hello from the french riviera. welcome to talking movies. and our look back at highlights from one of the world s biggest and most exciting international movie events, the cannes film festival. meryl streep and juliet binoche jointly declare the cannes film festival officially open. it is a veritable feast, a combination of blockbusters. together with some great international cinema. including a first film in competition from india in decades. we are really going to make it a big bang,it we are really going to make it a big bang, it is going to be the biggest bang ever. it could be the end of the world and you can say that i did it. ., , , ., ~ , the world and you can say that i did it. you witness all kinds of sites in cannes. it. you witness all kinds of sites in cannes. a it. you witness all kinds of sites in cannes, a donald it. you witness all kinds of sites in cannes, a donald trump - in cannes, a donald trump impersonator was present for a film portraying the for
leader keir starmer on voting age. yes, this is something keir starmer said labour wants to do and is aware has been labour policy for a while now but while we re into election campaign now, we don t know what will make into their manifesto but now he has signalled this move towards giving rise to 16 year olds are something he wants to happen as he has seen happen in other nations and clearly thinks it s a good idea. no indication yet if the tory party will be following suit but the main theme today has been around the economy. keir starmer has also been speaking about that when speaking to voters in the west midlands. he said the stable economy would be the first thing the labour government would focus on. with the conservatives as well, sunak was during a meeting with voters in the north today and we heard from jeremy hunt who did an interview with the daily telegraph and said tax cuts for working people would be what the conservative government if re elected would focus
governor is calling a special legislative session to make sure president biden will be on the ballot this fall. and louisiana will soon be the first state to classify apportion pills as controlled, dangerous substances. we ll go through the legislation and its possible impact in november s elections. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, may 24th. we made it to friday. it was in doubt there for a while. thank goodness. i m jonathan lemire. i m alongside the bbc s katty kay. we are in for joe, mika, and willie. good friday morning, katty. yeah, news flash, donald trump knows how to put his trousers on. i think that is worth waiting for friday for. we now have that at least. i suppose we can put it in the appropriate context later, or we leave it out there like that and make people wonder just what he was talking about. hanging, yeah. with us to dive into this important story, pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washingt
he s believed to have had a heart attack. more than 30 people are injured, seven critically. monica miller has been following the story for us from changi airport. well, we saw some of the passengers that had gathered their belongings and were greeted by members of the singapore air staff here. one by one, they took them out and we saw them reunited with theirfamilies. there were some real emotional moments and some big hugs after such an arduous trip as my colleague jonathan head explains. shaken by their ordeal, the passages were met by an army of ambulances after they landed in bangkok. they had just been served breakfast when the boeing airliner plunged without warning. a shot taken inside the cabin after the aircraft had landed gives us a sense of the absolute chaos on board. another passenger, jerry, was travelling with his family to a wedding in australia. a bit of turbulence and suddenly, the plane plunged, i don t know how far, but they said it was 6000 feet. it di