last time. and behind the curtain. the famous balcony, site of many a royal historic moment, will be seen from inside buckingham palace for the first time. a fairly cloudy start for most of us, showers in the south which will fade, he will brighten up, heaviest and most persistent rain across north eastern scotland. it s wednesday 10th july, our main story. the prime minister has arrived in washington for the 75th annual summit of the nato defence alliance, where he will also hold talks with the us presidentjoe biden. ahead of his first overseas trip in the role, sir keir starmer said the uk had a cast iron commitment to spending 2.5% of national income on defence but stopped short of giving a timeline for the promise to be delivered. our north america correspondent carl nasman reports. this summit, a tribute to history. yet they s ceremony taking place in the very hall where the nato treaty was first signed 75 years ago. but the meeting isjust about was first signed 75 years
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havery for public transportation or lift it. before deciding whether to appeal a decision to end masking on public transit. we begin with aaron mclachlan in kyiv. the situation in mariupol getting more desperate by the hour. what is president zelenskyy saying about it today? reporter: hey, andrea. well, according to ukrainian officials, there had been an agreement to set up a humanitarian corridor to evacuate 6,000 women, children and elderly from the besieged city of mariupol. there are some local media reports, however, that the meeting points for that humanitarian core dorthat has been agreed to throughout the city had been hit by artillery rounds and shells, effectively collapsing the corridor. we have yet to see any official indication from the ukrainians that is in fact what has happened. meanwhile, today, here in kyiv, ukrainian officials met with the president of the european counsel, charles michelle, the former belgian prime minister. he went to some of the areas
which has been under lockdown for more than three weeks, has reported its first official covid deaths in two years. to have them here is extraordinary. and prince harry speaks to the bbc about the invictus games, and what ukraine s presence there means. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has expanded its bombardment, hitting sites right across the country over the past 2a hours. in a televised address, president volodymyr zelensky said he could confirm that the battle for the donbas region had begun. translation: we can assess now that russian military has| begun the battle for donbas, for which they have been preparing a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated for this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are there, we will be fighting. we will defend ourselves and do everything that we must to keep what s ukrainian. what is not, we simply don t need it. th