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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityCultureJoker 2: Seven things we spotted in the trailer for Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix sequelPublished16 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Alon Amir/Warner BrosImage caption, Joaquin Phoenix reprises his Oscar-winning role as Joker, with Lady Gaga as Harley QuinnBy Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporterLady Gaga is seen bringing the music, dance and a very bad romance to the Joker film sequel in its first trailer.The singer and actress plays a new version of Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux opposite Joaquin Phoenix, who won an Oscar for the original movie.The pair seemingly meet and fall in love in Arkham Asylum before apparently escaping and forming a musical duo.Director Todd Phillips said it isn’t a musical, as had been rumoured, but that music is “an essential element”.Phoenix won an Oscar for best actor for his performance in 2019’s Joker.Here are seven things of note from the sequel’s trailer.This YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Gaga is a new HarleyArthur Fleck (aka Joker) and Harley Quinn’s eyes appear to meet as she takes part in a singing group in Arkham Asylum, where he was left at the end of the 2019 film.Her origin story is as a psychiatrist at the institution who is obsessed with the failed comedian and “crown prince of crime” – but here, she could be a fellow inmate. It’s not quite clear which side of the bars she’s on. Image source, Warner Bros”It seems to confirm a massive shift in Harley Quinn’s origin story,” wrote IGN’s Alex Stedman, “as it appears to show her as a patient in Arkham Asylum rather than as a psychiatrist”.”Long gone, it seems, are the days of Dr Harleen Quinzel.”But if she is working rather than residing there, that might help explain how she can help him escape.”Let’s get outta here,” she whispers, before the pair are seen in a fantasy rooftop dance sequence.That abruptly cuts to a gritty Gotham City street, where they continue their carefree dance as emergency vehicles rush in the direction of whatever chaos they have just caused.2. The Joker & Harley bandImage source, Warner Bros”We use music to make us whole – to balance the fractures within ourselves,” the title character is heard saying in voiceover.Joker has found a partner in love and crime, but also music. In one clip, they perform as Joker & Harley on a TV show, complete with full band and backing singers.The trailer is soundtracked by What the World Needs Now Is Love, made famous in 1965 by Jackie DeShannon.”I like to say it’s a movie where music is an essential element,” Phillips told CinemaCon on Tuesday, when asked whether this is a musical.”To me that doesn’t veer to far from the first film,” he said, adding that in that original film, “Arthur has music in him. He has a grace to him.”3. Nods to the steps routineImage source, Warner BrosIndeed, one of the most famous scenes from the first film was where Joker danced down a flight of stone steps. In the new trailer, Harley is seen walking up those same steps. In another snippet, she and Joker mimic his original dance as they go down what look like courthouse steps, with cheering crowds on either side.Thankfully, there’s no Gary Glitter music this time.4. A white wedding?Image source, Warner BrosAt another point, Harley, wearing a white wedding dress and veil, dances down an aisle to a chapel, where Joker is waiting in a white suit, apparently accompanied by backing singers as bridesmaids.This is, however, one of several fantasy sequences that are reminiscent of classic Hollywood movie musicals.That led one person on X to say it looks like 2016 musical La La Land, but for “people who hear voices”.5. Steve Coogan!Image source, Warner BrosThe British comedian and actor pops up in the trailer as some sort of authority figure who asks Arthur/Joker: “What’s changed?””I’ll tell you what’s changed – I’m not alone any more,” he replies.Coogan’s appearance led some to hope for a repeat of a line by his most famous character, Alan Partridge, when he declared: “I’m Batman!” Which really would be a plot twist.6. A fabulous final shotImage source, Warner BrosAfter causing mass mayhem, with riots on the streets, an explosion in a packed room with TV cameras (the same studio as their performance?), and Joker and Harley running hand-in-hand out of a flaming building, the trailer ends quietly with Harley apparently visiting Arthur in prison.Using her red lipstick, she draws a curved line on the glass between them and tells him: “I want to see the real you.”Phoenix’s glum face slowly shifts and breaks into a big smile, which aligns with the now out-of-focus lipstick to suddenly become Joker’s famous red face paint.Image source, Warner BrosA masterful shot which we hope took several hundred attempts to perfect, rather than having the lipstick digitally added in post-production.7. The wrong release dateThe trailer actually ends with the release date – 10.04.24 – which means it’s out TODAY! Hurrah!Oh, wait. Americans write their days and months the wrong way around. So we’ll actually have until 4 October.Related TopicsJoaquin PhoenixFilmBatmanLady GagaMore on this storyMean Girls, Wicked and Dune 2: Film highlights for 2024Published25 December 2023Joaquin Phoenix’s unusual Oscar campaign trailPublished7 February 2020Oscars 2020: Joker leads pack with 11 nominationsPublished13 January 2020Joker sequel reportedly in the worksPublished11 November 2019The Joker: The many faces of Gotham’s most wantedPublished17 September 2018Top StoriesChildren seeking gender care let down by weak evidence, review saysPublished25 minutes agoLive. ‘No joy, only pain’ as Palestinians mark Eid in GazaBiden pressure on Israel not enough, say dissenting US officialsPublished3 hours agoFeaturesThreats spark security headaches ahead of Paris OlympicsSeven things we spotted in the trailer for Joker 2Biden pressure on Israel not enough, say dissenting US officialsGaming festival shines a light on diversityWas an extinct fox once man’s best friend?’Airport car park fire turned my life upside down’Peter Higgs – the man who changed our view of the UniverseCan US pressure deliver Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza?Parched and shrinking – vital Moroccan dam dries upElsewhere on the BBCThe controversial history of UK film censorshipEllen and Mark explore as the British Board of Film Classification publishes its new guidelinesAttributionSounds’I was deepfaked by my best friend’A young woman who was targeted by an online abuser tells her story for the very first timeAttributionSoundsThese adorable mice love Sir David AttenboroughThey bond over Planet Earth III and mountains of poo!AttributioniPlayerThe definitive story of the iconic pop group ABBAHow much do you really know about Sweden’s biggest musical export?AttributionSoundsMost Read1Passport price to rise for second time in 14 months2Gang guilty of running £54m ‘benefit fraud factories’3’Airport car park fire turned my life upside down’4Murder suspect ‘shouldn’t have been allowed to die’5Tesco says price pressures easing as profits soar6Children let down by ‘weak’ gender care – review7Australia hints it could recognise Palestinian state8Dad of baby who died from ‘snapped’ neck jailed9How much are UK passports going up?10Arizona court reinstates abortion ban law from 1864
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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaPutin wants Berlin assassin Vadim Krasikov, but prisoner swap is murkyPublished10 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, BellingcatImage caption, A court found Vadim Krasikov was acting under Kremlin orders when he executed a Chechan seperatist in Berlin in 2019.By Jake LaphamBBC NewsIt is now one year since American journalist Evan Gershkovich was detained on a reporting trip in Russia. His best hope of release may be Vadim Krasikov, who is sitting in a German jail, convicted of an execution that was ordered by the Kremlin.In the summer of 2013, a Moscow restaurant owner was gunned down in the Russian capital. A hooded man jumped off a bike and shot his victim twice before fleeing.Six years later, an exiled Chechen commander, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, was murdered in a busy Berlin park in eerily similar circumstances, shot by a man on a bike with a silenced Glock 26 in broad daylight. The assailant was arrested after dumping a pistol and wig in the River Spree close to the Reichstag, the building housing the German parliament.A passport bearing the name “Vadim Sokolov” was found on the Berlin assassin, but authorities quickly concluded that was not his name after all.The bald, strongly built man they had arrested was actually Vadim Krasikov, a Russian national with links to the FSB, the Russian security service – and the prime suspect in the 2013 murder in Moscow.In a recent interview with US TV talk show host Tucker Carlson, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin appeared to confirm reports that his country was seeking the release of the “patriot” Krasikov in exchange for American journalist Evan Gershkovich. This month marked one year since Mr Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was detained in Russia on espionage charges that are denied by him, his newspaper and the US government.Mr Gershkovich isn’t the only American in a Russian jail whose fate could be entwined with Krasikov’s. Former US Marine Paul Whelan and US-Russian citizen Alsu Kurmasheva are also detained in Russia on charges widely viewed as politically motivated.Image source, Reuters/EPAImage caption, Paul Whelan (L) has been in detention since 2018, Alsu Kurmasheva (C) since October last year and Evan Gershkovich since last MarchEven the late Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who was serving a 19-year prison sentence in Russia, was said to be part of a swap involving Krasikov before he died, according to his allies. Following the Russian election, President Putin said he had agreed to release Navalny in return “for some people” held in the West, but the White House said that was the first it had heard of any such deal.If President Putin’s price stays the same, it means the most viable way of securing the release of the detained Americans would be a complex prisoner swap for Krasikov needing the cooperation of Germany, the US and Russia.Speaking to the BBC, German politician Roderich Kiesewetter said the deal would force Berlin into “hostage diplomacy”. So why does Putin seem so desperate to get Krasikov back?State-sanctioned killingThe first clues of a possible Kremlin hand in the Berlin murder come from Krasikov’s background – or rather, the lack of one. Documents obtained by the Bellingcat investigative website show he was wanted over the 2013 Moscow murder. However, two years later, the arrest warrant was withdrawn and the “Vadim Krasikov” identity seemingly vanished into thin air.That is when “Vadim Sokolov”, age 45, appeared. In 2015 he got a passport, and, in 2019, a tax identification number. A German court concluded that this documentation could only be sanctioned by the Kremlin, and therefore that Vadim Krasikov had state support for the Berlin murder. “Russian state authorities ordered the accused to liquidate the victim,” a German presiding judge said after sentencing Krasikov to life in prison. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Germany expelled two Russian diplomats in response to the murder of Zelimkhan KhangoshviliHis victim, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, was a Chechen rebel commander between 2000 and 2004, when Chechnya was fighting a war of independence against Russia. To Western observers, Mr Khangoshvili seemed likely to be part of a string of Moscow-ordered assassinations of Chechen exiles in Europe and the Middle East. The Kremlin denied orchestrating the Berlin murder, and dismissed the verdict against Krasikov as “politically motivated”. However, in his Tucker Carlson interview, President Putin appeared to make an admission when he said negotiations were under way for an exchange involving a Russian “patriot” who had “eliminated a bandit” in a European capital. Ulrich Lechte, who sits on the German government’s foreign affairs committee, told the BBC that President Putin’s desire to retrieve Krasikov is “a clear admission of guilt and shows how unscrupulously and unchallenged Russia has been able to act in our country”. FSB’s contract with assassins Vadim Krasikov belonged to the highly secretive ‘Vympel’ unit of Russia’s secret service, the FSB, according to prosecutors at his trial.”Its official remit is counter-terrorism operations at home, but it has in many ways returned to its original roots, as a unit tasked with covert ‘wet-work’ – sabotage and assassination – abroad,” Putin historian and Russian security expert Mark Galeotti told the BBC.Krasikov personally met Putin at a target shooting range while serving with Vympel, owned a BMW and Porsche, and travelled for work regularly, according to an interview his brother-in-law gave The Insider.An association between Krasikov and the FSB would provide one explanation for why Vladimir Putin, a former foreign intelligence officer himself, would be willing to hand over a prisoner of the value of Evan Gershkovich. Russia rejects offer to release jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich, US saysUS citizens jailed by Putin left hostage to a dealRussia again extends detention of US journalistBut Mark Galeotti said a potential deal says more about Russia’s social contract with agents abroad than the value of Krasikov individually. “It [Russia] says ‘look, if you do get caught, we will get you back, one way or the other. It may take a long time, but we will get you back’,” Mr Galeotti said. “That’s very important for getting people to put themselves in potentially very dangerous situations.” But whether Krasikov will ever be allowed back to Russia is ultimately up to the German government. The BBC approached three members of the government’s foreign affairs committee, all of whom oppose releasing Krasikov. Ulrich Lechte, whose Free Democratic Party is part of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, insisted that Germany “must not do Russia this favour”. “This is a kind of amnesty and sends the political signal that Russia can commit further murders on our territory, which will then be released and thus remain unpunished,” Mr Lechte told the BBC. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Politicians on Germany’s foreign affairs committee say Zelimkhan Khangoshvili’s murder was “state terrorism””It must not be allowed to prevail that foreign citizens are arbitrarily arrested in order to abuse them for a prisoner exchange.” Jürgen Hardt, from the Christian Democrats, said he “didn’t see any political support” for rumoured prisoner swaps involving Krasikov. Even if there was political will in Berlin to release Krasikov, the legal mechanics which could make that happen are murky. He could be pardoned by the president, or deported to serve the remainder of his sentence in Russia – something that almost certainly wouldn’t happen in light of Putin’s comments.One case in point is the Russian “Merchant of Death”, Viktor Bout, an infamous arms dealer released from US custody as part of a prisoner exchange with US basketball star Brittney Griner. Bout has now pivoted to politics and won a seat at a local election in Russia.Image source, EPAImage caption, A protest against the Putin regime was held in Berlin during the Russian election.Nicola Bier, a German lawyer focusing on extradition law, told the BBC there is “no legal mechanism that is really designed for this particular situation”, so any move would be highly controversial and political.Anti-Kremlin political activist Bill Browder is now compiling a list of more than 50 Russian prisoners in Western countries who could be used as bargaining chips to free activists and journalists detained in Russia.Browder hopes the effort could help release British-Russian journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, sentenced to 25 years in jail for treason for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, as well as Evan Gershkovich.Asked by the BBC whether his campaign played into “hostage diplomacy”, Browder conceded it is “far from ideal”, but necessary to save lives.After Alexei Navalny’s death, Browder said, “it’s clear that other hostages are at risk of dying”.Related TopicsGermanyRussiaVladimir PutinMore on this storyNavalny was to be freed in prison swap – colleaguePublished26 FebruaryRussians expelled over hitman’s Berlin killingPublished15 December 2021US citizens jailed by Putin left hostage to a dealPublished20 December 2023Top StoriesKing to appear in public at Easter church servicePublished1 hour agoWatch: King to attend Easter church service at WindsorPublished7 minutes agoStability at Stormont my priority, says O’NeillPublished14 hours agoFeaturesWhere workers are exploited to harvest an everyday ingredientHow has cancer changed King Charles’s duties?’I was mutilated at 16 but I won’t let it define me’The Papers: ‘E coli Boat Race’ and ‘Euros on terror alert’In pictures: Pope leads Easter celebrationsThe FSB bicycle assassin Putin wants back in RussiaAphantasia: Why I cannot see my children in my mindSeven bills going up and one going down in AprilJeffrey Donaldson: From the White House to Antrim police stationElsewhere on the BBCOne of the most talented bands to never make it…Why did trailblazers Microdisney fail to achieve the commercial success they deserved?AttributioniPlayerWill this elite boarding school fit around them?Five black inner-city teens must leave their old worlds behind…AttributioniPlayer’A few people laughed, a few cried, most were silent’The extraordinary rise and fall of the inventor of the atomic bombAttributioniPlayerFancy a film tonight?There’s something for everyone on BBC iPlayerAttributioniPlayer](https://newsinsightplus.com/wp-content/uploads/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1BCA/production/_133041170_putin-index-getty.jpg)
![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaUS Supreme Court rules Colorado cannot ban Trump from presidential ballotPublished1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsUS election 2024This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Trump calls Supreme Court ruling a ‘unifying factor’By Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, WashingtonThe US Supreme Court has struck down efforts by individual states to disqualify Donald Trump from running for president using an anti-insurrection constitutional clause.The unanimous ruling is specific to Colorado, but it also overrides challenges brought in other states.Colorado had barred Mr Trump from its Republican primary, arguing he incited the 2021 Capitol riot. The court ruled that only Congress, rather than the states, had that power. The top court’s decision clears the way for Mr Trump to compete in the Colorado primary scheduled for Tuesday.Mr Trump is the front-runner for the Republican nomination and looks likely to face a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in November’s general election.On Monday, the ex-president immediately claimed victory following the ruling, taking to his Truth Social media platform to claim a “big win for America”. The message was quickly followed by a fundraising email sent to supporters of his campaign. Speaking from his estate in Mar-a-Lago, Florida soon after, he said that the decision was “very well crafted” and will “go a long way towards bringing our country together, which it needs”.”You can’t take someone out of a race because an opponent would like it that way,” Mr Trump added. Colorado’s Secretary of State, Jena Griswold, said that she was disappointed by the ruling and that “Colorado should be able to bar oath-breaking insurrections from our ballot”.Additionally, the watchdog group that brought the case in Colorado, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew), said in a statement that while the court “failed to meet the moment”, it is “still a win for democracy: Trump will go down in history as an insurrectionist”.Trump wins as Supreme Court sidesteps political landminesWhat is Super Tuesday and why is it important?A simple guide to the US 2024 electionTwo other states, Maine and Illinois , had followed Colorado in kicking Mr Trump off the ballot on similar grounds. The efforts in both states were put on hold while his challenge to the Colorado ruling was escalated to the Supreme Court. “We conclude that states may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office,” the court’s opinion says. “But states have no power under the Constitution to enforce Sections 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency.” The nine justices ruled that only Congress can enforce the 14th Amendment’s provisions against federal officials and candidates.Part of the Civil War-era amendment – section 3 – bars federal, state and military officials who have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the US from holding office again. Groups including Free Speech For People had argued that the attempt to delay the peaceful transfer of power on 6 January 2021 matched the definition of insurrection outlined in the amendment. One of the court’s justices, Amy Coney Barrett, wrote separately that the fact that all nine justices agreed on the outcome of the case is “the message that Americans should take home”. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The case argued that President Trump had incited the crowd that stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021″The court has settled a politically charged issue in the volatile season of a presidential election,” Ms Barrett wrote. “Particularly in this circumstance, writings on the court should turn the national temperature down, not up.” But the court’s three liberal justices argued that the ruling seeks to “decide novel constitutional questions to insulate this Court and [Trump] from future controversy” by announcing “that a disqualification for insurrection can occur only when Congress enacts a particular kind of legislation”.”In doing so, the majority shuts the door on other potential means of enforcement,” they added. Atiba Ellis, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, told the BBC that while the court’s concerns about Mr Trump’s exclusion from the ballot are “fair”, the ruling “may have far-reaching consequences”. “It opens the door to constitutional interpretation matters that weren’t at issue in the case. The decision throws the problem to Congress at a time when partisan deadlock will guarantee inaction on this matter,” Mr Ellis added. “The decision effectively ensures that the question of the former president’s constitutional eligibility under Section 3 will not be resolved prior to the 2024 election.”Another legal scholar, Albany Law School’s Ray Brescia, said the court’s decision prevents a situation in which there is a “patchwork of states with different processes”. “If the court was to allow Colorado to proceed in this way, what’s to stop some rogue prosecutor in another state from saying that a candidate from a different party is not a viable candidate because they engaged in insurrection?,” he said. Republican voters in Colorado and 14 other states will vote on Tuesday in a marathon contest dubbed Super Tuesday. The former president is widely expected to sweep the board and defeat his sole remaining opponent, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, in every battleground. 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