the proud boys group are convicted. and polls havejust the proud boys group are convicted. and polls have just closed after local elections in england. votes for thousands of council seats will now be counted. coronation this saturday. polls have closed. we will have the first reaction from professor sir john curtice. people hoping to get the best in person view on the day are camping in central london this evening as rehearsals and final preparations take place in and around westminster abbey. buckingham palace has revealed that the abbey will be full of seasonal flowers for the occasion and with two yew trees which will be planted at sandringham afterwards. in a series of reports, on tonight s programme we will be looking at the crown that will be used for the first and only time in the king s reign and at the defining moment the coronation will be in the public life of his consort, queen camilla. ourfirst report tonight is from our royal correspondent nicholas witche
as an act of service he says he hopes sharing details of his life will help others. once the book came out i felt incredibly free, i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. hello and welcome along. ukrainian forces have come under increased pressure from russian troops in the besieged city of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture in months of intense fighting. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there out of an original population of 75,000 have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying to take the eastern city. if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. munitions explode this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, ukrainian forces have held off a ferocious onslaught, but now russian co
are targeted in a series of apparent poison gas attacks. aid agencies say they could have been singled out by religious groups. and prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service he says he hopes sharing details of his life will help others. once the book came out in file incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. within the past hour, an historic agreement to protect the world s oceans has been approved, after ten years of talks. the high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of areas that don t belong to any single country. only about 1% of these areas are currently protected. the deal is being hailed as a massive step by climate activists, as our climate reporter esme stallard reports. the ship has reached the shore. it took all night, but countries finally agreed how to protect the high seas. high seas that are international waters not controlled by any nation. they make up two thirds of the world s oceans and habits habit wildl
coming up at six o clock, breakfast with nina warhurst and rogerjohnson but first on bbc news, ukraine: the children s story. child: the day before war started was just i like any other. we played with our friends and ate with our families. that night was the last time our dreams were peaceful. in them, fireworks danced, lighting up the skies. but we woke to explosions. the sky burst into red and yellow. the windows and walls shook. no one knew what to do. in the skies above us, helicopters swarmed and multiplied. we watched as tanks rolled in. millions of people fled. they packed into overcrowded trains, while thousands more waited on platforms. men had to stay behind, so families and loved ones were separated. many people reached other countries and found safety. but some of us couldn t or didn t. and now this. ..is our life. air raid siren wails ricky: is that an air raid siren? so we just had a little air raid siren. ..which means that we have to go outside. you can see,
fighting on the streets of bakhmut as russian forces continue their attempt to capture the ukrainian city. and prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service. he says he hopes sharing details of his life will help others. once the book came out, i felt incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. after more than 15 years of negotiations, the countries of the united nations have agreed the first ever treaty to protect the world s oceans that lie outside national boundaries. the high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of areas that don t belong to any single country. only about 1% of these areas are currently protected. the deal is being hailed as a massive step by climate activists, as our climate reporter esme stallard reports. the ship has reached the shore. cheering we will formally adopt the text in all six official languages of the united nations. it took all night, but countries from around the world finally agreed on how to pro