on buckingham palace balcony for the first of four days ofjubilee celebrations. the express shows how the queen was met with a roaring crowd as tens of thousands of people flooded the mall, waving flags in the brilliant sunshine. the daily star pictures those same crowds looking to the skies, as red arrows, typhoons and spitfires, took part in the flypast over buckingham palace. but not everyone appreciated the display. the mirror splashes with the image of prince louis, who found the noise of the aircraft just a little overwhelming. the ft says world leaders including joe biden, emmanuel macron and pope francis have been sending their congratulations to the 96 year old sovereign. the times reports that the queen will not attend tomorrow s national service of thanksgiving to mark her platinum jubilee, after experiencing discomfort during today s events. the guardian s also features a prominent picture of the buckingham palace balcony but it leads with what it calls the
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
you can t keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another conservative mp calls on the prime minister to resign over downing street lockdown parties. and former cabinet minister andrea leadsom criticises him for unacceptable failures of leadership. mega chippy. and the once humble chip shop in coventry, that s now at tiktok sensation. there are calls today to give more children in england free school meals to help tackle the cost of living crisis. teaching unions say all children from families on universal credit should be eligible forfree meals as part of an urgent expansion of the scheme. the cost of food, fuel and other goods has surged in recent months, pushing inflation to a ao year high. here s our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. more children than ever are coming through the doors. at capacity. we opened 11 minutes ago, we ve only got a small room, we are going to be busy. at this free half term
on bbc breakfast, we have the health secretary, sajid javid, saying he thought a vote was likely. and then before eight o clock, a former minister, jesse norman, released a pretty devastating letter to the prime minister, jesse norman is a conservative mp for hereford and south herefordshire, and in the letter he said that borisjohnson had presided over a casual culture of lawbreaking. he said that he did not support mrjohnson any more. at 8:15am uk time, the man in charge of this contest, a man called sir graham brady, conservative mp, announced live on bbc breakfast the threshold for a no confidence vote in the prime minister had been reached, and he was asked if some of the letters had effectively been postdated, conservative mps had sent out letters or e mails to him perhaps before the recess, perhaps before the jubilee perhaps before the recess, perhaps before thejubilee weekend, but had to s died on all this morning s