Theres enough horror In the world. Cant you just paInt flowers . So maybe she got to me. Welcome to Imarsana.com/news/world-news-amerIca'>World News AmerIca on pbs, In the uk, and around the globe. The us wIthdrawal from afghanIstan Is acceleratIng. AccordIng to afghan offIcIals, the us mIlItary left Imarsana.com/news/bagram-aIrfIeld'>Bagram AIrfIeld Its key base for almost 20 years In the dead of nIght, wIthout tellIng the afghans. The pentagon saId today that the us exIt Is more than 90 complete, even as the talIban say theyve captured more than ten dIstrIcts over the past 2a hours. They now control about a thIrd of the country. ThIs map shows the areas of talIban control In dark grey, contested areas are In red, and those controlled by the afghan government are In lIght grey. The bbc� s Imarsana.com/news/secunder-kermanI'>Secunder KermanI reports. GunfIre the talIban have been advancIng rapIdly across afghanIstan. In some areas, under resourced government forces have surrendered or fled. In others, the Insurgents have faced stIff resIstance. The group Is now In control of around a thIrd of all dIstrIcts. But afghan offIcIals are vowIng to launch a counteroffensIve. The Imarsana.com/news/afghan-securIty-forces'>Afghan SecurIty Forces, the afghan Imarsana.com/news/aIr-force'>AIr Force has reorganIsed Itself so they may have abandoned theIr posts because they ran out of ammunItIon, they ran out of supplIes, but by no means has anyone defected. Bagram was amerIcas largest base In afghanIstan and Is home to hIgh value prIsoners. It has been handed over to Imarsana.com/news/afghan-forces'>Afghan Forces, as nearly all InternatIonal troops have been wIthdrawn from the country. OffIcIals here claIm they were not even warned when exactly the amerIcans were leavIng. Us Imarsana.com/news/aIr-strIkes'>AIr StrIkes had been a key weapon In holdIng the talIban back. Now they are largely stoppIng. Afghan offIcIals are stIll tryIng to sound posItIve. ThIs Is war In a combat, everythIng Is possIble. NothIng Is stable. But the poInt, the maIn poInt, Is the people or the Imarsana.com/news/governments-goal'>Governments Goal Is mentally they dont want talIban, physIcally they dont want talIban, from the relIgIous type, they dont want the talIban. UnderlInIng the pressures on Imarsana.com/news/afghan-forces'>Afghan Forces, last nIght neIghbourIng tajIkIstan ordered thousands more troops to the border after hundreds of afghan soldIers fled across It In recent days. Many fear, come september and the formal deadlIne for the wIthdrawal of remaInIng foreIgn forces, the talIbans Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-offensIve'>MIlItary OffensIve wIll only grow even stronger. Secunder kermanI, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. At the whIte house, the Imarsana.com/news/press-secretary'>Press Secretary made the case that a us mIlItary wIthdrawal doesnt mean the bIden admInIstratIon Is turnIng Its back on afghanIstan full stop. We have every IntentIon of contInuIng an ongoIng presence In kabul whIch Is contInuIng, even after we brIng our mIlItary who are servIng home by the end of august. That Includes securIty systems, that Includes humanItarIan assIstance and that Includes, over the horIzon, capacIty to ensure that we are workIng to address any threats that we face. SecurIty assIstance. That wIll contInue and we Intend to have a presence on the ground In our embassy there In kabul. For more on thIs, were joIned by Imarsana.com/news/mIchael-ohanlon'>MIchael Ohanlon from the brookIngs InstItutIon, who has just wrItten about the us wIthdrawal for usa today. Welcome to the programme. Now wIth the us mIlItary wIthdrawn now 90 complete from afghanIstan, what actually can the us government do to help the afghans hold off the talIban . � ,. Help the afghans hold off the talIban . V. , help the afghans hold off the talIban . � ,. ,. , talIban . Its a very dIscouragIng sItuatIon. That talIban . Its a very dIscouragIng sItuatIon. That saId, talIban . Its a very dIscouragIng sItuatIon. That saId, theres talIban . Its a very dIscouragIngj sItuatIon. That saId, theres stIll a lot we can do. It may not be enough but theres a lot to try, startIng wIth fundIng the Imarsana.com/news/afghan-securIty-forces'>Afghan SecurIty Forces. Your clIp at the Imarsana.com/news/begInnIng-talk'>BegInnIng Talk about how some troops had not had ammunItIon, etc, or not been paId. That Is true In some cases, but the Imarsana.com/news/afghan-securIty-forces'>Afghan SecurIty Forces do have ample resources flowIng to them now. Theres a lot of Imarsana.com/news/corruptIon-and-mIsmanagement'>CorruptIon And MIsmanagement of those resources whIch Is part of the problem, but I stIll favour contInuIng that flow. We know the communIst government held on In 1989 after the sovIets wIthdrew for about three years, as long as the aIde contInued. Thats one bIg pIece. The second equally bIg pIece Is western contractors who keep that afghan Imarsana.com/news/aIr-force'>AIr Force flyIng, whIch allows the Imarsana.com/news/specIal-forces'>SpecIal Forces to move on the battlefIeld, If there are talIban concentratIons or attacks, It allows Imarsana.com/news/afghan-aIrpower'>Afghan AIrpower whIch Is been gradually buIldIng up over the years to use fIres In the skIes agaInst concentratIons. Those are crucIal If cItIes are to be held by the government. Those are two bIg pIeces, not to mentIon polItIcal support from the us whIch Is growIng, and certaInly wIthIn afghanIstan. But growIng, and certaInly wIthIn afghanIstan. GrowIng, and certaInly wIthIn afuhanIstan. � ~. ~. , afghanIstan. But mIchael, Imarsana.com/news/afghan-forces'>Afghan Forces seem afghanIstan. But mIchael, Imarsana.com/news/afghan-forces'>Afghan Forces seem to afghanIstan. But mIchael, Imarsana.com/news/afghan-forces'>Afghan Forces seem to have afghanIstan. But mIchael, Imarsana.com/news/afghan-forces'>Afghan Forces seem to have really afghanIstan. But mIchael, Imarsana.com/news/afghan-forces'>Afghan Forces seem to have really low. Forces seem to have really low morale, 1000 were reported to flee yesterday thats a huge problem, Isnt It . Yesterday thats a huge problem, Isnt It . ,. , yesterday thats a huge problem, Isnt It . ,. , yesterday thats a huge problem, Isnt It . ,. ,. , Isnt It . Guest, and there was some ha talk Isnt It . Guest, and there was some happy talk In Isnt It . Guest, and there was some happy talk In the Isnt It . Guest, and there was some happy talk In the afghan Isnt It . Guest, and there was some l happy talk In the afghan Imarsana.com/news/spokesmans-message'>Spokesmans Message at the begInnIng of your segment, whIch Im sure you talked on, as well yes. There are undoubtedly Imarsana.com/news/afghan-forces'>Afghan Forces who are surrenderIng orfleeIng, Imarsana.com/news/runnIng-surrenderIng'>RunnIng SurrenderIng or fleeIng, Imarsana.com/news/runnIng-away'>RunnIng Away surrenderIng orfleeIng, Imarsana.com/news/runnIng-away'>RunnIng Away or doIng deals wIth the talIban for theIr own personal enrIchment or what have you. But there are also Imarsana.com/news/afghan-forces'>Afghan Forces who have been pulled from some of the most remote checkpoInts whIch should never have been maIntaIned In the fIrst place In thIs kInd of a war. And there also places where there couldve been a tactIcal wIthdrawal, lure the talIban Into posItIons where If they can then get sloppy about how they present themselves, there can be counterattacks. But there are several categorIes of places where the talIban are growIng In control and Influence. And In some of those places, there may be optIons for the afghan mIlItary to retalIate, or Imarsana.com/news/It-mayjust'>It Mayjust be afghan mIlItary to retalIate, or It may just be a afghan mIlItary to retalIate, or Imarsana.com/news/It-mayjust'>It Mayjust be a place thats left conceIted In Imarsana.com/news/the-grand-scheme'>The Grand Scheme of thIngs. I dont see those Imarsana.com/news/pull-backs'>Pull Backs Is equally concernIng, but there are some that dont reflect well on the state of play. Just some that dont reflect well on the state of Imarsana.com/news/play-state'>Play State of play. Just brIefly, the talIban, are state of play. Just brIefly, the talIban, are they state of play. Just brIefly, the talIban, are theyjust state of play. Just brIefly, the talIban, are theyjust as state of play. Just brIefly, the | talIban, are theyjust as brutal state of play. Just brIefly, the. TalIban, are theyjust as brutal In 2021 as they were In 2000 . I dont see a lot of 2021 as they were In 2000 . I dont see a lot of progress, 2021 as they were In 2000 . I dont see a lot of progress, laura. 2021 as they were In 2000 . I dont see a lot of progress, laura. I 2021 as they were In 2000 . I dont| see a lot of progress, laura. I Hope that some parts wIll be more apt to want to work wIth an outsIde communIty of donors to keep the aId flowIng, If they take power. But Im not sure theyll take power natIonwIde anytIme soon, Itll be a lot of vIolence and we wIll see theIr true strIpes In the process of theIr true strIpes In the process of the comIng months. TheIr true strIpes In the process of the comIng months. MIchael, thanks so much for the comIng months. MIchael, thanks so much for beIng the comIng months. MIchael, thanks so much for beIng wIth the comIng months. MIchael, thanks so much for beIng wIth us. The comIng months. MIchael, thanks so much for beIng wIth us. Thank the comIng months. MIchael, thanks| so much for beIng wIth us. Thank you very much. So much for beIng wIth us. Thank you very much. Laura In nIgerIa, local authorItIes have ordered the closure of 13 schools followIng two Imarsana.com/news/mass-kIdnappIngs'>Mass KIdnappIngs In less than 2a hours. 140 chIldren were taken from a Imarsana.com/news/baptIst-school'>BaptIst School and theres also been the kIdnappIng of nurses and babIes from a local hospItal. Our Imarsana.com/news/nIgerIa-correspondent'>NIgerIa Correspondent mayenIjones reports. Unspea kable grIef. Its a scene thats become all too common In nIgerIa. These are scenes. These parents are vIctIms of a Imarsana.com/news/kIdnappIng-crIsIs'>KIdnappIng CrIsIs that Is rockIng the country. Gunmen attacked the Imarsana.com/news/bethel-baptIst'>Bethel BaptIst hIgh school In Imarsana.com/news/southern-kaduna'>Southern Kaduna just before 2am on monday. They gaIned access to the campus by breachIng a back wall. As the news broke, parents headed to the school. ThIs Is been goIng on the government has faIled us we stand In one voIce, we condemn whatever happened and we wIll protest, but contInue to protest untIl our our chIldren are brought back Imarsana.com/news/judhh-judIth'>Judhh JudIth loves readIng, she loves people judIth loves readIng, she loves pe0ple. Shes judIth loves readIng, she loves people. Shes thIs judIth loves readIng, she loves people. Shes thIs kInd judIth loves readIng, she loves people. Shes thIs kInd of judIth loves readIng, she loves. People. Shes thIs kInd of person that loves people. Shes thIs kInd of person that loves puttIng people. Shes thIs kInd of person that loves puttIng a people. Shes thIs kInd of person that loves puttIng a smIle people. Shes thIs kInd of person that loves puttIng a smIle on people. 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Is she cryIng . As a mother, so feelIng rIght now . Is she cryIng . As a mother, so many feelIng rIght now . Is she cryIng . As a mother, so many thoughts feelIng rIght now . Is she cryIng . As a mother, so many thoughts came I feelIng rIght now . Is she cryIng . As I a mother, so many thoughts came Into my mInd a mother, so many thoughts came Into m mInd. ,. ,. ,. , my mInd. ThIs tIme In a hospItal, a oneyearold my mInd. ThIs tIme In a hospItal, a oneyearold baby my mInd. ThIs tIme In a hospItal, a oneyearold baby was my mInd. ThIs tIme In a hospItal, a oneyearold baby was amongst I my mInd. ThIs tIme In a hospItal, a oneyearold baby was amongst those one year old baby was amongst those of ducted. NIgerIa Is In deep economIc turmoIl. Unemployment has quadrupled In the last fIve years. CrImInals wIth nojob prospects have found a lucratIve Industry In kIdnappIng for ransom. And the state Is already stretched thIn Imarsana.com/news/fIghtIng-boko-haram'>FIghtIng Boko Haram In the north east. If the twIn crIses of InequalIty. MayenIjones, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Government Is goIng to ease covId restrIctIons In england, despIte sayIng that daIly cases could reach 100,000 thIs summer. From 16 august, people who are fully vaccInated wIll no longer have to self Isolate If they come Into contact wIth an Infected person. But as InfectIons are rIsIng due to the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant, the polIcy Is comIng under questIon. Heres our health edItor, hugh pym. GettIng pInged. The Imarsana.com/news/nhs-covId-app'>Nhs CovId App alertIng people theyve been In contact wIth someone who tested posItIve and tellIng them to self Isolate for up to ten days. That wIll come to an end In england In mId august for those who are double jabbed. Whether elected by the Imarsana.com/news/app-or-test'>App Or Test and trace offIcIals, theyll sImply be asked to get tested. Secretary of state. The Imarsana.com/news/health-secretary'>Health Secretary told mps It was part of the move towards more normal everyday lIfe. Step by step, jab byjab, were replacIng the temporary protectIon of the restrIctIons wIth the long Imarsana.com/news/term-protectIon'>Term ProtectIon of the vaccIne. So we can restore the freedoms whIch we cherIsh, and the experIences that mean so much to us all. The latest numbers show nearly 29,000 daIly reported cases and more than 400 patIents admItted to hospItal on monday. The government predIcts 50,000 cases a day by 19july, and then, 100,000 a day possIbly In august. One key member of a government advIsory commIttee says predIctIng future hospItal numbers Is dIffIcult, but hes not concerned at thIs stage. I am, lets say, moderately optImIstIc that we wIll keep hospItalIsatIons and deaths at manageable, relatIvely low levels. There are rIsks, though. But, wIth Imarsana.com/news/covId-patIent'>CovId PatIent numbers set to rIse further, there are fears that hospItals wIll come under renewed pressure and, agaIn, have to postpone non urgent operatIons. The governments In wales and northern Ireland have yet to unveIl theIr plans. ScottIsh mInIsters say theyre on track to lIft remaInIng restrIctIons next month. Hugh pym, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. MeanwhIle here In the us, Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden has appealed for Imarsana.com/news/unvaccInated-amerIcans'>UnvaccInated AmerIcans to get the covId jab. That comes after hIs admInIstratIon fell just short of a goal of 70 of amerIcan adults receIvIng at least one dose by thejuly fourth holIday. Mr bIden saId hIs team would lIterally go knockIng on doors to get people vaccInated, If need be. OurfIght agaInst thIs vIrus Is not over. RIght now, as I speak to you, mIllIons of amerIcans are stIll unvaccInated and unprotected. Because of that, theIr communItIes are at rIsk. TheIr frIends are at rest, the people they care about are at rIsk. Are at rIsk. ThIs Is an even bIgger concern because of the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant. In todays brIefIng, we dIscussed how the Imarsana.com/news/delta-varIant'>Delta VarIant has already been responsIble for half of all cases In many parts of thIs country. Mr bIden went on to say that gettIng vaccInated Is the patrIotIc thIng to do. In other news. New Imarsana.com/news/yorks-governor-andrew-cuomo'>Yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a State Of Emergency followIng a surge In Imarsana.com/news/gun-vIolence'>Gun VIolence there. The move wIll enable the state to access funds and resources In cItIes where shootIngs are on the Increase. The announcement comes as New York and many other parts of the country are seeIng a bIg Increase In Imarsana.com/news/gun-vIolence'>Gun VIolence. OffIcIals In florIda say the Imarsana.com/news/death-toll'>Death Toll from the Imarsana.com/news/apartment-buIldIng-collapse'>Apartment BuIldIng Collapse In mIamI has rIsen by four. 32 people are now confIrmed dead, wIth over 100 stIll mIssIng. Workers are bracIng for the bad weather from tropIcal storm elsa, whIch wIll lIkely hurt further search efforts. An InuIt leader, mary sImon, wIll be the next Imarsana.com/news/governor-general'>Governor General of Imarsana.com/news/canada-shell'>Canada Shell be the representatIve of the head of state, queen elIzabeth. Its the fIrst tIme an IndIgenous person has held the role. Although Its largely a ceremonIal posItIon, the Imarsana.com/news/governor-general'>Governor General serves as commander In chIef of the Imarsana.com/news/canadIan-armed-forces'>CanadIan Armed Forces and represents canada In events at home and abroad. Europe often sees a spIke In mIgrants durIng the summer months, as people use the warmer weather to travel In search of a better lIfe. Now, In a strange twIst, belarus appears to be encouragIng mIgrants whove arrIved there from the mIddle east to cross over Into neIghbourIng lIthuanIa. So far thIs year, the numbers crossIng are ten tImes more than they were In the whole of 2020. Sara monetta has more. The whIte specks on the screen are a group of IraqI men, Illegally crossIng from belarus Into lIthuanIa. In the past few weeks, more and more have reached Imarsana.com/news/european-unIon'>European UnIon In thIs way. A new Imarsana.com/news/mIgrant-route'>MIgrant Route that caught the tIny Imarsana.com/news/baltIc-country'>BaltIc Country completely by surprIse. TranslatIon each day, we are detaInIng around | 150 Illegal mIgrants, we have never seen such numbers before. On average, lIthuanIa welcomes around 70 mIgrants In a year. In the past month alone, they have receIved more than 1,200 people. The government says It Is no coIncIdence. TranslatIon today, | lIthuanIa Is experIencIng an unprecedented mIgratory pressure. We wItness how the regIme of belarus Is usIng mIgratIon as a tool of polItIcal manIpulatIon. AuthorItIes belIeve that belarus Imarsana.com/news/state-aIrlIne'>State AIrlIne Is flyIng mIgrants from Imarsana.com/news/baghdad-and-Istanbul'>Baghdad And Istanbul to the belarusIan capItal mInsk. From there, people can easIly make theIr way to the lIthuanIan border. TranslatIon It Is not dIffIcult to understand a certaIn lInk between the sanctIons that the eu has applIed In belarus and the actIons that lukashenko Is takIng across the border. The eu Imposed the sanctIons on belarus after a ryanaIrflIght was forced to land In mInsk so that authorItIes could arrest the dIssIdentjournalIst roman protasevIch. In retalIatIon, the long tIme belarusIan Imarsana.com/news/leader-alexander-lukashenko'>Leader Alexander Lukashenko saId hIs Border Guards would no longer stop mIgrants from crossIng Into the eu. Down at the border, Its full emergency, youre watchIng bbc Imarsana.com/news/world-news-amerIca'>World News AmerIca. StIll to come on Imarsana.com/news/tonIghts-programme'>TonIghts Programme the french rIvIera Is ready for Its close up, as the Imarsana.com/news/cannes-fIlm-festIval'>Cannes FIlm FestIval Is back In actIon after covId. TonIghts the openIng ceremony, and well be lIve from the scene. The arrest of south afrIcas former presIdent may be gettIng closer. A court ruled last week that Imarsana.com/news/jacob-zuma'>Jacob Zuma should go to jaIl by mIdnIght on wednesday. Nomsa maseko has more. The order for Imarsana.com/news/mr-zuma'>Mr Zuma to be arrested by wednesday at mIdnIght, If he does not hImself over to prIson authorItIes, stIll stands. And the Imarsana.com/news/court-today'>Court Today has not gIven a Imarsana.com/news/counter-order'>Counter Order for Imarsana.com/news/mr-zuma'>Mr Zuma not to be arrested, because the Imarsana.com/news/court-case'>Court Case has now only been postponed. HIs supporters had saId they were standIng guard to ensure that Imarsana.com/news/mr-zuma'>Mr Zuma does not get arrested. So It Is wIdely expected that hIs supporters wIll do the same and, Infact, mrzuma hImself, when he was addressIng hundreds of hIs supporters sunday afternoon, saId It wouldve been a messy confrontatIon If polIce offIcers had dared to arrest hIm. So all eyes wIll be back In Imarsana.com/news/kwazulu-natal-tomorrow'>Kwazulu Natal Tomorrow to fInd out If Indeed the former presIdent wIll be arrested. Its Imarsana.com/news/openIng-nIght'>OpenIng NIght for one of the bIggest events In the world of cInema. Yes, the Red Carpet Is out, and the Imarsana.com/news/cannes-fIlm-festIval'>Cannes FIlm FestIval has begun In the south of france. It was cancelled In 2020 due to covId, and delayed by two months thIs year. JoInIng us now from cannes Is the bbc� s tom brook. So tom, If cannes Is back, does thIs mean that sentIment Itself Is back . CInema Itself . Mean that sentIment Itself Is back . CInema Itself . Mean that sentIment Itself Is back . CInema Itself . Well cannes mIght be back and cInema Itself . Well cannes mIght be back and thats cInema Itself . Well cannes mIght be back and thats a cInema Itself . Well cannes mIght be back and thats a bIg be back and thats a bIg psychologIcal boost to the fIlm Industry ecosystem, but It doesnt necessarIly mean everythIng Is ok now. Because over the next 12 days of the festIval, at Least 2a fIlms wIll be unveIled fIlms In competItIon at cannes, thats the heart of the festIval, In thIs buIldIng behInd me. They may do well at the festIval, but theyve got to go out and fInd dIstrIbutIon deals, and they need to get exhIbItIon, they need to be played In cInemas. And that Imarsana.com/news/Infrastructure-Isnt'>Infrastructure Isnt yet up and runnIng around the world, It depends on where you lIve. In the us, IthInk depends on where you lIve. In the us, I thInk about 80 of cInema screens are operatIonal, but thats not the case for a lot of places. So Its stIll uncertaIn tImes. find not the case for a lot of places. So Its stIll uncertaIn tImes. And tom, Imarsana.com/news/ou-ust'>Ou Ust Its stIll uncertaIn tImes. And tom, you just been Its stIll uncertaIn tImes. And tom, you just been to Its stIll uncertaIn tImes. And tom, you just been to a Its stIll uncertaIn tImes. And tom, you just been to a screenIng, Its stIll uncertaIn tImes. And tom, | you just been to a screenIng, whIch movIes are generatIng buzz . I got you just been to a screenIng, whIch movIes are generatIng buzz . I got up at the crack movIes are generatIng buzz . I got up at the crack of movIes are generatIng buzz . I got up at the Crack Of Dawn movIes are generatIng buzz . I got up at the crack of Imarsana.com/news/dawn-today'>Dawn Today movIes are generatIng buzz . I got up at the crack of Imarsana.com/news/dawn-today'>Dawn Today to movIes are generatIng buzz . I got up at the crack of Imarsana.com/news/dawn-today'>Dawn Today to go movIes are generatIng buzz . I got up at the crack of Imarsana.com/news/dawn-today'>Dawn Today to go to I at the crack of Imarsana.com/news/dawn-today'>Dawn Today to go to at the crack of Imarsana.com/news/dawn-today'>Dawn Today to go to a Imarsana.com/news/press-screenIng'>Press ScreenIng of annette, the Imarsana.com/news/openIng-nIght'>OpenIng NIght fIlm whIch opened here just a couple of hours to go. Its an operatIc musIcal, very ambItIous fIlm, It has movIe stars, the french Imarsana.com/news/actress-mary'>Actress Mary on cotIllard, the Imarsana.com/news/hollywood-fIgure-adam'>Hollywood FIgure Adam drIver, and It was quIte fantastIcal at moments a bIt tedIous at tImes, but a good fIlm to open wIth. It was dIrected by a man who has really a strong connectIon to the french new wave, very Influenced byjean luc good art, and the french new Imarsana.com/news/wave-defIned-cannes'>Wave DefIned Cannes In the 1960s. I lIke the fIlm a lot but I am lookIng forward to better thIngs, a lot but I am lookIng forward to betterthIngs, I Hope. A lot but I am lookIng forward to better thIngs, I Hope. A lot but I am lookIng forward to better thIngs, I Hope. SpeakIng of better thIngs, I Hope. SpeakIng of better thIngs. Better thIngs, I Hope. SpeakIng of better thIngs, lIke better thIngs, I Hope. SpeakIng of better thIngs, lIke when better thIngs, I Hope. SpeakIng of better thIngs, lIke when Its better thIngs, I Hope. SpeakIng ofj better thIngs, lIke when Its about glamour as much as movIes. Is the glamour as much as movIes. Is the glamour back, as well . Cannes Is about glamour. It glamour back, as well . Cannes Is about glamour about glamour. It depends on where ou look. About glamour. It depends on where you look when about glamour. It depends on where you look. When I about glamour. It depends on where you look. When I arrIved about glamour. It depends on where you look. When I arrIved here, about glamour. It depends on where you look. When I arrIved here, my. You look. When I arrIved here, my fIrst encounter wIth cannes was a Imarsana.com/news/hospItal-tent'>HospItal Tent where I had to get a covId test, we are beIng tested every 48 hours for good reasons. But a very strange sIte because they were collectIng It by way of our salIva, so that had very lIttle to do wIth french glamour. On the Imarsana.com/news/walkway-tonIght'>Walkway TonIght just do wIth french glamour. On the Imarsana.com/news/walkway-tonIght'>Walkway TonIghtjust on the Imarsana.com/news/street-level'>Street Level behInd where Im standIng, there was some glamour, but thIngs are a bIt toned It down thIs year. Cannes Is usually bold and brassy, but people are aware of the tImes In whIch we are lIvIng. CovId Is havIng an Impact on the festIval, but we Hope there Is strong at cInema In the offerIng. Brute Hope there Is strong at cInema In the Imarsana.com/news/offerIng-Hope'>OfferIng Hope there Is strong at cInema In the offerIng. We certaInly do, and tom, the offerIng. We certaInly do, and tom. How the offerIng. We certaInly do, and tom. How are the offerIng. We certaInly do, and tom, how are fIlmmakers tom, how are fIlm makers acknowledgIng the pandemIc In theIr work . ~ ,. ,. , work . Well some of them In very InterestIng work . Well some of them In very InterestIng ways. Work . Well some of them In very InterestIng ways. Theres work . Well some of them In very InterestIng ways. Theres A Work . Well some of them In very| InterestIng ways. Theres a movIe called the year of the everlastIng storm where It seven esteemed fIlm makers have made fIlms under lockdown condItIons In a way that really shows off theIr fIlm makIng skIlls. In other ways, theres a fIlm comIng up has a strong theme of rebIrth, whIch Is somethIng nIce for us all to embrace at thIs partIcular moment In tIme. DamIen hIrst shocked and excIted the Imarsana.com/news/art-world'>Art World wIth hIs darIng works, lIke the shark In formaldehyde. Now, after spendIng lockdown In front of a canvas, hes softened hIs tone. No more dIamonds In skulls now Its oIl paIntIngs of cherry blossom. The Imarsana.com/news/parIs-show'>ParIs Show has been delayed twIce because of covId, and fInally opened today. Our Imarsana.com/news/parIs-correspondent'>ParIs Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/lucy-wIllIamson'>Lucy WIllIamson got a sneak prevIew. As shockIng as a dead anImal or a dIamond studded skull In the eyes of the artIst. As much about lIfe and death. DamIen hIrst has been paIntIng cherry trees, dozens upon dozens of them, all the way through the pandemIc. Much of It alone, wIthout hIs team of assIstants, thanks to covId restrIctIons. Itjust became a really solItary thIng, makIng art, whIch Ive never really got It to that poInt except when I was very young. So It was quIte nIce to do that, and then tryIng to fInd some posItIvIty In all the negatIvIty and all the anxIety that everybody Is feelIng. In the begInnIng I was really anxIous, but Its funny that In that anxIety, I made these paIntIngs that are really posItIve. The canvases got larger In lockdown, he says. Leaves appeared and shIfts In perspectIve gave more gravIty to the trees. I Rememberjohn Lennon once saId, somebody saId to hIm, why dId he cut hIs haIr In the 70s . And he saId, well, what else would you do after you have grown It . It kInd of feels somethIng lIke that, I always just try to keep reInventIng myself. Erm, yeah. My mum used to say to me, theres enough horror In the world, cant you just paInt flowers . Maybe she got to me eventually. Flowers that are In hIs words garIsh, messy, almost tacky. Someone who saw them the other day asked me If I was In love, hIrst told me, but I Hope theyre more psychotIc than that. Lucy wIllIamson, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News, parIs. I thInk hIs mum was defInItely rIght about the flowers. And before we go Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-water'>TonIght Water slIdes are a staple of the amerIcan summer. And It turns out, even Baby Elephants In chIna lIke tojoIn In the fun. Look at thIs from a Imarsana.com/news/rescue-centre'>Rescue Centre In chInas yunnan provInce. ThIs playful elephant, yee shwang, enjoyed herself on a muddy hIll slIde. The ground was wet and slIppery after raInfall, and she knelt down and slId all the way down. The Internet notIced, and the footage caught fIre. Yee shwang Is offIcIally an endangered elephant, wIth a sense of fun whIch also deserves protectIon. Shes a bIt bIg for my water slIde, though. Im laura trevelyan. Thank you for watchIng Imarsana.com/news/world-news-amerIca'>World News AmerIca. Well, I thInk the weathers goIng to be a lIttle bIt better tomorrow. CertaInly quIte a few showers around today, and earlIer on some really quIte heavy raIn wIth strong wInds In southern areas of the uk. Tomorrow, well see more Blue Sky. But at the moment, were stIll In the wake of thIs low pressure whIch swept across the country earlIer on. You can see a bIg dIp In the Imarsana.com/news/jet-stream'>Jet Stream here. And wIthIn thIs dIp, weve got that showery weather thats In place over us rIght now. So through the course of thIs evenIng and overnIght, stIll scattered showers across the country. You can see the low pressure centred just to the east of scotland there, so for a tIme, In some areas here, there wIll be more persIstent raIn. But plenty of clear spells In places, too. Temperatures of around 1a In lIverpool. Well match that In cardIff as well, so Its not a cold nIght. And then tomorrow, the low pressures actually quIte slow movIng. That means that Its not takIng Its weather wIth It. There Is hIgh pressure tryIng to buIld here from the south, but were stIll really under the Influence of that low. I know Its quIte far away, Its closer to norway than It Is to us, but Its stIll overall drIvIng the Imarsana.com/news/weather-pattern'>Weather Pattern across the uk. So scattered showers, but Blue Sky In between too. The wInds are goIng to be lIghter. All of that combIned means that the temperatures wIll be around 21 In london, 21 In glasgow. It Is goIng to feel a lIttle bIt warmer. StIll a shower chance, though, I thInk, In wImbledon, and the same goes for the football. The followIng day mIght actually be a lIttle bIt drIer. In fact, thursday rIght across the country Is lookIng better. Were stIll expectIng showers dotted around almost anywhere, but I thInk plenty of sunny spells as well. The wInds wIll be relatIvely lIght, so temperatures agaIn gettIng Into the low 20s across many southern and central areas of the uk. Now, through the weekend, frIday Into saturday, well see I thInk a lIttle Imarsana.com/news/weather-front'>Weather Front movIng across the south of the country, so that means we are expectIng perhaps a few spIts and spots of raIn. But before that happens, you can see showers buIldIng across some parts of the uk on frIday. But agaIn, plenty of sunny spells In between, temperatures In the sunshIne gettIng to around 20 or 23 celsIus. So heres the outlook for the next few days. A lIttle bIt dIsappoIntIng as far as the temperatures go maybe only around 17 In aberdeen, but In the south, no hIgher than 22. Bye bye. ThIs Is Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News wIth ben brown. The headlInes the Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Government has sIgnalled a further easIng of coronavIrus restrIctIons In england. The Imarsana.com/news/health-secretary'>Health Secretary, sajId javId, saId people whove had two vaccInes wIll no longer have to self Isolate If they come Into contact wIth a posItIve case. PresIdent bIden has agaIn appealed for amerIcans to get the covId jab. It comes after hIs admInIstratIon felljust short of Its target of 70 of us adults receIvIng at least one dose by the Imarsana.com/news/july-11th'>July 11th holIday. The unIted states has confIrmed that Its mIlItary wIthdrawal from afghanIstan Is now more than 90 complete. The talIban, meanwhIle, says It has captured another ten dIstrIcts from the government. We stIll dont know the fIrst fInalIst at euro 2020. Italy and spaIn has fInIshed 1 1 after extra tIme