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
Says the death toll has now passed 7000 and they say that includes almost 3000 children. Meanwhile irans foreign minister has weighed into the conflict, claiming hamas is ready to release hostages and the world should support the release of 6000 palestinian prisoners. And that comes as the prisoners. And that comes as the arab nations released a joint Statement Today condemning what theyre describing as the forced displacement and collective punishment of palestine , as punishment of palestine, as israel maintains its only targeting the terrorist group hamas. Now, targeting the terrorist group hamas. Now, in other targeting the terrorist group hamas. Now, in other news today hamas. Now, in other news today in the United States, a manhunt is continuing after 18 people were killed by a gunman and 13 more left injured. Police in the more left injured. Police in the state of maine have named 40 year old robert card as a person of interest, describing him as armed and dangerous. The us army
Year old robert card as a person of interest, describing him as armed and dangerous. The us army armed and dangerous. The us army has confirmed that hes in the us army reserves. The shootings us army reserves. The shootings happenedin us army reserves. The shootings happened in at least two locations in the city of lewiston. In the us, president lewiston. In the us, President Joe Biden has responded, urging republican lawmakers to enact stronger gun controls. Today the stronger gun controls. Today the Prime Minister warned that Artificial Intelligence could threaten Human Extinction on the same scale as global pandemics or nuclear war. His comments came after touring Moorfields Eye Hospital in london, which uses ai eye hospital in london, which uses al to diagnose sight problems. As rishi sunak says, problems. As rishi sunak says, humanity could lose control of ai and criminals and terrorist groups could use it to spread fear and destruction. An hes fear and destruction. An hes also an
Surprise a bit there. Well, i was pausing out of politeness, so alex could go first. Ladies first. So, you know the other day there, we started our new feature, which was getting people to email in where theyd seen politicians at gigs . In where theyd seen 0h, right. In where theyd seen and then that very night, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, played a gig in kyiv, almost like hed been listening to newscast on his armoured train from poland. Well, he might have been. Whos to say he wasnt . Well, paul was. He said, i was backstage at live aid when i got locked in the portaloo gents with charles kennedy. The main door got stuck. We listened to Coldplay Sing fix you, as we pulled on the door with force and eventually freed ourselves. Thats quite the story i mean, theres a whole other thing there, not just politicians at gigs, but locked in a loo with a politician. I dont know, could that be a. . A side genre. Heres another one. This is from alex on email. Good name. Last year,
Said the economy is back on its feet and pledged taxes will go down under and pledged taxes will go down under a conservative government. fin a conservative government. On welfare reform, labour has said they are against sanctions. That will mean more people on our welfare roles, not less. But conservatives know that if businesses are going to find the workers they need without depending on unlimited migration, we need to move people off welfare and into work. Mel strides Welfare Reforms will help i Million People do just that at a cost of £2. 5 billion. The obr say the impact will be to reduce the flow of people signed off work and not having to look for work by two thirds. A Quiet Revolution that will make sure those who can work do work and we give help where it is needed. Labour doesnt want to talk about these decisions because they would duck them. But conservatives know it is simply not possible to grow the economy without a plan for where additional workers will come from, and