this week s beijing film festival was meant to showcase the industry s rapid rise but with several recent scandals and local censorship stifling creativity event struggle to make its mark katrina you has more from the chinese capital. the journey of the chinese musician in one nine hundred forty s. kazakhstan opened this year s beijing film festival the movie the composer wasn t chosen because of its acting or special effects but because it aligns with china s political and economic priorities the film was produced as a part of its belt and road initiative. titles from other participant countries iran and hungry also featured. as chinese celebrities took to the red carpet big hollywood names were notably absent the capital is seen as more of a homage to communist party leadership rather than the art of filmmaking. beijing has intensified its crackdown on films which don t align with socialist values. or ship is that obviously a hurdle for the film industries development but.
they lived with a civil war for many many years come out. great reporting and context from the mill fernandez in colombo and we will be returning to the story later in the. for now though we re looking at sudan where the head of the transitional military council so the formation of a joint military civilian council is under discussion protest leaders of course have been calling for an end to military rule and immediate creation of a civilian government they re expected to choose individuals who will take over a transitional government later today the military ruler ruler. has promised to respond within a week to the demands of the protesters he also confirmed the former president omar bashir and his close associates have been jailed thousands of protesters though continue to rally outside military headquarters demanding an end to military rule morgan in. can you explain this one for us because i m wondering all those people who want civilian rule would they be sated by the id
that s really extraordinary when you think about it he hasn t divided the country it seems many ukrainians from all over ukraine have backed him for president thank you robin forrester walk in kiev the news coming out of the runoff election there is that the comedian candidate volodymyr is a lenski has won the runoff well in a landslide quite simply around seventy three percent of the vote that s his headquarters on the right hand side he was on stage earlier celebrating with the media crowding around a little bit more quiet on the other side the headquarters of president petro poroshenko looks like he will be president poroshenko as he has been defeated. quite handsomely in this runoff election in ukraine. the rest of the day s news that come on al-jazeera there is more political uncertainty in mali as attackers target an army post just days after the prime minister resigned. and a report of my course of a is bringing back our relatives of people who went to the front lines
catch the new episode of eva longoria searching for mexico tomorrow night at nine p.m. eastern, right here on cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour with new details in the case against the 21 year old air national guardsman he s accused of leaking top secret pentagon information. jack to share a appeared in court yesterday and was charged under the espionage act. his arrest follows an intense week long search for the source. of the online leak of secret documents to share a held a top secret security clearance and is accused of posting documents that exposed sensitive intelligence the u. s has on both close allies and adversaries. cnn senior national security correspondent alex marquardt is joining us live from washington right now, alice , what more are you learning about how to share? and uh, you know, learning about him and then how he was able to print off these documents there, fredricka? well, the qu
social media megaphones are back, with metal letting him back on facebook and instagram. and a new era of american extremism. the shocking details revealed in the proud boys seditious conspiracy trial. who they are, and the dangers behind their extreme beliefs, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. the u.s. and its allies made a major commitment to support boosting ukraine s firepower and the war against russia today. the white house promised to send 31 abrams tanks to help ukrainian forces, while germany now said it would send 14 of their leopard two tanks. germany had been resisting sending the tanks unless the united states did the same. president biden spoke about the decision earlier today. approaching ukrainian forces, working to the fund the territory they hold, and prepared for additional counter offenses. today s announcement bills on the hardware and commitment from countries around the world. that