deal by october. it s the final day of campaigning for marine le pen and emmanuel macron in france s tight presidential race. and billed as the biggest all british boxing match in 40 biggest all british boxing match in a0 years, tyson fury takes on dili and white at wembley. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: arbroath have been one of the great stories of the scottish football season, and the part timers can take a big step towards premiership promotion this evening. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the united nations says there s growing evidence of war crimes being committed in ukraine, describing the situation as a horror story. us satellite images allegedly show a mass burial site containing around 200 graves near the besieged southern port city of mariupol, that russian forces have been trying to fully capture for several weeks. they do control most of the area, but hundreds of ukrainian troops are still hiding out in the sp
periods. and what about us right here? are we so different? do negative attitudes in our society still lurk and prevail and those stereotypes, misogynistic stereotypes. you are too emotional! you are in a bad mood! have you experienced that? these attitudes, our period still seen as taboo for some? is there a lack of understanding from many. we have what is called period poverty right here right now. do we take period seriously? i really am looking forward to this conversation. get in touch. and here is the news from deena campbell. senior police officers in northern ireland are due to be questioned this morning about a major data breach. the details of thousands of officers and civilian staff members were made public by mistake. a search and rescue mission is continuing in hawaii, where at least six people have been killed in wildfires. the tourist town of lahaina on the island of maui has been badly hit. marks and spencer, politicians and environmental groups are calling on
thunderstorms expected at edgbaston. talking thunderstorms, some of you had a talking thunderstorms, some of you had a pretty disturbing night last night, had a pretty disturbing night last night, lightning and thunder across parts night, lightning and thunder across parts of night, lightning and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe storms parts of the uk and more severe storms to parts of the uk and more severe storms to come today. i will have your storms to come today. i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s sunday the 18th ofjune. our main story: a video has emerged showing some conservative party workers drinking and dancing at a christmas party during covid lockdown. the footage, published by the sunday mirror, was taken at the conservatives headquarters in westminster in december 2020, when london was in tier 2 restrictions. our political correspondent iain watson has more. some conservatives will not want to look in the mirror toda
hello i m vishala sri pathma. the levelling up and housing secretary michael gove has apologised on behalf of the government for the partygate video which has emerged. it shows conservative party staff enjoying drinks and dancing at a christmas gathering at their headquarters in december 2020 a time when social distancing restrictions were in place. london s metropolitan police service has said it is aware of and considering the footage. mr gove said the event was indefensible and apologised unreservedly as helen catt reports. 2020 was the year we saw this, and this, as people accepted strict curbs on their daily lives that the government said were necessary to keep them safe. but in december in a basement in conservative party headquarters, this. a christmas party, note the festive jumper, dancing and booze. socialising indoors with anyone except your own household or support bubble was banned, some at the party seemed worried that their event might be caught on
2 0 against wigan athletic. in one against wigan athletic. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. us vice president mike pence, who s on a visit to south korea, has warned that his country s era of strategic patience with north korea is over. it comes as south korea and the united states agreed to speed up a defence system designed to intercept north korean missiles, something china views as a threat to its own military. stephen evans reports. the american vice president went to the front line, the demilitarised zone between north and south korea, what he called the frontier of freedom. for him, the visit was personal because his father fought in the korean war. from the other side today, north korean guards looked back and took pictures. vice president pence‘s mission today, to affirm support for the alliance between the us and south korea. we will defeat any attack and we will meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming and effective response.