the king's official birthday. it's the first royal engagement she has carried out this year. the king, who is also receiving cancer treatment, travelled with the queen in a carriage, instead of riding on horseback as he has done in the past. charlotte gallagher reports. a much anticipated moment. the princess of wales back in the public eye. all eyes on her for her first appearance since she announced her cancer diagnosis. she was a huge draw for the crowds in central london today. this is a day full of tradition and spectacle but it is also about family. the king and queen in their carriage. it is his first trooping the colour since his own cancer diagnosis and he chose not to travel on horseback. the troops taken part in this annual celebration of the king's official birthday have been rehearsing for months. every step, drumbeat and musical note has to be perfect. the irish guards led to the event this year and their colour or regimental flag was on full display. their royal colonel the princess of wales looked on with their children as the king took the salute from the parade ground next to his son and heir to the throne prince william, himself the royal colonel of the welsh guards. the princess of wales early announced she was attending the parade yesterday and it is a welcome sign about her recovery and her recuperation. but this is not a return to full public duties. although the weather was not ideal, the pageantry of trooping the colour was the same with the king braving the elements outside buckingham palace. and as if on cue, the torrential rain stopped just in time for the traditional end to the day, a balcony appearance and fly past. the king and princess of wales stood next to each other as they took in the red arrows display. a family united after what has been an are incredibly difficult in six months. dozens of world leaders are joining president zelensky in switzerland to explore how to bring peace to ukraine. mr zelensky is hoping to sustain the momentum of this week's g7 meeting, when leaders pledged 50 billion dollars of loans made up from the interest accrued on seized russian assets. he also signed a ten—year security deal with president biden. but no—one from russia was invited, and china in his first address to the summit, president zelensky was highly critical of russia's president. putin has taken the lives of thousands of people. why? because he wants to take over a neighbouring country. i do not wish this to anyone. putin has taken the lives of thousands of people. i sincerely wish that all of you, all the people of the world, every child, every family would simply live without war and i want this for all ukrainians. ukraine has the right to peace, just like all of you. ladies and gentlemen, we must stop this war based on the un charter respect for international law, the just interest for the ukrainian people and the idea of the undeniable value of human life. life, not war. president selects key speaking in switzerland. —— zielinski. —— zielinski. mr zelensky received full support from the us vice president, kamala harris: russia's aggression is not only an attack on the lives and the freedom of the people of ukraine. it is not only an attack on global food security and energy supplies. russia's aggression is also an attack on international rules and norms and the principles embodied in the un charter. uk prime minister rishi sunak said it was important that a solution was found that would bring a peaceful end to the war. we must set out the principles i for a just and lasting peace based on international law and new un charten — that is the path to a permanent cessation of hostilities, - showing that we will always protect the right of all nations _ to determine their own future. this summit is a chancej to start down that path. sot 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford has been following the summit in burgenstock. certainly in their public statements of both russia and ukraine are sticking to both maximalist statements. they were telling me earlier today that there was no room for negotiation on ukraine's territorial integrity, it's sovereignty or independence. vladimir putin was still calling on kyiv to capitulate. it said it had massive amounts of territory and said ukraine to give up on his ambitions ofjoining nato. it had —— mckimmie seems that the cheese as are far apart as they ever were and ashton is no chance of bridging the 93p- ashton is no chance of bridging the gap. “ ashton is no chance of bridging the gap. —— the two sides are as far apart as they ever were and there is no chance of bridging the gap. i think what ukraine is trying to do is to basically seize the agenda, to be the one who is seizing the initiative of this, to be the one to set the parameters of what a piece might look like. that piece is what volodymyr zelensky set out in 2022 when ukraine had the upper hand on the battleground. this has since changed which makes it a rather complicated piece to try and negotiate. sadly, as you've had from putin, russia did not see any need to negotiate. the israeli army says eight of its soldiers have been killed in a blast during what it called �*operational activity�* in the city of rafah in southern gaza. it identified one captain and said the names of the others would be released later. israeli forces have been attacking rafah for weeks saying hamas�*s last remaining battalions are based there. meanwhile, the hamas run health ministry in gaza said 30 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. this is now just this is nowjust show you some pictures of the admiral representing the israeli forces. he is speaking in hebrew and we are going to be joining in our correspondence very shortly to talk to him what he has been saying. meanwhile, in tel aviv, they have been protests asking for entries hostage deal. these are the protest, pictures, bringing you those from tel aviv. meanwhile, here in the uk... the home secretary has called for an urgent investigation after footage began circulating online of police in surrey ramming an escaped cow. this is the footage, taken just before 9 o�*clock last night. we�*ve chosen not to show you the moment that the police car drives into the cow as it�*s distressing. surrey police issued a statement today saying that officers acted to ensure the that members of the public were safe. in a statement on x, james cleverly wrote: we�*re at the halfway point in the general election campaign here in the uk. the politicial parties are out campaigning again this weekend. it�*s now three weeks until the next government is formed. the labour leader sir keir starmer has ruled out raising capital gains tax on people�*s main homes should his party win the election. it comes after the conservatives repeatedly raised questions over labour�*s tax policies. we�*ve been clear about the 40,000 extra appointments and every single week. how we�*ll pay for them. that will make a massive difference to those people on waiting list. that is 2 million a year. just as we did when we were last in government, we brought the waiting list down so we do so again. 0n the border ever, of course we need money for the nhs but you also need to reform. i ran a public service for five years. i know more money in the top gives you a slightly better service. but you only get a materially better service. as far as health is concerned, we need to reform, to get the preventative model. we need much more in our communities. we have got fully funded mental health support in our community set out in our manifesto, but we have to change the model and use much better technology. meanwhile, the prime minister has shrugged off questions about the conservative polls ratings. speaking at the ukraine peace summit in switzerland, rishi sunak said the election was a clear choice between the tories and labour. what we have seen over the last week is manifested from both the major parties and the clear choice at this election between a conservative manifesto that offers a clear plan to secure taking bold actions are notably, cutting taxes for people at every stage of their lives. people at work, self pollinate, buying their first home people at work, self employed, buying their first home families and indeed of you are retired as well. in contrast, there are no ideas from the labour party, just higher taxes. £2000 worth of higher taxes for every working family. i don't want to see that happening. that is a choice at this election. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas told me the conservatives are determined to keep accusing labour of higher taxes. rishi sunak knows that figure he�*s putting out there is highly contested. it has been you know, the experts have looked at it and said they don�*t think it stacks up. it�*s based on figures produced by conservative advisers, not originally, not labour party policies as such originally or some of it. but he�*s still pushing this and they�*ve been pushing this line about the would they would labour tax your home. that isn�*t the case at the minute. labour say they won�*t do that at all. what you see there is doubling down the strategy, trying to tap into people�*s fears about labour and tax labour, moving to neutralise that. and i think to be honest, speaking to conservatives, they say there�*s going to be more of it because i think they see this as a route where they can try and gain some traction. but as the question the prime minister was, the polls have not been shifting. no. and it�*s a question of keeping the momentum going now in this second half, isn�*t it? yes. well, for labour, they are have a healthy lead in the opinion opinion polls and what we saw today, a sort of defensive move. it�*s not their policy. it�*s never going to be their policy, they�*ve said. the conservatives trying to find some way to to shift that. but labour wants to say, look, there�*s a bigger debate here than just about tax. they want to they say their approach is all about growth and wealth creation. and that�*s what they want to sell, the sort of message they want to send. some of the other parties, interestingly, are saying, actually, we do need to talk about investing in the nhs, in the green transition, the green party, the liberal democrats. and that�*s interesting that there is some evidence in polling that people are quite receptive to some of those messages and do see a need for those things to be talked about as well. now for some football. last night was a sobering night for scotland at the euros, as they suffered a bruising 5—1 defeat to hosts germany in the opening match of the tournament. meanwhile, spain have been croatia 3—0 in their group b game. over the next month, 2a nations will battle for the title, with tens of thousands of fans cheering their teams on. i�*ve been discussing what we can expect from the tournament with european footballer broadcaster, mina rzouki and the italian football pundit, nicky bandini. hoping for a cinderella story if i�*m really honest. i�*m hoping that we were going to see a few shocks, potentially teams that we wouldn�*t have thought could do something special, could you something special. also commie brilliant colours. if you�*re watching the game against spain and curation. —— also, brilliant goals. if you are watching the game with spain and croatia. you can see why they are, croatia, are the favourites to win the game. but i am an initially —— you can see why spain are the favourites to win the game. but i am an italy support. they won euro 2020, and they were brilliant. underrated then. they had a brilliant qualifier to eat tournament and they won that as well. this time around, we have got so many newcomers. a lot of absences due to injuries, we have got a new manager who has been in hisjob less than a year. we don�*t actually know what to expect from italy. they are going to be absolutely brilliant or a little bit disappointing. i�*m hoping it is the former rather than the latter. ~ h°pi"9 it is the former rather than the latter. ~ hoping it is the former rather than the latter. ~ ., , i. the latter. nock nikki, what is your take in what _ the latter. nock nikki, what is your take in what is _ the latter. nock nikki, what is your take in what is going _ the latter. nock nikki, what is your take in what is going to _ the latter. nock nikki, what is your take in what is going to happen - the latter. nock nikki, what is your| take in what is going to happen over the coming few weeks that we are going to watch out for? i the coming few weeks that we are going to watch out for?— the coming few weeks that we are going to watch out for? i think what is really pro — going to watch out for? i think what is really pro soun — going to watch out for? i think what is really pro soup baal— going to watch out for? i think what is really pro soup baal promising i is really pro soup baal promising actually— is really pro soup baal promising actually is — is really pro soup baal promising actually is how many goals we have already— actually is how many goals we have already seen. —— i think what is promising — already seen. —— i think what is promising is— already seen. —— i think what is promising is how many goals we have already— promising is how many goals we have already seen in this tournament. what _ already seen in this tournament. what do — already seen in this tournament. what do you make of that? just before i came an hour, i was looking at the spin —?, it was hype —— at this spain, croatia match, it was 1-0. , ., , 1-0. they had fewer goals in the stare 1-0. they had fewer goals in the stage then _ 1-0. they had fewer goals in the stage then two _ 1-0. they had fewer goals in the stage then two and _ 1-0. they had fewer goals in the stage then two and a _ 1-0. they had fewer goals in the stage then two and a half - 1-0. they had fewer goals in the j stage then two and a half games 1-0. they had fewer goals in the i stage then two and a half games of the tournament. i don't know what that speaks to it is public choosing to give _ that speaks to it is public choosing to give you — that speaks to it is public choosing to give you a sweeping answer. it is probably— to give you a sweeping answer. it is probably too many games and time is coming _ probably too many games and time is coming into— probably too many games and time is coming into this tournament i do wonder— coming into this tournament i do wonder whether this is a factor if you are — wonder whether this is a factor if you are seeing tiny, stretching out defences _ you are seeing tiny, stretching out defences and to give you a rather optimistic— defences and to give you a rather optimistic take on it. a six—year—old already won of football has seen _ six—year—old already won of football has seen two provide the youngest player— has seen two provide the youngest player to _ has seen two provide the youngest player to ever provide an assist at the us _ player to ever provide an assist at the us we — player to ever provide an assist at the us. we have seen a lot of young talent _ the us. we have seen a lot of young talent at _ the us. we have seen a lot of young talent at showing off as this one. but in _ talent at showing off as this one. but in general... perhaps what i'm most _ but in general... perhaps what i'm most excited for is that young talent — most excited for is that young talent taken to the stage to show what _ talent taken to the stage to show what they can do. | talent taken to the stage to show what they can do.— talent taken to the stage to show what they can do. i must race the sub'ect. what they can do. i must race the subject- england _ what they can do. i must race the subject. england are _ what they can do. i must race the subject. england are playing - subject. england are playing tomorrow. i am seeing predictions that a third of a million fans it is going to turn up. that is a record number isn�*t it, mina? i going to turn up. that is a record number isn't it, mina?— number isn't it, mina? ithinka larae number isn't it, mina? ithinka large preportion _ number isn't it, mina? ithinka large proportion of— number isn't it, mina? ithinka large proportion of them, - number isn't it, mina? ithinka large proportion of them, i- number isn't it, mina? i think a. large proportion of them, i think most of us believe that england are favourites to win this tournament. whether it is full forage orjude bellingham, we have got stars all around in this england team. this is going to be an interesting match as well because as for england, the we think they can definitely score goals but with defence, that is where they are a little bit more vulnerable. they. do they have the defence? at least on paper, in terms of squad, you look at germany, look at spain, you look at england, i look up portugal. and of course france as favourites to win the tournament. it is going to be which one of them is who can score the goals. for england and the fans, this time around, i think everyone is hoping that it is common home. nicky, what is fascinating as it article discussion that go one and of course managers will be driving those discussions. they are very detailed? ., ., , ., ., ., , detailed? there are lots of managers we are interested _ detailed? there are lots of managers we are interested to _ detailed? there are lots of managers we are interested to see _ detailed? there are lots of managers we are interested to see at _ detailed? there are lots of managers we are interested to see at this - we are interested to see at this tournament and certainly i think that both mina and i have some extra interest in italian football. thea;r interest in italian football. they are a lot of _ interest in italian football. they are a lot of italian _ interest in italian football. they are a lot of italian managers. the italian _ are a lot of italian managers. the italian manager has only been in his 'ob italian manager has only been in his job for— italian manager has only been in his job for ten— italian manager has only been in his job for ten months and he was parachuted in halfway through the campaign. parachuted in halfway through the cam aiun. . parachuted in halfway through the camaiun. . , , ., parachuted in halfway through the camaiun. . , , . ., campaign. that is the update on the football. it campaign. that is the update on the football. n is— campaign. that is the update on the football. it is time _ campaign. that is the update on the football. it is time to _ campaign. that is the update on the football. it is time to south - campaign. that is the update on the football. it is time to south africa i football. it is time to south africa and the politics now. cyril ramaphosa has spoken of a new error of hope after being elected leader of hope after being elected leader of a national unity government. his african national conference party was forced to come to agreement after it lost its majority... it�*s new partner is its long—time opponent, the democratic alliance. at the south african leader is best both parties involved to work together to tackle poverty and unemployment and inequality. it is with pleasure _ unemployment and inequality. it 3 with pleasure that i accept. it will once again be a privilege and a pleasure to serve this great nation in the position of president. i accept this as a big responsibility and i wish to thank all leaders for your congratulatory messages. {grill your congratulatory messages. cyril ramahosa your congratulatory messages. cyril ramaphosa in _ your congratulatory messages. cyril ramaphosa in south africa. earlier, i spent to our correspondent. we will come back to him injerusalem because first of all, what i would like to do is show you some pictures from tel aviv. these are protests pushing for a treat hostage deal. there has been a great deal of momentum to get the remaining hostages which are still in a large number in gaza out. today, we had news of eight of the soldiers, israeli soldiers in gaza who are engaged in an operation in rafah being killed in a blast doing what it called operational activities. these pages are quite consistent and quite large as you can see in tel aviv —— these protests are quite consistent are quite large in tel aviv. coming back to the soldiers killed in an operation in a raffle, in southern gaza. israel has identified one captain and say it will release the names of the others later. meanwhile, the hamas run health ministry in gaza have said 30 palestinians have been killed in the last 2a hours. earlier, i spoke to al correspondent who is in jerusalem. al correspondent who is in jerusalem-— al correspondent who is in jerusalem. . , ., ., jerusalem. we are still waiting for a official statement _ jerusalem. we are still waiting for a official statement from - jerusalem. we are still waiting for a official statement from the - a official statement from the israeli military. they said this incident happened around 5am local time in rafah. the report from the israeli military suggest that they were in an armed vehicle when it was hit by a major explosion. it is not clear what caused this explosion. this vehicle was part of a convoy but it was the only vehicle that was hit. all eight soldiers were killed immediately. these troops were returning after an overnight operation in a neighbourhood in rafah in which around 50 palestinian fighters were killed. this is one of the deadliest incident for the israeli military in gaza. and yet today, there was a statement by the armed wing of hamas, saying that it had carried out an attack targeting an israeli convoy with an anti—armour rocket. we still don�*t have official details about what happened but another deadly incident for the israeli military in gaza. i am wondering what this might suggest about her mass operations? == am wondering what this might suggest about her mass operations?— about her mass operations? -- hamas operations? — about her mass operations? -- hamas operations? we _ about her mass operations? -- hamas operations? we still— about her mass operations? -- hamas operations? we still don't _ about her mass operations? -- hamas operations? we still don't have - operations? we still don�*t have details. we are still awaiting the idf statement. 0bviously details. we are still awaiting the idf statement. obviously the armed wing of hamas are putting out their version of events. visit, rafah has been a key target for the israeli ministry in that part of gaza. they say this is where hamas battalions are still active and they are carrying out this operation to destroy these forces operating in rafah. this is an area of gaza were hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been seeking shelter, there have been concerns about the humanitarian situation for these palestinians in the city. there has been a massive displacement of palestinians trying to flee this area. rafah was a key point for the delivery and distribution for humanitarian aid. intense military activity in rafah has become a major obstacle for the distribution of aid for the palestinians in that part of gaza. yes and the hamas run health ministry saying that the number of palestinians now killed in the gaza strip exceeds 37,000. let�*s turn our thoughts to southern lebanon. we are hearing reports of attacks there. i guess on any information on that? in the last two weeks, the situation along the israel— babylon border has escalated. we have seen this massive attacks by hezbollah. the situation along the israel— lebanon border has escalated. the us over his date with a crisis along the border is coming to israel to discuss the situation. there is the fear that these attacks could escalate and can lead to another major confrontation between israel and has another major confrontation between israel and ha— israel and has been, a powerful iranian-backed _ israel and has been, a powerful iranian-backed group _ israel and has been, a powerful iranian-backed group based - israel and has been, a powerful iranian-backed group based in. iranian—backed group based in lebanon. in recent weeks, top israeli officials have been saying that the military is ready for another confrontation with has below and fears remain that if there is no ceasefire in gaza and we know that these negotiations have been difficult. , . ._ difficult. they have paved the way for another _ difficult. they have paved the way for another -- _ difficult. they have paved the way for another -- they _ difficult. they have paved the way for another -- they may - difficult. they have paved the way for another -- they may pave - difficult. they have paved the way for another -- they may pave the| difficult. they have paved the way - for another -- they may pave the way for another —— they may pave the way for another —— they may pave the way for another —— they may pave the way for another major confrontation. i would now like to take us to saudi arabia. this is mount arafat. this is the second day of the hajj pilgrimage. this is about 20 kilometres south—east of men, and it is considered to be, and believed to be the point to be profit mohammed delivered his own 100 —— prophet muhammad delivered his sermon thousands of years ago. temperatures have been soaring past a0 celsius. this is one of the five pillars of islam, every muslim is it better to undertake the pilgrimage once in their lifetime if they�*re able do so. i will leave you there with those pictures. please stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. thundery samples for the theme for the weekend. across the theme for the weekend. across the south of the weekend. trooping the south of the weekend. trooping the colour, showers rightward through. sunny spells in between. further north, they whence were lighter. showers are more slow—moving leading to more further downpours. tomorrow will feel a little drier and a bit warmer in places. fewershowers little drier and a bit warmer in places. fewer showers around and see more sunny spells. 0vernight, whence will start to ease, still some more wet weather in the east and wales and across the midlands. a lot of the showers and start to fade. they will start to ease across the north of scotland too. that is all going to sink southward to my foot up more cloud for the north of and the west. it will feel —— was showers will swirl around that low... do if it feel a little bit drier and a bit more for most of us. the high teens will be up to 20 celsius. the focus across showers was eating dinner two eastern showers. a further south pop and appear as well. they tend to more isolated here... forthe well. they tend to more isolated here... for the south—east of england, because he has a 21 celsius back to the season average but it is these areas that need a bit of watching on to the start of next week. this weather front across the near continent that could attend some spells of rain and even on wednesday. a low pressure towards the north of the uk. in between with high pressure starting to build in from the south—west and it is looking drier. a gradual improvement into the middle of next week. bye. this is bbc news, the headlines... the princess of wales has made her first official public appearance since announcing she is being treated for cancer. she joined the rest of the royal family at the annual trooping the colour parade to mark the king�*s official birthday. president zelensky has joined dozens of other world leaders in switzerland for discussions on ending the war in ukraine, but russia was not invited. mr zelensky is hoping to sustain the momentum of this week�*s g7 meeting — when leaders pledged $50 billion of loans on the back of seized russian assets. britain�*s home secretary has called for an urgent investigation after footage began circulating online of police in surrey ramming an escaped cow. surrey police issued a statement saying officers acted to ensure the that members of the public were safe. we�*ve chosen not to show the footgage. now on bbc news, sportsday.