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and party at the palace, some of the music industry? bigger stars celebrate queen elizabeth platinum jubilee. stars celebrate queen elizabeth platinumjubilee. music platinum jubilee. music industry s platinumjubilee. music industry s biggest stars. president zelensky has marked 100 days since russia invaded ukraine, with a defiant video message, praising his country s resistance, and insisting it will be victorious. in the past week, vladimir putin s forces are said to have made significant gains in the eastern donbas, but the governor of the luhansk region says ukrainian troops have now recaptured 20% of severodonetsk. our international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has been with ukrainian troops near bakhmut, one of the next towns in russia s sights. a dirt track that leads to a grinding war. we re in donbas, the key battleground. the russians are two miles down the road. this area, around bakhmut, is still in ukrainian hands for now but the enemy is app ....
earlier members of the british royal family attended a special service at saint paul s cathedral in london. celebrating our different communities has been the focus of a platinum jubilee event in newham in east london. to mark the queen s 70 year reign, 70 women are performing a traditionalfolk dance from kerala in india. luxmy gopal has been to see how final rehearsals are going. (music playing). 70 dancers in on eight platinum theme attire, celebrating the head of state from carrabba free from southern india. this was a final rehearsal from women who until last weekend not met. people came from sheffield, nottingham, birmingham, you name itand we nottingham, birmingham, you name it and we did predominantly most of our sessions were done by zoom, some people met in the park weekly and for the first time weekly and for the first time we met on may 28 altogether as a group of 70. the dance is one of many events for mela, reflecting multiculturalism and the commonwealt ....
day of the temporary truce with hamas. whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons. hamas and president biden have said they would like to see an extension of the current four day truce but the israeli prime minister has maintained that his country will return to war. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcomed home. both israel and hamas are signalling their deal could be extended to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart, young hostages finally home. emily hand embraced by herfather, thomas, who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and he says, doing well. yesterday, we finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight from my face and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emily s f ....
Mostjubilee parties are actually taking place on sunday, but this street, like so many others, simply couldn t wait. thinking about the queen here a lot? definitely, today, it s all about the queen and how she served us for 70 years. she s done a greatjob at that. the rising cost of living means some can ill afford to party, but despite this, perhaps because of it, the celebrations have been hugely energetic. they will continue throughout the weekend. being head of state can be a lonelyjob but the queen has always enjoyed the support of family and friends as well as her royal staff. and throughout her time on the throne she has had some special companions who are small and furry. the bbc s tim allman explains. they were part of her life long before she was queen. the most loyal of friends, a sort of four legged courtier. there was little chance this ....
Of other landmarks across the country. the queen made her last trip to australia in 2011. in total, she visited 16 times. there is a growing sense that australia will inevitably become a republic one day just this week, the new government appointed an official to start looking at this transition. but the queen s popularity is still going strong here. you can certainly feel the respect and admiration for the head of state, as the country marks her 70 years on the throne. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, canberra. so the second day of queen elizabeth s platinum jubilee has drawn to a close, and as we mentioned earlier, there s still a whole weekend of celebrations ahead, including a concert at buckingham palace on saturday night, and a pageant on the mall in central london on sunday. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. she breathes! on an east end factory site next to the thames a dragon has come to life. ....