welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm arunoday mukharji. the headlines: cheering the queen appears on the buckingham palace balcony to mark the end of platinum jubilee celebrations. the monarch says she has been "humbled and deeply touched." 10,000 people take part in a huge platinum pageant, featuring the performers and celebrities from each decade of the queen's reign. officials in bangladesh say exploding chemical containers are hampering efforts to extinguish a deadly fire at a storage depot. heavy fighting continues in eastern ukraine, as president putin threatens to attack new targets if western countries supply

kyiv with long—range missiles. and blast off for three chinese astronauts heading towards a space station that's still under construction. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the queen has greeted a huge crowd from the balcony of buckingham palace, the climax of four days of events celebrating her 70 years as monarch. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted the highlights from each decade of her 70—year reign. sir cliff richard and ed sheeran were among the celebrities taking part. 0ur royal correspondent

nicholas witchell was watching. cheering the closing moments of a memorablejubilee celebration. back on to the palace balcony came the queen accompanied by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall and the cambridges. 0ne 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 that journey 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 breakdancers. 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 4:30pm, 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. richard berthelsen is the royal correspondent for ctv. he's been following all thejubilee celebrations from canada. i think it has been a spectacularjubilee celebration in london, watched very closely globally, certainly by people in canada and throughout the commonwealth will have paid close attention to it. the future, think, was very much previewed on the palace balcony today with the three future kings and the cambridge family and the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall being the future for the royal family and it is a much more slimmed down monarchy, which is going to present enormous difficulties for the realms going ahead, given that there are presently 50 of them, possibly not that

many in the future, but the attention they deserve is going to be a very big challenge for our small royalfamily. i to be a very big challenge for our small royal family. i want to take it _ our small royal family. i want to take it forward _ our small royal family. i want to take it forward from - our small royal family. i want to take it forward from what. to take it forward from what your last point was, people have been watching these events from across continents. how does the world perceive the queen and royalty in today's times, especially the former colonies?— colonies? well, i think canadians _ colonies? well, i think canadians have - colonies? well, i think. canadians have enormous personal respect and admiration for the queen, who was known virtually every corner of this country. she has travelled extensively on several occasions. but it's a very generational thing. occasions. but it's a very generationalthing. 0lder generationalthing. older generationalthing. older generation have a deep affection for the queen based on having met her, seen her, beenin on having met her, seen her, been in her presence, younger people see the royal family more through the paradyne of the younger royals or through celebrity culture, particularly here in canada, impacted by the united states. so there are very different views of it and i think we are in a situation with canada were probably 95% of the population had probably

never known anyone but elizabeth ii, but we are also a country that is debris fractured by linguistic groups, they are less liked in french—canadian. the colonial record is difficult. we have the indigenous population in canada who are seeking reconciliation based on past wrongs which were largely done in the name of the crown. you know the _ in the name of the crown. you know the crown _ in the name of the crown. you know the crown has _ in the name of the crown. you know the crown has also tried to move ahead with times, what are your thoughts on the future of the monarchy, would like it is see the same connection, you mention the next generation, critical will that before the royal family? critical will that before the royalfamily? in critical will that before the royal family?— critical will that before the royal family? royalfamily? in canada, the connection _ royalfamily? in canada, the connection is _ royalfamily? in canada, the connection is going - royalfamily? in canada, the connection is going to - royalfamily? in canada, the connection is going to be - royal family? in canada, the i connection is going to be very, very critical. we just had a three—day royal toua from the prince of wales who visited three places in canada. the country is very vast, it will be difficult for a small royal family to connect with such a vast country. we will increasingly be seeing it through the media paradigms, through the media paradigms, through social media and other means, that enables us to see without a filter, but it is not always relevant to what is

going on in canada. support for the crown here has really suffered in the last few years, largely because of the position of prince andrew, who had quite a connection with this country. the duke and duchess of sussex, because duchess of sussex lived in toronto for a while, and we have had our own institutional failure with the crown in a governor general who did not typically well, so there has been a lot of softening of support here in canada. however, on what —— unlike elsewhere amongst the realms of the combo, a constitutional position of the ground in canada is deeply protected and requires unanimous consent, that we are not likely to see a change in that. but what will changes the affection and the involvement of the crown with the canadian people and, of course, for canada always we're looking through a bit of an american baritone, the crown is something that makes us very distinct from the united states to ourselves and those aspects which make us distinct is really treasured by many canadians. on to other news now.

hundreds of firefighters, backed by the army, are still trying to extinguish a huge fire at a container depot in bangladesh. the blaze has killed at least 49 people and injured hundreds more. hospitals in the area are overwhelmed and some injured people have been airlifted to the capital dhaka, as akbar hossein reports. explosions continued 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 were 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 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. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. pope francis has prayed for the victims of an attack on a nigerian church, in which at least 25 worshippers were killed by gunmen. the assault took place in the southern town of 0wo, in 0ndo state. officials say several people were abducted by the gunmen, whose identities are unknown. the world health organization says that over a three week period, 780 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported in countries where the disease is not endemic. they say the figure is probably an underestimate and it expects the virus to spread. a volcano in the eastern philippines has spewed a huge, dark cloud, covering towns in ash.

the eruption of the bulusan volcano in the rural sorsogon province lasted about 17 minutes, sending a grey plume shooting up at least one kilometre, according to the philippine institute of volcanology and seismology. no casualties were reported, but authorities warned of further possible eruptions. russia's president putin has said new targets in ukraine will be hit if western countries supply the country with longer range missiles. he was speaking as the ukrainian capital kyiv came under russian missile attack for the first time since the end of april, with several locations in the city struck. 0ur ukraine correspondent joe inwood sent this report. 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 repair facility, 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 2a hours, they say they have launched a successful counter—attack. translation: our chances| 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. john herbst is a former us ambassador to ukraine and is currently director

of the eurasia centre at the atlantic council. he told me what he made of president putin's warning of attacking new targets if the west continues to supply weapons to ukraine. these warnings are very old. and, in fact, they are somewhat laughable. the russians are threatening to go after the ukrainian political leadership if we continue to send these longer range weapons to ukraine. in fact, longer range weapons to ukraine. infact, as longer range weapons to ukraine. in fact, as you know, they attacked kyiv massively at they attacked kyiv massively at the start of the war and were defeated. what do these threats mean? it's that moscow is afraid of ascending more potent military equipment to ukraine, were afraid it will make it easierfor ukraine to were afraid it will make it easier for ukraine to defeat them. ' easier for ukraine to defeat them. �*they are right about that. in fact, we should be sending more and more sophisticated and long—range missiles than we are sending. the us has had to walk a tightrope when it comes to

this, you have to continue the support, and you also see that the us will have to draw some sort of a line no not provoke russia, which further escalates the current conflict? i russia, which further escalates the current conflict?— the current conflict? i think that many _ the current conflict? i think that many people - the current conflict? i think that many people have - the current conflict? i think i that many people have framed the discussion just the way you have. and that, i believe, is a mistake that serves vladimir putin�*s interest. russia is launching a war of war crimes against the ukrainian people that borders on genocide, according to genocide scholars like using finkel and home about. they are torturing civilians, they are raving ukrainian women and children, and they are illegally transferring tens if not hundreds of thousands of ukrainians to russia, including hundreds of thousands of ukrainian children to rush against their will. this is a moral abomination. against their will. this is a moralabomination. so against their will. this is a moral abomination. so the one who has been escalating as vladimir putin. and it is true, russia is a nuclear power and we have to be aware of that, we cannot let boote�*s threats prevent us from helping ukraine stop massive war crimes

committed by russian forces. we have been too timid in stopping vladimir putin and he has counted on the weakness of western leaders when he has launched an offensive. and in fact you have craven leaders in the worst talking to putin when he is committing war crimes justifies his counting on western for recklessness. but i hope biden�*s policies continue to be at least as strong as they are and actually become stronger because the stronger we are the faster putin loses in ukraine. 50 we are the faster putin loses in ukraine-— in ukraine. so do you think these developments - in ukraine. so do you think these developments will i in ukraine. so do you think i these developments will only lead to the us continuing the supply of weapons do you think your advice will be that the us must step it up? i your advice will be that the us must step it up?— must step it up? i believe the us will continue _ must step it up? i believe the us will continue to _ must step it up? i believe the us will continue to supply - us will continue to supply weapons at a pace which, by my lights, is too slow, but i believe we will continue to send more weapons and more sophisticated weapons because we can see the war crimes putin

is committing. biden understands it will be a strategic disaster for the west, for the united states, if nato if putin were to win in ukraine. but i believe the biden policy has been a bit too timid. but with encouragement from congress and critics from outside, he eventually does the right thing that i think he should have done two months earlier. you�*re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the chinese astronauts heading for a space station they have to finish building. the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height.

the crowd packed to see the man who, forthem, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved towards horse guards parade - for the start of- trooping the colour. gunshots the queen looks worried, but recovers quickly. - as long as they�*ll pay to go and see me, i�*ll get out there and kick �*em down the hill. what does it feel like to be the first man to cross the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feels marvellous, really. this is newsday on the bbc. i�*m arunoday mukharji in singapore. our headlines: the queen has appeared on the buckingham palace balcony to mark the end of platinum jubilee celebrations. she says she�*s been "humbled and deeply touched". officials in bangladesh say exploding chemical containers have hampered efforts to extinguish a deadly fire

at a storage depot. in more news, there are fears among economists that sri lanka may be the first falling domino in a series of emerging economies struggling to buy food, fuel and medicine as rising prices and financial distress gather force. the country�*s farm minister mahinda amaraweera has warned the "food situation is becoming worse" and the next focus is whether farmers have the resources for the upcoming planting season for rice. anthea webb is the deputy regional director of the un world food programme. she told me more about the situation in sri lanka. the situation in sri lanka, as acknowledged by the government itself, is really worrying. and, as you say, it is perhaps the first of several other countries in the region to feel the real brunt of very high

food, fuel and fertiliser prices. we are at a situation where about 73% of families that we�*ve surveyed have said that we�*ve surveyed have said that they have already cut back on food, the number of meals and the kind of food that they can afford to buy. and it looks like at least half of the usual harvest that we would get this time of year has been lost. and so, the next harvest is looking even worse because farmers are struggling to get access to good seeds, fertiliser and fuel to take their goods to market. ftr, what kind of help can be extended by global agencies? == extended by global agencies? -- anthea. extended by global agencies? » anthea. the biggest need for sri lanka at the moment is to sort out its debt issues but in the meantime, organisations like the wfp and the food and agricultural organisation are working very fast through the un and government agencies to

bring in food and to provide additional cash to the 20% of the population that already struggled to meet their food needs before this crisis. when food goes up by 20— 30% in price, those are the ones that are most acutely hit and those are most acutely hit and those are the ones that will lose perhaps after a decade of progress that been made. [30 perhaps after a decade of progress that been made. do you see the situation _ progress that been made. do you see the situation improving - progress that been made. do you see the situation improving in - see the situation improving in the next few months? for see the situation improving in the next few months?- the next few months? for sri lanka, that — the next few months? for sri lanka, that will _ the next few months? for sri lanka, that will depend - the next few months? for sri lanka, that will depend on i lanka, that will depend on their ability to negotiate new lines of credit and restructuring of their debt. what i see going forward is sri lanka becoming a kind of bellwether for other countries across the region, so if the country is in a position to import food, as much food as it needs, and to be able to restart the economy, then they will be back on what was a very

good development trajectory. but right now, the situation is very acute. in but right now, the situation is very acute-— very acute. in fact, i want to ick u- very acute. in fact, i want to pick up on — very acute. in fact, i want to pick up on that. _ very acute. in fact, i want to pick up on that. how - very acute. in fact, i want to l pick up on that. how worrying is that? you mentioned sri lanka could be the first among a few. what are some of the other countries we are looking at where the global attention needs to be focused? so obviously. _ needs to be focused? sr obviously, there are other countries in the region that were already in crisis. afghanistan being top of our priority list, followed by myanmar and, priority list, followed by myanmarand, to priority list, followed by myanmar and, to some extent, pakistan and bangladesh, which has a high number of refugees. but we�*re also at countries in the region that have high debt to gdp ratio where the government is already overstretched, those that had a close economic links to russia or to close economic links to russia orto ukraine, close economic links to russia or to ukraine, eitherfrom the availability of food but also economically. there are countries in the region like the grzic is done and the cougars republic where 80% of the families rely on

remittances from russia and where some of those other countries that they will struggle to meet these high food prices. three chinese astronauts arrived at the country�*s space station as part of a mission to finish off building it. the crew will stay in orbit for six months. they�*ll oversee the arrival of two more modules for the station. mike wall from space.com explains the significance of the launch. yeah, well, it�*s the third chinese crew to actually visit their sort of new space station which has been under construction for about a year now. so itjust kind of shows that they are sort of ramping up that they are sort of ramping up there sort of space capabilities and what is significant about this crew is they will be the ones on board this module when the final two pieces of the space station come up. it is expected to happen next month and december so they will be overseeing like the attachment of these modules which will complete this new

chinese space station.- which will complete this new chinese space station. what is china looking _ chinese space station. what is china looking to _ chinese space station. what is china looking to achieve - chinese space station. what is china looking to achieve in - china looking to achieve in this space station?- china looking to achieve in this space station? yeah, they are after a _ this space station? yeah, they are after a number— this space station? yeah, they are after a number of- this space station? yeah, they are after a number of things, l this space station? yeah, they are after a number of things, i think. there is a lot of overlap between space let accomplishments and technological capabilities here on earth, and of course scientific research that you can do in space that you cannot do on earth but also a part of it is power projection. there is a huge prestige component involved in being a major space power and it�*s something that i�*m sure china wants to project, a broad and also domestically, to sort of show that the current leadership is doing great things and should remain in power and should keep being trusted.— being trusted. mike, on the back of that, _ being trusted. mike, on the back of that, in _ being trusted. mike, on the back of that, in the - being trusted. mike, on the back of that, in the next - being trusted. mike, on the| back of that, in the next few months and years, are we likely to see growing competition between the west and china when it comes to space research? how do you view that? i it comes to space research? how do you view that?— do you view that? i would say es. i do you view that? i would say yes- i don't — do you view that? i would say yes. i don't know— do you view that? i would say yes. i don't know about - do you view that? i would say

yes. i don't know about space yes. i don�*t know about space research but space is a domain, yes, there is competition already under way and i have talked to people in the us military, they have been saying for a few years now we need to watch out because china is extremely ambitious in space and they have eyes on becoming the world�*s dominant space power. yeah, you expect the us military officials to say things like that because it will help them get more funding from our congress but it is a legitimate concern. the us military has enjoyed such an advantage for so many years because the united states�*s unparalleled space resources. we have always had the best spy satellites and communications and those sorts of things. if china becomes, yeah, like a space power on that same plane, then, yeah, that raises also some questions about who is going to be dominant the battlefield based on spy satellite photos and that stuff and that is definitely in play, that sort of competition is definitely a thing.- that sort of competition is definitely a thing. you can find much _

definitely a thing. you can find much more _ definitely a thing. you can find much more on - definitely a thing. you can find much more on our. definitely a thing. you can - find much more on our website. that�*s all for now. stay with bbc world news. thank you for watching. hello there. it was a soggy end to the weekend across england and wales in particular, but we start the new week off on a largely dry and settled note. increasing amounts of sunshine for monday and tuesday. it will start to turn wet, though, on wednesday, windier by the end of the week but, generally, temperatures will be around the seasonal average throughout the week, both by day and by night. so, monday starts off rather cloudy, rather murky for england and wales. outbreaks of rain affecting eastern england and east anglia. fairly strong northerly winds, which will clear away. then, it�*s an improvement in the afternoon — we should start to see some sunshine breaking through that cloud for england and wales. could set off the odd shower. again, the best of the sunshine will be across scotland, where we could see 21 degrees, but even further south, given more sunshine around, we could make 18—20 celsius. as we head through monday night, could see this little feature bring some rain to south west england

through the channel and spread its way eastwards. elsewhere, though, it should be largely dry but across south east scotland, north east england, we�*ll see a return to some rain there. and we start tuesday off with double—figure values in the south, single values there for eastern scotland, north east england. for tuesday, it�*s a bit of a similar story. we�*re in between weather systems, so a largely calm day, i think. variable amounts of cloud to start the day. early rain in the south will clear away and we should see the rain in south east scotland, north east england ease down as well into the afternoon. elsewhere, increasing amounts of sunshine — more for england and wales — so it�*ll feel warmer. could set off the odd shower again, but most places dry — highs of 22 degrees. later in the day, we start to see some rain getting in towards the far south—west — that�*s because we�*ve got this frontal system working its way in across the country as we head on into wednesday. now, some of this rain could be quite heavy — particularly for england and wales for a time — before it clears its way eastwards. winds more of a feature,

as well, across the south of england, south wales, certainly through the channel. into the afternoon, it�*ll be one of sunshine and showers and some of these showers will be heavy and perhaps slow—moving as, further north, those winds will be lighter. top temperatures, 16—20 degrees. that little area of low pressure clears away. a brief ridge of high pressure to start thursday but a deep low develops out in the atlantic to the north—west of the uk later thursday into friday — that�*s going to bring some very windy weather to the north and the west of the uk in particular, and it�*s here where we�*ll have most of the showers or longer spells of rain. the further south and east that you are, although breezy, it should stay largely dry with some sunshine.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. hello. this week, we�*re talking to dan walker as he moves from bbc breakfast tv to channel 5�*s drivetime news. what made him go? and as the big broadcasters gear up for thejubilee celebrations, we�*ll be finding out what it�*s like to cover the royal family with the bbc�*sjonny dymond and itv�*s chris ship. and asking, is there any room in royal coverage for criticism? should there be?

laura clancy, author of running the family firm,