the princess of wales has said she s making good progress following her cancer diagnosis and will attend tomorrow s trooping the colour to mark the king s birthday. she hasn t taken part in any public engagements since christmas. in a statement, she said her treatment was ongoing and would continue for a few more months. south africa s parliament is expected to elect cyril ramaphosa to a second term as president, after a dramatic first day of the new parliamentary session. his africa national congress concluded a coalition agreement with their historic rivals, the centre right democratic alliance, and two smaller parties. in the uk elections, sir keir starmer has said he is prepared to make enemies over issues such as planning in order to pursue economic growth. speaking to the bbc, the labour leader rejected conservative suggestions that labour would have to cut spending, raise taxes or increase borrowing. in a major ruling for gun access, a divided supreme court has struck
will not go unpunished. but it was notjust the g7 leaders there today they were joined by the pope and other world leaders too, including india s prime minister narendra modi and argentina s presidentjavier milei. our correspondent, mark lowen, was at there too. a lot of countries have been basking in the sun here and they have been pressing the flesh and talking about important issues. throwing up on the invitation to other world leaders is a way of battering the criticism that the g7 is an exclusive club. it is the seven largest advanced economies and the most industrialised nations. it represents 40% of global gdp, the total amount of goods and services produced, but there are other world leaders that are important, too. the g7, in trying to reach a broad international consensus on key issues, traditionally does invite some word leaders. giorgia meloni residing over this one and has decided who to invite. for example, the leaders of turkey, brazil, argentina, india, all