health services. cases of the virus are rare outside central and west africa now on bbc news unspun world. hello and welcome to bbc headquarters, broadcasting house here in london, for unspun world, the programme where we get straight answers from the bbc s remarkable range of experts right around the globe. in this programme, more and more governments are starting to think that ukraine may actually be winning the war which russia launched against it. the war is really exhausting the country, exhausting the ukrainian economy. covid hits north korea big time. what does that mean for kim jong un s future? in the past, north korea has been very sensitive about international aid. to accept that, it means to acknowledge that we can t cope by ourselves, which would be a huge embarrassment to the government. and should we learn to love the black holes which we are just starting to photograph in the depths of the universe? it raises questions about ourselves, our place in the univer
what we are really saying here and calling on the government to consider is we need to look more widely at this and the measures and flexibilities that community pharmacists have. we would like to have some of the abilities that our hospital colleagues have where they can change the item, for example. for example, if the item prescribed is tablets, we would like to be able to prescribe capsules to provide capsules it s really as simple as that. we really have seen during the pandemic the need for people to have access to fast care and be able to walk into their community pharmacies. it s a hindrance that we continually have to go back to the prescriber to ask for these items to be changed when there are measures in place ind community pharmacies which could help patients and get them access to speedier treatment. thorrun govind. now it s time for a look at the weather with helen willitts. lots of dry and usable weather but rather a lot of cloud particularly across the wes
because of the war in ukraine. the first in person gcse and a level exams begin for many after the pandemic stopped them from taking place. i ve made timetables to keep myself organised. i feel prepared but at the same time i m just really nervous. and the queen attends the first of the celebrations of her platinum jubilee, her delight evident for all to see. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the former british number one laura robson has confirmed her retirement from tennis at the age of 28 after three hip surgeries. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister is on his way to belfast to urge the main parties there to resume power sharing. the unionist dup is currently refusing to share power with sinn fein because of the post brexit trading deal known as the northern ireland protocol. it s expected government will introduce legislation to allow ministers to override parts of that protocol. the trade border between great britain and norther