And its notjust my industry and the Entertainment Industry, this is the world at large. But in the Entertainment Industry and your industry, you know, as a senior director, there are very few black women in that position. Yes. And what do you put that down to . What i put it down to, i put it down to hollywood being a part of the world. There are very few women, there are very few black people and very few black women in positions of power and status in the world, specifically in the western world. And so its not only the Entertainment Industry. But do you think the Subject Matter of this film was a problem for hollywood . Oh, yes. No, i mean, hollywood is definitely caste ist for sure. Thank you very much indeed, ava. Thank you very much, i appreciate it. Thank you. So lets take a look at some of the front pages. We are looking at the daily mail and it continues with its boost defence spending campaign. Forformer spending campaign. For former defence spending campaign. Forformer Defen
you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. break the news from around the world this is bbc news. it certainly what we can see so far is that donald trump continues to dominate american politics in the landscape. i dominate american politics in the landsca e. ~ , dominate american politics in the landscae. ~ , ., , landscape. i think it s actually more competent landscape. i think it s actually more competent than - landscape. i think it s actually more competent than that. landscape. i think it s actually - more competent than that donald trump certainly is not dominate the landscape, he is still most popular person in republican party in that may have changed in the recent days but i think may be a short term spike. interesting when you talk to many of the uk or your contrast what a lot of americans are saying, i think there s a lot more fear in the uk that donald trump will get the nomination, there is a lot of sc
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parliament. and vardy versus rooney but this time in the high court. the so called wagatha christie trial gets under way. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 4.30am in sri lanka where security forces have been ordered to shoot anyone seen looting or damaging public property, in the latest attempt to stop anti government protests. since last month, the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts, and a lack of medicines. demonstrators are calling for the resignation of president gotabaya rajapaksa. his brother, mahinda rajapaksa, stepped down as prime minister on monday following violent street clashes. protesters have defied an island wide curfew, and at least eight people have died and 200 have been injured as our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from colombo. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the