as we have seen, eurovision united liverpool and - eurovision united liverpool and ukraine. , pride will unite them in protest. —— as they march through the of liverpool. well since russia's invasion of ukraine, the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg has been charting the dramatic events — notjust in words and pictures, but also in music. in those rare moments away from work, in moscow steve has been writing a piece for the piano that expresses what he s experiencing in a country transformed by the war it started. here is steve to play us, and tell us about a composition born of the disharmony in his daily life.? ina in a world that feels as if it has been turned upside down, writing music has become my way of charting what is happening around me. music plays. i wrote isolation a few days after russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. after russia embraced war and faced international isolation. the months pass, the war drags on, the second movement. parallel reality. from morning till night, the state media in russia declares, we didn't invade ukraine, russia never starts wa

while eurovision may have united liverpool and ukraine in music, today, pride has united them in protests invasion of ukraine, the bbc�*s russia editor steve rosenberg has been charting the dramatic events — notjust in words and pictures, but also in music. he's been writing a piece for the piano that expresses what he's experiencing in a country transformed by the war it started. in a world that feels as if it's been turned upside down, writing music has become my way of charting what's happening around me. i wrote isolation a few days after russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine — after russia embraced war and faced international isolation. months pass. the war drags on. the second movement — parallel reality. from morning till night, the state media in russia declares, "we didn't invade ukraine. "russia never starts wars. "it's the west waging war on russia!" the picture presented here is back to front, inside out, a parallel reality. after 16 months of war, you could feel the instability in russia — armed mercenaries have mutinied and marched on moscow. and so, the third movement. t

while eurovision may have united liverpool and ukraine in music, today, pride has united them in protest he has been saying that there should be agreement on both sides when it comes to ukraine, talking about a possible ceasefire, he was saying the afrika's peace initiative could be a basis for peace as well as a chinese one but then he also said a ceasefire is hard to implement when the ukrainian army is on the offensive, he was also claiming that after the 11th of june ukraine lost 415 tanks and 1300 armoured vehicles. we don't know whether that is true or not. he talked about how they would be no intensification of actions on the ukrainian front now. so that our some of the lines coming out of president putin's press conference he is holding in saint petersburg after meeting african leaders, i will bring you any more lines as we get them. to italy and something that shocked locals in calabria. an elephant was spotted stomping down a highway. in this video shared with the bbc, the animal appears to be heading towards a supermarket. local media reports say it escaped a local circus, and

while eurovision may have united liverpool and ukraine in music, today, pride has united them in protestated wild tiger population in the country is growing by more than 6% a year. india is home to about three quarters of the world's wild tigers, and it counts them every four years. the latest census recorded more than 3,600. meanwhile, there's also good news from india's much smaller neighbour, bhutan, which recorded 131 tigers, that's up 27% since 2015. the new figures coincide with international tiger day, which aims to raise awareness of conservation efforts, as sam harrison reports. an iconic mountain nation nestled in the himalayas. bhutan's landscape is both brutal and serene and, in the shadow of some of the world's highest peaks, something is stirring. this remarkable camera trap footage proof that tigers are making a comeback here. global tiger populations fell by 95% over the past century but, in this tiny himalayan kingdom, they're finally rising again. it's now home to at least 131 tigers, an increase of 27% since 2015. and at today's tiger survey conference in bhutan's capi

while eurovision may have united liverpool and ukraine in music, today, pride has united them in protestuite a showery day for some of us, particularly in the north. further showers to come through this evening and overnight. how about sunday? it starts off quite bright in a number of locations but clouds will thicken through the morning, into the afternoon and more persistent rain is on the way, too. here is one weather system ready to come our way. this is the one that we had through the course of sunday and this is what brought showers. in fact, the showers will continue through the night, broadly speaking, across the northern half of the uk. further east and south, the weather will be drier with some clear spells. early morning temperatures around ten in aberdeen, 13 or 1a in the south of the country. this is the next weather front heading our way. early in the morning, some bright and sunny weather in a number of locations, although the showers continue in the north. but then this more widespread weather front sweeps into ireland, through wales and many parts of england eventually.

at that while eurovision unites liverpool and ukraine in musical terms, today the gay parade united inest. this is the power of pride thousands of people in the center of liverpool enjoy colorful costumes and a celebration of unity. this is an opportunity for people to show their flaws and show how important each person is, especially in a city like liverpool where a lot of people are out on the streets people are different they are different and just want to be the same. who they see themselves after eurovision also agreed to hold a pride march under auspices, kiev pride all because she was pleased with ukraine is now banned because of the war. this gesture was warmly received by people who came from ukraine. liverpool may be 1.000 km from ukraine, but in the blackest hour for ukrainians, few people surprised so much attention and support, and like liverpool last year was warsaw, which hosted guests at the gay parade as a token of ukraine's solidarity this year, liverpool, which i think is a good city to end the season of pride, because it was held here in in turn, eurovision which is

while eurovision may have united liverpool and ukraine in music, today, pride has united them in protestweekend in a row, low pressure is in charge of our weather. it has already brought us some rain during saturday. much of that rain came in the form of some sharp showers. some sunny spells in between. for sunday, we will see more general rain spreading from the south—west as we go through the day. 0n the earlier satellite picture, you can see the swirl of cloud. that's the area of low pressure that brought the showers on saturday. then behind me, this shield of cloud rolling in from the atlantic — already bringing some rain into the south—west of england through the first part of sunday morning. further north and east, sunny spells, scattered heavy showers. through the day, our band of rain pushes northwards and eastwards, getting into parts of northern ireland, wales, the midlands, down into the south—east of england by sunday afternoon. and with that, quite a strong wind at times as well. it will also turn really quite misty and murky for some coasts and hills in the west. temperatur

while eurovision may have united liverpool and ukraine in music, today, pride has united them in protestrate isolation after russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. after russia embraced war and faced international isolation. the months pass, the war drags on. the second movement — parallel reality. from morning till night, the state media in russia declares, "we didn't invade ukraine. russia never starts wars. "it's the west waging war on russia." the picture presented here is back to front, inside out, a parallel reality. after 16 months of war, you can feel the instability in russia. armed mercenaries have mutinied and marched on moscow. and so the third movement. time of troubles or in russian... that russian word refers to a murky time of turmoil, chaos and coups. it is a recurring feature of russian history. where will my piece go from here? how many more movements? how will they sound ? it's impossible to predict, just like russia's future. this is bbc news. stay with us if you can. hello. further showers to come through this evening and overnight. how about sunday? on the satell

while - eurovision song contest may have united liverpool and ukraine in music, today, pride has united generated seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake. experts analysed data from her sell—out tour dates last weekend. more than 100 and forty thousand people attended over two nights and it's thought dancing swifties caused the activity. her eras tour is one of the most expensive ever, costing an estimated 100 million dollars. to italy, and something that shocked locals in calabria. an elephant was spotted stomping down a highway. in this video shared with the bbc, the animal appears to be heading towards a supermarket. local media reports say it escaped a local circus, and has since been returned. that's all for now. thanks very much for watching. hello. today was quite a showery day for some of us, particularly in the north. further showers to come through this evening and overnight. how about sunday? it starts off quite bright in a number of locations but clouds will thicken through the morning, into the afternoon and more persistent rain is on the way, too. here is

eurovision may have united ukraine and liverpool in music, today pride will unite them in protest.f rain in places, but it's not completely dry either. now we are seeing some spells of sunshine but will continue to see a scattering of showers as well. later in the weekend, this weather system here will bring some rain in from the atlantic, but it's that first area of low pressure that's dominating at the moment. and around it, we have these showers coming in on that stronger breeze as well. mostly showers closer to the low. so scotland and northern ireland seeing heavier, more frequent showers with some thunder. some heavy showers could push into the far north of england. but further south, the showers will prove to be rather hit and miss. it will be quite breezy. so the showers will move through fairly quickly, but the temperatures will be limited to 18 or 19 in the west, up to around 21 or 22 in eastern areas. for the test match today, the greatest risk of showers will be early on through the morning session, perhaps around lunchtime. the weather should improve, the cloud breakin