this is bbc news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: 100 days since russia began its invasion of ukraine. we have a report from a town in the donbas region which is in russia's sights. the world food programme warns that more than 80 million people in east africa are facing acute food shortages because of the fighting in ukraine. fanfare. a thanksgiving service at saint paul's cathedral marks queen elizabeth's 70—year reign, but the queen herself was absent. an investigation begins after a train derails in germany, leaving at least four people dead. and an apology from uefa after the chaos that marred the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid.

hello, and welcome to bbc news. it's 100 days since russia began its invasion of ukraine. president zelensky marked the occasion by praising the country's resistance. but he's admitted russia now controls one fifth of his country, that nearly 1a million people have been forced to flee and that thousands of civilians have been killed. 0n the ground, vladimir putin's focus is now on the donbas region in the east, where his forces continue to make gains. but the governor of the luhansk region says ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of severodonetsk. if confirmed, it would mean russian forces control only half the city. 0ur international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has been with ukrainian troops near bakhmut — one of the next town's in russia's path.

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 approaching from two sides. troops prepare to face one more day of war, seasoned veterans, tempered by fire. distant explosions. they've been fighting russian—backed separatists here in the east since 2014. among them, anton. explosions

dog barks well, we just had to take more cover, get more protection inside our armoured car. there was an incoming attack. the troops say it was a cluster bomb, and it landed less than a mile away. now, the last half—an—hour or so, there have been constant warnings about incoming fire. we've had to run and take cover, the troops have taken cover, and we've heard plenty of outgoing fire. it's very clear the war in this area is extremely active, and the russians are trying hard to push forward. and as ukrainian forces try to hold their ground, the trenches turn to graves. have you lost many friends? "yes," says ivan, "quite a lot." and he says the russians have already captured an area half the size of italy. troops here say

president putin's men learned lessons from their defeat outside kyiv. anton tells me they changed their tactics and now rely on massive artillery fire. take cover! once again, it was coming our way. and as the russians advance, civilians flee from towns and cities here. it's now 100 days and counting of wrenching separations. vladimir putin calls this liberation. if he succeeds here, his ambitions may not stop at ukraine. 0rla guerin, bbc news, donbas. un agencies meeting in geneva have issued dire warnings about the war�*s consequences both for ukraine and the world. they said nearly 16 million ukrainians urgently

needed humanitarian assistance. the head of the world food programme said there were more than 80 million people acutely food insecure, acutely hungry in africa, up from about 50 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. 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. translation: you're quite welcome to export wheat i via seaports under ukrainian control, first of all, the black sea ports — 0desa and the nearby ports. we didn't mind the ukrainian ports. it was ukraine.

i've told our colleagues many times — let them clear the mines so the ships loaded with wheat can leave these ports. we will guarantee their safe passage with no problems. we can now speak to bill roggio who's an expert in military strategy and a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies. thank you forjoining us, criticism early on operation tactics, is the sense that they have learned from those early mistakes?— mistakes? absolutely, indistinct _ mistakes? absolutely, indistinct in - mistakes? absolutely, indistinct in kyiv, - mistakes? absolutely, - indistinct in kyiv, hitting areas with _ indistinct in kyiv, hitting areas with heavy - indistinct in kyiv, hitting areas with heavy artillery l indistinct in kyiv, hitting i areas with heavy artillery fire and then moving forward. that is what they're doing now the donbas region, and they are doing it to some effect. a lot of focus now on severodonetsk, is that the idea — that we may see something similar to mariupol, in terms

of tactics they are? absolutely, what is happening out there in the area of severodonetsk, the ukrainians are in danger of being enveloped in a pocket, severodonetsk is on the east of the pocket. severodonetsk is on the east of the pocket-— the pocket. there is one road leadin: the pocket. there is one road leading from _ the pocket. there is one road leading from that _ the pocket. there is one road leading from that city - the pocket. there is one road leading from that city out, i the pocket. there is one road l leading from that city out, and if that road is covered, if the russians are able to take that road, you'll have thousands, up to 10,000 ukrainian troops that are operating in that area, and they are in danger are operating in that area, and they are in dange— they are in danger indistinct ou they are in danger indistinct you would _ they are in danger indistinct you would have _ they are in danger indistinct you would have some - they are in danger indistinct i you would have some significant number of ukrainian troops surrounded, and it leaves the potential for surrounded, and it leaves the potentialfo_ potential for indistinct. would you _ potential for indistinct. would you say _ potential for indistinct. would you say the - potential for momma. | would you say the strategy potential for moisrmcr. - would you say the strategy of vladimir putin and russia has changed much? since they withdrew from kyiv, the end of april, yes, it has

changed a lot in the last month. , ., changed a lot in the last month-— changed a lot in the last month. , ., ., . ~ changed a lot in the last month. , ., ., ., month. they have gone back to the russian _ month. they have gone back to the russian doctrine. _ the russian doctrine. what they have attempted to do in kyiv, i think they expected to take it all. you have to keepin to take it all. you have to keep in mind in the north—west — sorry, in the north—east, they took territory there indistinct. i think they thought the weight of those four france would cause a collapse. it didn't happen. they regrouped, and now they are getting back. it looks like we might see a long, drawnout conflict. that is all have there. i give very much, bill roggio. apologies to viewers for the quality of the line. members of the british royal family, politicians and other guests have attended a special service at saint paul's cathedral in london to honour queen elizabeth's 70 years on the throne. it was the main event on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the platinum jubilee. however, the queen herself did not attend. it's also been confirmed that she will also miss the derby horse racing meeting

at epsom on saturday. our first report today is from our 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. crowd 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 by 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 and 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.# a former senior white house official has been taken into custody for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating last year's attack on the us capitol building. peter navarro is the second

advisor to donald trump to be charged with contempt of congress for refusing to cooperate with the inquiry. the former president's chief strategist, steve bannon, faced similar charges last november after he too defied a subpoena. addressing reporters outside court, mr navarro said the indictement is political. what that kangaroo committee is doing right now is investigating for punitive purposes. they are essentially acting as judge, jury and executioner. their mission — they clear mission — is to prevent donaldj they clear mission — is to prevent donald] trump from running for president in 2024 and being elected for president. and people like me are in the way, and they are not coming for me and tromped, they are coming for you, all 74 million of you who voted for donald john trump. peter navarro speaking there.

uefa have apologised to liverpool and real madrid fans affected by the chaos at the champions�* league final in paris on 28 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". here's 0lly foster. there's been a lot of anger directed towards the french authorities and european football's governing 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. then they pointed towards thousands of counterfeit tickets, and the french interior minister sort of pointed towards the fact that this was an english football problem. well, real madrid have joined liverpool in demanding some answers. you mentioned the word �*chaos'. it certainly was incredibly chaotic, and now this is a more conciliatory tone from uefa six days on. fox they say that they want

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 stade de france. and they certainly were very distressing for hundreds. the fans not completely blameless. we were 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 that fans were funnelled and kettled, in some instances, through narrow walkways on the way to that final, and then inadequate, perhaps, turnstiles were failing with all those counterfeit tickets or certainly genuine ticket holders could not make their way in. they've commissioned an independent review, uefa, and they'll be looking at all these things. but certainly, six days on, they have apologised to those two sets of supporters, knowing that they did indeed suffer all sorts of failings around that final.

this is bbc news. 0ur headlines: 100 days since the russian invasion of ukraine, and a warning of severe food shortages around the world due to the fighting. fanfare a thanksgiving service at st paul's cathedral marks the queen's 70 year reign. at least four people have been killed and 30 others are injured after a crowded train derailed in southern germany. the train was travelling to munich when the accident happened near the mountain resort of garmisch—partenkirchen. an investigation into the crash is now under way. with the latest, here's shelley phelps. the violence of the derailment is evident from the wreckage. crumpled carriages lying on their sides at twisted angles. i footage taken immediately i footage ta ken immediately after the i footage taken immediately after the incident shows passengers in shock, gathering their belongings. at a news briefing on belly and the head

of the german railway was visibly shaken as he spoke about the incident. translation: the pictures we are seeing are terrible, they make us deeply sad and speechless, and i can say this— not only for me as the head of the railway, but also for all railway workers. my thoughts, our thoughts are with the victims and the surviving relatives, with the injured. aha, relatives, with the injured. a huge rescue effort was launched, with emergency services workers using ladders to climb into carriages and bring those traps to safety. translation: today in the middle of the day at around 12:20 p.m., originaltrain accident occurred on the track from garmisch—partenkirchen to munich. from garmisch-partenkirchen to munich. ., ., ., munich. the train derailed for reasons that _ munich. the train derailed for reasons that are _ munich. the train derailed for reasons that are yet - munich. the train derailed for reasons that are yet to - munich. the train derailed for reasons that are yet to be - reasons that are yet to be explained. a large number of rescue workers, more than 500 men and women were localised to deal with the injured and rescue operations. the train was crowded _ rescue operations. the train was crowded and _ rescue operations. the train was crowded and full- rescue operations. the train was crowded and full of - was crowded and full of passengers ahead of the long

bank holiday weekend. germany has recently introduced a cheap railway ticket enabling people to travel on trains like this one for 9 euros a month. that may have contributed to the popularity of the service. it is not yet clear what caused the train to derail, but an investigation is under way. sheuey investigation is under way. shelley phelps, bbc news. doctors in sudan say a protester has been shot dead during demonstrations to mark the third anniversary of the violent break up of a sit—in by the security forces. thousands took to the streets of khartoum and other cities to demand justice for the killing of more than 120 people who had held month—long protests calling for civilian rule following the overthrow of the authoritarian president 0mar al—bashir. myanmar�*s military government says it intends to execute two prominent dissidents after rejecting their appeals. kojimmy is a veteran activist, and phyo zeyar thaw, is a former rap singer and member of parliament.

they were senteced to death injanuary after being accused of helping organise armed opposition to last year's coup. myanmar has not carried out any executions as the late 1980s. un secretary general antonio guterres condemned the decision. let's return now to the queen's platinum jubilee. while the most lavish celebrations are taking place in the uk, the event is being marked overseas too, especially in commonwealth countries. in australia, the queen remains head of state, and in the capital canberra, a small island visited by her majesty more than 50 years ago will be renamed in her honour. the bbc�*s shaimaa khalil has been to take a look. queen elizabeth: in a few moments, the bells will be ready to play. their harmony will be a reminder of the enduring ties of kinship between britain and australia. applause in 1970, on her third visit to australia,

queen elizabeth ii opened the national carillon, a bell tower on lake burley griffin here in the capital, canberra. bells ring. it was a gift from the british government to mark 50 years since canberra was established. now, as australia celebrates her platinum jubilee, the island on which the carillon stands is being named after the queen. archive: gliding through - sydney heads, the sleek white liner gothic brings her majesty the queen and the duke of edinburgh to the threshold of australia. she arrived at the shores of sydney in 1954, becoming the first reigning british monarch to visit australia. with her husband, the late prince philip, by her side, canberra was one of the many cities she visited on her historic commonwealth tour. for four nights this week, old parliament house and the new building that replaced it as the seat of government are being bathed in purple, as well as dozens

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.

gliding up the mall, the giant puppet will symbolise the enormity of the role taken on by the young princess elizabeth, played by dancerjanice ho. she has a sense of freedom at the beginning but then she meets the dragon and how she deals with that — is it with a sense of fear, or does she play with it and become friends with it? and how excited are you to be playing princess elizabeth in the pageant? i'm really excited, this is such a big opportunity. around 10,000 people are involved. there will be dancers, vehicle, puppets and much else, all telling the story of the queen and the uk as it's changed throughout her reign. riding on open—topped buses, famous faces from each decade, including dame kelly holmes,

double olympic gold medallist. it is just amazing to be one of 150 national treasures. it is a weird thing to say personally, but it means a lot to be part of it. children will play a big part. these pupils from luton will be dressed as the flowers which decorated the queen's coronation gown. i'm very excited, i'm nervous, and this is a once—in—a—lifetime dream. she has been on the throne 70 whole years. that is a lot. i'm very proud of her. she's done an amazing job. she is a very good queen. leading the pageant along the mall, the gold state coach — it transported the queen on coronation day, and images from 1953 will be shown on its windows. hey, everyone, iam ed sheeran and i will be playing at the queen's pageant on sunday 5june at the mall. see you there.

i was seven when she came to the throne, so she has always been part of my life. the fact that i have met her on several occasions makes it even more important for me. the stage is set — queen, the band, will open the party tomorrow night. thousands will be watching it here, and millions more will be watching from home, as thisjubilee weekend continues. sarah campbell, bbc news, on stage at buckingham palace. 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 4—legged courtier. there was

little chance this jubilee would take place without the appearance of a corgi or two. dozens of them in fact were on parade in a park near buckingham palace. we parade in a park near buckingham palace. parade in a park near buckinuham palace. . ., ., buckingham palace. we have got chatter, buckingham palace. we have got chatter. he _ buckingham palace. we have got chatter. he is — buckingham palace. we have got chatter, he is 15 _ buckingham palace. we have got chatter, he is 15 months old. - chatter, he is 15 months old. we got him because we heard he is really loyal, corgis are loyal to their owners, which is one reason why we have got them. �* ~ , , them. and i think they 'ust look so cute, i them. and i think they 'ust look so cute, they �* them. and i think they 'ust look so cute, they are e them. and i think theyjustl look so cute, they are really cute — look so cute, they are really cute as _ look so cute, they are really cute as well, short legs, long hody~ — cute as well, short legs, long bod . , ., , body. many of these diminutive canines were — body. many of these diminutive canines were suitably _ body. many of these diminutive canines were suitably attired i canines were suitably attired for the occasion. some with unionjack neckerchief �*s. the union jack neckerchief �*s. the queen unionjack neckerchief �*s. the queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign, so you couldn't mark this latest milestone without them. this is the best way — milestone without them. this is the best way to _ milestone without them. this is the best way to celebrate - milestone without them. this is the best way to celebrate the i the best way to celebrate the jubilee, obviously it is for the queen, and sorry i am a bit emotional, but we have around, over 100 corgis parading today, to honour her majesty for her

obviously platinum jubilee. they are small, they are cute and they are loyal. corgi — a monarch's best friend. just time to bring you pictures of a rare albino giant galapagos tortoise, which has made its public debut at a zoo in switzerland. it's one of two tortoises born last month at the tropiquarium in western switzerland, as part of a programme to preserve the endangered species. one is black like its parents, and the other albino. the zoo says it's the first time in the world that an albino tortoise has been born in captivity. it says no albino individuals have ever been seen in the wild. its sex isn't yet known. that's about it from me for now. you can follow me on twitter at @sipusey. you can also get more news on

the bbc news website. stay with us on bbc news. well, friday was the warmest day of the year for wales and for scotland. not elsewhere in the uk. in fact, over the next couple of days, we'll see increasing amounts of cloud and the possibility of downpours and thunderstorms. and we've been advertising this for days, thisjubilee bank holiday weekend will be a very mixed one for some of us. and the shower clouds keep on drifting in from the south. so, through the early hours of the morning, i think it's south—western portions of the uk, but all along the south coast, there is a chance of downpours, perhaps thunder and lightning. some of these downpours could drift a little bit further north into the midlands, but many areas — from, say, merseyside northwards — looking dry and clear.

and actually quite chilly underneath the high pressure in scotland. could be only around five degrees first thing in the morning. so, the big picture shows that high pressure across the northern half of the uk, so lots of fine, windless, sunny weather, particularly western scotland. beautiful in northern ireland, but here in wales, the midlands, the south—west and also some of these other southern counties at risk of catching some showers both in the morning and the afternoon. doesn't look like it's going to be a total wash—out, but if you do catch a downpour and it's slow—moving, it could last for a while before the sunny spells return. notice also how cool it is on that north sea coast. a breeze dragging in low, grey skies, so a nip in the air. now, saturday night into sunday, this is when we'll start to see storms drifting in from the south. they could be widespread. they could be heavy. now, the thinking is that in the morning, they'll be in the south. come lunchtime, possibly drifting into east anglia, the midlands and wales. and then probably stalling just before northern england through the course of the afternoon, but even where it clears up in the south, there's a chance of some showers. all the while, northern ireland, scotland looking absolutely fine on sunday with lots

of sunshine. and then next week, the weather is going to turn quite unsettled. we'll see weather systems sweeping in off the atlantic. this big low pressure parks itself very close to us, so we'll see bands of rain sweeping our way. and this is the outlook for next week. you can see lots of weather icons here, changeable weather. temperatures stabilising, though. 20 in the south, high teens in the north.

this is bbc news. the headlines: it's100 days since russia began its invasion of ukraine. president zelensky marked the occasion by praising the country's resistance. but he's admitted russia now controls one fifth of his country, that nearly 14 million people have been forced to flee and that thousands of civilians have been killed. fanfare. members of the british royal family, politicians and other guests have attended a special service at saint paul's cathedral in london to honour queen elizabeth's 70 years on the throne. it was the main event on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the platinum jubilee. uefa have apologised to liverpool and real madrid fans affected by the chaos at the champions�* league final in paris. in a statement they said �*no

football fan should be put in that situation, and it must not happen again'.