postponing all public facing royal duties. we ll go live to london. the state of emergency in california as crews race to save people and pets from flash floods triggered by a monster storm with up to 8 trillion gallons of rain expected to fall. the dramatic new images just coming in. the growing pr disaster for boeing. first it was a mid flight blow out. now it s misdrilled holes. what the faa is saying today about those 737 max planes. plus, will the fifth time be the charm? secretary of state antony blinken returns to the middle east with hopes for a new gaza truce that could lead to the release of hostages. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with nbc s meagan fitzgerald who is outside buckingham palace with the breaking news on the king s health. what do we know at this hour? reporter: chris, according to buckingham palace, we understand that as the king was undergoing treatment about a week and a half ago for a benign
i wonderfor the flying i wonder for the flying weather will be like tonight. time for a look at the weather here s darren bett. it isa it is a fine and late spring day. for many parts of the country it stays dry today because we were close to the area of high pressure. more cloud coming in to bring rain to northern scotland tomorrow and that weather front has brought more clout from the north across scotland and this is actually where we have seen most of the showers. northern scotland should improve this afternoon and showers move down into northern ireland, northern england. further south you may squeeze a shower from the cloud but on the whole it is dry and a little bit warmer, not quite as breezy and the temperatures peaking at 17 degrees. some showers this evening and they could affect eastern parts of england before fading away, we are left with cloud across the east and more cloud coming into the north west of scotland. maybe not quite as chilly as last night, temper
who volunteered between 1960 and 1964. their risk was about 34% increased. so that s definitely something that we want to look at further. we don t know at the moment whether it s associated with any particular testing programme that was going on at the time or any particular experiences that they had at porton down. but we re very curious to find out more. ian says his life s been blighted by medical problems, including breathing and digestion, by long term health, with problems with chess. i used to be very, very prone to chesty coughs and also with mental health. he and other veterans have received compensation from the government, although it s not admitted liability. in a statement, the ministry of defence say they re grateful to those who took part and welcomed the findings. the researchers now want to hear more from those servicemen who volunteered in the early sixties to further understand the reasons for the early deaths. matthew hill, bbc points west. those campaign
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But its a huge privilege, a huge blessing. You feel lucky to witness this constant battle for life. At Mount Stuart Primary School in cardiff bay, marieme and ndeye are celebrating a special milestone. Teacher happy birthday hi birthday girls, hello how are you . Good morning hiya have you got new hair . Whos seven today . Me no way seven what time were they up this morning . 0h, four oclock in the morning four oclock. 0h, were they . Can you imagine . 0h oh, my gosh, ibrahima are we seven . I said, yeah. You go out from my room yeah. Ah, big day, isnt it . A very big number. Hey, i hear its somebodys birthday today. Whose birthday is it . Children ndeye and marieme. Well, do you know what . Weve got a big i surprise for them. Shall we find out what it is . Shall we . Happy birthday children shriek hi, everyone 0h im so excited, too how are you, girls . Good. Happy birthday today is a Big Milestone For Marieme and ndeye. Theyre hitting seven. Its huge its huge for all of us. And its a