paying tribute to the queen s tenure. as ukraine approaches 100 days of war, president zelensky urges western nations to step up their weapons deliveries, with russia now in control of 20% of his country. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. we begin this hour with breaking news from the united stated, where presidentjoe biden has delivered a rare primetime address to pressure congress to pass gun reform laws after a string of mass shootings. from the white house, he said that it is time america needed to strengthen background checks on potential gun owners. he appealed to congress to make changes to the existing laws. the united states has been shaken in recent weeks by high profile mass shootings at a grocery story in new york, an elementary school in texas and just on wednesday evening a medical building in oklahoma. republicans in the congress and some democrats have blocked such demonstration for years. in the last two decades more school a
for s but he was still clapping. it was really, really amazing atmosphere down there and we also saw prince charles and camilla afterwards. they did a bit of a walkabout much to the visualise of the crowds who were there and went and spoke to them and i think that was a nice touch for thousands of people who came out today to see what s going on. i people who came out today to see what s going on- people who came out today to see what s going on. i wonder how many eole what s going on. i wonder how many eo - ie the what s going on. i wonder how many people the police what s going on. i wonder how many people the police think what s going on. i wonder how many people the police think they - what s going on. i wonder how many people the police think they were i people the police think they were out because we know green park on the other side, people turned up i guess quite natural to think i will have a lovely walk through green park and see what is going on. they litera
george, charlotte and louis made their debut appearance in a royal carriage at the trooping the colour parade. and in other news tonight: england get off to a storming start on the first day of the first test against new zealand at lords. good evening from buckingham palace, where the queen has been cheered on by huge crowds as the first of four days of the platinum jubilee celebrations got under way. it began with the trooping of colour parade and was followed by a spectacular flypast marking her unprecedented 70 year reign. in a message to mark the event, the queen said she hoped the celebrations would create many happy memories for people . at 96, her mobility is limited and she restricted her appearance to the palace balcony instead of inspecting the troops in person as is traditional. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. for all that she wants thejubilee to be about communities coming together and creating their own precious memories, in the end, it is all
only played six games for england. in a statement, sale said a summer of rest and a full preseason is the best course of action . golf s us women s open is under way in north carolina. australian minjee lee, who won the first major of the year, the evian championship, has made a good start. she has just finished her round she hasjust finished her round on four under. this long range putt one of her seven birdies today. she sits one off the lead, alongside swede anna nordqvist, winner of last year s women s british open at carnoustie. this was one of her five birdies on the back nine. but it s another swede on top of the leaderboard, amateur ingrid lindblad s six birdies seeing her set the early pace in north carolina. here s the current leaderboard. england s georgia hall tees off soon, as does charley hull. scotland s gemma dryburgh finished on two over for the day. you can follow it all with the leaderboard live on the bbc sport website and the app. that is where you ll fi
also in the programme: as ukraine approaches 100 days of war, president zelensky urges western nations to step up their weapons deliveries with russia now in control of 20% of his country. and after winning his defamation case against ex wife amber heard, we look at why johnny depp lost a similar court battle in the uk. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. queen elizabeth has overseen a fly past of 70 aircraft on the first day of events to mark her platinum jubilee. the 96 year old british monarch wasjoined on the buckingham palace balcony by family members for the aerial display. she also attended the lighting of beacons at her residence, windsor castle. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell was there. for all that she wants thejubilee to be about local communities creating their own special memories, in the end, it s all about her. after all, there wouldn t be a platinum jubilee if there weren t a monarch who ser