mass shooting there in 48 hours. welcome to the porgramme. i m yalda hakim. we start here in london where excitement is building ahead of the coronation of king charles tomorrow. it s been a day of rehearsals and diplomatic duties for the king. earlier he was joined by the prince and princess of wales for a walkabout on the mall, where he met well wishers from all over the world. in the last few minutes we receive these pictures of the inside of westminster abby and these chairs taking centre stage. thousands of people have come to london. of millions are expected to watch the ceremony. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. just a matter of hours to go now. and for those who ve already taken up their places on the mall, a visit from the king. on the other side of the mall, william was preoccupied with the weather. i pray the sunshine stays out. catherine with the children and prince george s role as a pageboy. they re really well. thank you. very excited. excit
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at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. a moment of history in italy. georgia meloni looks set to become the country s first far right leader since the second world war and italy s first female prime minister. a people smuggler tells the bbc the government s policy of sending asylum seekers to rwanda is not deterring migrants. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be save the planet. to save the planet. coming up on the bbc news channel. as england face into their final match ahead of the world cup, manager gareth southgate admits he faces losing his job if results don t go his way in qatar. good afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. at one stage sterling plunged to around $1.03 before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises the cost
You say on the telly, we might not have any mps left if rishi sunak doesnt Change Course. And if youre paul scully, whos another former minister who was also on our programme, you say, its all looking pretty terrible and the party needs to take a breath, show some humility and stick to the centre. So its not a very pretty set of realities, but there are differing realities, but not a very pretty set of realities for rishi sunak today. So i offerfrom radio 4 land today Gavin Barwell, who was theresa mays adviser. Now, of course, she saw a chance to go for an election and was then humbled by it, was then replaced as Prime Minister. He said the conservatives are on course for a defeat, possibly a huge one. But he said keir starmer is not loved, hasnt necessarily got the blair power. Henry, whats your verdict now that all the results are in, bar the couple of police and Crime Commissioners . Its a terrible set of results for the Conservative Party. I think thats really, really clear. Mark