in a few hours but soon they will all be behind me getting ready for the concert to begin. a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. travel disruption continues. airlines cancel more flights today and rail passengers are being warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. and wickets are beginning to tumble, at lords as england s batsmen struggle to chase the target set for them by new zealand. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way, with members of the royal family attending events across the uk. the duke and duchess of cambridge are at cardiff castle with their two older children prince george and princess charlotte. the day will end with an open air concert at buckingham palace where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. let s head to the mall there now and to
and as princess mary is set to be crowned queen of denmark today, this will make her the first australian born queen of a european monarchy. to discuss this we can go live to birgitte maibom, chairman of danish church in australia. thank you forjoining us on bbc news, birgitte. let s start with the celebrations. how will you be marking this occasion? the danish church will have a big family celebration next sunday so we can have children to come along. we have invited them to dress up as kings and queens and princes and princesses and we will be celebrating it with some danish specialties and then of course we will be watching a recording of the streaming later today. and, of course, australia doesn t have australia follows royal family s closely,
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