state coach will be one of the main features in a jubilee pageant on the mall though the queen will not be riding in it. so, it is clearly the queen s intention to be at trooping the colour and the service of thanksgiving and at the other events if she can. nicholas witchell, bbc news. a reminder of our top story. a further 50 civilians have been evacuated from the azovstal steelworks in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol. the figure was confirmed separately by the ukrainian deputy prime minister, iryna vereshchuk, and russia s ministry of defence, which said eleven children were among those rescued. president biden has announced a new 150 million dollar package of us military aid for ukraine. weapons supplied by the us and its european allies are starting to appear on the front line, as the ukrainians try to fight off a russian offensive in the donbas region.
this is bbc news. the headlines: a further 50 civilians have been evacuated from the azovstal steelworks, in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol. the figure was confirmed separately by the ukrainian deputy prime minister, and russia s ministry of defence which said women, the elderly and 11 children were among those rescued. an explosion at a luxury hotel in the cuban capital, havana has killed at least 18 people and left more than 30 injured. the blast ripped through several floors of the hotel saratoga. the police believe the blast was the result of a gas accident. the conservative party has lost almost 500 seats in local elections across the uk. in england the liberal democrats make big gains. the prime minister,
this is bbc news. the headlines: a further 50 civilians have been evacuated from the azovstal steelworks in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol. the figure was confirmed separately by the ukrainian deputy prime minister and russia s ministry of defence, which said that women, the elderly and 11 children were among those rescued. the white house has announced a new $150 million package of us military aid for ukraine, including artillery, munitions, and radar. the ukrainian president has urged western allies to send additional heavy weaponry to help kyiv stave off the russian offensive in the eastern donbas region. an explosion at a luxury hotel in the cuban capital, havana, has killed at least 22 people and left more
from the balkans. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday.. hello, and welcome to newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 3am in the devastated ukrainian city of mariupol, where it s hoped the coming hours will see civilian evacuations resume after rescue efforts stalled on monday. hundreds of women and children are sheltering in the tunnels beneath a sprawling steelworks, some haven t seen daylight for weeks. the azovstal plant is surrounded by russian troops. on sunday, aid agencies oversaw the rescue of around 100 people who were evacuated to nearby zaporizhzhia, from where our correspondent laura bicker reports.
this is bbc news. the headlines: dozens of civilians evacuated from the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol have spoken about the desperate conditions in the steelworks where they ve been sheltering from relentless russian bombardments. many of the evacuees spent weeks in tunnels under the azovstal industrial complex. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the sri lankan capital, colombo, protesting steep price hikes for essential goods. dwindling foreign currency reserves have left the island nation of 22 million people, struggling to pay for food, fuel and basic medicines. tens of thousands of people have marched in france for may day protests, challenging president emmanuel macron s agenda ahead of the june parliamentary elections.