"we are hollywood." i think it needs to be taken away and spread out. i would love to see it in shanghai, if you can... in mumbai, a hollywood in mumbai or in tokyo or, as it's happening, in seoul, anyway, in korea. and in africa. when you see south asian actors do well or films do well, when i walk and meet south asians, they all tell me that "we are so proud of you because you made elizabeth." and i said, "waita minute, i made betterfilms. "i made masoom in india." "yeah, that too. "but you made elizabeth, and you showed them how to make "a film about their own queen." i said, "that's not the point." the point is that we should be making films and be proud of who we are. and we should make the world proud of who, our pride. you know, that's what we need to do. we need to fundamentally change. and i come back to the idea of the narrative, the narrative, whether it's news, whether it's film, whichever way it is, whether it's. .. it is controlled by

the west, has always been because that's where this this whole technology started. we need to shift the narrative away. that's great. shekhar kapur, thank you very much for your time. thank you. iam no i am no mark kermode but that film, what's love got to do with it is great. the guardian, surge in demand for uk gaming addiction clinic. and talking about low value degrees in the university sector. the daily, meltdown, a threatened holiday crisis as strikes cripple gatwick. there are walk—outs. and if you get there, sweltering 45 degrees heat that we were talking about before. the times, and intriguing story,

head of the by—elections, inheritance tax could be axed in tory bid for votes, aimed at saving seats in the south. those by—elections are happening next thursday. that's all from us. victoria's back on monday. till then, have a good weekend. goodnight. breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. they feel strongly about the pay

issue. the different ecosystem that they are working in now, streaming shows that have shorter seasons, longer downtime periods for the actors when they are out of work and they feel strongly that there needs to be a new contract with a new framework, a pay framework, taking that into account. and the concerns about artificial intelligence prevail. it seems as if the offers that have been made so far by the studios in terms of assurances about digital remakes having getting a single performance that they can be used time and time again, perhaps without any extra pay. it seems the actors haven't been reassured yet. peter, what are the big studios saying? well, the studios have had nothing further to say today over at the statement that they issued about 2k hours ago now when this strike was

first announced. that is that they believe that this is a historic deal that they are offering the actors, and they also contend that idea of a strike, they think it will bring hardship to those actors involved andindeed hardship to those actors involved and indeed the wider los angeles and wider entertainment community. there is a sense, i think, from the studios that the actors are being unrealistic in their demands, especially in the post—cold dead world that they are operating in. we heard brain tax speaking to newscast about this question, but do we have any idea how long the strike could go wine? i any idea how long the strike could no wine? . , , go wine? i get a sense, we really don't know. _ go wine? i get a sense, we really don't know, but _ go wine? i get a sense, we really don't know, but i _ go wine? i get a sense, we really don't know, but i get _ go wine? i get a sense, we really don't know, but i get a sense - go wine? i get a sense, we really| don't know, but i get a sense that he may well be right to make could be a long dispute, and it seems as if now we are in a position where there is a standoff between the two sides perhaps waiting for the other one to move to a position where they are prepared to make some

compromises, compromises that would at least initially marked the start of new negotiations because at the moment, they are not even talking. thank you so much. us secretary of state antony blinken has been meeting with foreign ministers of the association of southeast asian nations, or asean, in indonesia to discuss security and economic cooperation. one of the biggest items on blinken's agenda is china's influence in the region. blinken said the us is concered about china's "assertiveness in the south and east china seas and in the taiwan strait" — and added that the us wants to maintain peace and stability in the taiwan strait. thank you very much forjoining us on our programme today. i went to start with the secretary of state, blinken, meeting with allies at the asean conference there. and he has been speaking to them among other things about china's influence and warning them against coercion. i

went to ask you about something that went to ask you about something that we sigh, singapore's foreign minister say, "we are not choosing sides, we do not want to be proxies, we do not want to be vassal states, we do not want to be vassal states, we do not want to be divided. what do you make of that? i we do not want to be divided. what do you make of that?— do you make of that? i would say that at least _ do you make of that? i would say that at least on _ do you make of that? i would say that at least on the _ do you make of that? i would say that at least on the united - do you make of that? i would sayi that at least on the united states behalf, we have never asked any country to choose sides between us and china. we fully expect other countries in the world to have diplomatic relations with china, to have economic relations with china. the united states has diplomatic relations and economic relations with china, the secretary of state just returned from a trip several weeks ago to beijing where he met with senior chinese officials because we believe that it is important that we have the ability to have direct conversations with china, both about concerns that we have and about areas where we can cooperate and work together. we will continue to be very clear with china and to be clear with our allies and partners about places where we have concerns about china's behaviour and places we know other countries have concerns about china's behaviour. at that doesn't mean there aren't areas

are began to work together on shared interests like climate change and other big global issues. figs interests like climate change and other big global issues.— interests like climate change and other big global issues. as he sat in the allies _ other big global issues. as he sat in the allies and _ other big global issues. as he sat in the allies and the _ other big global issues. as he sat in the allies and the reasons - in the allies and the reasons that they would not turn their back on china being an important partnerfor them as well. do they show the us�*s concerns about china's influence in the region? we concerns about china's influence in the region?— concerns about china's influence in the reuion? ., , ., ., the region? we have seen another -- a number of— the region? we have seen another -- a number of countries _ the region? we have seen another -- a number of countries in _ the region? we have seen another -- a number of countries in the - the region? we have seen another -- a number of countries in the region i a number of countries in the region who have objected to certain things that china has done, if you look at the practices that china has had in the practices that china has had in the south china sea, you have seen concerns about that. but as i said, that doesn't mean that we can't work with china on areas where we have shared concerns with them or where we cooperate with them on a bilateral basis between the united states and china or on a multilateral basis, as you saw with this meeting of asean leaders over the last few days. she this meeting of asean leaders over the last few days.— this meeting of asean leaders over the last few days. she was among a u-rou the last few days. she was among a a-rou of the last few days. she was among a grow) of senior— the last few days. she was among a group of senior us _ the last few days. she was among a group of senior us officials - group of senior us officials who e—mails were hacked to earlier this year by a chinese script that also affected state department personnel, as you know. they had been planning

as you know. they had been planning a trip to china. should she still make that trip? 50 a trip to china. should she still make that trip?— a trip to china. should she still make that trip? so i don't believe we have announced _ make that trip? so i don't believe we have announced the _ make that trip? so i don't believe | we have announced the commerce secretary's trip to china, but we have made it very clear that we think it is important that both us officials travelled to china, of course, i mentioned already that secretary blinken was there last month. secretary yellin returned and we expect other senior us officials travel to to china just as we expect senior chinese officials to travel to the united states when we are in china, secretary blinken issued an invitation to his counterpart from the foreign minister, he accepted. we look forward to welcoming him to the united states later this year. we think it is our responsibility as a major power and we think it is china's responsibility as a major power to responsibly manage the competition between our two countries. we recognise there is competition in a significant number of areas, but one of the things we hear from other countries from around the world is they want us to manage that competition appropriately without it interfering into conflict. that's why we think

it's important that even though we don't stop talking about areas where we disagree, we want stop taking action in which china disagrees, we think it's important that we have the ability to have dialogue with them. ., ~ ,, the ability to have dialogue with them. ., ~ i. ., i. them. thank you for your perspective- _ them. thank you for your perspective. thank- them. thank you for your perspective. thank you i them. thank you for your. perspective. thank you for them. thank you for your - perspective. thank you for having me. in other news... iowa republican governor kim reynolds signed a bill into law friday that bans most abortions in the state as early as six weeks into pregnancy. the law — which is effective immediately — comes after reynolds ordered a rare special legislative session which lasted only one—day with the sole purpose of restricting the procedure in the state.the ban is expected to be challenged legally by abortion providers within the state. the united kingdom's health security agency has warned that tens of thousands of measles cases could impact london due to low levels of vaccination. calculations suggest an outbreak could affect between 40,000 and 160 thousand people. the agency said that was �*urgent�* to vaccinate children, teens, and young adults.

the biden committee announced that they have raised a combined $72 million in the second quarter of this year. this latest fundraiser figure is the first peek into biden's war chest as kicking off his reelection campaign in april. the international criminal court has begun an investigation into evidence of war crimes in sudan. three months of fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary group has plunged the country into chaos. thousands of people have been killed and about three million driven from their homes. the focus of the war crimes investigation is the western region of darfur, where there is evidence of atrocities including the massacre of civilians and the use of rape as a weapon of war. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher reports. killed in their own home, 11 members of one family, including a child. this video was posted by the health ministry two weeks ago, the an air on a neighbourhood near khartoum.

the war has blocked endless misery and death are the people of sudan. as fighting continues, reports of abuses amount. many of the victims are women and girls. more and more are being sexually assaulted. most have said that rapists belong to the paramilitary rsf which is fighting the army. this woman heads the government unit monitoring violence against women. what is happening is... the rsf denies it sanctions rate. it promotes itself as a protector of women. in slickly produced videos that show it aiding civilians. the prosecutor of the international

criminal court told the bbc that he is taking on the case. and i will not hesitate to make applications to the judge of the icc if i am satisfied that we have a strong, reliable case, and that is a realistic prospect of conviction because i am not going to move in line with the chorus of noise or condemnation, we have to have evidence. he is focusing on the western region of darfur, but many witnesses across the border into chad, fleeing a wave of lootings, burnings and killings, blaming arab militias linked to the rsf. in this town, black african resident said arab fighters attacked in may. the rsf claims it is not involved in tribal conflicts. investigators say otherwise. witnesses describe the rsf in full uniform securing

access to neighbourhoods, working in tandem with arab militias in that attack in groups of five, ten, 15 soldiers. the people of darfur are victims of a new conflict that is embedded in old ethnic tension was that unless there is accountability, it will continue. barbara plett usher, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. you've got to remember, it's a lot more now. to the vets and these are free. he won't be able to get treated if it weren't for these. this mobile veterinary clinic treats pets belonging to homeless and vulnerably housed people. it's run by veterinary students at the university of nottingham. it's vital for the community too. if it weren't for this, i don't know when we'd be

able to get him to the vet. some days it's one client after another, they are heart breaking. the team say they've seen an increase in the number of people coming to the clinic. there is a lot of sad situations, but i think it's good that we can just do whatever we can to help them, really. i think it's amazing. vets are really expensive outs when we're on benefits and things like that, so worrying about our animals. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the german foreign ministry released a 64 page report on thursday, presenting its first comprehensive strategy on china as an effort to �*de—risk�* their relationship. this comes a month after chinese premier li qiang met with german president frank—walter steinmeier to discuss bilateral relations between the two economies. some of the key points from germany's assesment are thatgermany will take countermeasures on a national and european level against trans—national repression,

especially on the issue of chinese overseas police stations and cybersecurity germany wants to expand its close relations germany advocates close coordination in the eu and increased cooperation in the area of export controls between the g7 and other partners germany also plans to relaunch human rights and rule of law dialogue with china they believe china is not credible in its defence of ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity. germany is pushing for a more clear position germany to conduct stringent reviews on investment guarantees depending on chinese compliance with sustainability, environmental, labour and social standards china is germany's largest single trading partner. in 2022, germany's imports from china rose 33.6% from a year ago to 191.1 billion euros. according to data from federal statistical office of germany.

to discuss all of that, i spoke with the foreign policy spokesperson to the foreign policy spokesperson to the alive schultz party. mr schmid, thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. when your party formed a government in 2021, it made very clear that china strategy was a top priority and this strategy has just been released. what took so long? well, it was the first time that the federal government proposed a whole of government approach on china. so it took some time to bring together all the relevant ministries. and we have even a more ambitious project, which is to encompass also municipal and state level actors and civil society. so, for the first time, this is a really comprehensive china strategy, and it's rather detailed. so there are lots of positive recommendations in this strategy. that's why it took some time.

0k. so you said there's lots of policy recommendations. how concretely do you think this could immediately change germany's ties with china? well, even before publishing this strategy, the government has already changed its approach on china. so diversification, de—risking is already under way. and i believe that with the strong emphasis on coherent eu policy vis—a—vis china, germany is now leading the way to have a stronger european position, but not only in a defensive way, meaning to fend off unequal and unfair practices from china, but also in a more assertive way. after all, we can be rather self confident in the systemic rivalry. we are entertaining with china because the european union

is a strong and innovative single market and we are really competitive. 0ur companies are competitive and we need to strengthen the hand of our companies in this global competition. i want to ask you specifically about trade and the economy, because on the one hand, germany wants to reduce dependence on critical technologies but german car companies sell about a third of their vehicles in china. and in april, the chemicals company basf announced their plans to spend 10 euros billion on a new chemical production complex there. and their chief executive martin bruderm ller said the following at the company's earnings conference, quote, "without the business in china, the necessary restructuring here in germany would not be so possible, namelyjust one investment in europe where we could make money". so the question, mr schmid, is germany at this point just too dependent on china to be able to de—risk? well, it's an interdependency. china is also very much dependent on the european single market for her exports. but it's right, german

companies need to diversify. and this document makes it very clear to all these companies that there will be no government bailout in case of a crisis or of a shutdown of the chinese market for whatever reason. and so basf and volkswagen entertaining their relationship with the chinese market and their own risk. and there will be no government funds available in case of a meltdown of the chinese market. we believe that for the usual products like machinery and also chemicals, companies are up to the task to de—risk and to mitigate risk on their own. when it comes to raw materials like rare earths, when it comes to delivery chains, and especially when it comes to high tech goods which can be used for military purposes as well, there is a definite need for government intervention and restrictions.

china is still germany's biggest trading partner. so are you concerned about china's response to this strategy? well, as i've said, they also are keen to continue to export to the european single market. they might be not very satisfied, but they should be now in all transparency where we stand. and i think it's only fair to our chinese counterparts to make these statements, we are also open for cooperation, especially when it comes to global common goods like global health and the protection of our climate there. we need to promote cooperation because china is a rising economic power and should be part of all the global efforts to protect our climate. and one final question, mr schmid. the us government here in washington has taken a sharper tone towards china, and it is focused on moving manufacturing and production back to the us. do you think germany is aligned with its allies,

particularly with the us, on how to deal with china? we are also trying to reinforce european sovereignty in new technologies. that's why the european union has also invested billions of euros and dollars to bring back battery cell production to europe to invest in artificial intelligence and quantum computing. these are technologies which would be entirely mastered and also not only developed, but also produced in europe and in germany. so you think europe is actually going its own way when it comes to dealing with china compared to how the us is dealing with china? well, we are more or less in sync because we also want to not only complain about the rise of china, we want to get stronger and competitive because we know that innovation is the key for prosperity and growth and social cohesion in the future. that's why it's not only about preparing to fend off threats from china, it's also about investing in our own future and our own possibilities.

mr schmid, thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. thank you. republican new york congressman george santos raised over 130,000 dollars in the second quarter of 2023. however? his campaign used most of that money to repay the embattle congressman back for a personal loan he reportedly made to his 2020 congressional bid. the campaign reports it paid santos 85 thousand dollars ? more than 60 percent of the money it raised between april and june this year. india has launched its third mission to the moon — aiming to land a craft on the lunar surface, and to establish itself as a leading player in space exploration. the lander is due to reach the moon around 23rd august. 0ur india correspondent arunoday mukharji watched blast off, from the island of sri harikota in the bay of bengal. india, aiming for

the moon a third time. chandrayaan—3, an unmanned mission, is to land on the lunar surface and create history. this mission is also india's attempt to launch itself into an elite orbit of nations. if indian scientists do manage to achieve that soft landing on the lunar surface, india will become only the fourth nation in the world to have achieved that feat, up there with the likes of the us, china and russia. success or failure, we won't know till late august, when the landing is scheduled. but for now, scientists are optimistic. congratulations, india. we have already put chandrayaan—3 craft into the precise orbit around earth... four years ago, a setback in the moon mission had dented india's space ambitions. prime minister narendra modi consoled indian scientists

after a vehicle crash—landed on the lunar surface. and those risks remain even today. anything can happen for the failures, from software to communication to the temperatures there. because the landing itself is being tried where the sun is not there, where all the batteries, where all the equipment have to operate in very, very adverse conditions. but the challenges up in space haven't dampened spirits on ground. translation: we were not deterred by our past failure. _ we moved on and have proved to the world that we don't need to depend on any other country. the mission to the moon is notjust carrying india's space ambitions, but also the hopes of millions of its people. arunoday mukherjee, bbc news, the sriharikota launching facility, and before we go, check

this out: it's a sight you never want to see in the ocean — a handful of sharks lurking below the surface while surfers caught waves in california. luckily, there were no reported attacks. sharks and surfers were coexisting in the water. however, last week, there were two shark attacks in one day in new york and a cluster of sharks in florida. stay with us here on bbc news hello there. i think it's fair to say that the weather doesn't look and feel much like summer at the moment. these were some pictures taken on friday. it was particularly windy in the south west of england and we actually had more rain in cornwall on friday than fell during the whole of last month, and we had rain far and wide across the uk as well. that rain has been working its way northwards on that weather front there, which is wrapped around an area of low pressure, and that will dominate the weather through the rest of the weekend. now, the rain, by saturday morning, is in the far north of scotland.

temperatures 12—14 degrees. some showers already arriving and we'll see more of those as the winds pick up, particularly across england and wales, with the strongest of the winds in the south. a0 mph gusts, quite widely, maybe a bit stronger, especially around some coastal areas. and it could bring some damage and some disruption. especially as those downpours arrive. and we'll see these showers breaking out more widely through the day. some wetter weather, particularly for wales and western parts of england. thunderstorms almost anywhere. some heavy showers arriving in scotland and northern ireland where it's not going to be quite so windy here. but temperatures are still a bit disappointing, really, for the time of year. we're likely to find 18—19 widely, a touch warmer in the southeast where there shouldn't be as many showers in the afternoon. the low pressure itself is continuing to push northwards. it may take away the worst of the weather for sunday. although having said that, it could be a bit windier than saturday for scotland and northern ireland. and we've got some showers here,

some of them heavy, maybe some longer spells of rain. but not quite so windy on sunday for england and wales. there may be a bit more sunshine around, but there's still the chance of some showers, too. even though there aren't as many showers around, we've still got those temperatures peaking at only 20—21 celsius in the afternoon. now, looking ahead to next week and some changes on the way. it's not going to be quite as windy next week. there may be a bit more sunshine around and fewer showers, but we're not going to get any of the heat that's affecting southern parts of europe. you may be pleased about that. 22—23 degrees the top temperature, probably, over next week. it's going to be much hotter across southern parts of europe. temperatures not quite so high around coastal areas, but it will be especially hot as you head inland.

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hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. a tempestuous week for the bbc, but how did bbc news report on a story about one of its most high profile presenters? and with public opinion shifting on the nhs, should the bbc�*s reporting of the health service be changing too? tuesday wasn't the best of days for the bbc to release its annual report, which spoke of its capacity to bring the nation together

and of its remaining the world's