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hello, good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev — the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to — what he described as — constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of the house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state. a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the...

10,000 migrants have reached the uk in small that so far this year. the government says it is determined to stop people risking their lives crossing the channel and to tackle the people smugglers who are dangerously overloading the boats. it's big idea, to send some asylum seekers to rwanda to act as a deterrent. the first flight is scheduled for tuesday. but now prince charles has reportedly described the policy as appalling. according to the times, in private conversations he said he was unimpressed with the government's direction of travel, and said he feared it could overshadow a...

Celebrated by team—mates who knew its value. new zealand's position was so strong, they could afford the odd risk. that's what did for blundell in the end. england finally took a catch, but the damage may already have been done. patrick gearey, bbc news. a long afternoon ahead in the cricket, and hopefully for you as well at home. that's it from the lunchtime team. the next news on bbc one is at 7pm, bye for now. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. england, scotland and wales are all

Be for fewer showers around. which will certainly come as welcome news. there will be showers the further north and west, but central and southern england perhaps dry out with sunshine. and may beat in the north of the great glen, not a bad afternoon. i still disappointing, north of the great glen, not a bad afternoon. istill disappointing, 21 celsius, and you can almost —— and i can almost hear you saying! but indications of high pressure trying to build in from the south, although low pressure not moving away totally. but that does mean through the week ahead, for england and wales, we m...

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