Here former president , barack 0bama, has endorsed the Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for the White House. In a Phone Call Mr 0bama and his wife, michelle, said they would do everything to get her into the oval office. Kamala 0h, hi, youre both together oh, its good to hear you both. I cant have this Phone Call without saying to my girl, i kamala, i am proud of you. This is going to be historic. | we called to say michelle and i couldnt be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the oval office. Oh, my goodness. Michelle, barack, this means so much to me. I am looking forward to doing this with the two of you, doug and i both, and getting out there, being on the road. But most of all, i just want to tell you that the words you have spoken and the friendship that you have given over all these years mean more than i can express, so thank you, both. It means so much. And were going to have some fun with this too, arent we . Is
in the uk for the first time since records began. but high inflation means people s wages are falling in real terms. the wagatha christie court case wayne rooney says the england manager told him that rebekah vardy s media activities were causing distractions during euro 2016. and the queen makes a surprise visit to see london s new elizabeth line for herself. good evening. for 82 days, the ukrainian fighters who clung to their last foothold in the besieged city of mariupol came to symbolise their country s defiance against the onslaught of russian forces. last night, more than 260 of them were told to leave the asovstal steel plant and were taken to russian controlled territory. the southern port city has been key to moscow s military campaign giving russia full control of more than 80% of ukraine s black sea coastline. russian troops encircled mariupol in early march, damaging or destroying over 90% of the city. but ukrainian forces held out at the huge steelworks in
and thousands of homes destroyed by majorflooding in northern afghanistan. thousands of demonstrators in georgia have again taken to the streets of tbilisi in the latest protest against legislation that would force organisations to declare foreign funding. and the most powerful solar storm in 21 years triggers celestial light shows in many parts of the world, with scientists expecting another display later this evening. hello, i m samantha simmonds. the israeli military says about 300,00 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday, when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. the israel defence forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no running water or proper sanitation. israel is planning an assault on hamas fighters in rafah and has ordered tens of thousands more residents from eastern districts of the city to leave. residents from eastern districts evacuation orders have also
we start with the eurovision song contest, which is now under way in sweden. throughout the day, an estimated 10,000 people marched through the city of malmo, protesting against israel s participation in the competition. these are live pictures outside the contest venue. let s cross now to my colleague mariam moshiri in malmo. always lovely to work with you, shame you are not here, it has been a lot of fun map as you have mentioned, there has been much controversy over the last week. but this is what it is about, the music, and fans are lining up in their droves to watch the grand final of the 68th eurovision song contest. it has been a controversial week, it has been a controversial week, it has been a controversial week, it has been different to await eurovision song contest two, with lots going on with protests, protest going on right now in the square in front of the arena. my colleague has all the latest. joost klein. with just hours to go, his eurovision dream is over.