comfort. since the duke of edinburgh s death. rather less than that. so this is a family which has suffered one death quite recently, and which is now having to deal with the illness and the declining health, as we understand it at the moment, of, as you say, their mother or their grandmother. it is perfectly possible that she will recover from this, or perhaps not recover, but that she will get over whatever issueit that she will get over whatever issue it is that has because the doctors to speak on the way that they have, so we must again stress that we don t know what the true situation is. we are merely anticipating and expecting that the palace will feel it necessary to say something. but as you say, at the heart of this is a family which is providing comfort to the queen, and one must hope that that is the situation that is taking place within balmoral castle at the moment. nick, thank you. the time is 6:01pm. if you arejoining us here on bbc news, we are reporting the
i take itake up i take up my new duties with immense gratitude i take up my new duties with immense gratitude for the privilege of having gratitude for the privilege of having been able to serve as prince of wales in other news, ukraine says a mass burial site has been found outside izyum, days after it was retaken from russian forces. it is only now, after the russians have been pushed out, that the authorities can really investigate and can establish how many victims they left behind. hello and welcome. the queen s four children led by king charles have held a vigil at westminster hall, standing in silence around their late mother s coffin, while members of the public filed past quietly to pay their respects. earlier, the queue to see the queen lying in state reopened after a pause of several hours, but mourners are being warned of a long wait of more than 22 hours in chilly overnight temperatures. the king and the queen consort, camilla, concluded their uk tour earli
Replacement for the six nations. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Russia has dismissed Media Reports that its Holding Compromising Information about donald trump. It comes after claims in america that russian Intelligence Agencies have obtained personally compromising material about his Business Interests and his private life. Mr trump who has denied the allegations is due to hold a News Confererence this afternoon his first since his election last november. He tweeted that the Intelligence Agencies shouldnt have allowed the information to leak. He took one more shot at them and said are we living in nazi germany. He will hold a News Conference this afternoon, his first since november. Our correspondent jonny dymond reports. In nine days time he will be president but never has a President Elect been so ensnared in controversy. The allegations that swirl around him controversy. The allegations that swirlaround him and his controversy. The allegations that swirl around
Two individuals . What makes this so striking is sean hannity has really ascended within the american right as the Republican Party has gone through convulsions during the trump era. It is hannity, his platform, and others at fox news who have often had the president s ear, who are, in their own way, shaping the way Different Things play out with the Trump Administration, urging the president to stick to its hardline positions on immigration, to move forward in a conservative way on health care. And as the president really just turns to his family and more and more, hannity is seen as a trusted friend. And i cant emphasize enough in my reporting how that trust for hannity, that confidence in him as an associate really underscores everything thats happening. And one more before we change topics, and that is your reporting that it was hannity who knew sekulow first and may have handed off jay sekulow, the idea, the lawyer, to President Trump who was in need of counsel. Because of that tr