Hello, im David Eades In London. Jane obrien is in washington. Is The Uks accelerating journey towards lifting all Covid Restrictions about to hit a Speed Bump . For weeks now, it has felt as if england has been set fair to emerge into a sunny, social summer, with nightclubs allowed to reopen, masks to be cast aside and social distancing to be consigned to history. And the date hanging in the air the 21st Ofjune. But now a senior scientific adviser to the government has called for those measures to stay in place for at least a few more weeks because of what he called an Exponential Growth in the so called indian variant of the coronavirus. Professor Ravi Gupta said the explosive impact it could have was currently being masked by the high vaccination rate. Anna collinson has this report. Its one of the biggest Rugby Stadiums in the world, but today, thousands are being encouraged to come to twickenham for their coronavirus jab. Its been really good. Yeah, i thought the queue was quite l
Japanese Tennis Player Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open. It follows her decision to boycott Post Match Media Duties at the Grand Slam tournament. She has released a statement on twitter saying i think now the best thing for the tournament, other players and my wellbeing is that i withdraw so that everyone can get back to focussing on the tennis. Courtney bembridge reports. After five days of back and forth, Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open. It started when the 23 year old announced she would not take part in Press Conferences at roland garros due to their effect on her mental health. She said expecting players to answer question after a defeat amounted to kicking a person while they are down. The organisers responded, writing in a statement. Osaka hit back on twitter, writing. She was fined 15,000 for not doing the Post Match media after this win in her opening match. Then came the news that she had decided to withdraw completely. In a long statement posted
Elsewhere in the star studded cast jodie foster is nancy hollander, the lawyer who takes on salahis case with assistant terri duncan, played by Big Little Lies star shailene woodley, and Benedict Cumberbatch is liutenant colonel stuart couch, tasked with tying salahi to terrorist atrocities. Ive never been part of a conspiracy but im starting to think that this is what it must feel like to be on the outside of one. Im sorry, what exactly are you accusing me of . One of the challenges faced by director kevin macdonald, whose career has shifted between fiction and documentaries, is how to make the mauritian s revelations of torture more dramatic, when many viewers will already be well aware of what went on at guantanamo. Its an endeavour in which he is hugely aided by rahims riveting central performance, which lends a very personal edge to the proceedings, drawing us deep into the nightmare of salahis individual ordeal, allowing us to see the world through his eyes. Being here, im im im
Dramatic, when many viewers will already be well aware of what went on at guantanamo. Its an endeavour in which he is hugely aided by rahims riveting central performance, which lends a very personal edge to the proceedings, drawing us deep into the nightmare of salahis individual ordeal, allowing us to see the world through his eyes. Being here, im. Im like a statue ironically, for all the horrors of his imprisonment, the mauritanian works best as a portrait of an unbreakable spirit, of someone who came through this ordeal and survived. While both the story and the filmmaking may be somewhat familiar, rahims performance lifts this out of the ordinary. The mauritanian is on Amazon Prime Video now. A couple of weeks ago, i reviewed locked down, a heist caper made on the fly during the pandemic by director doug liman. It was fine, unremarkable, but kind of fun. The same cannot be said of Chaos Walking, a Bloated Sci Fi Epic Which Liman originally shot back in 2017, and which is only now c
Of his imprisonment, the mauritanian works best as a portrait of an unbreakable spirit, of someone who came through this ordeal and survived. While both the story and the Film Making May be somewhat familiar, rahims performance lifts this out of the ordinary. The mauritanian is on Amazon Prime Video now. A couple of weeks ago i reviewed locked down, made on the fly during the pandemic and it was fine but fun. The same cannot be said of Chaos Walking, a Bloated Sci Fi Epic Which doug liman shot back in 2017 which is only now crawling out on digital nearly four years later, presumably in the hope that no one will notice. There was a terrible crash. Adapted from a popular ya source by patrick ness, author of the brilliant a monster calls, Chaos Walking plays out on a colonised planet where the men can all hear each other s thoughts. An interesting idea that owes a debt to the books and radio shows of douglas adams, but which is here visualised with a silly purple fog that looks like some