catch collapses. night time rehearsals for the coronation of the king and queen, as thousands of ceremonial troops get ready for the role in the procession on saturday. on bbc london, 20,000 council homes started, but is it enough to solve the housing crisis? and the mp trying to force a change in the law on ultra low emission zones. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. russia has accused ukraine of trying kill president putin by launching two drone strikes on the kremlin. unverified footage on social media appears to show an object flying over the kremlin before a small explosion. ukraine said it had nothing to do with it. russian officials say they disabled the drones and have described it as a terrorist act. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow for us. steve. it was strange, earlier today, the kremlin spokesman held his daily conference call. he made absolutely no mention at all of what happened last night to journalists. but a couple of hours later
was the first drug ever to show it could slow the progress of alzheimer s disease. dementia researchers say we are now entering a new era, where alzheimer s disease is treatable. so what we now need when we have the full results will be regulators to make quick decisions so that the patients that could benefit from these treatments are able to benefit. we don t know how much donanemab will cost, but lecanemab is over £20,000 a year per patient in the us, where it is licensed. dementia specialists say we ll need a complete overhaul of alzheimer s services, including access to specialist brain scans, if patients are to benefit from these new drugs. thank you. almost 30,000 police officers will take part in the security operation surrounding the coronation this weekend. the security update came
deployed at some point over the coronation period has ever led, with more than. as during the queen s funeral, there will be armed officers on rooftops, m15 and the police have been identifying terrorists and people with royal fixations who may pose a threat. the work that fixations who may pose a threat. tue: work that has fixations who may pose a threat. tte: work that has gone on between the metropolitan police and other police forces around the united kingdom and of course our intelligence services to make sure we know as much as possible what is going on and where incidents could occur has been a huge effort. figs incidents could occur has been a huge effort- huge effort. as the rehearsal overnight huge effort. as the rehearsal overnight showed, huge effort. as the rehearsal overnight showed, there - huge effort. as the rehearsal overnight showed, there will| huge effort. as the rehearsal. overnight showed, there will be thousands of military personnel involved who will a
now, make it to the throne. young people now. in make it to the throne. young people now, in large majority, say they don t now, in large majority, say they don t expect it to last another 25 years years. the king s years. the king s supporters say, vs the king s supporters say, far from this being the anti monarchist moment, this is for charles to show what he is capable of. the issues he brought to our attention over the last 50 years, around the environment, sustainability, supporting young people, diversity. he tries to understand what they are challenges our, and i think he will continue to do that. charles iii, a man out of his time, ora king to charles iii, a man out of his time, or a king to meet the challenges of the 21st century and take the monarchy forward? nicholas witchell, bbc news. and there is plenty more information on the coronation this week on our website. if you are interested in the history of the king s crown, for instance, you can explore it in more
after an incident last night when officers arrested a man after items thought to be shotgun cartridges were thrown into the grounds of buckingham palace. today, the government has been defending new laws designed to curb protests by anti monarchists. here s our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. being led away from buckingham palace in handcuffs, the man suspected of throwing shotgun cartridges over the gates and then being found with a lock knife in his bag. he remains in custody. police officers carried out a controlled explosion on his backpack, but said they are not treating the incident as terrorism. it was a reminder of the stakes on saturday when kings, queen s and presidents from around the world or gatherfor queen s and presidents from around the world or gather for the coronation. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to be in the crowds. the metropolitan police are describing it as one of the most significant security operations that the force has ever led t