nominations in the scottish national partly leadership national party leadership race close at midday, with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years for uk consumers with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk, rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine, during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. ourfirst report comes from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. a thud, marking the
buckingham palace. a royal 96 gun salute, one for every year of elizabeth s long momentous life. [ gun salute ] also echoing this morning over london, the iconic bells of westminster abbey ringing out along with the bells of other churches across the nation. [ bells tolling ] all of this marks the first of ten days of national mourning. all part of the long planned meticulously orchestrated order of events following the death of the queen. and this hour, we will be bearing witness to all of these historic moments, but also looking back on queen elizabeth s extraordinary life and what is ahead for her son, king charlesiii. you are in front of buckingham palace which we just saw in the last hour king charles iii when he arrived, was able to meet with and briefly talk to so many people. thousands of people that are there. reporter: you are really hit with it as soon as you get off the plane. i arrived this morning and i spent the morning walking around this city. i spent the
ireland into tomorrow morning. pretty mild with the strengthening breeze because top pressure in the south and east but a dry and bright start for much of england and wales will stop in east anglia, south east england and the channel islands should stay dry and bright through the day and the early rain in the west of scotland and northern ireland should ease with brighter conditions in the north. good stay cloudy in scotland and northern ireland. a blustery day across the board but it s the wind coming in from the south west that means it should be a mild one. tomorrow evening and overnight, the rain returns northwards and more persistent rain with this developing system that looks like it will develop more when it gets to the east, where the strongest wind will be. but a day of gail s four summers we had through wednesday. cloud and persistent rain for most in the morning, quickly sweeping eastwards. clearing east anglia and the southeast last of all in the afternoon. sunshi
Conundrum that biden finds himself in. I get, i get the sense that i think graeme is right, that we need to stand by our allies. I dont think finding nuance in this case during war time is a very easy thing to do, particularly when youre a superpower sometimes wars like this force you to choose sides. And israel as our allies. And i can see why a number of democrats are upset with what biden has done. Certainly republicans are, but biden is really trying to placate his base in this country, which is, which is obviously very split on this and particularly in the state of michigan. So i think a lot of the message its like politics are entering into bidens thinking on how to manage this war charlie matt bennett. Thank you so much. A new our Have Cnn News starts right now the crucial moment in the trump criminal trial, Michael Cohen takes the stand to testify against his former boss. The same Michael Cohen who once said he would take a bullet for donald trump. What is he going to say now .
in the cross fire as the war between israel and hamas escalates, and questions of mount about gaza s future. former congresswoman jane harmon is here to discuss. trump s on trial, don jr. prepares to return to the stand in the new york civil fraud trial while his father suffers a setback in florida, for now. charles coleman junior will be here with insights on what it all means. and, spotlight los angeles, mayor karen bass tells me about her old efforts to ease the homeless crisis in los angeles, and how she is helping other big city mayors meet the challenge. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. this week started with democrats hair on fire. on monday a new york times poll showed presidential biden trailing donald trump in five out of six key battleground states. by tuesday night, voters had their say, and it was not good news for republicans. they were trounced at the polls on election night, after voters in ohio, kentucky, and virginia soundly rejected candida