ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. and more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride, as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the chinese president, xijinping, has led a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule in hong kong. in a speech, he said true democracy began after the territory was handed back to china. mr xi also swore in hong kong s new leader, john lee, who praised the new security law that s been used to crush pro democracy protests. britain and the us have accused beijing of failing to live up to the promises it made in 1997 to respect hong kong s freedoms. mark lobel reports. and half a years since the start of the pandemic, choosing hong kong, two years on since a national security law. it is also 25 years since the b
if the west supplies long range weapons. a public inquiry into allegations of abuse at a hospital for vulnerable adults in county antrim is getting under way in belfast. the chaos for travellers continues, with more cancelled flights announced today. and coming up on the bbc news channel, five more new faces in the england rugby camp, whilejonny may earns a recall ahead of next month s tour of australia. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one, live from downing street. sounds like a protest has struck up at the sounds like a protest has struck up at the gates, there was booing a few moments at the gates, there was booing a few moments ago, white, not entirely clear moments ago, white, not entirely clear who moments ago, white, not entirely clear who that was aimed at. this evening, borisjohnson will face a vote of confidence in his leadership by conservative mps. if he loses, he will stand down as prime minister. it follows anger over sue gray s report detai
as he s always said, labour say he won t commit to anything that cannot be funded in future. so that s, i guess, a sort of clarification from labour there just to kind of calm anyone who might have heard that and had any concerns. of course, there is another huge political race going on over the atlantic and last night we saw the first tv debate between joe atlantic and last night we saw the first tv debate betweenjoe biden and donald trump. let s get some more on that, i am joined by democratic strategist and former presidential campaign strategist to the republican party. thank you both very much for being here on bbc news. laura, ifi very much for being here on bbc news. laura, if i can start with you, we have seen a lot of reaction to joe you, we have seen a lot of reaction tojoe biden s performance described by some as panic. what would you say, what is your response to what you have seen? i say, what is your response to what you have seen? you have seen? i would call i
but that s no longer enough. petrol has gone up a lot. we are spending a lot more to get and from work now. nursery fees have gone up. 0ur rent has gone up. and our gas and electric has gone up probably the most, hasn t it? yes. so, a year ago we were paying about £100 a month, and now it is £250 a month for our gas and electric. so, it s really hiked up. it has a really long neck that goes down. it s at the point now where we feel like we are kind of scraping at the barrel we are being as sensible as we can. but it is just getting tighter and tighter. heart breaking, isn t it? we work every day and then at the end of the month it all disappears. uk gas and electricity prices have already doubled