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
To the programme. Lets begin at the Rugby Union World cup in france, where in the last hour england have booked their place in the semi finals, after a narrow 30 21; win over fiji. Andy swiss is in marseilles and joins us now. Andy, england have done it but they were pushed all the way. They certainly were. The england fans have Onlyjust Stop celebrating inside the stadium behind me. They are through to The World Cup semifinals but only after the most extraordinary drama. They got off to an excellent start, they scored two first half tries, the first from man u to langa who bulldozed his way over. How was his First International try for two years. Followed by a try from joe marchand. England were in total control of the star of the second half. They seemed on course for a straightforward victory but back came fiji and harrow, two tries in quick succession. And higher. Not much more than ten minutes left when the score was 2a all and the fiji fans sensed a remarkable comeback. But in th
scattering of showers and cool air sinking south and east to the rest of the afternoon. temperatures over the next few hours for some will start to drop away, just 9 degrees in stornoway by five o clock, perhaps 19 still in london. the rainbow push across the south east corner into the first part of the evening, buying that we will see clear skies overnight, some showers into northern and western parts of the uk but under those it will be a much, much night than last night, even into single digits in towns and cities, it could get down to 1 degrees in the highlands, i suspect some sheltered spots will go all the way to freezing. in the north of scotland, if you look close enough you can see some snow, that it s a sign of the winteriness we expected the showers, only above around 800 metres elevation but some sleet and snow over the tops of the mountains, we will see lots of showers tomorrow