hello, this is bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines. the family of former british soldier jordan gatley say he s been killed fighting for the ukrainian armed forces in the eastern city of severodonetsk. ministers order a review into whether a 5 pence cut in fuel duty is being passed on quickly enough to drivers. it s horrendous. i don t know how people are going to survive. i rely on my car all the time, and it s a huge cost to everybody. it comes as a leading business group tells the bbc they believe households in the uk will go into recession this year. disability campaigners are taking legal action against the government for not backing a recommendation from the grenfell tower inquiry to give vulnerable residents of high rise buildings personal fire evacuation plans. voting ends in most of france in an election to decide whether emmanuel macron can continue governing with a majority in the national assembly. and queen elizabeth the second becomes the world s second lon
hello and welcome along to sportsday. i m s era sarah mulkerrins. joe root hits 150 as they back to back against new zealand. dan evans rounds off a perfect week. and linn grant becomes the first female winner on the dp world tour after victory in scandinavia. welcome along to sportsday. day three was all about england s batters as they dominated play at trent bridge. starting the day on 90 for one, they were looking at a hefty first endings told her a 553. play ended with a root in on 163. in the foothills of new zealand s vast first innings total, england had to bat, so why not enjoy it? alex lees made his highest score for england, but 67 felt like a disappointment, such was the context. this was a day of opportunity, and lees knew it. both teams dropped several catches. this was a tough one but it was joe root, and therefore to be regretted by new zealand. 0llie pope was guiding his way to 100. england backing his talent, giving him responsibility, and this is how you
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a group of 20 senators from both sides of the us political divide has announced proposals for limited measures aimed at curbing gun violence, following devastating mass shootings in texas and new york. ten republican senators have backed the legislation potentially enough to overcome the republican filibuster in the us senate that has blocked previous agreements on gun control. let s look in more detail at what s in the guns proposal. the framework agreement includes support for state red flag laws where guns could be kept from those who might pose a danger. also included , tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21. there would also be measures to prevent what s known as straw purchases, where people buy guns for others who are restricted from purchasing them but not included are measures democrats and president joe biden had advocated such as raising the age for buying semiautomatic ri
of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis but the illness is usually mild. and it s kick off for the last round of premier league games. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves. good afternoon. the education secretary nadhim zahawi says he doesn t believe boris johnson s meeting with the senior civil servant preparing to publish the partygate report this week will have had any influence on what s in it. there is still confusion as to who called the meeting between the prime minister and sue gray said to have taken place last month. she s given civil servants she wants to name in her report until 5pm today to respond if they object. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row doe