
Oscars: Actor Will Smith slaps Chris Rock
In an extraordinary incident at the Oscars, the actor Will Smith strode onto the stage and slapped one of the presenters, Chris Rock, in the middle of the ceremony.
Actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock in the face on stage during the Oscar's ceremony, this comes after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife when presenting an award. Smith later apologised in a tearful best actor acceptance speech.
We also hear more about the latest developments regarding the war in Ukraine, where later today the next round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia are due to take place in Turkey. In a bid to move matters forward, President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine is willing to take a neutral status, with certain preconditions in order to secure peace.
Also in the programme, we explore how embezzled money in the small island of Jersey, in the Channel Islands, will be used to pay for life-saving health equipment in Kenya.
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- Mon 28 Mar 202204:06GMTBBC World Service