hello, and welcome to bbc news. it s 100 days since russia began its invasion of ukraine. president zelensky marked the occasion by praising the country s resistance. but he s admitted russia now controls one fifth of his country, that nearly 1a million people have been forced to flee and that thousands of civilians have been killed. 0n the ground, vladimir putin s focus is now on the donbas region in the east, where his forces continue to make gains. but the governor of the luhansk region says ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of severodonetsk. if confirmed, it would mean russian forces control only half the city. 0ur international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has been with ukrainian troops near bakhmut one of the next town s in russia s path. a dirt track that leads to a grinding war. we re in donbas, the key battleground. the russians are two miles down the road. this area, around bakhmut, is still in ukrainian hands, for now. but the enemy is approaching from two si
There will be some rain at times. it is sunday 5june, and it s the fourth and final day of the platinum jubilee celebrations. i m here at buckingham palace, where later there will be a pageant with a carnival procession up the mall featuring a military parade, acrobats, puppets and tributes to the 70 years of the queen s reign. and it is not raining, which is a result. look at the empty, quiet streets. this is not how it was last night. this really is the morning after the night before. it is really peaceful, you can hear the odd street cleaner, the odd generator. this place last night was really rocking. tens of thousands of people in the mall, listening to acts like queen, elbow, george ezra. it was superb, and so moving. the sketch between the queen and paddington, it
Double olympic gold medallist. it is just amazing to be one of 150 national treasures. it is a weird thing to say personally, but it means a lot to be part of it. children will play a big part. these pupils from luton will be dressed as the flowers which decorated the queen s coronation gown. i m very excited, i m nervous, and this is a once in a lifetime dream. she has been on the throne 70 whole years. that is a lot. i m very proud of her. she s done an amazing job. she is a very good queen. leading the pageant along the mall, the gold state coach it transported the queen on coronation day, and images from 1953 will be shown on its windows. hey, everyone, iam ed sheeran and i will be playing at the queen s pageant on sunday 5june at the mall. see you there.
After the derby, there will be the platinum party at the palace, produced by the bbc, on a stage being built right in front of the palace. will the queen be there? it will be decided on the day. and then finally, on sunday 5june, the gold state coach will be one of the main features in a jubilee pageant on the mall though the queen will not be riding in it. so it is clearly the queen s intention to be at trooping the colour and the service of thanksgiving, and at the other events if she can. nicholas witchell, bbc news. all over the world, people are generating help for ukraine and the refugees who have lost their homes, families and livelihood. now, the biggest brewery in the world has come up with a project that is basically a donation in a can. wendy urquhart reports. this isn t just any this isn tjust any old beer, this is ukrainian beer. cans are rolling off the conveyor