ourarts and media correspondent david sillito looks back at his career. tonight's movie has been mash. in 1970, a sprawling, darkly comic film about the korean war came out. i'm drjekyll, actually, this is my friend mr hyde. the hero, a cynical, rebellious, heavy drinking, womanising surgeon. everybody was telling me, don't do it. at the end of it, it'll ruin you. we did it in five weeks and it was wonderful. born in canada, he'd studied engineering before switching to acting and working in theatre in britain. four captains, there, hamlet, like a soldier to the stage. mash... ..a thinly veiled satire of vietnam, led to klute... would you mind not doing that? ..with jane fonda. it was the first of three films together... ..and an off—screen relationship. at a moment when a dark and maverick mood was making itself felt in hollywood, donald sutherland, with that piercing gaze, wasjust the sort of complex leading man it was looking for. take don't look now. a disturbing, ghostly story about grief. that brief golden era in the �*70s soon passed. closer than you think. but donald sutherland was never out of work. everything i'm going to tell you is classified top secret. jfk was almost a throwback to the �*70s paranoid conspiracy thriller. why was kennedy killed? and more recently, it was the hunger games, a film that he hoped might inspire a little rebellion... i've been watching you... ..in today's youth. ..and you watching me. yet, despite it all, there was no best actor oscar on his mantelpiece. however, that wasn't, he said, what drove him. it's a love affair, you know. i've made films for fellini, for bertolucci, for chabot, for werner hertzog, for rebecca horn. these people i love, and that love is the greatest award you can ever have in your life. and leading the tributes to donald sutherland, his son kiefer. his father, he said, loved what he did and did what he loved and one can ever ask for more than that. a life well lived. jacob fisher is a film critic and executive director of discussingfilm.com. he gave us a sense of how big a name donald sutherland was, and the legacy he leaves behind. many people know him for his leading roles in mash, including the older generation, and maybe the younger generation know him for his role in the hunger games, especially in all of them films. but i think, especially for many audiences both older generation, younger generation, anywhere in between, he has so many supporting roles where he just captivate the screen in just a short space of screen time. i mean, one of my favourite films isjfk, where injust a small role, he just takes over the entire film. a flurry of tributes i have been reading pouring in. anyone�*s in particular that stood out to you? i've read quite a few of them today, and i think itjust speaks to the character that donald is not only in his acting, but outside that there's so many tributes. but i think the most emotional one is from his son, where he said that he is one of the most important actors of all time. and normally that would, coming from son, might be more of a hyperbolic statement, but i don't think it's hyperbolic to say with his filmography — it's true. he's a powerful actor and he will be truly missed. and something that david also reflected in his package that we just played out for you. donald sutherland was also known for his political activism throughout his career as well. he protested against the vietnam war alongside jane fonda. what was his image, you'd say, beyond the screens? i mean, he's had an impact both in the screen and beyond in his activism. and i think he's even managed to seep his activism into his work. i mean, i read an interview he did a while back earlier today, how we wrote letters to the director of the hunger games films about including some more activism into his role, and to try and bring that more to the forefront and make this younger generation of audience know what he's been trying to activate for over many decades. and one aspect that also jumps out, despite his numerous roles, he was never nominated for an oscar, but did receive an honorary academy award in 2017. do you find that surprising? i do. i looked that up earlier today, and while he has got an emmy win, i was surprised that he has no, not even one oscar nomination. and i'm sure everyone at home who knows of donald can think of at least one role that they could at least nominate, if not, say he should have won an oscar for it. so although it's nice that he has the honorary oscar, and he definitely deserves that, it would have been nice for him to leave a few more accolades in nominations over his career. russian president vladimir putin has completed his brief tour of asia. he flew out of the vietnamese capital hanoi, less than 2a hours after touching down. while he was there, he signed agreements on expanding russia's role in vietnam's energy industry — and he also answered questions from russian journalists before departing. he was asked in particular about western countries sending financial and military support to ukraine — and whether moscow would take a similar approach for the first country he visited on his trip — north korea. translation: those | who send these things. they think they're not in conflict with us but as i said, and as i said in pyongyang, we then reserve the right to supply weapons to other regions of the world. and with regard to our agreement with north korea, i'm not ruling that out. the us has reacted with alarm to the suggestion that russia might send weapons to north korea. here's state department spokesperson, matthew miller. it is incredibly concerning. it would destabilize the korean peninsula of course, and potentially give it, depending on the type of weapons they provide, might violate un security council resolutions that russia supported. i asked our north america correspondent will vernon to sum up the view from washington on mr putin's trip to asia.. well, i think us officials are incredibly concerned about the deepening relationship between russia and north korea following that historic visit by president putin to pyongyang and that signing of the defence pact between the two countries, which means that they each guarantee they'll come to the other�*s aide in the event of aggression, of course, which is a subjective concept. and this agreement clearly provides for military supplies to one another. now, you heard the state department spokesperson there saying that the us finds that incredibly concerning and that it would destabilise the korean peninsula. and there have been similar expressions of alarm from other us officials. i think the concern here in washington is twofold. firstly, that these weapons that are being provided by north korea are being used on the battlefield in ukraine to kill the ukrainians and ultimately prolong the war. but i think the other concern is what exactly is russia giving north korea in return? is it, for example, assisting north korea in missile technology or most worryingly of all, of course, is are russian experts perhaps helping north korea with its nuclear programme? of course, that would be a major issue for the us and its allies in the region. and given these concerns, will, what are the options before the us to ensure this does not escalate into a wider conflict in the region? well, there's not a whole lot the us can do, frankly, apart from monitor things. the white house national security spokesperson john kirby, he said recently that washington would be watching very, very closely in terms of what russia might be doing to help north korea. in terms of what levers there are to pull to to put pressure on russia. i mean, there aren't any frankly, russia is already the most sanctioned country in the world, isolated internationally. vladimir putin is more or less a pariah on the world stage. of course, there's an icc arrest warrant out in his name, and i think he is looking for all the friends he can get, frankly. and in comes kimjong—un and north korea. vladimir putin is looking for partners to build an anti—western alliance. and if those partners happen to have arms depots kind of bursting at the seams with soviet—era weaponry that russian troops are more than comfortable with, then all the better. the other thing that was interesting, i think, when vladimir putin was speaking at that signing of the defence pact between north korea and russia, he said that western countries who supply weapons to ukraine are violating various international obligations. i think a lot of us officials here hearing those words would have been completely aghast because of course it is russia that violated the un charter by invading and illegally annexing ukrainian territory. and now it is russia that is violating un sanctions which prohibits the import and export of north korean arms. another russian ally who has been watching vladimir putin's tour of asia with interest, is china. well, the us ambassador there has told the bbc he is doing all he can to avoid a potential conflict with beijing. nicholas burns reiterated previous warnings from washington that china's support for russia's invasion of ukraine will not be tolerated by the west. our china correspondent laura bicker spoke to him in beijing and began by asking him how chinese officials react when he speaks to them about that issue? they can test the facts. we have the right facts. we know exactly what's happening. we know what's being shipped by chinese companies. we know the impact it's having on the ability of russia to conduct this war. and so we're absolutely sure of our facts and the chinese ought to own up to this. we have sanctioned a great number of chinese companies, and we're prepared to do more by the way. we remind china that chinese officials, they have considerable authority in this authoritarian government over what happens, and they can certainly crack down on these companies, and they ought to do it because it is a major problem. and it's a major — obviously a major assistance to russia in this war effort. how much communication is there between the two sides, and how difficult is it for you? we know there have been times... i've been here for two plus years. there have been times when communication has been very sparse. after speaker nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan august 2022, the chinese shut down communications — mostly with our cabinet level in washington. after that strange balloon floated across the territory of the united states for five days in february of 2023, the chinese shut down communication. but i think in recent months it's been relatively better. it's really important because our militaries are operating in very close proximity to each other in the spratlys paracels of the south china sea, in the east china sea and the taiwan strait. you want to have communication because the last thing we want is an accident or misunderstanding that leads to conflict. we're very focused on reducing the probability of a conflict. you talked about military to military communication. that must have been a real concern, especially given, you know, the operations that are currently taking place in the south china sea, for instance. that's exactly right. that and the taiwan strait and other parts of the world as well. so i would say it's relatively better. relatively better, but not much better. you know, it's a contentious competitive relationship. if we went through, and maybe we will, issue after issue where we're divided, lack of communication at the highest level is a real problem because you don't want to send the wrong signal. you want to be able to talk about problems when they occur, and especially if there's some kind of an accident. and that's happened in the us—china relationship. you want to be able to have people get together, diffuse the crisis, separate the parties, and make sure it doesn't expand into something that you don't intend. chinese coastguard sailors brandishing weapons have clashed with philippine naval vessels near a strategic reef in the south china sea. these pictures, provided by the philippines�* coastguard, show chinese sailors shouting, waving knives and using sticks to hit the philippine's inflatables, as a siren blares. the philippine military has reported that one of their sailors lost a thumb in the incident, while items including guns were confiscated or destroyed. beijing has insisted that its coastguard behaved in a "professional and restrained" manner during the confrontation , and claimed "no direct measures" were taken against filipino personnel. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. to uk election news now and party leaders rishi sunak, sir keir starmer, sir ed davey and john swinney faced a grilling from the public at the question time leaders' special live from york. each leader was questioned for 30 minutes with follow—up questions and to offer context. our political editor, chris mason has the story familiar music, but no panel tonight. one leader, one after another, facing a live audience for half an hour each. and first, the prime minister asked about the story we brought you throughout the day. aren't the emerging allegations about betting on the election. date the absolute epitome of the lack of ethics - that we have had to tolerate from the conservative partyl for years and years. like you, i was incredibly angry, incredibly angry to learn of these allegations. it is a really serious matter. it is right they are being investigated properly by the relevant law enforcement authority. but you are happy not to suspend them, to let them carry on and go on in the election? obviously, they have not admitted anything, no one is saying a decision has been taken about their guilt or innocence, but you are happy for them to go into the election and represent you and the conservative party? fiona, as you said, these investigations are ongoing, but what i can tell you, if anyone is found to have broken the rules, not only will they face the full consequences of the law, i will make sure they are booted out of the conservative party. and then his idea for young people. national service will be compulsory, the military option will be something people choose to do. how would you make people do it? you have a set of sanctions and incentives. there is all sorts of things that people do across europe, whether that is looking at driving licences, other access to finance, all sorts of other things. access to finance ? so if people don't want to do national service, what, will take their bank cards away? what do you mean? there are lots of different models around europe. they can't get a loan? next, the man who polls suggest is likely to be prime minister two weeks tomorrow, and a sticky wicket over a remark he made five years ago aboutjeremy corbyn. you said he would make a great prime minister, did you mean it? it wasn't a question that really arose because i didn't think we would win the election. we all heard you say he would be a great prime minister and that is your way of telling people here to vote for him. did you not mean it? iwas campaigning for the labour party, and i am glad i did. you also campaigned forjeremy corbyn to be prime minister. iwas campaigning for the labour party. i was a labour politician. the audience laughed at his repeated refusal to give a yes or no answer. susan came next. given your severe criticism of the conservatives - on the topic of immigration, do you think it is acceptablej at this point so near the general election for your own party not - to commit to specific targets around this critical topic? i will not put an arbitrary figure on it because every single politician who has put a number on it has never met that number. next, scotland's first minister and scottish national party leaderjohn swinney. it has been a bumpy time for the snp, not least the arrest of former leader nicola sturgeon, and the arrest and charging of her husband peter murrell, the snp�*s former chief executive over the party's finances. given the recent scandals| and dramas with the snp, how will you differ from your predecessors and _ project confidence? i think the honest answer is we have had a very tough time as a party in the last couple of years and as a consequence of all of those difficulties i am here to lead the scottish national party. the snp say if they win a majority of scottish seats next month that would mean negotiations for a second independence referendum should begin. so... if you do not get the majority of scottish seats at westminster, what does that tell you about your mandate to ask for another referendum? what i want to do during the election campaign is to encourage people to vote for the snp to... so, you're not answering that question. ..enable us to deliver on that policy commitment which is right at the heart of our manifesto. will you answer the question or not? what i am saying is, i want people to vote for the snp. next up, the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey, and alison in the audience was not messing about. are you not going to l bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison, the answer is no, and i think our proposals are responsible, they are fully costed. i think other parties, frankly, are not putting the money in we need to rescue our public services. the liberal democrats' record in coalition government still rile some. take this about university tuition fees in england. how can my generation trust you? _ i understand why your generation lost faith in us. it was a difficult government to be in and we got punished. but politics is not all policies, costings and accountability. my wife, i met her on a liberal democrat housing policy group. a night out, that sounds great. mr romance. two hours, four leaders, and a fortnight to go. millions of americans are bracing themselves for an early summer heatwave which weather forecasters say could be the longest in decades. the hottest temperatures are expected to affect much of the midwest and northeastern states for up to a week. nomia iqbal sent this update from washington. today is officially the first day of summer, and what a start. you've got more than a quarter of the population that's under an excessive heat advisory. and generally 135 million people are impacted. and temperatures have hit more than 90 degree fahrenheit and are expected to go well over 100 from the ohio valley to the mid—atlantic, right up to new england. i mean, maine, if you think about that, that's the easternmost state in the us, doesn't usually get excessive heat, but it's thought that records will be broken there. and in some parts of the east coast like new york city, school is out for some. a lot of schools closed up today to let children go home early because of the excessive heat. over on the west coast, we're seeing these wildfires break out. and it's worth mentioning that this happens, but it's happening more frequently with more ferocity. two people were killed in new mexico. you know, we heard there some of the advice that's been given, and generally the advice is, especially for vulnerable people, children, the elderly, those who work outdoors, especially here you see them like a lot of construction workers in parts of dc, to just really look after yourself, seek shade, make sure you drink lots of water. here in dc, it is about 90 degrees fahrenheit. there is some cloud cover, so it doesn't feel as sort of stuffy and swampy and stifling as it has been in the past few days. but the temperatures here are expected to hit over 100 degree fahrenheit during the weekend, and there will be some respite. some meteorologists reckon that the temperatures might dip low, but then they will come right back up again next week and onwards. thursday marked the summer solstice — the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. thousands of people gathered at stonehenge in england to celebrate it. duncan kennedy is there a real party atmosphere building here tonight, people singing and dancing. there was even a wedding taking place. it has been a lively couple of days for stonehenge, a place that has been around for 5,000 years, but still able to make the news. just yesterday we had those two people from just stop oil who threw powdered paint onto some of the stones behind me here. english heritage say they had got the paint off the stones. they are not sure if they could get it off all the 50 species of lichen on the stones. wiltshire police say that two people have been released on bail. as far as the summer solstice celebrations are concerned, well, they are expecting something like 20,000 people here over the next couple of hour. many people coming to stonehenge at this time to mark the whole event itself, to engage in what they think is a spiritual experience. the actual weather for the sunrise tomorrow over the stones here, the all—important sunrise, that weather is looking pretty good. it all takes place at about 4:52am. english heritage say that if you haven't already come, you can watch it live on their streaming service, you can go to the english heritage website. and they say they are hoping for a peaceful and perhaps even mystical event. that was duncan kennedy reporting there. that is all from newsday, business a day coming up next with all the updates from the news of business, more on the bbc news website as well, so log on and thank you for watching, but stay on for bbc news. hello there. desired ingredients to make the perfect summer solstice is obviously plenty of sunshine and plenty of warmth — and we had just that on thursday. the question is, will it continue into the weekend? and the answer is, on the whole, yes. warm for many of us with sunny spells, but there will be some rain around in the far west. let's take a look at that arriving in the next few hours. this weather front here, tied into this area of low pressure, will bring a little bit more of a breeze and some showery outbreaks of rain into the northwest, albeit slowly. light winds elsewhere, maybe a little bit of early morning mist, but that will clear away very quickly indeed. a lot of sunshine for east wales, central, southern, and eastern england, along with eastern scotland throughout the day. we will start to gradually see some rain pushing into the isles of scilly and the far tip of cornwall, maybe into south wales, too — but ahead of it with the sunshine, we'll see 23—24 celsius once again. cloudy with some showers, perhaps moving to the isle of man, rain into northern ireland and to northwest scotland by the end of the day, a few showers ahead of it. but parts of eastern scotland, aberdeenshire in particular, may well see 19—20 celsius if you keep the sunshine. now, as we move out of friday into the early hours of saturday morning, that frontal system continues to sink its way steadily eastwards. it will weaken off substantially, but a band of showery rain moving its way across the pennines and down into southeast england, perhaps lingering across the essex and kent coast first thing on saturday morning. with the cloud around, those temperatures will hold up perhaps into double digits for many. we start off on saturday with much of central and eastern england cloudy. still the odd spot or two of showery rain — but that should tend to break up, sunny spells come through. risk of a few showers to the northwest of scotland, but on the whole, not a bad afternoon for many. and temperatures again still responding, ranging from 15—22 celsius. moving out of saturday, into sunday, on the whole, we could chase a little more in the way of cloud around. but this high pressure continues to build in for the early half of next week — and with that south—westerly flow, it will turn increasingly warm and potentially a little more humid, as well. so a good deal of dry, fine weather to start off the week. a little bit of a question mark, really, from wednesday into thursday — it might turn a little bit more unsettled. nvidia loses its spot as the most valuable company in the world, handing the crown back to microsoft. as global temperatures continue to sizzle, we take a look at the heavy cost businesses have to bear. hello, and welcome to business today. i'm arunoday mukharji. nvidia has now handed back the title of most valuable company to microsoft, after its shares fell over 3% on thursday. despite that, the artificial intelligence chip—making powerhouse has seen a remarkable rise in recent years. the bbc�*s north america business correspondent erin delmore takes a look atjust how big the ai giant has become. it's hard to talk about the us stock market gains or the artificial intelligence boom without talking about nvidia. the ai chip giant was named to the king of wall street earlier this week when itjostled its way into the number one spot for most valuable company. to put it swapping market capitalisation in the context, get a load of this — nvidia alone tops the entire stock market value of germany. it also tops the stock market value of france, and the same could be said for the entire stock market value of the uk. those are some