hello, a very warm welcome. i m samantha simmonds. the royal family are facing more questions over a picture of the princess of wales first published on sunday. this picture, released for mother s day, showing catherine with their three children has since been retracted by four photo agencies, over concerns it has been manipulated . it s the first official photo of the princess of wales since her abdominal surgery two months ago. simon jones has more. released at 9:00 yesterday morning by kensington palace to mark mother s day a picture of the princess of wales surrounded by her children. the aim was to dampen speculation about catherine s recovery from her recent abdominal surgery. but some people pointed out that the image looked odd a view shared by several leading picture agencies which had initially sent out the photo worldwide. one of them said there was an inconsistency in the alignment of princess charlotte s left hand, meaning the image didn t reach the agency s
spence, the conservative commentator, scarlett maguire, the director ofjl partners and a really interesting call from steve in burnley. tell the audience why you like lee anderson? basically because he just says what everybody is thinking. and he s got to say it. we listen to rishi sunak saying, we are going to do this, we are going to stop the boats. he is not stopping the boats. he says they have them down by 30%. let me bring you some breaking news. this has been the talk of the town in news overnight and this morning. the photograph that was released on mother s day by the princess of wales with her kids. people spotted discrepancies, saying it was photoshopped and then the press agencies withdrew it. this has just come in. like many amateur photographers, i do experiment with editing. i do want to apologise for any confusion by the photograph issued yesterday. let s go to that press conference from reform uk. we are press conference from reform uk. - are very proud of it
iam i am lu kwesa i am lukwesa burak. the us and the uk have condemned iran after it executed a british iranian citizen accused of spying. washington says it s horrified by the execution, while british prime minister rishi sunak said the hanging of alireza akbari was callous and cowardly and would not go unpunished. the uk has imposed sanctions on iran s prosecutor general because according to the government he s at the heart of iran s use of the death penalty. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. news of the execution came on state run television early this morning, despite repeated last minute appeals from the uk. alireza akbari is thought to have acquired british citizenship after investing here and to have lived in the country for several years. his brother told bbc persia he had been enticed back to iran by his former boss, under whom he once served as deputy defence minister. the government responded swiftly, the prime minister saying he was ap
This signals is that they do want to become more mainstream. similar price cuts in china led to protests from angry drivers. the uk electric car market is growing every year and some feel that reducing prices could boost it further. we are heading towards a bit of a price war in the electric car market. tesla have taken the first step, they have made a bold move by cutting the price of those cars. other traditional manufacturers are going to have to try and make steps to keep up with them and cut their prices as well. despite lingering reservations about the uk s charging infrastructure, one in five new car sales last year was electric. the race is on to convince more motorists to switch. marc ashdown, bbc news. in the czech republic the retired nato general petr pavel will face controversialformer prime minister andrej babis in a vote to become the country s next president. mr pavel emerged from this weekend s first round with just over 35% of the vote, narrowly defeating mr babis by