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Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. A diplomatic row between russia and the us is intensifying, with moscow expelling ten american diplomats from the country and recommending the us ambassador return home. The moves are in response to sanctions imposed by washington on thursday, over what the white house called russia s harmful foreign activities from election interference to cyber attacks and the build up of russian troops along ukraine s border. We ll have more from our correspondent in eastern ukraine shortly, but first for more on russia s response to these latest american sanctions, here s our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. The kremlin said that it acts according to reciprocity. So we are expecting a diplomatic tit for tat. America expelled ten russians, russia expels ten americans and eight us officials have been put on the black list. Interesting that the russians have recommended that the us ambassador pop home for consultations. It is
hello and welcome to the programme. final preparations are being made for the funeral of the duke of edinburgh at windsor castle. the archbishop of canterbury, who will play a key part in the service, told the bbc the queen, as a grieving widow, now found herself in the same position as millions of others who ve lost family members in the pandemic. the funeral will be a more muted event, with people being told not to go to windsor because of covid restrictions and to watch proceedings on tv. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports from windsor. a husband and wife, plainly happy in each other s company a previously private image taken at balmoral in 2003, selected by the queen to be published on the eve of her husband s funeral. outside st george s chapel, within windsor castle, some of the flowers left by members of the public have been laid out on the lawns. close by, a wreath from the prime minister, with a card paying tribute to a man to whom the nation owes mo
in other news, fan fury forces all six english clubs involved in the breakaway european super league to pull out after widespread condemnation. and some of africa s rarest books have been destroyed in the fire that has through cape town. hello and welcome to bbc news. the former police officer derek chauvin has been found guilty of two charges of murder and one of manslaughter for the death of george floyd, the african american man he pinned to the ground for more than nine minutes last may. the historic outcome, at a court in minneapolis, is seen as a landmark test of police accountability. president biden said the verdict could be a giant step forward for justice in america. awarning you may find some images in ourfirst report upsetting. here s our north america correspondent lebo diseko. a community awaits a verdict. as to count one, unintentional second degree murder while committing a family, find the derek chauvin guilty. the former policeman - derek chauvin guilty. t