now on bbc news.. dateline london with shaun ley hello and welcome to the programme which brings together the foreign correspondence for audience back home from the dateline london. it has been a convention busting week, this one. the queen s speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen, two countries strictly neutral for 80 years repairing to take sides for, in northern ireland a party in favour of reuniting ireland top the poll for the first time in the century since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all that and work in the studio are brian o connell, a portuguesejournalist and university lecturer, newly created british citizen, and jeffrey coffman who has been a royal correspondent and news anchor in canada and the united states. could have you back with us. let s start with nato expansion. sweden and finland. finland s president said on friday he is going to ring president putin and tell him that the situation has changed. how a big a
Time, when her majesty the queen will not be laying a wreath at the cenotaph of poppies, but observing the scene as the prince of wales lays the poppies on the monicas behalf, and the representatives of the commonwealth and different parts of the uk, as well as ambassadors from around the world, will be at the cenotaph. So, of course, to an act of remembrance at the National Arboretum in staffordshire, as well as we have seen in pictures this morning, and that is for the last decade. Our correspondent has told us decade. Our correspondent has told us this morning, an increasing focus of military and civilian commemorations. The local mp Michael Fabricant commemorations. The local mp michael fabrica nt there laying commemorations. The local mp Michael Fabricant there laying resend poppies to mark this important day. We are one year, of course, of the centenary we are one year, of course, of the ce nte nary of we are one year, of course, of the centenary of the end of the First World War
A reminder of a far less successful bit of foreign meddling where saudi intervention has singularly failed to end the rebellion. Then, a little before midnight, in a country where politics is usually conducted well out of sight and change agreed by consensus, news of an Anti Corruption purge which snared serving government ministers and past ones, and even members of the countrys extensive royal family. The attorney general tells us this is only phase one. Nesrine, a phases ordered, it is said, by king salmans son, the crown prince. What is he up to . Too much, the heir to the throne is very much loved by the media because he has presented himself as a moderniser but hes also young and rash and part of a generation of saudi princes kind of brought up in the bubble of royalty. There are three generations of saudi royalty, the old generation, the generation of the king, who remember what it was like not to be royalty. They are in their 70s and 80s and they have some perspective. The Seco
Good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We have a lot of news to get to tonight, but we begin with a dangerous combination lingering from the last days of winter. Heavy rain and melting snow tonight triggering flood alerts from the gulf coast to the great lakes. Take a look here in painsville ohio. Highs on the grand river breaking into huge chunks, slowly moving down the stream. And in Southern Illinois flooded roads trapping cars. This driver needing a rescue. In covington, connecticut, more river than drive, a familiar scene along many river banks tonight. Right now rivers still on the rise, the flood fears are very real. And abcs senior meteorologist, rob marciano starts us off. Reporter tonight crews closing the flood gates in newport, kentucky, bracing for the flood waters of the ohio river. This playground in nearby bellevue already submerged, as well as this street in covington. The water now nearly five feet above flood stage. Right across
Good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We have a lot of news to get to tonight, but we begin with a dangerous combination lingering from the last days of winter. Heavy rain and melting snow tonight triggering flood alerts from the gulf coast to the great lakes. Take a look here in painsville ohio. Highs on the grand river breaking into huge chunks, slowly moving down the stream. And in Southern Illinois flooded roads trapping cars. This driver needing a rescue. In covington, connecticut, more river than drive, a familiar scene along many river banks tonight. Right now rivers still on the rise, the flood fears are very real. And abcs senior meteorologist, rob marciano starts us off. Reporter tonight crews closing the flood gates in newport, kentucky, bracing for the flood waters of the ohio river. This playground in nearby bellevue already submerged, as well as this street in covington. The water now nearly five feet above flood stage. Right across