has blamed ill health for the removal of former president shuejintao from the hole during the conference. he said he is attending the closing ceremony. now, on bbc news, talking movies.. hello from london, i m tom brook. the bbc is 100 years old, and as part of the bbc 100 celebrations, talking movies is going to look at the contribution the corporation has made to the british film industry over the decades, through five top directors who have picked up their skills here at the bbc. i went to meet these filmmakers who ve shaped modern cinema. the multi award winning ken loach, whose credits include the landmark movie, kes. mike leigh, known for his legendary use of improvisation in films that have brought him seven oscar nominations. james marsh who won an academy award for his celebrated documentary man on wire. mary harron who made the modern american classic american psycho, starring christian bale, and sally el hosaini, a rising star in british cinema, having just launche
hello from london, i m tom brook. the bbc is 100 years old, and as part of the bbc 100 celebrations, talking movies is going to look at the contribution the corporation has made to the british film industry over the decades, through five top directors who have picked up their skills here at the bbc. i went to meet these filmmakers who ve shaped modern cinema. the multi award winning ken loach, whose credits include the landmark movie, kes. mike leigh known for his legendary use of improvisation in films that have brought him seven 0scar nominations. james marsh, who won an academy award for his celebrated documentary man on wire. mary harron, who made the modern american classic american psycho starring christian bale, and sally el hosaini, a rising star in british cinema, having just launched herfilm, the swimmers, a story of two syrian refugee sisters to considerable acclaim at the toronto and london film festivals. the bbc may ve been around for 100 years but almost 50 yea
business with moscow. so is there a financial consequence to not taking a side? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. a former uk diplomat and adviser to the prime minister and a renowned indian economist with the ear of the modi government. also on the show, global interest rates, they are on the rise in response to rampant inflation. but is it all too little, too late in the face of soaring prices? i m going to be speaking to a former chief economist at the us treasury to find out. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello, and a warm welcome to the show. you know, since russia invaded ukraine, the western world, led by the us, has responded with a raft of sanctions looking to halt the kremlin war machine and stop the conflict. the war and the sanctions have had a huge impact on the global economy, with widespread inflation driven by soaring energy and food costs leading to warnings millions are at risk of hun
here in london, finishing at around six o clock this evening, the parade, and partying well into the night. now it s time for a look at the weather. hello. today is bringing some sunny spells, yes. but also some big shower clouds bubbling up in the sky. some of those showers will continue to be heavy and thundery. more generally cloudy and rather wet weather in the northern half of scotland and this little band of rain approaching the south east corner, although it won t arrive across parts of kent until we get into the evening. temperatures 16 21 degrees, but we will see some showery rain into the far south east later on. then, overnight, most places will be dry, but we will see some more showers feeding back into northern and western scotland and northern ireland on a strengthening breeze. that breeze will be a feature of the weather across the northern half of the uk during tomorrow. there will be showers around again but probably not as many as we have today. still potent
It began with a Defendant Flipping in the racketeering case against donald trump. Defendant ellis tearfully. We got a Bombshell Piece of news mark meadows has been granted immunity in special counsel jack smiths election interference case. Mr. Meadows reportedly told smiths team he long believed trump was dishonest about his claims he won the election, which is certainly something new. That report has not been confirmed by nbc news, and meadows lawyer is denying it so well have lot later in this hour. We start with the absolute debacle of republicans in the house of representatives, which is entering its fourth week fourth week without afo speakerf the house. Right now republicans are holding a vote Behind Closed Doors to choose their fourth nominee for speaker in less than two weeks. This morning after five rounds of voting behind cleeds doors, the party nominated its third speaker candidate, congressman tom emmer, and four hours later he dropped out the race. A source familiar with t