Bombardment of ukrainian ports. Michael bossicue is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Councils eurasia centre. I asked him whether nato could be drawn into a wider conflict with russia. If that is what it takes to stop mr putin form organising food mr putin form weaponising food and hijacking millions of tonnes of grain to go to many poor countries, the egypts, the yemens and iraqs of the world i say lets do it and get armed escorts for carrier ships across the black sea because mr putin and the kremlin cannot get away with this. I just crossed the area across the danube that the russians have been striking and you can see what is happening. The infrastructure and road is packed with trucks because it is affecting neighbouring countries such as moldova. You say its unsustainable, what is the solution . The solution is for ukraine to go ahead with the unilateral humanitarian corridor supported by Surveillance Planes from nato and Western Allies or friendly neighbouring countries and armed
Beating hosts australia, spain are up next in the final on. Sunday its going to be an incredibly exciting game. The first time that the womens team have ever been to the final , the have ever been to the final, the first time that an English Football Team has been to the final, of course, since 1966. But the big question now and the question that we want to ask you at home is, should there be a bank holiday declared if england win the labour party. 7 the lib dems are calling for it as well. The government is resisting it. But what do you think . Yeah do let. Us very but what do you think . Yeah do let. Us very good morning to you. It is 931. Im Aaron Armstrong in the newsroom. Armstrong in the newsroom. Students are getting their a level results across the country , waking up to hopefully country, waking up to hopefully good results and results have largely returned to pre covid levels. The proportion of candidates receiving top grades, though, an a or a star, has fallen by almost 10 f
Pounng unis and tributes have been pouring in for the greatest chat show host of them all, sir Michael Parkinson , who has died Michael Parkinson, who has died at the age of 88. Well also have news on prince harry, whos about to star in another Netflix Documentary. But first, heres all the news with aaron armstrong. Armstrong. Good afternoon to you. Its a minute past three. Aaron armstrong here in the newsroom. Gb news dont kill cash petition has been delivered to downing street in the last half an hour or so. The chancellor, jeremy hunt, received more than 296,000 signatures on behalf of viewers and listeners. The letter is calling on the government to protect the status of cash as legal tender and as a widely accepted form of payment until at least 2050. Tributes are being paid to the legendary broadcaster, sir Michael Parkinson, who died at the age of 88. Sir michael became one of the countrys most famous faces through long running talk through his long running talk show , interview
Yellowknife is now blanketed in smoke, and fires are burning close to the one major road into and out of the city. Rebecca alty is the mayor of yellowknife. She told us what things were like there. Right now, its residents are evacuating by road. As many people as possible are doing that. Theres also, for folks who dont have vehicles, we are starting the air evacuations, so flights. We still have commercial flights, so some people have booked onto a commercial flight, but we have the Evacuation Flights also starting at 1pm. So getting folks registered for thatjust began an hour ago. So folks have been good, theres long line ups i think there was kilometres worth of a line up, so a bit of a snail s place out of town, itsjust one road in, one road out. That highway is where the fire is, so the highway can close. But right now, it is open. So if the conditions change, if the smoke gets too heavy, if the fire were to approach the highway, the highway would be closed in the evacuation would
For the rest of his career. But at Least Myjudgment was right. Very down to earth, very straightforward, very grounded, a wonderful marriage, lovely family. Part of him couldnt believe what what had happened to him. And the other half enjoyed it. And but he never lost sight of his roots, which were pretty well delineated by him on many programmes. Live now to Gloria Hunniford, presenter of Rip Off Britain on bbc one, as well as a myriad of other programmes through the years. Gloria, you knew Michael Parkinson for many of those years. What are your thoughts right now . My thoughts toda are your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, because your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, because in your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, because in a l today are just sadness, because in a weird, naive way, i thought mich