Lewis hamilton is hoping to secure his sixth formula one world title in the us grand prix. Hes currently racing in austin, texas, and needs four points to win the championship. And coming up, Molly Russells father travels to the us to meet tech giants instagram, and find out how his daughters death has changed social media. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he wont be standing as a candidate in the coming general election. He says hell focus instead on touring the country to support his partys candidates. It comes days after his offer of an electoral pact with the conservatives was rejected by borisjohnson. Heres our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Love him or hate him, nigel farage has been a key face in british politics for years. Its like sponsored drinking there might be fewer pints these days, more chats with us president s instead, but after years of trying, seven elections to be precise, he will not be standing t
I mean, we are partying in paradise, basically, and paradise locations are sensitive ecosystems. They cant withstand, like, this city lifestyle. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victoria live. Lots of you have been getting in touch. A lot about that decision to means test the bbc licence fee for pensioners and can quit criticism for both government and the bbc. One says, i do not receive benefits because im a fraction below that threshold. If pensioners have to pay for a licence, i would need to sell my tv. I am struggling to manage at the moment. Anon on text i am on pension credit but would be prepared to pay a contribution to a tv licence for bbc only partly because of the quality but equally the relief from annoying ads in my face. Liam on text, put ads on the bbc and problem solved. License needs scrapping. Outdated old boys club. If the treasury pays working people will be payin
At one of the nations top takeaways , fish and chips today , takeaways, fish and chips today, we will be having some looks at some of the best shops in the country competing at the National Fish and chip awards, which are taking place in london tonight. Tonight. Its probably the biggest sports story, but otherwise in sports story, but otherwise in sport in the fa cup. Erling haaland scores five of Manchester City, six against luton. Newcastle beat blackburn on penalties and more ice skating doping controversy. Skating doping controversy. Well have to watch out for some thick fog this morning before rain pushes in from the west, and thats likely to be heavy at times. Ill have all the details in the full forecast. Top story today is dominated by royal matters. Yesterday was a day of drama and tragedy in the Royal Household. Household. Queen camilla was front and centre as she led the royal family at a service of thanksgiving for the late king consort , antony of greece, at consort, anton
Earlier this year, the un secretary general, antonio guterres, went to ukraine. Today, president zelensky will pay him a return visit. After arriving in new york, he first went to a hospital, to meet Wounded Ukrainian veterans. Today, he will tell the un in person, for the first time that the war theyve been fighting affects every country, as he told cbs news. Translation were defending the values of the whole world. I look, if ukraine falls, what will happen in ten years . Just think about it if the russians reach poland, whats next . A Third World War . His problem is that many un countries havent taken sides and just want the war to end because its hurting their economies. They also, like these protesters, want the un to focus more on the climate crisis, and notjust the fighting in europe. So in the words of one diplomat, the task for western powers here is to walk and chew gum at the same time to Rally Support for ukraine in the assembly, but also address the needs of developing co
At the moment, we have to enjoy this one. On tuesday, weve got another one. On tuesday, weve got another one but this is a big moment so we dont need to think about whats happening in the future. But then we are thinking about the next game but now its time to stop and enjoy the moment well, he might not have enjoyed this next moment. A post match News Conference was interrupted as the players poured beer over xabi alonzo. Continuing their celebrations of winning the title for the first time. I dont think the journalists minded, giving them some fantastic pictures. The party, presumably still on going. While Bayer Leverkusen are the clear german champions, the English Premier League title race is a far tighter afair and there were a couple of slip ups over the weekend. Liverpool were defeated by Crystal Palace and arsenal lost 2 0 to aston villa at home. Its their first defeat in the league since new years eve. Arsenal could have returned to the top of the table, but remain in second,