this is bbc news — the headlines. sir keir starmer hosts a summit of european leaders on how best to secure the future of ukraine after the public row the british prime minister said he'd spoken again to president trump soon after welcoming mr zelensky

to downing street. of the ceasefire after israel only approves a six—week temporary extension. the announcement was made shortly after the first phase the period covers the religious holidays ramadan and passover. the biggest night in the showbiz calendar is here at last — the 97th oscars kicks off at midnight gmt. us comedian conan o'brien is presenting the awards from los angeles. movies including conclave, enora and the brutalist

neurodiversity and disability. now, they may have different names — positive discrimination, affirmative action and, more recently, dei. that stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. but what the policies have in common is a move to help groups that have struggled to access positions of power, and it might mean setting targets for how many women or ethnic minorities are interviewed forjobs or gain seats in the boardroom. but in the last couple of years, that has come under pressure. one example — the investment bank goldman sachs had, until a few weeks ago, a rule that if companies had

only white men on their boards, they wouldn't assist their efforts to list on the stock exchange. my colleague, simonjack, though, asked the firm's international boss why the policy has now been dropped. the policy has now if you actually look across industry now, that was a policy served as a catalyst to try and drive a change of behaviour, a change in focus, and i think that's broadly achieved. and what's important here is you have a diversity of views on that board. here is you have a diversity and if you look at these companies, they've all embraced diversity, it's moved along. this was a policy from a decade or so ago, and i think it's served its purpose. so what do the numbers show? well, in america, women make up roughly a third of all directors of listed companies. that's roughly double what it is injapan, but a little less than australia and europe. now, of course, goldman isn't alone in abandoning some of its policies. dei has been on the defensive, sped up by two major events. the first was in june of 2023, when america's supreme court ruled that admissions to american universities that favoured students from ethnic minorities were unconstitutional.

that cast doubt on the legality of the initiatives in other settings far away from university campuses. and the other, of course, was the victory of donald trump and the republican party in november's us elections. president trump has sought to ban such policies from the federal government and, by association, companies that work with the government are now under pressure to do the same.

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