This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritzen and at 14 hours GMT on Monday the 11th of March,

these are our main stories. The movie Oppenheimer has swept

the board at the Oscars with seven awards including Best Picture and Best

Director. We have the latest on the winners and losers from the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

The start of Ramadan brings no relief for the people of Gaza.

What are described as technical difficulties mean an age ship bound for Gaza is still stuck in Cyprus.

Caribbean leaders are meeting in Jamaica to discuss fears of famine and growing anarchy in Haiti.

Also in this podcast Princess Kate says sorry over the international confusion caused by her editing of a family photograph and actor Idris Elba dreams big for his mom and Sierra Leone with a smart city. Part of me wants to build that

beautiful retirement home for my mom. It's a dream but I work in the make-believe business and it's exactly that.

We start with the 96th Oscars, the Academy Award Ceremony where the blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer

was crowned best picture winning seven Oscars in total. Unlike past years where films few had

seen sometimes won honors, Oppenheimer was a crowd pleaser with nearly a billion

dollars in ticket sales. So for more on the winners and losers and all you need to

know from the glitz and glamour of the red carpet, the BBC's culture editor

Katie Razzle sent this report from Los Angeles.

And welcome to the 96 Oscars everybody.

Look at these.

It started as we knew it was going to go on,

an Oscars with few major surprises.

The first award, Best Supporting Actress, Dave I and Joy Randolph, the

favorite for months for her stunning performance in the holdovers.

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