connection we have with that person. whilst i m making no allegations whatsoever against any of the individuals and this must be investigated with rigour and fairness, the absence of any criminal charges is very, very significant. so the bbc must investigate, and must investigate whether huw broke any of the editorial guidelines or any of the principles of the bbc s employment contracts under which he works. i hope the bbc will do that thoroughly and rigorously and i hope they will also do it quickly. what it does now begin to suggest that what we ve got here is a much more nuanced situation that originally appeared to be this case what might others have done wrong in order trying to extract things for him? , ., order trying to extract things for him? , ., ., ., ., him? let s re oin laura trant in the newsroom. the sun made a statement in the past hour. as the sun made a statement in the past hour. , ,, ., the sun made a statement in the past hour. ,,4~ ,, 4 the sun
his majesty goes on. a spokesperson booking is not revealed it, but said it is not prostate cancer. last week, the king was discharged from hospital following surgery for an enlarged prostate 7 a condition the palace had described as benign. he was last pictures yesterday at the sunday service at the church of st mary magdalene on the sandringham estate in norfolk. there he is with the queen consort. it was his first public outing since his three night hospital stay a week ago. he is up and about. there have been responses from westminster. let s ta ke let s take you to review. the prime minister the opposition leader said. the northern ireland first minister said. similar statement from sir geoffrey donelson, who said. the welsh first minister said. we can now speak to the historian and royal commentator gareth russell. good to have you on the programme. just looking back in history, can you remember a moment like this where the monarch, the head of state have been sidelined
report by the iaea on the plan to discharge the treated water from the fukushima nuclear power plant. ever since, from the fukushima nuclear power plant. eversince, i from the fukushima nuclear power plant. ever since, i have been continuing my efforts in this regard, including in particular by visiting fukushima, where a number of important things happened. the first, i would say, was for me the opportunity to meet with 11 mayors of the region, of the prefecture there, near the plant. the chamber of commerce, the fishermen association and other local actors and people from the area. i felt that my direct contact with them was indispensable, was something i was keen on doing in order to do what i am doing with you here, but of course, with the added, i would say, ingredient of this being in contact with the people at the first lines of impact of whatever we do there. what happened in march 2011 there and the subsequent actions that have been taken by the japanese government f
to spend less and we achieved that goal. was it everything i wanted? no. but sitting with one house, a democratic senate and a democratic president who didn t want to meet with us, i think we did pretty dang good for the american public. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, has the latest from capitol hill. there was a sigh of relief in the chamber when it was finally announced the bill has passed the house of representatives. remember, the magic number was 218. in the end, 314 voted yes, so they overwhelmingly backed the bill. in terms of breaking it down in numbers, ultimately more democrats supported the bill, 165. 149 republicans backed it. in terms of the republicans that opposed the bill, many of them were ones that we suspected, the ultra conservative members of the party, the house freedom caucus, who felt that the bill didn t go far enough in spending cuts. and then over on the democratic side, there were members of the more progressive parts of the party who voted no as