living memory, we speak to the reformist leader about his plans for the country. cheering and an open top bus tour through the streets of luton in southern england, as the town s football club make it into the premier league. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world.
today s parade began at kenilworth road, luton town s home for more than a century. but this 10,000 capacity stadium will first have a £12 million update before it welcomes football s elite in august. awaiting the team s arrival, a sea of orange filling st george s square. the stage was set. 15 years ago, these fans almost watch their team go bankrupt. nine years ago, they were playing in the fifth tier of english football. now look at today, what a difference a premier league team makes to a community. i think it s something positive for luton. it s got a story, a proper fairy tale story. you know, we ve done it with no money. it means so much to us. honestly, like, we needed this. as you can see, the town s crazy at the minute. - rob edwards has only been leading luton since november, but has already won over the town. we ve got to enjoy this moment
slap bang in a residential area, where the away gates are to houses. you walk through there, and to get to the terraces, you can see people s back gardens, so it really is at the heart of the community and thatis is at the heart of the community and that is why so many people. i have lived in luton for decades now, and i ve never seen this many people in st george a square to celebrate this. well done. that is all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello. it was a near perfect weekend for some of you, and for those on half term this week, there can t be too many complaints for many. skies a little like we saw here on the banks of loch lomond as we went through today. but it could be a busy week for the gardeners and growers the state of the ground here is very dry in pembrokeshire, for instance, and there is little to no rain in the forecast through the rest of this week. 0ur forecast rainfall chart shows the rainfall amounts totting up
poised to become serb protesters. poised to become the youngest prime minister in thailand s history. we speak to the leader about his new plans for the country. and an open top bus tour through the streets of luton in southern england, as their football club make it into the premier league. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin a warning from presidentjoe biden that sanctions may be imposed on uganda after new anti homosexuality legislation was signed into law by president yoweri museveni. in a statement, joe biden said.
president lula also said he found it inexplicable that there would be 900 us economic sanctions on venezuela, simply, as he put it, because the us didn t like venezuela. well, again, critics would say that isn t the reason behind the sanctions, but because of those lack of free and fair elections. for his part, president maduro said that he would be trying to organise the countries of south america into a bloc to criticise and call for an end to those sanctions looking obviously at the left wing nations, like brazil, like argentina, bolivia and colombia. but it s hard to say that those countries together would have sufficient clout to bring an end to those sanctions imposed by washington. now the town of luton, just north of london. it has been painted orange after its football club gained promotion to the premier league via the playoffs on saturday. 0ur correspondent nicky schiller was at