a third day of strike action on the uk s rail network. only a fifth of train services are expected to run. and it s day two of performances at glastonbury with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. borisjohnson says he will not undergo what he calls a psychological transformation of his character. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted that policy was more important than personality. it s been a particularly bruising week for mrjohnson, after the conservatives lost two by elections, before the resignation of his party chairman. this report from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, contains some flash photography. the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession, there is plenty for commonwealth leaders in rwanda to ponder. but, for borisjohnson, domestic politics is never far away. this week s by election defeats in wakefield and tiverton and honiton have spooked some tory mps and oliver dowden s resignation as party chairma
having a constitutional monarchy. the pinnacle is an institution and a person in her majesty the queen who everybody looks up to and brings everybody together. martha: he had a lot of interesting things to say. more on that later and his take on u.s. leadership and 100 days of war in ukraine. but first, back at home, president biden today hammering a singular message directing americans to blame not him but another president for the soaring food prices and fuel prices in the u.s. both of these challenges have been directly exacerbated by putin s war in ukraine, this is the putin price hike. if food and gas prices will be elevated i d by putin s price hike, one things we can make better for families is by helping them save on other basic items that families need on a monthly basis. martha: so since president biden took office, gas has increased $2.33, up 99% during that period. kelly o grady live in los angeles. hi, kelly. hi, martha. yeah, you play that sound bite. it
charging fewer suspects. what would you say to the police? please, get off your arse and help people in need. i m in need of help. i need some help. gunfire can ukraine s troops hold back the russian advance in the east? we report from a front line town. a new measure of the price of basic ingredients shows essential food prices rising in one case by up to 50% in a year. and, as stonehenge is lit with pictures of the queen for herjubilee, we look at the image of britishness the queen projects around the world. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it s official chelsea s £4.25 billion sale to the consortium led by la dodgers part owner todd boehly has been completed. hello, good evening. european football s governing body uefa has tonight announced an independent investigation into what went on at the champions league final in paris at the weekend. the french government, after emergency talks earlier today with police and football officials, blamed industrial scale ti