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so-- samantha: in the heavily fortified police compound in north belfast, chief inspector darren foxd me over one of their land rovers. darren: really robust material. feel the-- you'll feel that we have done-- and the doors. samantha: that's pretty fit, isn't it? darren: yeah. samantha: the heavy door. that's for sure. samantha: paramilitaries of both sides have reemerged, and ordinary policing is done against the backdrop of a severe threat. ♪♪♪ samantha: hi, nick. nick williams: how are you? samantha: sergeant nick williams was on duty the night of the lenard gates riots. nick: yeah, that's right. yeah, it was about 3 weeks ago now. yeah. so that's where those two cars hijacked, put on fire and smashed under the gates. samantha: the gates segregate the communities and are locked by police every night, but rioters nearly pried them apart. nick: they couldn't quite get at each other, which is almost that good, but they really toned each other, and in the end there was a lot of police officers injured in the disorder to getting then disordered. it ended up that we had to bring police

comes from, the place, the people and also the spirit, the values, if you like, of working—class north belfasthere, i've gone on a very long and circuitous journey, it's been a very privileged one, 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. well, thank you very much for the interview, and good luck on oscars night. thanks, tom. thank you very much. coming up in talking movies, more from hollywood boulevard in our preview of the academy awards. applause tonight we are here to celebrate. the oscars tv ceremony is in trouble. last year, it recorded its lowest ratings ever. some said this was partly due to the fact that the ceremony didn't have a host, so this year there will be a host for the first time since 2018 — in fact, three of them. kizzy cox has been looking at the three women who will be fronting the oscars telecast and seeing if they have what it takes to bring about a ratings miracle. kizzy: this year's academy awards ceremony will have three different hosts, all wo

ireland's foreign minister, simon coveney, has been ushered away from a building in north belfast amidhen a van was reportedly hijacked and driven to the venue. mr coveney was escorted off stage by his security officer. the duke and duchess of cambridge have spent the day in the bahamas on the final leg of their caribbean tour. the couple left jamaica yesterday after a visit which attracted the usual crowds but also some criticism. the week—long trip, marking the queen's platinum jubilee, also saw the couple visit belize. our royal correspondent, jonny dymond, is travelling with the couple. perhaps not the bahamas they were expecting. is there caribbean tour was drawing to a close, whether they might recognise from home. inside, a traditional tour event, a school close, like so many, through the pandemic. kate paid tribute to parents, guardians and teachers. they, i am sure, have found the pandemic equally hard but they are doing one of the most importantjobs out there, nurturing your young minds and helping shape your futures. we all owe them a huge debt of gratitude. ourfuture future

i mean, this film, "belfast," is about a boy from a working-class family in north belfast who loved goingind of gifts from hollywood. so, to make a film that's in hollywood attracting people to the movies and you realize, "hey, the kid from the working-class belfast family is me, and this is happening. frankly, seth, i still haven't got my head around it. it was bizarre enough that i was doing shakespeare as a 29-year-old there. so to be here and telling a personal story and having it touch people, that's -- i mean, it's a mind-blower >> seth: so, this is about - you know, it's based on your life it's based on growing up in belfast. and i assume usually you have to do a great deal of research about a film, especially a period piece like this but because it was your childhood, did you have to do the same level of research, or did you just count on your own memory >> i decided that i wouldn't ask, because i don't know about you, but i find it's pretty hard to achieve objective truth about anything i often find that with my wife and i, there may be a dispute about literally what happened in

the top contenders for best picture include coda, the power of the dog and belfast. our norths in los angeles and theyjoin me now. we can see peter right now looking very glamourous. this looking very glamourous. this look really suits you. what's the mood like today.- look really suits you. what's the mood like today. thank you very much- _ the mood like today. thank you very much. the _ the mood like today. thank you very much. the mood _ the mood like today. thank you very much. the mood is - the mood like today. thank you very much. the mood is one . the mood like today. thank you very much. the mood is one of| very much. the mood is one of excitement. we are on a very windy sunset boulevard on hollywood boulevard, where the ceremony is taking place. the oscars are back. we had very difficult years, but the red carpet is back. the ceremony itself, there will be some changes. they're trying to produce a much tighter ceremony, meaning some of the awards will be re—recorded. that's happening right now. we seem to have a three horse race between the power of the dog, the weste

comes from, the place, the people and also the spirit, the values, if you like, of working—class north belfastrview, and good luck on oscars night. thanks, tom. thank you very much. coming up in talking movies, more from hollywood boulevard in our preview of the academy awards. applause tonight we are here to celebrate. the oscars tv ceremony is in trouble. last year, it recorded its lowest ratings ever. some said this was partly due to the fact that the ceremony didn't have a host, so this year there will be a host for the first time since 2018 — in fact, three of them. kizzy cox has been looking at the three women who will be fronting the oscars telecast and seeing if they have what it takes to bring about a ratings miracle. kizzy: this year's academy awards ceremony will have three different hosts, all women — amy schumer, regina hall and wanda sykes — each hosting for one hour of the broadcast. all three women are pretty good on theirfeet, so to be a good oscar host, you have to pay attention, you have to be funny, you have to be respectful, because this is hollywood's biggest night to cel

but it won't be raining all the time and if anything in the north—west of the country later on wednesday, there will be some sunshine so in belfast not bad at all. temperatures, nine in glasgow and about 14 in the south of the country. how about the outlook for the rest of the week and into the weekend? this is the wet weather i was talking about on wednesday, a mixed bag. by thursday, it dries out and high pressure builds in, temperatures expected to rise as well and the weekend at the moment looks promising with high pressure building and more sunshine on the way. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. hello. it is now expected that chelsea football club will be sold by the end of the month. that is following positive conversations between the government and the firm charged with selling the club. it is after roman abramovich had his ownership frozen last month. chelsea beat newcastle one nil last night. there has been an agreement that the sale funds will go to a charitable organisation. the deadline for bids has been extended to the 18th of

north, and the united kingdom gave up the border. which was a huge issue. strand two of the good friday agreement reinforced the idea of a growing relationship between dublin and belfast. so let me lay this out in perspective in the time i have remaining. 30 years ago, in the north of ireland, there were 30,000 british soldiers in an area geographically the size of the state of connecticut. you couldn't go any place, it was a militarized zone. the friends of ireland which is 40 years old, always democrat and republican, we made sure of it. the success of the good friday agreement came about because of the good will of men and women who live on that island. we should be celebrating the outcome of the good friday agreement but part of it is also acknowledging these perilous moments in irish history. and i suspect that we will be discussing for years to come americans' dimension to bringing about the good friday agreement. two generations of children have now grown up in this six small county area not knowing anything about the violence. and it was the reach and the role of the united states, an honest broker, that helped bring about that agreement. which even with bumps

belfast, edinburgh maybe only around seven in aberdeen. the weather map for thursday shows a new weather front moving into north—western parts of the uk, soews america. the mayor of keev warns that ukraine's capital is facing a dangerous moment. six powerful explosions hit a metro station and residential buildings in kyiv. a curfew lasting 35 hours has now begun in the city. there is a real sense that the danger, the conflict is coming closer and the feeling here now that nowhere is safe russia says it's now in control of the entire region of kherson, to the south. we hearfrom people living under russian occupation

belfast due to a security alert. simon coveney was speaking at an event in the north of the city. his speech in public and everybody else in the building was evacuated out of it as well, they have told us that they have been told a fan had been hijacked, it has been driven into the grounds of the building, and it was possible that an explosive device was in that van. as you can see, police here have sealed off a long stretch of the road. a police helicopter circling overhead, and army bomb expert have been here, it is understood they have been examining the van. nobody has been hurt, there has been severe disruption, a funeral in the church grounds could not go ahead, a church service had to be held outside, so there has been condemnation from community leaders about an event that should have been all about reconciliation but instead has been a reminder of a very dark past in this part of the world. [30 a reminder of a very dark past in this part of the world. do ministers travel with security _ this part of the world. do ministers travel with security to _ this part of the world.

temperatures between about 1k in belfast to 20 in london. a bit cooler in the norththink tank says more than a million people will now be pushed into poverty from april. let's return to our top story. one month after russia launched its invasion of ukraine, nato leaders have been meeting to consider their next steps. the alliance is set to strengthen its presence in eastern europe and increase its military aid to ukraine. joing me now is mark malloch—brown, former un deputy secretary general and current president of the open society foundations. thank you forjoining us. let me ask you first of all, your response to the international response so far. look, i think at a humanitarian level, it has been spectacular. there has been huge generosity by governments and also individuals. british families accepting ukrainians into their homes and etc. on the security side, it's obviously 0n the security side, it's obviously been much more mixed with weapons and always the presumption that ukraine was going to lose this war, and therefore not the sort of full throated support t

isolated shower but it will feel warm again with temperatures between 14 in belfast up to 20 in london and a bit cooler across the northing on the technicolor dream coat — to play the role of pharaoh again and go on tour with the multi award—winning musical for the first time. jason joins us now. good morning. lovely to be here. very— good morning. lovely to be here. very early — good morning. lovely to be here. very early. you are very freshfaced considering you had a late night last night. ferrite considering you had a late night last nitht. ~ :,, considering you had a late night lastnitht.~ : , last night. we opened in manchester, which was a — last night. we opened in manchester, which was a great _ last night. we opened in manchester, which was a great audience, - last night. we opened in manchester, which was a great audience, but - last night. we opened in manchester, which was a great audience, but yes, | which was a great audience, but yes, i which was a great audience, but yes, i managed _ which was a great audience, but yes, i managed to get home and get to bed stop i_ i managed to get home and get to bed st

belfast by hungary. this was the pretty poor defending that led to the only goal of the game. it brings to an end a three—match unbeaten run. now, we talked about northhester united's bruno fernandes ensured they will be at the world cup finals along with cristiano ronaldo, who will get perhaps a last chance to compete for footballs greatest prize. christian eriksen enjoyed a special night against serbia. it's the first time he's featured as a player in the copenhagen stadium since that terrible incident at the euros last summer where he collapsed on the pitch suffering a cardiac arrest. and what a return for him, eriksen scoring a stunner, for denmark's third goal. he also scored on saturday in the loss to the netherlands. denmark and serbia have already qualified for the world cup finals in qatar. away from football, cricket's women's world cup is rapidly reaching a climax with the first of the semi finals taking place this morning. and it's been an uphill struggle for west indies. they're replying to australia's massive 305—3, that's their highest ever score in a knockout world cup match. west indies currently 139—6. it would require the highest r