clarence house by car this afternoon en route for sandringham. earlier in the day prince harry arrived in london to visit his father, there is no news on if he too has travelled to norfolk. the palace have not given any further details on what type of cancer king charles has been diagnosed with. only that it was found during his recent treatment for a benign enlarged prostate. butjudging by what the prime minister said earlier on bbc radio it would appear they have caught it early. well, like everyone else, shocked and sad and just all our thoughts are with him and his family. and you know, thankfully this has been caught early and now everyone will be wishing him. that he gets the treatment that he needs and makes a full recovery. that s what we re all hoping and praying for, and i m of course in regular contact with him, and will continue to communicate with him as normal. and those who know him say he will reflect on this, through his faith. the most reverend stephen cottr
christine romans. it s memorial day here in the u.s. glad you re with us. let s get going. we begin this morning with president biden defending the deal he made with house speaker kevin mccarthy to raise the debt limit for two years. it takes the threat of catastrophic reform off the table. protects our hard-earned economic recovery. and the agreement also represents a compromise which means no one got everything they want. mccarthy agreed to raise the debt limit in explain for cuts to the budget. even though, the president insisted to reporters he wasn t actually negotiating on the dead limit. want to try to make it look like i made some grow myself in the debt ceiling, i didn t. i made a compro 3450is on the budget. that s what they wanted a compromise on the budget, that s what you ve done, even though you haven t gone as far as you wants, in that right? sure, can you think of an alternative? the president praised mccarthy, although he avoided predicting whethe
particularly spring outlook, quite a lot of rain on the way, often windy but generally it will stay mild with double digit temperatures for just about all of us. jane. thanks, ben. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. an irish winner on st patrick s day. cheltenham s gold cup goes to galopin des champs and willie mullins. again. could that be just the first reason for ireland to celebrate this weekend? with a grand slam on home soil the prize for a win over england and who won the draw? the champions league lays out its fascinating final eight with manchester city and chelsea picked out in plum ties hello again. he was the favourite and perhaps not just with the bookies. on st patrick s day,
next week. widespread impact on health and infrastructure so one to watch. at the moment we have got hot conditions in the south and east. somewhat cooler conditions and a few showers in the north and west. quite breezy across the north of scotland. that is blowing in the art shower. by that is blowing in the art shower. by and large fine weather. temperatures quite considerably lower apart from the south east. but the cloud we have in the south holds onto that heat and humidity and that slips away overnight tonight with a few showers to follow. and still warm but not tropical as it was last night in the south east. a little bit more comfortable for sleeping in the next couple of nights. tomorrow the next couple of nights. tomorrow the best of the sunshine again in the best of the sunshine again in the south with a peppering of showers in the north of scotland and across northern ireland and northern england. the wind starting to switch to the north west. again in the south e
on the factions of former president trump. key witnesses include two top aides of former vice president mike pence who were asked specifically about the fake elector scheme and the role the lawyers played. washington post reporting that investigators have emails and phone records of key officials and aides who served in the trump white house, including former chief of staff mark meadows. so until now there was almost no sign that the federal investigation had touched on the actions of the president himself. that is what makes these reports so significant. it changes the entire framing of what we know that the federal government, the department of justice, is doing here. and it comes at the same time that the new york times has this new report about so-called fake elector scheme, previously undisclosed emails that reveal trump advisers actually use the word fake. joining us now is david loughlin, former senior justice department official and former prosecutor, also rep