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hello from the french riviera. welcome to talking movies. and our look back at highlights from one of the world s biggest and most exciting international movie events, the cannes film festival. meryl streep and juliet binoche jointly declare the cannes film festival officially open. it is a veritable feast, a combination of blockbusters. together with some great international cinema. including a first film in competition from india in decades. we are really going to make it a big bang,it we are really going to make it a big bang, it is going to be the biggest bang ever. it could be the end of the world and you can say that i did it. ., , , ., ~ , the world and you can say that i did it. you witness all kinds of sites in cannes. it. you witness all kinds of sites in cannes. a it. you witness all kinds of sites in cannes, a donald it. you witness all kinds of sites in cannes, a donald trump - in cannes, a donald trump impersonator was present for a film portraying t ....
ahead of a general election expected next year. here s some of his speech: i am ending this long running saga. i am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. and in its place. applause ..and in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new transport projects in the north and the midlands, across the country. this means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. it s a high speed railway which is what the hs stands for and it was touted as the uk s biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. the first part, between west london and birmingham in blue is already under construction and will be completed. but the length in red, stretching further north from birmingham to manchester, has now been officially scrapped. a separate eastern leg to leeds m ....
for the us government to borrow money for 30 years. the big spike at the end is the concern. that is the cost of borrowing over 30 years. the us government is being forced to pay more as investors worry they will lose out when compared to the returns they can get from those higher interest rates. it s a similar story in the uk where like other governments there will be concern in the corridors of power that it costs more to pay off the national debt and so there is less cash for other things. simon french is chief economist at the uk investment bank panmure gordon and i asked him to explain to me what is going on. your summary was pretty accurate. the higher for longer interest rate environment is spooking investors who have been for at least 15 years of the view that central banks have their back in terms of keeping interest rates low, but also buying government debt, quantitative easing, money printing, which many viewers have been familiar with over the last 15 years ....
je declare le soixante dixieme festival de cannes ouvert. applause. meryl streep and france s juliette binoche jointly declare the cannes film festival officially open. it was a veritable feast, a combination of commercial blockbusters like furiosa: a mad max saga. do you have it in you to make it epic? ..together with some great international cinema. including india s first film in competition in three decades. if i get to be number 47 back in the united states, we re going to really make it a big bang. it s going to be big. it s going to be the biggest bang ever. it ll be the end of the world. and you can say that i did it. so that s the way it goes. you witness all kinds of sights in cannes. a donald trump impersonator was present at the premiere of a film portraying the former president s early years as a real estate developer. stars kept the red carpets very busy. we got a good part of it. kevin costner was there, appearing in a new western. greta gerwig, director ....
can t see we came here just to see her now we can t see her! two derbies in two finals. celtic celebrate winning the scottish cup. but manchester united stun manchester city, denying them the double, as they lift the fa cup at wembley. a soggy start to the day for many, cloudy for the north, brighter further south but watch out as heavy under the downpours hit. it s sunday the 26th of may. our main story: the prime minister rishi sunak has said he ll bring back national service for all 18 year olds if the conservatives win the general election at an annual cost of £2.5 billion. participants would have the choice of serving a full year in the military or volunteering for 25 days with community organisations. opposition parties called the plan desperate and unfunded. our political correspondent leila nathoo has the details. an eye catching policy from the conservatives early on in this campaign, grabbing headlines in the papers this morning. they say that if they win the ....