christopher nolan almost needs no introduction. the acclaimed director is behind blockbusters including the dark knight trilogy and interstellar the futuristic science fiction epic which blasted matthew mcconaughey and anne hathaway into space as well as historical films, like dunkirk, which brought the story of the evacuation of allied soldiers in 1940 to a wider audience. nolan delivers box office successes, and the movies have won 11 oscars from 36 nominations. but the director has never clinched the coveted best picture or best director award. perhaps his latest, oppenheimer, will change that. starring cillian murphy as theoretical physicist j robert oppenheimer, it charts the invention of the first atomic bomb, which was tested by scientists in the desert in new mexico in 1945, and then dropped controversially on hiroshima and nagasaki, ending world war ii. i sat down with christopher nolan ahead of the film s premiere in london. well, christopher nolan, thank you so
now on bbc news, the day that shook brazil. we re going to begin with some breaking news. we re hearing that thousands of supporters of the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, smashed their way. ..have stormed. ..the country s national congress, stormed by shutting down the government compound. ..the government buildings. sunday, january 8th, 2023. around the world, people are waking up to the extraordinary events taking place in brasilia. demonstrators are refusing to accept that he lost last year s election. ..and want the military to intervene. leaders from around the world condemn the storming - of brazil s congressl by supporters ofjair bolsonaro. the events of january 8th, 2023, were born of both the global right wing populist movement and years of transformation in brazilian politics and society. a decade before, massive and unprecedented street protests against a long list of grievances from corruption scandals involving the incumbent workers party to the qua
have been destroyed. three hotels have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. here you can see cars, buildings and vegetation, all burnt out, going right up to the edge of the sea. and the fires are still burning. you can see in this video, captured by a tourist, just how thick the smoke is down by the coast. many people spent the night in temporary accommodation like this one, after being evacuated from hotels. others have been forced to gather in public buildings like halls and schools. the fires have been burning for five days now. the country s deputy fire chief says the blazes in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. the budget airline, jet2, says it s cancelled all flights that were due to go to rhodes today. tuigroup says it s also cancelled flights to rhodes until tuesday night. thomas cook has cancelled all holidays to areas of rhodes until 31stjuly. a spokesperson for the greek fire services gave an update on the evacuation of resid
greek police say 19,000 people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island. it s said to be the biggest such operation greece has ever carried out. some breaking news, and the british foreign office has deployed a rapid deployment team, including the british red cross, to rhodes. they will be based at rhodes international airport to assist with travel documents and liaise with greek authorities and travel operators on the ground. these are pictures from one village in rhodes where houses have been destroyed. three hotels there have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in danger. this is the damage at one hotel. here you can see cars, buildings and vegetation, all burnt out, going right up to the edge of the sea. and the fires are still burning. you can see in this video captured by a tourist, just how thick the smoke is down by the coast. many people spent the night in temporary accommodation like this, after being evacuated from hotels. others have been for