to your grandchildren? his outspokenness drew criticism that he was undermining the monarchy s constitutional duty to political neutrality. the queen reigned for so long that she came to embody a certain conception of britain itself. we looked at her and saw a set of values that lay at the heart of what it meant to be british. and yet we knew almost nothing about her own views on the great issues of the day. we know a lot about where the new king stands. for 50 years he was an activist prince of wales. as monarch, he ll have to step away from that. people have expressed worries about whether this involvement will continue in the same way. no, it won t! i m not that stupid! i do realise that it is a separate exercise being sovereign. but there is a counterargument that it s his engagement with the most pressing issues of the day that will place his reign at the heart of national life, renewing and reinvigorating the monarchy. first thing he was probably best known for was th
The United Nations Secretary General has in the last hour made two direct humanitarian appeals to both hamas and israel. Antonio guterres issued a statement saying it was his duty as we are on the verge of the abyss in The Middle East. He called on hamas to immediately release the hostages it was Holding Without conditions. And urged israel to allow rapid and unimpeded access for humanitarian aid into gaza including supplies and workers for the sake of civilians there. Mr guterres said each one of these two objectives are valid in themselves. They should not become Bargaining Chips and must be implemented because its the right thing to do. The statement comes as the israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said his military is ready to begin at any moment a Ground Offensive aimed at crushing hamas. Thousands of people in the gaza strip are continuing to flee south after an order by israel for more than a Million People to evacuate. These are the latest developments. Israeli troops c
alongside the personal grief that all my family are feeling, we also share with so many of you in the united kingdom, in all the countries where the queen was head of state, in the commonwealth and across the world, a deep sense of gratitude for the more than 70 years in which my mother, as queen, served the people of so many nations. in191t7, on her 21st birthday, she pledged in a broadcast from cape town to the commonwealth to devote her life, whether it be short or long, to the service of her peoples. that was more than a promise: it was a profound personal commitment which defined her whole life.
back on his life. with each run, milkha singh pushed a newborn india to dream bigger. his ownjourney, rooted in his nation s tragedy. his family was killed in religious violence during the partition of british india in191t7. he escaped on a train, hiding in the women s compartment. a refugee, an orphan. and in 1958, at the commonwealth games in cardiff, a sprinter seen here as he stunned record holders. commentator: and milkha singh, milkha singh of india. translation: | could feell the closest runner was right behind me so i pushed as hard as i could. after that, the indian anthem played and 100,000 people in the uk stood up for it.