welcome to bbc news, here from buckingham palace. king charles has begun his treatment for cancer. in the last few minutes he was seen arriving at buckingham palace from clarence house with queen camilla. it s the first image to be made public of king charles since buckingham palace confirmed his cancer diagnosis. this image also shows the queen. it s understood they were just leaving clarence house and have since left buckingham palace in a helicopter. this is the moment they flew off it s thought they are heading to the royal palace at sandringham in norfolk, where charles is likely to remain while he receives treatment, and steps back from public royal duties. prince harry has arrived in london to visit his father. this image shows him in the back of a car, being driven in london. and this was the convoy, as it made its way across london. harry isn t alone in offering his support to king charles a number of world leaders have sent messages after the king s diagnosis
breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. turning to the war in ukraine now, and the us secretary of state has called president putin s invasion of ukraine a strategic failure . speaking in finland, antony blinken said the war had only strengthened the very alliances russia had sought to weaken nato and the eu. finland, of course, is the latest country to join the security alliance. mr blinken made clear that a strong ukraine was the only way to achieve a lasting peace. precisely because we have no illusions about putin s aspirations, we believe the prerequisite for meaningful diplomacy and real peace is a stronger ukraine, capable of deterring and defending against any future aggression. meanwhile, in ukraine itself, president zelensky has threatened to prosecute local officials if there is any repeat of the failure to open air raid shelters, which contributed to the deaths of three people in kyiv on thurs
live now to westminister and our political correpondent ione wells. a different response from boris johnson to the government in terms of the demands of the inquiry. that s right, and they have had different responses over the last week or so on this issue. the cabinet officejust week or so on this issue. the cabinet office just yesterday launched a judicial review, essentially a legal challenge, to the covid inquiry saying they don t feel it is right for them to hand over what they have described as unambiguously irrelevant material, for example, those containing conversations about personal or private matters of ministers or advisers or officials, so they have sought legal action against the covid inquiry. the covid inquiry has repeatedly said they think it is up to them to decide what materials relevant as part of their inquiry. the intervention by borisjohnson todayis the intervention by borisjohnson today is effectively him saying that he is willing to hand over the unre
she was going to come back, she s a great player, competitor, fighter. to get the game and go up 5 3 was crucial, to then go on and win. the confidence was there today and so happy about my level. away from the french open, roma managerjose morinho has been charged by uefa for verbally abusing the english referee anthony taylor after their europa league final defeat to seville in budapest on wednesday. mourinho was booked during the game and repeatedly swore at the official in a car park after the match. taylor and his family were also jostled by roma fans at the airport on their return on thursday, with one man was arrested for affray. both clubs face several charges over the conduct of the players and their fans. on the pitch, barcelona s women are looking to lift the champions league trophy for the second time in three years this weekend. they face wolfsburg in saturday s final, a team they beat at the semifinal stages last year. despite that defeat, wolfsburg head coach t
more sunshine around today, especially for eastern areas. before full weekend forecast is coming up here and breakfast. it s friday 2nd june. our main story. the former this morning presenter phillip schofield says he has lost everything , after admitting to lying about an affair with a young colleague. in his first interview since resigning from itv, mr schofield says he desperately regrets the relationship, but insists it was consensual and he strenuously denies claims that he groomed the man. he s been speaking to our media editor amol rajan. come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition, and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the public domain over the past week. are you feeling 0k to do this? you re feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. schofield described the enormous toll that recent days have taken on him. and it is