agency, thank you forjoining us. | and conflict. from the un refugee i agency, thank you forjoining us. we can go to westminster and speak to our political correspondent nick eardley. what s the latest coming out of westminster? eardley. what s the latest coming out of westminster? good morning. the prime minister out of westminster? good morning. the prime minister is out of westminster? good morning. the prime minister is chairing - out of westminster? good morning. the prime minister is chairing a - the prime minister is chairing a meeting of the uk cabinet at the moment to discuss the latest of elements in ukraine. we heard from the defence secretary this morning saying that his view is that russia isn t making the gains it hoped to at this stage and there has been fierce resistance from ukrainian forces. the conclusion from uk intelligence chiefs is still that things are not going the way president putin wanted in ukraine. the big domestic question in terms of policy today is
did manage to escape from that blazing inferno, and they re being cared for in a hospital in nearby sofia. a funeral mass for the murdered mp, sir david amess, is under way at westminster cathedral. family members and politicians are paying tribute to sir david, who was stabbed to death at a constituency surgery in essex last month. yesterday, hundreds of people turned out as a memorial service was held in southend. let s cross over to frankie mccamley, who s at westminster cathedral. good morning, victoria. inside, there is a very emotional and sad funeral service taking place, led by the archbishop of westminster. in the archbishop of westminster. in the past few minutes, he has read out a message sent from pope francis, paying tribute to sir david amess s family. really paying tribute to them. because of course todayit tribute to them. because of course today it is about them. much of the focus on them, and prayers for the
that would have been the very last thing that david amess would ever have wanted and he s been one of those constant friends who have always been around, always been cheering the place up, can t somehow imagine life without him. yet he was aware of the worst thing that could come to pass. sir david wrote about an attack on another mp and warned it could happen to any one of us. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. earlier i spoke to cardinal vincent nichols the archbishop of westminster about david amess s life of public service. he was kind, he was joyful, he had a very, very open mind as well as some very, very firm convictions. from my point of view as a catholic leader he established what was called the all party group for the holy sea. so he understood the importance for to the back of the worldwide catholic church and increased and improved relationships between the catholic church and of the british government
his wife did take a taxpayer-funded ten-day european trip including trips to four different palaces and a tour of westminster and a river cruise and a canal cruise and four straight days with no scheduled events in the middle of their european vacation i mean work trip. and the veteran secretary on this taxpayer-funded trip with his wife, did go to wimbledon, where he did see a championship match, he did see the ladies final, but it wasn t serena, it was venus. clearly my mistake, my apologies. very sorry. we ll be right back. i love you, basement guest bathroom. your privacy makes you my number 1 place to go number 2. i love you, but sometimes you stink. febreze air effects doesn t just mask, it cleans away odors. because the things you love the most can stink.
that included a championship tennis match at wimbledon and i do mean championship, it was the women s final, we re talking serena williams. the trip included a tour of westminster abbey and a river tour down the thames and they saw the little mermaid statue and trips to four separate palaces. in the middle of this trip, trump s vip secretary had four straight days with no daytime business whatsoever on the calendar. they were very efficient. he and his wife made the most of it. four palaces is a lot. washington post points out tonight that secretary shulkin took this whole taxpayer-funded shebang less than two weeks after he signed a memo for other staff at the va, telling them to please review their planned travel to determine if it was really truly necessary. quote, i expect this will result in decreased employee travel and generate savings with the department. signed, secretary shulkin.