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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaGuinea junta appoints Mamadou Oury Bah as new prime ministerPublished4 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Bah Oury/WebsiteImage caption, Mamadou Oury Bah founded Guinea’s main opposition party, from which he was later expelledBy Gloria AradiBBC NewsFormer Guinean opposition leader Mamadou Oury Bah has been appointed prime minister by the country’s military junta, a week after it abruptly dissolved the government.His appointment comes amid growing dissatisfaction with the junta.Two people were killed on Monday after police clashed with protesters during a nationwide workers’ strike.Trade unions have been demanding lower food prices as Guineans struggle with the high cost of living.Mr Bah, popularly known in Guinea as Bah Oury, has urged the unions to call off the strike and “highlight what we can do together to solve the big challenges gradually, step by step”.The trained economist is expected to not only set up a new government to replace the one that was dismissed, but also take steps to alleviate the economic hardships facing millions of Guineans.The swearing-in of the new prime minister was witnessed by interim President Mamady Doumbouya, who led Guinea’s armed forces to overthrow elected President Alpha Condé in September 2021.Mr Bah, 65, has been a popular fixture in Guinean politics since the early 1990s. In 1991, he founded the country’s main opposition party, the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG), from which he was later expelled.He went on to lead the Union of Democrats for the Rebirth of Guinea (UDRG) party. In 2007, he was appointed minister of national reconciliation in a consensus government.Mr Bah then spent four years exiled in France after he was implicated in a 2011 attack on President Condé’s home, but returned home in 2016 after the president pardoned him. Guinea is expected to hold elections to restore democratic rule in 10 months, when the 24-month transition period set by the junta and regional bloc Ecowas expires.The junta and opposition have been in a stalemate over the transition to civilian rule, but many Guineans hope that Mr Bah’s political experience will be instrumental in resolving the political and economic crises.You may also be interested in:Why West Africa’s united front is in tattersThe former French legionnaire who took power in GuineaIs France to blame for coups in West Africa?Why young Africans are celebrating military takeoversRelated TopicsGuineaTop StoriesLive. Man jailed for at least 36 years for Emma Caldwell murderHow police missed the chance to catch Emma’s killerPublished1 hour agoRed Bull F1 boss Horner cleared of inappropriate behaviourAttributionSportPublished18 minutes agoFeaturesHow police missed the chance to catch Emma’s killerWhy South Korean women aren’t having babies’I was inundated with incel messages within an hour’Why Google’s ‘woke’ AI problem won’t be an easy fixGazans in survival mode with cold nights and food rations’My mother’s body was left by smugglers in the desert’Watch: Inside the famous Sistine Chapel after crowds leave. VideoWatch: Inside the famous Sistine Chapel after crowds leaveStormzy book prize winner on ‘writing for lads like me’Kate Bush to become Record Store Day ambassadorElsewhere on the BBCA life-changing declutter!Stacey Solomon and her crack team help families transform their homesAttributioniPlayer’They get to control what billions of us see every day’Jamie Bartlett uncovers how social media allowed a new digital elite to conquer the planetAttributionSoundsAn unflinching look at the UK’s justice system…Through the eyes of the people who live and work in itAttributioniPlayerThe real, untold story of the Jack the Ripper victimsTold by historian Hallie RubenholdAttributionSoundsMost Read1Red Bull’s Horner cleared of inappropriate behaviourAttributionSport2’I was inundated with incel messages within an hour’3PM and Starmer row over ex-leaders at angry PMQs4Explosion at house leaves woman seriously injured5How police missed the chance to catch Emma’s killer6Harry loses court challenge over security levels7Rapper Ja Rule denied UK entry ahead of tour8Navalny’s widow fears arrests at husband’s funeral9Why South Korean women aren’t having babies10Tributes to retired groundsman shot dead on dog walk
[ad_1] Mamadou Oury Bah, who is due to set up a new government, says he will work to alleviate hardships.
![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityCultureOppenheimer: Cillian Murphy film dominates SAG Awards ahead of OscarsPublished54 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Cillian Murphy said it was “extremely special” to win an award voted for by fellow actorsBy Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterOppenheimer continued its dominance of awards season as it scored several major prizes at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Saturday.Christopher Nolan’s film won best film cast, while Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr won individual acting prizes.Accepting the top prize on behalf of the cast, Sir Kenneth Branagh said they were all “grateful, humbled and proud”.The evening was peppered with remarks about the actors’ strike, which brought Hollywood to a standstill last year.Paying tribute to the US actors’ union, Sir Kenneth said: “Thank you for fighting for us, thank you for every Sag-Aftra member whose support and whose sacrifice allows us to be standing here better than we were before.”He recalled the night last July when the cast of Oppeheimer downed tools at the film’s London premiere as the strike began.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sir Kenneth Branagh (left) accepted the night’s top prize on behalf of the cast of Oppenheimer”We went from the red carpet, we didn’t see the film that night, we happily went in the direction of solidarity with your good selves, so this is a full circle moment for us,” he told the audience of actors.”We are grateful and humbled and proud not just to be in Mr Nolan’s masterpiece, but proud to be in your company.”The film, about theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, described as the father of the atomic bomb, is almost certain to win best picture at the Oscars next month following its success at SAG and other precursor ceremonies.The winners and nominees at the SAG AwardsSAG Awards: The red carpet in picturesThe prize for best film cast is seen as the top honour at the SAG Awards in the absence of a best picture category. Winners at the annual ceremony, held in Los Angeles, are voted for by other actors.Irish actor Cillian Murphy said his win was “extremely, extremely special to me, because it comes from you guys”.He recalled: “Twenty-eight years ago when I was trying to become an actor, I was a failed musician, and I felt extremely like an interloper, but looking out on all of you guys here today, I know I’m part of something truly wonderful, so thank you so much.”Best actor had been seen a two-horse race ahead of the Oscars on 10 March, but Murphy’s win gives him significant momentum over his nearest rival, Paul Giamatti of The Holdovers.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Lily Gladstone’s best actress win gives her Oscars campaign a significant boostElsewhere, Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone was named best leading actress – giving her own Oscars campaign a significant boost.”This has been a hard year for all of us, those of us in this room, those not in this room, I’m so proud that we have gotten here in solidarity with all of our other unions,” she said in her acceptance speech.Lily Gladstone: The actress who could make Oscars historyBarbenheimer was wonderful for cinema, Cillian Murphy saysCan anything stop Oppenheimer’s march to the Oscars?”It’s truly a gift that we get to do this for a living. That’s the win, getting to be here, getting to be on set, getting to tell stories. We bring empathy into a world that so needs it.”She added: “It’s so easy to distance ourselves, to close off, stop feeling, and [actors] all bravely keep feeling, it brings people out of the shadows, it brings visibility.”Gladstone’s win leaves the Oscars category for best actress too close to call, following Poor Things star Emma Stone’s victory at last week’s Baftas.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Holdovers star Da’Vine Joy Randolph continued her sweep of the best supporting actress categoryThe Holdovers star Da’Vine Joy Randolph was named best supporting actress, a prize she has won consistently throughout awards season and she is almost certain to take at the Oscars.”I wake up every day overwhelmed with gratitude to be a working actor,” she said. “In what other profession are people able to live so many lives and touch so many hearts of those they have never gotten to meet?”She added: “For every actor out there still waiting in the wings for their chance, let me tell you your life can change in a day, it is not a question of if, but when – keep going.”Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr, who has similarly been dominating his category, was named best supporting actor.He described the award as “incredibly meaningful”, and acknowledged his Oscar front-runner status by asking: “Why me, why now, why do things seem to be going my way?”Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Alan Ruck (centre) accepted the top prize in the TV categories on behalf of the cast of SuccessionWinners in the television categories included Ali Wong and Steven Yeun for Netflix’s road rage series Beef, and Pedro Pascal for post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us.Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White were also recognised for kitchen comedy The Bear, while Elizabeth Debicki won best drama actress for playing Princess Diana in The Crown.The Bear was named best ensemble comedy cast, while Succession won best ensemble drama cast for its critically-acclaimed fourth and final season. “Not only did we all get to work on one of the best television shows, maybe ever, but we made friends for life,” said actor Alan Ruck as he accepted the prize on behalf of the cast. Tributes were paid to Matthew Perry, Harry Belafonte, Sir Michael Gambon, Tina Turner, Angus Cloud, Glenda Jackson, Alan Arkin, Julian Sands, Lance Reddick, Lee Sun-kyun, Tom Wilkinson, Andre Braugher and Chita Rivera in the show’s In Memoriam segment.The Devil wears Prada reunionImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Devil Wears Prada stars Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway reunited to present an awardThe Devil Wears Prada stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway were reunited to present the first award of the night. Streep initially appeared to accidentally walk straight into the microphone stand – before explaining to the audience she did not have her glasses with her, or the envelope containing the winner.The two actresses who played her on-screen assistants in the 2006 film then appeared with the envelope and glasses, before the trio delivered a joyous sketch featuring several of the movie’s most famous lines.Presenting another category, Melissa McCarthy asked Billie Eilish to sign her forehead as she told the singer what a huge fan she was, and the casts of Modern Family and Breaking Bad reunited to present the awards for best comedy and drama ensemble cast respectively.Idris Elba played hostImage source, Getty ImagesThe SAG Awards were streamed around the world on Netflix for the first time, something host Idris Elba referred to as he opened the ceremony.”Personally, I can’t wait to get home, and have Netflix recommend this show to me,” the Wire star joked.He also acknowledged what a “difficult time” it had been for actors during the recent strike, adding: “I want to take a moment to honour and appreciate all of you, both here and watching at home, who stood up in solidarity and support.”Elba said the ceremony being streamed instead of broadcast on a TV network meant actors could swear in their acceptance speeches – but he urged them not to go “full Succession level”.”Here’s a good rule of thumb, don’t say anything you wouldn’t say in front of Oprah,” he said, to an audience which included Oprah Winfrey herself. Barbara Streisand wins lifetime achievementImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Streisand said it was “a privilege to be part of this profession” as she collected her lifetime achievement prizeThe Morning Show star Jennifer Aniston and Maestro’s Bradley Cooper presented this year’s lifetime achievement prize to veteran singer and actress Barbara Streisand.”All of us in this room and far beyond have been inspired by Barbara’s magic,” Aniston said. “Barbara did not just pave the way for us women, she bulldozed it.” Accepting her award, Streisand joked it was “such a wonderful award to get, because you know in advance you’re going to get it”.Recalling her childhood, she said: “I didn’t like reality, I wanted to be in movies. Even though I knew I didn’t look like the other women on screen. My mother said ‘you’d better learn to type’. But I didn’t listen. And somehow, some way, it all came true.””It’s a privilege to be part of this profession. For a couple of hours, people can sit in the theatre and escape their own troubles – what an idea.”She paid tribute to her fellow actors and directors, concluding: “I’ve loved inhabiting that magical world of the movies with you.”Related TopicsTelevisionLos AngelesFilmMore on this storySAG Awards: The red carpet in picturesPublished3 hours agoThe winners and nominees at the SAG AwardsPublished6 hours agoCan anything stop Oppenheimer’s march to the Oscars?Published14 JanuaryBarbenheimer was wonderful for cinema, Murphy saysPublished7 FebruaryLily Gladstone: The actress who could make Oscars historyPublished30 JanuaryTop StoriesTrump easily wins South Carolina but Haley fights onPublished1 hour agoTories suspend MP over ‘Islamists’ commentsPublished8 hours agoUS and UK carry out new strikes on Yemen’s HouthisPublished5 hours agoFeatures’Bodyguards for MPs’ and Starmer turns on ToriesThe winners and nominees at the SAG AwardsThe price of political opposition in RussiaKim Petras on sexual liberation and fighting TiKTokInside the long-abandoned tunnel beneath the ClydeThe man who tried to eat every animal on Earth. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityCultureKim Petras on sexual liberation and fighting TiKTokPublished2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Steven KleinImage caption, Kim Petras has been releasing music since she was 12 years old, achieving mainstream success with her Sam Smith collaboration Unholy in 2022By Mark SavageBBC Music CorrespondentYou probably shouldn’t play Kim Petras’s new EP to your mum.Titled Slut Pop Miami, it’s an outrageous, sex-positive, club-ready tribute to the joys of carnal pleasure.Released on Valentines’ Day, it was inspired by “hedonistic trips to Miami” and joins a lineage of explicit, transgressive pop, from Madonna’s Erotica to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP.”Stirring up the culture and raising eyebrows has been in the DNA of pop forever,” Petras tells the BBC.The EP is the German-born star’s third release since last June, following her debut album Feed The Beast and Problématique, a surprise release of an earlier, scrapped project.This flurry of activity followed her appearance on Sam Smith’s global chart-topper Unholy – which made Petras the first openly transgender artist to have a US number one and the first trans artist to win a major category Grammy. Her mainstream breakout followed years of hard graft. Petras started uploading cover songs to MySpace in 2007, and later gambled on a move to Los Angeles in the hope of becoming a pop star.”I played every gay club in America, I danced on every single bar and I built my following from the ground up,” she says. “I didn’t have my breakthrough until Unholy but, to get to that stage, I had to release multiple songs as an independent artist and prove to record labels that there’s a fanbase out there for me.”That determination paid off. Now signed to Republic Records (home to Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande), she’s in the middle of a sold-out, 40-date world tour. On a rare day off, Petras called the BBC to reflect on her career to date.Image caption, The singer’s biggest songs include I Don’t Want It At All, Heart To Break and CoconutsHey Kim! Are we interrupting your vocal rest?Not today, I have a bunch of things lined up. But usually, between shows, I just shut up for two whole days. It’s the only thing that works for singers who actually sing.Ah yes, you have a policy of never miming. How come?I just feel ripped off if I go to a show and the artist isn’t singing.When you sing live, it makes the show different every night. Your performance reflects the energy of the crowd. If they’re into it, you’re going to hit all the high notes and do all the crazy runs. And knowing that gives the fans motivation to go crazy as well.It helps that you have a really strong voice…Well, I’ve always been really loud! I used to get in trouble with my neighbours because I love diva singers like Freddie Mercury or Cher, so it felt right for me to sing big.How did you train yourself to emulate Cher?Well, at first, you blow out your voice a bunch, until you realise you’re screaming and doing it wrong. I used to sing from my throat a lot – for us Germans the “R” sounds are in our throats. Then you adjust and learn to sing from your body, not your throat. But thank God, I had a voice to work with in the beginning. My parents taught me a lot, too. My dad’s an architect, but he plays eight instruments and was always off to band rehearsals. And my mum was really into jazz, so there was a lot of Billie Holiday in the house.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The singer’s world tour wraps in her home country of Germany next monthIt’s nice to hear that. So many interviews about your childhood focus on your gender transition, but music was always important?Absolutely. I was always singing. Music was my happy place and honestly very helpful in my transition. I went through that stuff very early [Petras completed gender reassignment surgery at 16] and music allowed me to sing and twirl and forget about how the world reacted to me.Once I started learning how to write, it immediately became my job. I figured, OK, you live in the middle of nowhere, no-one’s going to write songs for you, so you’d better learn to do it yourself. I wanted to be like an Indiana Jones of music and find the magic formula to pop.Does that explain why your songs are so upbeat and escapist, even now?Totally. I think there’s a double standard in music where the stuff that gets taken seriously is sad and depressed, because those emotions are so hard. But a lot of the time, I feel very depressed and the way to get myself out of it is to write a ridiculous song. If I write a sad one, it’s just going to make me sadder. So, for me, making happy songs, or slutty songs, takes just as much effort as writing a slow ballad. Just because it doesn’t seem like there’s any hurt or pain going into the creation of that, it doesn’t mean it’s not there.Can you imagine a time where you would write about the things you went through as a teenager? I try to stay away from the past. I find the past quite useless. I’m more focused on new and exciting things. But yeah, I definitely feel like, after releasing so many different projects, I need to go down new routes. Maybe it would be more about the stuff I’m currently going through, rather than the past.Image source, Luke GiffordImage caption, The star embraces hedonism on her Slut Pop project and played the character of a serial killer on her Halloween-themed Turn Off The Light mixtapeThe lyrics on Slut Pop aren’t especially deep, but the idea of relishing and celebrating sex still feels quite radical in pop. Why do you think that is? It’s something I feel strongly about. I’ve always been surrounded by incredible women. Even at school, the people who stood up for me and understood my condition were female.And I think men’s desire to control women’s bodies has been the plague of this planet forever. It very much goes hand in hand with being transgender. The people who wanted to forbid me to transition are the same ones who want to forbid women to have abortions or have sex and even make money from it.I’m a big fan of Madonna’s work, and I feel like, when she celebrated sex in Erotica and her Sex book, people misunderstood it as just filth. But female sexuality isn’t filth, and it shouldn’t be written off like that. Neither is trans-feminine sexuality or anyone’s sexuality. I think everybody should be equal.That’s not to say Slut Pop is a big political statement. It’s supposed to just be fun, but the conversation it stirs up is a good thing.A lot of the Slut Pop songs have blown up on TikTok. What are your thoughts on Universal Music removing music, including yours, from the app while they argue over royalty payments?I feel very protected by Universal. I know people who have number one records and can’t afford their rent, so I’m proud Universal is taking a stand.Of course, right now, all of us Universal artists are screwed a little bit, but you’ve gotta take one for the team. The intentions are noble. It’s about musicians making money from their art – and not just the famous faces, but the songwriters and the people behind the scenes. I feel like it’s a really good fight.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kim Petras and Sam Smith won the Grammy Award for best pop duo/group performance last year, and were introduced on stage by MadonnaWhen royalty payments are so low, do you ever think about going back to your first job and writing advertising jingles?Me and my friends still make jingles all the time, just for fun. And if I ever had a stroke of genius and came up with something where I’m like, ‘This has laundry detergent written all over it’, then, for sure, I’m not above it.And about the money thing: I know what it’s like to struggle and be a songwriter who lives on a studio couch and goes a year without getting any songs released but, at the end of the day, as long as I can write music, I’m happy. The money part is really for my fans. I want to put on the best show for them. You’re opening the Euro 2024 football tournament this summer. What can you tell us about that?I’m over the moon about it. Soccer is such a big part of German culture, so it feels like a huge deal. I have so many memories of watching matches with my friends and getting absolutely hammered, so it’s gonna be crazy!Plus, the opening match is Germany v Scotland, so there’ll be a lot of kilts in the stadium.Oh my God, that’s my dream.Related TopicsTikTokLGBTTransgender peopleMusicMore on this storyKim Petras: Chart success makes me want to cryPublished24 October 2022’This is the real me, not a persona’Published23 August 2019Top StoriesLive. Trump defeats Haley in South Carolina primaryTories suspend MP over ‘Islamists’ commentsPublished7 hours agoUS and UK carry out new strikes on Yemen’s HouthisPublished4 hours agoFeatures’Bodyguards for MPs’ and Starmer turns on ToriesThe winners and nominees at the SAG AwardsThe price of political opposition in RussiaKim Petras on sexual liberation and fighting TiKTokInside the long-abandoned tunnel beneath the ClydeThe man who tried to eat every animal on Earth. 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