as we hear from both westminster and from brussels that the prime minister and the european union president are going to be meeting for what they say is continuing work to share practical solutions to convex challenges around the protocol, the meeting to be in the uk on monday. the bbc has heard that a potential deal announcement is imminent, we will keep you posted on all of that, but festival. now its time for talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s program, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attractions. british a
world. i m laila harrak. ukraine marks one year of war in solemn remembrance. how could the conflict end? we talk to a war historian. plus the death toll in turkey and syria just keeps rising. and as the people grieve, they also face the massive task of rebuilding. and voting gets under way in nigeria. it s the biggest democratic exercise in africa as nigerians get ready to pick a new president. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. as russia s war in ukraine enters its second year, the arrival of heavy battle tanks from nato allies could open a new and possibly decisive chapter in the conflict. dozens of these advanced weapons are due in ukraine in the coming weeks as tank crews complete their training. but nato fighter jets are not on the immediate horizon for ukraine. u.s. president joe biden delivered a hard no on friday, saying the pentagon doesn t believe f-16 fighters are a good fit right now. mr. biden also gave a thumbs do
hello and welcome. finland will become the 31st member of nato later on tuesday. the application to join the western military alliance was prompted by the invasion of ukraine by russia, with which finland shares a long border. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has this story. finland only said it wanted to join nato last year. this afternoon, its flag will be raised at the headquarters in brussels, the quickest accession process in nato s recent history. president putin went to war against ukraine with a declared aim to get less nato. he wanted nato to remove our forces, our structures, from all allies that havejoined after 1997, meaning all allies in central and eastern europe. and he wanted nato to make it absolutely clear that nato s door was closed for any new membership. he s getting the exact opposite. he s getting more nato presence in the eastern part of the alliance, and he s getting two new members, with finland and sweden. finland s long frontier with russi