sense bitter sense of pride, in the sense that he is in a life threatening situation, but i m very life threatening situation, but i m very proud of him. i dream ofthe i m very proud of him. i dream ofthe day i m very proud of him. i dream of the day when he will return. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, apologises profusely to parliament for breaking covid lockdown rules but he may still face an inquiry into allgations he deliberately misled mps. and a chinese city of nearly eight million people joins shanghai in a full covid lockdown, as authorities try to combat the latest wave of infections. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk, and around the world. let s start with ukraine. western leaders say they ll send more weapons to ukraine, to help its defence forces, fighting a renewed russian offensive in the east of the country. britain s defence ministry says moscow has intensified its shelling of the donbas region, but ukrainian forces have
engage commonwealth games under pressure to engage a commonwealth games under pressure to engage a young, diverse audience, but the engage a young, diverse audience, but the organisers have big, bold plans but the organisers have big, bold plans for but the organisers have big, bold plans for it but the organisers have big, bold plans for it this year and, with the countdown, plans for it this year and, with the countdown, 100 days to go, the momentum will only build from here. thanks momentum will only build from here. thanks very momentum will only build from here. thanks very much, laura scott, thank you. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. today we have had some pretty rare wave cloud spotted over derbyshire. these are caused by the wind flowing more quickly on the top of the clouds than on the bottom. they look like waves breaking on a beach. today broadly speaking is a day of sunshine and showers. the tail end of weather fronts affecting n
Golfer with a reported handicap of four. she ll play in the icon series injuly, alongside manchester city boss pep guardiola and olympic champion swimmer michael phelps. barty had previously turned her hand to professional cricket, playing in the women s big bash league in 2015. to tennis and british number one cameron norrie found his feet on clay with a hard fought victory over world number155, egor gerasimov in his opening match at the barcelona open. norrie had to come from a set down and an early break down in the third to take the victory for a 16th win of the year. dominic thiem s latest comeback ended with an opening match defeat at the serbia open in belgrade. the former world number three playing his first atp tour match since suffering a wrist injury lastjune which needed surgery, was beaten in three sets by australia s john millman. thiem initially
To professional cricket, playing in the women s big bash league in 2015. i ll have more for you in the next hour. let s get ore now on ukraine and the new russian offensive focussing on the east of the country. earlier today my colleague joanna gosling spoke with phillips o brien, who previously ran the scottish centre of war studies and is now a professor of strategic studies at the university of st andrews. she asked him about the impact of fighting on ukranians in the donbas region. i mean, it s a fascinating region, because it has been the heart of what had previously been talked about as russian speaking ukraine, and it was the industrial heartland as