good luck to superpower and the ukraine glory to ukraine. thank you. films dealing with ukraine have certainly been getting attention in berlin. although one or two trade publications described the sean penn documentary as awkwardly narcissistic and fawning, it was overall warmly received. and president zelensky and his team, who viewed it before the festival, liked it. his chief of staff tweeted that it was a great film. germany has been enjoying a very good year in cinema, especially with its anti war film, all quiet on the western front, picking up all kinds of accolades internationally. and here in berlin at the festival, there are five german films in competition. emma jones has been talking to one of her favorite film critics about the german offerings and other notable films in the festival line up. film critic kaleem aftab and i met during this year s berlinale to chat about the films we d seen, and we started off with the opening movie, rebecca miller s she came to
life beyond the grave, jim, but not as we know it. william shatner s got plans to keep talking after he s boldly on. this interview is the best thing i ve ever done! - oh, for goodness sake! laughs. and how can your foot flaunt the perfect fit? get ready for the science of stilettos. here s something that s hard to get your head around. more and more tourist attractions are clocking how important social media is in getting their name out there. yeah, we re at the new twist museum in central london, which is filled with a multitude of mirrors and instagrammable illusions that will play with your perceptions. oh, this makes a change look at you down there! i know and for reference, this is our true social standing that you re looking at right now. and what s weird is this isn t even the strangest thing i ve filmed recently. it is a fundamental law of the universe that nearly everything looks better in slow mo something that the the slow mo guys have been proving since 20
senegal celebrates the rich traditions of the continent s fabrics and textiles with some of africa s leading contemporary designers. welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we start in france, where hundreds of protesters have filled the vast square opposite the parliament building in central paris. they started fires and chanted their opposition to the government s move to push through unpopular pension reforms without a parliamentary vote. president emmanuel macron opted to invoke a controversial article in the french constitution, after a frantic series of meetings with close aides and ministers revealed he d lose a potential vote. the french prime minister elisabeth borne was booed as she arrived in the national assembly to announce that the government would trigger article 49.3 of the french constitution. a short while ago our correspondent hugh schofield joined us from outside the parliament building. hugh schofield, the use of this c
tonight with the context, anand menon, director of the thinktank, the uk in a changing europe and the former spokesperson for the republican national committee doug heye welcome to the programme. around a million health workers in england have been offered a new pay deal today, which could bring to an end months of damaging strikes in the nhs. the unions at the negotation, represent a wide variety of health staff from nurses, paramedics, and midwives, to emergency call handlers and cleaners. the deal now on the table comes in two parts. first a one off payment for the 22/23 financial year that the government will pay within weeks which rises from 1,600 pounds 1,900 dollars for the lowest paid, to around £3,700 for senior managers. and on top of that there s a 5% pay rise for next year. most of the unions involved in the talks says they will recommend their members accept the offer. here s the prime minister. we ve got a great plan in place to make improvements and yo
between the brothers over what will happen to james s character lorcan after their mother s death and as the first actor with down s syndrome to win an oscar, he hopes the world of the big screen will become more open to storylines which involve disability. it s really down to the actors themselves, really, but i think we should be included because it doesn t matter what disabilities you have, as long as you can act, that is the main thing. what is crucial for representation is not making the disability the main event. after the glitz and glamour of the awards, james said the next stop is to bring the oscar home to his drama group in belfast. they hope their next project will be a feature length film and believe it was northern ireland s characteristic dark humour which helped win over the academy judges and bring a bit of red carpet prestige back home. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. good evening. northern ireland had its warme