everybody went to the movies and everyone cared. that is no longer true. people are very comfortable now i being outspoken about the sexism, the inequality that women have suffered through for decades. i tonight, we frigging broke that glass ceiling! cheering and applause. hello from los angeles. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, in the wake of the academy awards, we look back at the changing face of hollywood, the efforts that are being made to bring about greater diversity and inclusion. with the oscars now over, the film industry is reflecting on how it all went. the first academy awards ceremony took place in this landmark hollywood hotel in 1929. 95 years on, the oscars is facing challenges. wings was the very first movie to win an academy award for best picture. a silent film, a story involving world war i combat pilots in love with the same woman. the oscars ceremony that year was attended byjust 270 people at the hollywood roosevelt ho
that the body found in the river is nicola bulley who went missing last month. fractious scenes in israel s parliament, where members are debating a controversial overhaul of the country s judiciary. we begin in ukraine where us presidentjoe biden has made a surprise visit to kyiv his first trip since russia invaded almost a year ago. speaking alongside president zelensky, mr biden said that russia s war in ukraine is failing and that vladimir putin had been wrong to think russia could outlast ukraine and its allies. putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided. as you know, mr. president, i said to you in the beginning, he is counting on us not sticking together. he was counting on the inability to keep nato united, he was counting on us not to be able to bring in others on the side of ukraine. he thought he could outlast us. but he is just been plain wrong. one year later, the evidence is right here in this room. we stand here together. president biden took a
tonight with the context. from edinburgh, alex massie scotland editor of the spectator. bill browder, the ceo of hermitage capital management and long time critic of vladimir putin. and joel rubin, who served in the obama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. welcome to the programme. whenjoe biden spoke to vladimir zelensky on this day last year, there wasn t much confidence in washington he would be president for much longer, nor indeed that kyiv could be defended. yet here we are, a year on and not only is zelensky still there, but the us president was today standing alongside him, in kyiv. plans that involved extraordinary subterfuge and secrecy. on sunday night, as is usual, the white house issued the president s public schedule for monday, on which we were told he was leaving for warsaw at 7pm tonight. in fact, he was already in poland. air force one took off at 4:15 sunday morning, the press pool was left behind. and by late evening, the president was
cases of suspected and confirmed monkeypox are being investigated in a number of european countries, as well as the us, canada and the uk. and the man behind film scores that mesmerised millions, composer vangelis has died at the age of 79. ukraine s president says russian forces have completely destroyed the eastern donbas region, accusing moscow of senseless bombardments as it intensifies its attacks. in another development, the international red cross says its registered hundreds of ukrainian prisoners of war who ve left the besieged azovstal steelworks in the ukrainian port city of mariupol. russia says all those who have left will be treated in line with international standards, but there are fears that some could face prosecution by president putin s courts. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. tired and wounded. moscow released these images of ukrainian fighters leaving the steelworks they d been defending in mariupol, giving themselves up to the r
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ukraine s president says russian forces have completely destroyed the eastern donbas region, accusing moscow of senseless bombardments as it intensifies its attacks. in another development, the international red cross says it s registered hundreds of ukrainian prisoners of war who ve left the besieged azovstal steelworks in the ukrainian port city of mariupol. russia says all those who have left will be treated in line with international standards, but there are fears that some could face prosecution by president putin s courts. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. tired and wounded. moscow released these images of ukrainian fighters leaving the steelworks they d been defending in mariupol, giving themselves up to the russians. ukraine is hoping for a prisoner swap, but in russia there are calls to put some of the soldiers on trial for war crimes. they are killers, they are criminals, but we g