Wales Economy Minister and a former solicitor, was born in zambia and will become wales and europes first black leader. In his Acceptance Speech after being voted as the new Welsh Labour Leader, he highlighted the historic nature of his win. Thank you to the staff, the team, the procedures committee. Mark was the right leader at the right time in the epidemic. In the pandemic. But too little said about the heart that went into it. The deep and unwavering devotion fairness, two wheels as a community. As a fabric and families. At the hardest of times he made as feel safer, he made us feel proud. And he always made everyone aware that we each have a part to play in our national story. There is no greater legacy than that. Thank you, mark, for everything that you have done for everything that you have done for our party, and more importantly, for our party, and more importantly, for our party, and more importantly, for our country. And, jeremy, we have been cabinet colleagues, political al
As is their motive. Mr volkov has lived outside russia for some years for his own safety and served as mr navalny s chief of staff until the Opposition Leader died suddenly in prison in the Russian Arctic last month. Speaking earlier on the day he was attacked, mr volkov highlighted the threats navalny s team were facing by standing up to vladimir putin. Thats why putin launches all these criminal cases and poisons and killings etc, indeed to push people out of the country where it is very complicated for them to stay relevant. Matthew sussex is Senior Fellow of Central European studies at the Australian National university, he gave his take on the situation. Regardless of who was directly responsible for beating up Leonid Volkov, the message that it sends will be a fairly common one for those who follow russian politics. And that is, if you are an opponent of the putin regime, as Leonid Volkov through his relationship with mr navalny most certainly was, it is possible for you to end u
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after weeks of intense earthquake activity in the south west of iceland, this volcano finally erupted late last night. the length of the crack you can see here is more than two miles long. the eruption is close to the fishing town of grindavik, which was evacuated last month, though so far the lava seems to be flowing away from it. for now, the eruption is not expected to halt international air travel as it did in 2010. our correspondent nick beake joins us from near the town of vogar at the edge of the exclusion zone now. sophie, it s absolutely freezing here, but you can see that the volcano tonight is illuminated, and all through the day, we got a glimpse of the power of this force of nature. as you say, there is no immediate risk to life. that is certainly what the authorities are saying here today, and the direction of the lava seems to be moving away from the built up areas, but certainly they are not taking anything for
hello and a warm welcome to the programme i m sally bundock. thousands of military personnel have been taking part in the biggest rehearsal so far for king charles coronation this saturday. the rehearsal was held overnight in central london on the route between buckingham palace and westminster abbey. just hours before it got underway a man was arrested outside the palace on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. here s our reporter vincent mcaviney. with the coronation just days away london s mammoth security operation was tested at the sovereign s own residence last night stopping the police say a man approached the front gates of buckingham palace at around seven o clock on tuesday evening, throwing what are thought to have been shot cartridges into the grounds. he was quickly detained and found to be carrying a knife for which he was arrested stop he was also carrying what they said was a suspicious bag, so the area was cordoned off and a controlled explosion w