was keenly felt, but the archbishop of york made a point of saying that the queen was still in the saddle . the daily mail focuses on the split between the royal princes, william and harry, on its front page. the brothers appear on the front page with their wives but the headline is so far apart. there s a very similiar take on family division in the daily mirror. and finally, the i newspaper breaks with the consensus. it carries a warning from borisjohnson to conservative mps that if they ditch him, they will lose the general election. so, let s begin. john can kick off with the times and that very striking photograph of meghan and harry and slightly odd with one of those and the headline still in the saddle. one of those front pages not immediate lee clear if you saw it on the new stand who is still in the saddle and what is the reference here. the is still in the saddle and what is the reference here. the reference is to the archbishop of the reference here. the referen
prime minister later. hello and welcome. a gunman has shot dead 19 students and one teacher at a primary school in the us state of texas. the pupils were between the ages of seven and ten. the mass shooting was in the small town of uvalde, west of san antonio, at robb elementary school, which is made up of a largely hispanic community. authorities say the suspected attacker was an 18 year old named salvador ramos. he was shot dead by law enforcement officers. he is believed to have purchased two military grade rifles and is suspected of killing his grandmother before heading to the school. he crashed his car outside the campus and went into the classrooms wearing body armour. from uvalde, the bbc s angelica casas has more. this is likely the largest police presence the small town of uvalde, texas has ever seen. today it is the target of a school mass shooting where the victims are pupils under the age of ten, as well as teachers. what we know so far is that the suspect was an
and ask where the emergence of these photos now leaves the prime minister. also on the programme: nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, held in iran for six years, tells the bbc she was forced to sign a false confession before leaving, while a uk official stood by. i was made to sign the false confession at the airport, in the presence of the british government. i know that that was like a last minute game. a female health worker at birmingham children s hospital is arrested, on suspicion of poisoning, after a child in intensive care dies. 36 new cases of monkeypox are detected in england, and the first case in scotland. and the queen makes an appearance in a new form of transport, as she arrives at this year s chelsea flower show. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the celebrations continue for manchester city. they re parading the premier league trophy in front of the fans, following that stunning comeback to beat aston villa. good evening. photographs have emerged said to be
Hello, im ben thompson. Youre watching the context on bbc news. British Prime Minister rishi sunak launches the conservative Election Campaign after calling a snap General Election forjuly fourth. So we begin with The Big Story of the day here in the uk news that the Prime Minister rishi sunak has announced a General Election will be held onjuly fourth. Lets speak to my colleague Geeta Guru Murthy whos in Downing Street. You have been following the story of the day. Farcical at some point in the day. Farcical at some Point In The Rain with the loud music but the conservatives and rishi sunak launching his campaign in somewhat dryer circumstances a bit later in the evening, focus or what went on today. The evening, focus or what went on toda. ~ ,. , the evening, focus or what went on today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours, today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours. Just today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours, just to today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours, just
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