Hello. Im marc ashdown. A very good morning to you. We start in hollywood and the film industrys biggest night, the oscars. The awards, which celebrate the best films of the year, finished just a few hours ago, clocking in at a spritely 3. 5 hours. The big winner of the night was, as expected, the Christopher Nolan epic, oppenheimer, which racked Up Seven Awards from its 13 nominations, including best picture. Behind that on four wins is the quirky period dramedy poor things. Heres The Moment Acting Royalty Al Pacino presented the final award of the night for best picture. And oppenheimer. Yes, yes. I think any of us who make movies i think any of us who make movies know that you kind of Dream Movies Know that you kind of dream of movies know that you kind of dream of this moment. You know you do. Dream of this moment. You know you do, right . I could deny it but i you do, right . I could deny it but i have you do, right . I could deny it but i have been dreaming about this moment for
translation: this is a plan - of interventions with which we want to make a contribution to give african younger generations a right that until now has been denied. because here in europe we have often spoken about the right to emigrate, but we have almost never talked about how to guarantee the right not to be forced to emigrate. live now to daviday ghilionay, our bbc news reporter who isjoining us from the newsroom. daviday, can you tell us why this deal with albania is so important for giorgia meloni and her governemnt? thank you for your question. it is still vital, this deal. she is sending a strong message to the people who voted for almost two years ago. she s also talking to her opponents and people who have been criticising her because obviously now the migration crisis is one of the most delicate political issues. that s also one of the most ones to tackle at the beginning of her government as soon as she was elected she struggled to deliver. you do know her elector
you would have anticipated. these two countries were allies until this week. in fact, they were laying plans to hold joint naval exercises. on tuesday, iran said it attacked the bases of a group within pakistani balochistan. last night, pakistan responded in kind with precision strikes inside iran. it s hard to see any direct connection to what s happening in gaza but it perhaps reflects just how febrile the wider region has become. here s our analysis editor, ros atkins. ever since the israel gaza war started, there s been a fear the conflict could spread, and that s happening. across the middle east, we re seeing air strikes, bombings, assassinations and border raids. the most high profile escalation involves houthi rebels in yemen attacking shipping in the red sea, they say, in solidarity with palestinians. in response, the us and the uk have attacked houthi positions, most recently with us strikes on wednesday night. and a day before america began attacking the houthis,
rebels have been going on since the october the 7th hamas attacks. what is your assessment for shipping in the area, how serious is it? last niuht the area, how serious is it? last night was the area, how serious is it? last night was the the area, how serious is it? last night was the largest the area, how serious is it? test night was the largest escalation to date since the 19th of november. there has been a report of 18 drone and missile attacks that were launched in a multilayered attack last night from the north. we have not seen this escalation to date. there are a number of assumptions of why it took place last night. the houthi are still very clear that they will continue to target israeli affiliated vessels. affiliated vessels. more than 20 countries signed affiliated vessels. more than 20 countries signed a affiliated vessels. more than 20 countries signed a us affiliated vessels. more than 20 countries signed a us led - affiliated vessels. more than 2