guide, george miller, has become the oldest medallist in commonwealth games history at the age of 75. plus, there s been a second gold medal for plus, there s been a second gold medalforjack plus, there s been a second gold medal forjack lauer, plus, there s been a second gold medalforjack lauer, along plus, there s been a second gold medal forjack lauer, along with plus, there s been a second gold medalforjack lauer, along with his partner. and laura muir is through to the final of the 1500 metres after qualifying in the heats at the alexander stadium earlier. that s all on sportsday at 6:30pm now on bbc news, it s time for the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week s cinema releases, anna smith is back with us. good to see you for the summer, anna, and what have you been watching? first off, we re getting on board bullet train. this is brad pitt s new starring role in an action thriller based on a japane
Live from studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. It is sam good morning. It is 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in florida, where the leaders of the two economic superpowers have met for the first time. Chinas Resident Xijinping is having dinner with donald trump at his resort in palm beach. They will have a Working Lunch late on friday and we arent expecting any golf, as president xi is not a player. Reuters has said that President Trump has said he expects a very great relationship with president xi in the long term. Our correspondent is in florida for us. Our correspondent is in florida for us. What have we seen and heard so farfrom them . Us. What have we seen and heard so far from them . Well, they started with some socialising. This dinner they had, the two couples and their delegations. Trump said earlier that he had been talking to president xi for a long time already and had got absolutely nothing so far. He also continued to
Day s news will be here. First of all, time for newswatch. Welcome to newswatch. With me, samira ahmed. The bbc gets an independent and external regulator, what difference will that make to viewers concerned about whether News Coverage is fairand impartial . And. So what does britain think . Are we on the brink of a bright new dawn, or might we sink . A measured analysis of brexit from David Dimbleby in the form of a rap. First, one of the survivors of the westminster attack a couple of weeks ago, melissa cochrane, gave an emotional interview to the bbc on wednesday. Her husband was killed and she herself was badly injured. Heres a clip from that. Melissa cochrane has spoken exclusively to fiona bruce. Kurt was probably the best man i have ever met. He was. Sweet and kind. And, im extremely proud of him. Im very happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was. Two viewers recorded their thoughts on that for us. They were divided about the interview itself, but united in thei
Lovely to be with you. And you. Nice to see you. What do we have . This is a really, really good week. We have i am not your negro, which is an oscar nominated documentary about James Baldwin. We have raw, which is a real breathtaking debut feature. And a quiet passion, Terence Davies film about emily dickinson. And i am not your negro, billed as a documentary. Is it solidly a documentary, a funny genre . Well, basically what it is if its based on an unfinished project that James Baldwin had started working on, to tell the story of america through the story of three men, medgar evers, malcom x and Martin Luther king. And so what you get is the film is narrated by samuel ljackson, and it mixes news footage, reportage, clips from movies, clips from Television Programmes and it puts together basically a narrative which tells the story in a way which is both polemical and i think rather poetic. One of the outstanding features is some of the footage of baldwin himself, who comes across as a
Writer-director-cinematographer Molly Manning Walker and writer-director Charlotte Regan revealed some of the big lessons they each learned from their respective debut features How to Have Sex and Scrapper and imparted advice to an audience of screenwriters at Dublin’s inaugural Storyhouse festival for writers. Manning Walker, whose How to Have Sex won the Un Certain Regard prize in Cannes last year, had …