for more than seven decades, queen elizabeth ii dedicated her life to her country. the queen took a vow that her duty was a lifelong commitment. she put duty above all else. she loved her younger sister, but she couldn t give her permission to marry somebody who was divorced. she sacked her son from the family firm. she survived extraordinary crises. princess diana has died. the issue surrounding charles and diana probably rocked the monarchy to its core like no other crisis. the future of the monarchy really hung in the balance. and she revolutionized the british monarchy. no monarchy should expect to be free from the scrutiny of those who give their loyalty and support. she steered the world through 70 years of tumultuous change. her legacy will be the fact that we still have a monarchy. tonight, a cnn special report, a queen for the ages: elizabeth ii. i have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge
a gunman opened fire inside a medical building. he killed his orthopedic surgeon, another doctor, a receptionist and another patient. he then shows hi life. he purchased a gun at 2:00 p.m. yesterday. less than three hours later, he went on a shooting rampage. our training led us to take immediate action without hesitation. that s exactly what officers do. that s what they did in this instant. law enforcement across the nation is dealing with increased violence among people. this is yet another act of violence upon an american city. president biden will address the nation tonight about the gun violence crisis in this country. there have been 233 mass shootings this year. it s june 2nd. that count is according to the gun violence archive. it defines a mass shooting as an incident where four or more people are injured or killed in a shooting. in the eight days since the uvalde elementary school massacre, there have been 20 mass shootings since. we have reporters cover mass s
takes place in scotland. there have been attacks in mali where a riverboat and military base have been targeted. hello, i m ben thompson. this is bbc news now. we start with news that the head of london s metropolitan police says the force is investigating whether staff at wandsworth prison helped the terrorism suspect daniel khalife escaped on wednesday morning. so mark rowley said the break out was clearly preplanned, and described it as extremely concerning. he escaped to the underside strapped to the underside of a delivery truck. the search is now into its third day, with no confirmed sightings of khalife. 2500 acres. it is london s largest royal park, and this morning, police confirmed richmond park was a place of interest. 0n confirmed richmond park was a place of interest. on day three of manhunt. residents said it had been a noisy night as the area was searched. some 150 officers have now been deployed trying to locate former soldier daniel khalife, still on the r
the legend of the italian music and winner of eurovision song contest 1990, toto cutugno, died aged 80. he was best known for his worldwide 80s hit song, l italiano. his manager said that after a long illness, the singer s health deteriorated in recent months and cutungo passed away in a hospital in milan. talk about near misses. this video shows a driver in her 90s who reportedly lost control of her car and ploughed into an arizona salon lobby, narrowly missing the customer. amazingly, the driver was not seriously injured, nor was anyone else in the beauty salon a lucky escape for the man. the salon says it could take months to restore the damages and added it s asking for funds online to repair the shop. later on we have all the latest
this phrase is so well known they ve even named a street after it. fiona lamdin, bbc news. let me show you a driver in her 90s who reportedly lost control of her car and ploughed into an arizona hair salon lobby, narrowly missing the customers. amazingly the driver was not seriously injured, nor, indeed, was anyone else in the salon, which is a pretty lucky escape for everyone involved. the salon said it could take months to restore the damages and added it is asking for funds online to help repair the shop. i think that is what you call a close shave. stay with us on bbc news.