in england s local elections. the tories lost almost 500 council seats on thursday. the sunday express looks ahead to borisjohnson s queen s speech next week, which promises to slash red tape, boost economic growth and make the uk thrive. the mail on sunday splashes beergate on its front page. sir keir starmerfaces fresh questions over a leaked memo which, the paper says, undermines the labour leader s claim that his takeaway was actually spontaneous. the sunday people says ukrainian hackers halt vladimir putin s party vodka. booze missiles is its headline. the sunday mirror reports the duke and duchess of cambridge are set to scrap formalities when on duty including curtsies, bows and even using their royal titles. we will get to that, but we will start with the result in northern ireland. we ll we ll start we ll start by looking at the observer, which has the picture of the two sinn fein leaders taking a selfie and the headline. fuels debate on future of the union. joe t
rights in afghanistan under a new attack the taliban order women to wear the full face veil. today, they decreed that all women must cover their places with a veil in public and they laid out an escalating series of punishments for any woman not complying. i ll be speaking to an afghan artist who uses photography to challenge the burqa. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the united states has called for northern ireland leaders to return to power sharing. it follows sinn fein s historic victory in the election to the northern ireland assembly. as the final counting continues, sinn fein has 27 assembly members, while the democratic unionist party have 24. the cross community alliance party has 17 seats, the ulster unionist party has 9, and the social democratic and labour party has seven.it is the first time a nationalist party in northern ireland has won the most seats with sinn fein s ultimate goal being for northern ireland to leave the
enjoying the ride george, charlotte and louis made their debut appearance in a royal carriage at the trooping the colour parade. more than 3,000 beacons have been lit up around the country and the commonwealth to mark the queen s reign. but it s been announced that after experiencing some discomfort the queen now won t attend a service of thanksgiving at st paul s tomorrow. also tonight: ukraine urges the west to step up the delivery of weapons as fighting intensifies in the east of the country. and 17 wickets fall on the first day of the first test between england and new zealand at lords the match is finely balanced. good evening from buckingham palace, which as you can see is lit up with images of the queen throughout her long reign. it s been a momentous day here, with huge crowds cheering for her majesty as the first of four days of the platinum jubilee celebrations got under way. it began with the trooping the colour parade and was followed by a spectacular fly past
as ukraine approaches 100 days of war, president zelensky urges western nations to step up their weapons deliveries, with russia now in control of 20% of his country. after winning his defamation case against ex wife amber heard, we look at whyjohnny depp lost a similar libel case against the sun newspaper in the uk. hello, welcome to the programme. queen elizabeth has overseen a fly past of 70 aircraft on the first day of events to mark her platinum jubilee. the 96 year old british monarch wasjoined on the buckingham palace balcony by family members for the aerial display. and a short while ago, thousands of beacons were lit across the uk. in light of her recent health issues, she restricted her appearance to the palace balcony instead of inspecting the troops in person as is traditional. and this evening, it was announced that she will not be attending tomorrow s service of thanksgiving at st paul s. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. windsor castle this even
on buckingham palace balcony for the first of four days ofjubilee celebrations. the express shows how the queen was met with a roaring crowd as tens of thousands of people flooded the mall, waving flags in the brilliant sunshine. the daily star pictures those same crowds looking to the skies, as red arrows, typhoons and spitfires, took part in the flypast over buckingham palace. but not everyone appreciated the display. the mirror splashes with the image of prince louis, who found the noise of the aircraft just a little overwhelming. the ft says world leaders including joe biden, emmanuel macron and pope francis have been sending their congratulations to the 96 year old sovereign. the times reports that the queen will not attend tomorrow s national service of thanksgiving to mark her platinum jubilee, after experiencing discomfort during today s events. the guardian s also features a prominent picture of the buckingham palace balcony but it leads with what it calls the