and h totally get that. but in another blow to the prime minister, the conservative party chairman resigned straight after the by election results saying someone must take responsibilty. the labour leader sir keir starmer says the tories are imploding . with the prime minister out of the country in rwanda, we ll be asking if this is a moment of political peril for borisjohnson. also this lunchtime: ukrainain troops ordered to retreat from the key eastern city of severodonetsk. figures just out show another big rise in the number of covid infections in the uk 1.7 million people had the virus last week. and welcome back to worthy farm after three years, it s the long awaited return of glastonbury. coming up on the bbc news channel can emma raducanu repeat her us open championship exploits at wimbledon? she ll face belgian alison van uytvanck in the first round. hello, good afternoon. borisjohnson says he will keep going as prime minister, despite the double blow of l
borisjohnson has lost boris johnson has lost the confidence of the british people. borisjohnson has got to go. we will have reaction to the by election defeat. the biggest vote last in numerical terms of any by election ever. labour re takes wakefield, which it lost at the 2019 general election with the party s leader also insisting that it s time for a new non conservative government. now we ve had the sort of swing that puts us on track notjust for a labour government, but for a majority labour government, so this is hugely significant for the labour party and i m so proud. prince charles opens at the summit in rwanda by acknowledging the legacy of the slave trade. i in rwanda by acknowledging the legacy of the slave trade. i cannot ex - ress legacy of the slave trade. i cannot exwess the legacy of the slave trade. i cannot express the depths legacy of the slave trade. i cannot express the depths of legacy of the slave trade. i cannot express the depths of my - legacy
plans for mobile clinics and a grassroots effort to help women get abortion drugs. plus, growing questions about what the supreme court could do about things like same-sex marriage and access to contraceptives. also tonight, president biden signing the first significant gun-safety law in nearly 30 years. what s in the bill and what s not. why the president says it will save lives, as the last of the victims of the uvalde school massacre is laid to rest. the deadly attack in norway. why officials are raising the terror alert after a gunman opens fire just ahead of pride celebrations. murder confession revealed. in a case that gripped the nation, brian laundrie s chilling eight-page letter, claiming he ended the life of his girlfriend, gabby petito. why he called it a mercy killing. powerful rockets from the u.s. arrive in ukraine. with their longer range, will they make a difference? as ukrainian troops lose ground to russian forces. plus, president biden arrives in eu
officials raised the terror alert level after a deadly attack overnight in oslo ahead of pride celebrations there. a gunman opening fire in an area popular in the lgbtq-plus community, killing two people and wounding more than 20 in what police are calling a terror attack. crowds marched through the streets in protest. organizers decided at the last minute to cancel the city s annual pride parade that had been planned for today. now to the war in ukraine. powerful rocket systems from the u.s. have arrived on the battlefield and are being used against russian targets. ukrainian troops, who have been outgunned for months now, have been struggling to stave off russian advances in the east. these high-precision weapons are expected to make a difference. abc s tom sufi burridge reports from kyiv. reporter: tonight, the first images of u.s.-provided longer-range rocket systems now being used to strike russian positions. the ukrainian military releasing this video. the precision launchers
the firepower they have been able to unleash on the donbas and the ukrainians trying to defend it has been overwhelming. it is pointless and useless. i think with the momentum our troops have now gained we can see in the future the luhansk region will be liberated. but this will not feel like liberation to many in luhansk. they region is in ruins. and ukrainian troops still hold the city of lysychansk. the ukrainians are now putting their hopes in new equipment from the west, especially these himars, long awaited precision launchers. they are said to finally be on the front lines, although too late for severodonetsk. joe inwood, bbc news, kyiv. figures just out show another increase in covid infections in the uk.