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and the braking system failing. now on bbc news, its dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the journalists from overseas who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week, as this country marks the 70—year long reign of queen elizabeth, what future for queens and kings here and globally? from king mswati, whos used his absolute power to rename his country eswatini to the imperial f...

to celebrate an historic 70—year reign, the elizabethean age. the nations favourite bear kicked off the concert with a private audience with the queen, marmalade and all. happyjubilee, maam. and thank you. for everything. thats very kind. the final day ofjubilee celebrations will end with a huge pageant near buckingham palace later. street parties are also set to be held across the uk in what is being called the big jubilee lunch. explosions shake kyiv, in the first russian assault o...

so theres disarray there already. and unfortunately, with so little slack in the system, british airways, for instance, cancelling around 100 flights a day, but doing that well in advance, its very difficult to see how some of those people are going to get back and theyve got school, some of them exams and of course, many people due back at work tomorrow morning. so what is the situation and what are their rights? well, their rights are very easy to state and theyre absolutely clear. t...

with the queen — now other national icons are getting in on the act. ive 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 queens platinum jubilee. you the queens platinumjubilee. arejust you the queens platinum jubilee. ar...

>> all of us here know that we are present at the making of history. >> as the queen takes her first cautious steps as monarch, she is torn between the palace old guard led by her mother and those like her husband, philip, who want change. with scandals swirling around her sister margaret threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power, sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. >> february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days, following the death ...

[ chanting ] >> all of east germany, angry crowds lashed out on the streets. that night in dresden, they found a target. the local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building, as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside, peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. >> he was terrified they were going to storm the building. >> putin was a junior officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. the berlin wall had come down, police ...

hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the journalists from overseas who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week, as this country marks the 70—year long reign of queen elizabeth, what future for queens and kings here and globally? from king mswati, whos used his absolute power to rename his country eswatini to the imperial family ofjapan, gods made mortal by an occupying power. from the often absent thai mon...

town. on that note, i wish you all are very good night. and a safe weekend. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us all week long. ill see you on monday. ou on monday happy friday. so the year was 1996. president bill clinton was running for reelection. two years earlier, republicans have taken over the house of representatives for the first time in over 40 years. so democrats were focused on every single house seat they could poss...

thisjubilee weekend, are katherine pepinstow whose new book defenders of the faith, addresses one of the reasons this queen does not contemplate retirement her faith. yasmin alabi, a brown british columnist who is a committed republican, and henry chu from the la times. in the united states, a country formed in revolt from the then english monarch. welcome to you all. thank you very much for coming in, particularly on such a busy weekend. catherine, can i start with you? theres no doub...

the gunman is also dead. police have spoken of multiple injuries. now on bbc news its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. right now, russias war on ukraine is being waged from house to house, town to town in the eastern donbas. the strategy is simple — destroy and then occupy the ruins. but the annihilation strategy isnt restricted to the battlefield. the kremlin is seeking to erase ukraines history, culture and sense of identity. my guest today is the ukrainian raised,...