this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. platinum jubilee celebrations enter their third day and it's party time at the palace. it's derby day at the races but the queen won't be there — only the third time ever the monarch will miss the event. filmed at home at sandringham in april, these previously unseen clips were released to mark thejubilee celebrations. and the bunting's still out up and down the country — we take a look at the street parties celebrating her majesty's 70 years on the throne. in other news, travel disruption continues — airlines cancel more flights this morning and rail passengers are being warned of delays because of strikes by conductors.

welcome to bbc news. a special concert will take place tonight at buckingham palace as a weekend ofjubilee celebrations continues, to give thanks to the queen for her 70—year reign. 22,000 people will gather for the platinum party at the palace, when the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. the derby at epsom also takes place afternoon but the queen will not attend. instead, she's expected to watch the event on television from windsor castle. would you like another one? the queen's love of horses is well known. these pictures were filmed earlier this year, at the royal stud. however, she won't be attending the epsom derby later today, but will watch

on the television instead. just as she watched yesterday's national service of thanksgiving at st paul's cathedral. her mobility issues prevented her being there in person to hear the thanks for a lifetime dedicated to faith and public service. her family were there, however, including her grandson and his wife, prince harry and meghan, making their first appearance at a royal event for two years. whatever had been said in the past, this was a time for the family to come together. 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 monarch and lead the thanksgiving. there was an appropriately equine theme to the archbishop of york's sermon. we are sorry that you are 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. on thursday, the mall was full of thousands and thousands of people here to watch the dazzling military parade. on friday, there was the poignant and reflective service of thanksgiving. this weekend is all about dancing, music and lunch. perhaps watching the weekend weather forecast, the partying has already got under way in parts of the uk, including here in glasgow. thousands morejubilee lunches, pageants and parties will take place today and tomorrow. and tonight, this huge set, built in front of buckingham palace, will see the likes of duran duran, queen and diana ross taking to any one of the four stages. also expected to give their thanks to their mother and grandmother, prince charles and prince william, who will take their seats in the royal box for the platinum party at the palace.

as part of the platinum jubilee celebrations, members ofi the royal family are travelling around the nations and regions. today, the duke and duchess of cambridge are in the welsh capital cardiff and our correspondent tomos morgan is at cardiff castle. yes, william and kate are due to arrive here any moment now. they will be coming into the castle he had just behind me. they will be meeting the technical crew as they get ready for a concert that is taking place here in cardiff this afternoon, where welsh royalty, musical royalty, will be performing here, such as bonnie tyler, recently awarded with an mbe over this platinumjubilee. we awarded with an mbe over this platinum jubilee. we will be meeting the people here today, meeting the crowds that are slowly gathering here today. then, they will be heading straight back for this evening's concert. for the crowds, watching the concert here, there

will also be some big screens in the castle, so the crowd can watch the buckingham palace concert in cardiff castle here later this evening. as we've been hearing the queen is not quite up to going to watch the derby this afternoon at epsom but we are told she will be watching it on television from windsor. 0ur sports correspondent, laura scott is at the racecourse. well, welcome to epsom, welcome to derby day. i am pleased to say, far from the torrential rain we had earlier, the son is now shining. you can probably see the crowd starting to gather on the hill, that is of course the area where the public can watch the derby for free. we know that here in the paid enclosures, it is sold out for the day. the first time that we have had full crowds at derby since 2019. today, is an official part of the platinum jubilee celebrations. as you mentioned, the queen isn't here. she

has only missed the race twice before, apart from during the pandemic. it goes to showjust how much the queen loves racing and loves the derby. it is one of the races she has not... i'm joined now by frankie. he is wearing the queen's famous colours. you are taking part today. yes, we are still going to do it and it is nice to see us wearing the green�*s colours and we are ready to go very soon. tell us about the honour of having ridden for her majesty during your career? it gives you a sense of importance and it is a great honour. she is a big lover of horse racing. like you say, she has only missed the derby

twice. and today, she will find a tv and she will watch it live because she loves the derby so much. hat she loves the derby so much. not only passionate about racing, she is hugely knowledgeable about it. does that come across to you? yes. that come across to you? yes, absolutely- — that come across to you? yes, absolutely. she _ that come across to you? yes, absolutely. she has _ that come across to you? yes, absolutely. she has been - that come across to you? 1&1: absolutely. she has been breeding horses for over 60 years. she knows all the bloodlines and she has won lots of races, and yes, she is very knowledgeable. it’s lots of races, and yes, she is very knowledgeable.— lots of races, and yes, she is very knowledgeable. it's the only one of the british classics _ knowledgeable. it's the only one of the british classics she _ knowledgeable. it's the only one of the british classics she has - knowledgeable. it's the only one of the british classics she has not - knowledgeable. it's the only one ofj the british classics she has not won before. she was due to have a run in the race, you would have been on that horse. what was your reaction when the horse and everyone connected decided it wasn't ready. i wrote him this morning. unfortunately, we missed a lot of time he's got an injury. we will try to get him back for the royal ascot stop it's a big occasion for her and we'll try to get him there for the royal ascot. we'll try to get him there for the royalascot. i we'll try to get him there for the royal ascot. i picked up another ride. , , ., .,

royal ascot. i picked up another ride. , ., royal ascot. i picked up another ride. , y., ., y., ., ride. yes, you mentioned your other ride. yes, you mentioned your other ride in the derby, _ ride. yes, you mentioned your other ride in the derby, what _ ride. yes, you mentioned your other ride in the derby, what are - ride. yes, you mentioned your other ride in the derby, what are your- ride in the derby, what are your chancesin ride in the derby, what are your chances in the race and how special would it be to win the derby as part of the platinum jubilee celebrations?— of the platinum jubilee celebrations? ., , ., , celebrations? there are six or seven horses that — celebrations? there are six or seven horses that can _ celebrations? there are six or seven horses that can win _ celebrations? there are six or seven horses that can win it. _ celebrations? there are six or seven horses that can win it. it _ celebrations? there are six or seven horses that can win it. it is - celebrations? there are six or seven horses that can win it. it is a - celebrations? there are six or seven horses that can win it. it is a big - horses that can win it. it is a big field, it is going to be very tactical, and look, it is the platinumjubilee, the tactical, and look, it is the platinum jubilee, the whole country is on holiday and i'm sure they will be watching it. it would be very special. be watching it. it would be very secial. ., ~' ., be watching it. it would be very secial. ., ~ ., ,, be watching it. it would be very secial. ., 4' ., ., , special. you know the queen is watching- _ special. you know the queen is watching- if— special. you know the queen is watching. if you _ special. you know the queen is watching. if you were _ special. you know the queen is watching. if you were going - special. you know the queen is watching. if you were going to l special. you know the queen is - watching. if you were going to cross the finish line behind you in front doge i would be screaming with joy, of course. you have have had a brilliant career. the races that az30pm today. i am holding the race card because the queen has been sent one of the official race cards. if you look at the runners and riders in the derby, there are a number of horses with regal names stop changing of the guard, the favourite

of the race, desert crown. thank you very much. let's go to windsor. we can bring you live pictures. there are all sorts of festivities fair to mark the jubilee. a long table set “p mark the jubilee. a long table set up along the walk for a tea party to mark thejubilee, and of up along the walk for a tea party to mark the jubilee, and of course, thatis mark the jubilee, and of course, that is where the queen is. and we understand she is going to be watching the epsom derby laterfrom there. so, she was there for the celebrations on thursday but yesterday, and today, she has had to pull out and we understand she is going to be watching what is happening on the television, and lots of people they gathered outside the castle in windsor. well, lets get some reaction from some of the crowds who have covered around buckingham palace — john maguire has been meeting some of them. down on the mall, as you can see,

the crowds are really building, if were are with us earlier on. so many more people than were here earlier. i wanted to come and say hello to these guys because we cut them short last time. hello, how are you? how are you getting on? good. you got your hair done like that where? oh, you know, ijust bought this little number. it isn't my own hair. and again, you're some of these people that were friends. well, that your husband. but you guys all met, what, ten years ago? no, we've probably known each other 20 years, roughly. but you had been to a previous royal occasion? yes, we came to the diamond jubilee ten years ago, which was incredible. and you thought you would come back? yes. and what has it been made so far? just amazing. so many people from all over the world, great atmospheres, and peoplejust reaching out and talking to each other, which after covid, we never thought was going to happen again. yes, that's a good point, isn't it? thanks so much. lovely to see you. see you later. that's a really good point that you know, things have been a little bit grim over the last couple of years. excuse me, don't worry. and it'sjust wonderful to... hello, good morning. doing a greatjob, fellas. how are we?

look at these two here. you were talking about memorabilia and people doing things in previous years. this is you two, isn't it? can we see that? ten years ago at the diamond jubilee. with your 2012 sunglasses on, and this year, we have got what? london landmarks. london landmarks, yes. what's it like here in amongst the crowd with your fantastic union jack tents? it is amazing. the atmosphere is already building up. it's great. and it's really nice to be able to get back together. especially after the last couple of years we've all had, just to be able to celebrate. and looking forward to the music tonight? 0h, absolutely, yeah. who are you particularly keen to see? ed sheeran, probably. enjoy yourselves, stay warm. right, another one of these connections we've been telling you about, international connections... hello! ..are these two here, from cornwall and from connecticut. they met... excuse me, i'm just going to dive in here. you met when, you two? we met in, i can't remember what year but when william and kate got married.

i think that was probably about ten or 11 years ago. 11 years ago. yes, they just had their anniversary. cornwall, connecticut, and stayed in contact ever since? we have, on and off through the internet, and then, came over one year for the queen's 90th in windsor and she had a walkabout and she came right up to us and we just keep in touch with each other's families and christmas cards and stuff like that, and when we knew the days were set for this, we said we are going. book it in. amazing to make friendships like this, isn't it? itjust shows, and today, i have just met somebody, whose father was best friends with my father. he was sitting just a year. he is standing just there. that's fantastic. that's amazing. it is a small world. thousands of easyjet passengers are stranded after the airline has cancelled further flights today. gatwick airport is worst affected, with bristol and luton also hit.

wizz air and british airways are also cancelling flights. a lot of these problems are being blamed on a shortage of workers as the industry recovers from the pandemic and lockdowns. earlier i spoke to paul hackett, he's the ceo of the website click and go, and i asked him about what problems they're facing. the problem with dublin airport was last sunday and it was carnage. 0ver1,400 people missed their flights because of the inability to transit through the airports. the dublin airport authority who run the airport have been under pressure but have put plans in place and executed them by thursday. there were no problems right through the week and there have been no problems this morning. they reported through the airport that everything is fine and on the app that is also evident. how have they fixed it? i think what they have done

is they have created a more triaged approach. consumers were anxious about missing their flights. they were turning up so early that they were creating problems in terms of the volume of passengers in the airport. they created guidelines of come 2.5 hours early for short haul and 3.5 hours early for long haul. don't come earlier, if you do, you will be put in a holding area. they have redeployed staff to create more security lanes being open at the peak times. nothing dramatic, quite basic stuff but it has worked. so, do you think they have nailed it? do you think this will hold, particularly as we get to summer? i think so. i think what we're looking at and the situation with easyjet and other airlines cancelling flights and airports across europe, it's really the consequence of the post—pandemic lockdown. all of these organisations had to get rid of staff because of the lockdown for the most part of two years, and now they are coming back to full operation, they are struggling

to get staff because we are pretty much at full employment in this country. as are you. that is a problem. we then have a change in consumer booking patterns, partially down to things like ukraine because all of the inflationary and cost of living increases has made the consumer wary about booking too far in advance, so there is a late booking pattern happening this year and that is impacting the airlines and the airports and the handling agents at the airports, so i'm not in any way trying to excuse how difficult and traumatic it has been for the passengers, whose flights had been cancelled, or anybody who has missed flights, but the reality is, it is a resourcing issue and it is a consumer booking change that is impacting and we are never going to be able to simply flick a switch and restart an entire sector. let mejust bring let me just bring you a statement from easyjet on the situation of cancelling easyjet flights, they have said they will be operating

over 1700 flights a day with a quarter of these operating to and from gatwick. we have taken the decision to make advanced cancellations of around 2a gatwick flights per day between the 20th of may and the 6th ofjune. we are very sorry for the late notice of these cancellations and inconvenience caused for customers booked on these flights, howeverwe caused for customers booked on these flights, however we believe this is necessary to provide reliable services over this busy period. they have provided the option of passengers being able to rebook their flight passengers being able to rebook theirflight or passengers being able to rebook their flight or receive compensation in line with regulations. investigators in germany are trying to establish why a crowded train in bavaria derailed, killing at least four people and injuring dozens more. the train was heading to munich when three carriages came off the tracks. shelley phelps reports. the violence of the derailment is evident from the wreckage. crumpled carriages lying on their sides at twisted angles. eyewitness footage, taken immediately after the incident, shows passengers in shock

gathering their belongings. at a news briefing in berlin, the head of the german railway was visibly shaken as he spoke about the incident. translation: the pictures we are seeing are terrible. l 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 their surviving relatives. a huge rescue effort was launched, with emergency services workers using ladders to climb into carriages and bring those trapped to safety. the train was crowded and full of passengers ahead of a long bank holiday weekend. germany has recently introduced a cheap rail ticket, enabling people to travel on trains like this one for nine euros a month. that may have contributed to the popularity of the service. it's not yet clear what caused the train to derail,

but an investigation is under way. shelley phelps, bbc news. president zelensky of ukraine has admitted russia now controls one fifth of the country and that nearly 1a million people have been forced to flee. 0ur international correspondent, 0rla guerin, sent us this report after spending time with ukrainian troops near the eastern town of bakhmut. 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. . .

distant explosions. ..tempered by fire. dog barks. they've been fighting russian—backed separatists here in the east since 2014, among them anton. rapid 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. commotion. 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. back to the jubilee celebrations now, and we canjoin jane hill on the mall outside buckingham palace. thank you. yes, welcome back, and at the risk of sounding like a meteorologist today, i cannot tell you how happy everybody is that the sun has finally emerged. there are so many people gathered here on the mall now. many have been gathered here for many hours but people streaming through all the time, as we head towards the concert here tonight. we are going to be talking about the line—up and the music and just a moment. let mejust about the line—up and the music and just a moment. let me just update you because in the last hour, when we were talking to you, we had bad

advice from the metropolitan police that they had closed off trafalgar square and they had evacuated the area and they were asking people to avoid the area. ijust want area and they were asking people to avoid the area. i just want to clarify that they are saying that that incident is over and they were taking precautionary steps after information had come to them from the public. that is now all over, thatis the public. that is now all over, that is what they are telling us, and the area is reopened, and certainly, everything looks free—flowing as far as the eye can see, and people are streaming here to get a good position down towards that way. we have heard the rehearsals happening for the platinum party at the palace. we have heard george ezra and more besides. that all gets under way at apm this evening. 7:30pm is the coverage on bbc ones, if you would rather watch it on somewhere that is a little bit less windy. and if you don't want to camel greater london. you can watch it from the comfort of

your sofa. what we make up of the line—up? queen and adam lambert, elbow, said last, i'm trying to remember everybody of the top of my head,. joining me now is neil mccormick,. chief music critic, daily telegraph. thanks for being with us. duran duran, i havejust thought thanks for being with us. duran duran, i have just thought of another one. it doesn't matter what i make of the line—up, what do you make? it i make of the line-up, what do you make? , ., ., ., , make? it is a royalvariety performance _ make? it is a royalvariety performance than - make? it is a royalvariety performance than 70 - make? it is a royal variety i performance than 70 glorious make? it is a royal variety - performance than 70 glorious years of pop music. there should be... at the queen has lived through rock and roll, beat music, heavy rock, punk, disco, hip—hop, garage and grime, and what we have got really, is the

more family friendly, easy listening side. there are some big stars there and nobody is going to say that's a rod stewart isn't a big star and that duran duran aren't big stars but they aren't kind of the killer heavyweights of popular music. you know, it does feel a little bit... who was around? who was available? we know whether some people are asked to come and perform here tonight and they say i don't want to or theyjust can't do it because they are touring and they are in other countries has �*s would anyone say no to this? would a musician say no? b. say no to this? would a musician say no? �* ., ., say no to this? would a musician say no? ., ., , ., ., no? a lot of musicians would say no to this. no? a lot of musicians would say no to this- in — no? a lot of musicians would say no to this- in the _ no? a lot of musicians would say no to this. in the cool _ no? a lot of musicians would say no to this. in the cool world _ no? a lot of musicians would say no to this. in the cool world of- no? a lot of musicians would say no to this. in the cool world of rock - to this. in the cool world of rock and roll, there is still something about the royal brand that is slightly difficult. even queen, when they started, green was a camp version of the royal ——

they started, green was a camp version of the royal -- queen. 0ver version of the royal -- queen. over the years, they have become a rock band by her majesty's appointment but you're not going to have a led zeppelin. the really kind of heavy groups of that era. there is really nothing from the britpop era. that is the only thing _ nothing from the britpop era. that is the only thing i _ nothing from the britpop era. that is the only thing i wondered about the british element. this is to celebrate around the uk and around the commonwealth but music and the arts is one of the things that this country does so well and would you have liked to have seen it a little more cutting—edge in that way, to say hey, guys, this is one of the things we do brilliantly? it would be amazing _ things we do brilliantly? it would be amazing to — things we do brilliantly? it would be amazing to have _ things we do brilliantly? it would be amazing to have a _ things we do brilliantly? it would l be amazing to have a cutting-edge be amazing to have a cutting—edge jubilee concert because britain has been an absolute global powerhouse in pop music but i don't think we have ever had that. we are missing some of the great 60s artists, where is paul mccartney because mckee usually up at these things. my nag where is tom jones? you say this to

celebrate the british music and be commonwealth but there isn't really any commonwealth artists. there is a splattering of americans but i believe we lost the colonies some time ago. i hate to cause further rifts in the state of the union but there is no northern irish, no scottish and no welsh performances at all. english and american artists, that is kind of all. perhaps it is to do with logistics and the post—covid touring world and perhaps they have got a surprise and tom jones and lulu are all going to parachute in at the last minute but actually, there is a possible cause for offence there, if they are not careful, you know.— careful, you know. really interesting. _ careful, you know. really interesting. indeed, - careful, you know. really| interesting. indeed, there careful, you know. really - interesting. indeed, there might careful, you know. really _ interesting. indeed, there might be surprises, we really don't know. we will watch with interest and we will read your review for the telegraph when it's all over stop thanks so

much. enjoy the rest of the day. it is about so much more than just tonight. 0f is about so much more than just tonight. of course, the focus right here on now is on the concert tonight. there is lots happening and onlyjust a few hours' time really. it is about celebrating wherever you are in the country. you might not want to come into london for this, you may not be able to. as i say, watch it on your own so far. there are street parties happening as well all weekend. we know that thousands of areas in many different parts of the country have applied for the council to hold a street party, so we know that there is lots going on. let's get a little flavour of some of the street parties that have been happening in the last 2a hours across the country. itjust feels really patriotic, and having the whole town joining in, it is really eclectic, all different types of people, different generations,

all celebrating the queen. it's incredible, isn't it? a credit to our country. 70 years she has give - everything to the country. and i think that she should celebrate. . it's just wonderful that she has managed all these years. something you need to celebrate with everybody. get everybody together. i think it's important - to celebrate these events and especially this one, _ the platinum, because i don't think we will ever see the like again. it has just been brilliant. we werejust saying, we don't think anything like this has happened here for decades, it's absolutely brilliant, we have loved it. i want to do it every week.

it isjust a really nice opportunity, isn't it, for everybody to come together and celebrate. i mean, a remarkable achievement for her majesty the queen to achieve 70 years on the throne. it's once in a blue moon. and you won't see a queen doing 70 years again, i guess _ she hasjust, like, been amazing. 70 years on the throne. and, you know, it's nice to give her a little bit back over this weekend. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. the sunny conditions continue for scotland, northern ireland and north—west england through the rest of the day. a bit more cloud elsewhere and still some heavy showers around across parts of wales

and the south—west. the odd rumble of thunder. they will become fewer in number and a little bit lighter this afternoon. for the south and east, we will see some dry, sunny weather developing. losing the low cloud for all but the eastern coast, where it will stay cool with the breeze. in fact, a blustery day across much of england and wales in comparison to yesterday. best of the sunshine in scotland and northern ireland. temperatures of 20 to 2a in the west. this evening and overnight, the cloud returns and through the first part of the night, we will see thundery rain return to the south. by the end of the night and across wales, the midlands and east anglia. humoured around that, fresh further north, where western scotland and northern ireland for sunday will again have a dry and sunny day. low cloud in the east. a lot of cloud for england and wales. rain across midlands, wales, east anglia first thing. it will push its way northwards. it may alter in timings just a it may alter in timings just a little bit. to the south of it, brightening up but with a few heavy showers.

the best of the sunshine and the highs in temperatures in western scotland.