a new picture of the princess from the palace to mark a new stage in herjourney. it s been almost three months since the princess revealed that she was undergoing chemotherapy, something that followed surgery earlier in the year. the surgery was successful. however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and i am now in the early stages of that treatment. since then, prince william has worked alone, and the palace has remained silent, although last week, when asked about kate s progress, the prince said she was getting better. she would have loved to have been at the d day commemorations, he said. from the princess this evening, a message about these past long months. i am making good progress, she wrote, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days. tomorrow is the king s birthday parade, trooping the colour, one of the bi
after russian president vladimir putin announced he d call an immediate ceasefire in ukraine if his conditions are met. those include ukraine giving up four regions in the east of the country that are currently partially occupied by russia, and abandoning its ambition to join the nato alliance, something russia has long opposed. g7 leaders dismissed the offer and kyiv called the proposals offensive to common sense . our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from the summit in southern italy. the war in ukraine is being fought on three fronts. you ve got the fighting on the ground, you ve got the industrial arms race to generate as much ammunition as possible, and then you ve got the global diplomatic battle for international opinion. and what we ve seen here at this summit is that last battle being played out between, a sort of contest between the g7 leaders here and vladimir putin. the g7 leaders here at this summit have said right, we will be fully behind ukraine,
of the federal government. in order to keep mr ramaphosa in office, the anc was forced to form a government of national unity with other parties, including the main opposition democratic alliance. its leader, john steenhuisen, is now expected to join the government. he told reporters why he backed mr ramaphosa staying in power the people have spoken. they have not given any party a majority. mr rama posa is the leader of his party. he is the leader of his party. he is the leader of a party that is committed to constitutionalism, democracy and its institutions. our africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, has more from cape town. zero rama posa played a key role to end apartheid 30 years ago. now he ll steer south africa through a seismic shift in its politics. he won the democratic alliance shortly before they came to an agreement on a power sharing agreement, which does include smaller party but really they are at the two key players. this was very controversial within the