i can imagine the director general of the bbc, tim davie, breaking out in a cold sweat at the thoughtsweat at the thought of this because there's always a sly nervousness among broadcasters. i imagine they love it, but it does cost quite a lot of money to stage. you actually know yourself as a broadcaster television is expensive, and strictly is a £1 million an episode. and so, you know, eurovision gets huge audiences, and it's very important. it's actually a very important part of our cultural history, so i don't think we should dismiss it, i don't think we should write it off as too expensive. it's a really, really important thing. before we go, here's a view that could take your breath away. it's a new suspension bridge in georgia that has opened nearly 800 feet above a canyon and river below, but it's the diamond—type structure in the middle of the bridge that officials hope will draw the tourists. it doubles as a viewing platform. and if that is still not enough of a thrill, there's a bicycle zipline that runs parallel to the bridge. just don't look down! amazing guys who used to

has said there — of course tim davie has said there are _ of course tim davie has said there are problemsy good, i would like some accountability on that, — like some accountability on that, some examination of it at all we — that, some examination of it at all we see _ that, some examination of it at all we see on the bbc annual report— all we see on the bbc annual report is— all we see on the bbc annual report is the brexit cup it was rather— report is the brexit cup it was rather marvellous and so is the 2019— rather marvellous and so is the 2019 general election coverage, my question is, was it? if you believe — my question is, was it? if you believe public service really matters, as i do, you have to make — matters, as i do, you have to make it — matters, as i do, you have to make it better, and the bbc are supposed — make it better, and the bbc are supposed to be notjust make it better, and the bbc are supposed to be not just where the market is, it is supposed to be — the market is, it is supposed to be better than the market, and more _ to be better than the market, and more analy

— any modern digital age is one that tim davie has said there is problems, so the bbc does believe thereould like some accountability and examination and all we _ accountability and examination and all we see — accountability and examination and all we see in the annual report is brexit— all we see in the annual report is brexit coverage was marvellous answer — brexit coverage was marvellous answer within 2019 general election coverage _ answer within 2019 general election coverage, and my question is, was it? if— coverage, and my question is, was it? if you _ coverage, and my question is, was it? if you believe public service matters, — it? if you believe public service matters, as i do, you have to make it better _ matters, as i do, you have to make it better add — matters, as i do, you have to make it better add the bbc is supposed to be not _ it better add the bbc is supposed to be notjust— it better add the bbc is supposed to be notjust where it better add the bbc is supposed to be not just where the market it better add the bbc is supposed to be notjust where the market is, it is s

the bbc�*s director—general tim davie said harry gration was "loved everywhere, but especially in yorkshireted by simon mccoy. here's a clip of one of his appearances. we have been running this story all day, an opera sung in yorkshire. how's that going down there? it is going down great. it is bound to. i don't how you prepare your broadcasts during the afternoon, but i listen to opera. it gets me in the right mood and it gets me psyched up to do all that we should do when we have got guests in the studio. it is what we do. so what do you do? basically ijust sing. i am well—known for singing. i have a little ditty here that i will give you later on. but what is smashing about this particular opera, it is written by the great ian mcmillan, barnsley lad through and through, it is a south yorkshire opera and i think it will take off big and i think it is something we are proud of. this is my ditty. forgive the singing but i will do my best. # 'ey up, welcome to look north, we have the news and sport. # throw in some weather too. # that's the cheapest we can do. # as for news 24, they've got t

tim davie called her a true inspiration and said the way she talked about cancer moved to the nationiends of hers were all heartbroken, she had the most incredible energy and magnetism that drew you to her. the messengers from her listeners showed the incredibly special connection she made. charities were particularly grateful for all the work that she did. the chief executive of bowel cancer uk was deeply saddened that her patron had died. she turned her diagnoses into a force for good and through her campaigning tirelessly would have saved —— she has saved countless lives. no doubt partly due to her bowel campaign, which is approaching £7 million. she only set out to raise a quarter of i only set out to raise a quarter ofi million. this is for research into personalised medicine for cancer patients. dame deborah's second book will be coming out in august. bowel cancer is so important. every day in the uk, around 120 new cases are found. let's leave you with the most poignant words of the day. they came from dame deborah herself. this was shared with permission by her family. with h

*s clive myrie, orla guerin and nick beake, who have reported from ukraine, and director general tim davies—in—chief of the times, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the daily mail, and the independent were also sanctioned. fierce fighting is continuing in the east of ukraine, as russia pushes its advance into the country's industrial heartland. russia says it will give civilians a safe route out of the bombarded eastern city of severodonetsk for 12 hours on wednesday, although attempts to create humanitarian corridors in ukraine have often failed. the international criminal court's chief prosecutor has been in the city of kharkiv, to see the devastation for himself, and he said the court would prosecute the highest ranks of russians responsible. from there our correspondent, wyre davies reports. with this city still under daily attack... so, there was an air strike. ..karim khan's visit to kharkiv was more a statement of intent than gathering evidence. what were the ages of the children that normally you see? that will come later. the international criminal court's chief prosecutor toured

the bbc�*s director—general tim davie said harry gration was "loved everywhere, but especially in yorkshireews nationwide presented by simon mccoy. here's a clip of one of his appeareances. we've been running this story all day. an opera sung in yorkshire. how is that going down there? well, it's going down great, lad. i mean, it's bound to, when you think about it, i don't know how you prepare, simon, for your broadcast for news 24 during the afternoon, but i listen to opera. it gets me in the right mood and it gets me sort of psyched up to do all that we should do when we've got guests in't studio, lad. it's what we do. oh, oh, my word. go on. so. so, what do you do? well, basically, ijust sing. i'm well known for singing. in fact, i've got a little ditty here that i'm going to give you, a little later on. but i think what's smashing about this particular opera, it's written, of course, by the great ian mcmillan, barnsley lad, through and through. it's a south yorkshire opera and i think it's going to take off, it's going to take off big and i think that's something which we're rather pro

about impartiality and how it is and how we tackle it in a modern, digitalage is one that of course tim davieoblems, so the bbc does believe there is a problem, and i think that when you referred back to brexit and the bbc making statements saying it is alljolly good, i would like some accountability on that, i'd like some examination of it and at all we see on the bbc annual report is the brexit coverage was rather marvellous and so is the 2019 general election coverage. and, my question is, was it? if you believe public service really matters, as i do, you have to make it better, and the bbc are supposed to be notjust where the market is, it is supposed to be better than the market, and more analysis. well, what does a better look like, roger? let's get into the detail here. what does bbcjournalism and content need to do to demonstrate its impartiality that it is not doing at the moment? there is a whole multiple set of reasons. one at times is that there is too much robotic balance — someone says this, someone says that. and i think what people want is the kind of analysis that you are doi

the bbc�*s director—general, tim davie, said he was an "outstanding broadcaster" and would be "hugelyday after three years of covid cancellations. our culture editor katie razzall has been down at worthy farm, where she spoke to wolf alice, who won best band at this year's brits. her report contains flashing images. it's the 50th birthday party twice postponed. finally glastonbury is back. with its youngest ever headliner, billie eilish, taking to the pyramid stage. sam fender's never even been to this festival before. now he knows what it's like to perform here in front of thousands. let's have some fun. brit winners wolf alice nearly didn't make it today after their original flight from america, where they were touring, was cancelled. what is it about glastonbury that means you just don't want to miss it. everything about it, i think. especially playing on the pyramid stage is like a dream come true.

s clive myrie, 0rla guerin, and nick beake, who have reported from ukraine, and director general tim daviethe guardian, the daily mail, and the independent were also sanctioned. staying with the war in ukraine. fierce fighting is continuing in the east of ukraine, as russia pushes its advance into the country's industrial heartland. russia says it will give civilians a safe route out of the bombarded eastern city of severodonetsk for 12 hours on wednesday although attempts to create humanitarian corridors in ukraine have often failed. meanwhile, the international criminal court's chief has been to kharkiv, ukraine's second largest city, to see the devastation for himself, having opened an investigation into possible war crimes committed in the russian invasion of ukraine. from there, our correspondent wyre davies reports. with this city still under daily attack... so, there was an air strike. ..karim khan's visit to kharkiv was more a statement of intent than gathering evidence. what were the ages of the children that normally you see? that will come later. the international criminal court

the bbc�*s director—general tim davie said harry gration was "loved everywhere, "but especially in yorkshire we've been watching look north for years. he were all right, sound bloke. whatever he were presenting were honest and straightforward. he'sjust been... he's just been a great ambassador, really, for yorkshire over all these years. and we were very sorry to lose him in the 1990s when he went to work down south and he worked for a southern station. but, fortunately, he came back up again and came back to yorkshire. obviously where his heart lay. he'll be remembered for all. the right reasons, he will do. and, ithink, like i said— before, when you tune in to watch certain programmes, like look north, you watch it because of— the person that's hosting it. harry was synonymous with yorkshire, with sport, with broadcasting. he was a really good friend. it was always good to put the news on in the afternoon to watch him, yeah, very bubbly, yeah, happy chap, greatly will be missed, definitely. earlier, my colleague, lukwesa burak, spoke to peter levy, presenter for bbc look north in east york

the bbc�*s director—general tim davie said harry gration was "loved everywhere, but especially in yorkshirews presenter, simon mccoy. you might remember a feature called news nationwide on simon's show, afternoon live, here on the bbc news channel, harry was a regular conributor. take a look at this. we have been running this story all day, an opera song in yorkshire. how's that going down there? it is auoin how's that going down there? it is going down _ how's that going down there? it is going down great. it is bound to. i don't _ going down great. it is bound to. i don't how— going down great. it is bound to. i don't how you prepare your broadcasts during the afternoon, but i listen _ broadcasts during the afternoon, but i listen to— broadcasts during the afternoon, but i listen to opera. it gets me in the right— i listen to opera. it gets me in the right mood — i listen to opera. it gets me in the right mood and it gets me psyched up to do all_ right mood and it gets me psyched up to do all that we should do when we have got— to do all that we should do when we have got guests in the st

the bbc�*s director—general tim davie said harry gration was "loved everywhere, but especially in yorkshirefirst off, your reaction to the sad announcement. welcome absolutes shock _ the sad announcement. welcome absolutes shock last _ the sad announcement. welcome absolutes shock last night. - the sad announcement. welcome i absolutes shock last night. absolute shock. you mentioned yorkshire and he was known nationally as well through sport and also on the south coast, at south today for quite a few years as well. but he was mr yorkshire. everybody knows him. everywhere he went people knew him so it was a total shock. and he was one of those people that was, you never found anyone who had a bad word to say about him. he was very, very popular. and as a television presenter he was never flustered. he always knew the right thing to say. he was always a cross is brief and he always made people feel that they were extremely special when he was talking to them. did not matter whether they were, you know, an mp or cabinet minister or somebody who he was talking to any market. everybody got the s

*s clive myrie, 0rla guerin and nick beake, who have reported from ukraine, and director general tim davienson, said now was not the time to be talking about another independence referendum, but ms sturgeon said she would forge a way forward regardless of whether the uk government gave its approval. the number ofjob vacancies in the uk has hit a new record high of1.3 million, mainly due to older workers choosing to retire early during the pandemic. the chancellor says the uk jobs market remains robust, but labour party is not convinced and has accused the government of "utter complacency" about the high number of people choosing not to work. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, the k—pop supergroup bts have announced they're taking an extended break to pursue solo projects. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act,

it includes 46 other names too, including bbc director—general tim davie.nned from entering russia. let�*s look at why. russia�*s foreign ministry says. it goes on to say... the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent james landale is accross this. russia says it is banning dozens of british journalists, media representatives and defence industry figures from entering the country. this was largely anticipated and i�*m surprised it hasn�*t come earlier with a lot of western powers posing sanctions on the russian media figures back in may, accusing them of spreading false lines, propaganda about russia�*s invasion of ukraine and the russian foreign ministry said that it would respond and it has not responded with its own list of 29 journalists at the bit of a scattered list, some senior media leaders such as the chairman and director general of the bbc, five national newspaper editors and senior correspondence, a few academics but also fairly significant list of senior figures and sojunior defence significant list of senior figures and so junior defence ministers sig

i can imagine the director—general of the bbc tim davie breaking out in a cold sweat because there ison eggs expensive and _ of money to stage. television eggs expensive and strictly _ of money to stage. television eggs expensive and strictly is _ of money to stage. television eggs expensive and strictly is £1 - of money to stage. television eggs expensive and strictly is £1 million | expensive and strictly is £1 million an episode, so give or take a couple of grand, so eurovision gets huge audiences and it's very important, it's a very important part of our cultural history and i don't think we should dismiss it or write it off is too expensive. it's a really important thing. the bbc last staged in 1998 in birmingham, they did a greatjob. they transcended the eurovision format if you like, they really did a greatjob, and this is an opportunity for broadcasters to step up and share best practice and i think it's a great opportunity. aha, i think it's a great opportunity. a quick last thought. great success, cop being held in glasgow despite the pandemic. do you think, you are in glasg

davis, thank you so much. thank you for being here. tim sticks around. he's got a great new book out. the wake of the supreme court's unpopular decision to overturn roe vs. wade, a very confusing patchwork of state laws for women to navigate. governors on either side of the aisle who are digging in, some to protect reproductive rights, others to gut them completely. >>> plus the very real fear at pride parades across this country this weekend that the supreme court may soon try to take away more of their hard fought rights. our friend tim miller weighs in on that and the big question he tries to answer in his brand-new book. why did so many people who knew better go along with the whole donald trump show? >>> later in the hour for us, horrific new attacks against civilian targets in ukraine and a new strategy from president joe biden and the g-7 allies to punish russia. "deadline white house" continues after a quick break. russia. "deadline white house" contiesnu "deadline white house" contiesnu after a quick break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ excuse me! uh, sir, we just cleaned the windows. enjoy the mi