to answer and he was due to be summoned. but today, that decision was overturned. we've just given the green light for every politician to lie to us about our money for ever. that's a terrifying idea which i cannot accept, and i'm not going to give up. this was one of the main messages of the vote leave campaign. boris johnson had claimed £350 million was being sent from the uk to the eu every week. it was a contested claim. many people said it was a lie. but did it amount to a criminal offence? in court, borisjohnson‘s barrister argued that the offence of misconduct in public office, which is what mrjohnson was facing, had never been used in the context of a statement in a political campaign. adrian darbishire qc said the offence was about the secret abuse of power and that there was nothing secret about what mrjohnson was claiming.

£350 million a week. let's spend it on our priorities. his supporters say the case should never have gone to court. to try and fight political debate through the criminal courts is what happens in dictatorships. it's not what happens in democracies. for mrjohnson, an unwelcome distraction, now gone away, allowing him to focus on his next campaign, to become the new prime minister. helen wilkinson, bbc news. facebook says it has stopped allowing huawei smartphones to come preloaded with its apps including instagram and whatsapp. it folllows the us government's decision to effectively block american companies from doing business with the chinese telecoms giant. it comes as the financial times reports that google has warned the trump administation that the restriction on huawei could harm us national security. if you're looking to book a holiday

next year and money is no object, you may be interested to know math is going to open up the international space station for tourism and other business ventures. from 2020, they say they don't market commercial opportunities at the research lab and up to two short private missions a year. how much will it cost? around 27 and a half thousand pounds a night. possibly. if you would like more affordable entertainment closer to home, catch a movie. now on bbc news it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? it's been an interesting week. we have late night starring emma thompson as a chat show host.

the new x—men movie, dark phoenix, and gloria bell. a remake of gloria. you're very gravelly today. i know. let's start with late night, shall we. this is a writer that people might know. yes, it stars emma thompson as a chat show host, she's been there for ages, a proper host, smart, intelligent, proper smart italian gusts. —— italian guests. but her ratings are in a slump. and she decides that the problem is that she has a writers room who are not doing theirjob. more to the point, they are all white males, and she doesn't know any of them. here's a clip. if i may, ijust want to say, it is such an honour to meet you. my name is eugene.

when my parents got divorced... i don't know who any of you are. well, i'm tom. i write the monologue. i'm the youngest monologue right in the history of the channel. i'm not going to remember any of this. this is what we are going to do. you are one, two, three, four,... hi, how's your baby? she is 27. her baby is doing well. never mind. i don't know why iasked, six, seven. i'll be allowed to call each other by our own names? just remember the numbers. can i switch, it'sjust that i'm the most senior writer. 0k, can we salvage anything from the taping. i love it already. i love how emma thompson does

that oh, i don't care. she says i have to have women writers and men detailing plays someone who applies and has no qualifications. they have to make this, she is referred to as a diversity higher but she starts turning the programme around. catherine starts talking about subjects that interest her. it becomes more political and more edgy. fortunes start to change. i think, very much like book smart. which is really funny, and bridesmaids, what this has done is demonstrated that we have actually won half of mainstream television for quite a long time. it has shaken up the gender balance. for a long time people thought that women need comedies wouldn't work. and here it works terrifically well. emma thompson is terrific, the problem, to some extent is that

in the third act the comedy narrows down a little bit and becomes more dramatic. it's a blend of drama and comedy. i kind of wanted a bit more broadcast near its needs third rock. you lined up which something which is closer to the devil wears prada meets... soapdish. but that said it is consistently funny. it's not as tough as i wanted to be but is consistently funny and the performances are good. it's worth watching for those scenes in which emma thompson turns the right apart. it's making a serious point at the same time. very serious point. the world has changed. when bridesmaids came out everyone was saying it can't possibly compete with things like the hangover, and it did. my only reservation is i wanted to be slightly harsh about the media. i wanted my own prejudices to come into play. next we have x—men, how many more x—men films do we need?

this is an end of sorts. sophie turner is jean sophie turner isjean grey. it is about how dark phoenix comes to be after a solo play which gives her hidden powers, and unlocks trauma. she is a divided soul, she and or is she dangerous? the film starts with a car crash, and i have to say that narratively an awful lot of the fun continues in that way. —— film. it very incoherent in terms of plot. the dialogue isn't great. there are lots of those smash crash, set pieces in which you have umpteen different superheroes. all of you who have different... laser that acts like a heat that! it does look very bark sticky. there are good things about it. i think it is a really good job. i think 70 turner does a good job with a central role. jessica chastain is excitingly strange as the nemesis who is searching for the dark power.

and james mcavoy is always good. but it's very scrappy. it just rely heavily on special effects. in an age in which we have character studies thatjust happen to have superheroes, i wanted much, much more from this. you've not sold it to me, you were never going to. no, you won't and x—men fan, but even if you where you would struggle. now, gloria bell. the director has made this film in spanish? yes, gloria made in 2015 in spanish. this is now a remake starring julianne moore. he says if you've seen the original version there is an awful lot that you will recognise, because it has been pretty much moved wholesale from santiago to america. julianne moore is gloria bell, a divorcee looking for love in single bars where she meets arnold, who is himself a divorcee, although he has commitment issues which we see very clearly

when she introduces him to her family. and he walks out because he just can't face it. here's a clip. what are you doing here? can we talk? i don't have anything to say to you. i really need you to listen to me. i do. how could you be so rude? i was introducing you to my family. i thought you to my son's birthday party and you had the nerve... you would have done the same thing. it wasn't an easy situation. i searched your eyes, again and again. i didn't exist. we were in love. how many times you have to say that. it made me sick. i threw up. i don't know how you could do something like that to me.

growa pair. well, i know where my sympathies lie. i have been watching your reactions. i think that the lead actor plays a very good part. he is very needy and from the very beginning she wants to like him. she is terrific, she does a smile that looks like a smile on a brave face, a kind of scream happening behind the smile. and she is a very physical performer. she goes to these clubs where she dances, because she always enjoyed dancing and dances in and out of date way, which is the most complicated thing to do. find me the last time so many big budget movie did that. my only reservation here is you've seen gloria you have seen this before.

the best out rocket man? have you seen it yet? i want to see it more than i wanted queen. this doctorate not bohemian rhapsody. this is a proper musical. it's based on true fantasy. it's a musical, the kind of thing that can vessel would play. it's really well done. karen egerton is fantastic. and whether you are an eltonjohn fan or not, i mean i am, i grew up with him. but i couldn't believe how much i enjoyed this. i sat there beaming through the whole thing. i think you'd love it.

i think you'd love it because it's such a vibrant, fantastic cinema experience. and it's not sanitised? no, it's not. bohemian rhapsody is a bit sanitised, this isn't, it's for long. the full sex and drugs life, and then some. sold to me just on that. and on dvd, a private ball? yes, this is a narrative drama about marie colvin, the war reporter. the film itself has some flaws. he says it is not a biopic, it's a portrait. but it's got a brilliant central performance by rosamund pike who gives it iio%. it's one of those films in which that central performance will see you through, perhaps, the simplifications of the film itself. it's an important subject, and she really carries it. she really, really does. the thing with marie colvin though, a lot of people will know the story, the truth of it.

not least because we've seen it done in documentaries which is why there is the question of his dramatisation necessarily the way to go. i think thejury is still out on that. if you are going to see it it has to have a central character who is charismatic and electrifying, and can hold you, and i think rosamund pike does that. she generally looks not like rosamund pike. it's all to do with the stance and physicality of the performers. you got through it, your voice survived, now you need to go and rested. is that a nice way of saying, stop talking. yes! thank you very much. that's it for this week, thanks for watching and goodbye. very unsettled day across the uk, we had thunderstorms in the last few hours even a report of a funnel

cloud in southwest parts of england, and some very strong wind on the way for tomorrow as well. this area of low pressure is what brought us the heavy rain initially across the price of the uk, but there of the night you see it's raining in the northeast at england around wales inside of it is wrapping back up around into the low pressure across the price at uk. not too wet in scotland, in fact clear skies and a bit scotland, in fact clear skies and a bhdw scotland, in fact clear skies and a bit dry and northern ireland to do. as the low pressure pulls away to the north sea behind it we get a rush as strong wind out of the atlantic, strong westerly in fact some of the southern coast during saturday with gus exceeding 50 miles an hour. but there will be sunshine. further north, showers on saturday, sunday looking, with lighter winds and a few showers.

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