hundreds of thousands of people have come from countries all over the world. the enthusiasm and love for queen elizabeth, i can truly feel it. the reign has broken every record imaginable, quite unprecedented. i can t think of any world leader in my lifetime that has commanded such respect. she puts the great into great britain. this is the opportunity to show the monarchy holds the nation sdpth we re stronger together than we are divided. w than we are divided. to we re st together than we are divided. ge together than we are divided. he together than we are divided. r together than we are divided. an stronger together than we are divided. welcome to day two of the platinum jubilee celebration live here in london. good to be with everybody as we kickoff this thanksgiving service, which will be held this morning at st. paul s cathedral, beautiful cathedral where queen elizabeth has her 60th jubilee. today will be held without queen elizabeth ii in attendance today.
a group of animal rights protestors tried to disrupt the trooping the colours ceremony but was dragged away by police. prince andrew will miss tomorrow s service of thanksgiving at saint paul s cathedral after testing positive for covid. and beacons have been lit across the commonwealth, and are about to be around the uk to mark the end of the first day ofjubilee celebrations. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. hundreds of thousands of people have lined the streets of central london and taken part in street parties around the uk at the start of four days of events to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. the return of the trooping the colour military parade after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic began the celebrations before a fly past over buckingham palace involving seventy aircraft. the queen was joined by the working royals on the palace balcony. let s go live to the mall and my colleague katty kay here s our
up grew up in council housing can stand up before you tonight as australia s prime minister. ukraine s president zelensky has said that diplomacy is the only way russia s war on his country will end. here, opposition parties demand an explanation from borisjohnson after he met with the senior civil servant sue gray ahead of the publication of her report into lockdown parties at downing street. two people have been taken to hospital after a stand collapsed during a trooping the colour rehearsal in central london. now on bbc news, nick robinson in conversation with people who influence our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. hello, welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest this week once described herself as young, black, and loud, and nimco ali has plenty to be loud about. she led a global campaign to end the cutting of girls, fgm, female genital
the north s leader, kimjong un. and an unprecedented spring heatwave hits spain we hearfrom a resident sweltering in madrid. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the australian opposition labor party leader, anthony albanese, has said he is humbled by his party s victory in australia s general election. addressing supporters, he pledged to transform the country into a renewable energy superpower and to work towards lifting wages and profits. our correspondent shaimaa khalil reports from sydney. this is the labor party s first election victory in almost a decade and it will be led by one of australia s longest serving politicians. it has been a long time in the darkness and now finally. we can smile again. anthony albanese promised change as he worked to kick out the coalition which has been in power since 2013. together, we can end the climate wars. together, we can take advantage of the opportunity for australia to be a renewable energy sup
tomorrow at st. paul cathedral, her majesty has concluded she will not attend. the long weekend of activities kicked off with a lighting beacon ceremony started by queen elizabeth. earlier in the day, crowds gathered for trooping the colour military parade and the flyover. this is the first ever platinum jubilee celebration. queen elizabeth is the longest reigning british monarch, queen victoria served for 63 years. not everyone has enjoyed the festivities, this is the viral moment of prince louis covering his ears. prince andrew was supposed to