good evening and welcome to bbc news. members welcome to bbc news. of the british royalfamily politicians members of the british royalfamily politicians and others have attended a special event in was the main event on four days of celebration to mark the platinum jubilee. however the queen herself did not attend. it is also been confirmed that she will miss the derby horse racing on saturday. a first report today is from a royal correspondent. nicholas witchell. a service of thanksgiving at st paul s cathedral without the person for whose long years of service those thanks were being offered. the queen was absent, but other members of her family were present, as were political leaders and others. the prime minister had arrived with his wife to a mixed reception. mixed booing and cheering. there was a largely warm greeting for the duke and duchess of sussex, appearing together in public for the first time in britain since they withdrew from royal life and moved to california
president zelensky praises his country s resistance against russian forces. translation: auainst russian forces. , ., , translation: auainst russian forces. , ., translation: auainst russianforces. , ., ., are translation: the people of our state are here defending translation: the people of our state are here defending ukraine translation: the people of our state are here defending ukraine for 100 - are here defending ukraine for 100 days already. victory will be ours. glory to ukraine. an impassioned plea from president biden to tighten us gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting of primary school children in texas. a fullsome apology from uefa after the chaos that marred the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid it says no fan should have such a frightening and distressing experience at a match. and parades, parties and pride in britain how the country s celebrating thisjubilee bank holiday weekend. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a serv
it s one hundred days since russia began its invasion of ukraine. president zelensky marked the occasion by praising the country s resistance. but he s admitted russia now controls one fifth of his country, that nearly 1a million people have been forced to flee and that thousands of civilians have been killed. on the ground, vladimir putin s focus is now on the donbas region in the east, where his forces continue to make gains. but the governor of the luhansk region says ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of severodonetsk; if confirmed, it would mean russian forces control only half the city. our international correspondent, orla guerin, has been with ukrainian troops near bakhmut one of the next town s in russia s path. a dirt track that leads to a grinding war. we re in donbas, the key battleground. the russians are two miles down the road. this area, around bakhmut, is still in ukrainian hands, for now. but the enemy is approaching from two sides. troops prepare to f
many words as possible. and the new champ gets a trophy and $50,000. she is going to be a guest on new day. just incredible. i couldn t spell any of those words. nor do i know what they mean. no. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. and i m laura jarrett. new day starts right now. hello, i m brianna keilar with john berman and on this new day president biden says enough. his urgent plea to the nation s leaders to do something on gun violence. overnight a texas fugitive accused of murdering a family of five killed in a police shootout, how he escaped in the first place. a presidential pardon may not be enough to save steve bannon as new york prosecutors close in. exclusive new cnn reporting. and the king is now a billionaire, how lebron james just became the first active nba player to achieve that title . good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world, it is friday, june 3rd. president biden tell the nation enough is enough as gun violen
and the little prince who stole the show announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight just moments ago president biden delivered an urgent address to the american people on gun violence the president speaking more than a week after 19 children and 2 adults were killed in uvalde, texas. and a day after four shot dead in a tulsa hospital the president saying every day places have become killing fields, battlefields in america. he called for raising the age to purchase assault weapons, expanding background checks, and creating a federal red flag law. while bipartisan lawmakers say they have a potential plan to try to curb gun violence, their efforts come after many failed attempts in washington. will any of it become a reality? we start tonight with kelly o donnell. reporter: president biden who has grieved with families traumatized by mass shootings tonight implored the congress and the communities to cha