his majesty goes on. a spokesperson booking is not revealed it, but said it is not prostate cancer. last week, the king was discharged from hospital following surgery for an enlarged prostate 7 a condition the palace had described as benign. he was last pictures yesterday at the sunday service at the church of st mary magdalene on the sandringham estate in norfolk. there he is with the queen consort. it was his first public outing since his three night hospital stay a week ago. he is up and about. there have been responses from westminster. let s ta ke let s take you to review. the prime minister the opposition leader said. the northern ireland first minister said. similar statement from sir geoffrey donelson, who said. the welsh first minister said. we can now speak to the historian and royal commentator gareth russell. good to have you on the programme. just looking back in history, can you remember a moment like this where the monarch, the head of state have been sidelined
remains rock solid. in his brief visit to london en route to lithuania the president called in on the king at windsor and then on number 10. we will dig into what the purpose of that visit might have been. yevgeny prighozin led a mutiny on moscow two weeks ago. five days later he and his wagner generals were sitting in a meeting with vladimir putin. what was discussed, what does it mean for their future role in ukraine. and deep sea mining returns a two year moratorium comes to an end. why do we to go hunting beneath the waves, and what danger could that pose to pristine deep water habitats. our panel tonight is the former head of the russia desk at mi6 christopher steele and media law expert, david banks we are going to start with those allegations made on friday evening that a bbc presenter paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. the young person, now aged 20, is being represented by a lawyer who has issued a statement in the last few h
in the uk are at an all time high as country. its lowest ever now we have the round up of the business news and one of those headline stories you are concentrating on. welcome to the programme. yes, on course for stronger than expected recovery. that is the assessment from the international monetary fund on the state of the global economy in its latest world economic outlook update. the imf predicts that global growth of 3.1% this year and slightly higher growth in 2025. it also says that inflation is declining faster than expected because many supply chain problems caused by the pandemic have now been resolved. the imf has, however, issued a warning to the uk government not to cut taxes any further and suggested that treasury percent planned spending cuts for this year were unrealistic. earlier i spoke to the imf s chief economist and i asked him what his concerns were over the uk cutting those taxes. ~ , ., taxes. well, first, for the uk, we are seeing taxes. well, first,
walked out in protest over arrangements was created to trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. it s not clear what exactly is in the deal but it won t reverse the basic settlement between the uk and the eu. let s go straight to stormont and our island correspondencejohn campbell. we were listening a few moments ago tojeffrey donaldson, is it becoming clear how soon power sharing could be up and running? power-sharing could be up and runnina ? , . ., . , power-sharing could be up and runninu? ,~ ., . , running? every chance it will be by the end of this running? every chance it will be by the end of this week. running? every chance it will be by the end of this week. jeffrey - the end of this week. jeffrey donaldson was in fighting form, outselling this deal, saying it s going to deliver more than some of his critics had suggested. at the moment we only have what he is telling us and his spin on this deal, he says there is going to be new legislat