Able to see it before. The 92nd Academy Awards are underway in los angeles. The front runner with eleven nominations is the dark and brad pitt has been amongst the first winners picking up the award for best supporting actorfor his role in once upon a time in hollywood. The film s 1917 parasite are expected to fight it out the best picture. Live now to hollywood and our correspondent, peter bowes. You are saying in the headlines, its a tough night forjoker so far. I have them missing out on six oscars. Not great so far. Not great so far. The most nominations, 11, many of those categories not successful so far so we will see where it ends at the top of the night. The thing people are looking for, which has one in a category is parasite. Onlyjust opening in some countries around the world. It tells the story of a Family Living in a basement home in squalor. They become friends, their lives become friends, their lives become intertwined with a well to do family and its an extraordinary story. A lot of people watching that film to see if it makes mixed picture. Lots of other victories for other movies. I mention the best documentary being Barack ObamasReduction Company which was a surprise, not many knew he was involved in that kind of work. He has tweeted, congratulating the filmmakers of American Factory which is about the chinese moving into an American Factory after closing General Motors in the social consequences of that. Congratulating the filmmakers and telling a moving story. The very human consequences of wrenching economic change. Lindsay miller is with pop sugar. You deal with hollywood stop all the time. I mentioned its a fast moving oscars. Stop all the time. I mentioned its a fastmoving oscars. It has been without a host and they saw a bit of a ratings bump sol they saw a bit of a ratings bump so i think when you dont have a host, things to get on pretty quickly. Is that a good thing . The old days, the golden days of the oscars where millions and millions of people we re millions and millions of people were watching around the world, audiences have been dwindling in recent years. Its changing, its evolving. There is more and more media competing on some of the award shows are viewed by younger generations isa viewed by younger generations is a bit stuffy so i looking for ways to draw in younger viewers. Joker hasnt won anything so far. 1917, the other favourite, it has won a couple in the technical categories including the one ever predicted, cinematography. This was a great win for roger deakins. Beloved in the community. No surprises seeing him win. I mentioned earlier, there is often a war film in contention. It does seem to appeal to those oscar voters. It does seem to resonate, doesnt it . I think there is an epic quality to those movies. And lloyd turn in the supporting actress category. Its a tough watch. If youre going through problems at home. Not a great movie if you are having issues or a good first date movie. What is your prediction . A few surprises here and there. I think 1917 has a great chance but im pulling for parasite because it would be a welcome shakeup. The first Foreign Language film to win in that category. It would mark the changing of the times, the acceptability of a film with subtitles, that a lot of people dismiss, they dont want to put that much attention. They really need the voters to see that some might be resista nt to see that some might be resistant to watching subtitles. That might hurt his chances. And streaming films versus films made for the big screen. To qualify for the oscars, they have to appear in the cinema. Two of the top nine streaming films including the irishman, 3. 5 hours long, we both spent a couple of nights at home watching that. And it shows that times are changing because we have extremes at home. I think the oscars has made its mind up. Were going to see streaming game over foothold. I spoke to a part present of the academy and he sees streaming films as a threat to the cinematic experience. It discourages you from getting a communal experience. He doesnt believe that some of his academy collea g u es that some of his academy colleagues would vote for a steaming streaming phil. Colleagues would vote for a steaming streaming phil. On the flipside, people say if people are staying at home are not going to editors, why dont we bring our entertainment and filmmaking where they already are. We will get back to watching the show. Were getting close to big categories. 15 out of the 24 awards down. That means 15 speeches. Any memorable awards speeches . None that memorable. Perhaps brad pitt gave the most memorable speech so far and its always the familiar faces who speeches you generally tend to remember. Laura joan was very emotional, there was an element of politics and what brad pitt had to say. It wasnt his best acceptance speech, he is given better ones over recent weeks but maybe he was a little overcome with emotion. And what about the fashion . You are asking me about fashion . I think everyone looks beautiful. Asked lindsay a little bit later. Lots of glitter, lots of sequins and lots of guys in black like me. Lets get some of the days other news. Azerbaijans governing party says it believes it has won a snap parliamentary election which was called to speed up the reforms of president ilham aliyev. Opponents accuse him of trying to consolidate his grip on power. The United Nations secretary general, antonio guterres, has told African Leaders that its time to remove sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Addressing the annual African Union summit in addis ababa, mr guterres said the un would drum up International Support that would enable the country to overcome its challenges. Indias top court has ruled that a quota system that reserves some governmentjobs for disadvantaged groups, is not a fundamental right. The scheme called reservation gives people from lower castes and other minorities opportunities they might not otherwise get. This ruling overturns a previous decision that found the state had a duty to help these people. The number of deaths from chinas coronavirus epidemic has risen to more than 900 after the hardest hit province of hubei reported 91 new fatalities. Monday is the first day back at work for hundreds of millions of people after the extended Lunar New Year holiday, but there are severe travel restrictions still in place across the country. From beijing, John Sudworth reports. Its lantern festival, traditionally marked with a lavish tv gala. But this year, theres not an audience member in sight. The fear of contagion is everywhere, from the fever checkpoints. The masks on literally everybodys faces. And the careful monitoring of peoples movements. In the almost impossible balancing act between containing an epidemic and getting its economy moving again, china is turning to its vast network of neighbourhood committees the old tools of mass mobilisation. But while workers may be trickling back to the cities, the continued uncertainty means all britons are still being advised to leave china. Were currently seeing numbers of infections double every four to five days. We dont know what implications that has. We have seen the chinese put in place local transport measures. Some cities and towns have been closed down, so it is getting more difficult to leave china, if that is what people plan to do. So that is why we advise people to think about leaving. We know that the evacuation flight has got out of wuhan. Are we confident now that most people who wanted to get out from the epicentre have managed to . We have not got everybody out, we know that. Unfortunately, two people failed temperature checks early this morning. They have had to go back into wuhan and we are in touch with them and we will try and support them to get them onto another countrys flight. As usual, chinas skylines have been lit up for lantern festival. But look closely. The streets below are empty. The virus looms large over almost every aspect of daily life. Hello. Meals come with their own reminder of Chinas Health emergency. A note recording the temperature of the chef, the food packer and the delivery driver. In this case, thankfully, all fever free. But at a time of year all about new beginnings, theres also, perhaps, a glimmer of good news. Official figures show the rate of increase in infections may be slowing. John sudworth, bbc news, beijing. Large crowds have held a vigilfor the victims of a mass shooting by a junior army officer in the thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima. At least twenty nine people are now known to have died in the attack. Richard galpin reports. Chanting. Just a few hours after the gunman was shot dead by the security forces, thousands of people gathered here in the heart of Nakhon Ratchasima city for a vigil in memory of all those killed. The Buddhist Monks leading prayers as the people of this city absorb the enormity of whats happened a mass shooting of unprecedented scale in this country. And before finally filing away to head home, they laid flowers and wrote messages, pledging never to forget those whose lives have been cut short. In the aftermath of the attack, the police have been gathering forensic evidence, including from these cars next to the Shopping Mall targeted by the gunman. Who was this man Sergeant Major jakrapanth thomma. Hed armed himself not only with rifles stolen from his barracks, but also a machinegun. His motive, according to one official, was apparently a personal problem over the sale of a house. How will those now mourning the loss of loved ones ever come to terms with what has happened here in the city this weekend . Richard galpin, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come the sun as weve never been able to see it before. Nasa prepares to launch the new solar orbiter Space Mission. Theres mr mandela. Mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. Irans spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini has said hes passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. The people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president , ba by doc duvalier. Because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special, secure box in the stud farms central block. Shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. There stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. Elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. Head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. This is bbc news, the latest headlines at the oscars, brad pitt takes home the best supporting actor award for the Quentin Tarantino film once upon a time in hollywood, and laura dern wins best supporting actress for marriage story. Millions are supposed to go back to work in china after the extended Lunar New Year break, but coronavirus Restrictions Mean, many businesses remian closed. The Political Landscape in ireland has been transformed by a surgeon ireland has been transformed by a surgeon support for the nationalist Party Sinn Fein in the general election. Initial results suggest that the pa rtys share of results suggest that the partys share of the vote matched that of its two centrist rivals, the honour foil and fine gael, who have dominated irish politics for decades. Radio storm ciara lashed the country over the past few hours. As ireland took a battering from the weather, the established parties were rocked by a new storm. This breakthrough for sinn fein is unprecedented in the irish republic. Once a much smaller player, now on a par with the two main parties whove dominated irish politics for a century. We need change, we need a new government. The best outcome is a government without fine gael and fianna fail so thats the first thing that i want to test. Sinn feins ultimate goal is to create a united ireland, breaking Northern Ireland away from british rule. Its historical links to the ira caused controversy during the campaign, but the party appealed to voters with radical left wing policies on health, housing and pensions. The surge for sinn fein has changed the landscape of irish politics and it raises new questions for the uk about the likelihood of a border poll. But its still unclear who will form the next government. Leo varadkars party, fine gael, and their opponents, fianna fail, had previously said they will not form an alliance with sinn fein. It seems that we have now a three party system, three parties all getting roughly the same number of votes, roughly the same number of seats, and thats going to make forming a government quite difficult. Irelands economy is the Fastest Growing in europe, but the high cost of living means many voters are not feeling the benefits. I think theyre sick of the last couple of years and that things just havent changed quick enough, hence the vote for sinn fein. A bit disappointing, really. Sinn fein, not the kind of politics that a large number of people in ireland would favour. Tonight, counting continues, and tomorrow negotiations between the parties will be in full swing. Ireland has reached an historic turning point, but with results so close, working out who will lead the country may take some time. Emma vardy, bbc news, dublin. Its the new Space Mission that will show us the sun as weve never been able to see it before. The spacecraft, called solar orbiter, is a European Space agency led mission. Its due to be launched from Cape Canaveral in florida in the next few hours. Bbc science reporter laura foster explains. You will get to see images on unprecedented levels of detail. And itll be the First Ever Mission to get in and see and touch what is coming from the sun. Solar orbiter is going to get the closest pictures of the sun that weve ever seen. Its even going to allow us to see the north and south poles the sun. Weve never seen them before, so this will be a completely new thing. But its notjust about taking cool photographs. This is all about measuring the suns behaviour, as well. Weve got a combination of telescopes which look at the surface of the sun and really see what is going on, and then a suite of instruments which measure the solar wind, which is what is thrown off the sun all the time. So the extended atmosphere, if you like, of the sun. It can be steady, it can be fast, it can be very eruptive. It will be looking at all those different sources and trying to understand where it comes from and how it propagates towards us on earth. The other great thing about it is because we are going so close we get to co locate with some surfaces of the sun. Usually when we look at the sun it rotates underneath us, so we see parts coming back. But solar orbiter will get to hover over one section and really see how it develops. Because its taking photographs of the sun and the sun is really bright, solar orbiter is not going as close to the sun as other spacecraft. Its hanging a bit further back, 42 million kilometres away. And there it will use telescopes to take pictures through the heat shield, a heat shield which is partially made of baked animal bones. Its there to help solar orbiter withstand temperatures of up to 600 celsius. That is 1,112 farenheit. Its very important to keep solar orbiter and the instruments as clean as possible, and when theres dust on the lenses of the telescopes, when you expose that to the sun it effectively bakes those particles onto the lenses. Once you start doing that you are losing science, so its essential to keep those instruments as clean as possible. By measuring and capturing images at the same time, solar orbiter is really going to give us a good understanding of how the sun behaves, and how that can affect the technology we use here on earth. In todays world, with all our technology, a coronal mass ejection happens on the sun and affects us here on earth. Its going to have an impact on things like satellites, global navigation, even televisions. Exploring space is expensive but the things that can happen and the technology spinoffs from this mission, we dont know what those will be yet. But there have been a lot of developments that will undoubtably have applications to us in everyday life in 10 or 20 years time. In case you had forgotten, or you needed reminding, the Academy Awards are currently under way in los angeles. 24 awards are up for grabs. By my count, 16 have already been decided. Lets gojoin our correspondence, peter bowes. He is no doubt keeping count. Peter, my account says that 1917 has three awards, which means it is the frontrunner at the moment. Is that right . Exactly right. You have been doing exactly what i have been doing, looking out the tallies for the different movies at this stage in the game. We are getting to the point where you can begin to see trends which might help us understand which is going to get best teacher at the end of the night. You are absolutely right. 1917 has three, cinematography, which everybody expected it to get, it looks beautiful, sound mixing, and visual effects. There is significantly still, Joe Ofahengaue has nothing so far. The irishman has nothing so far. The irishman has nothing so far either. Once upon a time in hollywood, Quentin Tarantinos film, a supporting actor went to brad pitt. Little women one costume design. Marriage story one best supporting actress in laura dern. And parasite, the south korean film, has one one of the big ones, best original screenplay. Won one. Difficult to read too much into that. It is certainly not as they call it in hollywood terms, a titanic year, when one film run away with everything. It will not be that kind of you. But i think it is anybodys but who will take the top p