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some showers in edinburgh through the next couple of days. but the best of the sunshine further west. goodbye for now. youre watching bbc news. now its time for talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. im tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in todays program, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn...

hello, welcome to bbc news. we start once again in france because we have seen big numbers taking to the streets. the 11th day of mass protest against the pension age in france. some of the pictures from streets in the centre of the capital. a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break the deadlock yesterday. frances constitutional council will decide next week on the validity of the governments move after the change was rammed through parliament with no vote....

we start in france. large numbers have taken to the streets again, the 11th day of mass protests against the change in pension age in france. a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break the deadlock yesterday. on the streets there in france we have more large protests, notjust paris but many of the big cities. notjust paris but many of the big cities. frances constitutional council will decide next week on the validity of the governments move after the change...

southern states. youre watching bbc news. we will be back in about half an hour with the potential deal of the northern ireland protocol as we hear from both westminster and from brussels that the prime minister and the european union president are going to be meeting for what they say is continuing work to share practical solutions to convex challenges around the protocol, the meeting to be in the uk on monday. the bbc has heard that a potential deal announcement is imminent, we will ...

growing tensions between israel and the palestinians. and iran says it has foiled an "unsuccessful" drone attack on a military facility in central isfahan province. here in the uk, allies of the prime minister, rishi sunak, have defended his decision to wait for the outcome of an inquiry before sacking the chairman of the conservative party, nadhim zahawi. the investigation judged the former chancellor had failed to be open about his finances in a "serious breach" of the ministerial co...

me and the big c cancer podcast will be published today. and images captured by drone cameras to help monitor deer populations in england. good morning and welcome. the government is set to announce details of a £1 billion investment to tackle emergency care delays in the nhs. the two—year blueprint will mean a roll—out of extra hospital beds and ambulances in england. the government is expected to pledge 5,000 new beds, increasing capacity by 5%. there will also be a 10% boost in...

several of them are calling out fox news for down-playing the violence of that dark day. well have those comments in just a moment. plus, the latest on the kidnapping in mexico that ended with two americans dead and two others in the hospital. and also we could be closer to finding out who sabotaged a russian pipeline last year. that new reporting is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, march 8th. im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting you...

by catering to the hard right. conduct like theirs is just asking for another january 6th to happen. >> thats of course chuck schumer, but its not just democrats who are calling out fox news for trying to down play the violence of january 6th. some republican senators did not hold back their criticism either. well have their comments straight ahead. speaker mccarthy making no apologies for his role in all of this. well tell you how he is justifying handing over thousands of hours of ...

he threatened me at one point and said, "you know, boris, i dont want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute," or something like that. its another big week of industrial action from teachers, rail workers, and civil servants. well let you know how you might be affected. there was to be no hollywood ending for actor and wrexham co—owner ryan reynolds, whose side came close to a memorable fa cup upset. welcome to you, me and the big c live! whoo. a special episode...

extraordinary effort to reassure americans that the u.s. banking system is safe plus, poland is set to become the first country to send fighter jets to ukraine. it comes amid new reporting that chinas leader will visit russia next week. those new developments are also straight ahead. and donald trump goes off on a frenzied defense amid a series of investigations. we will have the latest on the probes involving the former president. ♪ good morning and welcome to "way too early" ...