Hello, youre watching afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. Where will they live . How will they pay for it . And what about their security . The dramatic announcement from harry and meghan which brings more questions than answers. What has been genuinely surprising is the way they have gone about making their intentions public. The fact that they didnt feel the need to inform the queen, the prince of wales, or Prince William, before publishing that statement yesterday evening. A casualty crisis last month was the worst on record for waiting times at a e departments in england. Borisjohnson speaks by phone to the iranian president , and calls for an end to hostilities. Coming up on afternoon live, we have
all the sport withjohn watson. Yes, no plans for tim henman to lead Great Britain in the davis cup after a quarterfinal exit in the atp equivalent. Thanks, john. And Helen Willetts has the weather. Very changeable weather pattern in the uk at the moment. We had a rainbow earli
The international in the International Olympic committee. As it stands the Opening Ceremony is due to take place here in switzerland on thursday evening with competition beginning on friday. The athlete here range in ages from m to 18 years athlete here range in ages from 1a to 18 years old and for the first time ata to 18 years old and for the first time at a winter games there will be an equal number of female and male athletes competing. 900 of each. Many of those will be hoping to use again to compete in a future senior winter olympics. I will be here to bring you all the latest from lausanne 2020. You can go to the bbc website for more details. Lets go
back to rebecca in the studio with developing royal news. The duke and duchess of sussex have issued a statement in which they have announced that they intend to step back as senior members of the royal family and work to become financially independent. They have also said they now plan to divide their time between the uk and north
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