this is bbc news, the headlines: ukraine says its forces have retaken the entire region around the capital kyiv, with russian forces withdrawing from key towns. but as russian troops retreat, the evidence of civilian killings is growing, with reporters in the nearby town of bucha finding at least 20 bodies left in the streets. hundreds of people have managed to escape the bombardment of the southern city of mariupol and reach safety in private cars. but a third consecutive attempt by the international red cross to drive buses to the city to evacuate people from the area has once again failed. a two—month truce has been agreed by warring parties in yemen for the first time since 2016, in a war which has killed an estimated 400,000 people. the deal between the saudi—led coalition and iran—backed

houthi rebels coincided with the first day of the muslim holy month of ramadan. an unprecedented rise in the energy price cap this month, alongside rising fuel costs, tax bills and interest rates has created the biggest squeeze to living standards in 30 years. the rising cost of living is forcing some to choose between heating their homes, or feeding their family. simonjones reports. counting the cost. charity worker kerry thompson from milton keynes has muscular dystrophy. she needs to travel regularly to hospital, the cost of fuel has gone up. she has a specialised diet, the cost of food has gone up and now she is facing a huge hike in energy bills. nobody wakes up in the morning and says, we want to have a disability. we don't. but the cost of living for us...

is higher than everybody else and that's not fair! the energy price cap has risen by 5a%, the maximum suppliers in england, wales and scotland can charge for each unit of gas and electricity. that means an average increase in bills of nearly £700 a year for a typical household, taking the total to just under £2000 a year. those on prepayment metres face an even bigger rise, £708 a year, taking the average bill tojust over £2,000. council tax, water bills and car tax for many have also gone up. in howdon in north tyneside, this charity is trying to help, distributing surplus food provided by the industry. for £7.50, people get three bags of goods. mainly because we both work, and we both work our backsides off, but then i have got three children at home that have all got extracurricular activities, i try and do as much as i can. i've got fibromyalgia,

so i cannot do as much as i should be able to do and with the gas and electric going up, our council tax, our national insurance going up, it is like working, you are more penalised for it now. businesses like this hairdresser�*s in southampton aren't protected by the energy price cap. they're reluctantly having to pass costs on to customers. it is crazy. i mean, i even queried it| with the energy company ourselves, i actually rung them up and said, we need to queryl this, is it a mistake? no, apparently, we were on the right tariff. - energy prices have been affected by a worldwide surge in demand, as economies emerge from covid restrictions. to help those struggling, the government says it is knocking £150 off most council tax bills and introducing a £200 reduction to household energy bills in october, but that will have to be paid back in instalments. but opposition politicians say the reality is that more people will have to choose between heating and eating. simon jones, bbc news. now on bbc

news...talking movies. and the oscar goes to... hello from los angeles. i'm tom brook and welcome to our talking movies 0scar review special. today, we'll look back at the highlights of the biggest night of the year for hollywood. of course, some great movies were rewarded, but a shocking incident involving one of the world's most famous movie stars ended up defining the proceedings. laughter. oh, wow! will smith losing his composure and slapping chris rock in full glare of a global audience

changed everything at the 94th annual academy awards. keep my wife's name out of your...mouth! anne thompson was in the auditorium when it happened. there has never been anything as shocking as that. _ ifelt like i had been punched in the gut. | it was really frightening. all over la and around the world, will smith slapping chris rock after he made a joke about his wife was the subject of animated discussion. movie fans on hollywood boulevard were still talking about it several days after the event. they did not think it would harm the standing of will smith. he's will smith, i think he will snap back. he got a little irritated, someone was talking about his wife, she's going through a serious situation, i think him and chris had some energy back in the past and he never talked it out with him, and i think itjust clicked and he snapped. i think there was a better way to handle the situation- if he was upset. he could have spoken - to chris rock off stage and it took away from a great night

for the academy. _ after the incident, will smith gave an emotional acceptance speech for winning for best actor for playing tennis coach richard williams, the father of venus and serena williams in king richard. you're going to be the greatest of all time. it was a meandering speech in which he tried to explain his behaviour. to do what we do, you have to be able to take abuse, you have to be able to have people talk crazy about you. in this business, you have to be able to have people disrespecting you. and you've got to smile and pretend that that's ok. there were those who thought that smith was just protecting his wife in the face of a tasteless joke, but official hollywood was not amused. the academy stated it had issued disciplinary proceedings against will smith and that in mid april, it might take disciplinary action. the day after the oscars, a chastened smith offered a more fulsome apology, but the damage had been done. oscars 2022 had been scarred forever. from the moment it happened, it distracted

from the show itself. poor director of summer of soul, ahmir "questlove" thompson, gave a moving speech which no one was listening to, they were looking at their iphones, at the video footage to figure out what happened. will smith's behaviour at the 94th annual academy awards left me feeling rather sad. sad that a man on the brink of receiving the biggest accolade in his professional life lost control. it was a public spectacle, but also a personal tragedy. and the oscar goes to... 0k, coda! but now let's move on to happier terrain with coda, the story of a hearing girl growing up with a deaf family... i can't stay with you for the rest of my life. ..winning for best picture, best supporting actor and best adapted screenplay. # you're all that i need.

coda is the first film with a predominately deaf cast coda is the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to win best picture. troy kotsur, who won for best supporting actor, hoped 0scar night victories would help to better represent deaf people. translation: ijust want to make a connection- gives hollywood more room for storytelling, . to think outside of the box, to be creative, to tell stories. everyone has stories to tell. we have such a rich history in the deaf and disabled i community and the coda community and we've - been through a lot. right now, it's a wonderful opportunity to tell- these stories and this isjust the beginning. | but why did coda win? prior to the ceremony, it was seen as a three—way race between coda, the power of the dog... well, well. and belfast. i would argue that the power of the dog, with the most nominations, was the finer piece of cinema, but that coda was the more emotionally satisfying film. the power of the dog was -

a hard—boiled, tough art film. it was not a mainstream movie and therefore, i i knew something else - was likely to catch up with it. the question was, - what would that film be? would it be belfast? would it be king richard, the movies that moved - people, that people loved, or would it be coda? of course, the victory for coda was significant because it is the first film from a streaming platform, apple, to score a best picture win. netflix had hoped to have that prize with the power of the dog. the streamer failed again to get best picture, as it had in previous years. the best actress prize went to jessica chastain for playing the late tv evangelist tammy faye baker in the eyes of tammy faye. it's all part of our mission to help people. anyone who feels like they have been left out, god has a plan for us. she was rewarded for an excellent performance and, i think, her impressive

body of work. nominated before, she has never won a trophy. this is the first time i have held an oscar. i am friends with eddie redmayne, i have been to his house, everyone was like, "oh, look, his oscar" and they picked it up and i was like, i cannot pick up his oscar, i felt superstitious. 0scar night brought good news for the lgbtq community with ariana debose winning best supporting actress for her stand—out performance in steven spielberg's west side story. she is always eager to identify herself as a queer performer. i am an openly queer woman of colour and i think that just proves that there is space, there's space for us and it's a beautiful moment to be seen and i am really honoured by that. this is the time to think. about making a new start. i know nothing else but belfast. exactly. there is a whole world out there. belfast, a kenneth branagh

semi—autobiographical memoir of his belfast childhood... and action! finally brought him, a seven time nominee, an oscar, a trophy for best original screenplay. i had hoped belfast would have taken home more prizes, but it faced stiff competition. sir kenneth had spent some time in la prior to the oscars in an effort to win votes for a film which is in many ways very much about him. this is your most personal film to date. do you think it has changed you? making it as a person, has it made it you into a better human being and film—maker? i think you learn from everything you do if you're lucky enough to be involved in work, notjust introspection, but challenges you to look at other people and learn from the way their own human development occurs. for me, belfast was about declaring who i am, where the creative dna comes from, where the actual dna comes from, the place, the people and the spirit and the values, if you like,

of working—class north belfast in the late 1960s at a time of trouble. from there, i have gone on a long journey and it has been very privileged, but i'm very proud and pleased to have landed back creatively and personally in the heart of who i am, who i was and whether i like it or not, who i'll always be. and no review of oscars 2022 would be complete without mention of dune, the sci—fi epic directed by denis villeneuve which won six 0scar trophies, more than any film. may his passage cleanse the world and keep the world for his people. it picked up academy awards for cinematography, editing, score, visual effects, production design and sound. of course, there were other prizes handed out on oscars night and many different nominees, including a young student film—makerfrom poland who gave us an inside look into his 0scar night adventures.

before this year's 0scar ceremony, i was reading up on the academy awards, doing some research, and i came across an article about directorjane campion that pointed out that she is the most decorated female film—maker in the world. that made me stop in my tracks — that is quite an achievement. now she has a best director oscars trophy to add to all that decoration, what does it mean? emma jones reports. three may indeed be a magic number. campion, the most decorated female film—maker in movie history, finally got her best director oscar. it's a lifetime honour, thank you. joining kathryn bigelow and chloe xhao as the third female film—maker in academy history to get a directing award. i'm very proud to have won tonight, for my film and for my crew and for my cast, but also just to be another woman, who is going to be

followed by a fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, and i'm excited by the fact that this is moving fast now. jane campion! this has been a coronation after she also won the bafta, the critics�* choice and the directors�* guild of america awards, where she was given her prize by last year's oscar winner chloe xhao. jane campion. although she got a screenwriting 0scar for the piano in the 1990s, campion is part of a tradition of female film—makers who are only now really reaping rewards. it's a lifetime high, i have been in the industry for a0 years! i got close with the piano, but this is the highest honouring that i've received. jane campion. however, her 0scar campaign was nearly derailed when she made this remark to venus and serena williams at the critics�* choice awards. serena and venus, i you are such marvels. however, you do not|

play against the guys like i have to! jane campion apologised for the thoughtless comment, as she put it, adding... the remark doesn�*t seem to have damaged her standing with academy voters. jane campion�*s directing win here in hollywood is significant because it�*s only one year since chloe xhao won for nomadland and it goes to show that zhao�*s victory was notjust a one—off and in years to come, enough women might win enough oscars that we get to stop talking about whether a film is directed by a woman or not. there�*s a sense of completion in her win as well because, along with kathryn bigelow, she has been an example of a high—profile female film—maker working when very few have got the chance to succeed.

i hope some time, you might come to like me. her vision on 1993�*s the piano, starring holly hunter as a woman sent to new zealand for an arranged marriage along with her prize piano... inspired maggie gyllenhaal, who made her own directing debut this year. i do think there is such a thing as women�*s filmmaking and women�*s writing, i think we see the world differently and we express ourselves differently and i... i mean, there were people before her, but when i was 15, i didn�*t know about claire denis or agnes varda, so she was the first woman who i think was really honestly expressing herself that i had come across as a film—maker. let him out. are you sure? he is not ready. go on, let him out! until the character of phil, played by benedict cumberbatch came along in the power of the dog, campion focused on female characters

including bright star, the story ofjohn keats�* lover fanny brawne. my stitching has more merit than — my stitching has more merit than your— my stitching has more merit than your scribblings- my stitching has more merit than your scribblings put - than your scribblings put togethen _ and i can make money from it. and the thriller in the cut... do i know you? starring meg ryan as a woman who witnesses a sexual assault and becomes too involved with the investigating police officer. was it his right arm, or his left? even in the power of the dog, there is delicacy to her vision of phil, a misogynist and a bully, that attracted her cast. for me, it'sjust her film—making. ijust wanted to be a part of her type of storytelling and the way she portrays people in, like their ugliest places and somehow, what she wants from people, is, you know, their true, authentic, all the ugliness, all of it. in one sense, jane campion was dancing on her own at the academy awards. the power of the dog did not win any other 0scars,

although it was nominated for 12, but it was still sweet victory. for only the second time in history, a japanese film won for best international feature in the category that used to be called best foreign language film. the prize went to drive my car, a three—hour epic which has mesmerised film critics, cineastes here in los angeles, movie fans and, quite obviously, academy voters. drive my car isn�*tjust any japanese film, it�*s a three—hour drama about the staging of a play by anton chekhov in hiroshima. its characters confront painful subjects like grief and adultery and it features long scenes of its two central characters sitting in a car and just talking. it�*s based on a short story by renowned japanese writer haruki murakami.

not your typical 0scar fare, but its universal themes were able to bridge the divide. translation: i think that what people resonate with is the diverse history of having some pain or grief but still needing to move on and keep on living. i think that reflects a lot on the original story of haruki murakami�*s world, and i think that is what people are really resonating with. the oscars triumph of drive my car could generate new enthusiasm forjapanese cinema. casual filmgoers know about samurai movies, horrorflicks samurai movies, horror flicks and samurai movies, horrorflicks and godzilla. but drive my car is a rare contemporary drama from japan that breaks through to a global audience. it could create more opportunities for films like it to be made and seen.

translation: i would be very happy if that was the case. i do really think that after parasite, there�*s been more interest in asian films in general, and i hope through this being a japanese film, people might think that there are more interesting japanese films and by looking at these films, people might find something really interesting. the success of drive my car is partly the culmination of years of effort from the academy to diversify its membership geographically to make it more inclusive in its choices, and it surely represents a milestone for the film—makers and their home country. the doors of the oscars now seem fully open to non—genre asian film—making, a significant difference from how things were even just a few years ago. drive my car�*s victory at the oscars is proof of that. the 0scars�* famous red carpet sprang back to life this year in what we all hope will be a return to more normal times. it is of course one of the most

media—saturated fashion runways in the world. looking at all the fashions on display for talking movies was emma jones. the image ofjessica chastain in custom gucci, clutching her oscar, proof that fashion and film go hand in hand. this year was a return to an oscars carpet crammed with celebrities, most visions in couture, younger stars like timothee chalamet, zendaya and kristen stewart looking edgier but still expensive. and it was also a return tojudging, not the best actors, but who wore it best. nicole kidman in armani prive, perfection. zendaya in valentino, i loved. and then penelope cruz in chanel couture. that dress, that gown, i should say, was perfection in 360 degrees. it fits the tiniest person.

who wears what on 0scar night is a result of weeks of discussions between stylists, stars and a brand. la stylist alexandra mandelkorn dressed saniyya sidney, who plays venus williams in king richard, for the oscars red carpet. the teenager wore armani prive. how much is the red carpet worth to the fashion industry? priceless. i mean, the oscars red carpet is fashion�*s biggest stage and it�*s international. the whole world is watching. the buzz now generates first on instagram, and the social media site makes the red carpet more significant than ever to media figures like raya abirached, who, as a lebanese movie show host, attends every year. we kind of feel that subtle pressure to be more visible on instagram, to have the beautiful, big dress, the big designer, the huge jewellery and all these things. it could be argued that

it�*s such a serious time for the planet, it is maybe not appropriate to celebrate fashion and glamour so much. but it�*s notjust the movie industry that was devastated by the pandemic, the fashion industry also says it suffered and has really welcomed a return for business as usual. although this ceremony turned out to be one of the most talked about ever, images of the outfits are often the ones that viewers remember the most and since fashion, like film, presents a fantasy, the business and the art of the red carpet remain intertwined. for 0scar nominees, coming to los angeles to attend the academy awards ceremony can be a heady and unforgettable experience. to get an inside look at what it�*s like to be in the movie capital of the world for a year, we got in touch with a film—maker from poland who�*s been nominated for a short film. my name is tadeusz lysiak

and i am a writer and director of the dress, a live—action short that is nominated for an oscar. it is just such an amazing time for us here in la, especially because the dress was just a student project, it was made to pass an exam in warsaw film school. 0ur adventure here in los angeles actually began in february when we were watching the nomination announcements. the dress. cheering. it was just an explosion of different emotions. we were all shouting, crying, hugging each other. the dress is about a 30—year—old woman... it all changes when she meets this handsome truck driver. translation: it's very

important for people to see this, because it's about teaching people how to respect one another and love one another. we went to the oscars and it was amazing, all of it, even the experience in the car. we didn�*t win the oscar but we don�*t care, because it was such an amazing adventure for all of us. it�*s amazing to hear your name in the dolby theatre among other great names in the industry. so we feel accomplished and we feel like we have won something. well, that brings our special oscars review edition of talking movies to a close and we hope you enjoyed the show. you can always reach us online at our website and you can find us on facebook and twitter. from me, tom brook, and the rest of the talking movies team here at the oscars, it�*s goodbye. # when you think that the mountain�*s too high. # and the ocean�*s too wide,

you�*ll never get through. # some way, somehow. # somehow you do. hello, there. it was another cold day on saturday. not as bitter as it has been because the winds were not as strong. we started with blue skies and a frost, but as the day went by, we had some pretty big clouds build to bring scattered showers and

even hailstones. for quite a few of you, the weather is going to follow a similar pattern for sunday. right now, we have the clear skies in place for the majority of us. temperatures are already diving below freezing. heading into sunday morning, we are looking at a widespread and sharp frost. so bear in mind i could be some icy stretches around first thing in the morning, but for many of you, a lovely start to the day if somewhat cold. there will be blue skies and plenty of sunshine. through the day, cloud will bubble up across england and wales. could see a few showers here and there, maybe the odd one with hail. some rain may move its way into northern ireland and scotland as well. the heaviest rain will be in the highlands, temperatures similar to those of saturday. sunday night sees our band of rain pushed southwards and eastwards across the uk. that will introduce, for many parts of the country, milder atlantic air. the

monday, the heaviest rain will be across western areas of the uk, although there will be some rain in the east which were not amount to much. there will be a lot of cloud around and perhaps some hill fog patches as well. but it will be milder than it has been. however, in shetland, it is still cold. the tuesday, we have got some cooler air moving down into the north of the country. meanwhile, for many of us, we are still into this zone of milder air with a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. so we are getting a battle zone building. with the cloud and rain around, there could be missed and hill fog patches here and there. for most parts of the country on tuesday, it looks like it�*s going to be a mild day. for the far north of scotland, it is colder, temperatures down into single figures here. in the latter part of tuesday afternoon into tuesday evening, that rain bumped into the cold air and we will see a spell of hill snow in scotland, probably

north of the central belt.

this is bbc news. i�*m lucy grey. our top stories... ukraine says it has retaken control from russian forces of the entire area around the capital kyiv — including this airport — panic must have ensued. look how this armoured vehicle has ended up ramming that one. they had no idea what the ukrainians had in store for them. relief as hundreds of people manage to escape the bombardment of the southern city of mariupol and reach safety. these people have been escaping anyway they can, from cities, towns, villages that have been under russian bombardment. a two—month truce is agreed by warring parties in yemen for the first time since 2016, in a conflict which has killed an estimated 400 thousand people.