violence between the two sides. nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine after russia s blockade caused global shortages. in the uk, liz truss promises a cut in national insurance, within weeks, if she wins the conservative party leadership race. her rival rishi sunak disagrees and says he wants to give more direct help to those hardest hit by inflation. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi s visit to taipei. now on bbc news dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week s news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls
and live outside buckingham palace where the crowds are still gathering and the preparations are under way for tomorrow night s big party. a train has derailed in southern germany leaving 60 people injured, some seriously and at least 3 dead. and it s a 100 days since russia launched its invasion of ukraine, with fighting continuing along the entire frontline in the east of the country. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a service of thanksgiving, honouring the queen s 70 years on the throne, has taken place today at st paul s cathedral in central london. prince charles represented the queen, who withdrew from the event after experiencing discomfort during yesterday s platinum jubilee celebrations. we understand that the queen watched the service at home. we ll have more on that shortly but first let s join my colleague katty kay, who is on the mall for us today. the archbishop of york thanked the queen for her years of service and for staying the course, as he put
lots of company have london wages. they don t necessarily pay different amounts if they are national organisations in different parts of the country. the public sectors don t pay different parts of the country, she seemed attracted but then backed off of the idea of having regional pay boards. do you see any merit in that original idea? is there an economic argument where there might be some merit in that? ithere s absolutely no merit, it si a stupid idea because the present system works very well where civil servants are paid the same - wherever you are. you are serving the state, not the region. it s completely different to local people. - anyway, that story which she retracted is completely - driven by the announcement - and the cataclysmic announcement dwarfed by the announcement. by the bank of england - about recession, about triple increase in energy bills, and about the cost of. living in general, 13%. and this is absolutely leaving no room of manoeuvre -