performing on this weekend. former navy seal how we remember to remember. thanks to the service members we have onset this morning. joey, who you hanging out with? there s no better place for a marine than surrounded bay bunch of sailors and i m in the safest place. you were surprised to find out i was in the marine corp.; is that right? yes, sir. tell me about your service. jaire i m here with the uss wasp from tennessee and i ve been here for 13 years. reporter: 13 years and in 13 years you understand memorial day. i was telling the producer when you interviewed young service members for different per spect and i have what does memorial day mean for you? it s about remembering the people that served well before me and those that aren t here today. reporter: it s as simple as that. you look a bit younger than that guy. i doubt you ve been in as long. how long? i hit my year mark in february, sir. i m from san diego, california, and i m 19 years old, youngest on boa
hello, i m sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american made f 16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraine s ground forces says they re close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in the assault on bakhmut many from the wagner mercenary group. our diplomtaic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. for more than eight months, in what s now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut. the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands in particular in the hands of fighters like these from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader yevgeny prigozhin claimed to have full control here. from house to house, he said, we took the
openly hostile environment for black and lgbtq americans and that desantis is making aggressive attempts to erase black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in florida schools. the group s leader was doubling down on all of this earlier. the governor has perfected to gain c campaign contribution. we should not use race or othering as a tool to weaponize against people. unfortunately for a large percentage of floridians, that s what he has done. therefore we are advising african americans and others that if you travel to florida, beware that your life is not valued. that we have a political landscape that could cause harm. dana: team desantis responded to the travel advisory calling the whole thing a stunt. byron mcdonald is slamming the move. it s silly, dumb, political. makes no sense. we should be focusing on making sure people have the opportunity to achieve which florida is actually doing in thriving and way better than other states.
the party s first black presidential nominee. he has already made history as the first african-american elected to both is the house and senate. he promises voters the american dream is still real. i believe that america can do for anyone what she has done for me. restore hope, create opportunities and protect the america relive. creating opportunities and protecting america. to me you focus on financial literature in education and making sure the american dream is alive and well for the next generation of americans. to me it s about winning over americans to my brand of conse conservatism. dana: ron desantis is expected to announce that could be a grueling battle with president trump. bill: senator scott is about to make his announcement. good morning, mark. good morning. senator tim scott will launch his campaign from charleston southern university here in the gymnasium in two hours. he won t be in the state very long. he is heading to iowa and new hampshire, the
for the return of local rule in stormont. this is bbc news. now on bbc news, newscast. hello. i m tina from radio 2 let loose on newscast. i m james let loose from scotland on newscast. they ve left us in charge against all the odds. they have. who decided to do that? this is my first time. possibly my last time. who knows? i very much doubt it. and because adam s away. yes. and chris is away. but chris is somewhere really quite interesting. he is with the prime minister, rishi sunak at the g7 summit injapan. we can have a look at him because he s on the aeroplane or he s not any more. but he was on the aeroplane with the prime minister. look at all the reporters huddled around, and chris, i must say, tina. crouching down there. is he crouching? is he kneeling? i don t know. i think he s got strong thighs, whatever he s doing. you know what i was also thinking? annoying. if you suddenly get turbulence at that point. if you get hurled into the prime minister s lap, nobody want