that looks set to affect production on major hollywood films, as performersjoined action begun earlier this year by writers in the film and television industry. the screen actors guild wants studios and streaming giants to give its members a better share of profits as well as assurances on the use of artificial intelligence. the strike has considerable implications for the entertainment industry as it is open ended. let s join our correpsondent sophie long in los angeles. this is the first industrywide strike in six decades and it has shut down a few productions that survived the writer is walk out. the big questions now are what rules should govern the future use of ai and what split of the entertainment industry profits would get hollywood up industry profits would get hollywood up and running again. actors from bit part players to hollywood s biggest stars joined those who write their lines on the picket lines. the studios say actors have walked away from their historic
he was animated at times, voice projected as he denied the accusations. at one point, he told the court how he liked being called k dog by one of the complainants during their encounter. responding to allegations made by one of the four complainants that kevin spacey drugged him and performed a sex act on him while he was asleep, the actor said, he did not fall asleep and i did not perform on him while he was asleep, despite what he has shockingly accused me of. addressing the suggestion that he might have ignored signs from the four complainants, mr spacey said he definitely misread signs from one man. the actor said his interactions with two other complainants were consensual and told jurors, if they went further than they wanted, they did not let me know that. he added, it seems that they regretted what they did at a later time. kevin spacey admitted to court that he felt lonely at times after he became famous. the prosecution asked him if he reached out to people se
senior american official to visit the island in decades. china has warned that america would pay the price for her visit. a man has been charged under the trees and act after allegedly being found with a crossbow and the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day. adverts featuring edited model should come with warnings and nonsurgical procedures need tighter regulation. that is according to a group of mps investigating the impact of body image. a snorkeler suffered a leg injury after allegedly being hit by a blue shark off the coast of cornwall last week. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has recorded its second highest three monthly profit in history. between april and june is made £6.9 billion, three times the figure for the same period last year. in the oil trading performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £i performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £1 billion in uk tax this year. but the news comes as dome
may also be on the line as president biden see it is. in his speech the president reiterated america s commitment to ukraine specifically and to democracy globally in the face of authoritarians on the march. jim sciutto is at the u.n. where all of this is going down. jim? reporter: that s right, boris. the message here today, and it was a firm one from the u.s. president, is that russia sing a xw aggression in ukraine will reverberate far beyond ukraine and europe s borders.ng a aggression in ukraine will reverberate far beyond ukraine and europe s borders.g a aggression in ukraine will reverberate far beyond ukraine and europe s borders. a aggression in ukraine will reverberate far beyond ukraine and europe s borders.a aggression in ukraine will reverberate far beyond ukraine and europe s borders. aggression in ukraine will reverberate far beyond ukraine and europe s borders. but he said after the brutal fighting and a steady flow of aid, cracks in the west unified front a
they need disbanding, it needs removing, it needs building up again from the ground floor. and, as i ve been quoted quite commonly, the whole of the postal service nowadays, it s beyond it s a dead duck it s beyond saving. alan bates said the post office should be sold to someone like amazon. sanchia berg, bbc news. let me tell you more about lord james arbuthnot who is going to be appearing today. as we heard there he is a tory peer and former conservative mp who got into this fight once his own constituentjo hamilton became a victim and lost her life savings. despite the fact that they it was discovered there was no actual evidence against her but that she was knocked over this by the post office. he has been fighting this campaign for more than 14 fighting this campaign for more than 1a years and for much of the time he was mp he was their soul voice in parliament. his assessment of all that this in the past has been very straightforward, he said this was a perversion