pressure and is preparing to send leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. and everything, everywhere all at once leads the oscar nominations, with 11 nods. we ll look at what else has made the cut. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start the show in new zealand, where chris hipkins has just been sworn in as the country s new prime minister after the shock resignation of jacinda ardern last week, who said she didn t have enough in the tank to continue in the job. prime minister hipkins was sworn in at government house in wellington, alongside carmel sepuloni, who becomes the country s first pasifika deputy prime minister. mr hipkins labour party will face a general election in october. for more on this, i m joined by stephen hoadley, associate professor of politics and international relations at the university of auckland. it s wonderful to get you on the programme. in the first instance, perhaps you could tell us mo
what does an oscar nomination mean? is it still the gold standard? in practical terms, it puts a lot of eyes on your movie. people that did not see it before, now they see it, people that didn t see it before, now they see it, because it s nominated. if you win, the same thing, and it is undoubtedly the golden standard. # keep me close.# one final factor that could also help boost ratings, best song nominations for rihanna for black panther: wakanda forever and lady gaga for top gun: maverick. it means we could see two of music s stars performing on the big night. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the indian film, rrr has been nominated for best original song. it tells the fictional story of two real life indian revolutionaries, fighting british rule. have a look. song: naatu naat naartuu