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hello and welcome to our oscars results programme on the morning after the night before — no one film swept the boards but we still had you're watching bbc news at 9am lots of tears, laughter with me, carrie gracie. and a few surprises. the headlines: i'm martine croxall bringing you all the highlights of the 91st academy awards on this, a clear favourite at the oscars: hollywood's glitziest olivia colman takes everyone night of the year. by surprise by winning the film criticjason solomons is here — the best actress. we'll be discussing the winners this is hilarious! and losers, the stand out moments and getting laughter. i've got an oscar! um... all the reaction of the night. we'll also take a look at the fashion hits and misses with anna murphy, fashion director at the times. green book, about the what a night for african—american pianist britain's olivia colman — don shirley, took the coveted she took everyone and herself best picture award, and also picked by surprise winning best actress up two other oscars. for her role in the favourite. elsewhere, theresa may faces growing pressure to say she will delay brexit, as she holds talks with eu leaders at a summit in egypt. the education secretary says lessons on sex and relationships will be compulsory across all secondary schools from next year. a new survey finds a six—fold increase in the number of "recent"
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elephant carcasses in northern botswana amid "obvious signs" of poaching. commentator: sterling! and manchester city fans hail their hero, raheem sterling, after the winning penalty in the carabao cup final. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. the british star olivia colman has won best actress at this year's oscars. she picked up the academy award for her portrayal of queen anne in the film the favourite. the oscars ceremony took place overnight. the other main winners were rami malek — he won best actor for his portrayal of freddie mercury in bohemian rhapsody — while best film went to green book, a story about race in 1960s america.
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from los angeles, david willis reports. curtain up on the 91st oscars and you could feel the footstomping rhythm of change. # buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise...# queen's new line—up filling a void made by the absence of a host for only the second time in oscars‘ history. adding to the sense of uncertainty, no clear favourite in several key categories. olivia colman! when olivia colman‘s name was called, she could hardly get up. her depiction of an ailing queen anne in the favourite trouncing that of glenn close, who now has a seven oscar nominations without a win. glenn close, you've been my idol for so long and this is not how i wanted it to be, and i think you're amazing. i love you very much. lady gaga! and melissa.
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the freddie mercury biopic bohemian rhapsody garnered four awards, among them one for its star. thank you, guys, so much. i may not have been the obvious choice, but i guess it worked out! green book. green book, a film about interracial friendship was named best film. its star, mahershala ali, best supporting actor. a record number of wins for african american talent would suggest that hollywood is at last rallying to the calls for change. david willis, bbc news, at the oscars. olivia colman‘s win didn't go unnoticed, back home... on twitter, prime minister theresa may said: "congratulations to olivia colman and all of the british winners and nominees at #oscars2019. you are great ambassadors for british culture on the global stage." and the actor hugh laurie simply tweeted: "olivia colman, you beauty! " our reporter danjohnson was outside the vanity fair after—party earlier
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and had been speaking to spike lee after his first oscar win. he's got a lot to say because he's had an interesting evening. he won four black kla nsman had an interesting evening. he won four black klansman which meant he went on stage and could accept an oscar, the first 435 years in the business. he said that was overdue. —— first for 35. he did tell me it was long overdue for stock congratulations, spike. he's had a lot to say about the make—up of the academy and the sorts of films that get recognised by the oscars. there was some suggestion earlier this evening that he may have been unhappy with green book having won best picture. there has been some controversy about that film, whether the family of don shirley, the black musician who that story was about was whether they were on board with that film, whether they were consulted and approved of the
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adaptation and the illustration of theirfamily adaptation and the illustration of their family member. spy, adaptation and the illustration of theirfamily member. spy, we were interested to talk to him to ask exacting what his thoughts were about that and how tonight's show went, here's what he had to say. what's the rumours? that you turned your back and when you asked about green book when he apparently said, next question. no, i said, let me ta ke next question. no, i said, let me take another sip of champagne, that's what i said. look, the academy voters didn't see fit that we we re worthy academy voters didn't see fit that we were worthy of... of best picture. and the same... i guess it's progress, you know, do the right thing didn't even get nominated. i guess it might take another 20 years to come back. what do you make of green book as a film? imean, it do you make of green book as a film? i mean, it seems very similar to driving miss daisy. theyjust changed the driving positions. that
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was the same year as do the right thing. it was, but it didn't get nominated as best picture. danielle got nominated for best supporting actor, lost out to denzil full glory and we had best screenplay nomination which lost out to dead poetsociety. is there something about a green but? are you british? let me give you a british answer. it wasn't my cup of tea. not my cup of tea! laughter a lot to talk about from this evening's show. lots of different winners, the oscars have been spread around a lot. bikini and rhapsody did well and roma did very well, the black and white mexican production and alphonso cuaron directed that. that was something that did very well. nominated ten times along with
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the favourite but only olivia colman won. the speech she gave is a thing most people have been talking about. the end of the queue to get into the vanity fair after party is just in view. it looks like most people have got in. steven spielberg just whizzed past in the express lane. everybody will be sharing their stories, having champagne and celebrating the success of this yea r‘s celebrating the success of this year's oscars, quite a bit of warmth towards the academy this evening. it looks like they have pulled something off this evening. dan johnson. and for all the best bits of the acceptance speeches and the drama from the red carpet, join us on bbc news for an oscars special at 9.30am this morning. that includes the men and women's clothes. theresa may is facing growing calls to say she would delay brexit rather than leave the eu if no deal is in place by 29th of march. a new plan from some tory mps says ministers could postpone brexit until 23 may "to conclude negotiations".
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it is being suggested as an alternative to cross—party proposals which would see mps take control of the process. yesterday, theresa may said mps would have another chance to approve or reject her brexit deal by the 12th of march — just over two weeks before britain is due to leave the eu. she was speaking in egypt where a summit of eu and arab leaders is taking place. she is holding further talks there today. let's speak to our reporter gavin lee who's in sharm—el—sheikh. gavin, dozens of leaders there, they have migration, terrorism, all kinds of issues to discuss, how are they managing? how is theresa may managing? how is theresa may managing to squeeze in brexit talks? it's really difficult, actually. a master class, some ambassadors have said in global geopolitical diplomacy. they have rolled out the black carpet not red carpet in sharm
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el—sheikh. 2! leaders from the arab states, 24 of the 28 european leaders. the king of saudi arabia. leaders of morocco and bahrain and angela merkel, donald tusk. the message seems to be co—operation, not conflict, that is the mantra we hear from not conflict, that is the mantra we hearfrom some eu leaders about not conflict, that is the mantra we hear from some eu leaders about how they are sitting with some in the room who might be described as dictators. certainly on the european side. and the way things are run in some parts of the middle east. but because there is nothing solid in terms of definitive answers to any of these big issues you just mentioned, migration, yemen is on the agenda, the crisis, ongoing conflict in syria. brexit has breathing space in the sidelines. they are calling it theresa may's sharm offensive. she is meeting with angela merkel of germany and then she will meet mark rutte, the irish taoiseach leo varadkar and the european commission president. i spoke to some of them on the black carpet as they made their way into
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the conference will stop jean—claude juncker said to me he has brexit fatigue. he came 500 miles to get to egypt from brussels that he can't escape brexit. but with 30 days to 90, escape brexit. but with 30 days to go, just over until potentially no deal, he is going to have to take it head on. the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, also telling me he now believes that he is not optimistic of any kind of deal. he believes that it's more likely to see a no deal. thanks, gavin. let's speak now to our assistant political editor norman smith. another man who can't escape the brexit issue. laughter norman, is it a fever pitch in westminster, today? a brief lull, i would say. we are waiting for mrs may to come back tomorrow, when she will deliver a statement to mps. amid signs that momentum really now is building up for some form of delay. the decision taken yesterday by mrs may to put back a vote on her deal potentially until march 12, if anything, that has fuelled a sense
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of exasperation amongst many mps. amid signs that opinion is now beginning to firm up about trying to force m rs beginning to firm up about trying to force mrs may's hand to try and put in place some sort of delay. we know already that the labour mp yvette cooper is likely to table her amendment again to delay things if there is no deal by march 12th. interesting that a group of tory centrists are also looking at some sort of delay. you just get the sense that there is now real pressure building for delay. albeit, listening to the education secretary, damian hinds this morning, he was pretty much sticking to mrs may's line, that delay would not help get a deal. well, look, these delays that people are, you know, suggesting, they don't actually solve anything, theyjust prolong these issues. they don't give any more certainty to business, they don't resolve any of the dilemmas or trade—offs that are involved, inevitably, in this. we have to... we have to face up to those trade—offs.
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we have to get the deal done and better to do it now, in time for the 29th of march, rather than... rather than any kind of delay. now, obviously, what adds to the pressure on mrs may is the fact that we know at least three cabinet ministers have said they are minded to vote for delay, because they think the alternative of no deal is just so cataclysmic. the question is, how far that gives cover to other tory ministers to also break ranks. perhaps with impunity to also vote for delay. one of them, the defence minister, tobias ellwood, was asked this morning was given that he thought mrs may when she came back might actually float the possibility of delay herself. i'm suggesting you need to wait to hear what she has to say when she gets back... but hang on. please, you must allow me... i will allow you, but it's such an important issue. do you believe that the prime
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minister is herself about to announce a delay? that i don't know, i'm encouraging that to happen, as i'm making the case. it's not in anybody's interest to see no deal affecting britain in the way that we are talking about. of course, the difficulty with delay is that it is out with the british commander ‘s any delay would have to be agreed to by the eu amid signs they are not terribly thrilled about they are not terribly thrilled about the idea of a sort of short—term stopgap delay not believing that would provide any solution. instead, they seem to be minded to look at a much, much longer delay. which, of course, would be hugely problematic at westminster. norman, more later, for now, thanks. just a little aside, now. theresa may was challenged to a game of pool by the italian prime minister, giuseppe conte, during the eu—arab league summit in egypt. mr conte posted this video on twitter, which shows him handing a cue to mrs may and inviting her to play. the prime minister can be heard telling mr conte that she will be "hopeless" and that he will have to teach her.
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mrs may is then shown how to position her hand on the table while striking the cue ball, but the footage ends before she takes a shot. probably quite wise. children as young as four will be taught about relationships under new guidelines announced by the government, today. lessons in relationships and sex will also be compulsory across secondary schools as chi chi izundu reports. internet use and social media are being blamed for the added pressure children now feel, especially as teenagers. and the education secretary wants schools to do more to help with both their physical and mental well—being. damian hinds says positive relationships are connected to good mental health, so it's appropriate to make health education universal, alongside relationship and sex education. lessons will start from 2020 in england, and teachers will decide how often to hold the age—appropriate classes. it's the first update to sex education in schools since 2000. children as young as four will be taught things like the importance
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of getting enough sleep, spending time outdoors, and different family models, which could include same—sex couples. students aged 11 and older will build on primary classes to learn how to spot common mental health issues like depression and anxiety in both themselves and others. support networks around female genital mutilation, and the dangers of sexting and sharing private photos. but this move isn't without controversy. and today parliament will be debating the guidelines after more than 100,000 people signed a petition. chi chi izundu, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... a clear favourite at the oscars: olivia colman takes everyone by surprise by winning the best actress. elsewhere, theresa may faces growing pressure to say she will delay brexit, as she holds talks with eu leaders at a summit in egypt. the education secretary says lessons
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on sex and relationships will be compulsory across all secondary schools from next year. chelsea say moritz your salary and the goalkeeper need to talk after he refused to come off after the penalty shoot out and manchester city retained the league cup. a misunderstanding about whether he had cramp was the explanation. liverpool are one point clear at the top of the premier league but a goalless draw at manchester united left them disappointed. dan evans missed out on his first tour title. he double faulted to miss out. that's it from me, more sport later this morning. the african elephant is the world's largest animal — but its numbers are in sharp decline, due to poachers hunting them for their tusks. botswana is regarded as one of the continent's great elephant sanctuaries —
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but it also has a poaching problem, as our africa correspondent alastair leithead has been finding out. you may find some of the images and descriptions in his report upsetting. botswana is home to a third of africa's remaining elephants. 130,000 of them roam the wilderness. but a new report warns they have a problem. mike chase is a scientist, who's carried out aerial surveys, across africa. during his recent survey of northern botswana, he saw something that alarmed him — carcasses. well, this particular area is a poaching hot spot. within a 1,000 square kilometre area, there are 88 poached elephants. but he says the government ignored his warnings, so he went public. the response labelled his observations "false and misleading". his licence was withdrawn. when the aerial survey was done in this area, they identified a large number of elephant carcasses, with evidence of poaching.
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we've come out here in the helicopter to verify those results. i was here in september, four months ago, and, at that time, this carcass was fresh, days old. you can see clear evidence of poaching. half of its cranium has been chopped by a very sharp axe or machete. this elephant was still alive when they chopped his tusks out of his skull. how do you know? so, rather than using another bullet and avoiding shot detection, they would have severed his spinal cord, rendering him paralysed and defenceless, while they chopped his tusks out. we saw more than 60 carcasses in two days. the final report, which the government hasn't yet released, details six times more fresh, or recent, carcasses than the last survey, four years ago, calling it "a significant elephant poaching problem." nine international experts reviewed the findings, but the government still questions the figures.
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nobody can deny that elephants are being killed in botswana. just like, you know, um, nobody can deny that there is poaching elsewhere in this continent. but we are denying that 87 elephants were never killed next to a wildlife sanctuary in northern botswana, because we went there and we couldn't find 87 carcasses. these figures are small, compared to botswa na's elephant population, but some high—end safari operators believe everyone needs to fight this together now, before it gets out of control. i think the government has been hiding it for a while, and now that it's been brought out in the open, we are now realising how serious the problem is. and these big poachers have actually infiltrated further than we expected them to be. the government does have the resources to act. but the poaching issue is caught up in a battle between two political heavyweights — a new president and his predecessor, which is clouding the whole debate.
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alastair leithead, bbc news, in the okavango delta. the inquests into the deaths of 21 people who were killed by two ira bombs in birmingham in 1974 will reopen this morning. six men, who were jailed for the pub bombings, served 17 years behind bars, before their convictions were quashed. this report from sima kotecha. what happened in birmingham in 1974 will never be forgotten. it was an evening in november, two bombs exploded in the city centre, destroying two pubs. 21 people were killed, almost 200 were injured. julie hambleton‘s sister, maxine, was 18 at the time and died in the attack. she was strong, she didn't suffer fools gladly, she was intelligent, she was funny. and none of our lives, none of our lives, would have been the way they've turned out,
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without any shadow of a doubt. we would have been completely different people. the ira is widely believed to have planted the bombs. six people were wrongly convicted of the crime. they became known as the birmingham six. they were acquitted, after spending more than a decade in prison. those responsible have never been to justice. some of the families of those killed have been fighting for an inquest into the bombings to be reopened, to find out what happened and why. today, the coroner will start that process, marking a significant moment in this long—running story. but there are concerns the inquest won't give any new answers. already, the coroner has ruled out looking at who was behind the attacks. it's scheduled to last five weeks. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with murder after a man was fatally stabbed at a south london youth club. 23—year—old glendon spence
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was killed on thursday evening. the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear before magistrates in bromley on monday. the uk's cyber—security agency has issued a warning about the potential threat to britain's national security of allowing chinese tech firms to become involved in britain's telecoms network. the head of gchq has said it is a "hugely complex strategic challenge" and emphasised the importance of the uk having better cyber—security practises. it comes as america pressures its allies not to use chinese firm huawei's technology to build new 5g networks. a brand new news programme begins tonight, on the newly launched bbc scotland channel. it's called the nine, and will be presented by rebecca curran and martin geissler. the hour—long programme will present news from around the world from a scottish perspective. the duke and duchess of sussex have taken part in a horse grooming session as part
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of their three—day tour to morocco. the couple visited the royal moroccan equestrian club in the country's capital rabat. staff told them of how youngsters at the centre are benefiting from working with horses. later, meghan will cook a meal with underprivileged children in the city — using a recipe from her grenfell cookbook. the mobile phone industry have been gathering in barcelona this week to showcase the latest tech. there'll be plenty of shiny new smartphone handsets on display for anyone considering upgrading to use the new faster, stronger 5g network once it launches — but what about the treasure trove that's inside your old one? zoe kleinman has been having a look. your phone was probably put together in china, but it's got the whole world inside it. there are around 60 elements and minerals from dozens of countries, just a few of them in front of me here.
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even in microscopic quantities, without them, this wouldn't work. those elements include precious metals, gold, silver, platinum, and in the battery, as well as lithium, you'll find cobalt. cobalt is pretty valuable, that means that there's actually a huge income stream coming into communities that are mining this stuff. and what this does is that it attracts conflict. 60% of the world's supply of cobalt is in the democratic republic of congo. but there are concerns about corruption and child labour in the mines. the fact that we would like a mobile phone we won't have to charge every day, the batteries get a bit bigger. and so that means a bit more cobalt. and it's not the only issue worrying environmental campaigner greenpeace. the elements in your smartphone are coming from three different directions. what is the damage to the environment from getting it from the ground into your device,
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how short a life span these devices have, and then the end of the life. there's very little going on. tech ffirms are keen to promote their green credentials. tech firms are keen to promote their green credentials. this is apple's latest recycling robot, daisy, which can take apart 200 iphones an hour. both apple and samsung say they're committed to using more recycled elements in new phones. however, despite some firms offering cash for old gadgets, most devices don't find their way to the recycling bin. with 1.4 billion smartphones shipped in 2018 alone, that's a lot of precious metals to save from the scrapheap. zoe kleinman, bbc news. researchers in antarctica are searching for the world's oldest ice. scientists hope it'll enable them to better understand past climate change — and predict future variations. caroline rigby reports. it may be the coldest region on earth, but scientists believe this vast, frozen continent is key to understanding global warming.
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antarctica holds many secrets from the past, which, if unearthed, could help us understand climate change and better predict the planet's future. researchers from norway are the latest to join the international race to find the world's oldest ice. that which was formed more than 1.5 million years ago. the ice can tell us the relation between the earth's surfce temperature and the natural concentration of greenhouse gases. to understand potential future scenario in the change of the climate, we need to understand the natural variations. their mission involves scanning the surface of antarctica for a suitable location to get the best possible sample to study. but the treasure they seek lies deep below. it's likely to take around four years to drill down for almost three kilometres needed to extract an intact ice core. yet these researchers are confident that the scientific understanding it could yield is more than worth the wait. caroline rigby, bbc news.
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in a moment, the weather, but first let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at 10am. good morning. new warnings today about diet pills containing the lethal substance dnp, which is supposed to be used as an industrial chemical but it has been found in some pills illegally marketed as fat burning supplements. we will talk to the father of a 21—year—old woman who died after taking pills containing the substance. and after last week's defections by mps from the conservative and labour party, we speak to anna soubry and chuka umunna ahead of theirfirst we speak to anna soubry and chuka umunna ahead of their first meeting of the new independent group and the fa ct of the new independent group and the fact that the next big vote on brexit could just be 17 days before the uk is due to leave the eu. join us the uk is due to leave the eu. join
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us at 10am on bbc two, bbc news and online. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. over the last few days temperatures have been way above average, high teens and yesterday in wales, 19.1 celsius, the all—time february record. this morning we have had fog but mostly that will clear away by lunchtime with lots of blue skies for england and wales and more clout in northern and western areas with rain pushing its way north over the northern isles. temperatures 13-16dc, northern isles. temperatures 13—16dc, one or two spots 18 or 19 degrees throughout this afternoon. tonight, patchy fog developing in central and southern parts. with clear skies, a chilly night and close to freezing in some spots, there might be a touch of frost to start on tuesday morning. any fog will clear away and it will be another fine day, plenty of blue skies and sunshine. those temperatures 13—18. goodbye.
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