humbled and deeply touched — the queen's message to the nation at the end of her four—day platinum jubilee celebrations. to the surprise of many, she did appear on the balcony at buckingham palace to close the celebrations, flanked

by her three heirs. prince louis lapped up the proceedings. a colourful pageant closed the celebrations. it marked each of the queen's decades on the throne. tens of thousands of street parties also took place across the uk even though many had to wrap up against the weather. despite the rain everyone�*s got a smile on their face and everyone�*s just happy, full of energy as well, it's brilliant. and also coming up on tonight's programme... he on tonight's programme... lines it up and gets it ir gareth bale ends a 64 year wait for wales to get to a world cup russian missiles strike ukraine's capital for the first time in more than a month. in bangladesh an explosion and fire at a storage depot kills at least 49 people.

and a century from joe root takes england to victory in the first test against new zealand at lord's. good evening from buckingham palace, where the queen has "most sincerely" thanked the many people who thronged the streets to celebrate her platinum jubilee. in a statement from the palace, her majesty said she was humbled and deeply touched and remained committed to serving the british people to the best of her ability, supported by herfamily. the queen delighted a vast crowd gathered here earlier today before the heavens opened by appearing on the balcony, smiling and waving as festivities came to a close with a lively pageant along the mall.

our royal correspondent nicholas witchell was watching. cheering. the closing moments of a memorable jubilee celebration. back on to the palace balcony came the queen accompanied by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall and the cambridges. one current and three future monarchs, charles, william and george. it was the image which the crowd had been hoping to see, an image which emphasises the institution's continuity. a monarch who has reigned for 70 years looking to the future and offering reassurance. the national anthem was sung with feeling. the balcony appearance was the climax to an afternoon ofjubilee pageantry. it had all been very british, the story of the seven decades

of the queen's reign. the sights, the sounds, the dance moves. the faces and all those memories. the organisers had called this section the time of our lives. this being the story of britain there was a good sprinkling of the mildly eccentric on two wheels and on three, all of which it must be said were going rather better than this four—wheeler. leading the pageant was the gold coach, the coach that had taken the queen to her coronation, images of her on thatjourney were projected onto the windows. the coach was making its first public appearance since the goldenjubilee in 2002. in the royal box the prince of wales took the salute from military units representing britain's armed forces and attachments from many of the 5a

members of the commonwealth. making a return to public duty, prince louis in the royal box with his elder brother and sister, george and charlotte. things were livening up. the parade was on to the 2010s, there were break dancers. princess anne was clapping and grandpa was about to be put in charge of louis. the parade showed the modern britain, inclusive and with a focus on the environment. the theme of this float was the queen's green canopy. at liz30pm at the royal standard was broken out above buckingham palace. at liz30pm the royal standard was broken out above buckingham palace. half an hour later, the queen was on the palace balcony. in a statement the queen said she had been "humbled and deeply touched" that so many people had taken to the streets to mark herjubilee.

although she hadn't been able to attend every event she said she remained committed to serving the nation to the best of her ability, supported by herfamily. the queen's platinum jubilee was over. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. millions of people have also been marking the queen's 70 years on the throne with specialjubilee lunch events in towns, cities and villages across the uk. one of them was at the oval cricket ground in london, where prince charles and the duchess of cornwall were special guests, as navtej johal reports. assessing the options for a very special lunch. the 0val cricket ground in london is more used to serving up sport than sponge cake, but the prince of wales and duchess of cornwalljoin hundreds of guests inside the stadium to mark the final day of the platinum jubilee celebrations. meanwhile, the earl and countess of wessex were with the crowds having a long lunch along the long

walk outside the gates of windsor castle. here in leicester this is one of tens of thousands of big jubilee lunches taking place around the country and come rain or shine, and it has been mainly rain, people have been determined to celebrate queen and community. national anthem plays. iam glad i'm here, god bless her, god bless the queen, god bless this nation. despite the rain everyone's got a smile on their face and everyone isjust happy, full of energy as well, it's brilliant. she is a good queen - and she takes care of all of us and the whole world. the annual big lunch project is usually a thanksgiving event for neighbours and communities to come together. this year it has become part of thejubilee celebrations and it may not have been as lavish a spread here as the oval, but it was still appreciated by everyone after a difficult couple of years.

leicester in particular has had a difficult time, we were locked down longer than other areas and there is lots of social housing around here. it is nice for people to get out and reacquaint with each other and make new friends. this was very much a national celebration. in morecambe there was an attempt to break the record for the largest jubilee street party. it wasn't just lunches in the street, this crowd celebrated with a singalong in aberfan in wales. a carnival parade and picnic brought the weekend's festivities to a close in edinburgh. elsewhere in the city corks were popped and glasses raised. and in killiney in northern ireland, the dancers entertained those attending a summer barbecue. celebrations as diverse as the country the queen represents. nafteonhal, bbc news.

that's it from me for the moment, but i'll be back with more from buckingham palace a little later in the programme. for now, it's back to mishal in the studio. wales are on their way to a football world cup for the first time in 64 years. it happened in cardiff this afternoon in a qualifier against ukraine and, thanks to a free kick from gareth bale. hywel griffith was at the game and joins us now. yes, for 15 tournaments in a row wales have had to watch the world cup from afar. tonight there was a chance to change all that, but first they had to beat ukraine, a nation which has endured so much in recent months and a team, it is fair to say, have most neutral football fans around the world egging them on. an opportunity for both teams to make some history.

being a football supporter is about savouring success. and learning to deal with defeat. add solidarity with ukrainian opposition and cardiff was a heady mix of emotions, but only one team could claim a place in qatar. the first minutes brought a flurry. ukraine put the ball in the back of the net but the referee wasn't happy. the nerves didn't settle. wayne hennessey was kept busy but then up stepped the wales captain. gareth bale delivering with a deflection. wales take a lead. sending hopes skywards. ukraine were unbowed, unrelenting, and unable to get past wayne hennessey. brendanjohnson could have made it more comfortable. so could gareth bale but that would have been too easy. instead wales had to put their bodies on the line and keep their hands on the lead that sends them to their first world cup in 64 years. wales are going to the world cup!

it's just an unbelievable occasion, isn't it? the reward is there for them to celebrate that with supporters. things like this will stay with you forever. this is the best moment of my footballing without doubt. of my footballing career without doubt. for ukraine it was a step too far after such a difficultjourney. a bit like the weather, not what we came for, but well done, wales. but the team has done ukraine proud. they have and they put a smile on ourfaces, at least for a little bit. but for these fans the next step is finding a flight to doha. it has lifted the entire welsh nation and we are delighted. booking your flights to qatar? yes, we certainly are. definitely. all the way to the world cup. all the way! the world may have willed on ukraine, but it's wales which has claimed a piece of history and a on football's global stage. the last time wales played a world

cup in 1958 they came up against a young brazilian who came to be known as pele. this time they know they will face iran, usa and england in their group, an opportunity for a golden generation of welsh footballers to show the world what they can do. footballers to show the world what they can do. in ukraine the capital kyiv has com under russian attack for the first time since the end of april, with missiles striking several areas. russia has been focusing its attention on the eastern donbas region, but president putin warned today that new targets would be struck if western countries arm ukraine with longer—range weapons. from kyiv here's our correspondentjoe inwood. explosion. multiple blasts shattering the peace of sunday morning in kyiv. for the first time in more than a month, ukraine's capital came under fire. now, this is one of two sites that was hit by russian missiles in the early hours of this morning. the russians say they were targeting t—72 tanks donated by eastern european countries.

but ukrainians say this was actually a railway repairfacility, and they're quite keen to show the world's media that that is what the russians were hitting. in his nightly address delivered before this morning's strikes, president zelensky described the scale of the attacks from above. translation: as of this morning, the total number of various - russian missiles used against ukraine is 2,503. much of the damage to ukraine has happened in the east of the country, the area known as the donbas. in a town not far from the front, people were also dealing with the aftermath of a missile strike. one man blamed the proximity of ukrainian soldiers to his house. "they need to withdraw the troops away from the city," vitaliy said, "because if they are standing here, the russians will hit civilians." those troops are nearby, defending their territory. the city of severodonetsk is the current focus

of russia's offensive. it had been thought the city was all but lost to the ukrainians, but then, over the last 24 hours, they say they have launched a successful counterattack. translation: our chancesl of retaking the city are high. severodonetsk is of symbolic importance only, not militarily or strategic. lysychansk is much more important because it is located on the hill. it is easier for the military to defend and strike. all the while, the donbas continues to empty. people in towns like slavyansk know that as long as russia is on their doorstep, they will not be safe if they stay. joe inwood, bbc news, kyiv. hundreds of firefighters and the army in bangladesh are trying to put out a huge fire near the port of chittagong, which began after an explosion at a container depot. 49 people are known to have died. the number of injured means the final death toll could be significantly higher.

from chittagong, akbar hossein sent this report. explosions continued throughout the night as the fire raged. it was the initial blast that was the most devastating. hundreds had arrived to tackle a fire at the storage depot when a number of containers, thought to contain chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide, exploded. survivors spoke of being blown off their feet and engulfed in flames. dozens are killed including firefighters. i can see a lot of ambulances are parked here to carry the dead bodies to the nearest hospital. more than 200 firefighters have been deployed to defuse the fire. the army has been called in to assist. hospitals are quickly overrun with the injured, many of them badly burnt and in a critical condition. as the day broke, firefighters continue to struggle with the blaze as the scale of the devastation became clear. it's likely the death toll here will rise in the coming hours and days. akbar hossein, bbc news, chittagong.

here, there was more disruption at airports today with easyjet among the airlines cancelling flights just as many passengers were trying to return after half term breaks. airlines had asked the government for special visas to recuit staff from overseas. that's been rejected, but the transport secretary says he'll work with the industry to ensure disruption doesn't continue into the summer. our business correspondent, ben king, reports. after enjoying the sun in southern turkey, the grangers were due to arrive back at gatwick in the small hours of this morning. but after three hours waiting at the airport in the middle of the night their flight was cancelled and they were taken back to another hotel. the only flight back out with easyjet is next thursday, so we have nowjust spent £3000 on a flight home tomorrow night. are you going to try and reclaim that money back from easyjet? i hope so, but that might be another story yet.

theirs is one of 80 flights easyjet has had to cancel today. passengers returning from spain, france and portugal were among those affected. gatwick has seen cancellations with ba and whizzair flights as well. and some other uk airports have also seen disruption. bad weather and air traffic control problems have contributed, but easyjet blames a challenging operating environment. aviation and travel has suffered from a lack of financial support during the pandemic and consequently lost a lot of key roles, a lot of staff, and now we have extra holidays, we have thejubilee, we have also got the half—term holiday and we have the new summer holiday season beckoning. now, these problems won't be fixed quickly. it takes three to six months to hire new staff. the transport secretary said this morning he would do absolutely everything possible to prevent problems this summer, but hiring workers from abroad was not the answer. let's have lots of different measures to help alleviate

the situation with the industry, working closely with the industry, to do that as well. the answer can't always be to reach for the lever marked more immigration. in fact, in europe they have got exactly the same problem. holiday—makers looking forward to get away this summer will be hoping those measures work. ben king, bbc news. mps will be back at westminster tomorrow amid growing speculation that borisjohnson could face a confidence vote among his own mps this week. our political editor chris mason is in westminster. how is it looking for the prime minister? it is looking like he is in considerable danger. i spent the afternoon and evening on the phone to mps and there were two very noticeable things. firstly, there will be no surprise amongst the vast majority of conservative parliamentarians if there was a trigger, meaning a vote of confidence, as soon as this week. that does not mean it will

definitely happen. the other thing thatis definitely happen. the other thing that is striking is conservatives are pretty gloomy and this unites them whether they are supporters of borisjohnson, or want to see boris johnson corn, or somewhere in between. take those who would like to see borisjohnson gone, they often say they simply don't think they can win a general election with him still in power. they will often make reference to 1997, the worst yearin make reference to 1997, the worst year in the modern history of the conservative party with tony blair's landslide labour majority. you also hear references to 1997 from those desperate to see him still in place. they say what voters are seeing at the moment is an orgy of speculation, a cabal of infighting mps, and the electorate do not like that. from both sides of the argument you see this real gloom. a quick reminder of the rules, 15% of conservative mps, 54, need to request a vote of confidence for it to happen. the only person who knows how many people have made that request is sir graham brady, a

conservative backbencher, and he is discreet, unless an admirable quality unless you are a journalist wanting to find out. there are a couple of by—elections coming up in a couple of weeks that could trigger a couple of weeks that could trigger a further round ofjitters. as far as his supporters are concerned all they can hope to do is persuade conservative mps that he would win a vote of confidence anyway and he may well do that. but the speculation is damaging for him and voter confidence, win or lose, is very often bad news for a leader. chris, thank yom — in cricket england's men have had their first test victory for quite a while, led by a century from joe root. chasing a target of 277 runs, england beat new zealand by five wickets in the first test at lord's, asjoe wilson reports. sunday morning and all things possible — a test match at its best. super intense. captain ben stokes knew all he could do was watch. everyone mattered. fourfrom ben foakes, a leap forward.

just 42 more to win now. everyone in the ground was counting the score and counting on the batters who remained. but who else would you want out there for england butjoe root, the calmest man at lords? new zealand needed five wickets, time was slipping by. time for root to reach 100 in this innings, to reach 10,000 runs in his outstanding test career. right here, the partnership with ben foakes was worth even more, because it kept the door closed on new zealand. the very hardest thing to do is to make it look easy. the most demanding of situations became a master class from one of the all—time greats, winning the test like that. i think it's just a really important thing for the team to remember what winning's like again. it's felt like a very long time. it has been talked about a huge amount, and just it can breed so much confidence, and it can run through the rest of the group. remember, this was more than just the first test of the new summer. for england, they hoped this was the start of a new test match era. some called it a reset, the captain preferred

the term blank canvas. well, thanks to the former skipper, joe root, here is an image to inspire england onwards. joe wilson, bbc news. rafael nadal has won the french open for a 14th time, after beating norway's casper ruud in straight sets. nadal�*s won this tournament more times than any man in history. despite recent injury problems, he dominated his young opponent to extend his record number of grand slam titles to 22. northern ireland have taken their first point in this season's nations league following a disappointing goalless draw away to cyprus. ali mccann had a chance to win it late on, but he shot wide from close range. northern ireland have now gone 12 games without a win in the competition. that's all from me here, back to reeta now at the palace.

our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is with me. it's been such a significant week, what will these celebrations mean for the royal family? it has been a much needed national celebration. that is a very positive thing. the queen has said in her statement tonight that she hopes the sense of togetherness will continue for years into the future. now, overall i think of course it has confirmed the huge regard in which she is felt, regarded, but we hardly need that confirming. the downside of all of that, of course, is that it is potentially a much more daunting challenge for her successor, the bar has been raised even higher. i think the queen is very much aware of that. i think the message of the balcony appearance was one of confidence in her heirs, in charles in particular. confidence by the queen that the monarchy will be safe in his or their hands

whenever the time comes. i think the uncertainties about the future of her reign have been underlined. there is no need to spell out why thatis, there is no need to spell out why that is, other than to say that clearly she is now more frail physically, but according to people who know her, mentally she is very sharp. i think we saw that particularly in the paddington bear sketch. in a statement tonight she also said she had been humbled and deeply touched by the response to the jubilee deeply touched by the response to thejubilee and she said and pledged that she would continue to serve, helped by her family. that she would continue to serve, helped by herfamily. now, that will be the core family as it is now, which has united around her and, as we have seen, occurring over the past four days. so some powerful images which i think will linger long in many memories.- images which i think will linger long in many memories. next, thank ou ve long in many memories. next, thank you very much- _ long in many memories. next, thank you very much. our— long in many memories. next, thank you very much. our royal— you very much. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell.

our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it's quiet here now but for four days this place has been at the centre of pomp, pageantry, and joyous celebration, with tens of thousands of royal enthusiasts filling the streets, determined to take part in this historicjubilee, an unprecedented 70 years on the throne for the queen. well, that's all from us. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are, but before we go, let's look back at just a few of the memorable images from an extraordinary weekend. by the centre, slow march! marching music. god save the queen!

bells ring. band plays "god save the queen". perhaps you would like a marmalade sandwich? i always keep one for emergencies. so doi! i keep mine in here. music: "we will rock you" - queen. # sweet caroline # good times never seemed so good.#

band plays "god save the queen" hello. for those of you who've had a cloudy and wetjubilee weekend, the next few days are looking drier. but there's still some rain around through this evening and overnight in the form of heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing northwards through south—west england, wales, the midlands, perhaps into south—east england as well. meanwhile, a more persistent spell of rain developing through parts of eastern and northern england. drier for northern ireland with clear spells, clearer skies probably across the north and west of scotland, where we'll see some of the lowest temperatures. so, 5 or 6 celsius here. but where we've got to the cloud and the rain, warming up to 10 or 11. so, into tomorrow, we've still got this area of low pressure slowly pulling away into the north sea and still keeping a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain across eastern and northern england through the morning. it will be gradually turning drier and brighter for the west. we'll still keep quite large amounts

of cloud through much of england and wales, but more in the way of bright and sunny spells compared to today. still some showers developing through parts of wales, central, southern and south—west england. we could see a spell of more persistent rain arriving into the far south—west of england and the channel islands through the afternoon. cloudierfor northern ireland, but mainly dry. the best of the sunshine, once again, across scotland, where we'll see some of the highest temperatures. but it should feel warmer across england and wales compared to today. an area of low pressure is still spiralling around in the north sea as we head through monday night and into tuesday, pushing more cloud back along to these eastern coasts of england and scotland. maybe some patchy rain. also, an area of rainjust pushing into the far south of england as well through the early hours of tuesday morning. temperatures typically between 7—10 celsius. then tuesday actually looks to be a quieter day. with low pressure to the east and west of us, high pressure to the north and the south, so the winds will be fairly light. there'll be quite large amounts of cloud and probably more cloud across scotland and northern ireland compared to the weekend, particularly for these eastern coasts, where we could still pick up a few showers. a few showers may be pushing into northern ireland

through the afternoon, and we're expecting some showers to develop across the far south—west of england. but for many, it's mainly dry. could just get a scattering of showers across england and wales, but in the sunshine certainly feeling warmer than it has done. temperatures up to around 21 or 22 celsius. most of us will see some showers or longer spells of rain midweek as a system works its way from west to east, then we're keeping an eye on this deeper area of low pressure developing through thursday and friday. that could well bring some stronger winds into scotland and northern ireland as well as some heavy rain. so, a drier start for many through monday and tuesday, some heavy showers, longer spells of rain on wednesday. further showers to the north and the west through thursday and friday.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentary journalist tony grew and the journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. tomorrow's front pages... platinum jubilee celebrations in all of the papers. maj—ical is the headline

in the metro, with a picture showing the queen's appearance on the buckingham palace balcony.