hello and welcome to the programme. buckingham palace has announced that the king is being treated for cancer. he will continue with state duties but will step back from public engagements during his treatment. during the king s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer. our royal correspondent daniella ralph has the latest there was little sign yesterday of the announcement about to be made. the king was pictured on his sandringham estate in norfolk walking to church with queen camilla. it was thought to be recovering after a hospital stay. exactly a week ago today, the king left a private hospital in central london, where he had spent three nights being treated for an enlarged prostate. we now know during his stay here cancer was discovered. in a statement, released at six o clock this evening, buckingham palace said. although open about his diagnosis, buckin
states, canada, and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. the u.s. military strikes more than 85 targets in iraq and syria retaliating against iran-backed militants. that s why the u.s. decided to strike now. plus it speaks to black americans in the united states and i don t think that either are doing so. south carolina is holding the first official presidential primary today. look at why some black voters say they might sit this one out. closing arguments in the historic case of a mother of a school shooters. why prosecutors argue she is partly to blame for the tragedy. announcer: live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden says the strikes in iraq and syria are just the beginning. they struck 85 targets early saturday time. like the one that struck a u.s. base in jordan killing three u.s. soldiers and injuring many more. the white house says the strikes lasted 30 minutes. in a statement preside
of the bodies of the three american soldiers killed in that drone attack injordan. the three sergeants williamj rivers, kennedy sanders and breonna moffett died in the strike near the border with syria on sunday. mr biden and the first lady, jill biden met the plane carrying their bodies that arrived at an air force base in dover, delaware. it s where they received military honours. that installation is where the remains of fallen us service members first return to the united states. the white house has said the attack on its military base known as tower 22, which wounded a0 others, was carried out by an iran backed militia called islamic resistance in iraq. iran denies involvement, calling the accusations baseless and saying it was not involved in the decision making of resistance groups . meanwhile, an iraqi spokesman has responded to the strikes saying: he added that the outcomes will have severe implications on the security and stability in the region. earlier, my c
in the decision making of resistance groups. now, the us said it did inform the iraqi government about the strikes before they happened, but an iraqi spokesperson said. the spokesperson added the outcomes will have severe implications on the stability of the region. more now on the official view from baghdad. i heard from other iraqi officials here in baghdad that the prime minister also has asked tehran to contain and put more pressure on groups that are following the attacks carrying out attacks on us bases, mentioning to iran that these attacks are jeopardising these attacks are jeopardising the iraqi government s effort to reduce the number of american forces in this country as part of the coalition forces and also even finish their mandate, because the war against aces has finished. this is what the iraqi militia are also emphasising, that they want the us forces or us combat forces as they say to leave iraq, and despite that, the us says that they don t have combat forc
are in retaliation of a deadly drone attack on us forces last sunday. three us soldiers were killed and more than a0 personnel injured at a us base called tower 22 injordan, near the border with syria. the white house blamed an iran backed militia called islamic resistance in iraq, and vowed a very consequential response . shortly before this round of strikes, the bodies of the three sergeants williamj rivers, kennedy sanders and breonna moffett islamic resistance in iraq, and vowed a very consequential response . shortly before this round of strikes, the bodies of the three sergeants williamj rivers, kennedy sanders and breonna moffett were repatriated to the us state of delaware, where they posthumously received military honours. president biden and first lady jill biden were in attendance of the ceremony. iran has denied all involvement, calling the accusations baseless and saying it was not involved in the decision making of resistance groups. meanwhile, the i