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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 youre 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 sa...

To the programme. Lets begin at the Rugby Union World cup in france, where in the last hour england have booked their place in the semi finals, after a narrow 30 21; win over fiji. Andy swiss is in marseilles and joins us now. Andy, england have done it but they were pushed all the way. They certainly were. The england fans have Onlyjust Stop celebrating inside the stadium behind me. They are through to The World Cup semifinals but only after the most extraordinary drama. They got off to an exce...

cleared by the government, suella braverman accused the metropolitan police of "playing favourites" by treating pro—palestinian marches differently to demonstrations by right wing groups. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has the latest. the war in the middle east has led to weekend pro—palestinian protests in london... ..and other cities around the uk. and tomorrow, once again, demonstrators are due to be on the march in the capital. theyre scheduled to set off after the...

hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer will go head—to—head in theirfirst televised debate of the general election campaign tonight. the hour long programme, on itv, will be filmed in front of a live studio audience. it comes as the conservatives have promised to introduce a yearly cap on the number of migrant visas, while labour has accused the tories of letting immigration get out of control. our political correspondent jessica parker has the d...

Scattering of showers and cool air sinking south and east to the rest of the afternoon. temperatures over the next few hours for some will start to drop away, just 9 degrees in stornoway by five oclock, perhaps 19 still in london. the rainbow push across the south—east corner into the first part of the evening, buying that we will see clear skies overnight, some showers into northern and western parts of the uk but under those it will be a much, much night than last night, even into single dig...

Rev. Frederick Haynes III, the Dallas megachurch pastor chosen to succeed Rev. Jesse Jackson as head of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, resigned suddenly last week after less than three months

The Rev. Jesse Jackson served as CEO of Rainbow Push for 40 years. His predecessor lasted just three months.

Despite the Biden administration’s refusal to back a ceasefire that would help end Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, momentum is growing across the US calling on the administration to reverse course. What is significant is that the opposition to the White House’s position is coming from within the president’s own party.

Rev. Jesse Jackson is sharing high praise for his Rainbow Push Coalition successor Dr. Frederick Haynes, III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church.

Chicago area Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations include Rainbow Push's scholarship breakfast.