hello, i'm christian fraser, welcome to bbc news now. he was 95. he won two oscars. the poseidon adventure, the conversation, as lex luther in superman. he retired, in 2004, and for 20 years he lived

as a virtual recluse. his only company, his wife, the classical pianist betsy arakawa, who was still only 64. david sillito takes a look back at gene hackman�*s career. all right, popeye's here. popeye doyle in the french connection was gene hackman�*s defining role. face the wall! it brought him the first of his two oscars in a career that saw him nominated five times. at acting school. he'd been given that particular award alongside and it did take him a while to get going. real nice meeting you. yeah. he was in his mid 30s by the time of his first big movie. for his role in bonnie and clyde.

but the role didn't come naturally. i was popping these guys in the mouth and playing this tough i had never played a role quite that demanding. you get kind of used to it, you know? ..but i'm gonna hurt you. for mississippi burning. now, you either go on the record for us notjust the black kids. but there was more to him than that. of the royal tenenbaums, he was

a versatile actor who excelled at playing the ordinary guy. and while he may have lacked traditional film idol good looks, he was undoubtedly a star. welcome the programme. i don't know acting school don't know which acting school and gene hackman dustin hoffman and gene hackman went to, but they couldn't be more wrong, could they? what was it you particularly liked about the h .~ . appeared was it you particularly liked about the h .~ . appeared on about the way he appeared on screen? film about the way he appeared on screen? , .,, screen? oh my gosh, he stole every scene — screen? oh my gosh, he stole every scene he _ screen? oh my gosh, he stole every scene he was _ screen? oh my gosh, he stole every scene he was in. - screen? oh my gosh, he stole every scene he was in. he - screen? oh my gosh, he stole every scene he was in. he had this magnetic presence, and it's one of those that will stay in my mind, especially as a child having him lex alongside christopher luther alongside christopher reid —— in reid in —— christopher reeve in their superman he could on any role and do with take on any role and do it with aplomb. take on any role and do it with alomb. ., , ., ,

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week. it will be a clash of styles. the freewheeling populist. with the prime minister. you know, we've only been here a couple of hours and already we have been to the british embassy. why? because the prime minister headed straight there recognise, lord mandelson, they wanted to woo members of the trump administration the prime minister, a labour prime minister, saying he reckons he's got something in common demonstrate his ruthlessness

at cutting through bureaucracy. we want to strike a new partnership. let's hear next, then, from lord mandelson working really closely. adversaries, we are certainly not, but they are doing and that's what's going to need us to be working hand in glove, shoulder to shoulder, even more than we do usually.

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jailed labour mp mike amesbury

has had his io—week prison an appeal at chester crown court. the mp has been ordered to do 200 hours of community work. the 55—year—old will be monitored for alcohol intake and has to go on an anger management course. the mp for runcorn and helsby in england was in north—west england was for labour after some suspended for labour after some closed circuit showed closed circuit footageshowed punching a man in october. him punching a man in october. the 55—year—old was sentenced immediate imprisonment to immediate imprisonment on for serious account of assault. 7 assault. he pleaded commen assault. he pleaded last month. he is still guilty last month. he is still being paid an mp and there pressure on to pr7essure on to quit pressure on to quit as is pressure on him to quit as the mp alf and maybe the community that he is now having

service that he is now having to do will a role that. the controversial social media influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan left romania this morning, with the tacit approval of the romanian authorities. (boxed the brothers were arrested three years ago and until now had been under house arrest. trafficking minors and money laundering. prosecutors confirmed this morning they had been made aware, and that but they still remain under investigation. the pair flew out on a private jet, they are said to be flying our correspondent in bucharest nick thorpe has the latest.

we also know from romanian sources that these are dual citizens, so they hold both american and british passports, for their arrest in the uk. they would have been presumably, to britain. to the united states. in romania, but part of the deal, if you like, has been they will return at a later date to romania

we'll get a little more on that from the tape situation from the tape brothers�*s lawyer who will be joining us in half an hour. centres, orfraud factories, along the thai—myanmar our correspondent, jonathan head, is in thailand. the frenzy of construction has now stopped. up along the moei river are now being emptied of their workers. many have been trafficked and horribly mistreated. when asked, nearly all want to go home.

and taken in by the thai army. hundreds of chinese workers have already been flown home, as criminals, not victims. i spoke to mike, an ethiopian stranded in myanmar with 400 others who escaped. it is all very messed up now. i just want to go home. for years, thailand has been accused of doing too little well, now thailand has started to act, forcing the armed militias over the border to free thousands

and back to their own homes. if their own governments aren't ready to fly them home. were positive for tb. our worry is that we are not engaging fast enough and these if they will find me... we met a young bangladeshi man who escaped from a notorious compound last october.

electric shock torture. their rule is very hard. if not, an electric shock. two electric shocks? how many people did you scam many people. more than. 100? yeah, 100. even now there are thousands still working under duress of transnational crime that is proving we started the programme with the news the of actor

the news of the death of actor jean hackman. police have issued a saying no issued a statement saying no foul is thought to be in 7 in the 7 of 7inthe of him 77his7wife7.77777777777 7 7 7 tributes to the oscar winning star have been given godfather director, francis ford coppola's who directed hackman in, the conversation, i mourn his loss, and celebrate his existence and contribution." to be fairly quiet. settling things down. all the time, though. some patchy light rain. we have got a few showers left across south—east england

showers in the north and west, some of those getting temperatures, 7—11 degrees. into east anglia. with temperatures like this, we are looking it may go down as low as —3 in parts of the highlands. of our weather, still settled conditions. will be slow to lift. up through the day.

pick up across the north—west, with one or two showers. and continues to weaken, although it will bring some rain into the north—west. as it pushes further south, you might get the odd spot and a fair bit of cloud. during the course of sunday, allowing the progress of this weatherfront to come in and bring in some rain. but we start on sunday once again with some mist and fog and also some frost. the rain coming in across the north—west through the day. temperatures, 8 to about 10 degrees.

sir keir starmer is in washington for talks tristan have been allowed to leave romania, despite and with the oscars

right around the corner, we'll take you to some of the locations where it was filmed. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you an update about our main story and keir 7 keir starmer�*s 7 keir starmer�*s visit 7 s s. an7d 7 77 andit 77 7 77 anditis77 that 7 �* th7at russia 7 �*th7at russia and 7 clear that russia and the states are in talks. in clear that russia and the they tes are in talks. in clear that russia and the they are are in talks. in clear that russia and the they are ine in talks. in clear that russia and the they are in talks ilks. in fact, they are in talks teday istanbul and it was said in istanbul and it was said they are committed to a solution. it is peaceful solution. it is understood that some western that will try to elites, that they will try to undermine our dialogue with the united he says united states. he says additional measures be additional measures will be need —— need to be introduced protect border. we do to protect the border. we do not expect a peaceful end to he said we are

the crisis. he said we are ready find cooperation