i'm david eades. also coming up in the program -- the japanese tsunami made its presence felt in the united states more than a year after the disaster. >> hello. welcome and children, some of them burned to death, others shot or stamped, are among around 80 people killed in the latest massacre in syria. they are all believed to be civilians. the attack took place in the village of qubair in hama province. opposition activists say it's the work of pro-government militia together with syrian security forces. government officials insist armed terrorists, as they called them, carried out this latest brutality. u.n. observers who verified previous recent massacres, are once again in hama to assess the scene. tom esselmont has the latest. >> once again, hama is a focal point of this conflict. these are apparently the victims of what activists say were the killings carried out by the regime militia, plus government security forces in the village of qubair. these pictures apparently show the aftermath of an e

i'm david eades. also coming up -- we'll give you the question nine million chinese students are hoping to answer in their exams today. and we have the answer to a long-running mystery, why so many colonies of honey bees have been wiped out across the globe. >> opposition groups in syria are planning a day of demonstrations right across the country as the diplomatic efforts to stem the violence there just stagger on. kofi annan, international envoy driving the u.n.'s peace plan, is warning of an imminent civil war. he's accepted his own initiative has failed. speaking to the u.n. security council in new york, mr. annan laid the blame for that failure mostly on the assad regime. steve kingston has details from washington. >> terrified residents in the syrian town near homs. the images filmed yesterday show families running for cover amid gunfire and heavy shelling. little wonder the united nations' own envoy admits his peace plan is failing and that the country is in danger of spiraling out of control.

. >> i'm david eades. how highly will syria feature in discussions? >> and painkillers and the players. fifa reveals how players are risking their health days before the euro tournament. >> hi, everyone. and welcome to buckingham palace where the cleanup is well and truly under way. the 12,000 people who had tickets and the 10,000 gathered outside. i was there amongst the crowd, and it really was a fantastic star-studded night of entertainment. all eyes on today with what will happen with the queen attending a thanksgiving service. and many are looking forward to the procession where the royal family will stand on the famous balcony behind me at the end of the day and the national anthem will be played after these four days of celebration. but there will be one man missing prince filip who has stood beside the queen so many times has been kept in hospital. we understand it's for observation. he has a bladder infection, but they are just keeping him there to keep a close eye on him over the next couple of days. here's our royal correspondent. ♪ >> forg

. >> i'm david eades here in london. also coming up in this bulletin, in egypt they accuse the military of a can you -- of a koup. and a birthday surprise for the u.s. army showing possibly the sweeter side of the military. >> hello, and welcome to a blisteringly hot athens where in six weeks the greeks are going to the polls again this sunday. final rallies were being held last night. led by the charismatic alexis, the 37-year-old who came in second in the major poll and has recently been looking as just etching ahead in the polls leading to this sunday's election. when he first came to national prominence he was talking about ripping up the agreement. last night he said he wanted to renegotiate those and also said he would work with other political parties. as i said, political polling here ends on the fortnight before the poll. that puts the parties neck and neck. private polls suggest maybe new democracy is edging ahead. let's get this latest report by our correspondent. >> neck and neck and yet their ideas are polls

i'm david eades. also coming up -- tourism, set to revive greece's debt-ridden economy, so why the decline? and a rare sight as venus moves across the sun. >> hello. at least 22 people have been killed in two suicide bomb attacks in afghanistan at the same place. they hit an area in kandahar province used by drivers whose vehicles carried supplies for nato-led troops. a taliban spokesman said they carried out the killings. the bbc's quintonsomerville is in kabul providing the latest details. >> it appears what happened is the first suicide attacker on a motorcycle, we believe, although there's some debate over that, laden with explosives, attacked this convoy as it was waiting to resupply forces. this is a crowded area outside of a hotel in a busy, bizarre -- many of the dead will be the truck drivers and local shopkeepers. but shortly after that initial attack, a second suicide attacker on foot with an explosives vest detonated the explosives vest, increasing the number of attackers. this is a worryi

i am david eades. also coming up, syrian opposition activists accused pro-government militias of massacring 13 factory workers. pakistani issues a flood warning, admitting to the bbc is powerless to prevent a repeat of last year's devastation. it's remarkable that over eight months since it was flooded, some areas are still under water. >> at buckingham palace, britain is gearing up for days of festivities off the queen's diamond jubilee, six decades on the throne. >> midday in london, 2:00 p.m. in damascus, 6:00 in the evening in thailand's capital bangkok, where aung san suu kyi is reemerging on the international stage. the pro-democracy opposition leader from burma has embarked on a tour of countries, along afraid that she might never be allowed back into burma. that is, it's things have changed for her and her supporters. as her freedom grows, she is still prepared to put a brake on some of the enthusiasm being expressed about democratic change in burma. she is in bangkok where she cautioned agains

i'm david eades. also coming up in the program -- it's been a long wait, but aung san suu kyi is back in europe and with something special to collect. also, you may be just 14 years old, but this chinese teenager is about to take part in the u.s. open. >> hello. thanks very much for being with us. david cameron's relations with some of the most powerful figures in the british -- perhaps also the international press -- are to be laid bare shortly as he appears before the leveson inquiry into media standards. the inquiry itself was mr. cameron's initiative, all following on from the phone hacking scandal at the now-defunct "news of the world" newspaper, a newspaper owned by rupert murdoch's news corporation. well, here is david cameron arriving for the leveson inquiry. he is the latest in a long line of very distinguished politicians in particular, not least three former prime ministers and numerous members of the british cabinet as well, and the bbc's political correspondent, naomi grimley, is with me