as ukraine s footballers fail to qualify for the men s world cup after losing to wales. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and ”pm in london where queen elizabeth has greeted a huge crowd from the balcony of buckingham palace the climax of four days of events celebrating her 70 years as monarch. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted the highlights from each decade of her 70 year reign. sir cliff richard and ed sheeran were among the celebrities taking part. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, was watching. cheering. the closing moments of a memorable jubilee celebration. back on to the palace balcony came the queen accompanied by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall and the cambridges. 0ne current and three future monarchs, charles, william and george. it was the image which the crowd had been hoping to see, an image which e
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