personally translation: for for you personally translation: for our country it is so important to have victories in all ways to if we win it will be another opportunity to show ukraine to the world to remind people about ukraine and increase morale in the whole world. while they may be firm favourites it is perhaps worth noting another front runner in the betting, sam ryder representing the uk. no one is expecting zero points this year. david sillito, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. good afternoon. some rain on their way at last for england and wales. not everyone's favourites but for gardeners it has been so dry of

late. we could relate to do with a good drink for the flowers and plants are just getting started and this low pressure will deliver that into wednesday. at the moment we have a tail end of the weather front across the far east of england but that has not amounted to much rain. that should be quite a lot of sunshine across the whole of the uk this afternoon but some showers into western scotland and scattered ones for northern england. the showers in western scotland get quite intense as we look through the overnight period, could be some heavy rain and then the future you saw on the satellite picture pushing towards the south—west of england by the end of the night. we still have some question marks aboutjust how far north it may push, the more persistent rain but it looks like we could see some into lancashire or parts of yorkshire and briefly through wednesday. it looks like wales and the south—west will start

off wet as rain pushes across the midlands, lincolnshire and into east anglia. dry in the south—east for much of the date but should be some rain into the evening although it could be quite light in nature so perhaps not quite the promised drink for the garden for that part of england. elsewhere it is dry overnight as that system goes away and for thursday we are back with high pressure and largely dominating for most of the uk and more fine weather to come. foot scotland, weather to come. foot scotland, weather front sneaking into the north, the rainfall totals are adding up and we will add to that through thursday and friday. in the east, some bright or sunny spells it will feel warmer as temperatures creep up a little through thursday and friday. thursday, more sunshine to the south of the uk. still showers are just pushing their way across scotland. however it looks like we will get some drier weather,

the weekend here after what has been a very wet week for the western highlands and the western isles. highlands and the western isles. high pressure pushing up from the south through the weekend however as we tap into a warmer airfrom the continent there could be some isolated but intense thundery showers into parts of england and wales to respond it but at the moment we are looking at a fine weekend with someone to come. —— warmth to come. hello. it is just after 130. here it isjust after 130. here is it is just after 130. here is the sports news. former england batsman graham thorpe is in hospital and if described seriously by professional cricketers association. he put out a

statement. he had been the batting coach. he played 100 tests for england and spent all of this professional first—class career playing for surrey. in march he was appointed as the head coach for the afghanistan men's team. in a statement this morning, the dca says... with the premiere at the end of the premier league season inside, steven gerrard could have a big say in the destination of this years title. his aston villa side played both liverpool and manchester city in the run in, and the first is tonight. a win would bring the reds level at

the top with city.— win would bring the reds level at the top with city. they are a world class team. _ the top with city. they are a world class team, arguably _ the top with city. they are a world class team, arguably the - the top with city. they are a world class team, arguably the best - the top with city. they are a world | class team, arguably the best team in the world right now. so we are well aware of the challenge. world class players and operators in every position. i have spoken many times of my respect for the coaching staff there. you eitherfear that you put your shoulders back and you try and take it on. we your shoulders back and you try and take it on. ~ ,., ., ., , take it on. we both have three games to -la and take it on. we both have three games to play and my _ take it on. we both have three games to play and my concern _ take it on. we both have three games to play and my concern is how can - take it on. we both have three games to play and my concern is how can we | to play and my concern is how can we win our— to play and my concern is how can we win our games? we have no hand in how city— win our games? we have no hand in how city will — win our games? we have no hand in how city will play their games but before _ how city will play their games but before they are played i think we should _ before they are played i think we should not add on points. we don't do that, _ should not add on points. we don't do that, and — should not add on points. we don't do that, and city is not doing that. why should — do that, and city is not doing that. why should we stop believing? and that is what why should we stop believing? fific that is what we do. he is one of the most lethal goal—scorers in the world. one of the most in demand. he could be eight manchester city

player soon. could be eight manchester city playersoon. bbc could be eight manchester city player soon. bbc sport is heard from separate sources that the £63 million transfer for the norwegian has been agreed with an announcement expected soon. city and commenting but it is thought the deal is almost complete. he but it is thought the deal is almost com - lete. , , ., but it is thought the deal is almost comlete. , , ., , ., complete. he is destined to be one ofthe complete. he is destined to be one of the best — complete. he is destined to be one of the best players _ complete. he is destined to be one of the best players in _ complete. he is destined to be one of the best players in the _ complete. he is destined to be one of the best players in the world. it| of the best players in the world. it is his quality and talent. i wish he were coming back home here to please. this is his birthplace but i understand their decision for him to go to man city. it will be interesting. he is an explosive player in transition and manchester city often play in possession. he can play any style of play, but it makes manchester city one of the best in the world.

the second men's golf major of the year gets underway next week. just like the masters last month, all the talk ahead of the us pga is about tiger woods. the 15—time major winner has been named in the 156—man field for the championship in oklahoma. named in the 156—man field also in that named in the 156—man field line—up, is the defending champion phil mickelson. he became golf�*s oldest major champion when he won the competition last year, but he has been on a breakfrom golf and hasn't played since february after controversial comments about saudi arabia's regime. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. its widely expected that finland will begin the process ofjoining nato this week. the decision would significantly redraw the security map of europe, and will be seen in moscow as a hostile act.

for many fins, russia's invasion of ukraine has reawakened memories of the country's own wars against the soviet union, when only a strong military tradition saved the country from being forcibly incorporated into the communist state. from finland, our special correspondent, allan little reports. finland may be a small country, but it has one of the biggest armies in europe. defence and security are not just a matter for the armed forces here, they are woven into the fabric of the civic life of the country. we have a firm _ of the civic life of the country. - have a firm role in society. we still have a conscription which means that the majority of finns are some part of the national defence via conscription. ghee some part of the national defence via conscription.— via conscription. give me some of how big the _ via conscription. give me some of how big the parties _ via conscription. give me some of how big the parties are? - via conscription. give me some of how big the parties are? how- via conscription. give me some of. how big the parties are? how many personnel could you mobilise the stomach 280,000 at a figure right

now. what a population of 5 million. that is huge, isn't it? it now. what a population of 5 million. that is huge, isn't it?— that is huge, isn't it? it is. these are mostly _ that is huge, isn't it? it is. these are mostly conscript _ that is huge, isn't it? it is. these are mostly conscript and - that is huge, isn't it? it is. these are mostly conscript and do - that is huge, isn't it? it is. these l are mostly conscript and do regular refresher training throughout their life. for men it is compulsory and some women also volunteer. i life. for men it is compulsory and some women also volunteer. i have two older brothers _ some women also volunteer. i have two older brothers and _ some women also volunteer. i have two older brothers and my - some women also volunteer. i have two older brothers and my father i two older brothers and my father also so _ two older brothers and my father also so when they were in the army, i also so when they were in the army, llhought— also so when they were in the army, i thought that if there was a war i want _ i thought that if there was a war i want to— i thought that if there was a war i want to be — i thought that if there was a war i want to be there, too. i don't want — want to be there, too. i don't want... ~ ., want... there thinking about defences _ want... there thinking about defences so _ want... there thinking about defences so shaped - want... there thinking about defences so shaped about i want... there thinking about i defences so shaped about this. finland's resistance then is a echo of ukraine today. this is also in 1940, the winter war.

among the wreckage, the finns found propaganda films, - which were to have been shown in helsinki after the russians i had taken the capital. this is also 1940, the winter war? yes, during the winter war. this woman was a teenager in the city of vyborg. the soviets captured it and made it part of russia. finland never got it back. and did you witness some of the destruction yourself? yes, of course, she told me, i was there when the bombs were falling. we had to get down on the floor. people were fleeing with their belongings. my mother and i were on the last bus to leave vyborg. and are you still sad that it is a russian town now? of course. finland's border with russia is 800 miles long. its accession to nato would strengthen the alliance's military might, right on russia's doorstep. the trees beyond the frozen lake are in russia. 0n the other side of this frontier, this further advance of nato will be seen as more evidence of malign western intent. as a direct threat to

the security of russia itself. finland's army is already compatible with nato. this is a british tank taking part injoint training exercises on finnish soil already. for finland was once part of the russian empire and the spectre of a resurgent russian imperialism has driven finland into full alignment with the western military alliance and is redrawing the security map of europe. allan little, bbc news, finland. in sri lanka, troops and police are on the streets to enforce a nationwide curfew after violence between supporters and opponents of the government killed at least seven people. in the past month the country has been gripped by escalating demonstrations over soaring prices and power cuts. on monday, thousands besieged the prime minister's official residence, leading to his evacuation in a pre—dawn operation. mahinda rajapaksa had resigned hours earlier in an attempt to dispel the unrest.

richard galpin reports. the aftermath of a night of violence here in the sri lankan capital, colombo. these buses carrying government supporters attacked by opposition protesters after the news spread that prime minister mahinda rajapa ksa had resigned. the protesters defying a curfew and setting fire to vehicles and businesses belonging to members of the ruling party. this is what remains of a house owned by a cabinet minister. several people have been killed, including an opposition mp and hundreds have been injured. the opposition blames the government for what has happened. translator: everyone in this government, - including president rajapaksa and prime minister rajapaksa must be held responsible

for this inhumane attack. this was a planned, thought out attack. it was an act of state terrorism and political terrorism. the rajapaksas must be held responsible. prime minister rajapaksa announced his resignation in a tweet in the midst of the protests at this government's handling of the economic crisis. but it has not quelled the violence. demonstrators tried to storm the prime minister's official residence when he was inside the building. a curfew across the island has now been extended to wednesday. many sri lankans are still calling for president gotabaya rajapaksa, the younger brother of the ex prime minister, to also step down. live now to colombo and our south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan.

remarkable there is a nationwide curfew in place and yet people are still prepared to break it. it shows the level of upset and anger. despite the curfew, we can see dozens of people lining up here at the main protest site in colombo where people have been protesting for weeks saying the government mismanage the economy, increased the cost of living and putting essential commodities out of reach for the families here. that is by these people have been protesting, calling on the president to step down. and one of these things happened, the prime minister step down a day earlier, but these protesters are not satisfied. they say we need a total change in the political system when they want the president to also step down, even though the curfew is still in place until wednesday

morning, people are defiant and they want to show support at the protest site here. . , . want to show support at the protest site here. .,, ., ~ , �*, site here. has a prime minister's resignation _ site here. has a prime minister's resignation really _ site here. has a prime minister's resignation really made - site here. has a prime minister's resignation really made no - resignation really made no difference, no impact? the protesters _ difference, no impact? the protesters here _ difference, no impact? lie: protesters here hearsay difference, no impact? tie: protesters here hearsay that is difference, no impact? ti9: protesters here hearsay that is only half the job done. first of all, they were very upset and angry because there were violent incidents here just 24 hours ago. these protests have been peaceful. women, children and even christian and buddhist monks have been taking part. there has been damage to several tens and now they have been repaired. that took a lot of anger. what they say is in the last 15 or 16 years the government borrowed a heavy amount of money. loans have to be repaid and now the government doesn't have money to repay them and the covid ban hitting them really hard which means they have no

foreign exchange deserves so important commodities like food have increased the cost of living. they want to see the entire family out of the system. is want to see the entire family out of the system-— want to see the entire family out of the s stem. , :, :, the system. is the government doing an hint the system. is the government doing anything about _ the system. is the government doing anything about those _ the system. is the government doing anything about those cost _ the system. is the government doing anything about those cost of- the system. is the government doing anything about those cost of living i anything about those cost of living issues, the supply issues, everything you have talked about, everything you have talked about, everything the people are protesting about? are they doing anything or do they say they are doing anything? t they say they are doing anything? i have been speaking to they say they are doing anything? t have been speaking to government officials and as we speak there is no government as a following the resignation. the government system has ended now and the president has been talking about forming an all—party government. sri lanka has less than $50 million of reserves which means they can't import fuel and medicine for the next month. so they are getting money from countries like india and they have approached china as well as japan

for money. but the real issue is in the coming months if they don't get it, it will cause serious shortages of food and medicine and this will bring more people like these here to the streets because rice prices have doubled, lentil prices have tripled and milk powder is not available. so thatis and milk powder is not available. so that is a state of affairs here shall anchor. that is a state of affairs here shallanchor. but that is a state of affairs here shall anchor. but the political parties here are still discussing following a government and many people are angry that the real bread—and—butter issues so critical for sri lanka, whereas politicians are still wrangling over who should form the government. bier? are still wrangling over who should form the government.— are still wrangling over who should form the government. very good to talk to you- — form the government. very good to talk to you. thank _ form the government. very good to talk to you. thank you _ form the government. very good to talk to you. thank you for _ form the government. very good to talk to you. thank you for that - talk to you. thank you for that update. 0ur south asia regional editor, continuing protests there in colombo in sri lanka. the headlines on bbc news. prince charles delivers the queen's speech in parliament —

standing in for the monarch, who didn't attend the ceremony for the first time in nearly 60 years. government bills are promised on schooling, transport, and energy. as the ukrainian port of 0desa is hit by missiles, president zelensky warns of a threat to global food supplies. and rebekah vardy v colleen rooney — the so—called �*wagatha christie' libel trial kicks off at the high court. this is eight—year—old michelle who goes to school in deptford, in south london. she's just been crowned the top mathematician in the uk in her year group,

after taking part in the world maths day global challenge — a worldwide competition involving ten million children from 160 countries. let's hear more about it. keep practising maths until you reach your goal. when i leave school, i'm going to aim to be a scientist because maths can really help me do that and i want to learn more about the world. my name is michelle, i am eight years old and i am the gold medal winner of the maths global challenge. the world maths day challenge is a global competition which attracts over 10 million children, and for michelle in our little school here in deptford, to have come out as being the champion, it goes to show how well she has done. i was happy but shocked. i couldn't believe i could do something like that. all my friends were proud of me. the challenges and the task are quite difficult, but the difficulty is based on children's ages. they have to work quickly. i was a bit nervous but i knew

that if i made mistakes, i would learn from them. so i kept on trying hard. we are part of it because we have bought into mathletics. it is something that we use to encourage our children to improve their mathematical knowledge, mathematical skills. i didn't really practice. ijust do what i usually do. play maths games, do my homework. and ijust really enjoy maths. some parents like it. some go, "i can't do maths and my child doesn't like maths." we don't believe that at all. we try to make maths exciting, engaging, make it fun. children love to go online and play online games and a lot of these activities are done on the computers, on the ipad, on the laptops, mobile phones. they love it. they use it. but what it does, it encourages them to be better at maths. subtraction, addition, fractions, times tables. i really like them because they are really challenging me to do this stuff,

and people who got famous like albert einstein really inspired me to do new things. how brilliant. well done to michelle. well done to michelle. work is being carried out on a shipwreck in the thames estuary, which contains unexploded bombs to make it safer. the ss richard montgomery sank in 1944 but it still has 1,400 tonnes of explosives onboard. its masts are going to be cut back so they're less likely to fall onto the remains, which would risk detonating the cargo below. tom edwards reports. in the middle of the thames estuary, a sunken relic to world war ii. jutting out of the waves, these are the masts of the ss richard montgomery, and what is left

of the cargo ship has become an unlikely tourist attraction. to get there, we took a tourist boat from southend pier. soon, the masts will be removed so people are coming to see them while they can. it can be a bit choppy. we are taking this opportunity before they remove the masts, just to see it. it is a piece of history. my friend here said it is going to be gone soon, so let's take this opportunity to go and see it and come today when it is lovely weather! and a nice boat ride! the wreck is in an exclusion zone, although it is not far from the main shipping lane. it also has a potentially dangerous cargo of explosives on board. if they detonate it, it would cause a huge explosion and experts say perhaps a tidal wave. the ss montgomery sunk in 1944

and there are still1400 tonnes of explosives on board. the dft saves this site is safe but it is deteriorating. now they want to cut these masts so they don't fall into the unexploded munitions below to try and make this whole site much safer. these scans of the ship show the state it is in. it had broken in half and some of the deck is collapsing. scans are carried out every year. experts now say it should be dealt with, but little is known about the state of the explosives. definitely concerned about it, but i think over the last 77 years the government has thought to itself, "well, the longer we leave it, the safer it gets." but it appears if you talk to experts on explosives that is the opposite of the truth. the government says the wreck is in a relatively stable condition. this unlikely tourist attraction hasn't got long left, although the potentially dangerous cargo will still be on board on the bed of the estuary.

aiport users who booked �*meet and greet�* parking online have spoken of their anger, after returning home to find their cars had received parking and toll fines while they were abroad. 0ne family has also told this programme how one of the companies couldn't find their keys, forcing them to take a £200 taxi ride home. it took them three days to get their car back. gatwick airport has made it clear it has no relationship with the firms involved. colin campbell reports. it was a foreign getaway that turned into a bit of a nightmare. after about a month, the first of the parking fines arrived saying that we owed £70 to spelthorne borough council. then two more arrived the next day. now we're up to 210. sharon, who's from haywards heath, thought she had paid for secure airport parking. she dropped her car off at heathrow in february, but instead of a car park, it was left for ten days

on double yellow lines on a residential street. i couldn't believe it. it was a shock to get the first one, by the time i got the next two i was absolutely furious and decided that this company was giving cowboys a bad name. sharon used a company calling itself we park heathrow, part of enigma parking heathrow, who failed to respond to us. but it's not the only company infuriating customers. denis park's car was collected from gatwick airport in march. whilst on holiday, the vehicle was taken on a 200—mile round trip via the dartford crossing. i was even more amazed when i got home, i opened all of my post from three weeks, and there was a penalty notice for the dartford crossing for non—payment of the toll. it's not a road i ever use anyway. and of course the date was the first sunday that i was away in costa rica. dan bridges used the same company, skylink parking gatwick, not an official gatwick operator.

returning from holiday to gatwick with his pregnant wife and two—year—old son, he was forced to take a £200 taxi home to leighton buzzard. he says the company lost his car keys. we'd been waiting for about four or five hours and in the end we decided just to get the taxi and hope for the best that they would pay us back. it's now been a month, we haven't got the money back. dan's car was eventually returned three days later after, he says, making 200 phone calls to the company. you're giving your keys over to an organisation that's then going to go and park the car at a location. my best advice? make sure that you know where that car is going to be parked. skylink parking gatwick didn't respond to claims it's letting its customers down. sharon did manage to get one of her parking fines revoked. in the future, she says she'll be much more cautious when booking airport parking.

more coming up from two p. moral of the queen's speech and more besides. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. has the weather. hello. some rain on the way for many parts of the uk in the next 24 hours. it's certainly been stubbornly dry across england and wales of late and the gardens could do with a drink and we're going to keep that slightly more unsettled weather picture as we look towards the end of the week as well. it's all thanks to low pressure. we had a front crossing the south east of england through tuesday daytime that pulls away to the southeast through the evening. a fine evening to come, but then some showers getting into northern england before midnight. we'll see showers continuing across western scotland, some of them heavy and thundery. and then it looks like we're going to see one of the systems that's developing out

in the atlantic, running across england and wales through wednesday. it looks like the rain will be into the south west of england and wales around dawn on wednesday. now, just exactly where the northern limits of this rain are are subject to some question at the moment and exactly how much rain will get into the south east of england. so we could see the rain perhaps just brushing as far north, for example, as lancashire for a time through wednesday, getting into lincolnshire. certainly rain though, crossing wales, the midlands, the south west of england, perhaps not that much rain left by the time the system gets into the south east of england. in comparison, much drier and brighter for scotland and northern ireland, but still some pokey showers running across scotland. the wetter weather for the south east of england will come wednesday evening into the small hours of thursday. by thursday dawn though, that system is away to the continent and high pressure tries to build up from the south again. all the while that we've still got fronts snaking into the far north of the uk, and we've seen quite a lot of rain for western scotland so far this week and we're just going to continue to top that up with fronts coming in on thursday and friday. eastern areas i think seeing some showery outbreaks of rain,

but obviously comparatively drier and brighter. fine, though, for england and wales on thursday. similar story here for friday. we've got that high pressure to the south, the weather fronts coming through to the north. get�*s a little bit warmer again on friday, potentially up to 20 for norwich and london. 0n into the weekend. at the moment it looks like high pressure though. will try and build right the way across the uk once again and hook us into a southerly air stream that should see temperatures lifting. but it could mean we see some thundery downpours perhaps spreading out from the south on sunday. but the outlook for the weekend certainly will be for some drier weather finally on the way for western scotland.

this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines. prince charles delivers the queen's speech in parliament — standing in for the monarch, who didn't attend the ceremony for the first time in nearly 60 years. government bills are promised on schooling, transport, and energy. and on schooling, transport, and energy. help for strug her on schoolin-, transport, and ener-y. ma'esty's go is her majesty's government's priority is to strengthen society and help ease _ is to strengthen society and help ease the — is to strengthen society and help ease the cost of living for families. i'm shaun ley live in westminster, bringing you reaction to what's been announced. the rest of the headlines here on bbc news. as the ukrainian port of 0desa is hit by missiles, president zelensky warns of a threat to global food supplies.