reports —— in arthouse movies, as laura westbrook reports.pired by his childhood in the roma district of mexico city, and the film seems to have inspired thejudges, too... alfonso cuaron for roma! ..taking the top prize at the venice film festival. it was a decision that was reached entirely unanimous by the entire jury, so 9—0. applause. i am the queen. but you are mad. the favourite which, like roma, focuses predominantly on female characters, took the grand jury prize. its star, olivia colman, received the best actress award for her portrayal of queen anne. best actor went to willem dafoe, who played vincent van gogh in the biopic at eternity‘s gate. despite stories about women dominating the festival, only one of the films was directed by a woman. jennifer kent took the specialjury prize for the nightingale, a revenge thriller set in 19th century tasmania, and she made a plea in her acceptance speech. i'd just also like to say to all those women out there wanting to make films, please, go and do it. we need you. applause. however, the tal

laura westbrook, bbc news. now the weather with ben rich. hello.unday will bring rain at times. breezy weather, even windy weather across the north. but amidst all of that, there will still be some spells of sunshine. the pressure pattern is a fairly complicated one. low pressure up to the north—west. a few different frontal systems here crossing the country, bringing outbreaks of rain. this front in the west will bring some outbreaks of patchy rain across the south—west of england, wales, north—west england, northern ireland for a time through the first part of the morning. tending to fizzle as they drift eastwards. some heavier rain, though, moving northwards across scotland. by the afternoon, many places should be fine and dry, if rather breezy. there will be some spells of sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud as well, but a warmer day across the south—eastern corner. 23 degrees in london. there could be some showers from our old weather front just moving across wales, into the midlands, maybe north—west england. much of northern england fine with so

laura westbrook, bbc news.men‘s race in 59 minutes and twenty—six seconds. challenging sir mo was new zealand‘s jake robertson who took second place. kenya‘s 2016 champion vivian cheruiyot took victory in the women‘s event, while britain‘s david weir was first across the finish line in the men‘s wheelchair race. a trainee teacher from salford has just completed a 2,500 mile run across southern africa — from its atlantic coast to the indian ocean. this is the moment, earlier today, when brendan rendall completed the three month journey from namibia to mozambique. it saw him run the equivilent of 9a marathons in as many days. he‘s raised tens of thousand of pounds for a charity helping orphans in malawi. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. we‘re going to start the working week with a tussle, a battle between warm air and cuvelier. we felt both today, so these generic as with sunshine, temperatures approaching the middle 20s. —— cool air. temperatures here around 16 degrees with so

laura westbrook, bbc news.upport for an anti—immigration party. opinion polls suggest that the sweden democrats, who have roots in the neo—nazi movement, will take about 20 % of the vote. neither the centre—left governing parties nor their centre—right opponents are expected to win an outright majority. almost 120 council estates in london are facing redevelopment, which campaigners fear means the loss of thousands of council homes. freedom of information requests, submitted to all london councils, reveal that dramatic changes to the capitals social housing stock are under way, which will affect the lives of tens of thousands of residents. gareth furby reports. across london, thousands of council properties are being demolished as estates are being refurbished and redeveloped. but is this good news? some campaigners and experts say it may not be. we have a situation of what we might call hyper—gentrification. council estates have very much become a target for making profit. the claim is that social housing acro

laura westbrook has more. the day began in morning.illed during demonstrations. but it soon descended into another day of violence. —— mourning. people here in basra are angry at the government for not providing basic services. they have long lived with a lack of electricity and high in employment, but the final straw is thousands in hospitalfor but the final straw is thousands in hospital for drink but the final straw is thousands in hospitalfor drink in but the final straw is thousands in hospital for drink in polluted water. —— unemployment. translation: the issue is water. it isa translation: the issue is water. it is a live issue. blood for water. women, too, joined the protests. they say they have been ignored by those in power in baghdad forfar too long. it has led to the most revered shia cleric in iraq to step in. he too placed the blame on those in charge and called for a new government. translation: it is necessary to pressure the new government to be different from its predecessors. despite his appeal for carlton, different

laura westbrook, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos.lo, it has been a better afternoon than what we had yesterday for much of england and wales, certainly drier with more sunshine around and quite warm. but it has been breezy, the further north that you are that breeze has been more of the future. it will turn windy gci’oss the future. it will turn windy across scotland later this evening and into the overnight period, courtesy of this period of low pressure that is getting ever closer to the north of scotland. you can see the squeeze in the isobars which will bring that wet weather to scotland. not as windy in the south this evening. nice end to the day with pleasant spells of sunshine. for the north of scotland the ones will pick up, up to 55 mph, with heavy rain, particularly in the north and west. the eastern areas tending to stay dry. blustery for the north, lighter winds further south. clear spells for south and just about making double figures. one or two eastern areas could dip into single figures, so a fresher night compared to

laura westbrook has more the day began in mourning — a funeral for a protester killed during demonstrationsolence. people here in basra are angry at the government for not providing basic services. they have long lived with a lack of electricity and high unemployment, but the final straw is thousands in hospitalfor drink in polluted water. translation: the issue is water. it is a live issue. blood for water. women, too, joined the protests. they say they have been ignored by those in power in baghdad forfar too long. it has led to the most revered shia cleric in iraq to step in. all of the governmentjobs are restricted to the parties. it has led to the most revered shia cleric in iraq to step in. he, too, placed the blame on those in charge, and called for a new government. translation: it is necessary to pressure the new government to be different from its predecessors. despite his appeal for calm, as night falls, the city burns once more. this time the target is the iranian consulate. luckily, it was empty when it was set alight. people are angry at iranian influence in iraq. burned and b

it seals the online streaming company's reputation as a big name in arthouse movies, as laura westbrookas inspired by his childhood in the roman district of mexico city. the film seems to have inspired thejudges as mexico city. the film seems to have inspired the judges as well. taking the top prize at the venice film festival. it was a decision that was reached entirely unanimously by the entire jury. so, 9-0. reached entirely unanimously by the entirejury. so, 9-0. iam reached entirely unanimously by the entirejury. so, 9-0. i am the queen. but you are mad. the favourite focuses on female characters. its star 0livia colman received the best actress award for her portrayal of queen anne. best actor went to william dafoe who played vincent van gough in the biotech and eternity‘s gate. despite stories about women dominating the festival, only one of the film was directed by a woman. jennifer kent took the specialjury prize for the nightingale, a revenge thriller set in the 19th century tasmania, and she made a plea in her accent and speech. i would just she made a plea in her accent and

laura westbrook has more.an old draconian law from the colonial era, and up until now it has only been used against gangs who pose an imminent threat to national security, and so this is the first time, as you are saying in your introduction, that it has been used against political party. and the national party has not done anything violent so far. up until now, all they had been doing is talking, and that is the essential issue here, it is the issue of beta of speech and people are concerned that the government using this law, talking about national security, is setting a dangerous precedent in hong kong. a huge chunk of a popular queensland beach in australia has collapsed and sunk into the sea. it's not far from where another sink hole appeared a few years ago that swallowed up a caravan, car and tents. this time the large hole at inskip point, near rainbow beach, hasn't injured or damaged any property. we're used to hearing worrying stories about the decline of wildlife populations, but conservationists in

it seals the online streaming company's reputation as a big name in arthouse movies, as laura westbrookit was inspired by his childhood, and it seems to have inspired the judges too. it took the top prize at the venice film festival. it was a decision that was raised entirely unanimously, 9—0. decision that was raised entirely unanimously, 9-0. i am the queen. but you are mad. the favourite, which like romer focuses on female characters could charismatically grounded judy tries. olivia coleman got the best actor award, and willem dafoe also was victorious. despite stories about women dominating the festival, only one of the films was directed by huberman. jennifer kent took a specialjury prize for the nightingale, a defence thriller set in tasmania. she made a plea in her a cce pta nce in tasmania. she made a plea in her acceptance speech. i would also like to say and all those women out of their looking to make films, please go and do it. we need you. however, the talk of the night was most certainly netflix. romer was one of six netflix affirms that premiered here, and it is the first

laura westbrook, bbc news. costs touching 55 miles an hour. quite wet and windy. further south, a little bit quieter next to a ridge of high pressure. when is not as strong. temperatures just making double figures. in sheltered eastern spots temperatures could reach single figures. this high—pressure brings a fine start monday. another system waiting in the wings to bring wet and windy weather to northern ireland and western scotland later in the day. starting with fine and dry weather, lots of sunshine. in the afternoon clouds building up. wet and windy weather pushing into northern ireland and western scotland. across the board, not quite as warm as it was today. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... boris johnson attacks the prime minister's brexit plans saying she has wrapped the country in a suicide vest and handed the detonator to brussels. in a newspaper article the former foreign secretary said the chequers deal has opened the uk to "perpetual political blackmail". criticism for serena williams after she abuses the umpire at the us

with me is the bbc‘s laura westbrook, a former hong kong reporter, who covered the elections for us inng politics and it must be said that most hong kong people don't advocate for independence from china, but what is important here is that this law, it's an old, draconian law from the colonial era and until now it has only been used against criminal gangs who pose an imminent threat to national security, so this is the first time, as you were saying in your introduction, it has been used against a political party and today, mr lee, he said that the national party hasn't done anything violent so party hasn't done anything violent so far. until now, they have been doing is talking and that's really the central issue, the issue of freedom of speech and people are concerned that the government using this law talking about national security is setting a dangerous precedent in hong kong and curtailing rights of freedom of speech. we heard today from the us consulate in hong kong, from the british foreign office, and even from the european union, they've all said that they are concerned about