all her years of reign, she s done so many things for all of us, so i sent a poem. you shine oh so bright, like the stars in the night. happyjubilee. i hope you have a nice cup of tea. thejubilee will be history, and looking back, you re what they ll see. happyjubilee. i said it might be a nice idea to send it to the queen. you know, she might see it, you never know, and just sort of forgot about it. until last friday, when some post arrived. i got a letterfrom buckingham palace, and i opened it and i was just surprised. i was speechless. i send you my grateful thanks for your kind message
the world s biggest oil producer s net income has almost doubled year on year. oil prices are up in the wake of russia s attack on ukraine and increasing demand after the pandemic. at least one person has died after an explosion rocked a shopping centre and caused a fireworks warehouse to catch fire in armenia s capital, yerevan. videos on social media show large clouds of black smoke in the sky and people running away as a building collapsed. to north korea now, where state media is reporting that the country s leader has received a letterfrom russian president vladimir putin seeking to establish closer ties between the two countries. scott snyder, who s a senior fellow for korea studies at the council on foreign relations, said president putin could be seeking to use north korean labour in areas of ukraine that russian forces have seized. i think it represents a possible convergence of interests between russia and north korea.
being upheld. that letter from brandon being upheld. that letterfrom brandon lewis, secretary of state for northern ireland. two more resignations and the total in the last a8 hours, a8 mps have resigned from positions in government. we will bring more for you with charlie at downing street and correspondence around the country. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. a woman who fell into a coma as a result of the gas leak at london s aquatics centre in march has told bbc london she fears she could have died. about 200 people were evacuated when a high quantity of chlorine was released into the air on 23 march 29 people were taken to hospital. saffron phillips, who is asthmatic, says she can no longer run or walk upstairs without feeling breathless. newham council is continuing to investigate the leak.
more scathing. he says, a decision to leave government is never taken lightly, particularly at such a critical time for northern ireland. i ve taken a lot of time to consider this decision having outlined my position to you at length last night. this letter obviously being written to the prime minister. i have given you and those around you the benefit of the doubt. i have gone out and defended this government both publicly and privately. we are however now past the point of no return and i cannot sacrifice my personal integrity to defend things as they stand now. it is clear that our party, parliamentary colleagues, volunteers and the whole country deserve better. he ends his letter saying, a decent and responsible government relies on honesty, integrity and mutual respect. it is a matter of profound personal regret for me that i must leave government as i no longer believe those values are being upheld. that letterfrom
multiple times and he is an example of course of excellence in service in public life and i thank all members of this house for their work in regards to this matter but i think all the members of this house will recognise that lord geidt has demonstrated diligence and thoughtfulness in the way he has discharged his role over the course of the past year. we have benefited hugely from this service. the prime minister will issue a letter, mr speaker, in relation to the announcement from lord geidt, both the letter from lord announcement from lord geidt, both the letterfrom lord geidt and announcement from lord geidt, both the letter from lord geidt and the reply from the prime minister will be deposited in the house shortly. as soon as i have those letters, or my office has them, mr speaker, they will be placed in the library. the government is particularly disappointed, of course, that lord geidt has taken this decision, as