This is bbc news, the headlines. The Prime Minister heads to the Nato Summit in Washington Crucialfor Ukraine and also crucial forjoe biden, whos been dogged about questions about whether hes right for the job. Questions about whether hes right forthejob. Before questions about whether hes right for thejob. Before heading to nato, Sir Keir Starmer addressed mps from the Despatch Box for the first time as Prime Minister. The leaders are Lindsay Hoyle is dragged from the benches to speakers by mps in a tradition resenting his reelection by members. And were building up to the semifinals at Euro England against the netherlands tomorrow. Here in bbc news, its time for newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its adam from newscast from the bbc. Hello, its adam from the newscast from the bbc. Hello, its adam from the Studio Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its adam from the Studio Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its adam from the Studio And Newscast from the bbc. Hello, Itsl Adam from the studio
Sir Keir Starmer used to occupy and do the role of leader of the opposition. But with 175 fewer of his mps behind him. So a very stark reminder. And thats what one tory mp said to me, itsjust becomes very obvious. Even if you didnt know that theres been a massive shift in parliamentary power and then of course, loads more Liberal Democrats, far fewer snp and then the new faces like Nigel Farage, reform mps, a couple of Extra Green Mps as well. So definitely feels like a real change. And of course all those new ones looking really happy. Im a bit lost as they wander around and try and find their way around, but you know, looking very happy. Lots of hugging and smiles and we will see how long all that lasts. And Nigel Farage used some of his first ever speech as a as an elected mp in the House Of Commons to criticise the previous speaker, john bercow, who lots of people thought tried to thwart brexit. And people had sort of hinted at that in in the chamber before, but never been quite as
inspiring prince harry at the invictus games. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and 1am in ukraine, where, in the last 2a hours, russia has expanded its bombardment, hitting sites right across the country. in a televised address, president volodymyr zelensky said he could confirm that the battle for the donbas region had begun. in the east, thousands continue to flee as russia steps up its new offensive, massing troops in the region, where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian led separatists, for the past eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now, from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions let s go. well, we just came here to go to a shelter, but
his interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. he has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. he cannot talk. and who told him he could sing? but of all those 2000 or so guests, one always haunted him. i interviewed everybody from henry kissinger to billy connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, all those people. and i m only remembered for one thing, i was attacked by a sodding emu. he s not aggresive! rod hull and emu rather punctured the suave tv persona. i knew we should never have booked it. of course, there wasn t much hollywood glamour in the childhood of this son of a yorkshire miner. my generation was the first that actually challenged the assumption that if you re born into a mining family, you followed your dad s footsteps down to the pit. his escape was journalism, which took him to granada tv. ladies and gentlemen, miss shirley maclaine. and then, in 1971, the parkinson show. i hope i can get away with this, it s a beauty. it was a programme that could transfor
contained in unclassified fbi document released today by iowa senator chuck grassley the then vice president joe biden and his son hunter allegedly coerced the ceo of a ukrainian energy company, burisma to pay them millions of dollars, about $5 million each in exchange for their help in getting fired, a ukrainian prosecutor who had been investigating the company. now, the question is an fbi generated ft 102 # which grassley s office says he acquired by a legally protected disclosures by doj whistleblowers. in the form, burisma ceo at the time told a confidential human source that he had, quote: many text messages and recordings that show he was coerced to make such payments to the bidens. interestingly, the document is dated june 30th of 2020. of course, that was five months before the 2020 election. and you ll recall this it was back in 2018 when joe biden acknowledged that when he was v.p. he successfully pressured ukraine to fire a prosecutor by threatening to withhold a b