plus community over the last 50 years? get in touch with me on @annitabbc or using the hashtag bbc your questions. and, two british hopefuls, cameron norrie and heather watson, will both be in action today at wimbledon. the mp chris pincher has resigned as government deputy chief whip, after a newspaper alleged he groped two men at a private members club. he has apologised to the prime minister and said he had embarrassed himself and others. the role of the government whips is to enforce party discipline. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chris pincher had been deputy chief whip, responsible for discipline among tory mps, since february. but now it s his own conduct that has fallen short. there were complaints about his behaviour on wednesday night at the carlton club, a private members club in central london, where he is reported to have groped two men. in a letter to the prime minister yesterday, mr pincher said. as things stand, chris pincher won t face
impressive for earlyjuly, 17 19. we finished the day with persistent rain across in northern ireland. that s going to be affecting northern ireland through the evening, then spread into parts of central southern scotland, northern england and western parts of wales as we go through the night and into tomorrow morning. not a desperately cold night, temperature is around 9-13 to cold night, temperature is around 9 13 to start the weekend. here s the chart for the weekend. saturday, we ve got this hawk of weather system pushing slowly eastwards across the country, a bit more breeze on it than today. we ll see one when the front stretching from yorkshire down towards cornwall with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. that pushes slowly southwards and eastwards. east anglia and the south east staying dry until the evening then sunshine and showers for many although northern parts of scotland more in the way of persistent rain and cloud through the day. the winds lightest year, more of a
ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. and more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride, as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the chinese president, xijinping, has led a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule in hong kong. in a speech, he said true democracy began after the territory was handed back to china. mr xi also swore in hong kong s new leader, john lee, who praised the new security law that s been used to crush pro democracy protests. britain and the us have accused beijing of failing to live up to the promises it made in 1997 to respect hong kong s freedoms. mark lobel reports. and half a years since the start of the pandemic, choosing hong kong, two years on since a national security law. it is also 25 years since the b
the last british governor of hong kong, lord chris patten, spoke to the bbc about that democracy claim from xi jinping. it is of course completely absurd. i don t think xijinping it is of course completely absurd. i don t think xi jinping would know a democratic election if it hit him over the head with a police truncheon. the truth is that one of the reasons why the chinese communist past what is called the national security law, which in effect put hong kong into handcuffs, one of the reasons was that they were terrified of the likely outcome of legislative council elections in 2020. and we ll have a longer interview with chris patten here a little later in the next half an hour. the ukrainian authorities say a russian missile has hit an apartment block in 0desa, killing at least 19 people. a spokesman for the regional
freedom of speech, is the attacks on civil society. this year, people were not allowed to take part in the tradition of vigils for those murdered in tiananmen square because the chinese want to pretend that never happened. the chinese want to pretend that never happened. when i read the introduction, never happened. when i read the introduction, and never happened. when i read the introduction, and i never happened. when i read the introduction, and i referenced - never happened. when i read the i introduction, and i referenced what xijinping had said, that true democracy began after the territory was handed back, i could sense a shudderfrom youth when was handed back, i could sense a shudder from youth when i was handed back, i could sense a shudderfrom youth when i read was handed back, i could sense a shudder from youth when i read that. yes, well it was completely absurd. i don t think xi jinping would yes, well it was completely absurd. i don t think xijinping would know a