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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 ....
carpets very busy. we got a good part of it. kevin costner was there, appearing in a new western. greta gerwig, director of last year s blockbuster hit barbie, was presiding over thejury. stars from many different generations came, including richard gere and uma thurman, and adam driver was keeping fans happy by signing autographs. the fans in cannes spend hours waiting for an encounter with a star. it s hard to wait a long time to see people, but i really like to do this. i have take a photo with chris hemsworth, anya taylor joy, eva green, faye dunaway. marion cotillard. cannes also reflected the struggles of the real world. there was a documentary on daily life in ukraine since russia s invasion, and there was a heavily anticipated film from iranian director mohammad rasoulof, a critic of the government, who secretly fled iran to make it to europe after being sentenced to prison. cannes has many different personalities and components, but at its heart are the 22 movi ....
guilty of running a slavery ring in linkage. there are calls for the north korea and the us to dial down the rhetoric as donald trump says his military is locked and loaded. and regulators have approved the move to secure the pensions of tens of thousands of tata steel workers to secure theirjobs. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6.30 tonight. tonight at half past six on bbc news will be live at the london stadium again. it is the eighth day of the world athletics championships. we are still waiting for a second british medal. we will ask where that s likely to come from. this morning, robbie grabatz scraped through qualification, he got a bronze medal at the rio olympics, dina asher smith, a darling of the crowd, will go in the 200 metres final and this british interest in the long jump final. at 6:30pm we will look ahead to the start of the premier league season which starts just across town at the emirates, arsenal against leicester city. a full update fr ....
that was a big hit a couple of years back. there are similarities, they are both very stylish. style over content, really. very violent, very polished, very cartoonish. but atomic blonde has some basis in real events because it is set in 1989 after the fall of the berlin wall. charlize theron is a spy sent there by the british government to track down a list of missing agents. let s have a look. 0k. so, is this your first time in berlin? yes. well, it is a remarkable time to be here. wonderful music. superb nightlife, marvellous restaurants. you must try the central cafe for a drink. you ll need it later. you remembeer abramowitz, don t you? of course you do. yeah. we can kind of guess what happens after that. it has been hard to find clips of any duration which are not violent. she s quite adept with her stilettos, is charlize. it is ridiculous. however, i think there is some fun to be had with its ridiculousness. firstly, charlize theron is great and there is a pairin ....