with just two days to go into the coronation, excitement is building on the mall where the clouds are camped out. hello, welcome to bbc news. i am lewis vaughan jones. we are starting in russia where president vladimir putin has made his first tv appearance since an alleged attempt on his life. we have got these pictures in the last couple of hours. here he is in these pictures released by the kremlin in a routine meeting with economic development minister maxim reshetnikov. presumably projecting an image of business as usual. russia claims ukraine was targeting putin in this drone atack on the kremlin on wednesday following orders from the united states. both kyiv and washington have denied any involvement. russia launched a series of air raids on kyiv overnight, in apparent retaliation. but authorities say all the strikes were intercepted by air defences which you can see working here. strikes were also reported in zaporizhizhia and odessa. our russia editor, st
a picture of this, but this is a man who is the chief of the amazon tribes and he has flown here all the way from ecuador to present the king with headdress, a crown of rainforest flowers, the highest honour that they can show and it course it marks a commitment to the king has shown to the obama throughout his life, particularly the preservation of the amazonian rainforest, so he carved out sometime this afternoon to receive this chief, and he has been crowned 48 hours ahead of the real thing on saturday! but thejunior 48 hours ahead of the real thing on saturday! but the junior royals 48 hours ahead of the real thing on saturday! but thejunior royals have also been out and about today, so let me show you some of these live pictures. so the prince and princess of wales boarded a tube today at acton and they travelled down the new elizabeth flying to tottenham court, which must have been a shock for those people sitting there in