england name their team for the third ashes test, making three changes, including resting jimmy anderson, for the crucial clash at headingley. good afternoon from the heart of edinburgh. we re at the cathedral of st giles on the famous royal mile, where in a short while, a grand procession and ceremony will take place, formal recognition here in scotland of the king s coronation. today s events are steeped in history, but they are not without controversy, in a country where the debate about independence is ever present. you may be able to hear some of the protest is just further along the royal mile taking right now. the debate about scotland because my future and independence are very light issues. there are plenty of people here celebrating the presence of the king but people are to seeing that charles is not working. the day is interesting in the sense of the political perspective but we are looking today at the grand ceremony, the pageantry,. not their king. there will
place to celebrate his official birthday. a short time ago, the king and senior royals emerged onto the balcony at buckingham palace including prince william and kate and their children, princes george, princess charlotte and prince louis. here on the balcony they watched the fly past, which included these 18 aircraft forming the initials cr for charles rex. rex is latin for king, of course. live now to caroline aston, royal commentator and features writer at majesty magazine. thank you forjoining us. i take it you ve watched everything? yes. you ve watched everything? yes, stunninu. you ve watched everything? yes, stunning- he you ve watched everything? yes, stunning. he got you ve watched everything? yes, stunning. he got his you ve watched everything? yes, stunning. he got his fly-past - stunning. he got his fly-past finall , stunning. he got his fly-past finally, because stunning. he got his fly-past finally, because it stunning. he got his fly-past finally,
where celebrations are going on. hello and welcome. we re starting live in london , where king charles first trooping the colour parade is under way. he s at buckingham palace where he s taken the royal salute. the uk s various armed forces are taking part in the event. the king has already become the first monarch in more than 30 years to take part on horseback, his inaugural birthday parade. we can speak now to rl correspondent, and you were mentioning earlier about how lively the king s horse was, and how much skill it took for his majesty to remain in control. it is not an easy feat, is it? remain in control. it is not an easy feat. is it? feat, is it? yes, i m not quite sure i d nut it feat, is it? yes, i m not quite sure i d put it quite feat, is it? yes, i m not quite sure i d put it quite like feat, is it? yes, i m not quite sure i d put it quite like that. feat, is it? yes, i m not quite sure i d put it quite like that. but - feat, is it? yes, i m not quite s
hello, i m samantha simmonds. the ugandan government has told the bbc that 37 students have been killed in an attack on a school in the west of the country. the massacre happened at a secondary school in mpondwe in the west of the country. pupils were attacked with machetes and set alight. as well as the dead, six students were abducted and eight are critically injured. security forces are tracking down rebels from the allied democratic forces, or adf, which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. police say the fighters had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. the adf has been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. this local resident expressed her anger as she questioned the ugandan authorities ability to protect their people. if they are telling us the borders are secured, security is tight, i want the security to tell us where they were when these killers came to kill our people. they are rebels
met with chinese counterparts, and us officials say expectations for the meeting are low. tensions have been steadily growing between the countries. earlier i spoke with the bbc s china correspondent stephen mcdonnell. stephen, its been a very tense few months between both sides, i think it is fair to say and the white house has now been saying that expectations are low for this particular trip, so what is this visit all about? well, the goal of the meeting is the meeting itself or rather meetings, i should say, because they do not expect some huge breakthrough as a result of antony blinken coming to beijing butjust starting to talk again, possibly lining up future meetings so that more high level us representatives can come to china, more chinese high level representatives can go to the us and, you know, we are talking about serious matters. i mean, at stake is trying to avoid war, for example. it is quite an incredible situation when you think about it. a few years ago it w