of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. an investigation begins, after a train derails in southern germany, leaving at least four people dead. hello and welcome to bbc news. a special concert will take place tonight at buckingham palace, as a weekend ofjubilee celebrations continues, to give thanks to the queen for her 70 year reign. 22,000 people will gather for the platinum party at the palace, when the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. the derby at epsom also takes place afternoon, but the queen will not attend. instead, she s expected to watch the event on television from windsor castle. good morning. thank you very much. rather autumnal weather for day three of the platinum jubilee celebrations. not what we have come to expect thus far but it is not deterring hundreds and hundreds of people who are already arriving for that concert here tonight which does not get under way
troops here say president putin s men learned lessons from their defeat outside kyiv. anton tells me they changed their tactics and now rely on massive artillery fire. commotion. take cover! once again, it was coming our way. and, as the russians advance, civilians flee from towns and cities here. it s now 100 days and counting of wrenching separations. vladimir putin calls this liberation. if he succeeds here, his ambitions may not stop at ukraine. orla guerin, bbc news, donbas. forty migrants in one boat reached the uk yesterday. it brings the total number of arrivals this year to more than 9,900 people. the french took one boat back to france with 43 people on board. now it s time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. the sunny conditions continue for scotland, northern ireland and north west england through the rest of today. a bit more cloud elsewhere, and still some heavy showers around across parts of wales and the south west. the odd rumble of thunder, but they
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. welcome to bbc news. a special concert will take place tonight at buckingham palace, as a weekend ofjubilee celebrations continues, to give thanks to the queen for her 70 year reign. 22,000 people will gather for the platinum party at the palace, when the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. the derby at epsom also takes place afternoon but the queen will not attend. instead, she s expected to watch the event on television from windsor castle. would you like another one? the queen s love of horses is well known. these pictures were filmed earlier this year, at the royal stud. however, she won t be attending the epsom derby later today, but will watch on the television instead. just as she watched yesterday s national service of thanksgiving at st paul s cathedral. her mobility issues prevented her being there in person to hear the thanks for a lifet
hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the journalists from overseas who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week, as this country marks the 70 year long reign of queen elizabeth, what future for queens and kings here and globally? from king mswati, who s used his absolute power to rename his country eswatini to the imperial family ofjapan, gods made mortal by an occupying power. from the often absent thai monarch to king felipee of spain, embarrassed by his dad. in the studio thisjubilee weekend, are catherine pepinster whose new book defenders of the faith, addresses one of the reasons this queen does not contemplate retirement and herfaith. yasmin alibhai brown, a british columnist who is a committed republican, and henry chu from the la times in the united states, a country formed in revolt from the then english monarch. welcome to you all. thank you very much for coming in, particularly on such a