cancer campaigner dame deborah james, host of the bbc podcast, you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. and, the seven time wimbledon champion serena williams suffers a shock first round defeat. she was playing herfirst singles match in a year. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the program. the inquiry into the riot at the us capitol last year has been hearing dramatic testimony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day to try to overturnjoe biden s victory could spiral out of control. our north america editor sarah smith has more. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered explosive testimony. describing how trump had been informed that many in the crowd on the 6th of january were carrying weapons. yet he
round of parliamentary elections in france in an election to decide whether emmanuel macron can continue governing with a majority in the national assembly. a bipartisan group of us senators say they have agreed a framework for potential legislation on gun safety president biden hails it as a step forward. and, queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. a british family say their son has been killed while fighting russian forces in the east of ukraine. jordan gatley, who left the british army in march to travel to ukraine, was shot in the city of severodonetsk the scene of intense fighting in recent days. in a tribute on social media, his father said his son was a hero. our correspondent in kyiv, nick beake, gave us the latest details. jordan gatley s dad, dean, has said that his son travelled to ukraine after careful consideration and was helping to train ukrainian troops. he d apparently told
that s according to projections. it remains unclear if his alliance will get a majority. disability campaigners are taking legal action against the government for not backing a recommendation from the grenfell tower inquiry, to give vulnerable residents of high rise buildings personal fire evacuation plans. in the us, a group of bipartisan senators say they have agreed a framework for potential legislation on gun safety. president biden hails it as a step forward. tributes are paid to the businesswoman and former star of dragons den hilary devey who has died at the age of 65. obviously very saddened. but hillary left her mark with everybody she or and she will not be forgotten. a british family say their son has been killed while fighting russian forces in the east of ukraine. jordan gatley, who left the british army in march to travel to ukraine, was shot in the city of severodonetsk, the scene of intense fighting in recent days. in a tribute on social media, his father
i loved gymnastics when i started. i had a real passion for it, and my coach and the culture within the gym was just. it was horrible. and a month after mcdonald s pulled out of russia because of ukraine, a homegrown version opens called tasty and that s it. good evening. days after the cost of filling an average family car hit a record £100, ministers have sought an urgent review into whether the government s 5 pence cut in fuel duty, introduced in the spring, is being passed on in full to drivers. as the cost of energy, food and fuel spirals upwards, the competition and markets authority is to examine the fuel market for local variations in petrol and diesel prices. it comes at the start of a busy week for the government, with new post brexit legislation set to dominate the agenda. more on that in a moment, but first here s our political correspondent helen catt. the cost of filling up has been going up, and up. this week, the cost of a full tank for an average family car