china says it ll fight to the very end to prevent taiwan from being declared independent. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome to bbc news. reports from eastern ukraine say a huge chemical plant in the town of severodonetsk where hundreds of people have been sheltering is on fire. the governor of the region says the azot plant had come under intense bombardment but was still under ukrainian control. the fierce fighting comes as ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky says his troops are running low on ammunition as they try to repel russian invaders in the east. and he s appealed for more help from western powers. helena wilkinson has the latest. this is the east of ukraine, in the donbas region, it s one of the areas russian forces have focused their firepower. ukraine soldiers are still holding out here, but the intense fighting goes on. ukraine s army says it is running l
the consumption, spending that we all make on the high street and in discretionary goods is already in decline. fierce street fighting in eastern ukraine president zelensky says his forces are holding on , but warns troops are running low on ammunition. tens of thousands rally across the us to call for stricter gun laws, in the wake of recent mass shootings. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk transport secretary grant shapps has said the government is preparing to lift a ban on agency staff filling in for striking workers. the potential change in legislation could allow companies to hire temporary workers to cover roles to prevent disruption. if the plan goes ahead, it will not come in time to affect the planned walkout by 40,000 rail workers at the end of this month. speaking on the bbc s sunday morning programm
As part of the Wikileaks Organisation in 2010, leaked us military secrets, he did so to expose war crimes and therefore he had a right to free speech in doing that under the Us Constitution and therefore cannot be prosecuted for doing so. Now, the us says its given assurances that this is not the type of case where free speech comes into play, but this is not satisfied thejudges here in london and theyve said, well, we want to have a full appeal on this point and actually really try to unpick this. The other points of assurances from the us Thatjulian Assange will not face the Death Penalty that has been accepted by his team. Now that that is no longer an issue, it fundamentally concerns this question of whether or not he, if he went on trial in the united states, can say, i have a defence of speaking out freely in order to expose war crimes, and that should be heard in my trial. The Hush Money Trial of former us President Donald Trump has resumed in new york with the continued Cross E
Is one of the most powerful things that came out of this news conference, saying that behind every one of those thousands of people, Tens Of Thousands, they said who were affected, is a family. And thats a reminder, they said that saying sorry would go some way, but what would you be saying sorry for . But they would welcome an apology and it is expected when we hear from the Prime Minister later this afternoon there may be an apology on behalf of the government. And i want tojust behalf of the government. And i want to just say that in the last ten minutes or so, we saw some of the relatives behind me. You can still see them there in the distance and theyre holding a banner, its got theyre holding a banner, its got the faces of their beloved on it and the faces of their beloved on it and the caption simply says murdered. Thats the view that people feel here. It felt that many of the report felt that many of the deaths were largely avoidable, and the takeaway is the frustration and ang