this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a thanksgiving service marks the queen's 70 year reign but the queen herself was absent. now it's been confirmed that she will also miss the derby horse racing meeting on saturday. harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex, make their first public appearance in britain in two years. in other news, 100 days into the war in ukraine, the heartache of evacuating loved ones from the front line city of mykolaiv. a train has derailed in southern germany — at least four people are dead. an apology from uefa for the chaos around last weekend's champions league final in paris.

good evening and welcome to bbc news. members welcome to bbc news. of the british royalfamily politicians members of the british royalfamily politicians and others have attended a special event in was the main event on four days of celebration to mark the platinum jubilee. however the queen herself did not attend. it is also been confirmed that she will miss the derby horse racing on saturday. a first report today is from a royal correspondent. nicholas witchell. a service of thanksgiving at st paul's cathedral without the person for whose long years of service those thanks were being offered. the queen was absent, but other members of her family

were present, as were political leaders and others. the prime minister had arrived with his wife to a mixed reception. mixed booing and cheering. there was a largely warm greeting for the duke and duchess of sussex, appearing together in public for the first time in britain since they withdrew from royal life and moved to california more than two years ago. there have been well documented family tensions since then, exacerbated by sharp comments from the sussexes in interviews, but this was a day for the family to come together. harry and meghan made their way down the length of the central aisle in st paul's to their seats with other members of the family, a family with which the couple have had only limited contact since they chose to leave britain. music plays. with the queen absent, it was the duke and duchess of cambridge, the prince of wales

and the duchess of cornwall who processed through the cathedral to represent the queen and lead the thanksgiving for her reign. the congregation included 400 members of nhs staff and other key workers from around the country. but it was the service of one person over 70 years that was highlighted. in his sermon, the archbishop of york recalled one of the queen's principal private interests. we all know that the queen likes horse racing. and, your majesty, i'm rather assuming perhaps you're watching this on the television. and i'm afraid i don't have any great tips for the derby tomorrow. your majesty, we are sorry that you're not here with us this morning.

but we are so glad that you are still in the saddle, and we are glad that there is still more to come. and finally, a service of thanksgiving for a monarch who is showing the signs of her 96 years, concluded with the national anthem. nicholas witchell, bbc news. # god save the queen #. as we mentioned earlier, the queen is now resting at windsor after it was confirmed she won't attend the derby tomorrow. earlier the bbc�*s katty kay — who's been following celebrations from buckingham palace — spoke to helena wilkinson at windsor for an update. we know that the queen has been facing these mobility issues and yesterday as we saw, it was an incredibly long, busy day for the queen. she made two appearances on the balcony yesterday then returned to windsor to help

with that lighting ceremony. and she became clearly very, very tired and had those episodic mobility issues that she has been facing recently. the palace won't give any updates, that's not what they do. but we do know that she isn't going to attend the epsom derby tomorrow and that is a big thing for the queen, there's nothing more the queen likes is a day out at the derby. tomorrow is going to be particularly special of course because of her platinum jubilee. but she will watch it here at windsor castle on the television. and princess and will represent her mother officially at the derby tomorrow. again, it's very clear that the queen has been feeling exhausted. especially after those big celebrations yesterday and we don't know whether we will see her majesty at all over the week end. 0bviously, people are hoping to but for those who did get a glimpse of her yesterday outside

the palace, they were very lucky indeed. in her absence we have seen more of prince charles during the course of this weekend, we will see francis ——princess anne and tomorrow at the derby. does that give the nation a chance to see prince charles stepping into some of the role that he will play in the future? yes, i think so. it seems to be happening very gradually and very slowly. we've seen prince charles and camilla taking the lead, taking over from the queen on some of the main official duties. we've also seen the duke and duchess of cambridge taking on many roles on behalf of the queen. and we saw the four of them at st paul's cathedral earlier on today. so yes, i think there is that gradual shift because of course, the queen is not feeling quite up to it physically but she is very much there. we saw her yesterday on the balcony

looking very happy indeed. she's needing a walking stick, she's 96 years old, that is not a surprise at all. it will be frustrating for the queen who has to cancel the event tomorrow at epsom derby, she has had to cancel a number of events in the past. we did see her at the royal windsor horse show a couple weekends ago, she managed to go to the chelsea flower show last week. again, looking very happy indeed. but those mobility issues again causing problems, especially given the travelling into central london. tomorrow she would've had to of travelled about an hour to get to the epsom derby and that is a bit of a challenge for her. we think she is probably resting here at windsor castle and taking in what's going on across the country, across the commonwealth to celebrate. she will watch the derby tomorrow on the television here at windsor castle. among the big names who will

be appearing on stage at the speicaljubilee party tomorrow night is sir rod stewart. naga munchetty went to have a chat with him at home to see how he's feeling ahead of the big gig. it's so overpowering, you know,... i'm so happyjust to be part of it. there was a point where i thought oh, they don't want me and i was over the moon when i was signed on. you've done the rehearsals, the stage wasn't built by that point, where we rehearsing? we rehearsed outside buckingham _ where we rehearsing? we rehearsed outside buckingham palace - where we rehearsing? we rehearsed outside buckingham palace gates i outside buckingham palace gates which is where this date is going to be. the other two seizures were built. it was funny. loads of people watching? 0nly officials and cameraman, no crowds. you watching? only officials and cameraman, no crowds. you said nerve-racking- — cameraman, no crowds. you said nerve-racking. used _ cameraman, no crowds. you said nerve-racking. used to _ cameraman, no crowds. you said nerve-racking. used to get - cameraman, no crowds. you said - nerve-racking. used to get nervous? i will saturday _ nerve-racking. used to get nervous? i will saturday night, _ nerve-racking. used to get nervous? i will saturday night, yeah. _ nerve-racking. used to get nervous? i will saturday night, yeah. how- i will saturday night, yeah. how will you deal with that? i'm singing a song i've never sang before. so that's gonna be, and records it

would do this but it can be nerve—racking. usually i like to rehearse thoroughly but this time i won't have a chance. it's a hundred days since russia began its invasion of ukraine. president zelensky marked the occasion by praising the country's resistance and assuring ukrainians they would emerge victorious. but on the ground russia is continuing to make gains — our correspondent james waterhouse reports from kyiv. a bubble of innocence in a world ruptured by war. however, he doesn't know any different. he was born on 25th february, the second day of this invasion. so what kind of ukraine will he grow up in? our country is really good and maybe it's the right price that we need to pay for our kids to live in a better world, in a better country. viktoriya ended up giving birth

in this hospital basement, shielded from 50 other people. despite the turbulent start to her son's life, she's certain of the values she wants to instil. i told him to appreciate and to be grateful to people of his country and try to keep the special ukrainian spirit. 100 days ago, the front line came to kyiv�*s doorstep. towns like irpin bore the brunt, with people and pets desperate to get out. but the russian troops ultimately couldn't get in. there is still, though, a giant question mark over whether they will come back for kyiv. that hasn't put the city off, though, trying to heal. for some families, that will take time.

0ne ukrainian soldier killed while defending the city of sloviansk is taken to his final resting place, followed by his mother, vladyslava. bogdan was 26 years old. his first name means, "given by god", because his parents had waited so long to have a child. translation: we have to win, there is no other way. - there is no other way. we're going to win. this collective grief hasn't killed the fight. translation: we don't need the sky, ground or sea to be closed. _ let them come here. it will be easy to kill them on our land. we need weapons. we'll take care of the rest. but now — what could moscow's next move be?

it's thought russia wants to push south and west which would cut off vital access to the black sea coast. putin's forces tried this in march and failed. but attacks in the region have increased in the last week and there are fears that his forces may try again. laura bicker reports on the battle for the south of ukraine from the key port city of mykolaiv. the farewell scenes have become agonisingly familiar. ludmila holds her children for as long as she can, trying to put a brave face on it. "i'll see them again when the bombs stop," she tells me. but no one knows how long that will be. we've been hearing quite a few thuds in the distance, but in theory, this village should be out of range for now. the ukrainians have already pushed the russians out of the city, but the fear is, they're

going to have to do it again, and that's why many people have made the decision to leave. they're fleeing a war of rockets and artillery. a cruise missile tore through the regional administrative building in march, killing 36 people. this rubble is a reminder that mykolaiv is key to russia's strategy to seize the entire southern coast. the wail of the siren a prelude to yet another exchange of firepower. for ukraine, holding the line here is crucial. if it was defeated but it wasn't. they could have a chance to move forward to 0desa, to the centre of ukraine. but life has become increasingly difficult. water is a precious resource,

supplies were cut off after russia seized the neighbouring city of kherson. but many are choosing to stay. this may be a kremlin target, but it's also home. we travelled the path of russia's retreat to the south of mykolaiv. nearly half this village have returned after the invading forces were pushed back, but most are reliant on aid. "this place is for children to play, not for shells to explode," natalya tells me. she planted flowers in the bomb craters. translation: thank god we're holding on. - sometimes i'm very scared that they mightjust kidnap me and take me away. 0n the other hand, i'm sure — and i keep telling this to everyone else — that they have no business here. they should know better than loitering on our land. natalya tells me that when i leave, she'll sit down and cry. she's lived 100 days

in both defiance and dread. russian tanks have been at her door once, she's determined they will not be back. laura bicker, bbc news, mykolaiv. un agencies meeting in geneva have issued dire warnings about the war�*s consequences both for ukraine and the world. they said nearly sixteen— million ukrainians urgently needed humanitarian assistance. the head of the world food programme said there were more than eighty million people acutely food insecure, acutely hungry in africa — up from about fifty million people this time last year. speaking at the white house on the rising cost of living, president biden described the crisis as "putin's price hike". he said ukraine had twenty million tonnes of grain it hadn't been able to export. president putin says russia is ready to guarantee the safe export of ukrainian grain via ports on the azov and black seas it controls. he denied moscow was preventing ukrainian ports from exporting grain. mr putin was speaking after talks in sochi with the head

of the african union, who told him that africa was an indirect economic victim because of its reliance on ukrainian and russian cereals and fertiliser. stay with us on news, still to come — we'll be discussing us gun crime following president biden�*s plea for congress to ban assault weapons. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service by a signal given, the great guns of the power. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who's died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely out—fought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three—times world champion. he was a good fighter and he fought all the way to the end, _ even through his illness. yes, he did.

uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles' lp sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... a thanksgiving service marks the queen's 70 year reign but the queen herself was absent, after experiencing discomfort during yesterday's celebrations. russia's invasion of ukraine is into its hundredth day — with fighting continuing along the entire frontline in the east of the country. president biden has said the us should ban assault—style weapons

and high—capacity magazines to tackle the "carnage" of gun violence. addressing the nation after a spate of mass shootings, mr biden said too many places had become "killing fields". he said if a ban was not possible, the age limit for buying such weapons should at least go up from 18 to 21. but deadlock on the issue between republicans and democrats in congress means progress is seen as unlikely. joining me now to talk about us gun control is walter shapiro. he is a writer for the new republic and lecturer in political science at yale university. welcome to the program. let me pick up welcome to the program. let me pick up with one of the proposals raising the age from 18 to 21, we often hear in the united states for example, many states, young people cannot bella alcohol until the 21. could a proposal like that be bipartisan? it is possible. the odds are against it. even though young killers have

done the recent spate of school killings, inviting speech last night talked about banning assault weapons then he talked about raising the age from 18 to 21. in american terms, that's the difference between prohibition during the 1920s and the current drinking laws.— current drinking laws. expand on that a little _ current drinking laws. expand on that a little bit _ current drinking laws. expand on that a little bit more _ current drinking laws. expand on that a little bit more for- current drinking laws. expand on that a little bit more for me. - current drinking laws. expand on | that a little bit more for me. what do ou that a little bit more for me. what do you mean? _ that a little bit more for me. what do you mean? in _ that a little bit more for me. what do you mean? in other— that a little bit more for me. “twat do you mean? in otherwords, in that a little bit more for me. “twat do you mean? in other words, in the 19205 do you mean? in other words, in the 1920s we banned all liquor. now you have to be 21 to buy a drink legally. all biden is saying is we want to ban all assault weapons but we will sell 21 to buy a drink. i understand. what do you think might wash? i was looking at some of these studies that have been done by the pew research centre for example when it comes to some of the attitudes about gun violence roughly half of americans, 53% favour stricter gun laws. but that is a decline since

2019. what proposal do you think both sides could get behind to implement something that is stricter than there is right now? i’m implement something that is stricter than there is right now?— than there is right now? i'm not sure there _ than there is right now? i'm not sure there is — than there is right now? i'm not sure there is a _ than there is right now? i'm not sure there is a proposal- than there is right now? i'm not sure there is a proposal back i than there is right now? i'm notl sure there is a proposal back and get ten votes and their republican votes in the united states senate which is what's necessary to avoid a filibuster. we are not in our platinum jubilee but we are in 25 years of no progress on government legislation in this country despite many, many school massacres, church massacres and i don't see the argument in these highly polarised times that this years can be any different. i times that this years can be any different. ., , ., _, different. iwas wondering, could there be a _ different. iwas wondering, could there be a way — different. iwas wondering, could there be a way to _ different. iwas wondering, could there be a way to reduce - different. iwas wondering, could there be a way to reduce mass i there be a way to reduce mass shootings that doesn't focus on guns? i don't know, that sounds it counterintuitive to say for song. but i'm not talking even about arming teachers or arctic 20 the idea of one entrance to every school

that had been fortified like iraq was during the iraq war? but is there something else? is there a way to change a cultural mindset or could there be an array of issues that are on the table from them to hardening schools, i learned much from this week, it makes a more fortified and perhaps introducing a change on gun control at the same time? , ., . ~' change on gun control at the same time? , ., ., ,, ., time? first of all, i think what we send on time? first of all, i think what we spend on mental— time? first of all, i think what we spend on mental health - time? first of all, i think what we spend on mental health facilities| spend on mental health facilities and mental health in the united states is shamefully low. so if at minimum if the democrats could jump on that as something that you might salvage from this horrible period. also, i think there is, while you can't do anything legislatively, i do think the culture of hollywood has for decades glorified violence, glorified gun violence and i think this is had a ripple effect with society. i“m this is had a ripple effect with society. i'm not saying that anyone should be censored or anything like

that but clearly, that mass media and the culture it does affect attitudes and behavior. also the third thing is, if there were ways of using mental health a red flag laws to identify those who are most vulnerable to violent actions and taking away their access to guns, that might help again. all this is working at the margins. the margins. the real problem is the second amended two amendment to the constitution is now interpreted. it means that it's very hard to have real meaningful gun control in this country and we desperately needed. and for those that don't have their constitutional knowledge, the second amendment is the right to bear arms or people will cite when they say they don't want any changes to the way the gun laws are at the moment. thank you for spending time with us. uefa have apologised to liverpool and real madrid fans affected by the chaos

at the champions league final in paris on 28th may. in a statement they said “no football fan should be put in that situation, and it must not happen again“. french president emmanuel macron says ticket holders who were blocked from entering the stadium should be reimbursed “as fast as possible“. let's talk to our sports correspondent 0lly foster. what correspondent 0lly foster. was the change? to set so what was the change? to seems to be so different from what we are hearing immediately after the event. tucker views through it. six days on, there“s tucker views through it. six days on, there's been a lot of anger directed towards the french authorities and european footballs government body uefa because they were very quick to push the narrative that this was down to the late arrival of fans at the stadium. remember kick off delayed in that final by 35 minutes between real madrid and liverpool and they pointed towards thousands of counterfeit tickets and the french interior minister pointed towards the fact that this was an english

football problem. well real madrid have joint liverpool in demanding some answers you mentioned there were chaos, there certainly was incredibly chaotic. this is a more conciliatory tone from uefa days on saying they want to apologise to apologise to all those spectators who had to experience or witness frightening and distressing events in the build up to that final at the stadium. they certainly were very distressing for hundreds. the fans are completely blameless, we are on the ground there and there were some sets of supporters who did force their way through turnstiles. but certainly uefa know that there have been huge misgivings about the organisation, the staging of the final, the way the fans were funnelled and tattled in some instances through narrow walkways on the way to that final and then in adequate, perhaps turnstiles were failing with all those counterfeit tickets while certain genuine ticket holders could not make their way in.

they“ve commissioned an independent review, uefa and have been looking all of these things was up six days all of these things was up six days all they have apologised to those two sets of supporters knowing that they did indeed suffer all sorts of failures around our final.- failures around our final. thank ou. failures around our final. thank yom more _ failures around our final. thank yom more on — failures around our final. thank you. more on the _ failures around our final. thank you. more on the development| failures around our final. thank i you. more on the development of failures around our final. thank - you. more on the development of this story on the bbc website. at least four people have been killed and 30 injured — when a train derailed near an alpine resort in southern germany. among the injured were children returning home from school. the incident happened just after the train left garmisch—partenkirchen for munich. the cause isn't yet clear. this is what the german transport minister had to say at a news conference a short while ago. translation: the images reaching us are dramatic. l we can't yet assess the extent of the disaster in its entirety. my thoughts and sympathy are with the victims and their families. we are in close contact with emergency services so we can help where we can. our experts are on site to determine

the cause of the accident together with the police. thank you for watching do stay with us on bbc news. goodbye. goodbye. good evening. for most of us it has been another decent day ofjubilee weather, but for some things turned quite turbulent. this weather watcher picture shows storm clouds gathering to the north of aberystwyth and on the satellite picture you can see some big shower clouds that developed and then lingered across parts of north west wales. thunderstorms stuck around here for quite some time, bringing an awful lot of rain in places and showers developed more widely across central and southern england. here with some flashes of lightning, some rumbles of thunder as well. and as we go through the night, well, more showers and storms are likely to drift into southern counties of england, especially. some areas are likely to turn very wet indeed for a time. further north, it is looking quieter, rather misty and murky for some eastern coasts. the best of the morning sunshine

on saturday to be found across northern ireland and western scotland, closest to this area of high pressure to the south. this weather system working in, that's what's throwing the thunderstorms northwards. so we will see some showers and storms in southern parts to start tomorrow morning drifting northwards into parts of east anglia, the midlands and wales, tending to weaken as they go. something a little brighter developing down to the south, still rather gray and murky for some north sea coast. but for much of north west england, northern ireland and scotland, we should see some good spells of sunshine and the highest of the temperatures in western scotland, up to 22 degrees. it will stay cooler close to some of these north sea coasts with a bit of a breeze and some areas of clouds. now through saturday night, it looks like we're going to see another clutch of thunderstorms pushing up from the south, again, affecting parts of england and wales and into sunday where those showers and storms will continue to trundle a little further north with some uncertainty about just how far north they will get will get. it could turn into a very wet day indeed for parts of east anglia and where we keep the cloud

and the outbreaks of rain temperatures say, across parts of the midlands no better than 12 or 13 degrees. contrast that with sunny skies for northern ireland and most especially western scotland, with temperatures again here into the low 20 celsius. now a quick look ahead at next week's weather because it looks like we will eventually see frontal systems pushing in from the west, bringing the potential for some wet and some windy weather at times. so the week starting with a decent amount of dry weather, but it does turn more unsettled from midweek onwards with some outbreaks of rain and possibly some brisk winds.

this is bbc news. the headlines... a service of thanksgiving has been held in st paul's cathedral in london to mark queen elizabeth's 70 year reign — but the monarch herself was absent, after experiencing discomfort during yesterday's celebrations. it was the first official public appearance in the uk, for the duke and duchess of sussex in two years. during the service tributes were paid to the queen's years of service. president zelensky has marked the 100th day of the war with a video message assuring ukrainians they would emerge victorious against russia. fighting continues along the entire frontline in eastern ukraine. uefa has apologised to spectators for the first time for their experience ahead of the champions league final. thousands of liverpool fans with tickets had to wait for hours to enter the ground,

with police using tear gas and pepper spray on the crowds.