to future generations. britain has accused the kremlin of planning to install a pro russian leader in ukraine, as fears of an invasion grow. the foreign office in london says a former ukrainian mp is being considered as a potential candidate, along with four other politicians, who it says have links to the russian intelligence services. russia has 100,000 troops on ukraine s border, but denies it intends to invade. james waterhouse reports now from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. the friendship of nations arch, built by the soviets to celebrate the closeness between russians and ukrainians. that crack was painted on by activists a few years ago as relations between the two countries deteriorated. and as talks intensify about a possible invasion, the hope is things don t break down completely. tensions are still rising on the border and today russian jets made their way to joint military drills with neighbouring belarus. ukrainian ministers have welcomed a delivery of american mi
it s time for click. this week, it is pure box office. we will find out how to buy into the latest blockchain blockbuster. we ll talk to the titanic talent behind terminator. we will give a vfx artist a ring or ten. and did someone mention box office? well, iam in a box, at least. los angeles, the place where anything is possible even the weird stuff that i ve got up to here over the years. it s a town that revels in the new and right now, that town seems to be talking about nfts. now, as a reminder, nfts are a way of recording who owns what mainly digital art and music. frankly, the mind still boggles every time i remember that this image by beeple sold for almost $17 million at auction. so, i thought i would jump on the bandwagon. now, anyone can create or mint an nft. in fact, i have minted myself, which was refreshing! that means that this mini animation now has a unique identifier which has been recorded on. ..the blockchain! an indisputable record of who owns
government policy on covid because you get this, it looks quite normal, but nobody knows the answer to the big question, how long will it go on for? and the sherpa brothers returning home after becoming the first nepali team to reach the south pole, as they try to achieve the hallowed explorers grand slam. the uk government says it has uncovered a plot by president putin to install pro russian leadership in ukraine, amid increasing tension over a possible invasion. moscow has urged the uk to stop as it said spreading nonsense . russia has over a hundred thousand troops on ukraine s border, but denies it intends to invade. james waterhouse reports now from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. the friendship of nations arch, built by the soviets to celebrate the closeness between russians and ukrainians. that crack was painted on by activists a few years ago as relations between the two countries deteriorated. and as talks intensify about a possible invasion, the hope is things d
more news coming up. cheerio. hello, and a very warm welcome again to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases, mark kermode again. hi, mark. hello. we are fully into award season. yes! ..as you can tell by the kind of big beasts that are coming into the cinema. so, we have belfast, which is the new film by kenneth branagh. we have nightmare alley, which is the new film by guillermo del toro. and we have ajournal forjordan, which is the new film by denzel washington. so, belfast. yeah. kenneth branagh grew up in belfast. he did. some people might not realise. and this is very much inspired by his childhood. it is the story of a nine year old boy in 60s belfast whose main worry is he s fallen in love with somebody at school and he doesn t know how to talk to her and he needs to take advice on the subject, and he takes advice largely from his grandmother and grandfather, played by ciaran hinds and damejudi dench. here s a beautiful clip from
every time i remember that this image by beeple sold for almost $17 million at auction. so, i thought i d jump on the bandwagon. now, anyone can create, or mint an nft. in fact, i havejust minted myself, which was refreshing! that means that this mini animation now has a unique identifier which has been recorded on. ..the blockchain! an indisputable record of who owns it and who buys it afterwards. 2022 looks like being the year that hollywood sits up, takes notice and decides, yeah, i wouldn t mind a bit of all that! simon hancock has been talking to some of those hoping to mint some films to print some films and make a mint. that sounded better in my head. over to you, simon. for over 100 years, hollywood has been the centre of the movie making world. this is the city of angels, the city where people come every year to turn their dreams to reality. but those dreams, of course, don t come for free. while those in hollywood may be more used to massaging egos rather than b