the bbc news at six. princess anne is in hospital with concussion after apparently being injured by a horse. the incident happened on her estate in gloucestershire yesterday. buckingham palace says the princess, who s 73, is expected to make a full recovery, though is likely to remain in hospital for some days. here s our senior royal correspondent, daniela relph. just over a week ago, trooping the colour. the princess royal was on horse back where she loved to be. an accomplished horsewoman, she played a leading part in the event. but last night, princess anne was injured on her estate, gatcombe park, in gloucestershire. it is understood she was hurt after coming into contact with a horse s head or legs while on a walk. in a statement, buckingham palace said. year on year, princess anne tops the list of royals who carry out the most public engagements. her work is often under the radar, without the glamour and attention others receive. but in a year when the royal family has
were also set ablaze. six of the attackers are reported to have been killed in what is thought to have been an islamist attack in a region which is predominately muslim. the governor of dagestan sergei melikov said they were trying to understand the motive behind the attack. translation: of course, we understand what s behind the organisation of these terrorist attacks. we understand what the organisers were trying to achieve. subsequent operational research and investigative measures will be carried out until all participants and their sleeper cells are identified and, of course, they had been preparing for this, course, they had been preparing forthis, including course, they had been preparing for this, including from abroad. the situation is now under the control of the government authorities and. let s speak to matthew schmidt, an associate professor of national security and political science at the university of new haven. good to have you on the programme. once again, d
yes, sadly, this is a statement that has come in from buckingham palace within the past hour on this incident, as they put it, yesterday evening at the home of princess anne, the princess royal. it reads: the princess royal has sustained minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the gatcombe park estate yesterday evening. her royal highness remains in southmead hospital in bristol as a precautionary measure for observation and is expected to make a full and swift recovery. the king, of course, her elder brother, has been kept closely informed and joins the whole royal family and sending his fondest love and well wishes to the princess for a speedy recovery. we understand the princess was walking on the perimeter of her gatcombe park estate yesterday evening when she came into some kind of contact with some horses on the estate. it is understood that that contact, perhaps from a horses head or legs, caused minor head injuries and concussion. she had her husband wi
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talks in washington, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes. these are very wide ranging discussions. mr galante is on a several day visit to the united states meeting his us counterpart in about 2k hours time. in the last few hours, focusing on his meeting with antony blinken. this issue of trying to avoid further escalation has certainly been uppermost in their discussions. and really avoiding escalation on two fronts, escalation of the war in gaza between israel and hamas, but also concern about the skirmishes that we have seen on the northern border with lebanon with his brother over the last few days. and there is very real concern that those skirmishes could turn into something more serious and escalate into a wider middle east conflict. we understand that antony blinken has been putting some pressure on mr gallant to seek some sort of diplomatic resolution to that situation on the northern border to see the return home of lebanese families. so concerns