Good afternoon. Irans Supreme Leader has defended his Countrys Missile Attack on israel earlier this week as totally legitimate. Leading Friday Prayers in tehran for the first time in five years, Ayatollah Khamenei said it was the minimum Punishment Israel deserved. Overnight, there were more israeli Air Strikes on lebanon, including one near a Border Crossing which israel says targeted a tunnel used by hezbollah. Our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, has the latest. This was designed as a show of strength from a regime deeply humiliated by a series of devastating blows to its allies, hezbollah and hamas. Supporters commemorated Hassan Nasrallah killed in an israeli Air Strike a week aGo today. Free transport was offered to those who came. And then the Supreme Leader appeared. Those who came. And then the Supreme Leaderappeared. Last those who came. And then the Supreme Leader appeared. Last friday he was reported to have Gone into hiding. Today he came out in public to delive
but warned that many residential areas were badly damaged or destroyed. our correspondentjoe inwood has the latest from lviv. a parting gift from russian forces in retreat. this used to be the palace of culture in a small town on the outskirts of kharkiv. translation: we were hit by rockets. three floors were breached. as you can see, the palace of culture is almost completely destroyed. it has nothing to do with military infrastructure. it s a civilian facility. it s a scene replicated right across ukraine s second city, much of which has been reduced to rubble. but kharkiv is known as a fortress city. in this invasion, it has earned that name. its defenders have resisted, and now repelled the russians. the battle for kharkiv, it seems, has been won. it s a very different story from that of mariupol, where russia seems confident enough of the victory to be redeploying troops to the donbas region. the ukrainian government says it wants to arm a million men for what is increas
Ian Pepperell, who has died after a long illness aged 53, not only played the hotelier Roy Tucker in the long-running Radio 4 sitcom The Archers, but in real life also ran The Star Inn in Ringwood, Hampshire. He was far from unusual in having a second profession away from the series: Graham Blockley, who played Robert Snell, was a village GP in Surrey, while Charlotte Martin, who is Susan Carter, is a research psychologist.
to receive a letter from fashion magazine vogue asking for the pub to change its name. i thought it was one of the locals having a bit of a laugh, i did. and then i looked further into it and found out, no, they were serious. they are serious. here i am leafing through vogue in the star inn, in vogue. i hope i can say that. i think i can say that. last year, the pub registered at companies house as the star inn vogue limited. but in march, the magazine s publisher, conde nast, wrote that that could cause a problem, fearing the public could think the two businesses were connected. they did not even bother to look into it. did not do research or anything, theyjust decided they needed to write a letter and get them to stop using the name without even checking up who we actually were. the letter also told the couple to reply within seven days or conde nast would take appropriate remedial steps.
and ironic view on it. they will be performing live that single at eurovision this evening. running a village pub is usually more about pulling pints than striking poses. but the publishers of vogue magazine were so worried that readers could mix up a bar in cornwall and the fashion world that they asked the landlord to change the name. the problem the star inn has been refreshing locals for at least 150 years in a hamlet outside redruth called. vogue. from cornwall, john henderson reports. the star inn, vogue, how can i help? it has been around for about 200 years, serving cask ales, coke, crisps and pub grub. the star inn at vogue ticks the traditional box, so the landlord was mildly amused