the queen has pulled out of tuesday s state opening of parliament in london. it will be the first time since 1963 the queen will have missed the annual ceremony which sets out the british government s legislative agenda for the year ahead. prince charles will deliver the speech instead. i m a big dog. yo, baby, you don t have to put your top back on. lwas w. he was twice my age. there was this kind of power dynamic. this is predatory behaviour. that s the joint bbc guardian newspaper investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by the dj, tim westwood. i ve been speaking to the reporter behind it about how you get a story like that over the line. but first, just as europe gets tough on the big tech companies, does the uk look poised to do less, not more? the financial times reported this week that ministers have ditched plans to empower their newest tech regulator with, well, actual power. the snappily named digital markets unit was announced to great fanfare back in 2020 w
the russian leader, vladimir putin, has addressed the huge victory day military parade in moscow, saying the invasion of ukraine had been provoked by the west, and that russian troops fighting there, were defending the motherland . what he didn t say was anything about the progress of that invasion, let alone how or when the war might end. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports now from moscow. it is the annual pomp to showcase russian power. across red square they marched, thousands of soldiers, in a parade marking a glorious victory the defeat of nazi germany. upbeat marching band music. but today there is no peace. vladimir putin has invaded ukraine. back from there, parading too, paratroopers who moscow says took part in the russian offensive. a war of conquest, says the west. the kremlin disagrees. translation: the defence of our motherland, when its destiny - was at stake, has always been sacred. as in the past, you, our soldiers, are today fighting for our peop
on north korea and called for the complete denuclearisation of the country. he s also pledged to bolster the security alliance with the us. police in ecuador say at least 100 convicts are on the run after a riot at a prison. more than a0 inmates were killed when violence broke out between members of two gangs. officials say they will carry out a search for weapons inside the facility and transfer gang leaders to a different prison. the uk s opposition leader sir kier starmer says he ll resign if a police investigation concludes he broke the uk s lockdown laws in 2021. the labour leader says no rules were broken when he had curry and a beer at an mp s office during an election visit. sir kier is facing allegations of hypocrisy after calling for prime minister boris johnson s resignation when he was fined last month for breaching covid rules. early returns in the presidential election in the philippines give ferdinand marcosjunior the son of the former dictator a clear lead over his
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