Im lucy, welcome. Hollywood Studio Bosses and the Union Representing writers have reached a tentative deal. Writers have been on strike since early may. The 15,000 plus members still have to vote to ratify the deal. In a statement, the Writers Guild of america said we can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. Actors, though, are Still Holding industrial action. They have been on strike sincejuly. Both strikes have hit the Entertainment Industry hard. Cbs correspondent Wendy Gilette told me what this deal means. This tentative deal between the Writers Guild union and Hollywood Studios is a three year contract. Not many other details have been released just yet. If its approved by the unions 11,000 members, talk shows could get back to work within days. The Writers Guild is calling the agreement exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership
And the Union Representing writers have reached a tentative deal. Writers have been on strike since early may. The 15,000 plus members will still have to vote to ratify the deal. In a statement, the Writers Guild of america said we can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. Actors are Still Holding industrial action, though. They have been on strike sincejuly. Both strikes have hit the Entertainment Industry hard. Jeanie wolf is an Entertainment Reporter in the us she gave us her reaction to the deal. This is the most positive news weve heard out of any meeting in all these months. What the writers are asking for reflects the changes in the entertainment business. For instance, residuals, replay of programmes and programmes that are successful, especially in streaming, which is where the Television Industry is aiming. And the streaming services dont like to report these statistics of thei
Counteroffensive further north. What they are trying to do is frustrate russian supply lines and isolate swathes of occupied territory in the hope that troops will run out of supplies. Now, president Zelensky Hasjust completed a visit to the us. Hes in canada currently, and i think what were seeing now is Battlefield Progress increasingly getting linked to the politics of it all. Because, yes, he is being warmly welcomed by both countries, but there are political corners that are growing increasingly sceptical as to what the ukrainian victory might look like and as for how long western allies should be pumping billions of dollars into ukraine. So its becoming increasingly high stakes for president zelensky, whos now having to do a fair bit of negotiating in his foreign policy. Volodymyr zelensky is wrapping up his week long trip to north america. On friday, he travelled to ottawa, where he made an address to canadas parliament. Canada is home to the Worlds Largest ukrainian diaspora, n
A lot of people just say, well, you know, that was the noughties and maybe it wasnt as bad as the 70s or 80s. Theres been a sense of progress in a sense. Do you buy that or do you think these challenges are still there for female comedians every day even now . I would say first of all its not just for female comedians. There have been male comics who have named male predators in our circles. I think, if anything, with social media its kind of being perpetuated. What people forget about comedians is we are not only talents that make people laugh. We are also colleagues. Meryl orourke. A quick look ahead to next week. Weve been filming in ukraine for a series of special reports. Heres a taste. The raw emotion of this war and its consequences could not be more stark. Thats all from us tonight. Kirsty s here on monday. Till then, have a great weekend. Breaking news from Around The World 24 Breaking News from Around The World 2a hours a day. This is bbc news. Thats in addition to a 25 mil
they included the three year old twins, ema and yuly. they were captured with other relatives when hamas set fire to their home. they were freed with their mother, sharon, but theirfather is believed to remain in gaza. also released were brother and sister erez and sahar kalderon. their relative spoke about his relief as he waited to see them again. i m finding that it s difficult to go from a state of endless anxiety about their fate, to a state of relief and joy. i believe it will take time. this is an exciting and heart feeling moment, but we also understand that it is the beginning of a difficult rehabilitation process for sahar and erez, who are still young and have been through an unbearable experience. the truce between israel and hamas allowed the return of dozens of hostages but dozens more are still in captivity. over 150 of our hostages men, women, children, babies over 150 other hostages men, women, children, babies who s taking care of them? who is hold