only played six games for england. in a statement, sale said a summer of rest and a full preseason is the best course of action . golf s us women s open is under way in north carolina. australian minjee lee, who won the first major of the year, the evian championship, has made a good start. she has just finished her round she hasjust finished her round on four under. this long range putt one of her seven birdies today. she sits one off the lead, alongside swede anna nordqvist, winner of last year s women s british open at carnoustie. this was one of her five birdies on the back nine. but it s another swede on top of the leaderboard, amateur ingrid lindblad s six birdies seeing her set the early pace in north carolina. here s the current leaderboard. england s georgia hall tees off soon, as does charley hull. scotland s gemma dryburgh finished on two over for the day. you can follow it all with the leaderboard live on the bbc sport website and the app. that is where you ll fi
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
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. after winning his defamation case against ex wife amber heard, we look at whyjohnny depp lost a similar libel case against the sun newspaper in the uk. hello, 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. and a short while ago, thousands of beacons were lit across the uk. in light of her recent health issues, she restricted her appearance to the palace balcony instead of inspecting the troops in person as is traditional. and this evening, it was announced that she will not be attending tomorrow s service of thanksgiving at st paul s. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. windsor castle this even
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
World ahead of the Commonwealth Games in australia. And not one, not two, but three Boaty Mcboatfaces. The little yellow submarines, named by the public, set off on their first scientific expedition. And carol has the weather. Thank you and good morning. They call thank you and good morning. They ca ll start thank you and good morning. They call start to the day with frost around first thing and we have a wea k around first thing and we have a weak Weather Front sinking south bringing cloud and patchy rain. For most of us it will be dry and right with sunshine. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The legislation paving the way for theresa may to begin the formal negotiations for withdrawing britain from the European Union faces its final test in parliament today. Ministers hope mps will reject the two changes made to the brexit bill in the House Of Lords. Peers want to guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk and ensure parliament has a vote on any dea