ahead of the coronation but first, here is. let s have a look. british national anthem plays. the national anthem, of course, being sung, you can see prime minister rishi sunak and the later of the opposition labour party sir keir starmer, they are gathering at the palace of westminster four days before the coronation in what has been described as a celebrate a reception. the king and queen consort will go want to meet members of parliament, the prime minister, sir keir starmer and other members of parliament in this reception held at the palace of westminster. preparation is well under way for the coronation, it is almost a week to go. that is a nice painting, or is it a picture? it looks like the sun with lots of flags sticking out of it. maybe his granddaughter old grandson drew that. almost a week to go and we expect a guestlist 2000 at westminster abbey just down the go and we expect a guestlist 2000 at westminster abbeyjust down the road from where these pictures are
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for a second referendum. we want to go forwards, not backwards. and therefore, this is not about rejoining the eu, it s not about going back into the single market or customs union, and it s not about bringing back freedom of movement. and shortages and rising costs drive foods like chicken and beef off school dinner menus. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the bbc has received six complaints about alleged bullying or sexual misconduct by the former radio 1 dj tim westwood. at least one of the complaints, which was referred to the police, was made before an investigation by bbc news and the guardian in april, which revealed accounts of the dj s predatory sexual behaviour. the bbc said at that time that no evidence of complaints had been found. tim westwood, who left the bbc in 2013, has previously denied allegations of sexual misconduct. our correspondent chi chi izundu has this report. these are some of the seven women who allege unexpected and unwanted sexual touch
Were going to bring safety back to our streets. Were going to bring success back to our schools. Were going to bring prosperity back to every neighbourhood in every borough of the greatest city in our land. Were going to reduce taxes. Were going to bring businesses and big taxpayers back to new york. A recent poll suggests that trump is beating biden in five battleground states in part due to black and latino voters drifting away from the democratic party. Young voters and non white voters appear to be losing faith in mr biden and the democrats as they grow frustrated with issues like inflation and the white houses support for israel. During President Biden s recent Commencement Address at morehouse university, a historically black college, several graduates turned their backs on the president during the ceremony in protest of his handling of the war in gaza. Lets get more on this from the panel. Kurt, those scenes at morehouse and that Commencement Speech were quite surprising. Did th