Latest. News. Latest. News. Good evening to you. Its a minute past six here in the gb newsroom. Im Aaron Armstrong, at least 74 people have been arrested in russia on the final day of an election. Vladimir putin is guaranteed win putin is guaranteed to win thousands of people staged a symbolic noone against putin protest , forming long queues at protest, forming long queues at polling stations across the country. In an apparent show of country. In an apparent show of dissent, allies of the late Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny , including his wife yulia, called on voters to spoil their ballots , vote for any other ballots, vote for any other candidate or write in navalnys name. She led a demonstration name. She led a demonstration outside the Russian Embassy in berlin with similar scenes outside Russias Embassy in london. Is the third day of an election in which no genuine opposition figures have been allowed to stand. Transport secretary mark harper says rishi sunak will lead the tori
Coordinator at the migrant charity samphire, says that there are safe and legal ways for migrants to come to britain are not. A lot of people do know what the options for safe legal routes are, but of course we use humanitarian visas with the ukrainian situation , people were ukrainian situation, people were brought here safely legally brought here safely and legally , never having to navigate the asylum system or get into a small boat. So it can done. Small boat. So it can be done. We do have have mechanisms available, but theyre very , available, but theyre very, very they dont catch very narrow and they dont catch everyone that is allowed to be here. So its we know now that nothing is going to work, nothing is going to work, nothing is going to work, nothing is going to deter people. So we need to start looking at how them safely and how we get them here safely and process them quickly. Process them quickly. People in scotland and in wales could soon be able to get access to nhs tre
Harm to serving officers. The king says hes utterly horrified about the deaths of at least 80 people as a result of wildfires in hawaii. King charles sent a message of condolence to the president of the united states, joe biden, saying hes sending his deepest possible sympathies to the families of those who have so tragically lost their lives. Authorities say that number, though, is set to rise dramatically with hundreds of people still unaccounted for. A fresh evacuations are underway as fires continue to burn on the north west coast of maui. The north west coast of maui. The duke of sussex has played a polo match, raising money for hiv sufferers in honour of his late mother. It was also in aid of his charity , sentebale, which he his charity, sentebale, which he co founded to help african children affected by poverty, inequality and hiv aids. Prince harry played against Singapore Polo Club, captained by his long time friend nacho figueras, who is an ambassador for prince harrys chari
Grades is going down. And gb news has a downing street shortly to hand in our dont kill cash petition calling on the government to protect the status of cash in the uk in an ever growing digital society. Were live from westminster. Were live from westminster. And dont forget you can still sign a petition on our website. Were almost at 300,000. Were almost at 300,000. Thats a qr code on the screen there. Please get screen there. Please get involved and make them listen. Involved and make them listen. Plus, prince Harrys Netflix documentary about the Invictus Games confirms its release date i we want emma we want to know, will you be watching it. 7 do let us know. Do let us know. Email us at gb views at gb news. Before we start, here are your latest headlines now with Aaron Armstrong. Good afternoon Aaron Armstrong. Good afternoon to you. Its a minute past 12. Im Aaron Armstrong in the newsroom. Tributes to being paid to the legendary broadcaster sir Michael Parkinson, whos died at the a
Raising money for hiv sufferers, which he says was in honour of his late mother. It was for which he says was in honour of his late mother. It was for his charity , sentebale, which he co charity, sentebale, which he co founded to help african children affected by poverty in equality and hiv aids. He played against singapore polo club, captained by his friend and an ambassador for his charity, nacho figueras. Princess diana pioneered efforts to challenge the stigma around the disease. In the 19805, around the disease. In the 1980s, she. England will play 1980s, she. England will play the co hosts australia in the semi final of the womens world cup after beating colombia 2 1 in sydney. Goals from lauren hemp and Alessia Russo helped the lionesses come from behind after lucy santos had given colombia the lead and they will play colombia the lead and they will play that game against australia for the semi final on the 16th of august. Finally, stargazers are likely to be out in force tonig