will be easing in on sunday morning, they will be much lighter across the uk. temperatures overnight will be hovering about 10—11d, then tomorrow in the morning in the north, we will have clouds and spots of rain, but thenit have clouds and spots of rain, but then it should dry out. a bit of sunshine around. the best of the sunshine around. the best of the sunshine will be across wales and the south. it

hello this is bbc news. the headlines: a senior aide to the uk prime minister faces calls to resign after he travelled hundreds of miles with his wife — who had virus symptoms — during the lockdown. the government defended him, saying he wanted to stay with family to ensure he had childcare if he got symptoms of coronavirus.

businesses will be expected to pay a quarter of the wages of furloughed workers from the start of august. and guernsey becomes the first part of the british isles to remove nearly all its lockdown restrictions. the pakistan govenrnment launches an official inquiry to investigate the plane crash that killed at least 97 people, but the pakistan pilots‘ association says it has "no faith" in the official investigation. spain's prime minister, pedro sanchez, says overseas visitors can visit the country from july and top flight spanish football will resume behind closed doors next month. now on bbc news, talking movies looks at the impact of the cancellation of this year's cannes film festival.

hello from new york. i'm tom brook, sitting on a bench here in central park, not farfrom my home, to bring you a special festival and the pandemic edition of talking movies. in today's programme, we'll be looking at how top film festivals around the world are in crisis. many have been cancelled, postponed or moved online. also, the oscars race thrown into total disarray by the pandemic. what films will garner nominations? and will the academy awards be moved to possibly the middle of 2021? and with blockbuster season usually kicking off this time of the year, we look at some movies just right for holiday time, and how an ingenious new project in berlin has been unifying communities in these pandemic times by bringing cinema into people's backyards.

if these were normal times, this weekend would mark the end of the cannes film festival, one of my favorite movie events of the year. but this year, cannes was canceled because of the covid—19 pandemic. nowjoining me from close to her home in west london is my colleague emma jones. now, emma, you're going to be doing a report in a minute on the impact of cannes being cancelled on the film industry. but i want to know, what is it that you like about cannes? because i know you're a seasoned veteran. for me, i love the fact that you can be guaranteed of actually getting to see excellent cinema, which isn't true of a lot of film festivals. then there is the sheer physical beauty of the place. it's on the french riviera. what can beat that? and then i have to admit it — i love the food, the baguettes, the cheese, the fresh french butter. it's all delicious.

what is it that you like about cannes. like you, tom, i think i love the riviera lifestyle that includes the food, the drink and the weather. but what i really love about cannes is the atmosphere. it feels like some accounts for the entire film industry where we all get the privilege of getting to go down to the french riviera together and to be together in that community experience. there's such a frenzy of activity going on. and then there's this discovery of films that we can all discuss right after seeing them for the first time. it's such a joy. one of the things that is quite remarkable about cannes is that over time it's launched some incredible cinema. i mean, i'm thinking films like pulp fiction and the piano just to mention two films. i mean, it's it's a very potent platform for premiering good cinema, isn't it? there's also parasite, which won the palme d'or last year and went on to be oscar conqueror. the cannes film festival is really priceless in terms of exposure of world cinema.

if you think that three out of the five finalistsof best international feature film at this year's oscars, premiered at cannes. since the second world war, the cannes film festival has only been derailed once 1968 by the protests in france. but in 2020, it's off again. so what happens next? well, emma, thank you very much indeed. now let's take a look at your report. the star—driven spectacle of cannes with all its extravagance and excess might be for the many fans it attracts each year, primarily a parade of celebrity. 2019's world premiere of quentin tarantino‘s once upon a time in hollywood delivered brad pitt and leonardo dicaprio to its famous red steps — a frenzy that seems almost poignant compared with the sad spectacle of the empty festival in 2020.

but cannes is also where masterpieces are launched. the most recent example is the palme d'or winning parasite, which went on to collect four oscars and $200 million plus in cinemas. the film company that's took parasite's to its oscar glory, would have premiered films at cannes and will participate in the online film markets. one part of the festival that will run injune cannot replace —— can it replace the real thing? it'll have to because this is what we're left with. and so for the same reasons that, you know, we've never released a film without the benefit of theaters. we must find a way forward. and we are actively buying films and we're actively looking at films and we're actively releasing films. the festival director says in june, the official cannes 2020 stamp of approval will be put

on some of the films it would have selected, while the festivals also been invited to travel to autumn film festivals. cannes and venice might even present films together, which would be unprecedented. but which films? certainly the loudest artistic voice of his rowdy generation. it was an open secret that wes anderson's the french dispatch set around the french bureau of a fictional newspaper is going to premiere at cannes. the blockbusters don't need the festival's help to find an audience. dozens of other films in world cinema will. director ken loach and writer paul laverty are in a small club of double palme d'or winners at cannes. yet their films are made on shoestring budgets. it is a big loss because if a film

can make its mark there, the word it isa it is a big boost, a pivotal moment. it is a big boost, a pivotal moment. it is a big boost, a pivotal moment. it isa it is a big boost, a pivotal moment. it is a big boost, a pivotal moment. it is a big loss, for all similar, but especially for independent cinema. cannes has a reputation, for instance, towards modernity. it bans selfies on the red carpets. and controversy raged over women having to wear heels to their premieres. yet this year's spike lee is dueling. —— film would have brought his new netflix film to screen out of competition. dental exams were banned netflix films were banned from competition unless they also competition unless they also had a french cinema release. the good thing about not having cannes in 2020 would leave time for the organizers perhaps to reflect. and it seems to me already

that they had sort of made their peace with streaming platforms such as netflix. there's no doubt that whatever the short term hits to world cinema cannes couldn't go ahead at this point. but perhaps missing in addition gives us an even greater mystique, even for the regulars. hello, emma. hey, how's it going? i'm okay. it's good to see you. let me ask you about cannes, because you're such a big supporter of it. immediately and mr mitchell. i miss the ritual. you know, we go into this place, we everyone exciting. we've seen things for the first time in theirlives, you know, and that's so wonderful about films, the way that cannes embodies it. is that what you're in for is a discovery. i'm sure when cannes again begins, it'll be hopefully very emotionally charged and with new hopes. nearly all cinephiles would echo his sentiments as they missed the annual display of egos and excellence on the french riviera.

it's notjust cannes that's being cancelled, the fate of other major film festivals around the world remains uncertain. venice is hoping to hold a physical festival later this year, but that could change. and nobody knows for sure what's going to happen with the telluride, toronto, new york and london film festivals, all of which spells chaos for the oscars race. and that's our focus today. last year, the venice film festival catapulted joker into the oscars race by giving it its top prize in telluride in colorado, gave race by giving it its top prize. telluride in colorado gave renee zellweger a huge oscars lift for her portrayal ofjudy garland by granting her special recognition for her performance. the toronto film festival gave the anti—nazi satire jojo rabbit its people's choice award, boosting its offcuts chances. —— boosting its oscars chances. and the new york film festival opened with martin scorsese

and the irishman endowing that movie with great academy awards momentum. so what's going to happen this time around with a reduced film festival presence in the offing to propel films to oscar glory? there will be an awards conversation. people like me, people like you are going to be looking at movies and saying that's an awards contender and writing about them. i mean, how else does it happen? it's just that it won't happen in a big screening room with lots of people. it'll be happening more virtually. the end of the year is likely to be crammed full of pictures whose release has been delayed by the pandemic. there may be a huge crush of movies competing for the attention of oscar voters, and will also include films that have been streamed that were originally destined for release in cinemas, which the academy has now deemed eligible for awards. how are the stars going to feel without the film festivals around to help them promote themselves to oscar voters? publicists who run awards campaigns for actors and movies are going to have to work extra hard and creatively as are the big studios.

there is an industry, notjust the film industry and hollywood, but there's also an industry in getting films nominated and voted on. the juggernauts of the studios lead that industry. but at the other end of the spectrum, there are many, many firms in la that specialising oscar awards campaigns. they're good at it. is it going to be harder? of course it's going to be harder. but remember, the oscar awards season for publicists is like christmas for retailers. this is where they get most of their business. much of their business, maybe not most. and this is how they make their money. will it be harder? much harder. will they be paid for it? yes. then, of course, there's the date of the academy awards set for february 28th, with so many films perhaps being released in late 2020 and early 2021, the awards ceremony could be postponed. there's much talk of that, but no confirmation yet from the academy.

i spoke to the ceo of the academy, don hudson and president david rubin, and they let me know that while it is scheduled for february the 28th at this point, it is possible and abc is making it an open conversation that they could change that date and push it back. there's a lot of pressure on them to move it back so that some of the films that are coming out in a very crowded corridor at the end of the year have a little more time to play in theaters. and what of the ceremony itself? what will happen on oscar night, especially if social distancing still prevails? it will hardly be a traditional oscars. i don't think that you'll be able to get 300 famous people and their assistants and their, you know, publicists and managers and agents. i don't think you're gonna be able get all those people in one room safely. maybe there will be a zoom oscars,

maybe it will look different. but i'm honestly not confident that the oscars will happen in the same way that we are expecting. but let's keep all of this in proportion. the oscars race has been thrown into disarray. but how much does it really matter? it's a vitally important aspect to the movie business. it sheds light on great movie talent and movie magic, but it hardly seems that significant when you consider we're in the midst of a devastating pandemic. of a devastating pandemic that's claiming many, many lives. i think there are more important things to worry about than the kind of dress that scarlett johansson might wear or this yea r‘s scarlett joha nsson. on the other hand, it is an annual public event. it gives people a lot of pleasure. i'd love to see the oscars happen in some form. i think what we have to realise is that the oscars, like everything else, is going to be very different than what we've known so far. in the us, it's the memorial day weekend — traditionally seen as the start of the summer movie season, but this year there isn't

just summer movie season, at least in cinemas because of the pandemic. but it is the time of year when people do begin to think of holidays and noah has been looking at some films which you can watch from the comfort of your home that will make you feel like you're thousands of miles away. whether your ideal trip is laying on a sandy beach or roughing it in the mountains, it's probably not going to happen this year, but no worries. the movies have got you covered. is it far? a few miles. the main secluded? to catch a thief, the 1955 mystery romance by alfred hitchcock displays its opening credits over the front window of a travel agency where brightly colored posters advertise exciting trips to france. it's a clever way to indicate the appeal of the film, which is set in the french riviera.

while viewers may delight in the twisty plot and the unending appeal of stars cary grant and grace kelly. at its core, to catch a thief is a vacation movie, a film whose lead characters travel from home to an exotic locale and give viewers the chance to tag along. i bought as two first—class tickets to iceland. if you're in the market for a trip to europe, you might want to watch land ho about two seniors who take a trip to iceland to get their groove back. are you still there? go. because no vacation is complete without a hint of romance. my top choice would be richard linklater's before trilogy. these three films before sunrise, before sunset and before midnight track the evolution of a relationship between an american man and a french woman. with each film set in just a single day and in a different area of europe — vienna, paris and the southern coast of greece. i've asked other people but they are

all too busy so, will you come? perhaps you'd rather take a holiday with a friend, in which case the series of films starring steve coogan and rob brydon. the trip, the trip to spain and the new release, the trip to greece is more your speed. the two comic actors and real—life friends play fictionalized versions of themselves who trade barbs, wisdom and impressions of famous british celebrities while traveling through gorgeous countryside. of course, hollywood doesn't have a monopoly on vacation movies. tamasha, a hit hindi language film, opens with a gorgeous sequence set on corsica, watching the two young leads sing, dance and fall in love in a sunny paradise might make the french island your next travel destination. for a trip through a more diverse landscape, you might consider the motorcycle diaries based on the memoir by cuban revolutionary leader che guevara. the film stars gael garcia bernal as che, who, along with a friend, takes a long trip through south america by motorcycle in 1952, traversing the mountains,

desert and rainforest. what starts out as a pleasure—filled vacation becomes a coming of age story, with the young medical student learning a series of lessons that would inform the revolutionary he became. if all this beautiful scenery and passionate romance inspires too much longing, cinema also reminds us that vacations can be dangerous. in another hitchcock film, the man who knew too much, an american couple played byjimmy stewart and doris day are in the midst of a vacation to morocco when they become embroiled in an assassination plot and eventually have their son kidnapped. equally troubling is what happens to the group of friends from deliverance, whose plans for some good old fashioned male bonding are thwarted when their rafting trip is interrupted by murderous locals. film has always offered viewers an escape from their sometimes dreary lives. but these days, a vacation movie

feels like the ultimate fantasy, with many around the world still unable to travel. cinema offers them the chance to see the world through the eyes of a tourist without ever leaving their homes. what you need is something i have neither the time nor the inclination to give you. 0h, oh, and 0h, andjust oh, and just what is that? two weeks with a good man at niagara falls. berliners have been able to enjoy a creative response to lockdown with a new adventurous project which brings the magic of cinema to people's backyards and helps to unify communities. from the german capital. in times of a locked and, if you cannot go to the cinema, they may be the cinema can go to you.

at least that's the logic behind the inventive new project in berlin that brings the power of movies straight into your backyard. family friendly classics like the artist, loving vincent and shaun the sheep are projected onto the blank wall of a residential block for all neighbors to enjoy. free popcorn is even distributed before every screening by a local popcorn maker. it's the imaginative brainchild of an architecture and lighting firm. we are playing with the name of netflix. we wanted to inspire the people to get out of isolation. you don't have to sit behind your screen and see a movie. you can also open your window now and to be you are in a community. and it's also the image for open the window, open your heart, open your mind and be together with other people. for the coveted balcony or window seat, all you need to do is drop them an e—mailand seat, all you need to do is drop them an e—mail and if it is a suitable location, they will set a screen up. suitable location, they will set a screen up. this is what this woman did to set up the event for her neighbourhood. i thought, what can i

do? i cannot live without big screens. do? i cannot live without big screens. cinema plays a big role in my life. i do not know how i can replace it. when i saw it on the instagram that window flicks are making this, it was for me such a big opportunity. because i like movies, i like big screens, and they are coming in my house, in my yard. she called me and said, would you like to come over and we will watch a silent movie? i know that you're totally into sile nt a silent movie? i know that you're totally into silent movies and we can watch the artist. i thought, how ami can watch the artist. i thought, how am i going to come over? we are in social distancing, i cannot come over. she said, i've got a screen on a big role in my yard. ithought, i have to come. living in a big metropolis like london, new york, moscow, tokyo, you are living with the idea to achieve something and you forget about the idea to be united. some people with their

children, the husband, but most are alone and in this moment we are reconnecting. i think it is also putting so much romance into a horrible situation where we are putting so much. and suddenly forget about that. window flicks is has already won over audiences and directors. he gave a personal video message before each film asking those to donate to a thumb campaign. he has also screened his own film about isolation in berlin, wings of desire. more recently, the film—maker and his wife the photographer, made a i22nd movie about the pandemic while in lockdown. the measures in germany have now listened, they are not

com pletely have now listened, they are not completely lifted. organisers see the crisis as an opportunity and have great ambitions by the window flicks project. we are talking now to many possible partners. because we wa nt to many possible partners. because we want to bring 100 courtyard simultaneously movies, but also concerts. behind that, our idea is to bring democratically the culture to bring democratically the culture to everybody. to the protest and the richest people of berlin. dashingly poorest and the richest people of berlin. well, that very nice report from berlin complete this edition of talking movies. we hope you've enjoyed the programme. please remember, you can always reach us online at bbc. com/talkingmovies, and you can find us on facebook and twitter. so from me, tom brooke and the rest of the talking movies production

team here in new york, london and berlin. it's goodbye as we leave you with a selection of images from cannes film festivals from the past. hello there, a very windy day across the board. most of the rim of scotland, western scotland where we had some very wet weather indeed. pa rt had some very wet weather indeed. part two of the weekend looks less windy and will also have a little bit of rain in the morning, petering out and coming drierfrom us. the pressure will continue into scandinavian taking the strong winds

with it. high pressure building on there. as we know 38, this next wave of rain will start pushing to parts of rain will start pushing to parts of northern ireland, southern and western scotland into north—west england, perhaps not as well. if clear generally towards the end of the night. that combined with the bees should stop temperatures falling much below 910 celsius for many of us. —— with the breeze. much below nine or 10 celsius. increasing amounts of sunshine, most of the sun through the day, will be across england and wales. later winds, so it will feel warmer too and the wind is gradually easing down across the north. it will be a breezy day. through sunday night, it stays dry, lengthy clear skies, when swelling liked to. it could be a little bit cooler, temperatures in single figures for many of us. we could just see lows of ten to 12 celsius in the south—east. as we head into monday, bank holiday monday, we have got these weather fronts just flirting with the north—west of the

country, higher pressure bring in largely finer dry day for much of england and wales. certain eastern scotland. more cloud and windy weather for the west of scotland and west of northern ireland and spots of rain here, but away from here is going to be warm, temperatures reaching the mid 20s in the south—east. closer to the mid upper teens for scotland and northern ireland. high pressure continues to dominate as we move out of money across southern areas. this weather front may just bring across southern areas. this weather front mayjust bring a few more spots of rain to the west and north of the uk. as it sinks out these words it will tend to weaken literature to, but could bring a little more cloud at times for england and wales. sunny spells coming and going and when the sting generally liked. another warm day, low to mid 20s across the south—east. mid teens in the north. it stays fine for much of england and wales as we move through the week thanks to high pressure it will stay warm to. for scotland coming talent, it will be generally dry, a little bit of cloud and rain at times too.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a senior aide to the uk prime minister, dominic cummings, faces calls to resign after he travelled hundreds of miles with his wife who had coronavirus syptoms during the lockdown. who cares? it's a question of doing the right thing. it's not about what you guys think. the government defended him, saying he wanted to stay with family to ensure he had childcare if he got symptoms of coronavirus. mr cummings is in the public eye, but the reality of the matter is that a four—year—old child's welfare is the important thing. businesses will be expected to pay a quarter of the wages of furloughed workers from the start of august. guernsey becomes the first part of the british isles to remove

nearly all its lockdown restrictions.