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you very shortly, we will be hear with you into the next few hours, but coming up, we will have a special news paper review, some of the reaction and commentary of the duke s life, that is coming up with my colleague clive myrie. stay with us for that on bbc news. after a long and eventful life prince philip, the duke of edinburgh, has died at the age of 99. he was by some distance the longest serving royal consort in british history, a role he d made his own. from the day of his marriage to the future queen and throughout her long reign, he was at her side in good times and bad. he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and i and his whole family, and this and many other countries, owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know. the duke of edinburgh s award scheme for young people isjust one of the achievements he will be remembered for, and for which he has received praise from political leaders. like the expert carriag ....
i fully accept now that the post office, excuse me. former chief executive of the post office paula vennells breaks down in tears while giving evidence to the inquiry into the horizon it scandal, and admits she made mistakes tributes are paid to the former british olympic swimming champion david wilkie, who s died at the age of 70. a number of flood warnings are starting to rise after relentless rain, more to come for some today but something a bit brighter across the south. will that become more extensive as we head towards the bank holiday weekend? it s thursday 23rd may. our main story. the uk will go to the polls six weeks today after the prime minister announced there will be a general election on the 4th ofjuly. on the steps of downing streetjust over 12 hours ago rishi sunak vowed to fight for every vote while labour leader sir keir starmer said it was time for change . our political editor chris mason has this report on how the surprise events unfolded. the lecte ....
and it is horrible for me to hear they are missing or they are dead or they are in hospital or something. how did the fire start, and why did it engulf the entire building injust minutes? questions but as of yet no answers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has ordered a full public inquiry into what happened here, why the fire spread so happened here, why the fire spread so quickly, and with such deadly consequences. the death toll at the moment is 17, but that is expected to rise. we know, in terms of casualties, that 37 people are still in hospital, 17 of those in critical ca re in hospital, 17 of those in critical care at the moment. the prime minister, theresa may, was here earlier on today neighbours and, and jeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour party, has also been here, he went to a nearby church currently and emergency centre, and he said that the truth must come out. he once and he wants answers. i m joined by deputy assistant ....
are confident? yellow makar he will be all right, yeah. i think you will be all right, yeah. i think you will be all right, is that 0k? be all right, yeah. i think you will be all right, is that ok? we have got plenty of back ups. we have exceptional players so there is no risk for us. as for scotland, edinburgh flanker hamish watson will start in place of the injured john hardie. it s the only change to the starting 15 and means their backline stays the same for the trip to twickenham, a venue where scotland haven t won since 1983. that s all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. thanks forjoining us. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate devlin, political correspondent at the herald and peter spiegel, news editor at the financial times. nice to see you both, waiting patiently so we can get on air! now for the front pages, starting with the guardian. it says that theresa may is putting of ....
it s deep into the german culture of looking at the stereotype but if you re going to see from the countryside our. dear eugene ridiculous grammar their own belief goes it s all about their new primary job join me to meet the germans on the w. post. this is d w news asia coming up on this program 30 years ago students in china took to tiananmen square demanding change the government responded with bullets the world commemorates china pretends the incident never happened and. tiptoeing around a taboo subject why do many japanese teens give sex education in their schools the only great. chant welcome to the program it s good to have you with us the chinese government s crackdown in and around tiananmen square in 1989 came to be symbolized by this iconic image of one man blocking a tank advance for weeks students had occupied the space demanding economic and political reforms and eventually officials had had enough they declared martial law and the military moved in beginning in ....