let's get more on the oscar—winning american actor gene hackman and his wife, betsy arakawa, being found dead in their home in new mexico in the us. but they don't believe foul play was a factor. however, the exact cause of death has not been determined. baftas in his career, which spanned decades. for his role as detectivejimmy "popeye" doyle in the french connection. filmmaker magazine, has been telling us about gene hackman�*s reputation in hollywood.

you know, here in los angeles, the city is getting ready for the oscars on sunday. be about who will win. it will be about what we've lost. everyone�*s got their own favourite. gene hackman was never showy. not one of those over—the—top actors. least likely to succeed. well, how wrong they were because he proved his talent

and in this oscar week, he won two of them. and just looking at, you know, the breadth so, we're talking about classics like bonnie and clyde, i mean, these are, for any actor... wow. are... you left out there a couple of my favourites, no way out we've got a lot to get through.

i mean, yes, most... i've interviewed a lot of actors who've had long careers and they've all said to me, "all i ever wanted to do was be in one film but, you know, with him, there's at least 25 mega hits there in the list. and that's the true star quality. but, no, he made his own decisions and stepped away. the legacy because,

he leaves us all with. you never saw him act. and that's what every actor strives for. he made it look effortless. work and dedication. all success after that. least likely to succeed. you know, colleagues in the marines you know, when he was trying to be an actor, but he was

working as a doorman. and, boy, did he ever. he out like champagne on a tea fantastic line, 7 if” hr therwo’rk theworkby 7 if” 7” therwo’rk by gene —|m hackman who has of course been found with his wife in his in new mexico the home in new mexico in the us. many more updates on this developing on bbc news. american military support will be essential after any ceasefire in ukraine in order to deter a possible renewed attack by president putin. western alliance. secretary and head of the diplomatic service would be to the uk

prime minister, given how different, but they've already met. they met in september last year in new york, said that keir starmer was his friend. so there is a basis on which they can build. will be in private. and i hope that, in private, the prime minister will set out a clear british position. come to agreement. but of course, the bit that will interest folk will be what happens in front of the cameras and no doubt president trump will dominate and president trump will say something newsworthy. talking. when it comes to what sir keir starmer

has to do, i mean, where would is it ukraine? will be upping their defence spending, which will but not reaching the numbers that he wants. he wants arguably 5% of gdp for countries to spend on their defence spending. prime minister saying it's going to be up to 3%. where is the most important thing that he needs to push? but the list is very long and also includes the

is it that special under donald trump? you mentioned that he said that he likes sir keir starmer, but the case for the uk is stronger than for most. but for this president, it's also quite personal. his mother was born in stornoway. he clearly loves scotland. he loves golf in scotland. of his first presidency was the state visit to buckingham palace with the late queen in 2019. you are right, the royal family is a card that only keir starmer can play.

but we know that ukraine obviously is a main focus, that kind of invisible role that it has when it comes to taiwan. with ukraine, is there a question mark over its perceived role in taiwan? if the us changed its policy towards taiwan, that policy or taiwan policy. and taiwan's friends need to make it clear

to the presidentjust how much is at stake before he signals a lack of interest. our to lord and of course the moment we get that meeting, the public part at least, we will bring that to you. a lot happening in washington of course. a lot happening in the uk as a second runway at london gatwick airport. what does all of this mean? we need to start what is gatwick at the happening at gatwick at the moment. it is not like there is moment. !t is. not like there is already heathrow. thereis already runway there but it is another runway there but it is not quite used.— not quite used. absolutely, it leverages _ not quite used. absolutely, it leverages existing _ leverages existing infrastructure. gatwick apple until now has been the largest

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she is minded to approve the decision, additional time to views from h 7 views from all . . views from all parties on seek views from all parties on the provisions prior to a final decision. when it comes to the of the views, idea of seekingthe views, a lot �* people obviously a lot of people living are concerned living nearby are concerned about noise, what are the gatwick is to factors gatwick is to mitigate? noise air absolutely, noise and air pollution, really, we can pollution, really, so we can expect there will campaign expect there will be campaign groups against the hetidif 77 heidivalexander today proposal. heidi alexander today have given green nd 'ust said, you and just said, you can 7 tiontano ft fad a- can 5." ~ , ~ ~ , ~ butthat is tightens-t -"' fad a- caa. 5." ~ , ~ ~ , ~ but that is this ahead. but that is this acknowledgement that it really needs to be addressed �* it to ahead. siege??? ”q’h’esfiéhéww siegfiféir; 5.585? 7" " $5.5an qb; hadn�*ts’aid’ " go ahead. if she hadn't said that, then would be a six that, then there would be a six week for those week timeframe for those campaign groups to ask for an appeal against that decision anyway. but she has actually anyway. but she has actually a more generous to been a bit more generous to those groups who are those campaign groups who are concerned about and so

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katherine. on the announcement �* today. katherine. on the announcement �*today. much more on the earlier today. much more on the —— sally gethin. new figures released this morning show the number increased by 20% last year. rough sleeping is an issue often associated with towns and cities, but charities are warning that our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has this report from cambridgeshire. finding the homeless in rural areas isn't easy. i can check that again in the morning. i worry about him. he was out in the cold one day. it was raining. he kept rolling his trouser legs up. now that is a sign that he might have hypothermia. alex has come to town to get some food and money. currently, i'm homeless and i'm looking for somewhere to live. i slept under a staircase. his friend jenny was also homeless. we were six and a half years.

year—and—a—half in a hotel. what made you homeless? um, well, being kicked out. and sister became 16, so the house got split. yeah. and you lost out? a local charity, the ferry project, currently has more than a0 homeless people living in its hostel in self—contained pods. income to privately rent a property for themselves. so that they know they are going to get their income. i feel like i'm myself again. david has been here for about six weeks, after spending six months

living in a shed. i had a duvet and, basically, i was laying on concrete. i couldn't sleep, do you know what i mean? oh, i would say i was getting about two hours, if that. he had been raising his four children alone when he breached they worried about me. since i have got myself a roof over my head, we had found earlier. so there is a couple in there. they are lithuanian.

they don't speak much english. for about a week or so. they lost theirjob, is all i could really make out. and they are now cold and homeless. homelessness in rural areas is often undercounted. people can hide, remain unnoticed, undocumented. but its often hidden nature doesn't make it any less real, cold and muddy fields. michael buchanan, bbc news, cambridgeshire. recorded peak in 2002. tom symonds.

obviously going in the wrong direction? — obviously going in the wrong direction? ., , , , direction? well, obviously this country offers _ direction? well, obviously this country offers a _ direction? well, obviously this country offers a place - iii j as it has people, as it has commitments in international law to allow people attempt to claim here, if they think they asylum here, if they think they have a case. the numbers are big and of course small boats % reducing reducing across and reducing crossings across the channel a big target for the channel is a big target for the channel is a big target for the government. interestingly, a lot people not perhaps a lot of people do not know this, only about a third asylum seekers by small of asylum seekers come by small boats, a lot of people come to humanitarian roots, safe routes, that number routes, though that number has reduced because the ukraine scheme offered to people =zz — -77 _77 the war has reduced in 7 of applications that the number of applications that have come in. but it is clearly bi- challen-e big challenge for the a big challenge for the government. the uk now receives 7 fifthelargest 7 7 fifth—largest numbers of seekers in the europe asylum seekers in the europe plus area, the eu area europe. of course,

of europe. of course, that means there is a lot of pressure on a couple of things, pressore on a coopteotthings, of the border, the policing of the border, the channel, but also 7; for asylum 7 for asylum seekers for asylum seeke7rs to the government had to be live. the government had to be asylum hotels. of open asylum hotels. of course with the backlog of dealing with the backlog of asylum claims. a reduction of 5% in the back row, good as. h the lease refer seed for the 524: h the seat; refer aeee’ for the government, figures for the government. people making for a 91,000 people making for a decision, the figures cover last year, so we had last year, so obviously we had a of government. the a change of government. the conservatives in the first half of the year, in the of the year, labour in the half, mixed second half, mixed picture. politically contentious. any reaction the i e:.. r..— 7t'hey they be the government? previous government? tee. the w: sa s the government says the broke the conservativee broke the'as'y'tom a nd conservativee broke the'as'y'tom and we have got to put conservativee broke the'as'y'tom togetheriave got to put conservativee broke the'as'y'tom together again. tto put conservativee broke the'as'y'tom together again. this jut it back together again. this government will reduce legal illegal immigration. the and illegal immigration. the prime said in his plan prime minister said in his plan for change last year. it is on a border working on a border security and asylum bill to try to

improve policing of the border. of improve policing of the border. of course the a different story. "; differentstory. they ' have a different story. they say that they did make mistakes 7 7 that is on immigration, that is kemi position, she closely 7 closely over 7 closely over the year to look closely over the year to at the in which asylum come at thewayinwhieh asr'am are dealt with. some atttzeaeaytn sohieheeytom - are dealt withfi claims are dealt with. thank ou. hollywood is preparing for its biggest night of the year. the news gene hackman has been along with his much 7 much on 7 much on that coming wife. much more on that coming up wife. much more on that coming up on bbc news. tinseltown is for its biggest 77 7 7 77 7for7its77bigg7e7st7night7 preparing for its biggest night of the oscar ceremony of the year, oscar ceremony will be taking place on sunday. a sex worker in new york, will take home some but it's not just the film that's getting attention,

this man, location manager ross brodar, is responsible for giving anora a great sense of place. this story of ani, a sex worker who marries the son of a russian oligarch, a bittersweet tale of doomed community of brighton beach, which lies 15 miles they are a character in the story and, a lot this film wouldn't be what it is without ross. i'm waiting foryou.

candy shop we shot at. i mean, literally, he got everything we needed. anora has many russian—speaking characters, and brighton beach, with its large russian—speaking community, worked perfectly as a location. sean baker had long been wanting to set a film in this i looked around and i said, "you know what? "i have to set my next film here. "it's so beautiful. " with ross brodar, i went to visit tatiana, the russian mushrooms, beef, cream. onion, parsley. it's pretty good. really good. from anora shot at locations ross had found. i'm here for mr zacharoff.

i have a couple of little moments of glory. no, they didn't mind at all. albeit in a modest role. i love being a location manager, but it is fun to be i love acting as well. was shot in the neighbourhood. it has definitely given brighton beach some film tourism. should be brighton beach. actually, we just flew

here this morning. a growing destination forfilm tourists from around the world. tom brook, bbc news, new york. extraordinary story behind the location, brilliant report there. to do at oscars this anora. of 7 of course. i oscars oscar7s will reflect on eere the qeeare reitt reflett enr . r ” ”f" ”' of the eere the qeeare reitt reflett ena a a aa aaaaaa aaa of the greats, one of the greats, five—time oscar winner, one of the greats, five—time oscarwinner, gene th7e 7 the 7.57311; 7 7 7 the really sad breaking the really sad news that he has been found dead with his wife and their pet dog that he has been found dead wi their wife and their pet dog that he has been found dead wi their home nd their pet dog that he has been found dead wi their home in their pet dog that he has been found dead wi their home in new pet dog that he has been found dead wi their home in new mexico. at their home in new mexico. let us reflect on the many successes and heights of gene hackman, five oscars, two best actor for the french and

connection and mississippi .. and three best burning and three best actress bonnie supporting actress for bonnie and clyde, i never sang for my foriven. i'm sure father, and forgiven. i'm sure the will be reflecting the oscars will be reflecting on of the greats who has on one of the greats who has passed away, and active police we ize-a :-— .- saga ng investigation ongoing right now, but santa fe a saying at moment they are saying play 7 7 7 play i577 . a—zeaz— .3 e...— play is factor 7 7 playis factorin 7 7 play is factor in the 7 foul play is a factor in the death of gene hackman and his death of gene hackmanand his found at more �*course more �* course and much more of course and tributes on our website. trriarat== en ear erect-ate here - us trriarat== en ear erect-ate here aa us bring you let us bring yet.- op to date the weather let os bring yet.- op to date the weather with carol with the weather with carol kirkwood. to be fairly quiet. it doesn't mean it's going to be bone dry all the time, though. there is the chance of some showers and also some patchy light rain.

for many of us, it will be dry with sunny spells, but by night, we are looking at the chance of frost and also some mist and fog. we have got a few showers left across south—east england and a brisk wind as we go into the afternoon, a few showers in the north and west, some of those getting dry with some sunshine. with temperatures like this, we are looking at a widespread frost. it may go down as low as —3 in parts of the highlands. we will have a few showers. will be slow to lift.

bit of sunshine and some fairweather cloud bubbling as this weather front approaches, the breeze will temperatures roughly 9—10 degrees. that weather front comes in overnight friday to saturday and continues to weaken, although it will bring some and a fair bit of cloud. on either side of it, we are looking at some sunshine but we start on sunday once again with some mist and fog and also some frost. temperatures, 8 to about 10 degrees.

live from london. this is bbc news. been found dead in their home in the us. police say there is no immediate indication of foul play. have left romania where they were charged with rape, human trafficking and money laundering. they're believed to be heading to the us.

for american security guarantees for ukraine. a second runway at london gatwick airport. hello, i'm kasia madera. ibeeseefrwineire amerieen betsy arakawa have been found dead in their home in new mexico in the us. police say it's currently an active investigation the exact cause of death has not been determined.