charles haviland, bbc news.nnes film festival has drawn to a close, with the coveted palme d'or — the highest prize awarded at the festival — won by the swedish film, the square. germany's diane kruger was named best actress, while hollywood star joaquin phoenix won the prize for best actor. tim allman reports. khan is where glamour meets art. celebrity meets creativity. this is a place that takes for making very seriously. —— cannes. that is what makes this yea rs —— cannes. that is what makes this years winner of the palm d'or something of a surprise. the film—maker thrilled to bits. something of a surprise. the film—maker thrilled to bitsm something of a surprise. the film-maker thrilled to bits. it is fantastic, i am super happy. i chose a film that is dealing with this content, for them to picket, fantastic. we aimed to do a funny movie at the same time as well as dealing with the important questions andi dealing with the important questions and i am super happy that they picked this film, of course. the sq

the bbc‘s charles haviland reports.vers in western sri lanka. with the denbigh fever break—out created by mosquitoes in stag na nt break—out created by mosquitoes in stagnant waters. there have also been mud slides, sending mode and boulders careering into peoples homes, devastating families. large tra cts homes, devastating families. large tracts of land have flooded. the air forces dropping and delivering relief supplies to stranded people. some of the most vulnerable have been airlifted. for others, improvised displacement camps have sprung up. even the elderly say they have never seen floods like these. and still the rains come. here, home—made rafts and votes are getting people to safety. in the silent backwaters, most homes have been evacuated. rescue workers find some people still inside and bring them to safety. a second naval vessel from neighbouring india has now put in, carrying relief material including rescue votes and medicines. the authorities say aid is now reaching the remotest places. it will be a long

the bbc‘s charles haviland reports.ka. there are warnings dengue fever may break out, created by mosquitoes breeding in the stagnant waters. but more deadly, up to now, the mudslides the rain has triggered, like this one. they have sent mud and boulders careering into people's homes, devastating families. large tracts of land are flooded. here, the airforce is dropping and delivering relief supplies to stranded people. some of the most vulnerable have been airlifted. for others, improvised displacement camps have sprung up. even the elderly say they've never seen floods like these. and still, the rains come. here, home—made rafts and boats are getting people to safety. in the silent backwaters, most homes have been evacuated. rescue workers find some people still inside and bring them to safety. a second naval vessel from neighbouring india has now put in, carrying relief material, including rescue boats and medicines. the red cross and un agencies are also involved. the authorities say aid is now reaching the remotest

our south asia regional editor, charles haviland is following the story.rday. first we had reports of a few dozen schoolgirls being admitted to hospital for treatment, but later in the day, the official indian news agency said more than 300 had been admitted, from two schools, and several teachers needing treatment. the symptoms were problems with their eyes, throats, and breathing problems, from this leakage from a container truck at some kind of storage depot in tughlakabad in the south of delhi. it appears these we re south of delhi. it appears these were chemicals imported from china for use in pesticides. do we know how some of the victims are? the doctors have been saying from the start that they are ok and no one is in danger. what we heard towards the end of saturday was that people are being discharged and going home to theirfamilies. that being discharged and going home to their families. that seems to be the situation. that said, we have had some people saying they are out of danger, and others simply saying they are stable, which sounds less ce