voting is under way in nigeria to elect a new president. the incumbent, muhammadu buhari, is stepping aside after serving the maximum two terms in office. the result isn t expected before monday. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attractions. british acting royalty was in town, with dame helen mirren portraying israeli prime minister golda meir. cate blanchett, oscar nominated for her performance in tar, walked the red carpet, as did steven spielberg, at the festival for a lifetime achievement award. and we look at queer cinema in berlin, which was making qu
and everyone cared. that is no longer true. people are very comfortable now being outspoken about the sexism, the inequality that women have suffered - through for decades. tonight, we frigging broke that glass ceiling! cheering and applause. hello from los angeles. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, in the wake of the academy awards, we look back at the changing face of hollywood, the efforts that are being made to bring about greater diversity and inclusion. with the oscars now over, the film industry is reflecting on how it all went. the first academy awards ceremony took place in this landmark hollywood hotel in 1929. 95 years on, the oscars is facing challenges. wings was the very first movie to win an academy award for best picture. a silent film, a story involving world war i combat pilots in love with the same woman. the oscars ceremony that year was attended byjust 270 people at the hollywood roosevelt hotel, and it lasted just 15 mi
everybody went to the movies and everyone cared. that is no longer true. people are very comfortable now i being outspoken about the sexism, the inequality that women have suffered through for decades. i tonight, we frigging broke that glass ceiling! cheering and applause. hello from los angeles. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, in the wake of the academy awards, we look back at the changing face of hollywood, the efforts that are being made to bring about greater diversity and inclusion. with the oscars now over, the film industry is reflecting on how it all went. the first academy awards ceremony took place in this landmark hollywood hotel in 1929. 95 years on, the oscars is facing challenges. wings was the very first movie to win an academy award for best picture. a silent film, a story involving world war i combat pilots in love with the same woman. the oscars ceremony that year was attended byjust 270 people at the hollywood roosevelt ho
officials saying the dirtbags first son s laptop was russian disinformation. well, it turns out that the biden campaign orchestrated the entire thing. ex-cia director mike morel revealing in sworn testimony that secretary of state, now secretary of state antony blinken, who was then a senior biden campaign advisor, led the effort to release that letter. republican jim jordan ripping into the revelation. that letter became the basis for keeping this information from the american people, and the other thing that was important we learned in that deposition with mr. morel, mr. morel was trying to direct who the biden campaign told him who to get this to in the media. it was that coordinated. that is the scary thing. it was a little political operation and the most important fact is, laura, it was false. jeanine: both joe and hunter used that letter as proof to dismiss the laptop. 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he is accusing me of is a russian plan
has deployed such arms outside its territory in almost 30 years. the us department of defence said it was monitoring the situation but did not currently see any reason to adjust its nuclear posture. now on bbc news, talking movies: the changing face of hollywood. 10 seconds. people were genuinely excited about the movies and about movie stars. on oscar night, it was a big deal. it was huge. everybody went to the movies and everyone cared. that is no longer true. people are very comfortable now being outspoken - about the sexism, the inequality that women have suffered through for decades. tonight, we frigging broke that glass ceiling! cheering and applause. hello from los angeles. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, in the wake of the academy awards, we look back at the changing face of hollywood, the efforts that are being made to bring about greater diversity and inclusion. with the oscars now over, the film industry is reflecting on how it