Going home with the big Oscar Trophies One year from now, in 2025. There were some great movies in the offing at the oscars this year, and for the most part, the prizes went the way most people expected, with one or two notable exceptions, and it was a pretty solid Oscars Ceremony as well. For me, the best moment was when ryan gosling brought the house down when he performed imjust ken from the movie barbie, but it was the picture oppenheimer which went home with the most oscar trophies. Oppenheimer. It was oppenheimer s night to rejoice. It took home seven trophies, including the top best picture prize. Cillian murphy. Best actor for its leading man, Cillian Murphy, and Best Director, as everyone expected, went to Christopher Nolan for his masterful portrait of the so called father of the atomic bomb. Movies are just a little bit over 100 years old. Imagine being there 100 years into painting or theatre. Backstage, he was buoyant. The film has been a commercial and critical hit, and n
Perceptions around what the boj will do in its today meeting which concludes next week. We are seeing firming continuing in the japanese currency. Yesterday we saw the country avoid a technical recession. Better than what economists had been expecting. Perhaps we could see a shift in march. It seems for a economists, by april. It depends on what comes out of the wage negotiations. That is something that could force the boj to end its negative interestrate policy this month if the numbers come in pretty strong. That is what local media is saying here. Negotiations wrap up wednesday and the first estimate on friday ahead of the wrapup of the meeting the following tuesday. That is the japan outlook. We had a drop in yesterdays session. Korea coming online looking better so far. Range bound. Doing better than wall street. U. S. Stocks we saw inching lower. It is the countdown to the u. S. Inflation print still expected to be in the 3 territory. Core reading, three point 7 according to our
Wind direction and we will lose the easterly wind and pick a this is bbc news. A the headlines the European Union says a maritime aid corridorfrom cyprus to gaza could Begin Operating in the coming hours. The first vessel is being loaded. But the us has warned a temporary dock in gaza could take 60 days to build. Thousands of people march in Central London in support of gaza the tenth major protest in the city since the october 7th attacks. The urgent hunt for nearly 300 School Children abducted by gunmen in nigeria continues the governor of kaduna state says at least 28 have managed to escape. A London Fertility Clinic has its Operating Licence suspended after significant concerns were raised over errors in the freezing of embryos. The health 0mbudsman says Cancer Patients in england are being put at risk because the Health Service is overstretched and understaffed. And new life is springing from the sycamore gap tree. Seedlings from the famously felled tree are starting to grow. I ha
Welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and Around The World. We begin in cyprus, where a Spanish Charity ship carrying vital supplies is preparing to set sailfor gaza along a new maritime aid corridor. Its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Somerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship The Open Arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clearances from israel came through in the last few ho
The clinic said a small number of embryos had either not survived or had become undetectable. In a major defeat for irelands government, voters reject two Referendum Proposals on family and womens roles. Proponents wanted to amend the constitutional definition of a family to include people who were not married. And new life is springing from the sycamore gap tree. Seedlings from the famously felled tree are starting to grow. Now on bbc news Talking Movies. Hello from hollywood. Im tom brook, and welcome to our special Talking Movies preview of the 96th annual Academy Awards. In todays programme. This is a matter of life and death. Just how many oscar trophies do we think oppenheimer will win . Oppenheimer is definitely going to win at least seven oscars, if not more. And why some new mexicans wont be rejoicing On Oscars Night. The oppenheimer movie winning a trove of awards will not be a celebration for me. And how the Academy Awards is becoming increasingly global, helping germany be