from china with leaders of the us and australia. and hopes of a deal in the next 2a hours, between gary lineker and the bbc, in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. some of hollywood s biggest stars are arriving for the 95th oscars ceremony in los angeles. the main films in contention include everything everywhere all at once , all quiet on the western front and the banshees of inisherin . let s cross live to hollywood and the bbc s peter bowes whose at an oscars watch party. great to have you on the programme, as always, peter. what is on your watchlist today? what is on your watchlist toda ? ~ , ., today? well, isn t it an exciting today? well, isn t it an exciting night - today? well, isn t it an exciting night to? - today? well, isn t it an - exciting night to? everything everywhere all at once certainly leading denomin
he s been winning every oscars precursor word. so i think he is pretty precursor word. so i think he is pretty definite to win. a lot is pretty definite to win. lot of buzz around here for angela bassett. i lot of buzz around here for angela bassett. lot of buzz around here for angela bassett. i think that is sure she was angela bassett. i think that is sure she was magnificent - angela bassett. i think that is sure she was magnificent and| sure she was magnificent and black sure she was magnificent and black panther. she is the favourite to win i think it is a lifetime favourite to win i think it is a lifetime achievement award for the a lifetime achievement award for the 64 year old actress, butjimmy for the 64 year old actress, butjimmy the curtis butts jamie butjimmy the curtis butts jamie lee curtis one at the awards jamie lee curtis one at the awards last week, she is in everything everywhere all at once, everything everywhere all at once, and i think if she winds,
it was in afghanistan where more than 1,000 people protested. among those killed, a nato officer who was struck by fire from an unknown gunman. enough of the real news. let s huddle up around the water cooler. the big winner of the nice, as you know by now, sweeping five awards, winning best picture, the artist, paying homage to silent era, silent black and white film, the first wordless picture to win top honor since 1929. that was the first year of the oscar ceremonies. the film also won for best actor, going to jean dujardin, best original score, best costume design and best director. last night best original screen play went to woody allen, he was not there. best original song for the muppets and best supporting actress, octavia spencer for the help. best supporting actor christopher plummer for
as search and rescue attempts continue, the focus moves 0en to who is to blame for the sinking of a giant ocean liner off the italian coast. and we ll tell you which production houses is big at the golden globes and what these awards tell us about the upcoming oscar ceremonies. first up, though, if the new year promised a new europe, well, some people could be disappointed. standard & poors last week had other ideas completely. to nobody s great surprise, this particular influential company decided to downgrade the credit scores of nine countries across the euro zone on friday. these particular downgrades apply to a large swath of central and southern europe. it is this country in the center here, france, that is commanding all the headlines today. this after france lost its treasured aaa rating. that in turn, some economists say could undermine the a aa rating of the total esfs. one country as well that s hitting the headlines, one country that will ill afford any more b
and stock markets react as well. european stocks closing down on grave concerns on what s happening on the euro zone and whether italy will be able to pay its bills. and stresses that we re seeing in the italian bond market. when you talk about stocks, stocks are much smaller than the overall bond market. the bond market is where governments, companies go to borrow money to keep going. the cost to borrow for governments, governments in trouble, has been rising. you have that above 7% now. 7.3% for italy to borrow money. that s even with the european central bank buying italian bonds and with europe doing things to stabilize things. 7% is seen as a dangerous signal, fredricka. when you ve seen rates climb that high before, it s triggered a bailout. how can you bail out italy? it s the third largest bond market and economy in europe. look at greece, for example, 27% the interest rates on greece bonds. greece can barely can t borrow money, quite frankly, anymore, because of it