we go up this beautiful mountain, this incredible town, back to the 12th century, people charge up the hill to the beautiful church to take the walk at michael coreleone. now and forever more, it will be sort of the godfather theme park, where they are just playing the godfather theme over and over. most are disgusted by it. imagine not waking up every day as one bus after another field with japanese tourist go up there. look, michael coreleone got married there, it is so fantastic! [ laughter ] is one of the most beautiful places in europe, a place whose roots are very much the town where i live, but somehow, i ve never been able to get it right. to tell the story, any story of sicily. it is the biggest island in the mediterranean, two main towns of palermo and catania on opposite sides. i ve done a show in palermo before, it was an epic goat rodeo, a failure of humiliating scale. this time, i was going to get it right. there is the sicily we know from films, an provoc
morning we will hear what she meant around the globe after seven decades and seven days of sights and sounds that will echo on the. choir sings. this morning. we ll be joined by two prime ministers new zealand s jacinda ardern. and by the prime minister of bangladesh, sheikh hasina. reflecting on his role in the proceedings and on the ongoing war in ukraine, the chief of the defence staff, sir tony radakin. and i ve been speaking to a man who knew her majesty the queen and the new king charles iii well former secretary of state now the united states climate envoy, john kerry. we re live on bbc one and on the bbc around the world this morning. with me at the desk for the next hour, john sentamu, the former archbishop of york, who s been involved in the long planning for the state funeral. victoria newton, the editor in chief of the sun newspaper. and lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house of commons, who s presided over much of this week s extraordinary ceremony in westm
vladimir putin to end his war of choice. in ukraine, a bbc investigation has found evidence of occupying russian forces stealing thousands of tonnes of grain. moscow denies the claim. we ll be live at the g7 summit for the latest. also this lunchtime. a woman has died and a man has serious injuries after a gas explosion destroyed a house in birmingham. the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major tells the infected blood inquiry that what happened to thousands of patients in the 19705 and 80s was incredibly bad luck. and the crowds are back at swi9 some tennis fans have been queueing since friday to get into the opening day of wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s women make early breakthroughs in their one off test match against south africa in taunton. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the leaders of the g7 group of nations have promised they will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes as they announced they would
of grain from occupied areas of ukraine as some countries grapple with shortages. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in birmingham and damaged at least three others. former prime minister sirjohn major is giving evidence at a public inquiry looking into how thousands of people were infected with hiv or hepatitis c through contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s. suffered incredibly bad luck. and in sport we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament is under way. novak djokovic is on centre court now and he ll be followed by emma raducanu. and then andy murray. welcome to the programme. good afternoon and welcome. the leaders of the g7 group of nations have promised they will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes as they announced they would step up sanctions on russia. president zelenskyjoined the summit remotely, and told the leaders he needed more weapons and air