in the commons, conservative mps have started voting for and against their leader. numberten. how much damage is this inflicting on boris johnson? the prime minister needs 180 votes to win and stay on. the result is expected at nine o clock this evening. also tonight. are the world s promises to reduce carbon emissions being kept? we look at the pledges more than six months on from cop 26 in glasgow. families hope for answers as a public inquiry begins into a catalogue of alleged abuse of vulnerable adults at a home in northern ireland. and fancy a four day week but on no less pay? how this brewery is among dozens of companies trying it out in a uk wide experiment. heather watson and harriet dart both get off to the best possible start at the nottingham open, but will eradicate new weight heather watson in the next round? emma raducanu. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six live from downing street. borisjohnson s future as prime minister is in the hands of his t
with the queen now other national icons are getting in on the act. i ve got my own swarovski crystals, so i can outsparkle everybody here, although might i say howjealous i was of paddington bear having tea with the queen only last night! good afternoon. a huge pageant along the mall in london will start in about half an hour, bringing to a close four days of celebrations to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. you the queen s platinumjubilee. arejust you the queen s platinum jubilee. are just hearing that of you are just hearing that the sounds of the kids quiet, made up of 400 schoolchildren representing 22 schools from around london coming together that a very special performance today warming up the crowd performing i am the earth, conducted by richard and about to begin performing something that will begin performing something that will be very familiar to many of you. take that s greatest day. thousands have come here from all corners of the uk and indeed much further a
The dismissal of Oleksii Reznikov signals a strategy shift. Mr reznikov led the Ministry Since before the start of russias full scale invasion in february of last year, winning praise for negotiations to secure allied weaponry and expanding ukraines army. But as ukraines government has ramped up investigations into corruption, mr reznikov has become the subject of increasing speculation over financial misconduct, though he has not been personally implicated. Meanwhile, on the battlefield, ukrainian generals claim that they have breached russias formidable first line of defences in the south, near zaporizhzhia. General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi told the Observer Newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. But the general claimed that clearing those mines has allowed his forces to advance, saying that ukraine expects weaker Russian Defences ahead. Questions over ukraines slow progress on the battlefie