for her majesty queen elizabeth ii. charles arrived at buckingham palace as he prepared to address the people for the first time as monarch, and to thank his late mother for her unbroken service. to my darling mama, as you begin your last greatjourney tojoin my dear late papa, i want simply to say this thank you. thank you for your love and devotion to our family, and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. as the throne has passed from mother to son, those who got to know the queen well have been sharing their memories. these were not meetings with a high and mighty monarch, but a conversation, with a woman of experience and knowledge and immense wisdom. i was talking to someone with extraordinary knowledge, experience, history. i used to look forward to it. and the new king has granted his first audience, to the new prime minister, liz truss, who visited the palace today. in royal parks and estates, gun salutes were fired as young and old a
with them, as well as yourself. some of us are still absolutely shell shocked. i think it is very sad, but it s politics. i mean, it s a bit like in the godfather, when they do unspeakable things. a scandal too far. there was this feeling that this headache isjust not going away! ..another story that didn t add up. in hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do. you can t lie your way through crises you ve got to tell the truth. i ve followed boris johnson s dizzying ups and his crashes down for nearly ten years. i thought i got through this interview already, folks! i mean, what s going on? laughs. she keeps asking me questions! despite mess after mess, borisjohnson was adamant he d stay in numberio. but even the great survivor couldn t stop his downfall. them s the breaks. tonight, what on earth went on? good morning, colleagues. thank you very much. it was no secret that boris johnson had been in trouble. but the cameras in cabinet were meant to show business as usual. we ar
the government has held an emergency cobra meeting to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has already been declared after the met office issued a red extreme heat warning for the very first time, meaning there s a risk to life. an amber warning has been announced for tomorrow, affecting parts of england and wales, and that extends to scotland on monday. then the red warning will come into effect across a large part of england. our correspondentjon donnison has the very latest. it is without doubt weather for mr whippy, and at roundhay park in leeds, he s been doing a roaring trade. so, yeah, it s been extremely busy. we re just working 12 hours every single day, in the heat and obviously monday and tuesday next week, itjust looks like it s going to be unbearable. here we go. keeping cool is going to be key. ..with temperatures expected to reach the high 30s and even a0 celsius. concerned about my do
Yet his total silence with respect to russian intervention. The number of People Killed in wednesdays attack at westminster has risen to five. That includes the attacker. Within the last few hours, the metropolitan police have confirmed that a 75 year old man died after being injured on westminster bridge. His identity has not yet been released. Detectives have confirmed that the attacker was a 52 year old british man, Khalid Masood. It has now emerged that he had changed his name, having grown up as adrian elms. Overnight and on thursday police made eight arrests, five men and three women, both in london and in the midlands city of birmingham. Tributes have been paid to those who lost their lives. The three identified victims are aysha frade, us national kurt cochran, and policeman keith palmer. The fourth victim who died of his injuries has not been named yet. There are more than 20 people still in hospital. Six are critically ill. With the latest on the investigation, here is our sp
Of thousands displaced, is it time for ukraines leaders to acknowledge they are in a war they cannot win . Geopolitics, economics, and public sentiment dont seem to be working in kievs favour. My guest was ukraines Prime Minister until a year ago. Arseniy yatsenyuk described his own premiership as a kamikaze mission. So how does his nation avoid Self Destruction . Arseniy yatsenyuk, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Seems ukraines crisis has lurched into a new level of urgency in recent days with a blockade, which has been imposed by people who are actually nominally supportive of ukraines government, a blockade which is restricting all trade between the Eastern Breakaway regions and the rest of the country. Why is this happening . The reason is very clear. Under the minsk deal russians had to launch a full fledged ceasefire on the ground, to pull back its forces, and to pave the way for the political solution. Whats really happening . They are still constantly shelli