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thisjubilee weekend, are katherine pepinstow whose new book defenders of the faith, addresses one of the reasons this queen does not contemplate retirement her faith. yasmin alabi, a brown british columnist who is a committed republican, and henry chu from the la times. in the united states, a country formed in revolt from the then english monarch. welcome to you all. thank you very much for coming in, particularly on such a busy weekend. catherine, can i start with you? there s no doubt that this weekend feels like a very public affirmation of this queen. but is it also consciously, do you think, for the monarchy, at least, a moment of transition? it does feel like that. it s been feeling like that for a while now. we saw the prince of wales represent his mother at the state opening of parliament, another major occasion, and this one too. so i think transition is a good word for it, but he s not being a replacement. he s representing her. and i m intrigued that there hasn t
i v e i ve met a one k where preparations are under way for tomorrow night big party and the crowds are still celebrating. party and the crowds are still celebrating. and it s a 100 days since russia launched its invasion of ukraine, with fighting continuing along the entire frontline in the east of the country. in other news, a crowded train has derailed in southern germany killing four passengers and leaving around 30 people injured, some seriously. the accident happened near the town of garmisch. good evening and welcome to bbc news. buckingham palace has confirmed that the queen won t attend the derby tomorrow but is expected to watch it on television at windsor castle. the princess royal is expected to attend in her place. this morning prince charles represented the queen at a service of thanksgiving, honouring her 70 years as head of state, at st paul s cathedral in central london. let s join katty kay, who s spent the day on the mall. down who s spent the day on the ma
president zelensky praises his country s resistance against russian forces. translation: auainst russian forces. , ., , translation: auainst russian forces. , ., translation: auainst russianforces. , ., ., are translation: the people of our state are here defending translation: the people of our state are here defending ukraine translation: the people of our state are here defending ukraine for 100 - are here defending ukraine for 100 days already. victory will be ours. glory to ukraine. an impassioned plea from president biden to tighten us gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting of primary school children in texas. a fullsome apology from uefa after the chaos that marred the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid it says no fan should have such a frightening and distressing experience at a match. and parades, parties and pride in britain how the country s celebrating thisjubilee bank holiday weekend. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a serv
from the often absent thai monarch to king felipe of spain, embarrassed by his dad. in the studio thisjubilee weekend, are catherine pepinster whose new book defenders of the faith, addresses one of the reasons this queen does not contemplate retirement and her faith. yasmin alibhai brown, a british columnist who is a committed republican, and henry chu from the la times in the united states, a country formed in revolt from the then english monarch. welcome to you all. thank you very much for coming in, particularly on such a busy weekend. catherine, can i start with you? there s no doubt that this weekend feels like a very public affirmation of this queen. but is it also consciously, do you think, for the monarchy, at least, a moment of transition? it does feel like that. it s been feeling like that for a while now. we saw the prince of wales represent his mother at the state opening of parliament, another major occasion, and this one too, so i think transition is a good word for it,