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paying tribute to the queen s tenure. 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. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. we begin this hour with breaking news from the united stated, where presidentjoe biden has delivered a rare primetime address to pressure congress to pass gun reform laws after a string of mass shootings. from the white house, he said that it is time america needed to strengthen background checks on potential gun owners. he appealed to congress to make changes to the existing laws. the united states has been shaken in recent weeks by high profile mass shootings at a grocery story in new york, an elementary school in texas and just on wednesday evening a medical building in oklahoma. republicans in the congress and some democrats have blocked such demonstration for years. in the last two decades more sc ....
a fifth of his country, and up to a hundred ukrainian soldiers were dying each day. people from all over the uk and around the world, are in london to celebrate the queen s platinum jubilee. the bbc s reeta chakrabarti joined the crowds on the mall to watch the first day s events. she spoke to some of the spectators. it was ten deep on the mall as people gathered to watch the parade. those at the back couldn t really see much. but that seemed to bother absolutely no one. it s incredible. i ve never seen it like this, and itjust really feels like a very special occasion. we re delighted to be here. you can t see very much from back here. do you know what s actually really helpful? all of the cameras in front of us. we ve been getting some quite good shots of what s going on anyways. some people have travelled thousands of miles to be here. you came from canada? yeah. oh, my goodness! specifically for this? specifically for this. her majesty s platinum jubilee. we came he ....
and, after winning his defamation case against ex wife amber heard, we look at whyjonny depp lost a similar court battle in the uk. in a rare primetime television address, presidentjoe biden has called on congress to ban assault weapons. from the white house he said that it is time to act, following a string of high profile mass shootings, and appealed to congress not to let the american people down. over the last two decades, more school aged children have died from guns than armed duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than armed duty cops killed by guns. more kids than soldiers killed by guns. for god s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough, enough? i know that we can t prevent every tragedy but here is what i believe we have to do, here is what the overwhelming majority of american people believe we must do, here is what the families ....
celebrations. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in a rare prime time television address, presidentjoe biden has called on congress to ban assault weapons. from the white house, he said that it is time to act following a string of high profile mass shootings, and appealed to congress not to let the american people down. over the last two decades, more school aged children have died from guns than on duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than on duty cops killed by guns. more kids than soldiers killed by guns. for god s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough, enough? i know that we can t prevent every tragedy, but here is what i believe we have to do here is what the overwhelming majority of american people believe we must do here s what the families in buffalo and uvalde, in texas, told us we must do we n ....
george, charlotte and louis made their debut appearance in a royal carriage at the trooping the colour parade. and in other news tonight: england get off to a storming start on the first day of the first test against new zealand at lords. good evening from buckingham palace, where the queen has been cheered on by huge crowds as the first of four days of the platinum jubilee celebrations got under way. it began with the trooping of colour parade and was followed by a spectacular flypast marking her unprecedented 70 year reign. in a message to mark the event, the queen said she hoped the celebrations would create many happy memories for people . at 96, her mobility is limited and she restricted her appearance to the palace balcony instead of inspecting the troops in person as is traditional. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. for all that she wants thejubilee to be about communities coming together and creating their own precious memories, in the end, it i ....