hello, good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of the house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state. a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the last leader of the soviet union had not been honoured with a full state funeral. a sign that today s kremlin has little interest in guarding mr gorbachev s legacy. many russians blame gorbachev for the fall of the ussr, the collapse of their superpower. yet out on the streets muscovites were queueing up to pay their respects. gorbachev had given many here their first taste of freedom and democracy. in
it comes as a senior un aid official warned that half of gaza s population is starving, saying deliveries of food are now almost impossible because of the fierce fighting and aerial bombardment. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. the misery of life under canvas. fourin the misery of life under canvas. four in five gazans have now fled their home and they are still fighting to survive, with severe shortages of food and drinking water. aid agencies say they are struggling to deliver the basics, even close to the egypt order where supplies come in. supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only - supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline l at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply not able to get the access that we need to get t
is gareth southgate preparing to make changes for england s final group game.? we ll hear live from the manager and declan rice and he s arrived early when many doubted he d be able to make it at all. novak djokovic tells us how he s hoping to be fit for wimbledon e it, if eit, ifi e it, if i know i can play close to my maximum or play at maximum, i will play. hello again. we ll be bringing you live coverage of england s press conference ahead of their final group game at euro 2024 in the next 15 minutes, gareth southgate and declan rice will be speaking in cologne. but we turn first on sportsday to a scotland debrief. they re out of the tournament after a 100th minute goal for hungary settled their game in stuttgart, and decided their fate too. the totals for steve clarke s side make underwhelming reading: one point. two goals, only three shots on target. so i ve been speaking with former scotland winger pat nevin about where it went wrong. when you get to the rarefied level
tonight will be the team that wins the world cup, i d0~ i do, i think the matildas have been fantastic, the lionesses have been brilliant, i think it will be a real battle, but it ll be an entertaining one. following the euros, you re keen tojust build on that success and there is a real momentum back home now for women s football, the women s game isjust going from strength to strength thanks to what the lionesses did last year and i think they re hoping to replicate it tonight and on sunday. the fans are starting early, just behind me eight curious farming to get into the fan zone, we are five hours away. matilda madness is all around us but the lionesses fans tell me when they are in the stadium the fans are going to see and hear them. coverage starts at ten o clock this morning. in about an hour, the government
but if we look at the systems in place over the last few decades, the political system currently southeast asia is further behind any other region in the world in legally recognising indigenous territories. the social systems, indigenous people are often discriminated against and marginalised. and the economic systems. it was estimated last year that of some $3 billion in the carbon philanthropic space, that less than 1% reached indigenous people. those challenges are astronomical, and planet indonesia tries to tackle those both as a national level, international level but most important in a grassroots level. the second semifinal of the women s world cup is hours away, as co hosts australia prepare to take on england. it s a clash between two countries that have a fierce sporting rivarly, but the lionesses head coach has admitted she needs to brush up on its history. our reporter callum tulley explains. a huge game isjust around