a 14 year old schoolboy is arrested in the serbian capital belgrade suspected of shooting dead eight of his classmates in a history lesson. new evidence about who was behind the underwater explosions on the nordstream gas pipelines last year an investigation points the finger at russia. banks are urged to speed up new high street hubs where they share premises. and a song for the coronation children imagine being king for the day. and coming up on bbc news. sam allardyce is the new manager of leeds, he has four games left to keep them in the premier league as he takes over from javi gracia. good afternoon. the government are praising police for their quick response after a man was arrested after what appeared to be shotgun cartridges were thrown into the grounds of buckingham palace last night. ministers say a very complex security operation is in place for the king s coronation this weekend, which will be attended by leaders and royalty from around the world. we ve heard
believe it was an assassination attempt on president putin. let s take you straight to these videos claiming to show the attack. this is the moment of the explosion coming up the moment of the explosion coming up now. there it is. that is circulating on social media. it appears to be a drone flying in from the left hand side before that explosion. we can t be sure of course. this is unverified footage at the moment. here is the drum from another angle, again not verified. shortly you will see the smoke coming up. according to our teams the videos do appear to be taken at the videos do appear to be taken at the time and location claimed. ukraine has denied carrying out any attack and claims russia is using this accusation as a cover to launch an attack. earlier i spoke to wil vernon in our moscow bureau and i were russia editor at bbc monitoring. started by asking will what exactly the russian authorities have said. the what exactly the russian authorities have said. , ., ., h
This turning point period, and we will pursue our long term plans and priorities. But first of all, we have to save the people of the country. We have to preserve our values and traditions, and particularly protect voluntary non state and religious organizations and civil society. The measures we take must be targeted and must be realizable. We will be open to cooperation with all countries who see in russia an honest partner. We will not refuse or reject any kind of dialogue with the western world. We are determined to parry aggression and to particularly counter those who are aggressive towards our country. Lets get more now with our russia editor at bbc monitoring, vitaly shevchenko. Good to see you. What stood out for you in president putins address . What happened and what was set as at the kremlin this morning may not be what it really seems. The way Vladimir Putin came to power, a lot of people would hesitate to call it an election after all of his key opponents were barred from
the centre of the memorial signifying the invasion by land, sea and air here at gold beach on the north coast of france. and i m naga munchetty in the studio. also in the news this morning. the first minister of wales, vaughan gething, faces an uncertain future after losing a vote of no confidence he insists he ll carry on. premier league clubs will vote on whether to scrap the use of the video assistant referee, after a season of notable errors and mounting scrutiny. good morning from hms belfast, one of the first warships to arrive at the normandy beaches. it is a cold start to the day, across the board, sunshine and blustery showers, most of which will be in the north. all the details later. it s thursday the 6th ofjune welcome to normandy where 80 years ago today, more than 156,000 allied troops launched an attack on german forces which would change the course of the second world war. it would forever be known as d day. it was just before 6.30 in the morning onjune 6t