Monday, 6th June, 2022

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An average of 11.2 million
people in the UK
watched the Platinum
Party in the Palace on
BBC One on Saturday.
The concert saw stars including
Diana Ross, George Ezra,
Queen and Elbow perform in
front of a Buckingham Palace
crowd including the Royal Family.
It attracted the BBC's biggest
audience of the year, peaking at
13.4 million.
A huge pageant in central
London and thousands of street
parties across the UK are highlights
of the final day of Jubilee
celebrations.
Saturday evening's concert
also saw speeches from Prince
Charles and Prince William, with
Charles paying tribute to the
Queen and her reign of seven
decades on the throne.
Its audience beats many other
recent high-profile events - December's
Strictly Come Dancing
final averaged 11 million viewers;
last month's Eurovision Song
There have been 780
confirmed cases of
monkeypox in countries
where the virus is
not usually found, the
World Health Organization says.
That is roughly triple the 257
cases it reported a week ago.
It says the figure - for the
past three weeks - is probably an
underestimate and assesses the
global risk level as "moderate".
The infection is usually mild,
but this is the first time it has
spread widely outside Central
and West Africa.
The WHO said cases had been
identified in 27 countries where it
is not already "endemic" - meaning
places it is expected to be
found.
Most of these new cases are
in Europe and North America as
well as small numbers in Mexico,
Argentina, Morocco and the United
Arab Emirates.
The UK has the most cases,
with 207, followed by Spain with
156 and Portugal with 138.
In its latest update, the
WHO said some countries were
reporting that new cases were appearing
beyond known contacts
of previously confirmed cases,
which it said suggested chains of
transmission were being "missed
through undetected circulation
Contest averaged nearly nine
million; and the Queen's Christmas
message drew an audience
of 8.96 million.
The BBC said it had a 74.3%
share of the audience, adding:
"The Platinum Party at the
Palace on BBC One was the most
watched programme of the year
so far."
The Queen, who has been
experiencing mobility problems
in recent months, was not able
to attend the event herself.
It began with a pre-filmed
comedy sketch showing her
sharing a pot of tea with Paddington
Bear, where they both
confessed to carrying around a
marmalade sandwich.
Some 10 million people are
expected to take part in the final
day of Platinum Jubilee street
parties and celebrations across
the UK.
More than 85,000 have
signed up to host Big Jubilee
Lunches. Prince Charles and
Camilla appeared at one at south
London's Oval cricket ground on
DAILY ANALYST Monday, 6th June, 2022
Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge have
tweeted pictures of Kate and
their three children baking cakes
in a kitchen decorated with
Union Jack bunting.
The caption explained the
cakes were for people in Cardiff to
enjoy at a Platinum Jubilee street
party taking place this weekend.
The Jubilee pageant, against
the backdrop of Buckingham Palace,
will involve more than 10,000
people, including key workers
and members of the armed forces,
as well as performers.
A two-mile carnival procession
- featuring a huge cast, puppets
and celebrities - will move
down London's Mall and past the
palace.
The evening finale at 17:00
BST will feature Ed Sheeran performing,
and the singing of the
national anthem in front of the
palace.
Singer Elaine Paige, ambassador
for the Royal Voluntary
Service which hosted Platinum
Champions at The Oval lunch,
met Charles and Camilla at the
event and said they seemed to be
having a "marvellous time".
"I think he seemed very
relaxed and full of good humour,"
she said. "I think his opening
comment was - because it was
only half past 11 - 'It's a little
early for lunch'."
The West End star added the
Queen's sketch with Paddington
Bear showed perfect timing and
Monkeypox: Cases outside Africa
rise to 780 in three weeks
of the virus".
"It is highly likely that other
countries will identify cases and
there will be further spread of
the virus," it added.
While the current risk to
human health for the general
public "remains low", the public
health risk could "become high"
if the virus becomes widespread
in countries where it is not normally
found, it said. No deaths
have been reported as a result of
the current outbreak.
The global health body said
most, but not all, of the reported
cases so far have involved men
who have sex with men. There
is no evidence that monkeypox
is sexually transmitted, but it is
passed on through close contact.
The organisation said many
cases were not presenting with
the typical clinical picture for
monkeypox, with some describing
pustules appearing before
symptoms such as fever.
Most cases of the virus clear
up on their own within a few
weeks. Symptoms include fever,
headaches, swellings, back pain,
aching muscles, as well as a rash
which goes through different
stages.
Monkeypox can sometimes
be more severe, however, and
has been reported to have caused
deaths in West Africa in the past.
Global News
More than 11m people watch
Platinum Jubilee concert
said: "I thought to myself what a
brilliant actor she is."
Sarah Friar, CEO of neighbourhood
social media app Nextdoor,
sat opposite the Prince of Wales.
"He said at the end how great it
was that everyone comes together
this weekend," she said.
Ms Friar said Charles commented:
"When it comes to Monday
are we going to go back to all
the bickering again? Let's hope
we don't do that."
The Duke and Duchess of
Cornwall are not the only royals
to be at a Big Jubilee Lunch -
Princess Beatrice and Princess
Eugenie have been at an event organised
by Westminster Council
for local volunteer and community
groups who helped during the
Covid-19 pandemic.
The Cambridges were in
Gunmen have killed
worshippers in a Catholic
church in Ondo,
south-west Nigeria,
the state's governor
has said.
Rotimi Akeredolu called it a
"vile and satanic attack" on innocent
people.
The armed men entered St
Francis church in the town of
Owo during a Sunday service.
They fired into the congregation
and then kidnapped a priest as
well as some other church-goers,
witnesses said.
Nigeria has experienced an
upsurge in violence in recent
months.
Kidnappings and attacks have
been reported across the vast
country.
No figures for the numbers
killed or abducted in Sunday's
violence have been confirmed.
But a doctor at a local hospital,
quoted by the Reuters news
agency, said that "several worshippers
were brought in dead".
After visiting the church and
hospital, state lawmaker Ogunmolasuyi
Oluwole told the Associated
Press news agency that
children were among the dead.
In a series of tweets, Governor
Cardiff on Saturday as part of a
series of visits to the UK nations
by royals across the bank holiday
weekend, which also saw Prince
Edward and his wife Sophie meet
crowds in Northern Ireland.
Princess Anne visited Edinburgh
and represented the Queen
at Saturday's Derby Day at Epsom.
Sunday's weather in much
of the UK does not look ideal for
outdoor festivities. England and
Wales are forecast to see spells of
heavy and thundery rain in places,
with yellow weather warnings
in place.
In London, where the pageant
takes place, some sunshine is expected
during the afternoon but
heavy showers are likely too.
Northern Ireland and Scotland
should be mostly sunny and
dry, however.
Nigeria gunmen kill
worshippers in church
Akeredolu appealed for calm and
said people should not "take laws
into your hands".
"We shall commit every available
resource to hunt down these
assailants and make them pay,"
he added.
No-one has said that they
were behind this attack, but Nigeria
is facing worsening violence
by armed groups, the BBC's Chris
Ewokor in the capital, Abuja, says.
But Ondo state has, until now,
been relatively untouched.
Exactly a week ago the head
of the Methodist Church in Nigeria
was abducted along with two
other clerics in the south-east of
the country.
The Methodist prelate said
he paid $240,000 (£190,000) to be
freed with his companions.
Two weeks ago, two Catholic
priests were kidnapped in
Katsina, President Muhammadu
Buhari's home state in the north
of the country. They have not
been released.
In March, gunmen targeted
the vital rail link between Abuja
and the northern city of Kaduna
killing at least nine people and
kidnapping dozens of others,
many of whom are still being
held.