programme: fighting rages in eastern ukraine in one of the bloodiest battles since the start of the war, as russia sends in mercenary forces. more torrential rain and storms in california wreak damage and put millions of people at risk. and evading rescue: the seal trapped in a fishing lake in essex who, funnily enough, seems to be in no hurry to leave. and coming up on the bbc news channel. england captain 0wen farrell is set to be clearfor their six nations opener against scotland despite a four week ban for a dangerous tackle. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ambulance workers in england and wales are striking over pay for a second time. they have been joined this time by call handlers, which is why managers are warning the impact of this strike is likely to be worse than last month s. some of the walkouts started at midnight, but the duration and scale of the disruption varies across different parts of england and wales. only the east of england ambulance
she upset the dynamic of the hierarchy in the royal family just by existing . good afternoon. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal for almost £140 million, to help pakistan deal with devastating floods that have killed hundreds of people. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, says the country was facing a monsoon on steroids that s left millions homeless. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. our correspondent danjohnson has the very latest. so much of sindh province now lies under water after weeks of torrential monsoon rain. a third of the country has been affected, and so many people here have lost absolutely everything. translation: our houses - were destroyed by rain and floods. everything sank in water. we couldn t save our household, except for a few things. now we are sitting here in the open. translation: the rainwater came, our houses go
enormous potential. let s begin. good evening to you both. nice to see you. lots of different stories, a variety of front pages. we will start with the front pages. we will start with the front pages. we will start with the front page of the metro, one of the ones to carry tyson fury s cousin s killing. geri, talk us through this. this is the knife attack on tyson fury s cousin which has caused him to call for tighter controls on knives and tough sentences for knife crime. we have seen rising knife crime. we have seen rising knife crime notjust in london but across the country, this particular incident is in greater manchester, so we know it is notjust contain to the capital and what he said on social media is he would like to see tighter controls, harsher sentences and he says you don t really understand it until it affects you. i think this is going to be one of the key issues that will be in the new prime minister s entry on september five. new prime minister s entry on
drink? and last brit standing. cameron norrie asks for the home crowd to get behind him at wimbledon as he reaches the quarter finals. good morning from clay country in cornwall where the queen s baton relay is coming home. one of the testing of the battle and will do is fly down this zip wire and guess who is going to go with it! we have domain to start the day across scotland, turning cherie through the morning and for most events we will have rain to start the day, turning sherry, and most of us will get warmer through the week. it s monday the 4th ofjuly. our main story. a gunman has killed three people and critically injured three more after opening fire in a busy shopping centre in copenhagen. a 22 year old danish man is being held by police, who say they have not ruled out terrorism as a motive. azadeh moshiri reports. people fleeing from the sound of gunfire in a shopping centre. while many ran out to safety, some were told to stay put until the police could tell t
heart and a passion to see abortion overturned in this country, to make abortion history. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. this is bbc news. we start with some breaking news in the battle for city of lysychansk in eastern ukraine, part of the industrial donbas region that russia says focussing its military power on. lysychansk was the last ukrainian held city in luhansk. but now, russian defence ministry says russian ministry says russian and separatists forces have full control of the city. so russia is now claiming control over the entire luhansk region. there are reports of fighters in the city centre. and in another development, this time in russia, about 35 kilometres from the border with ukraine, an official in the belgorod says at least three people have been killed as a result of blasts there. the local governor said that explosions had partially destroyed 11 apartment buildings and at least 39 houses, and that the cause was being i