Welcome to The World Today an hour of International News from the bbc. Buckingham palace has announced that king charles is returning to public royal duties after the positive effect of the treatment hes been having for cancer. A Statement Released just an hour ago made clear the king does still have cancer and will continue to be treated for it. The palace has also just released this new picture of the king and queen taken a few days ago after their recent wedding anniversary. The palace has not yet said which type of cancer hes been diagnosed with, but the announcement that hes able to get back to public duties is being seen as an encouraging sign, and a boost for the royal family which is coming to terms with the fact that not only the king but also the princess of wales have recently been diagnosed with cancer. Charlotte gallagher reports. The king and queen together in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. A positive sign about the kings health. The photo was taken earlier this month
Told shes off to the olympics. And coming up on bbc news, its winner takes all this weekend as england women travel to bordeaux to take on france for france for the six nations title decider. Reading. Hello, good evening. Its just been announced that the king is to return to some public facing duties his first since it was revealed that hed been diagnosed with cancer. Buckingham palace says the kings treatment isnt over, but that doctors are encouraged by his progress. This photo of the king and queen had been released tonight, taking the day after their 19th wedding anniversary. The first engagement will be a joint visit with Queen Camilla to a Cancer Treatment centre, next week. Charlotte gallagher reports. The king and queen together in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. A positive sign about the kings l. The photo was taken earlier this month but has just been released. The photo was taken earlier this month but hasjust been released. Makings hell. The palace says the king is making
warm sendoff. reporter: with the royal treatment now over, president trump got down to business in london, praising the outgoing prime minister theresa may after the two leaders met behind closed doors. she s probably a better negotiator than i am, jeremy. reporter: and weighing into who should replace her. so i know boris. i like him, i think he would do a very good job. i know jeremy. i think he would do a very good job. reporter: and once again, going after a top critic of his, london mayor sadiq khan. he s a negative force, not a positive force. and if you look at what he said, he hurts the people of this great country. and i think he should actually focus on his job. it would be a lot better if he did that. reporter: the president taking a milder tone from his tweet, right before landing in the uk, when he called khan a stone-cold loser and mocked his height. for his part, khan fired back today in an interview with cnn. this is sort of what you expect from an 11-ye