with just two days to go into the coronation, excitement is building on the mall where the clouds are camped out. hello, welcome to bbc news. i am lewis vaughan jones. we are starting in russia where president vladimir putin has made his first tv appearance since an alleged attempt on his life. we have got these pictures in the last couple of hours. here he is in these pictures released by the kremlin in a routine meeting with economic development minister maxim reshetnikov. presumably projecting an image of business as usual. russia claims ukraine was targeting putin in this drone atack on the kremlin on wednesday following orders from the united states. both kyiv and washington have denied any involvement. russia launched a series of air raids on kyiv overnight, in apparent retaliation. but authorities say all the strikes were intercepted by air defences which you can see working here. strikes were also reported in zaporizhizhia and odessa. our russia editor, st
this week and no doubt they will be watching the coronation there. that tells you a little bit about how important this is for the royal family, this next few days. it is notjust family, this next few days. it is not just about the king, family, this next few days. it is notjust about the king, it s about the royal family as a whole because they are very much in the spotlight, their position in british society is under the spotlight and the king wants to ensure that the other royals are seen to be fulfilling their duties as well. but as they say, he did go down, the king today, to westminster abbey, where katty kay is today. i can tell you it is a royal event that is upon us because katty kay is in town! and she will be with your saturday and we ll watch events together. you have already sent me copious notes, i have been going through them so i don t let you down, but i m really interested to see how people react to this because we are a very visual society and this is going to be an