legendary singer and campaigner harry belafonte died at the age of 96. the un secretary general sent their condolences to his families and friends. welcome back to our programme. we ve been learning details of that british evacuation effort with the flights leaving cyprus and that centre being opened in the airfield to the north of the capital. we ve heard from the prime minister s also is office that many more flights evacuating british nationals from the conflict torn country into tomorrow. we don t know any numbers in terms of people out, but we ve seen pictures from the military personnel leaving cyprus. let s bring in our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the prime minister s office just giving us a few more details. that mission is clearly up and running. confirmation in the last few minutes that what appears to be a large scale operation by the british government to evacuate british citizens from act iii is now under way, and downing street confirming it has
saying another member of staff was in the company at all times. go slow on motorways around the uk, as convoys of cars take part in fuel protests. beef is off the menu for some school meals, as caterers say rising prices is forcing them to look for cheaper alternatives. cheering. and after his fine for bad behaviour, five sets and some swearing as nick kyrgios goes through to the wimbledon quarterfinals. and coming up on the bbc news channel on day four of the fifth and final test, england are chasing a target of 378 as they look to beat india and level the series 2 2. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. just before the weekend, number 10 said the prime minister did not know of any specific allegations of sexual misconduct against his ex deputy chief whip chris pincher before giving him a job in february. but today, number 10 has admitted borisjohnson was aware of reports and speculation about mr pincher. the mp has been suspended from the conservative p
is a lot that kier starmer, the labour party and government would accept because they don t want to be open, renegotiate the whole deal, but there are some things that they would like more alignment time. it remains to be seen just how far that alignment would go because, of course, we would have to see what the eu response would be to kier starmer s position that he set out today. starmer s position that he set out toda . ., ~ , ., starmer s position that he set out toda . ., ~ i. ,, . today. 0k. thank you. so, the speech has been delivered, as today. 0k. thank you. so, the speech has been delivered, as i today. 0k. thank you. so, the speech has been delivered, as i say today. 0k. thank you. so, the speech has been delivered, as i say come - has been delivered, as i say come irish embassy close to east grand central london. the labour leader, kier starmer can outlining labour s new relationship regarding brexit. working with the brexit decision. before he made that spe
as well as those dead, 2a people are in hospital with injuries. the police say the gunman is armed and dangerous we ll be live in chicago. also tonight. fresh revelations about how much the prime minister knew of the claims of inappropriate behaviour against his former deputy chief whip. ukrainian forces withdraw from the east as president putin ordered his forces to push ahead. the bbc says it s received six complaints about alleged bullying or sexual misconduct by the dj tim westwood and that one was referred to the police. 0h, missed it! and a smash that goes wide hands rafa nadal a place in the men s quarterfinals at wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, jonny bairstow holds the key for england as they prepare to chase victory against india on day five at edgbaston. good evening. police in chicago have confirmed that six people have died and 2a are injured in hospital after a gunman opened fire, during a 4th ofjuly independence day parade. the gunman is sa
hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says it s enduring heavy russian shelling in the city of lysychansk, as the battle for the east of the country intensifies. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, part of the industrial donbas region that russia is focussing its military power on. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies russian claims that the city has been encircled. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. it comes after two other british men were sentenced to death last month. joe inwood reports. andrew hill travelled to ukraine to help fight the russian invasion. dylan healy went there to help evacuate civilians. both men now face being tried as mercenaries in an unrecognised separatist court. they would not be the first to appear there. last month, aiden aslin, sha