or they have rolled out the red carpet for the 72nd time in cannes france arguably the world's most famous and most recognized the cannes film festival got underway today this is the 72nd cannes film festival where someone who knows the festival very well although he is nowhere close to being 72 himself that is my colleague in the w.'s own film guru scott roxboro it's got joins me now from cannes good evening to you sky so the film festival is underway yet again what are you expecting this year. well actually expected quite a bit this year can been on a bit of a low of the last couple of years and they've come under a lot of competition from the venice film festival which had a lot of great oscar contenders last year giving roma so cannes had to up its game a bit and they've done so with a couple of a really impressive films there next week we're going to have quentin tarantino's new film once upon a time in hollywood that everybody wants to see i'm desperate to see and tonight we have the opening night film by an indie film legend jim jarmusch called the dead don't die sort of a 2 i don't

a a look at the opening of cann. france paid its final respects today to french soldiers killed in a raid in burkina faso last week. were killed in the hostages.to free four were recovered safe and sound. >> france as a nation that never abandons its childreren no mattr the circumstances. french citizen a should know our country will never give up. they will always have to face our army, elite units, and allies. we will continue to fight terrorism. genie: mark was at the complex where the ceremony took place.. >> it is the first time emmanuel macron pays tribute to fallen soldiers. it was special because you can see families, there was a long chat between the president, his families leaving twocourtyard behind the coffins. they were brought into the courtyard. in the courtyard, we could not film the faces of the other special forces soldierers they n atattendance from all kinds of military units. the e french president gave a 20 minute speech in which he placed them within a long line of heroes. and doingey had died so had

year he got it for the revenant now it's his turn to hand out prizes at the 72nd cannes film festival in the south of france. at cannes the big questions are who's wearing what on the red carpet and what film will the jury pick to win the palme d'or this year for the 1st time the cannes jury is led by a mexican director a 100 gonzales inyati to. i don't know how it's going to work to tell you a true i have never been a precedent i have never control anything even my sets not my family nothing so i tell you a president is one of the most awkward situation and mexican president it's in years have so then what is his plan as can jury president and how will he and the rest of the jury 3 more directors 2 actors a scriptwriter and a comic book creator be looking for the winners i would like to see this film to see if we will not know who directed it you know i think no no time no experience no name no fame no gender nothing should be take there i think for respect of cinema and for the people who made it i think we should use your film by by if by the film by the art itself. in his own movies and yet he too is kn

types of comedy films are premiering of this year's cannes festival in france famous directors will compete with promising newcomers for the big prize the palme d'or reports from cannes. film stars flashbulbs festival magic. can is a celebration of cinema like no other and in its 72nd year it is still surprising audiences. this year its opening with a zombie comedy. packed with stars directed by jim the dead don't die seems an unlikely choice for the prestigious festival but the american director has used to sneak in big ideas that they sometimes get buried under all the bodies the festivals directed. explained his choice of general cinema is important for cinema for many artists especially in the era of big studios it was a way for them to express themselves within a defined framework and today john or cinema continues. a man of many genres is director quentin tarantino who rushed to finish his new film could screen at cannes . once upon a time in hollywood is a black comedy set in 1960 s. los angeles unified to go to jail is called manslaughter many more heavyweight directors will walk th

." >>> hello and welcome to the sunny south of france from the cannes film festival.he sun, the surf and the stars are all here. no bigger star in cannes right now than sir elton john. i sat down with elton and the star of rocketman, taron edgerton. that's on the way. the movie is spectacular, nancy, and when you get a wind of some of the revelations from elton and taron you'll be blown away. >> all right. let's get started with the drama blowing up at beverly hills 90210-uh-oh. they just got back together and there already appears to be clashes behind the scenes. big enough to make some people quit. >> we have some issues. >> oh, my god, yeah. >> did "90210's" leading ladies just cause a major staff exodus? we're told the showrunner and several senior writers abruptly quit, days before shooting. the shakeup happened last week and yesterday, a report partially blamed interference on two unnamed lead actresses. our source believes one of them could be tori spelling. that's because we're told spelling's best friend was originally overseeing "bh90210" and was sidelined a

cannes. >> [speaking french] -- join us on the france 24 european tour. >> [speaking foreign language] spanish]ing and the european elections on france 24 and france24.com. ♪ a warm welcome. you are watching live from paris. here are the headlines. released,gesre inclcluding two french tourists. the u.s. seizes a north korean ship as tensions rise between the countries. what appeared to be two short-range missiles fired from north korea. after e eightiss hour, months of calm, syria's northwest is a theateter for bloody military operations. thank you for watching. saidance, officials hostages have been freed in burkina faso. two french soldiers were killed during the operation. the hostages had been abducted on may 1 while they were on holiday. authorities warned tourisists nt to go. found after they were reported missing. we will bring you more developments on this story as they come in. france is commemorarating abolitionist sill avery. -- abolitionist slavery. they captured and sold some 1.4 million people before slavery was outlawed in 1848. it is the same day france recognized s slavery as

but 1st we're off to the glitz and glamour of a coat in the south of france yes it's the film festival in cannes 19 new films vying for the door and of course hollywood is there in force bought it's not all about the red carpet all the competition can is a great place to premiere your movie and one of the big debuts there is a biopic about the life of elton john called rocket man football let's go straight over and join oh man scott. i scott's now. isn't in the competition but it is it's the biggest film premiering this year isn't it yeah definitely being caught how can you out glam elton john you know the band has let's it is metal named it's it's amazing it's also a perfect for can because it's a huge big a hollywood blockbuster with just a little bit of edge just a little bit of darkness to it give it a bit of credibility here i have to say the cannes film festival got off to a little bit of a slow start but if you'll excuse the pun i think with rocket man the past is about to really take off. and now the guy who's playing out in town and. he sings all the songs in the film which is astoundin

thank you very much mel 2 very different types of comedy films are premiering at this year's cannes festival in france famous directors will compete with promising newcomers for the big prize the palme d'or reports from. film stars flash festival magic. can is a celebration of cinema like no other and in its 72nd year it is still surprising audiences. this year its opening with a zombie comedy. packed with stars directed by jim the dead don't die seems an unlikely choice for the prestigious festival but the american director has used to sneak in big ideas that they sometimes get buried under all the bodies the festivals directed. explained his choice. the most important for cinema for many artists especially in the era of big studios it was a way for them to express themselves within a defined framework and today john are cinema continues. a man of many genres is director quentin tarantino who rushed to finish his new film screening can. once upon a time in hollywood is a black comedy set in 1960 s. los angeles fight to go to jail is called manslaughter many more heavyweight directors will walk this r

but 1st we're off to the glitz and glamour of the coat in the south of france yes it's the film festival in cannes 19 new films vying for the palme d'or and of course hollywood is there in force but it's not all about the red carpet all the competition can is a great place to premiere your movie and one of the big debuts there is a biopic about the life of elton john called rocket man for all let's go straight over and join oh man scott rock's brother hi scott now rocket man isn't in the competition but it's lowell is it's the biggest film premiering this year isn't it yeah definitely come out how can you out glam.

but 1st we're off to the glitz and glamour of the coat in the south of france yes it's the film festival in cannes 19 new films vying for the palme d'or of course hollywood is there in force but it's not all about the red carpet all the competition can is a great place to premiere your movie and one of the big debuts there is a biopic about the life of elton john called rocket man for all let's go straight over and join our man scott. hi scott now rocket man isn't in the competition but it's lowell is it's the biggest film premiering this year isn't it . yeah definitely being caught how can you ok.

now the cut goes up on the cannes film festival the saving in the south of france so busy holding up the red carpet for tonight's guests $21.00 films have been chosen for the competition section of the opening film is the official u.s. director jim jarmusch comedy horror of the dead don't die. because he might seem like a rabbit choice to have such a glittering gallery but before you judge is it a look. peaceful. street. something terrifying. something horrifying. is coming. close to. the dead so it's an all star group of cops including bill murray. the hipster icons including iggy pop the living was band together to survive this is really awful maybe the worst thing i've ever seen. so. i'm thinkin zombies wife you know the undead ghouls jim jarmusch is a classic american outsider filmmaker. he started making offbeat movies in the $1980.00 s. going against the periods bright colors and conspicuous consumption his stars were far from the mainstream and his films showed eccentric characters on missions often without a hollywood happy ending. it worked his taste in stories and casting a

have 1st emerged from the director's fortnight that runs during the cannes film festival charlie and i reports from the south of france on the new talent generating the biggest buzz this year. a newly discovered voice in cinema celebrated in cannes the peruvian director molina lay on this is a vital platform for her 1st feature film. is the heartbreaking true story about an indigenous woman whose baby is stolen a tale of human trafficking told in a unique style but director leone struggled with funding it was terribly hard nobody trusts. her that they were there that wants to. 9 get in as people want their work. so yeah hopefully. they will. work. she is now in an illustrious club cannes directors fortnight is credited with shaping cinematic history the 2 week long event discovered director george lucas who went on to create star wars and launched the careers of martin scorsese spike lee and. indian director mira nair was another discovery in cannes i came with $988.00 i had no problems with the budget i had i would take people's buttons and i would cut out and just base them on these buttons and put them on as you kn

the world premiere of the eltonjohn biopic rocketman took place at cannes film festival in france lastta ke let‘s take a look at the weather forecast with simon king. warm and sunny weather over the last few days but cloud across much of the uk, drifting in from the east, you can see the satellite imagery through this morning, that feed of cloud coming in, and really for many of us grey skies through this morning, including this one from a weather watcher in staffordshire, almost looking like aspirated cloud, quite a cool pattern, that one. we have had some rain affecting mainly western areas of england and wales, continuing to move further westward, and to the rest of today it will eventually clear away. but for much of southern england and south wales, remaining cloudy, further showers into the afternoon, but further north across england, northern ireland, some sunny spells, lengthy spells of sunshine across scotland, the highest temperatures of 19, perhaps 20 in the north—west of scotland. elsewhere, a little bit cooler, 13—17 celsius, chillier than that across north sea coasts. thr

. >> brad and leo mobbed at cannes and things got a little tense and we got the star-studded story from france. >>> once upon a time in hollywood, ellen hintd that she might end her talk show instead ellen has reupped with blockbuster new deal. >> 16 years is a pretty good run. you're stuck with me because i just signed for three more years. >> after a ton of speculation that ellen would retire, nope, she's staying. one of the reasons -- >> lamborghinis are expensive. >> money won't be issue. she negotiated a massive deal that includes ownership in her show and numerous projects with nbc. ellen is already worth an estimated $275 million. >> you know, i'll walk away really when >> "e.t." was with ellen a few weeks ago, starting september 9th she'll air back to back with the kelly clarkson show in major cities. >> i did give her advice and i want her to succeed. she's my lead-in, also, she's my friend. we need women out there and we'll see -- if she succeeds she took my advice and if she doesn't, she didn't. >> your show is sold out in 99% of the country. kelly clarkson tv show. >> i'm very exci

day 6 of the cannes film festival the world's largest celebration of cinema alongside the main competition in the south of france is directors fortnights as charlie rangel explained is where critics are more likely to discover hollywood's next big name. a newly discovered voice in cinema celebrated in cannes the peruvian director molina lay on this is a vital platform for her 1st feature film. is the heartbreaking true story about an indigenous woman whose baby is stolen a tale of human trafficking told in a unique style but director leone struggled with funding it was terribly hard nobody trusts. that they were there that was the. city in the eighty's with people. so yeah hopefully they. can work. she is now in an illustrious club cannes directors fortnight is credited with shaping cinematic history the 2 week long event discovered director george lucas who went on to create star wars and launched the careers of martin scorsese spike lee and. indian director mira nair was another discovery in cannes i came with $988.00 i had no publicist the budget i had i would take people's buttons and i would cut out and jus

cannes this year. full coverage of the accounts -- festival he of course on france twenty four in all languages and will be joining. our correspondent film buff please listen on the red carpet very soon. i'm not the business and i'm pleased to announce cake moody is with us the chinese tech giant hallway is continuing its efforts to convince western economies that it's not. a a danger to national securitiy kate with varying success has to be said mark -- the firm's chairman has said that he would be willing to sign a no spy deal with countries that agree to use its t technologogy. young what made that commitment as he spspoke to journalists inn the u. k.. where the government isrying to decide whether to allow well wait a role in the development of its five g. network? the us has been lobbying its allies around the world to block walk away saying the company could pass sensitive information on to the chinese government. well that's what we dispute has at times added to the ongoing trade tensions between the world's two largest economies. on tuesday donald trump raise the possibility that a deal was stil

the world premier of eltonjohn's biopic rocketman took place at cannes film festival in france last nighte standing ovation, although much of the applause was directed towards elton himself, who wore a tuxedo with the words to his most famous song stitched in sparkles on the back. the night ended with actor taron egerton, who plays elton, singing rocket man on stage alongside the man himself. charlie has been talking to him, and we will run that interview on monday. he has the first sitdown interview with him. it is going to be great. i hope i am not in that film, last september we were filming longest drive, in golf, and they we re longest drive, in golf, and they were filming on the other side of the course. we had to stay out of the shot. we are talking about men's mental health, after quite a shocking admission from danny rose, after opening up about his depression. danny rose says he was embarrased after a club said they wanted to meet him to check he wasn't crazy. the tottenham and england defender says it happened when he spoke to an unnamed club about a potential transfer last sum

cannes festival is in full swing. last night, french film icon eleon received a lifetime award, but the decision was a controversial one. france's he is one of most famous actors. alain deleon has climbed the steps countless times. he received an honorary award. >> they say it's difficult to have a lasting career, but i made it. i have been on -- in this business for 62 years. k know thed now i difficult part is to leave. delon's: for some, recognition is long overdue. era,o the post me there has been controversy surrounding his remarks about women. the latest controversy another example of the actor's love-hate relationship with the cannes film festival. in 1952, a young delon arrivived with his partner romy schneider, walking side-by-side. he had a bright future. a year later, he starred in a film that won the top prize at cinema showcase. he alslsshined witith his performance as mr. klein. but he was never awarded the prestigious palm d'oer. >> it is delon. he has so much class. >> there will not be anyone like him. behindr: the jury stands his decision, saying the festival will always be on the side of artists. genie:e: thih

welcome back it's day 6 of the cannes film festival the world's largest celebration of cinema alongside the main competition in the south of france is directors fortnight says johnny adulate sprains it's where critics are more likely to. hollywood's next big name. a newly discovered voice in cinema celebrated in cannes the peruvian director molina lay on this is a vital platform for her 1st feature film. is the heartbreaking true story about an indigenous woman whose baby is stolen above the tale of human trafficking told in a unique style but director leone struggled with funding it was terribly hard nobody trusts. her that they were there that was. pretty. generous people. so yeah hopefully. they will maybe work. she is now in an illustrious club cannes directors fortnight is credited with shaping cinematic history the 2 week long event discovered director george lucas who went on to create star wars and launched the careers of martin scorsese spike lee and. indian director mira nair was another discovery in cannes i came with $988.00 i had no problems with the budget i had i would take people's buttons and i would cut out and

france over a hike in fuel taxes. and actors of how the pro-abortion protest on the red carpet at the cannes film festival the purchase came ahead of the premiere of the argentinian documentary let it be law which looks at the topic of illegal abortion in the country at least one woman dies every day in latin america because of illegal abortion procedures. former us vice president joe biden has officially kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign with a major rally in philadelphia the veteran political leader use the speech to attack president trump biden says he's best placed to take on the current commander in chief with a message tailored to republicans and moderate voters. reports who were in the. nation when joe biden announced he was running for the democratic nomination for president 3 weeks ago he began by attacking president donald trump. but on saturday in his 1st big campaign rally officially kicking off his run for the presidency biden tried to present himself as a man who could unify politically divided america to defeat. this politics has fallen so far it's written in this country park to see. our politi

of the european parliament can be united and france money in the pens national rally also came out on top. and in the u.k. nigel farage is pranks at cannes he was most successful at the u.k. is set to leave the e.u. with this british representatives will also leave the parliament. with 11 percent germany's far right a.f.d. party was less triumphant that many pro europeans had feared but one prominent critic truly won hands down and hungry the ruling rightwing feeder's party under picked off and received over 50 percent of the votes. in the election victory means that hunk ariens gave us 3 tasks. foremost a task of stopping emigration all across europe. they gave us a task to defend the europe of nations and to protect christian culture in europe. think you. can right wing party sabotage the e.u. . that is the next big question her and you know you were talking about this just minutes ago coming right wing parties subbuteo come they do you rail the e.u. all the parliamentary process i would say now they can it makes you so optimistic the reason is that we've seen civil society and parties come across to form to to to correlate against the

cannes evolving. why are they still blocking netflix? >> well, this is a very important issue you. in fwrans france being streamed to go into mainstream cinemas, you have to wait for three years. in hollywood there is a movement that supports this. even spielberg has objected to the way hollywood has embraced netflix. cannes is resolute that streamed movies have to wait. and netflix has been banned this is two years running. so there are those who came that it is against the way things are moving in cinema. those who claim on the other hand that it is representing that which is cinematic literally with the large screen being essential. i do tend toward the left. three years is a terribly long time in hollywood. the window is 90 days to stream movies. but this debate will rage on. and cannes is making a tough stand on it. also the president of the jury totally agrees with us and the debate will continue. it will be fascinating to see what happens. >> all right. richa richard fitzwilliamfitzwilliams pleasure. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, one thing not so fun, a remote island para

roads across france over a hike in fuel taxes they quickly spiraled into an opposition movement against president. actors who have held a pro-abortion protest on the red carpet at the cannes film festival it came ahead of the premiere of the argentinean documentary let it be law which looks at the topic of illegal abortion in the country the actors wore green handkerchiefs a symbol of argentina's pro-abortion movement at least one woman dies every day in latin america because of illegal abortion procedures. well it's day 5 of the cannes film festival as the world's largest celebration of cinema winning the pound or which is one of the most prestigious awards in the industry may bring success for critics are more likely to discover hollywood's next big name among the films selected for the director's fortnight charley angela is in cannes and look who is exciting the critics. a newly discovered voice in cinema celebrated in cannes to preview director molina this is a vital platform for her 1st film. is the heartbreaking true story about an indigenous woman whose baby is stolen a tale of human trafficking told in a unique style but director leone struggled with funding. hard