for this year s song contest. here in the uk it s been an historic coronation weekend starting with the pomp and pagentry then street parties and a night of music to round off the celebrations. at last night s coronation concert at winsdor, a crowd of 20,000 people saw performances from stars including katy perry and take that. the prince of wales paid tribute to his pa king charles, saying the late queen elizabeth ii would be a proud mother . well, as we ve just seen, the uk s flair for pomp and ceremony has been on full display this coronation weekend. but will all that splendour be a benefit or burden to the uk economy? joining me now is independent economist julianjessop. how much the coronation will cost the taxpayer? there are two ways of looking at this. the first is the cost of the celebrations themselves. that might be of the order of the cost to the taxpayer but that part for more than pay for its because of the additional spending in sectors like hospitality
pictures from gaza city, hours ago the israeli military carried out areas, targeting areas belong to the al shabab group. three members were among at least nine killed. civilians are reportedly among the dead. explosions were reportedly heard throughout gaza city and in a factory on the south, causing panic among residents. in statements, the military wing of islamichhad said resistance to israel would continue. this is a developing story and we will continue a little later in the show. to the us state of texas, where the driver of a car that struck a group of people at a bus stop, killing eight, has been charged with manslaughter. it happned in the city of brownsville, texas, which is right near the mexico border. police have identified the driver as george alvarez, a 34 year old brownsville resident with a lengthy criminal history. investigators have not yet determined if the incident was intentional or accidental. and further north in texas, more details have been released
Li thehi there, im brianna keilar. North korea opening the door for diplomacy with the United States saying it would end its Nuclear Program if its security is guaranteed. What does that mean though . Officials from seoul and pyongyang will host an interkorean summit next month, this is following a round of talks that saw kim jongun meet with high ranking south korean officials including the president there. For more on the major developments i am joined by Cnn Asia Pacific editor andrew stevens. Tell us what youre learning. Reporter well, it is such a lot to take in all at once, brianna. This came just a few hours ago after the delegation from south korea came back to seoul. And we got this readout from the president. So basically there is a diplomatic path which the north koreans seem to be serious about following. And they have changed their mind on a couple of important issues. Number one, agreeing to sit down with the United States and talk about denuclearization. It was two days
50. Im. It was go until it was not cocked and loaded to attack iran President Donald Trump pulled back from the precipice would just moments remaining calling off military strikes on iraq crisis averted or deferred tehrans downing of an american surveillance drone prompted the aborted retaliation by the u. S. Bringing the arch enemies dangerously close to war fanning the flames of war and posturing with lives on the line where do washington and tehran go from here on. This is the day. The president may not intend to go to war here but were worried that even the Administration May be bumbled into a war no im sure in the in which you know that the ultimate player ever did that
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implemented and it will be gradual. also, it is not a decision to resume relationships between arab states and syria. this is a summary decision, not every hundred and eight on its own. this decision, we are talking about the formation of the committee to communicate with the syrian government and regime. the move has been criticised by the uk and the us. the us s former special envoy to syria has been speaking to the bbc. i think it is born of frustration with the united states that after a pretty intense pressure policy during the previous administration that lasted all four years of the administration, that the current administration took a deliberate step to disengage from syria policy at the beginning of 2021, they stopped enforcing sanctions for all intents and purposes and declined to lead political track as the united states had been doing for nine years at that point. their countries got frustrated and they