president zelensky welcomes the decision president zelensky welcomes the decision to make his country an official decision to make his country an official candidate for the european union official candidate for the european union membership as a victory for his embattled nation. the union membership as a victory for his embattled nation. his embattled nation. the taliban a- eals his embattled nation. the taliban appeals for his embattled nation. the taliban appeals for international - his embattled nation. the taliban appeals for international support | appeals for international support after the devastating earthquake in afghanistan. and.let the music begin. the glastonbury festival is set to get under way after a 3 year interuption. borisjohnson has suffered a major blow after the conservatives lost two by elections in one night. in the devon seat of tiverton and honiton, the liberal democrats secured more than 22 and half thousand votes overturning a nearly 30% co
affronts to everything we stand for is russia s invasion of ukraine and hughton s blockade of the ports that would otherwise be shipping food to the world s paris people. vladimir putin. at this moment, nearly 25 million tonnes of corn and wheat is piled up in silos across ukraine, held hostage by russia. britain supports the united nations plan to get that food out and we will invest over £370 million in global food security this year including £130 million for the world food programme. we want to work alongside our commonwealth friends to understand your needs, your priorities, and to deliverjoint solutions to a crisis that president putin has deliberately engineered. for now, it only remains for me to thank every commonwealth member for having given the united kingdom the chance to serve as during office and as i pass on this responsibility to the president, a close friend and partner, i know that he shares my boundless optimism about the future of the commonwealth at
in bangladesh, an explosion and fire at a storage depot kills at least 49 people and injures hundreds more. russian missiles strike the ukrainian capital of kyiv for the first time in more than a month. and in sport, wales beat ukraine 1 0 in cardiff to qualify for the world cup for the first time in 64 years. a huge pageant along the mall has ended with an appearance by the queen. the event concludes four days of celebrations to mark her majesty s platinum jubilee. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted key moments from each decade of her 70 year reign. sir cliff richard, ed sheeran and gary lineker were among the celebrities taking part. in the last few moments, buckingham palace has issued this statement on behalf of the queen. it says: when it comes to how to mark 70 years as your queen, there is no guidebook to follow. it really is a first. but i have been humbled and deeply touched that so ma
in the years after her husband s death, sara, who lives near salisbury, has been involved with many charities and organisations. she was chairman of the poppy factory. her sons, david and rupert, bothjoined the army. i think they feel so proud and they carry on his tradition and i m very proud of them. they ve done enormously well. they ve got us well and truly pinned down. back in 1982, sara jones says news of the argentinian invasion of the falklands came like a bolt from the blue, with her husband excited at the prospect of being involved in the campaign to recapture the islands. you don t do a job and practice and do all the training and then not want to put it into practice when it comes to it. lieutenant colonel h jones was commanding officer of 2 para, at the time that was based in aldershot. on the 28th and 29th of may, 1982, the battalion attacked the argentinian forces occupying goose green, who had well prepared defensive positions. it was one of the most heroic at