i m jane hill. and taking us through this week s cinema releases is jason solomons. good to see you, jason. what have you been watching? well, this week we ve got everything elvis, we ve got beckett, we ve got wham! talk about absurd. we ll start with baz luhrmann s long awaited biopic of the king elvis and the man who discovered him, colonel tom parker, played by tom hanks. and then we go to france for, literally, a prison drama a drama being made in a prison where inmates put on samuel beckett s waiting for godot. they do have time on their hands, after all. and then i will not let you down it s george michael freedom uncut. will it be any good? you ve got to have faith, jane. excellent. plenty more puns where they came from. let s start with elvis. i mean, i love a lot of baz luhrmann s work. so tell me, what s it like? yeah, this is the man who made strictly ballroom, moulin rouge, the great gatsby. he s got this typically frenetic style, and here he is taking on th
and diana ross helps bring the first glastonbury festival for three years to a glorious close. it s 7am in singapore and 1am in germany where leaders from the g7 group of nations have held their first day of talks in what will be a key week for diplomacy over the war in ukraine. borisjohnson says ukraine should not be forced into a peace settlement with russia. if that means losing territory. and president biden has been calling for western unity to hold, to defeat russia. our political editor chris mason reports from bavaria in germany. the leaders of the world s richest countries gather to work out what to do next about ukraine. they begin by mocking president putin. bare chested horseback! the canadian prime minister suggests they should mimic the russian leader by riding bareback on a horse, as he has done. beyond the jokes, though, there are real differences of emphasis and approach here about how much and for how long ukraine should be helped. the uk insists it must
Welcome to newsday reporting live from singapore i m suranjana tewari. the headlines. standing together world leaders at the g seven summit call for unity to help ukraine defeat russia. we have to stay together. as putin is counting on from the beginning that somehow nato would. and the g7 would splinter and. but we haven t and we re not going to, in ukraine residents reel from the latest act of russian aggression as kyiv is struck by a barrage of missiles. at least four people are killed after a wooden grandstand collapsed at a bullfighting festival in colombia.
This is newsday on the bbc. our headlines. standing together world leaders at the g seven summit call for unity to help ukraine defeat russia. in ukraine residents reel from the latest act of russian aggression as kyiv is struck by a barrage of missiles. at least four people are killed after a wooden grandstand collapsed at a bullfighting festival in colombia. let s bring you the latest on a developing story in the uk a house in birmingham in central england has been destroyed by an explosion. it s unclear what caused the blast but there are reports of casualties, and residents nearby have been evacuated from their homes. nearby have been evacuated six fire crews and ambulance staff remain at the scene and police have cordoned off the area and some
Welcome to newsday reporting live from singapore i m suranjana tewari. the headlines. standing together world leaders at the g seven summit call for unity to help ukraine defeat russia. we have to stay together. as putin is counting on from the beginning that somehow nato would. and the g7 would splinter and. but we haven t and we re not going to, in ukraine residents reel from the latest act of russian aggression as kyiv is struck by a barrage of missiles. at least four people are killed after a wooden grandstand collapsed at a bullfighting festival in colombia.