the consumption, spending that we all make on the high street and in discretionary goods is already in decline. fierce street fighting in eastern ukraine president zelensky says his forces are holding on , but warns troops are running low on ammunition. tens of thousands rally across the us to call for stricter gun laws, in the wake of recent mass shootings. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk transport secretary grant shapps has said the government is preparing to lift a ban on agency staff filling in for striking workers. the potential change in legislation could allow companies to hire temporary workers to cover roles to prevent disruption. if the plan goes ahead, it will not come in time to affect the planned walkout by 40,000 rail workers at the end of this month. speaking on the bbc s sunday morning programm
from western nations. and, after winning his defamation case against ex wife, amber heard, we look at whyjonny depp lost a similar court battle in the uk. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in a rare primetime television address, presidentjoe biden has called on congress to ban assault weapons. from the white house he said that it is time to act, following a string of high profile mass shootings, and appealed to congress not to let the american people down. over the last two decades more school aged children have died from guns than armed duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than armed duty cops killed by guns. more kids than soldiers killed by guns. for god s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough, enough? i know that we can t prevent every tragedy but here is what i believe we have to do, here is what the overwhel
celebrations. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in a rare prime time television address, presidentjoe biden has called on congress to ban assault weapons. from the white house, he said that it is time to act following a string of high profile mass shootings, and appealed to congress not to let the american people down. over the last two decades, more school aged children have died from guns than on duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than on duty cops killed by guns. more kids than soldiers killed by guns. for god s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough, enough? i know that we can t prevent every tragedy, but here is what i believe we have to do here is what the overwhelming majority of american people believe we must do here s what the families in buffalo and uvalde, in texas, told us we must do we need to
but many are returning to the capital, kyiv, with officials saying the city is back up to two thirds of its pre war population of 4 million. one of them was a baby boy called fedor, born in a shelter as russian bombs pummelled the city in february. our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, has been to meet him. a bubble of innocence. in a world ruptured by war. however, he doesn t know any different. he was born on fabree 25, the second day of this invasion. so what kind of ukraine will he grew up in? what kind of ukraine will he grew up in? what kind of ukraine will he a-rewuin? , grew up in? our country, maybe we need the grew up in? our country, maybe we need the kids grew up in? our country, maybe we need the kids to grew up in? our country, maybe we need the kids to live - grew up in? our country, maybe we need the kids to live in - grew up in? our country, maybe we need the kids to live in a - we need the kids to live in a better world in a better country. bet