nato hits back at remarks by donald trump — that he would encourage russia to attack any nato ally that fails to meet its financial obligations to the alliance. king charles attends his first sandringham church service since his cancer diagnosis was announced. and the housing secretary michael gove promises that no—fault evictions will be banned by the uk's next general election. nato has insisted it remains ready and able to defend all allies, after donald trump said he would encourage russia to attack any member of the alliance that didn't invest enough in its military. nato�*s secretary general, yens stoltenberg, said any attack on nato would be met with a united and forceful response. nato countries are supposed to spend 2% of their gdp on defence, but not all do.

at a campaign rally in south carolina, mr trump said he wouldn't defend nato members who don't meet their financial obligations to the alliance. nato was busted until i came along. i said, everybody�*s got to pay. they said, if we don't pay, are you still going to protect us? i said absolutely not. they couldn't believe the answer. they asked me that question, one of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, "well, sir, if we don't pay and we are attacked by russia, will you protect us?" i said, "you didn't pay, you're delinquent?" he said, "yes, let's say that happened." "no, i would not protect you." in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. you've got to pay. you've got to pay your bills. a little earlier i spoke to general yarmo lindberg, the former finnish chief of defence. he says finland is one of the 11 eu countries already spending more than 2% on their military.

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pull their own weight and invest more than 2% of gdp into defence. for finland it does invest more than that 2% threshold, 2.4%. would finland be worried, with the country be putting in any kind of plan in place in case there was a donald trump presidency again?- place in case there was a donald trump presidency again? when finland initiated the ascension _ trump presidency again? when finland initiated the ascension process - trump presidency again? when finland initiated the ascension process to - initiated the ascension process to nato we also started negotiations for a defence cooperation agreement with the united states. that was signed last december. so it is already in place and we are enacting our legislation to be in place to put that agreement into effort. i'm not sure if we call it plan b because it was already initiated more than a year ago.

king charles has thanked everyone who has sent him messages of support after his cancer diagnosis — saying the kind thoughts have been a great comfort. king charles arrived at sandringham earlier, for his first church service since his diagnosis was announced. he's withdrawn from public duties to undergo regular treatment for the unspecified cancer. our correspondent louisa pilbeam sent this update from sandringham. we saw king charles walk into the church with his wife queen camilla and a crowd had gathered of around 100 people. they were hoping they might be able to speak to the king and give their warm wishes, but the king went straight up to the vicar and then into the church. and on the way out i was speaking to people who had gathered and they were really hoping he might come over to speak to them because actually security opened the gates, which is rare, and then people were able to have a better view. they were hoping the king would come and speak to them, but on the way out he waved a couple of times and then he went back

to the private sandringham estate, which is closed here actually to the public until easter time. it is only the surrounding area where we are, in the parkland, which is now open. and so people were not able to speak to him directly today but perhaps the king felt he had given his heartfelt message because last night he did release a statement saying of his gratitude to the public about their kind wishes to him and that he was grateful for all their support. the housing secretary michael gove has vowed that the section 21 practice of landlords evicting tenants for no real reason will be banned by the time of the general election. he was speaking on the laura kuenssberg show, where he was grilled on his party's 2019 manifesto pledge. explicitly saying this morning that practice will be banned, it will not be allowed to happen before the next general election... that is what it says on the bill,

the bill ends section 21. a different factor here, because previously you've said the courts might not be able to cope, so we might bring in the new law, but it might still actually happen because the courts aren't ready. so i ask you again, just to be explicit, will this practice have ended by the time of the next general election? we will have outlawed it and we will put the money into the courts in order to ensure they can enforce that. 0k. laura kuenssberg also spoke to labour's campaign chief pat mcfadden and challenged him on the party's announcement this week that it's scrapping its pledge to spend £28 billion on green investment. it is a decision taken by keir starmer and taken for good reasons. when this policy was announced a couple of years ago interest rates were at 0.1%. they are now at 5.25%. anyone viewing this programme has had to remortgage in the last couple of years will know what that has

meant for their finances. now the parallel between household finances and the country's finances doesn't always hold. we don't always using this comparison but when you look at the country's public finances, what that change in interest rates has meant is its costing £70 billion more now to service our national debt than when the policy was first announced. tens of thousands of people have turned out across the uk to see colourful dancing dragons and celebrate the chinese new year. in london they were treated to a blaze of red and gold, with elaborate costumes, chinese performers, street food stalls and chinese arts and crafts, as chinatown hosted a day of family—friendly activities. off with a bang, london's chinese new year parade as the lunar calendar goes from the year of the rabbit to the year of the dragon.

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to a murderous gangster in peaky blinders that made him and his hair cut a household name. i know what it means. and now the father of the atomic bomb. if the nazis have a bomb. i think 0ppenheimer�*s story is the story of the 20th century. i think it has to be entertaining, primarily, but if it is provocative and makes you think about what is happening in the world today, that is a really good bonus. cillian murphy, very many congratulations on all of your accolades that are coming from this film, including of course, the oscars, as well as the baftas. i just wonder whether awards matter to you. i know everyone says, you never go into making a film thinking about awards, that is not what we do, it is impossible to make a film that way. but when a film connects with

audiences like this particular one has in a way that none of us could have anticipated, you know, people come up to me in the street and say, they have seen the film, four or five times, which is phenomenal and very flattering. that's a lot of hours as well. it is a big investment. when it has been celebrated in this way, it is hugely flattering and humbling and it is lovely to see that. it is also lovely when you get to spend time with other film—makers and other actors and producers. it has been a very strong year in cinema, so that has been the real bonus for me, spending time with those people and just chatting. most people looking at it would think, you are the front runner and i wonder whether that is an uncomfortable place to be when it comes to the oscars or indeed the baftas? i genuinely don't think about that. it is wasted energy. i feel so thrilled and humbled to be

in the same breath as all those wonderful actors. can you explain quantum mechanics to me. seems baffling. yes, it is. well, this glass. this drink. this countertop. 0ur bodies. all of it. it's mostly empty space. and it is a film, as many people now know, it is a film about theoretical physics. did you ever worry that it would be appreciated? it has been this incredible juggernaut success. did you at any point think, it's a film about theoretical physics, will people get it? again, in the actual making of the film those aren't my concerns really. my concerns at the time are to play the character as honestly as i can and to give chris all the raw materials he needs to go and cut the film, make the film that he wants.

i did feel, you know, when we had done it and i'd left it behind, before i'd seen the film, i was reflecting on it and this is actually a very human story. when you think about the dilemmas they were wrestling with at the time, the biggest, most profound, most paradoxical, most important kind of moral dilemmas that we still are wrestling with as a race. we detonated an atomic device. we might start a chain reaction that destroys the world. i feel that when you present those in a hugely entertaining way like chris does, on a huge canvas, his movies become events. there is no one else that does it like that. for some reason, itjust clicks. people started going. it gained this momentum. we were all on strike at the time so we were just texting each other, just watching this thing happening. i suppose to answer your question, we never anticipated it but i think it is down to the quality of the film—making by chris.

clearly, also back at that time, it was the barbenheimer phenomenon. i just wonder whether you thought that one helped the other. did it help there was this, whatever it was, it wasn't really a competition in your sense, but did it help, do you think, to have that? people were saying, we are going to see both. and many did. yes, they did. it is a great moment for cinema. i think they're both great films, they couldn't be more different. i think it is wonderful. it wasn't any amazingly designed marketing strategy by the studio, it was people. it was the internet and people who decided, who made up this barbenheimer thing. it was a wonderful moment for cinema. did you do it? it wasn't me. no, i mean, did you do both? did i see both movies? or did i start the whole...? i don't think you started the whole thing, maybe you did. no, i can't take the credit for that. of course, i went to see 0ppenheimer and then i went to see barbie. but not back to back? no, no. i slipped into see barbie

and really enjoyed it. are we saying there is a chance that when we push that button, we destroy the world? nothing in our research supports that conclusion. except that it is the most remote possibility. how remote? chances are near zero. nearzero? what do you want from theory alone? zero would be nice. it takes a while from when you make a film to when it comes out. and right now, we have in this world of people talking about world war iii, talking about really serious things that perhaps a few years ago were less on the agenda. i wonder when you are making it, did it feel like very timely film? do you feel it timely now? like, russia had just invaded ukraine just before we started shooting this so of course it was on everyone's mind. what happened with the trinity

tests, that all changed, we are all living in a nuclear world because of what happened in 1945 because of 0ppenheimer. i think it seems to ebb and flow, the level of threat. it is always there, it is like the sword of damocles, people choose to think about it or not. i think we can't walk around with that in our head all the time. i think this film, good writing is always prescient. 0ppenheimer�*s story is a story of the 20th century. it has to be entertaining, primarily, but if it is provocative and makes you think about what is happening in the world today, that is a good bonus.

he said plotting his moraljourney was one of the trickiest things, talk to me about that, how you approach the character like that and how you perceive him? it approach the character like that and how you perceive him?— approach the character like that and how you perceive him? it was tricky. i how you perceive him? it was tricky. i remember — how you perceive him? it was tricky. i remember at _ how you perceive him? it was tricky. i remember at the _ how you perceive him? it was tricky. i remember at the beginning, - how you perceive him? it was tricky. i remember at the beginning, i - how you perceive him? it was tricky. i remember at the beginning, i read | i remember at the beginning, i read something about 0ppenheimer that said he was more riddled than answer. i thought that was interesting because conventional protagonists start here on a graph and something happens and the change and something happens and the change and they end up here and they are a different person and that is conventional writing and film. with 0ppenheimer, he was shifting all the time and it was very interesting what he was doing in terms of being able to exist as a human being as well as a scientist, he became this international icon and this sort of semantics of how he would talk about it and the rationalisations that would go on and how he differentiated between guilt and

responsibility, i thought it was really, really interesting. and how his position shifted quite significantly. all of that was very interesting to play and very unique for me. also because he lived, first—hand accounts, we had the trial at the end, you can read the transcripts of that. it was all there. but it was very, very interesting to play and probably the biggest challenge of my career, playing something like that. they will fear it until they understand it and they won't understand it until they view to.— it and they won't understand it until they view to. that is about actin: , if until they view to. that is about acting. if you — until they view to. that is about acting, if you were _ until they view to. that is about acting, if you were a _ until they view to. that is about acting, if you were a concert - acting, if you were a concert violinist, you can practice, a footballer can practice, but as an actor, how do you know when christopher came to and said i want you to play the physical physicist —— how do you do it? t

you to play the physical physicist -- how do you do it?— you to play the physical physicist -- how do you do it? i need to not know. if -- how do you do it? i need to not know- if i — -- how do you do it? i need to not know. if i know _ -- how do you do it? i need to not know. if i know instantly, - -- how do you do it? i need to not know. if i know instantly, i - -- how do you do it? i need to not know. ifi know instantly, i can - -- how do you do it? i need to not know. ifi know instantly, i can do| know. if i know instantly, i can do that, i generally don't take the part because it doesn't represent any kind of challenge. this happens as you get older and you have done a body of work and you want to keep pushing to make interesting work. it was the tone of the script, so dense and you never fully know you've got it. it's neverfinished, the process. i had six months of preparation and they went deep into it, but i could have done that for another 18 months. it isn't at one point you go, we are ready, you just need to get on and we shot it in 57 days, which was fast. which help, i wasn't dwelling on it, i was in it, the train had left the station and i was on it. you're talking about turning theory into a practical weapon system faster than the nazis.-

into a practical weapon system faster than the nazis. when you watch yourself _ faster than the nazis. when you watch yourself back, _ faster than the nazis. when you watch yourself back, did - faster than the nazis. when you watch yourself back, did you - faster than the nazis. when you i watch yourself back, did you think, everyone else thinks he is amazing, did you then, i got it but think you could have done this a bit better or change that?— change that? everyone feels that about work- _ change that? everyone feels that about work. but _ change that? everyone feels that about work. but therefore - change that? everyone feels that about work. but therefore it - change that? everyone feels that about work. but therefore it is i change that? everyone feels thatl about work. but therefore it is not wise to look at it too much and i avoid looking at enough. did wise to look at it too much and i avoid looking at enough. did you do maths and physics _ avoid looking at enough. did you do maths and physics at _ avoid looking at enough. did you do maths and physics at school, - avoid looking at enough. did you do maths and physics at school, did . avoid looking at enough. did you do | maths and physics at school, did you understand the equations on the board? ., ., ~ , ., board? no, ito keep the loan, a nobel prize-winning _ board? no, ito keep the loan, a nobel prize-winning physicist. board? no, ito keep the loan, a. nobel prize-winning physicist who nobel prize—winning physicist who advised and he was lectured by 0ppenheimer when he was a young student. myjob was to mind the humanity of the character, the people that understand quantum mechanics devote their lives to it, they are the most intelligent people on the planet and i was never going to grasp it. i can conceptually understand what they were after but writing those equations became very soothing. it was almost like... i

don't know, you get into a rhythm. i spoke to matt damon when he did good will hunting, he said it becomes a very soothing process just learning them. i want to define the humanity of the man, that was myjob. christopher nolan, he had done six films with him and when i interviewed him he was talking about you being one of the greatest talents of your generation, he has compared it to al pacino, which is pretty fabulous! but you have this incredible alchemy with him, watching the beginning of the film feels like such an alchemy between you and him, writer—director. why do you and him, writer—director. why do you think you do work so well together, what it is about him and you? t together, what it is about him and ou? , , , ., , , , together, what it is about him and ou? , , , , ., you? i suppose it is time, it is a 20 ear you? i suppose it is time, it is a 20 year relationship _ you? i suppose it is time, it is a 20 year relationship and - you? i suppose it is time, it is a 20 year relationship and we - you? i suppose it is time, it is a| 20 year relationship and we met you? i suppose it is time, it is a - 20 year relationship and we met when we were both much younger men starting out in the business. he was a lot further ahead than i was and i have huge respect for him. i have

always loved the types of films that he makes. they are the sorts of films i go to the cinema to see. but we have developed over the years, the shorthand and above all, trust. i really like being pushed as an actor and he really, really pushes me, in the best way possible. he really, really pushed me on 0ppenheim and i responded very well to that. there's places you can go with chris because of that relationship, because of that trust but i don't think i could go with any other director. we for safe and secure and we share a lot of values. he said alchemy, maybe you can't define it, itjust works. he he said alchemy, maybe you can't define it, itjust works. define it, it 'ust works. he laughed and said he—

define it, itjust works. he laughed and said he doesn't _ define it, itjust works. he laughed and said he doesn't sit _ define it, itjust works. he laughed and said he doesn't sit down - define it, itjust works. he laughed and said he doesn't sit down so - and said he doesn't sit down so other people feel guilty about sitting? it other people feel guilty about sittin: ? , other people feel guilty about sittin. ? , ., ,., other people feel guilty about sitting? it is also the pace at which he _ sitting? it is also the pace at which he works, _ sitting? it is also the pace at which he works, there - sitting? it is also the pace at which he works, there is - sitting? it is also the pace at which he works, there is a i sitting? it is also the pace at - which he works, there is a much time to sit down. which is great, and a lot of film sets you are waiting around. but on a chris nolan film set, he uses every minute that is given to him. we set, he uses every minute that is given to him-— set, he uses every minute that is given to him. we have seen a lot of success coming _ given to him. we have seen a lot of success coming out _ given to him. we have seen a lot of success coming out of— given to him. we have seen a lot of success coming out of ireland, - success coming out of ireland, writers, actors so why now? part of it is coincidence. _ writers, actors so why now? part of it is coincidence. i _ writers, actors so why now? part of it is coincidence. i think— writers, actors so why now? part of it is coincidence. i think part - writers, actors so why now? part of it is coincidence. i think part of - it is coincidence. i think part of it is coincidence. i think part of it is coincidence. i think part of it is we are kind of... irish people tell stories very well, i think. just in the pub to each other, we are good at it, we have a long history and we are comfortable with the story, comfortable with territory, second nature to us. it is kinda phenomenal, the level of talent the country has produced four 5 million people, it is extraordinary.- 5 million people, it is extraordinary. 5 million people, it is extraordina . , ., ., extraordinary. there is a wonderful irish extraordinary. there is a wonderful lrish writer — extraordinary. there is a wonderful irish writer you _ extraordinary. there is a wonderful irish writer you are _ extraordinary. there is a wonderful irish writer you are taking - extraordinary. there is a wonderful irish writer you are taking to - extraordinary. there is a wonderful irish writer you are taking to the i irish writer you are taking to the screen, again, just tell me about your next film? mr;

screen, again, 'ust tell me about your next film?— screen, again, 'ust tell me about your next film? my next pro'ect is a film called smalli your next film? my next pro'ect is a film called small things i your next film? my next project is a film called small things like - your next film? my next project is a film called small things like the i film called small things like the and adaptation of a writer called claire keegan. it is very exciting and it is adapted by end of walsh, my good pal and directed by tim mailings. it is a very special piece of writing. we are looking forward to showing it to the world. t did to showing it to the world. i did read there _ to showing it to the world. i did read there was _ to showing it to the world. i did read there was one _ to showing it to the world. i did read there was one person you would like to work with potentially and thatis like to work with potentially and that is meryl streep. i trying to work out whether there would be, talking of alchemy, she said, you are hot on music and fabulously talented at music. she said she will do mama mia three. perhaps cillian murphy, my mummy —— meryl streep in mamma mia three. than? murphy, my mummy -- meryl streep in mamma mia three.— mamma mia three. any actor in the world and want _ mamma mia three. any actor in the world and want to _ mamma mia three. any actor in the world and want to work _ mamma mia three. any actor in the world and want to work with - mamma mia three. any actor in the world and want to work with meryll world and want to work with meryl streep, she is one of the greatest.

i have never done a musical. i've never been approached, may this will change everything. never been approached, may this will change everything-— change everything. come on! cillian murh , change everything. come on! cillian murphy. thank— change everything. come on! cillian murphy. thank you _ change everything. come on! cillian murphy, thank you so _ change everything. come on! cillian murphy, thank you so much. - as we heard earlier, it's super bowl sunday — and taylor swift has been stealing all the pre—game headlines. she's behind the umbrellas here — after racing back from her tokyo concert to watch her boyfriend chiefs star travis kelce play in the big game. and a baker in the uk has created something special for the occasion... a life—sized taylor swift cake. it took 38 hours to make, using almost 130 kilos of ingredients. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. very pleased to say it's been a quieter weekend of weather for most of us, but there's still a lot

of waterlogged fields and pavements out there, as you can see by this weather watcher picture sent in from hull a little earlier on. now, as we go through the week ahead, we might start off quite optimistic with some sunny spells around, but it will turn increasingly unsettled with the showers turning to longer spells of rain, breezy at times, but it will be mild, particularly through the middle part of the week. this has been the story today. we've had some nuisance rainjust clinging onto the far east coast of scotland and northeast england. some brighter spells and a few scattered showers out to the west. now, those showers will continue to feed in across west—facing coasts overnight. but with some clearer skies, temperatures are likely to fall away. it's going to be a chilly start to our monday morning. low single figures for many, perhaps in rural parts of scotland, below freezing, a touch of ice not out of the question where we've got those lingering showers. low pressure dominates the scene as we move into monday, the wind direction coming from a northwesterly, slightly fresher source and that's

going to continue to drive in plenty of showers closest to that area of low. so northern ireland, scotland, perhaps northwest england as well. and some of the showers to the tops of the mountains once again could be wintry in nature. but there will be some sunshine elsewhere and those temperatures are likely to peak between six and ten degrees. as we go through monday evening and into tuesday, we've got this little ridge of high pressure keeping things quiet. but all the time this weather front is approaching from the southwest, that is going to gradually spill in more cloud ahead of it. so after a bright start, clouding over. a few scattered showers in the far northwest, more persistent showery rain develops across the channel islands, south west england, wales and eventually into the midlands, north west england and northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. 7 to 11, our overall highs. so as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, it's here where the showers potentially could merge to longer spells of rain as it stays pretty unsettled. the wind direction there coming from a south—westerly, so a very mild direction and that is going to just push that milder air further north across the country.

so it does mean that we could see temperatures perhaps into the mid—teens as we go through the middle part of the week. but it stays pretty unsettled for many of us. take care.

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