presidential elections where the economy and immigration are key voter concerns. huge political rallies have been held to drum up support. ukraine s most senior security official tells the bbc the country is ready to launch its long expected counter offensive against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . a man arrested after a car crashed into the gates of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. now on bbc news, amol rajan interviews: watergate to trump. in every trade, there are certain names that are held up as the gold standard. when i started out in newspapers in fact, for most of the past 50 years there have been two names that stood apart and stood above any others in journalism. bob woodward and carl bernstein were the reporters at the heart of the watergate scandal, and
describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . a man arrested after a car crashed into the gates of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. now on bbc news. talking movies cannes film festival special. hello from the french riviera. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from one of the world s great movie events, the cannes film festival. coming up in the programme the excitement of cannes. the strong lineup of films and the wealth of famous names from international cinema on the red carpet. top movie stars on being in cannes. harrison ford returning as indiana jones, overwhelmed by the festival s adulation. it was, uh, indescribable. adored by his fans but not by all, the once mighty hollywood superstar johnny depp in cannes discussing with me, if somewhat uncomfortably, his comeback role. i mean, comeback is a weird thing because. he never left. no, i didn t go anywhere, you know
has been released while under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. now on bbc news it s time for talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. eyeing up africa as the west competes with china, when of an when of an african when of an african country when of an african country is when of an african country is leading the way in renewable energy but connection itself and i am fully dependent on fossil fuels to being able to export clean energy to europe as we tackle climate change because mac is an ambitious plan so i m going to be discussing this with easily over there. big boss of web africa s largest renewable energy companies, energy et from the world bank and a leading moroccan environmental campaigner. also on the show, i m going to sit down with a moroccan government minister tasked with the mighty
under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. now on bbc news, sudan fighting: caught in the shrapnel. gunfire. it s mid april. as violence breaks out in sudan, disturbing images of possible war crimes are emerging, being carried out on medical facilities and staff by both sides. the warring factions of formerly allied militia empty the streets of the capital. we wanted our contact on the ground to verify what s going on, but it s impossible. using satellite data and mapping tools, we analysed user generated content on a huge scale and spoke to dozens of doctors to build a picture of whether war crimes are being committed and the impact this is having on millions of people. so how did this conflict begin? on the one side, there s the government sudanese army often referred to as the saf, led by this man, general fattah al burhan. opposing him is general mohamed dagalo hemeti, who runs the rapid support force, or rsf. t
against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov told the bbc the planned assault was an historic opportunity but the government had no right to make a mistake when making such an important decision. mr danilov has been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. we have been talking about this counteroffensive for months, and during that time ukraine has been building up stockpiles of ammunition, it s been taking receipt of tanks and armoured vehicles from the west. it s been training its troops as much as it can. so when we sat down with oleksiy danilov, the man who is at the heart of what is effectively ukraine s war cabinet, it was inevitable that we were going to talk about the circumstances around which this counteroffensive may at some stage begin and this is what he told me. translation: we will figure out | when that will start so we can have that best result at that point of war. it could happen tomorrow, the day after tomorrow or in a