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
during his treatment. during the kings recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer. his majesty has today commenced a schedule of regular treatments, during which time he has been advised by doctors to postpone public facing duties. throughout this period, his majesty will continue to undertake state business and official paperwork as usual. the king is grateful to his medical team for their swift intervention, which was made possible thanks to his recent hospital procedure. he remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible. his majesty has chosen to share his diagnosis to prevent speculation and in the hope it may assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer. a spokesperson for the king has not revealed what type of cancer the king has but says it is not
east and of course it s absolutely right, but there is another part of that and the other part is another part of that and the other parties the us policy on israel and gaza has been to continue to provide a diplomatic and political shield to israel s action in gaza, despite the fact that over a long period of time we ve seen that very, very severely escalating number of civilian deaths, civilians being killed by israeli action in gaza. that has angered the arab and muslim world and created therefore the political space for these militias allied to iran, not necessarily under their direct day to day control, to use that moment to try and build their base of popular support by attacking israel s allies in the region, namely the us and others, and so these two things have become entirely connected and one of the objectives will be from the sort of tehran world view is if the us interests are being attacked in the region, firstly that fulfils one long term objective which is to
out and attacked the privileges committee, using very strong language. if we park for one moment, the rights and the wrongs and just leave with the impression that isn t this going to undermine trust in the political institutions? dozen that have echoes of what we have witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? i witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? ., ., , ., witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? ., ., , a, , that? i want to understand your question. that? i want to understand your question, exactly, that? i want to understand your question, exactly, are - that? i want to understand your question, exactly, are you - question, exactly, are you suggesting that his criticism of the privileges committee, in of itself, undermines confidence in political institutions? i undermines confidence in political institutions? institutions? i was referring more to the language. institutions? i was referring more to the language, kangaroo - institutions? i was referring mor
with both russian and chinese diplomats attending. china, of course, has steadfastly refused to back the tough us stance towards russia. but the us hopes that can find some common ground with china. and the american actorjames caan, best known for playing the gangster sonny corleone in the godfather, has died at the age of 82. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. pressure is growing on borisjohnson to step down as britain s prime minister as soon as possible, rather than waiting until his successor is named. in his resignation speech on thursday, mrjohnson said he d stay in the job until the autumn. but many of his colleagues, along with opposition parties, are unhappy with that and have called on him to go immediately. political editor chris mason has this report on a day of political upheaval for westminster and the country. at breakfast time, there was talk of a constitutional crisis, a prime minister who wouldn t budge, and more and more minister