as celebrations to mark the coronation of king charles enter their final day, people across the uk are taking part in community events. the big help out is urging people to take on volunteering roles and members of the royal family have been dropping in on some of the projects. charlotte gallagher reports. after the glitz and glamour of the coronation concert, today s celebrations come down to earth. scouts and their volunteer leaders are just some of the thousands of people taking part in the big help out. and a famous face is getting involved too. it makes us all a better person when we get involved. we extend our network and meet new people and develop new friendships. we feel like we are doing something positive. and i love that. members of the royal family are at some of the events, including the prince and princess of wales and their children. they ve been in slough, helping the scouts with a bit of building work, with prince louis keeping up with his older brother, g
in community events. the big help out is urging people to take on volunteering roles and members of the royal family have been dropping in on some of the projects. charlotte gallagher reports. after the glitz and glamour of the coronation concert, today s celebrations come down to earth. scouts and their volunteer leaders are just some of the thousands of people taking part in the big help out. and a famous face is getting involved too. it makes us all a better person when we get involved. we extend our network and meet new people and develop new friendships. we feel like we are doing something positive. and i love that. members of the royal family are at some of the events, including the prince and princess of wales and their children. they ve been in slough, helping the scouts with a bit of building work, with prince louis keeping up with his older brother, getting behind the controls of a digger. are members of the royalfamily are members of the royal family are at some
hosting a saudi-backed golf tournament at one of his clubs. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. it is friday, july 29th. thanks for being here. let s get started with the news. we begin on capitol hill where senate democrats are racing against the clock to pass a wide-ranging spending bill through the process of reconciliation. with just about a week to go before congress leaves for a month-long recess, a source says that senate majority leader chuck schumer called on his caucus to stick together during a closed door meeting yesterday. just one day earlier schumer and west virginia democrat joe manchin sent shot waves through congress by shock waves through congress by introducing the inflation reduction act of 2022 seemingly out of left field. planning to bring it to a vote at the senate floor next week and democrats are expressing cautious optimism about the chances of moving forward and that includes president biden who had this to say at
ukrainian naval drones struck a key bridge linking russia to occupied crimea overnight, a critical conduit for supplying russian forces fighting in southern ukraine. the kremlin says two people were killed and a child injured. now, kyiv didn t openly admit to the attack but offered a hint staying in a statement the details will be announced after the victory. the bridge is a source of pride for president putin who attended the opening ceremony back in 2018, personally driving a truck across the span. just hours after the explosion, russia announced it was pausing its participation in a deal that allowed ukraine to export grain by sea, a decision that could have major implications for world hunger. joining us now, add march james stavridis, former supreme allied
the residents of kyiv didn t sleep that night. it was the most massive large scale combat drone attack on the capital of ukraine. altogether, 35 combat drones were launched against kyiv this night. many people woke up to the explosions. it looks like russia is trying to test the loopholes in their air defence system of kyiv. it is also a challenge for the ukrainian defence, from the point of view that it has to use a lot of missiles against these combat drones. and it is a problem, because the stockpile of missiles the ukrainian air defence is a very important kind of weaponry that ukraine needs to defend itself. as for the south of ukraine, the attack on 0desa, 0desa was attacked by cruise missiles, they are quite