with the queen now other national icons are getting in on the act. i ve got my own swarovski crystals, so i can outsparkle everybody here, although might i say howjealous i was of paddington bear having tea with the queen only last night! good afternoon. a huge pageant along the mall in london will start in about half an hour, bringing to a close four days of celebrations to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. you the queen s platinumjubilee. arejust you the queen s platinum jubilee. are just hearing that of you are just hearing that the sounds of the kids quiet, made up of 400 schoolchildren representing 22 schools from around london coming together that a very special performance today warming up the crowd performing i am the earth, conducted by richard and about to begin performing something that will begin performing something that will be very familiar to many of you. take that s greatest day. thousands have come here from all corners of the uk and indeed much further a
To Lord Of The Dance. Michael flatley on 30 years since that life changing eurovision moment. Good morning. Today in the west it will be fairly cloudy, wet and windy. Further east we are looking at drier and brighter conditions with some sunshine but sao is coming to the south east later. All of the detail throughout the programme. Its tuesday the 30th of april. The Scottish National party has officially started the process to find a new leader, after humza yousaf announced his resignation as scotlands First Minister. He quit ahead of two no confidence votes at holyrood which were due to be held in the wake of his decision to eject to Scottish Greens from his power sharing government. Nominations to replace him opened just before midnight. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. Politically, there was nowhere left for humza yousaf to go. His leadership fatally wounded, not by his party or by the voters, but by himself. And so this admission that his time as First Minister had
Forward despite warnings from aid groups and western allies to israel not to carry out a full scale attack. Last month, us President Biden told israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a major Ground Operation would be a mistake. He added that It Puts Thousands and thousands of innocent civilian lives at risk in rafah. Before telling him there is a better way. Israeli allies and aid groups warn that the invasion would only add to the growing Humanitarina Crisis in rafah, where more than a million displaced people are taking shelter. And as part of its invasion, israel is planning to evacuate civilians out of rafah. Satellite imagery shows tents popping up around khan younis, north of rafah. An israeli official told reuters that the country has purchased 40,000 tents, each with the capacity for 10 to 12 people, meant to House Palestinians evacuated from rafah. The bbc s wyre davies has more on israels plans. We got a very clear indication from an Israeli Government spokesperson to
Hello. We begin in the us, where police have clashed with pro palestinian demonstrators as a wave of protests intensifies at University Campuses across the country. Skirmishes broke out between protestors and police at the university of Southern California in los angeles. Well hear from our reporter there in a moment. At the university of texas in austin, the governor sent in State Troopers in riot gear to confront demonstrators who waved Palestinian Flags and chanted free palestine. These demonstrations have spread since the arrest last week of more than 100 protesters at columbia univerity in new york sparking debates about free speech and the right to protest. The us Speaker Of The House mikejohnson visited Columbia University on wednesday. He accused administrators of failing to protectjewish students from what he describes as virulent antisemitism. Much of his speech was drowned out with loud jeering from the students. To all those who gnash their teeth and demand to wipe the stat
Four people including a cyclist in hospital. Our correspondent ellie price takes up the story. If it wasnt so dangerous, it would be strangely beautiful. Two Military Horses on the run in Central London during the morning rush hour. One hits a taxi. And they carry on down fleet street. In total, five Household Cavalry horses ran loose after unseating four riders. One had been in charge of two courses. The damage unmistakable as they crashed into several vehicles, including this bus. Three soldiers were hospitalised, their injuries not deemed to be life threatening. The bbc understands a fourth Person Injured was a cyclist. At such a busy time in the day there were of course plenty of witnesses. As i looked to the left i saw two horses coming towards me and i ran to get across the road. They are big horses and the grey or white one had blood from its weathers, its shoulders. It was coming at such a speed, i thought i need to stop those horses. Two horses went past me and i saw them gall