this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. nomadland is the night's big winner at the academy awards after securing the best picture and best director oscars, while frances mcdormand wins best actress for the same film. 83 year—old anthony hopkins takes home the best actor oscar for the father, beoming the oldest ever winner of the award. the international community sends urgent medical aid to india as infection rates and deaths continue to surge.

we've seen body after body being brought in. it's hard for anyone to keep calm, but what workers have been telling me is the scale of deaths caused by covid—19 in india is a lot higher than what official numbers reflect. hello and welcome. so, it's all over for another year. the 93rd academy awards ceremony has been held in los angeles, an event that was notable for its diversity. the film nomadland and its director, chloe zhao, won best movie, while british actor daniel kaluuya picked up the best supporting actor. south korea's youn yuh—jung was named best supporting actress.

as we've already mentioned, anthony hopkins got best actor for the father. peter bowes has been following a thought from beginning to end and looking very dapper as well, i might say. so talk is through the night. it was quite a night, very unusual, with the oscars taking place at more than one venue. the main venue, the main train station in downtown los angeles customer all of that because of covid—i9 and the restrictions that have been enforced by the state of california. but it was a note ultimately all about nomadland, this film that was inspired by real—life events from the 2008 financial crisis, and the story of a woman played by frances mcdormand who loses everything and goes on a

nomadicjourney across everything and goes on a nomadic journey across the western united states, doing odd jobs here and there to earn a living and raise some money. she works in an amazon fulfilment factory for part of that time. let's have a listen to what frances mcdormand had to what frances mcdormand had to say. to what frances mcdormand had to sa . ., , to what frances mcdormand had to sa . . , . . to what frances mcdormand had tosa. w ., to what frances mcdormand had tosa. ., ., to say. please watch our movie on the largest _ to say. please watch our movie on the largest screen _ to say. please watch our movie on the largest screen possible, and one day very, very soon, take everyone you know into a theatre, shoulder to shoulder, in that dark space and watch every film that's represented here tonight. we give this one to our wealth. howling. it was, as you say, a very diverse oscars. chloe zhao, the director of nomadland, becomes only the second woman to win an academy for best director and the first woman of colour to win in that particular category. it was quite an achievement to tell this story melding a script and actors

alongside real people, real nomads who they met along the way — this rich tapestry, to tell this extraordinary story. this is what chloe zhao had to say on one of her acceptance speeches. say on one of her acceptance speeches-— speeches. on behalf of my fellow producers, - speeches. on behalf of my fellow producers, peter i speeches. on behalf of my - fellow producers, peter spears, molly _ fellow producers, peter spears, molly usher and they only frances_ molly usher and they only frances mcdormand, we thank the academy— frances mcdormand, we thank the academy and our brilliant fellow _ academy and our brilliant fellow nominees and we thank all the — fellow nominees and we thank all the hearts and hands that come — all the hearts and hands that come together to make this movie. _ come together to make this movie, jessica, who trusted us with_ movie, jessica, who trusted us with her— movie, jessica, who trusted us with her beautiful book, to our beautiful— with her beautiful book, to our beautiful cinematographer, joshua _ beautiful cinematographer, joshua james richards, and to the entire _ joshua james richards, and to the entire nomadland company. were _ the entire nomadland company. were there any surprises, peter? i think it was a surprise to many that sir anthony hopkins was named best actor at the age

of 83. of course he has won an oscar before four silence of the lambs, winning this time for the father and a story that resonates with many families struggling with an older relative, in this case the father of the family, struggling with dementia, and the gradual loss of memory and how that challenges the family dynamic. there anthony hopkins wasn't on hand, certainly not here — i understand he is in wales at the moment — so we didn't see him accepting his award. a surprise, because it was a very challenging category that he was in, very strong competition. but i think really topping his career with that very gritty performance that he put in. thank you very much. peter bowes, covering the oscars for others. well, we can now speak to michael schneider, who's senior editor at variety magazine. good to talk to you as well.

give us your take on how this went. very unusual, unusual times — they had to do it very differently. it times - they had to do it very differently-— differently. it was very unusual. _ differently. it was very unusual. it _ differently. it was very unusual. it was - differently. it was very unusual. it was held i differently. it was very j unusual. it was held at differently. it was very - unusual. it was held at the train station in downtown los angeles, and they did a good job of decorating the set. it was a smaller, more intimate ceremony than normal, but at the end of the day they pretty much focused on the duty at hand, which was handing out awards, and they handed out a lot of awards. i think they were limited in the entertainment aspect of the show. they didn't have any musical performances. there wasn't a host. so it was sort of a dry ceremony, and i think people were expecting a little more entertainment out of there, and hoping there would be more of a message of returning to theatres and celebrating the moviegoing experience, which obviously has been impacted by covid—i9. so been impacted by covid—19. so perhaps it lacked a bit of pizzazz, as it were, but where it will get a lot of praise is that this was the most diverse oscars ever. that this was the most diverse oscars ever-— that this was the most diverse oscars ever. yes, and that was fantastic to _ oscars ever. yes, and that was fantastic to see. _ oscars ever. yes, and that was fantastic to see. starting, - oscars ever. yes, and that was fantastic to see. starting, as i

fantastic to see. starting, as you mentioned — youn yuh—jung, the first winner of korean descent. the big surprise of the night, as you heard, was anthony hopkins winning four the father. he is now the oldest actor to win an oscar at 83, but nonetheless the shop was i think most people predicted chadwick boseman, who had won several other award shows leading up to the sound of course passed away due to cancer. so there was a feeling there would be a bit of a posthumous nod towards him. i think most people were expecting him to win, and that's part of the reason they ended the night with the best actor award, assuming it was going to be a little bit of a celebration for him, and of course we got a little bit of a surprise. course we got a little bit of a surrise. ~ course we got a little bit of a surprise-— course we got a little bit of a surrise. ~ ~ surprise. we did indeed. well done to sir— surprise. we did indeed. well done to sir anthony _ surprise. we did indeed. well done to sir anthony hopkins. | done to sir anthony hopkins. thank you forjoining us on the bbc, michael schneider, and

just to say that there will be a special oscars programme right here on bbc news later today, presented byjane hill. that's at 0830 gmt on monday. make sure you tune in for all the results, interviews and reaction. o nto onto our other top story today. international efforts are now under way to help india as the country suffers critical shortages of oxygen and record daily coronavirus infections. but it's too late for the patients across the country who cannot find a place in overcrowded hospitals. in the capital, delhi, there are no free icu beds at all. relatives have been forced to pay exorbitant prices for oxygen as the supply dries up. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has described the surge of infections as a storm that has shaken the nation and made many very angry with the country's leaders. our correspondent, yogita limaye, reports from delhi.

the capital is being ravaged at a frightening speed. with every pyre that burns, india's self—belief is dying. each funeral is a story of personal loss and national shame. charanjeev malhotra has been helping to cremate the dead for decades. now, he barely ever stops working. "i've never seen such a terrifying situation. i can't believe that we're in the capital of india. people aren't getting oxygen, and they're dying like animals," he says. "we don't even have enough resources to cremate them properly." outside, shivangi mehra's on the phone, organising oxygen for the hospital she works in. nothing — nothing is being done. i don't know if government is sleeping or what they are doing.

i am totally disheartened with the situation which i am seeing. the government is a literalfailure. a person cannot live here in delhi. a person cannot even die peacefully in delhi. she is waiting to cremate her grandfather, who died, she says, because there wasn't enough oxygen. this small hospital in north delhi is facing a daily struggle. and we have been spending sleepless nights since the last one week. at times we feel like crying, because we are not able to help patients properly. every day, it is the same scenario. we are left only with two hours of oxygen. and we are only getting assurance from the system, no oxygen. and so families are being told to organise oxygen. at one medical shop, we found people with empty cylinders, waiting to buy their own supply for loved ones who urgently need it. for many here, the government's promises of rushing in oxygen

are coming too late. families are left asking why something so basic is unavailable. every crematorium we've been to, we've seen body after body being brought in. it's hard for anyone to keep count, but what workers have been telling me is that the real scale of deaths caused by covid—i9 in india is a lot higher than what official numbers reflect. and a lot of those who've died right now have done so because they couldn't get oxygen in time. this man runs a group of volunteers here. "even young people are dying. it's a very bad situation. if it keeps getting worse, we will have to burn bodies by the side of the road", he says. there is a sense of abandonment in this country. citizens are stepping up to do what a government should, left to fight a vicious pandemic on their own.

yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. joining me now to talk more about this is professor srinath reddy, the president of the public health foundation of india. thank you for being on the programme. prime minister modi set at the beginning of march that the country is in covid—i9's and game. what has gone so horribly wrong since the beginning of march? well, actually things _ the beginning of march? well, actually things started - the beginning of march? well, actually things started going i actually things started going wrong in the beginning of february, when they recognised that some of the cases — there were spikes in some of the states, which foretold that there could be a serious problem through march and april onwards. but i believe that there was a wrong perception that india had been through the pandemic, that we had heard immunity and different models were presented to say that we

would not have a second wave. it was totally incorrect. it was contested by several public health experts. but nonetheless, whether it was industry leaders who wanted to get the economy rolling back again, or even the private citizens who wanted to celebrate their return to normal life and the across the country, which wanted to go back to the business of elections and campaigning, i think and believe that we had completely —— that belief that we had ended the pandemic was the subject of desire and the object of reality.— object of reality. what were ou object of reality. what were you saying _ object of reality. what were you saying at _ object of reality. what were you saying at the _ object of reality. what were you saying at the public- object of reality. what were i you saying at the public health foundation to the indian government in the most recent weeks, as this was becoming more and more critical, clearly, across india? well, we cautioned _ clearly, across india? well, we cautioned several _ clearly, across india? well, we cautioned several times - - clearly, across india? well, wej cautioned several times - even cautioned several times — even from january onwards — that we should not take heard immunity as a given and that it was not

going to be coming soon and that we should anticipate a second wave, because by the time the kent variant had already been detected, and it was known to be spreading, and we knew it was spreading fast in punjab and daily, and there was an abundant need for caution to be exercised as we moved along. however, contesting models were presented by other scientists which said that, no, we have entered the pandemic and we are not going to have a second wave. and the industry leaders, the government and the political establishment all across the government chose to hear what they wanted to hear. so what needs to happen now? because clearly this is a critical moment with people dying while they are waiting to get into hospital needlessly. what can the government do? the international help is coming

in, it would seem, from the united states, the uk out of the countries. that will make a difference, but what is most important right now? i difference, but what is most important right now?- important right now? i think there is a — important right now? i think there is a crisis _ important right now? i think there is a crisis response . there is a crisis response that's going on now. the heart trembling stories you heard from delhi are indeed tragic. it's not the case throughout india, though. southern states like tamil naidoo and carolyn are doing extremely well despite rising numbers. their oxygen situation is not in crisis and they are holding up quite well. —— tamil nadu and kerala. as far as delhi is concerned, that's partly from the lack of flow from other states in the region, which have been supplementing it in the past, and those constraints have been removed and oxygen plants are being imported, more being set up, and oxygen concentrator is being brought up concentrator is being brought up in large numbers. nevertheless, in a couple of days more you will hear stories

about the crisis response, and we hope that some of this will reduce the tragedies that you are hearing about.— are hearing about. let's hope so. are hearing about. let's hope so- thank— are hearing about. let's hope so. thank you _ are hearing about. let's hope so. thank you very _ are hearing about. let's hope so. thank you very much - are hearing about. let's hope - so. thank you very much indeed. todayis so. thank you very much indeed. today is said to be a global record for a rise in daily coronavirus cases for a fifth day in a row in india, while deaths from covid—i9 also have jumped by an all—time high in the last 2a hours. so with 352,991 new cases, the total caseload has now crossed i7 caseload has now crossed 17 million people. that is the very latest news on what is happening in india. let's get some of the day's other stories. italy will begin to ease its some of its coronavirus restrictions today as infection rates fall. restaurants and bars in much of the country will be allowed

to serve customers outside and some cinemas and concert halls are also re—opening. prime minister mario draghi is also due to announce ambitious plan to restore the country's economy. italy has the european union's highest reported covid death toll and one of the deepest recessions. we will discuss this in detail in our business coverage in 15 minutes. somalia's international partners, including the uk and the eu, have called for calm and restraint after violence in the capital mogadishu. clashes erupted between security forces and armed opposition loyalists amid tension over the controversial extension of the president's mandate. israeli police have allowed palestinians to gather on the steps at the entrance tojerusalem's old city, easing tensions that had resulted in three nights of clashes. following a rally by hundreds of palestinians at the damascus gate, police removed barricades blocking access to the promenade and announced the area was now open to all. the area is a popular night time meeting place during the muslim

month of ramadan. still to come: manchester city win the english league cup for a record—equalling fourth time in succession as 8000 fans watch from the wembley stands. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident.

for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them, they have taken the capital which they have been fighting for so long. it was 7 o'clock in the morning when power began to pass from the minority to the majority, when africa after 300 years reclaimed its last white colony. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: nomadland is the night's big winner at the academy awards after securing the best picture and best director oscars, while frances mcdormand wins best actress for the same film. india sets a global record for a rise in daily coronavirus cases and deaths for a fifth straight day as the international community sends urgent medical aid.

the uk's top civil servant will be questioned by mps today about lobbying rules and allegations of improper behaviour made by boris johnson's former chief advisor dominic cummings. meanwhile, lawyers for the labour party have demanded a formal inquiry into the funding of refurbishments to the prime minister's downing street flat. here's our political correspondent iain watson. when dominic cummings left downing street last year, some in government worried about what secrets might emerge from that box. he has now claimed the borisjohnson planned to ask conservative donors to pay for the repair infringement of the downing street flat and this was unethical —— refurbishment. the plans to keep up the pressure on number ten, the lawyers writing the party political lot —— watchdog electric commission and thank following cummings�*s claims, it

is now incontrovertibly in the public interest that the electoral commission commenced a formal investigation. the commission says it is still gathering information. downing street says electoral laws have not been broken and no codes of conduct have been breached. labour is sticking —— seeking to broaden their attack by demanding publication of all contacts and links between ministers and firms given government contracts bring the covid—i9 crisis. the government says while contracts had been awarded at speed, due diligence was carried out and ministered had no role in awarding them and today a committee of mps will question the country's top civil servant but another of cummings�*s allegations, simon case was due to talk a bit —— about lobbying rules but now will also be asked about the claim that the prime minister considered holding a lick enquiry in case you put a friend of his fiancee in the frame. downing street had said this is absolutely false. now that he is out of downing street dominic cummings seems keen for others tojoin street dominic cummings seems keen for others to join him. iain watson, bbc news.

bringing you up to speed on all of the latest sports stories. hello, this is your sports news. we start with football, and manchester city have won a record—equalling fourth successive english league cup title, beating tottenham 1—0 at wembley. the final at wembley stadium was played in front of 8,000 supporters, including 2,000 from each club, in what was the biggest crowd at a match since the covid—i9 pandemic hit last year. city picked up the first trophy of a potential three they are now aiming for. we won the first title and we are close to winning the second one and we are going to, yeah, to paris to try to get the next one. in the premier league, manchester united were held to a draw by leeds united in a disappointing game that offered up no goals. it was a game of few chances. marcus rashford came closest with a free—kick just before half—time. a plane trailing a banner proclaiming "2 billion stolen — glazers out" flew over elland road just before kick—off, underlining the strength of feeling created

by this week's european super league controversy, with fans continuing to protest at the club's american owners. barcelona are in pole position as the spanish season heads into the home straight. atletico madrid lost on sunday but barca, who currently sit two points further back, have a game in hand over both atletico and real madrid. in italy, inter milan moved a step closer to winning their first serie a title since 2010 with a narrow victory against hellas verona. former manchester united defender matteo darmian scored the only goal of the game, leaving them 11 points clear with five games to play. rafael nadal won his 12th barcelona open title, saving a match point in a thrilling three—set victory over greece's stefanos tsitsipas. nadal trailed 4—2 in the opener but recovered, breaking twice to take it 6—4. world number five tsitsipas saved two match points in the second set before levelling the match on a tie—break. the spaniard faced a match point in the third before going on to win 7—5 in a match

lasting over 3.5 hours, claiming his 61st clay court title. i have not played a final like this in this tournament so it means a lot to me against a player like him and he was achieving monte carlo playing the final here without losing a set so it was an important victory for me and i think i have been increasing my level during the whole way. world number one ashleigh barty saw off aryna sabalenka in three sets to claim the wta event in stuttgart. after losing the opener, barty fought back and took the second to love before wrapping up a three—set victory with 26 winners for her third title of the year. it's the australian's iith singles title and just her second on clay since winning the 2019 french open. 2015 champion stuart bingham remains on course for a place in the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship. he holds a 10 frames to 6 lead overjamiejones heading into the final session of their match at the crucible theatre

later on monday. world number one and 2019 winnerjudd trump is also looking good for a place in the last eight and is within two frames of victory, leading david gilbert 11 frames to 5. the tour de france champion tadej pogacar beatjulian alaphilippe in a sprint finish to win the liege—bastogne—liege one—day classic in belgium. it's the second year in a row that the world champion alaphilippe has been beaten on the line, the race nearly 260km in length, as he was pipped by primoz roglic when he celebrated prematurely last year. alejandro valverde, chasing a record—equalling fifth title, came home in fourth. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. thank you to the team and all of your business news is coming up of your business news is coming up here next. i will be talking to a former chief economist

worked at the treasury in italy about mario draghi's huge plans for the italian economy. i will see you in a moment. hello. the sunny, dry theme to the april weather continued through the course of the weekend. this was the picture in wiltshire on sunday, so similar to many areas — blue sky overhead butjust quite dry and, in fact, quite cracked ground. some parts of southern england has seen barely any rainfall throughout the entire month so far. now, this week, a return to some scattered showers. we won't all be seeing them but there is, thankfully, a little bit of rain in the forecast, and things turning a bit colder as well. we've got a small, slow—moving area of low pressure moving in from the north, slowly slipping south over the next few days. so monday morning, then, starts off on a bit of a milder note — particularly for scotland, where we've got more cloud. still likely to see a frost across parts of england and wales, particularly in the north. monday morning, then, initially quite a bit of cloud in the south but that will tend to break up,

so quite a lot of sunshine coming through. there will be more cloud for scotland with some patchy showers heading in and they will be heavier during the course of the afternoon for parts of eastern scotland, one or two into northern england and northern ireland. further south in the sunshine, it's also less windy than recent days as well, so we are losing that biting easterly wind. still a bit of an onshore breeze making things cooler around the east coast but further west, temperatures for the likes of cardiff and belfast are up to about 16 degrees on monday. and then as we move through monday night into tuesday, this area of low pressure still with us. as it moves its way south, we will start to see some showers rotating around that area of low pressure. so hit and miss scattered showers on tuesday but they will probably avoid east anglia and the south—east, where we could really do with a bit of rainfall around. staying quite mild in the south, up to about 16 degrees in the sunshine, but turning colderfrom the north as the winds start to come in from a northerly direction. just 7 degrees or so for aberdeen. into wednesday, i think the focus of the showers probably for wales and the south—west of england. fewer showers around elsewhere, perhaps one or two around these

east coasts where it is, again, going to feel chilly. just 7 degrees for the likes of aberdeen. could well be 15 or 16 for southern parts of england and wales too. but as low pressure drifts off towards the near continent, that's going to open the doors for these cold north or north—easterly winds, once again coming down from the arctic. so temperatures on the cold side towards the end of the week for thursday into friday, just about getting into double figures by day, but do be prepared if you've got gardening plans, we could well see a return bye for now.

this is bbc news, with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. italy eases its lockdown measures as prime minister mario draghi lays out the country's massive restructuring plans. open for business — hong kong and singapore announce a travel bubble between the two business hubs. and re—finding its rhythm — the pandemic has rocked many music professionals, but musicians and publishers are working hard to get things back on track.

let's start with italy,