hello, i m katty kay live in windsorfor the big lunch in celebration of the coronation. people have been gathering here all day long. later on there will be the coronation concert. and then there was the royal walkabout. the prince and princess of wales came out, came tojoin them at and princess of wales came out, came to join them at the lunch, said hello to a lot of people. this is a lot we have been seen from catherine and william, getting out and mingling with the public. all it is like all an effort to make this monarchy more accessible. a much more human side. fans to see them. and one point, someone who is having a cocktail at the picnic. gave a little shot of it to prince william, it was called purple reign. he said it was called purple reign. he said it was called purple reign. he said it was delicious and gave a shot of it was delicious and gave a shot of it to catherine. right now, if you look here, where i am, the crowds would have been waiting all the time out
to desecrating the quran and insulting the prophet muhammad in 2021. rights groups report that iran has put more than 200 prisoners to death since the beginning of the year. and in a further crackdown on high profile figures iran has charged two well known actresses with violating its strict dress codes for women. the president of iran, ebrahim raisi, has ordered an inquiry into the widespread protests seen here triggered by the death in custody of a young woman, mahsa amini, last september. taraneh stone from bbc persian joined me earlier in studio. this wasn t related to a protest per se, but it s causing a lot of concern about the high number of executions that we re hearing here and there in the news lately. we have heard in the news about many executions, especially the execution of minorities. and they re raising concerns over the imminent execution of some minorities, like arab minorities. now, we know that iran is notorious for executions, for death penalties. and w
are also proud of you. and let the eurovision song contest begin. the opening ceremony kicks off in liverpool. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in southern india where authorities say at least 21 people died when a tourist boat capsized in the state of kerala. they said the double decker boat overturned in the middle of a river trapping many people. five of the dead are reportedly children. eyewitnesses said there were nearly 50 people on board. some of those rescued are said to be in a critical condition. several are still missing and the casualty figure could increase. it s not immediately clear what caused the boat to overturn. our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan has been monitoring events from london. according to eyewitnesses, dozens of tourists were returning to the town in the southern indian state of kerala and they were crossing the river meets the arabian sea and it is a mangrove f
where a spectacular concert has been held to mark the coronation of king charles iii. some 20,000 people attended the show on the grounds of windsor castle near london. performances by british pop group take that, katy perry and lionel ritchie even brought the king and other royals to their feet. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell was there. all: five, four, | three, two, one! cheering and applause. from the intense formality of westminster abbey to the energy of the coronation concert on the east lawn of windsor castle. with an audience of 20,000, charity volunteers, nhs workers and guests chosen by public ballot. watching from the royal box, the king and queen, the prince and princess of wales, princess charlotte and prince george, and other members of the family. # we ve seen it all. there was music from the coronation choir 300 singers from many walks of life and different parts of the uk. and palm to palm is holy palmers kiss. there was drama from shakespeare s
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