Live from washington, this is bbc news. us secretary of state antony blinken touches down in beijing for a high stakes weekend of talks with his chinese counterparts. dozens of students have been killed at a school in western uganda by rebels linked to an islamic state group. and king charles takes part in his first trooping the colour as monarch. hello, i m helena humphrey. great to have you with us. we begin in beijing, where us secretary of state, antony blinken, has touched down, at the beginning of the highest profile visit to china by a us official since president biden took office. it s been five years since a secretary of state has
Was that of the welsh guards. and then, back up the mall to buckingham palace. a carriage ride for the children with george leading the waving. the king led the principal members of the family onto the palace balcony for the fly past, which couldn t take place on coronation day because of the weather. but in the clear skies of summer appeared the battle of britain memorial flight and some of the raf s latest and loudestjets, including 18 typhoon fighters spelling out the letters cr charles rex in tribute to britain s new king. nicholas witchell, bbc news. novelist ben okri, director stephen frears and vogue s anna wintour are among some of those who received the king s
God save the king plays. king charles took the salute in his own right as monarch. the king was on horseback a ratherfriskier mount than he might have wished. shoulder arms! princes george and louis and princess charlotte were taken to watch from a window overlooking horse guards as the parade got under way. on the dias, queen camilla in an outfit modelled on the uniform of the grenadier guards of which she is now honorary colonel and the princess of wales in emerald green she s colonel of the irish guards. for the first time in more than 30 years, all five of the foot guard regiments were on parade. the colour being trooped
The king led the principal members of the family onto the palace balcony for the fly past, which couldn t take place on coronation day because of the weather. but in the clear skies of summer appeared the battle of britain memorial flight and some of the raf s latest and loudestjets. jet engine roars. ..including 18 typhoon fighters spelling out the letters cr charles rex in tribute to britain s new king. nicholas witchell, bbc news. novelist ben okri, director stephen frears and vogue s anna wintour are among some of those who received the king s birthday honours. our lizo mzimba has more on this year s honourees.
God save the king plays. king charles took the salute in his own right as monarch. the king was on horseback a ratherfriskier mount than he might have wished. shoulder arms! princes george and louis and princess charlotte were taken to watch from a window overlooking horse guards as the parade got under way. on the dias, queen camilla in an outfit modelled on the uniform of the grenadier guards of which she is now honorary colonel and the princess of wales in emerald green she s colonel of the irish guards. for the first time in more than 30 years, all five of the foot guard regiments were on parade. the colour being trooped was that of the welsh guards. and then, back up the mall to buckingham palace. a carriage ride for the children with george leading the waving.