sir keir starmer, rebecca long bailey, jess phillips and lisa nandy have secured the backing of 22 mps and meps leaving emily thornberry and clive lewis lobbying to get the support they require. officials in the philippines have warned a volcano that's been spewing lava could erupt within hours. schools in manila have been closed, flights have been grounded and thousands of homes have been evacuated. this year's oscar nominations will be announced later, with once upon a time in hollywood, 1917, and the irishman, expected to be among the frontrunners. other contenders are likely to include joker, for which joaquin phoenix could win best actor, plus netflix‘s marriage story, and south korean hit parasite. all eyes will also be on how many minority actors and female directors make it on to the shortlists. i went to see 1917 yesterday, it was grant wrenching, tense and incredibly powerful, and many people we re incredibly powerful, and many people were in tears at the end. bound to get some oscar nations, of course. parents in the uk are wrongly being arrested and having their children

what are you offering that they can't, or rebecca long-bailey? i can wina can't, or rebecca long-bailey? i can win a general election. and they can't? i am setting out what i believe is the key reason colleagues, many of whom have spoken to me and encouraged me to stand, have said... how are you so confident you could win a general election against boris johnson?” believe i have the ability to communicate, bring back the dynamism of debate that is necessary. i believe all of my colleagues standing are eminently capable, eminently capable of being a better prime minister than boris johnson, but the key thing is, we have to win the keys to downing street, we have to become a labour government, we have to stop talking to ourselves and start talking to the country. final chance before i say goodbye to you in abu dhabi to announce you are standing for the leadership of the labour party. i am here in abu dhabi because i care passionately about climate change, i have worked on it... did you fly there? yes, of course. that is not good. it will be offse

because your, one of your rivals, the shadow is the secretary rebecca long—bailey said the last labour manifesto was fantastic, one of the greatest offerings labour have ever had. you said in a newspaper interview yesterday you loved it, it was brilliant, it was like a fantasy football manifesto. that suggests that you not listening to those lifelong labour voters. when you look at the scale of what confronts us, in the climate crisis, for example, when you look at the levels of inequality in this country and homelessness, there is nothing short of their of a radical ma nifesto short of their of a radical manifesto which was going to change that. i will explain why. every single policy in that document individually i think would have made this country a better place to live. why do you think you suffered their worst electoral defeat since 1935? not simply because of the manifesto. in terms of the manifesto, we should not have dropped, we needed radical policy change in this country, we should not have dropped that in a six—week period. this should have happened over a 2—3 year peri

shadow business secretary rebecca long—bailey is also expected to announce her bid. the trial of the disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein begins in new york today, more than two years after allegations of sexual assualt emerged against him. the proceedings relate to just two of his accusers — although in all, more than 80 women have made allegations of sexual misconduct against him. he has pleaded not guilty. emergency crews in south—east australia have been able to re—open some roads, as cooler temperatures and rain have eased the crisis caused by bushfires. but authorities say the fires have only been suppressed and will become dangerous again as soon as there is another hot day and warn that the bushfires could actually continue for months. british talent has enjoyed a night of celebration at holywood's golden globes. the first world war epic, 1917, was the surprise winner picking up the awards for best drama and best director for the british film—maker, sam mendes. other british winners included taron egerton for his role as sir eltonjohn in rocketm