the ukrainian leader warns his troops in the eastern city of severodonetsk are outnumbered by stronger russian forces. there we go. the technology is working. it isjust there we go. the technology is working. it is just that time of the evening! welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. hopefully the tech gremlins will let us speak to our guests and show you the papers. with me are annabel denham, who s director of communications at the iea the institute of economic affairs the free market think tank, and also with me is the broadcaster john stapleton. good evening to you both. i am glad to see you alive and working there, envision! good stuff. yes, john, fingers crossed! let s run you through those front pages of the newspapers. the mail leads with the rmt s planned industrial action, referring to it as a hard left strike which will paralyse britain. unsuprisingly, it makes the front page of the metro too. the strike will see 50,000 wor
the final day ofjubilee celebrations will end with a huge pageant near buckingham palace later. iam i am annita mcveigh on the mall as they get ready for that pageant, the people s pageant, on the fourth and final day of celebrations to mark the queen s 70 year reign. street parties are also set to be held across the uk. moscow continues its offensive in eastern ukraine but a series of powerful explosions strike the capital. meanwhile, closer to home the welsh national football team will take on the ukraine side in a world cup qualifier later today and we will take a look at the papers this morning, with the queen and paddington bear playing a major part. hello and welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news and the fourth and final day of the platinum jubilee celebrations. today there will be a pageant along the mall in london, featuring a military parade, acrobats, puppets and other tributes to the 70 years of the queen s reign. celebrations will be held across the country
correspondent mark meredith is here with all the details of this big case. good evening, mark. bret, it was a big case. good evening to you. johnny depp was not in the courtroom when today s verdict was announced. tonight both he and his legal team are celebrating after a jury in virginia ruled depp s ex-wife actress amber heard owes him $15 million for defamation. he claimed an op-ed written by heard in 2018 and published in the the washington post significantly set back his career. in the piece, heard wrote she was, quote, a public figure representing domestic abuse. the jury ruled these claims were intentionally meant to hurt depp. the ache door wrote published already traveled around the world twice within a nanosecond had seismic impact on my life and career. six months later the jury gave me my life back. i m truly humbled. we also heard from his legal team. we are also most pleased that the trial has resonated for so many people in the public who value truth and
memorial day. i m julie banderas. glad to be with you today. griff? i m griff jenkins. great to be with you. such a special honor to anchor on this day, memorial day, the day that we say never forget the sacrifice and valor of the brave men and women who laid down their lives in the name of freedom standing in the breach between tyranny and the cherished freedoms we have at home. arlington national cemetery a live look in the more than 400,000 tombstones in that hallowed ground of the sacrifice those heroes made. an important day as we reflect, honor and remember today, julie. but we also have more news to get to. that is go ahead. julie: i was just going to add it is a day we want to remind everybody not only a day to remember the fallen heroes, but also a day to give thanks for those veterans that were lucky enough to survive in place in war. those veterans today remembering and giving thanks for being alive but also remembering for those who did not be so lucky. we
the only one that is truly sacred, the only truly sacred obligation we have is to prepare and equip those women and men we send into harm s way and care for them and their families when they return home, and when they don t. it s an obligation that unites americans, brings us together, make sure the women and men who were willing to lay down their lives for us in the very best to return. i want to acknowledge we are making progress in key areas, like bipartisan legislation advancing in congress to deliver healthcare services and benefits to veterans and the survivors impacted by toxic exposures. don t know how many americans and service members may have died because of what they are exposed to on the battlefield. toxic smoke from burn pits, burn pits that incinerated the waste of war, hazardous material, jet fuel, so much more. we have a duty to do right by them, and i m determined to make sure that our brave service families and members that served alongside them do not wait