the former pontiff will be lying in state from today, until his funeral on thursday. now on bbc news, charles s kingdom. born a prince, he grew up in the public eye, the man who would be king. with the queen s passing, the responsibility for the united kingdom and the wider commonwealth now rests with king charles iii. amidst the pomp and circumstance, the royal family s private grief has been on very public display. but once the wave of sadness and sympathy subsides, what will the future hold? as the latest census underlines how northern ireland has changed utterly, and the clamour for scottish independence continues, we ask can the monarch keep his kingdom united? it s one o clock in the morning in south east london and there s no time to lose. hearing rumours the uk s longest queue might soon be closed to new arrivals, this group of friends, straight off the plane from belfast, hurry along. it s only when they are sure they ve passed the point of no return that kathryn beg
that there may be tax cuts, possibly, in the way, and one of my guests said that could give a sugar rush to some mps and voters and it might be a popular policy although whether that would keep a lid on rising inflation is debatable. let s focus on the action at westminster. we have had prime minister s questions in the last couple of hours and in one hour the prime minister will be facing a committee of senior mps, the liaison committee, so he hasn t returned here, he is staying in the houses of parliament before that committee meeting. borisjohnson says he is keeping on with the job despite a wave of government resignations which have continued today. we have seen a growing number of ministers resigning today with many expressing unhappiness at the prime minister s style of leadership and concerns that the work of the government is being overshadowed by questions about the prime minister s integrity. we can have a closer look at what has been happening. so far today we have
About the importance of direct engagement, saying china and the us must resolve their differences responsibly. Although tensions have eased between the two nations since last year, disagreements on issues such as trade and security remain. He opened fridays meeting asking mr blinken whether the china us relationship would involve International Cooperation or rivalry and confrontation which he said could even slide into conflict. He is the response from the Secretary Of State. The president asked me to travel back to work on moving forward about the agreements that our two president s reached in San Francisco at the end of last year. Resuming communication on counter narcotics, restarting our military to military conversations, looking together at the future of artificial intelligence, risks and safety issues and trying to strengthen our people to people connections. But also, critically, managing responsibly our differences. Lets go straight to beijing. Stephen mcdonell is there. He he
israeli military. the gaza with advance warning from the israeli military. israeli military. the israeli defence israeli military. the israeli defence minister - israeli military. the israeli defence minister says - israeli military. the israeli defence minister says the | defence minister says the humanitarian poses of an order for people to access food and water and would not interfere with israel s military objectives. the pauses are in some areas of gaza city, we understand in some areas around the salah al din road, two humanitarian corridors being set up, which hundreds of thousands have already used to head south, as well as on the coastal road. many of the people heading out of gaza city are having to do so on foot. they have left their homes and are heading to refugee camps in the south of gaza. talks continued to free more than 240 hostages still being held in gaza. the palestinian group islamic jihad released a video of hostages it claims to be holding. the hama
claim hamas is controlling panels and fuel storage facilities. the hamas run health ministry in gaza reports there were explosions around al shifa hospital in the early hours of friday morning outside the al shifa hospital. you can see that a great deal of panic and confusion in the hospital courtyard following the explosion. reuters news agency received the pictures from the palestine media group. they have not identified the cause of the explosion but israel military says it is investigating reports of the areas around the hospital have been struck. it has previously said its forces were operating around al shifa hospital where it accuses hamas of concealing some of its command centres. on another line, two humanitarian corridors will open in the territory around on the salah al din road which hundreds of thousands have already used to go south as well as on the coastal al rashid road. many of the people heading out of gaza city are having to do so on foot, leaving their ho