troops here say president putin s men learned lessons from their defeat outside kyiv. anton tells me they changed their tactics and now rely on massive artillery fire. commotion. take cover! once again, it was coming our way. and, as the russians advance, civilians flee from towns and cities here. it s now 100 days and counting of wrenching separations. vladimir putin calls this liberation. if he succeeds here, his ambitions may not stop at ukraine. orla guerin, bbc news, donbas. forty migrants in one boat reached the uk yesterday. it brings the total number of arrivals this year to more than 9,900 people. the french took one boat back to france with 43 people on board. now it s time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. the sunny conditions continue for scotland, northern ireland and north west england through the rest of today. a bit more cloud elsewhere, and still some heavy showers around across parts of wales and the south west. the odd rumble of thunder, but they
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. welcome to bbc news. a special concert will take place tonight at buckingham palace, as a weekend ofjubilee celebrations continues, to give thanks to the queen for her 70 year reign. 22,000 people will gather for the platinum party at the palace, when the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. the derby at epsom also takes place afternoon but the queen will not attend. instead, she s expected to watch the event on television from windsor castle. would you like another one? the queen s love of horses is well known. these pictures were filmed earlier this year, at the royal stud. however, she won t be attending the epsom derby later today, but will watch on the television instead. just as she watched yesterday s national service of thanksgiving at st paul s cathedral. her mobility issues prevented her being there in person to hear the thanks for a lifet
and the highs in temperatures in western scotland. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines. platinum jubilee celebrations enter their third day and it s party time at the palace. it s derby day at the races but the queen won t be there. her daughter, the princess royal, will represent the monarch instead. and the bunting s still out up and down the country we take a look at the street parties celebrating her majesty s 70 years on the throne. in other news, travel disruption continues. airlines cancel more flights this morning and rail passengers are being warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. an investigation begins after a train derails in southern germany, leaving at least four people dead. now on bbc news it s time for click. this week we are live at the hay festival for 100 ye
in london to honour queen elizabeth s 70 years on the throne. it was the main event on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the platinum jubilee. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world, the programme where we can find out what s really going on without spin and without bias from the bbc s worldwide team of unrivalled experts. is something strange going on at the top of chinese politics? there is drama going on. behind the scenes and in private, not many people are very happy with the policies of xi jinping. round two in the ukraine war, and it seems to be going more russia s way. the ukrainians are losing in the donbas. you can dress it up anywhere you like. the russians are incrementally gaining ground. and discovering where a victim of the catastrophic destruction of pompeii in 79 ad came from, and even what illnesses he had. these remains were encased in these kind of cemented, l heat hardened and time ha
down. sit down. you happy wednesday, everyone. so if you were going about yourt business yesterday and suddenly felt the earth shudder on its axis tdder on s not b, it s noh jerry nadler tipped overat and now it s that congress actually got something right in a bipartisan vote the house of reps censured receded to leave six. okay. censuring it s less effective than puttingutting c on a cold , but we ll take it for evenin a 22 democrats to leave statements blaming israel in america fomer the ten seven attacks while calling the hamas massacre resistance. we re simply. we r si much truer is so nutty she s asked not to sit near people with allergies and now censuring doesn t really amount to much. it s congressional equivalent of fining hamas for trespassing . but it seems the dems are finally waking up to the out of control monsters created. it s probably how steve doocy felt when peter turned. here s how two leaves leave. fellow squad monsters tried to defend. what is true h