he and since it involves venice. the place where i was actually born as a director. for me it's a very special emotion we. want to give me a little boy oh boy. if you talk about europe and 988 all mode of are submitted this tumultuous comedy to the venice festival it didn't win him a prize but praise and encouragement just what an aspiring filmmaker needs. in 2019 the festival paid tribute to the director and his life's work pedro almodovar is an icon for the last 30 years he's shaped a european cinema like no other. i miss him to poke i feel a little bit as if 31 years later they're giving me the golden lion for the film i did in 88 and i'd really like to believe that it's a random act of poetic justice. pedro almodovar tends to ensure that the characters in his films get justice even when the world around them is usually unjust. and the element i was born in the love mansion region and it's a very conservative preachers is about i mean you could almost say calvinist. there was very little color you know even in the clothing people wore and. it's a very dry region.

emma jones is in venice for talking movies. it's nojoke. best picture oscar was already given out at venice. amidst all the famous faces at this year's festival, on a carpet whose glamour is only rivalled by camp, one event stood out. joker starring joaquin phoenix is directed by todd phillips. it shows the results when a lonely man with mental health problems is given a gun. one small thing... yeah? when you bring me out, can you introduce me asjoker? phoenix's performance was one of the most talked about performances of the festival. it scooped a traditionally arthouse prize, venice's golden lion. it's all so exciting the way the movie's been embraced by the venice film festival. this festival has always been known for bold decisions, i think they did that this year with a lot of these movies, we really took a bold swing with the film. the venice film festival has become the place to launch an oscar winner. from gravity to birdman to the shape of water — they all had their first screenings here. creating a buzz at venice can often launch

him to venice with his star joaquin phoenix. both were in high spirits confident that with joker they have an ace up their sleeves. searching for a dent in the i think it becomes mistakenly symbol and really what he was looking for is adulation he was never looking for the world to burn this joker. arthur flick has a condition he bursts into cackles of laughter usually at inappropriate moments he's heavily medicated i want to be stand up comedian he can't keep it together onstage it always bombs he's a loser. it didn't refer to any customer relations of the character. it was just something that felt like it was our creation some ways and the thing that's what was really important for me to it. it's an inspired reinvention of the villain purpose even heath ledger's character pales in comparison to joaquin phoenix's joker. he lost 24 kilos to play the part of this underdog turned angel of vengeance. in a just. cause of the washington where. everyone laughed at me for no one well you know i can say that again. suddenly this mentall

he and since it involves venice. the place where i was actually born as a director. for me it's a very special emotion we. want to give me a little boy oh boy the. if you took about your meet him and 988 almodovar submitted this tumultuous comedy to the vaness fast of all to get didn't when him a prize but praise and encouragement just what in aspiring filmmaker needs to in 2019 the festival paid tribute to the director and his life's work pedro almodovar is an icon for the last 30 years he's shape she european cinema like no other missy into boekel i feel a little great as or fact 31 years later there are giving me the golden why and for the film i did in 88 yes and i'd really like your believe that it's a random actor poetic justice yeah pedro almodovar tends to ensure that the characters and his films get just it's even when the world around them is usually un just enough the in the months up i was born in their love munchen region here and it's a very conservative creatures is it about i mean if you could almost say calvinist the cuss there was very little color

for the floors of the and dark drama joker takes the golden lion award for best movie at the venice film festival and find out more about the title role performance that got all the critics excited. by marrying everything it's good to have you with us. a long awaited exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine has taken place this swap is being viewed as a step towards easing tensions between the neighboring countries and could also increase the chances of resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine 5 years of fighting between troops and russian backed separatists has left more than 13000 people dead. i their 1st steps of freedom back on home soil 35 former prisoners arriving in kiev. a handshake from the president is nothing compared to the embrace of a loved one. some had been separated for months others years never knowing what would come next. for. status kept on changing we heard that the prisoner swap was going to fall through. the end of august was a difficult time i couldn't sleep for 5 days. they only told us today at 4 in the morning that we should pack and someone would pic

. >> when i read this story -- of venice and which i love for you to talk about about -- i thought this guy should be writing our history then people would read it. you know? but -- [laughter] that's interesting one of the great books for me was getting to dive -- getting to build these ground myself in areas of art and music that allow me to change anywhere experience of a concert or museum and so that -- what you mention so this was a story about music is one of the areas that we associate with early specialization so i to tae it on early in the bock so in venice there was a vibrant sex industry, and there was a problem with -- especially baby girls dropped in the canals. when sexex worksers couldn't tae care of them essentially. and so -- venice started these very progressive social service institutions called -- [inaudible conversations] where there was like -- they would take girls and raise them, and it was like you know when you put your luggage in like the check thing to see if you can carry it on the plane and box and if baby fit in the box they would raise her no questions ask

off the floor of the world and dog joe modjeska takes the gold mine award for best movie at the venice film festival we'll find out more about the title role to foreman has got all the critics excited. i'm having a home for you glad you could join me u.s. president donald trump says that he has counseled peace talks with afghanistan's taliban leaders at camp david tweeting that he had scraps the secret meeting planned for sunday off the taliban took credit for an attack in kabul. this week that killed a dozen people including an american soldier well the u.s. and the taliban have been meeting since last year in the hope of ending the afghanistan conflict. and our washington correspondent caught up like it has been following this story for us and has more on trump's an announcement thirsts this car bomb attack in kabul that killed 12 people and that the taliban have admitted to was the last straw for president has called off peace talks with the taliban even though a draft agreement was already on the says ready for him to sign that agreement is now of course avoided but it remains to b

the city of venice feels like one big film set in itself. but the hollywood stars aren't to be seen in the busy tourist areas they enjoy the more exclusive locations. hotel boats and water taxis take them on a 15 minute cruise to the island of san clemente the former site of a monastery. here security staff and porters are on hand to welcome the stars and starlets and ensure we keep our cameras turned off . the island belongs to a turkish investor and security is tight. but the exclusive awkward elo restaurant is open to anyone who books a table head chef giorgio shipper ricker cooks 1st a lever to guests throughout the year but the venice film festival is still a highlight for him. he did motion for me and now i try to give some emotion with my food to the. georgia says most of the stars just want to eat simple and traditional italian food but he still wants to offer them something a little special. he has a team of 4 helping in the kitchen over the years they've cooked for film stars from all over the world including actor robert de niro.

lived on the drama takes the golden lion award for best movie at the venice film festival to find out more about the title role performance that has all the critics very excited. i'm on you tube as mckinnon a very warm welcome to the show. it's a potential blow to ending u.s. engagement in afghanistan president donald trump says he has counseled peace talks with taliban leaders at camp david that was supposed to be taking place today in a tweet trump for president trump said that he had scrapped a secret meeting after the taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in kabul the u.s. and the taliban have been meeting since last year in the hopes of ending the afghanistan conflict. the body of an american soldier returns home sergeant at least body to ortiz was the 16th u.s. service member killed in afghanistan this year one of a dozen people who died when a taliban car bomb exploded on thursday near the u.s. embassy in kabul. died inspired president trump to tweet an unexpected announcement . the major taliban leaders and the president of afghanistan were going to secretly meet

off the little dr ahmed joker takes the golden lion award for best movie at the venice film festival will find out more about the title role for 4 months that has all the critics very excited. i knew cubes mckinnon thanks so much for joining us. it's a potential blow 3 to ending u.s. engagement in afghanistan president donald trump says he's canceled peace talks with taliban leaders at camp david which was supposed to be taking place today at tweets the president said that he had scrapped the secret meeting off of the taliban claimed responsibility for a car bomb in kabul that killed a dozen people including an american soldier the u.s. and the taliban have been missing since last year in the hopes of ending the afghanistan conflict. the body of an american soldier returns home sergeant ileus but i thought peace aged 34 was the 16th u.s. service member killed in afghanistan this year and one of a dozen people who died when a taliban car bomb exploded on thursday near the u.s. embassy in kabul on saturday evening president trump took to twitter to announce that he had canceled a secre

and another saying, you have visited venice one more time then wisconsin."go somewhere that people were talking about her. >> chris: i was kind of laughing at the whole thing until i found out she was in venice. i spent an hour looking at this and it does get a little strange. i may have popped in with a quick picture with my thumb up and moved on. but i don't want to shock anyone come up hillary clinton is obsessed with hillary clinton. >> melissa: capri, what do you think about this one? to go to an exhibit that's about you and then sit there and tweet -- >> capri: the whole thing is a little bit weird and a little bit sad. this is where secretary of state for the united states of america, whatever you want to say, that she should be better than this. and apparently she's not. i've been to venice and it's an incredible art installation. >> melissa: aren't you fancy. >> capri: i'm obviously super fancy, a little humble brag there. but the whole thing is just sad. >> it's petty and embarrassing but she got what she wanted which is that we are sitting here ta

good morning from little venice. poet, claims to give the area its name. either way it isa give the area its name. either way it is a beautiful start with those quys it is a beautiful start with those guys overhead. for some it will stay roughly like that through the day but a day of contrast —— blue skies. ex—tropical activity coming our way, this time in the form of tropical storm gabrielle. what's happening with the ex—tropical storm coming our way? bringing humid and warm air, not a chilly start but wet conditions in parts of scotland and northern ireland in particular. if we see the big picture across the uk at the moment because the pressure chart you can see that in scotla nd pressure chart you can see that in scotland and northern ireland, that is what is producing the rain. the further south and east you are away from that, you have to sunshine. so, this rain at times across scotland and western ireland, they will come and western ireland, they will come and go really through this morning. easing off a littl

role as the 1st golden mind for phillips and might put him on the path to also good nor the loss to venice when it is very much in the shape of water went on to make the best picture academy award. it watching the news more coming up at the top of the hour i'm going to humphrey and valentine says that if you company and see you again see. i. sleep. carefully and don't simply choose to do again.

well the venice film festival is one of the highlights of the year for cinema lovers this year the award of the coveted golden lion mark a step away from the more traditional our art house when it was the best film went to a duck take on the batman comic book villain. one of the audiences favorites turned out to be the big winner at this year's venice film festival taunt phillips joke a took the golden lion starring joaquin phoenix the film is a dramatic take on the origins of batman comic book villain the joker. this is the last time we'll be meeting. here on the sunday here. is the same question that. i was rude. to you have a negative fast. look at. it. like he believes it. started a new. era critics are celebrating joker is a daring reboot of the d.c. comics and hero and praising joaquin phoenix's performance. to this festival has always been known for bold decisions i think they did that this year with a lot of the movies and we're just happy that we're one of them because we took a really bold swing with. roman polanski's military drama and officer and despite one missile the lion

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ships they say are damaging the very film festival hollywood venice film festival is used to hollywoodt probably not to the white boiler suit. as hundreds of activists took over and demanded climate change action. we tell them that the world is not ok, it is not just nice films. we love films and movies but we also have to say there isa movies but we also have to say there is a climate crisis. we have to do something right now! translation: our world is sinking and burning, as we can see by what is happening in the oceans and the amazon. you can also put the same attention is on the film festival on the climate crisis. some have come from outside italy but there are locals as well. like the protest group who claim cruise ships damage the foundations of this historic city. a campaign which got worldwide attention back in june, city. a campaign which got worldwide attention back injune, when huge —— attention back injune, when huge —— a huge cruise ship lost control trying to dock and crashed into the city. we are on the red carpet today, we will stay here and we ask them to do the red c

now it is one of the most important awards in international cinema the golden lion from the venice film festival and this year's prize goes to joka a movie directed by the american todd phillips the film is the dog origin story of the batman villain sub starring joaquin phoenix in the title role as the 1st golden lion for phillips and might put him on the path to oscar glory the last 2 venice whenas roma and the shape of war went on to win the best picture academy award. it watching news live from berlin coming up next world stories this week's reports thanks so much for watching i will be back with more news at the top of the alice. live. from africa. we're going to exceptional stories discussion from all uses easy to our website you deputed comes to join us on facebook.

well the venice film festival is one of the highlights of the year for cinema lovers and this year the award of the coveted golden line marks a step away from more traditional art house when is the best film went to joker a dark take on the batman comic book villain. one of the audiences favorites turned out to be the big winner of this year's venice film festival todd phillips is juka took the golden lion staring collage in phoenix the film's a dramatic take on the origins of batman comic book villain the joker. this is the last time we'll be meeting. you don't assume the here. is just this one question the server. has to try out. or you have really not going to fall off. of i'm good at. oddball my whole life our audience now is likely to be the it's just. like the odd am. starting a new. era the art critics are celebrating joker as a daring reboot of the d.c. comics and hero and praising hawking phoenix's performance. as well as always been known for bold decisions i think they did that this year with a lot of the movies and we're just happy that we're one of them because we took a r

now it's one of the most important awards in international cinema the golden lion from the venice finn film festival and this year's prize goes to joka a movie directed by the american told phillips the film is a dark origin story of the bat man villain starring joaquin phoenix in the title role it's the 1st golden lion to phillips that might put him on the costs to oscar picked the old stuff glory the last 2 venice winners roma and the shape of water went on to win the best picture academy award. it watching news live from berlin coming up next shift living in the digital age looks at the algorithms that you tube uses to keep users on its site for as long as possible i remember you can find all the latest headlines around the clock on our website at. www dot com i'm on you tube there's mckinnon on behalf of the whole team here in berlin thanks for watching. him how to be going to close our borders reliance. on our end of the small i never .

venice, italy. now venice, california.cion she wasn't going to do this in a southern california mall next to an anti-m's. she is off to europe where they don't have cameras or the internet so no one will surely see this and if anyone takes a picture they can mysteriously die in a prison suicide. just look at her. and you thought bill was the exhibitionist in the family. thank god they didn't turn his most memorable office moment into art. i hope she got paid. it would've been cool because nothing less then millions would get me to humiliate myself like that. and believe me i know humiliation. speaking of bill, he is the real winner here. as long as he is paid to sit there for hours, he will be haunting the venice version of houston. but it's sad. she should be living her best life, but she can't let go of the past or apparently the paycheck. as the curator admits, the exhibition is a way to allude to an alternative world that will never exist. the bright side, it never will. i thought she did this for me, she knew it was m

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the caption read found my emails at the venice.eone alert the house the gop.>>> megan markel launched a clothing line meant to help women in the workforce. it was created in partnership with designer friend. and three major british brands. it supports the uk charity smart works which helps unemployed women find work. for every piece of clothing someone buys that item is donated to charity. giving women in the uk a new outfit for the job interviews. >>> as women it is 100% our responsibility i think to support and uplift each other. >>> when a woman is hired the charity donates five more pieces of clothing. to build her a small wardrobe for work. the duchesses clothing collection will be available for two weeks. >>> busted breaking the rules of the road. we are not talking about cars. but bikes. why cyclist and one e. bay city state they are being unfairly singled out. >>> peru's ex-president likes to get out of jail. the outburst he got his wife dragged from the room. >>> you want to have a child and you can't have one. finally you

military exercises in south america next to venice we all wait in line with the current strategy of surrounding the enemy. tactic isn't anything new. just after 11 am in toronto at 10 pm in 6 in the evening here in moscow this friday september the 6th welcome wherever you are to r.t. international our top story a newly released report by a conservative watchdog alleges there's a multimillion dollar strategy to promote liberal values in the u.s. the document on musk a scheme to push certain topics from supporting obamacare to slamming transporter wall art. has been taking a closer look at just how it operates. what's more powerful in politics than money a strong candidate with a good program and idealist would say nothing a realist would say but a politician would say dark money dark money is the millions. dollars that behind the scenes donors are spending to send the political train down the track and according to the left leaning media it's a bad bad thing because the conservatives do it because others have made billions and want to ensure that government doesn't limit their ability to make mo

these unaccounted for because me going to value this hasn't of and in fact not only own people in venice but also in people in the caribbean who are feeling the effects of the climate change in terms of the harrington's and nobody's giving or compensating down for that is that something is something that the global tourism industry could ever address because from my understanding it's very good at calculating the profits but it's not very good at calculating and compensating for the impact once you are creating new your toes or new cities or new destinations immediately and you need to support and help. i recall to report another very interesting project regarding that issue we were going to launch knowing tomas what we want to link and to create platform it's all over the construction to support all for most and all didn't do. there are small and medium enterprises especially in our go. production to help them to link with the big companies with big chains and special interest sector and to help them to sell their. productions and. put all the world that with this plot that we are going

entry to university of new york his name is lorenzo and aponte but he starts off as a young man in venice finds out the priest life is not for him and then is expelled from the city of venice because it's possible he was in a brothel in charge with the concubine so to find his way to the court of members and performances and operas we have all seen enough or heard of and then starting the first opera company on the island. event has the adopted daughter but it is biological who is a liaison in his sixties as the mother of theresa. so she is just a little girl when sickles moves in. and then becomes a new york assemblyman and then as teresa grows up he grows in love with her the family was opposed to the marriage because of the age difference. so they mary is the secret with the mayor of new york performing the ceremony. eventually the family will be reconciled when they are married a second time in the public ceremony a pretty good start to your marriage the blessing of the mayor of new york city that should portend good things so sickles will go off to the united kingdom james buchanan i

bbc news, still to come: joker, starring joaquin phoenix, takes the top golden lion prize at the venice was attacked this morning and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here and the blacks in the soweto township as well as the whites and the rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and clear voice, enough of blood. enough. the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people in forced by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. i am free. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. peace negotiations between the taliban and the united states have been called off. president trump blames a deadly attack in kabul. thousands are evacuated from islands in the bahamas devastated by hurricane dorian. tens of thousands of people are homeless, and officials believe hundreds of bodies are yet to be found. wildfires across two australian states are continuing to rage in hot a

venice is another city that's introduced new restrictions on cruise ships.o appear but environmentalists have long voiced concerns about the pollution and erosion these ships can cause. the band and cannes begins in january 2020 and can cause. the band and cannes begins injanuary 2020 and already beautiful place that may soon be just that little bit cleaner. tim allman, bbc news. there is more beyond bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. hello once again. while some spots, particularly northern and eastern britain, started monday decently enough, eventually weather fronts piled in from the atlantic. here we are on tuesday, you get the sense we may well be in for something of a repeat performance. in fact, tuesday could be one of the wettest and windiest days that many areas will have seen for quite some time. in the first part of the day, it's the southern half of britain that's likely to see the very worst of the conditions on offer. as i take you on through the morning and on into the afternoon, you'll notice some o

barbara in london thank you now it's viewed by many as a precursor to award season and this year's venice film festival is certainly showcased the major contenders for next year's awards. tom phillips dark drama joker starring oscar nominee walk in phoenix took home the golden lion award of the closing ceremony phoenix's the latest high profile actor to play the joker following the footsteps of jack nicholson and thief ledger in a surprise move roman polanski's military drama an officer and a spy took the runner up silver lion grand jury prize polanski did not travel to venice for the festival his wife collected the award on his behalf for news and a few minutes of. this is a dialogue let you decide not to have children it's what stake is really human survival everyone has a voice that starts with our community because of course this is a debate and it's a heated one that it will be asian literally before you do teach and i fully join the global conversation people i think if only they knew what is happening to we were muslims they will be with us and they will be on mount is iraq. an arm

hundreds of activists have staged a sit—in on the red carpet at the venice film festival.ise ships which they say are causing erosion of the city's foundations, and contributing to global warming. the italian government has already banned the ships from waterways close to the historic centre of venice. now, with news of the battle for the ashes, and all the sport, let's join lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks very much, kate. good evening. england's hopes of winning back the ashes are looking very slim. they're two wickets down going into the final day of the fourth test — chasing an improbable 382 runs of the famous trophy. andy swiss reports from old trafford. searching for another ashes miracle, an army of ben stokes descended in old trafford hoping for some headingley style heroics but surely not this time. once the real ben stokes not this time. once the real ben sto kes ha d not this time. once the real ben stokes had gone, england's first innings fell away. they trailed by a hefty 196. there seemed no way back but, briefly, they dared to dream a

no 7 cherry lane by arthouse director yonfan is up for the prestigious golden lion prize at the venice a love letter to hong kong, with the film set against a backdrop of the 1967 communist—led riots in hong kong. i made the film about hong kong in 1967. i was 20 years old and i saw the hong kong that i experienced the whole period of the hong kong riots during that time. it is strange that i feel there was a force coming from the north and it came to hong kong and then we started having a riot. at the time i was not aware of the human right and i was not aware of democracy because we were under british reign. it is quite amazing and quite coincidental with the situation two years ago when the force came from the north to hong kong and started the riots and then itjust disappeared and it seems it happened again. and this unknown force from somewhere in the name of human rights and democracy turned hong kong upside down. i do hope that this unknown force would vanish as soon as possible. a man has been charged $55,000 pounds for a beer at the malmaison hotel in manchester. peter lalor w

the venice film festival has drawn to a close — with the golden lion being awarded to the film — ‘jokertop prize at a major festival. in second place was ‘an officer and a spy‘ — by the controversial director — roman polanski. a warning — tim allman‘s report contains flashing images. my my mother always tells me to smile and put on a happy face. dark, disturbing. one critic described it as purines, but exhilarate. joker is unlike any other comic book movie you have ever seen. unlike any other comic book movie you have ever seen. these films dominate at the box office, but have a lwa ys dominate at the box office, but have always failed to win the major prizes. until now. joker. the director, todd phillips looked surprised. the origin‘s story of batman's arch enemy, now lauded by one of your‘s top film festivals. he was full of praise for his leading man. he is the fiercest, bravest and most open—minded lineman i know you area most open—minded lineman i know you are a beautiful soul and thank you for trusting me with your insane talents. the grand jury prize went to an officer and the sp

hundreds of activists have staged a sit—in on the red carpet at the venice film festival. say are causing erosion of the city's foundations, and contributing to global warming. the italian government has already banned the ships from waterways close to the historic centre of venice. the headlines on bbc news... amber rudd has quit the cabinet and conservative party saying she cannot "stand by" while "loyal moderate conservatives are expelled". a spokesman for the prime minister's office said they are ‘disappointed' at mrs rudd's departure, ‘but all ministers who joined the cabinet signed up to leaving the eu on october 31st come what may. the number of people killed as a result of hurricane dorian in the bahamas has risen to a3. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ra mjaun. what a day for cricket. absolutely phenomenal day for cricket but not for england. england's hopes of winning back the ashes from australia look increasingly remote. with a day left in the fourth test, england are on 18—2. .. needing 365 to win and keep the series aliv

you talking about venice and you're talking--there's a lot of film--where do we stand in san francisco an important film city, yeah, film market because even though new york and la are going to be important places just as media centers, san francisco is a tastemaker. and so, people do look to what's happening in san francisco and that includes the kinds of films that we program. so it's not unusual for us to be contacted by other organizations around the country to get information about the films that we program. so i think there's some credit there. damian: and it's a circuit? they go from here and they hop around to different areas. lucho: it's up to the filmmakers, what they want to do with the film. a lot of times it's like, "i've made a film. what do i do next?" and then there's others that really do know what they're going to do next. but film festivals are a way of raising visibility for a film, especially independent film that doesn't necessarily have marketing dollars to do pr and marketing around the film. so we're a publicity vehicle. damian: do you learn something from the

i was shocked to see venice beach in august when i was there.cked. >> it's unbelievable and it's the last chapter of the opioid crisis. if people transition to heroin, heroin drove them to the street.ra and here's the deal, if you do not treat or institutionalize or contain heroin addicts, they die. so the people, let's call this what it is, people that are maintaining the status quo arehi committing homicide. as my partner here said, three a day are dying. you are murderers, you are murderers if you don't do something imminently and if you defend the status quo. let's call this what it is. i am sick of it. it's over. we got to do something. >> laura: we got some news the t other day where we had a democrat mega donor, lgbtq activist, had two men, then there was another man who ended up dead in his house of it looked like opioid overdose. so there all the stories and then you at the homelessness aspecthe to all of this. dianne feinstein sent out a tweet, travis, saying the attacked twos week of california cities, never before have i seen a presi

still to come: thejoker, starring joaquin phoenix, takes the top golden lion prize at the venice filmacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice "enough of blood and tears. enough!" translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a senior british cabinet minister, amber rudd, has resigned, accusing the prime minister boris johnson of an assault on decency and democracy over his handling of brexit. president trump has cancelled peace talks with the taliban after a deadly attack in kabul, revealing that he'd been due to hold a secret meeting with leaders of the group at camp david on sunday. more on that story now. pr

hundreds of activists have staged a sit—in on the red carpet at the venice film festival.ps which they say are causing erosion of the city's foundations and contributing to global warming. the italian government has already banned the ships from waterways close to the historic centre of venice. the family of a six—year—old french boy who was allegedly thrown from a viewing platform at tate modern in london last month say he has made "amazing progress", and they've thanked well—wishers who have donated more than £54,000 to help him. in a message shared on the gofundme page, the family said: a 17—year—old boy is in custody in connection with the incident. the children's commissioner for england has proposed opening schools during evenings, weekends and holidays to keep children safe and away from gangs. anne longfield has also suggested posting designated police officers and security to every school to help combat violence. she said that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could have a transformative effect on society. jane—frances kelly reports. bell rings the school

and travis, venice beach resident was fighting homelessness in his own backyard. dr., should he use the epa to get california to clean up its act? >> i certainly think that is when we do this. i tell you what i've been saying for months, where are the environmentalists? we have from 60,000 people on our streets. when it rains, goes directly into the l.a. river, bypasses the sewage treatment plant, goes directly to the ocean. all year our oceans have been ranked c-f. it's dangerous to be in our origins. one straw and one turtle's nose, a national crisis. we have a catastrophe environmentally caused by the feces, blood, and urine on the street. if a city the size of pasadena suddenly disconnected from sewage treatment you don't think environmental moves but have something to say about? where are they? that's what i've been asking. >> laura: ellie mae or garcetti commented on the president's injecting himself into this, without a doubt, a crisis. this is what he said. >> i hope that he feels the same way that i do on my watch, that they should be the time that we end hom