his coalition, ensemble , lost around a hundred seats, with major gains for both marine le pen s far right party and a new alliance led by far left leaderjean luc melenchon. now on bbc news, it s time for dateline london, with sean ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their own countries from the dateline london. this week, what does international law amount to? on tuesday, judges in british courts decided it was permissible to fly would be asylum seekers to rwanda in east africa because, if the policy is subsequently ruled unlawful, the british government can be relied upon to bring them back again. it was a judge on the european court of human rights whose intervention prevented the flight taking off at all. a day later, lord geidt became the second independent ethics adviser in succession to the prime minister to resign. the government was conside
transgender athletes in elite women s events. from now on, transgender swimmers are required to have completed their transition by the age of 12. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. russia s war on ukraine has turned culture into a battleground in countries supportive of ukraine s resistance to put in his invasion, some russian artists, musicians and dancers have been stripped of their platforms or they ve been asked to denounce russia s military aggression. when does solidarity turn into censorship? my guest is the world renowned soviet born conductor semyon bychkov. is art the loser when politics takes centre stage? semyon bychkovjoins me now, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are like all of the great musical maestros, you re peripatetic, your career takes you all around the world, you are constantly travelling. is there one place you can point to and say that has done the most to define you as a person and an arti
we re tracking it all. and the pandemic tonight foifrt time, children as young as 6 months old receiving vaccinations. where to get them? depends on how old your child s and adults if, you plan on getting one booster, do you get one now or wait until closer to fall? so the war in ukraine. near the brink to falling to the russians. the one thing still in the hands of the ukrainians. james longman with a look at how ukrainian fighters, armed with american long-range howitzers, are now targeting russian forces. and what russia is saying about the two american veterans captured in ukraine. nearly one month since the deadly school shooting in uvalde, texas. families of the 19 students and 2 teachers killed demanding answers. why it took 77 minutes to come in and take over the gunman. fires moving across the new jersey state forest. and marking juneteenth, the images from the weekend all over this country and on this national holiday. good evening, great to start another we
violence in the united states. washington, new york, chicago and atlanta, some of the cities seeing deadly shootings as the country braces for a possible summer unrest. all of this ahead of a midterm election where crime will likely be a top concern for voters. anita: thank you so much, i m anita vogel in for sandra smith. a teenager is dead in the nation s capital and three others are hurt including a d.c. police officer during a shooting during a concert. the teen was screaming for his mother as chaos unfolded around him. john: a stampede as dozens attempted to escape. more than 100 officers were at the scene but organizers of the event were completely overwhelmed. park meredith to kick us off with more on the tragic events. another violent weekend in the nation s capital, and one shooting a lot of attention after a 15-year-old boy was killed and multiple other people were hurt. police have not identified the victim in the shooting but witnesses say he was calling for
reporter: i m in kharkiv, the area of ukraine where those american soldiers were last seen before they were captured. cordes: travel trouble. thousands of airline passengers this weekend face flight disruptions again. reporter: i m lilia luciano in los angeles where delays and cancellations are keeping a lot of frustrated flyers grounded. cordes: and later, celebrating juneteenth, with the 95 year old woman who helped to make it a federal holiday. i want to know that the little old lady dreamed and they can dream too. ty this is the cbs weekend news, from new york with jericka duncan. news, from new yor cordes: good evening, everyone, jericka is off tonight. i m nancy cordes.jerick well, it s the news many parents have been waiting to hear since the start of the covid pandemic more than two years ago. the first covid shots for children ages five and under are heading out the door a day after the director of the c.d.c. signed off on two vaccines. here s the new c