good evening and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has insisted that questions over his leadership have been settled and that he will lead the conservative party into the next general election. his comments follow the tories defeat in two by elections this week. speaking to the bbc from rwanda, where he s attending a commonwealth meeting, he said people were heartily sick of questions about his conduct and that a psychological transformation of his character would not happen. earlier, i spoke to lucy fisher, who s chief political commentator at times radio. she told me she thinks mrjohnson is trying to distance himself from the byelection results. in the immediate wake of these two rather disastrous by election defeats, we had the prime minister try and link the discontent of tory voters or voters in those seats to the cost of living crisis. this weekend, he has moved the narrative on slightly, almost suggesting it s his mps, possibly the media, at part to blame with what he
norway cancels this year s oslo pride parade, after a deadly shooting at a gay nightclub, which police are treating as an act of islamist terrorism . and sir paul mccartney the star of glastonbury on stage in front of a massive crowd. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. watching in the uk in a breakthrough for president putin, russian forces have taken control of severodonetsk. the city occupies a key location in the east of ukraine. kyiv pulled out forces after ferocious russian attacks. weeks of heavy shelling have reduced the city to ruins. here s the mayor of severodonetsk announcing that the city had fallen into russian hands. the city has been fully occupied by the russian federation. as far as i know, they re trying to impose their rules and appoint some sort of commandant two is in charge. our ukraine correspondent joe inwood has the latest from the capital kyiv it isa it is a significant moment, maybe not as surprising when given
deadly attack on a series of oslo bars and nightclubs as islamist terrorism. and sir paul mccartney the star of glastonbury on stage in front of a massive crowd. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. audiences in the uk we begin in ukraine, where in a breakthrough for president putin, russian forces have taken control of severodonetsk. the city occupies a key location in the east of ukraine. kyiv pulled out forces after ferocious russian attacks. weeks of heavy shelling have reduced the city to ruins. here s the mayor of severodonetsk announcing that the city had fallen into russian hands. translation: the city has been fully occupied by the russian federation. as far as i know, they re trying to impose their rules and appoint some sort of commandant who is in charge. our ukraine correspondent joe inwood has the latest from the capital kyiv. it s a significant moment, maybe not as surprising when given the ukrainians said they were withdrawing
and, diana ross helps bring the first glastonbury festival for three years to a close. welcome. leaders of the g7 group of nations have been meeting in germany for the first day of talks in a key week of diplomacy over ukraine. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, said ukraine should not be forced towards making a deal with russia. president biden called for western unity to be maintained so that russia could be defeated. our political editor chris mason reports from bavaria in germany. the leaders of the world s richest countries gather to work out what to do next about ukraine. they begin by mocking president putin. the canadian prime minster suggests they should mimic the russian leader by riding barerback on a horse, as he has done. beyond the jokes though, there are differences of emphasis in approach here about how much and for how long ukraine should be helped. the uk insists it must be for the long haul. the prime minister acknowledges, though, some are tiring of
the first glastonbury festival for three years to a glorious close. leaders of the g7 group of nations have been meeting in germany for the first day of talks in a key week of diplomacy over ukraine. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, said ukraine should not be forced towards making a deal with russia. president biden called for western unity to be maintained so that russia could be defeated. our political editor chris mason reports from bavaria in germany. the leaders of the world s richest countries gather to work out what to do next about ukraine. they begin by mocking president putin. the canadian prime minster suggests they should mimic the russian leader by riding bareback on a horse, as he has done. beyond the jokes though, there are differences of emphasis in approach here about how much and for how long ukraine should be helped. the uk insists it must be for the long haul. the prime minister acknowledges, though, some are tiring of it. i think that the pressur