enjoying the ride george, charlotte and louis made their debut appearance in a royal carriage at the trooping the colour parade. more than 3,000 beacons have been lit up around the country and the commonwealth to mark the queen s reign. but it s been announced that after experiencing some discomfort the queen now won t attend a service of thanksgiving at st paul s tomorrow. also tonight: ukraine urges the west to step up the delivery of weapons as fighting intensifies in the east of the country. and 17 wickets fall on the first day of the first test between england and new zealand at lords the match is finely balanced. good evening from buckingham palace, which as you can see is lit up with images of the queen throughout her long reign. it s been a momentous day here, with huge crowds cheering for her majesty as the first of four days of the platinum jubilee celebrations got under way. it began with the trooping the colour parade and was followed by a spectacular fly past
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
a government medical adviser tells the bbc that cases of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis. professor of experimental medicine, paul hunter, explains why it s significant the issue is, it is spreading between people in the uk, which we haven t seen in the west before to any great extent. the premier league title race between manchester city and liverpool will be decided today. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves. good afternoon. the education secretary nadhim zahawi says he doesn t believe boris johnson s meeting with the senior civil servant preparing to publish the partygate report this week will have had any influence on what s in it. there is still confusion as to who called the meeting between the prime minister and sue gray said to have taken place last month. she s given civil servants she wants to name in her report until 5pm today to respond if they object. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson,
those named have until 5pm to respond ahead of its long awaited publication. energy company, eon, is warning that unless the government intervenes the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach 40% by the autumn. it s a very, very significant impact and that s why we ve called upon the government to take more action. we do need more intervention in october and it has to be very substantial. the ukrainian government says it won t agree to a ceasefire with russia, that involves giving up territory in an apparent hardening of its position. a government medical adviser tells the bbc that cases of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis. professor of experimental medicine paul hunter explains why it s significant. the issue is that it is spreading between people in the uk, which we haven t seen in the west before to any great extent. and the last round of premier league games starts in half an hour s time. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves.