Hello, this is breakfast with Rachel Burden and ben thompson. Its 8 31am. Heres a summary of this mornings main news. The queen will host a meeting with senior royals at her sandringham estate tomorrow, to discuss how the duke and duchess of sussex step back from their roles. The talks, which also be attended by Prince Charles and Prince William, are aimed at finding the next step in the process. A number of options are to be discussed with prince harry. Iran was in breach of International Law when it arrested the uks ambassador thats according to the foreign secretary, dominic raab. Rob macaire was detained in tehran after attending a vigil for those killed in the ukranian passenger plane that was shot down on wednesday. He was released after three hours. Many vigils in iran turned into protests, with hundreds of people condemning the government for previously denying downing the jet. President trump has expressed his support for protestors in iran, with tweets being sent from the pre
Prince harry says it has brought him Great Sadness that he is leaving his royal duties after he agreed a deal with the queen that allowed him and his wife meghanto stop their official roles. Speaking for the First Time Since news emerged of his desire to quitthe duke of sussex said the couple felt they had no other option but to leave the royal family behind. He expressed his wish to have a more peaceful life as a family, but said the uk would always be his home. Heres our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. They had hoped, they said in their personal statement of 8 january, to find a progressive new role within the royal family, in which, while stepping back, they could have continued to serve. That hasnt worked out. Buckingham palace has taken a hard line. Their royal role has been all but removed and harry is clearly disappointed. At a private dinner in london for sentebale, his hiv charity in southern africa, he said he wanted his audience to hear the truth. He recalled the afte
After nearly a decade of conflict. And, the first tennis major of the year gets underway, despite the problems caused by the australian bushfires. Prince harry says it has brought him Great Sadness that he is leaving his royal duties after he agreed a deal with the queen that allowed him and his wife meghan to stop their official roles. Speaking for the First Time Since news emerged of his desire to quit, the duke of sussex said the couple felt they had no other option but to leave the royal family behind. He expressed his wish to have a more peaceful life as a family, but said the uk would always be his home. Heres our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. They had hoped, they said in their personal statement of 8 january, to find a progressive new role within the royal family, in which, while stepping back, they could have continued to serve. That hasnt worked out. Buckingham palace has taken a hard line. Their royal role has been all but removed and harry is clearly disappointed. A
Death, what does this mean for the president s trip to india, would he have to cancel that would he go to saudi arabia . The white house established Vice President biden would lead a delltation to saudi arabia and that the president s plans in india would continue. But then news broke in india from officials here that the president had cut his trip short. Not by a long period of time. In fact less than a day. Hell still be able to give remarks on tuesday. Once that broke, then the white house did release a statement early this morning saying that was the case that they they said they looked at the schedules of when the Vice President would land in saudi arabia versus when the president was scheduled to leave india and decided it was just too tight a window of time why not have president obama continue on to saudi arabia on his way back to the u. S. Again, not cutting his trip here short by much. Our question was, why decide that now . Werent these schedules known in the beginning when
Go team gerri, details and pictures coming up. Sandra it was a fun morning. It was indeed. Meanwhile everybody, good morning, im sandra smith. Cbs calling moonvess resignation hours after far owes bombshell reported six more women are waging abuse allegations against the Television Executive. He is denying it all. Bill brian yenis picks it up from there. What more do we know . The chairman and ceo of cbs will not receive severance pay or exit pay at this time. There is a caveat. This separation agreement includes a clawback provision. Any future payments to moonves will depend on the findings of an independent internal investigation into Sexual Harassment claims underway by law firms hired by cbs. It has been reported that moonvess severance pay will be upward of 100 million and accusers find it unconscionable. He will be given all, some or none of that money. Also a 20 million donation coming from any potential severance pay to moonves will go to organizations supporting the Metoo Mov