yes, sadly, this is a statement that has come in from buckingham palace within the past hour on this incident, as they put it, yesterday evening at the home of princess anne, the princess royal. it reads: the princess royal has sustained minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the gatcombe park estate yesterday evening. her royal highness remains in southmead hospital in bristol as a precautionary measure for observation and is expected to make a full and swift recovery. the king, of course, her elder brother, has been kept closely informed and joins the whole royal family and sending his fondest love and well wishes to the princess for a speedy recovery. we understand the princess was walking on the perimeter of her gatcombe park estate yesterday evening when she came into some kind of contact with some horses on the estate. it is understood that that contact, perhaps from a horses head or legs, caused minor head injuries and concussion. she had her husband wi
talks in washington, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes. these are very wide ranging discussions. mr galante is on a several day visit to the united states meeting his us counterpart in about 2k hours time. in the last few hours, focusing on his meeting with antony blinken. this issue of trying to avoid further escalation has certainly been uppermost in their discussions. and really avoiding escalation on two fronts, escalation of the war in gaza between israel and hamas, but also concern about the skirmishes that we have seen on the northern border with lebanon with his brother over the last few days. and there is very real concern that those skirmishes could turn into something more serious and escalate into a wider middle east conflict. we understand that antony blinken has been putting some pressure on mr gallant to seek some sort of diplomatic resolution to that situation on the northern border to see the return home of lebanese families. so concerns
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the united kingdom demonstrates the depths of the evil we face with terrorism. in the next hour: charlie gard s parents lose their appeal. the court of appeal rules doctors can stop providing life support treatment to the nine month old baby who has a rare genetic illness. and net migration to the uk falls by 84,000. most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the queen has been in manchester today, to meet victims of monday s bomb attack. one woman described the injuries she d suffered after being hit by nuts and bolts. the queen said what she had been through was absolutely dreadful . she also met doctors nurses and members of the emergency services who responded to the attack. of the 75 people admitted to hospital across the region, 23 remain in critical care. andy moore reports. the queen met dozens of staff who had worked through the night to deal with the victims of the bombing. many of them had volunteered to come in aft
president trump promises the culprit will face the full extent of the law . eight people have now been arrested in the uk in a third day of raids police say the investigation continues to be fast moving. i want to reassure people, that the arrests that we have made are significant and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation. i m reeta chakrabarti also in the next hour. president trump delivers a blunt message to european members of nato. he tells them they must spend more on defence to meet the threat from terrorism. ukip s paul nuttall describes the decision to launch his party s manifesto today as a message to terrorists that they will not win . and net migration to the uk falls by 84,000 most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. good evening from st ann s square in manchester. flowers continue to be late. they have been all day to remember the victims of monday s bomb attack. the quee