hello this is bbc news. i m luxmy gopal. the headlines: a growing number of countries restrict travel from southern africa in an effort to control a new covid variant, as europe records its first confirmed case. two people are killed as storm arwen batters the uk with strong winds, rain and snow. the former england cricket captain michael vaughan says he s sorry for all the hurt azeem rafiq went through during the yorkshire racism scandal. one of the 27 people who drowned in the channel on wednesday is named as 24 year old maryam nuri mohammed amin from iraq. now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week: buying a forest on the blockchain yes, it is nftrees . a one minute covid test, and that s no gag. we ll take a call from the past if we can lift the handset. and it s mars, it s the moon, it s the country that is out of this world. are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right, what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this
it s as if somebody s saying, wait a minute, you did that in that show. into the woods was based on fairy stories like jack and the beanstalk. sondheim s music was rhythmically complicated and harmonically sophisticated. # we ve no time to sit and dither. # while her withers wither with her. # and no one keeps a cow for a friend. that s one of my favourite things about a sondheim musical, is the material that you learn is some of the most complex series of notes put together that you can learn, and so you feel such a sense of accomplishment when you finally get to when you ve arrived at a place where you realise i ve got it. i ve figured out how to sing this sondheim lyric and sing this beautiful phrase that he wrote. # i thought that you d want what i want, sorry, my dear. for his admirers, stephen sondheim produced some of the most sophisticated and thoughtful musicals ever written. # quick, send in the clowns. # don t bother, they re here. hello. a cold, frosty icy nig
scotland and maybe northern ireland. temperatures across northern ireland staying above freezing, elsewhere another cold and frosty night. this is how we start monday, with this system moving into northern ireland and scotland. it is a warm front and behind it the air is going to be slightly less cold but it will bring a lot of clout, initially some snow on monday, through the grampians, the southern uplands, more like rain come the afternoon. furthersouth, mainly dry, often cloudy, the best of any brightness, i think across southern and south east england, where temperatures again, just four or 5 c. further west, they are starting to rise a little and we could see nine or ten across parts of north west england, north west scotland and northern ireland. as we move into tuesday, we see another frontal system pushing in from of the atlantic and this one is going to provide some heavy outbreaks of rain, initially in the scotland and northern ireland and gradually sliding its way
formerly president and would be the largest story in the political universe if it were about anyone else who has fewer legal problems. that is my factual introduction to the ongoing civil defamation and sexual assault/rape trial for donald trump. e. jean carroll alleges donald trump raped her in the 1990s. today is the sixth day of the trial and we are learning a lot as we are right in the heart of it. the jury also heard in a way from trump himself, but not live. instead, this jury, which is assessing these very serious allegations, heard from trump in a deposition that was taped in okay. now, there s no video of this new deposition available. we do know broadly what it looks like. it s a contrast to past depositions that trump faced. we also can tell you reporting today in what is a small portion of a 45-minute deposition was reported as evidence. this is something off the top i want to explain why it matters before i go any further. donald trump as a legal and political ma
bill. the corporation general says it is upholding bills, but labour i it is upholding bills, but labour says it is bowing to pressure. silicon valley bank has been close, the biggest failure since the crisis. and officials in hamburg say the shooter who killed seven people was a former member of the religious group who left on bad terms. you are watching bbc news, and now it is time for talking movies, reporting from los angeles ahead of the oscars. and a warning, this programme contains flashing images. hello from california. i m tom brook. and welcome to talking movies. and a preview of hollywood s biggest night of the year, the oscar ceremony. will ensemble absurdist sci fi action comedy everything everywhere all at once dominate the proceedings? will the german language anti warfilm all quiet on the western front make an impressive oscar night showing? a smorgasbord of films up for best picture. big budget blockbusters like top gunzmaverick and avatar: the way of the wat