They have been watching these campaigns. We watch them work in the corners of the states like iowa, like new hampshire, south carolina, nevada. This week on a big stage be good to see who they truly are but what they have learned about how they compete with each other, against each other and react without scripts. They all want the same job so who is ready for . Looking back at past debates without is really cool this week candidates on the stage with the same views and sampl samples goo head. Its how they were able to interact with those peers at that time in realtime that defined the candidates, watch for. Quickset factors market you should not compare yourself to joe biden you should not so thats what were doing here is exactly what we are doing you have not been involved in a consequence of decision where you had to be held accountable. You just simply havent. The country already has a debt problem but we do not need to add to it by electing someone who has experience at running up
since donald trump s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election culminated in a violent mob storming the u.s. capitol. for a few weeks trump was an outcast. a political comeback seemed far-fetched, almost impossible to imagine. and yet thanks to his allies in congress and the maga movement, donald trump has emerged here at the end of 2023 not merely a rehabilitated politician but as the undisputed leader of his party. now, trump began this year as the prohibitive favorite for the republican presidential nomination. even in january he had a monster 20-point national lead over his closest rival, florida s governor ron desantis. and in the months since, trump s lead has only widened. at this point a rematch against joe biden appears almost inevitable. and yet while trump s march towards the republican nomination this year was mostly interrupted, there has been for the last 12 months an x factor he has had to contend it, a series of criminal investigations. as the year began trump
good luck to superpower and the ukraine glory to ukraine. thank you. films dealing with ukraine have certainly been getting attention in berlin. although one or two trade publications described the sean penn documentary as awkwardly narcissistic and fawning, it was overall warmly received. and president zelensky and his team, who viewed it before the festival, liked it. his chief of staff tweeted that it was a great film. germany has been enjoying a very good year in cinema, especially with its anti war film, all quiet on the western front, picking up all kinds of accolades internationally. and here in berlin at the festival, there are five german films in competition. emma jones has been talking to one of her favorite film critics about the german offerings and other notable films in the festival line up. film critic kaleem aftab and i met during this year s berlinale to chat about the films we d seen, and we started off with the opening movie, rebecca miller s she came to
now on bbc news, 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 quite an impact. berlin has a long history of embracing political cinema. it is an avowedly political film festival. and this year, because the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine took place during the festival,
during nigeria s closest presidential election in decades as poor organisation and logistical problems led to severe delay at polling stations. there were also reports of violence, including gunshots near a polling station in lagos. china s decsion not to condemn russia s invasion of ukraine, has caused tensions at a meeting of the g20 s major economies. russia accused western countries of destabilising the event by references to the conflict. india has issued a chair s summary saying there were different assessments of the situation in kyiv. now on bbc news, talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s program, 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 attr