the consumption, spending that we all make on the high street and in discretionary goods is already in decline. fierce street fighting in eastern ukraine president zelensky says his forces are holding on , but warns troops are running low on ammunition. tens of thousands rally across the us to call for stricter gun laws, in the wake of recent mass shootings. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk transport secretary grant shapps has said the government is preparing to lift a ban on agency staff filling in for striking workers. the potential change in legislation could allow companies to hire temporary workers to cover roles to prevent disruption. if the plan goes ahead, it will not come in time to affect the planned walkout by 40,000 rail workers at the end of this month. speaking on the bbc s sunday morning programm
# eastenders theme and there is a new couple in albert square, as the duke and duchess of cornwall star in a specialjubilee episode of eastenders. good morning. ithink good morning. i think many parts of the uk will see the sun at some stage today, particularly the further south and east you are, but will that sunshine sparked off some thundery showers for you this afternoon? more details on what is happening where coming up. it is sunday 22 may. our main story: the long awaited report into gatherings in downing street during lockdown is expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has given people she intends to name in her report until 5:00pm today to respond. meanwhile, pressure is growing on the prime minister to explain what was discussed at a meeting between him and ms gray several weeks ago. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the long awaited report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend an
0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine, caused by israels siege. The un calls it a betrayal of humanity. Kibbutz nir oz, right on israels border with gaza, feels like a time capsule stuck in the horrors of the 7th of october. Hamas broke in at dawn. They killed and took Hostage A Quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived here. Sayed was laying there dead. You could see that he was trying to hold the door closed and actually the door was locked. The army opened the door later. Ron and his family survived in their safe room. Then he recovered dead friends and neighbours, some in pieces. In this house, you know, that was the first time that we realised that we are not looking for only bodies, because the beginning, you know, we took a lot of bodies. The interrupted, terminated lives laundry neatly folded the night before the attack give israelis a sense of moral clarity. Going around this place, you can understand why israelis believe very
Me. This Weakening Band of rain will introduce a lot of low cloud. It will become more the norm by morning. Nine and ten, higher than oui morning. Nine and ten, higher than our Daytime Temperatures at this time of the year. But it will be quite blustery if you are travelling in Northern England tomorrow and gcioss in Northern England tomorrow and across the eastern side of the grampians. 11 and 12 in Northern Ireland and england, but in the south we could see 16 or 17 tomorrow. Really mild for this time of the year. It stays mild in the south, but the potential is there for some very wet and windy weather on tuesday and wednesday. This is bbc news, the headlines iraqi forces have taken several villages to the south of mosul, hours after launching a major offensive to retake the western half of the city from so called Islamic State militants. The American Company kraft heinz withdraws its proposed takeover of marmite maker unilever. The deal would have been one of the biggest in corpora
Me. This Weakening Band of rain will introduce a lot of low cloud. It will become more the norm by morning. Nine and ten, higher than oui morning. Nine and ten, higher than our Daytime Temperatures at this time of the year. But it will be quite blustery if you are travelling in Northern England tomorrow and gcioss in Northern England tomorrow and across the eastern side of the grampians. 11 and 12 in Northern Ireland and england, but in the south we could see 16 or 17 tomorrow. Really mild for this time of the year. It stays mild in the south, but the potential is there for some very wet and windy weather on tuesday and wednesday. This is bbc news, the headlines iraqi forces have taken several villages to the south of mosul, hours after launching a major offensive to retake the western half of the city from so called Islamic State militants. The American Company kraft heinz withdraws its proposed takeover of marmite maker unilever. The deal would have been one of the biggest in corpora