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shares in bt have seen a dramatic fall in value, after an accounting scandal at the company s italian division. and in the next hour, the nominations for the 2017 academy awards have been announced. the critically acclaimed musical la la land has been nominated for m oscars equalling the record for a single film. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in a ruling of huge constitutional significance, the judges of the supreme court have said that only parliament can trigger the brexit process. it s not the decision that theresa may wanted. she d argued that it could be done by ministers alone. thejudges also said that the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland do not have to be consulted. tonight, the bbc has learned that the government will present a brexit bill to parliament as early as this thursday. and the brexit secretary, david davis, had a warning for mps: don t use the debate in parliament to try to stop brexit happening. our political ....
win this for moonlight. he s playing a drugs kingpin, but against all odds, he s tender, he s fatherly. it s quite a surprise. best supporting actress? i would like naomie harris to win this for britain, for moonlight. she s usually miss moneypenny, here she is playing a crack addicted mother. it s a great surprise. i think it will be viola davis. and then, finally, best director? damien chazelle really, really deserves this for pulling all the stops out on la la land. last year s awards were dominated by the oscars so white campaign. the 2017 shortlist is more diverse, but we can still expect politically charged speeches with the name donald trump likely to crop up. will gompertz, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. tonight, the losers in the supreme court may end up being the winners because the government says brexit is still on and on time. so can labour or the snp force any change of course? we ll be hearing from alex salmond and emily thornberry of labour ....
hours in melbourne. here‘s our tennis correspondent, russell fuller. there is always an unknown factor when a player shares a chord with serena williams for the first time, butjohanna konta can point to the fa ct butjohanna konta can point to the fact that she has played and beaten on two occasions serena‘s sister, venus, once you‘re at the australian openin venus, once you‘re at the australian open in the first round last year and to win her first double title in the stanford last july. and to win her first double title in the stanford lastjuly. konta has also played other former grand the stanford lastjuly. konta has also played otherformer grand slam winners and former number ones. there is nothing like the aura of serena williams with a 22 grand slam titles. from the konta perspective, she says it is clear to play against a fellow human being rather than against a reputation. what she has achieved in the sport is extraordinary. it is not on other player. it ....
With his chinese counterpart, the chinese foreign minister. this, the first time since the u.s. shot down that chinese spy balloon two weeks ago. it comes as lawmakers question why the u.s. has called off the search for two other objects shot down, one over alaska, the other over lake huron last weekend. they say one could be a balloon from an illinois hobby club. they track their balloons around the globe, and that club hasn t heard from their balloon since the shootdown. david spunt live from the white house with more. reporter: good afternoon. then if you add in the one shot over the yukon territory of canada, that adds in number four. so four shot down, we know that the only one recovered in part is that chinese spy balloon. according to senior administration officials, there is a belief that the other three had no ties to china or any enemy nations. canada suspended the search to recover one over the yukon territory, but this gives you kind of an idea of where these different ob ....
A lot of criticism has been why weren t they involved from the get go. eric: also, you may not live there exactly, but the plume, apparently, and the effects go down river like in huntington, west virginia. they were following concern following some of the chemicals through the river, through that. so you may not live there. you could potentially be affected even if you live 40, 50 miles and even more away. how do you know potentially if you should have any precautions? who do you call and how do you check that out? well, the epa has to be who you call and, again, fema also pittsburgh is only about 50 miles away. and i think that, you know, one of the things that hasn t been talked about either is the issue of poverty. you know, people can t necessarily afford to leave their homes, or if they leave their homes, they don t know where to stay. and this is a definite issue of socioeconomic disadvantage. so this needs more government involvement. this has got to be a swoop in, clean up ....