breaking news tonight, catherine, the princess of wales, announcing that she has been diagnosed with cancer in short video, kate revealed the doctors found out after her major abdominal surgery back in january. she says that her medical team performed tests afterward and discovered cancer had been present it s of course came as a huge shock. and william and i have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of my young family as you can imagine, this has taken time. it has taken me time to recover for major surgery in order to start my treatment but most importantly, it is taken as time to explain everything to george charlotte and louis in a way that s appropriate for them. and to reassure them that i m going to be okay it s a stunning revelation that came after weeks out of the spotlight, a virtual impossibility for anyone who s famous in 2024. but that absence lead to wild rumors about where was princess kate and why in the video, kate
london at this hour to the left of your screen and moscow the right of your screen. two dramatic stories that are unfolding as we speak in moscow. we have learned of a terror attack at a concert hall forty were killed and more than 100 our wounded. don t know much more than that but it was two weeks ago that the u.s. embassy in moscow warned of imminent terrorist attacks possibly in the region. i want to quote on something that the embassy at the time that extremists had imminent plans to target large gatherings in moscow to include concerts. it said in the same security alert american citizens residing in russia should be careful and cautious and visitors as well that u.s. citizens should avoid large gathering over the next 48 hours. that was released and sent two weeks ago today. we don t know much more about this attack and we are told it is not in a ukrainian source and that has come from president volodymyr zelensky himself. no indications from vladimir putin who he thin
this week, alasdair sheds light on the tech behind these dazzling sd displays. something s hand s just come out at me. yeah. it s like a possessed hulk. lara s been checking out the latest health gadgets, including those fending off the calories and those fighting off hair loss. you ve got great hair! are you going to tell me you were bald before? and paul heads to the racetrack to see the high speed cars that don t have human drivers. hey, welcome back to las vegas. this is one of the most famous skylines in the world. and one thing about this sight is it s constantly changing. see, whenever they get fed up with a hotel, theyjust gut it and turn it into something that looks completely different. but in the last year, something really unusual has lit up the horizon, literally. it s that thing over there. yeah, it s called the sphere, and it is a monster. inside, it s an entertainment venue. outside, it s the world s largest video screen, covered in 1.2 million leds. and it
and it is a monster. inside, it s an entertainment venue. outside, it s the world s largest video screen, covered in 1.2 million leds. and it s become an instant landmark and a huge talking point since it opened last year. in a few moments, we ll find out what it s like to live in a city that s dominated by this giant, glowing ball. but first, alasdair keane s been taking a look at how graphics are bringing it to life. our senses are constantly being bombarded by the sights and sounds around us, including advertisements that have been carefully crafted to grab our attention. but in a busy world. ..do we always notice? if everyone is looking at their phone, what we are trying to do here is to convince people to stop looking at their phones and recall what they have in front of them. bcn visuals are based in barcelona, creating sd displays all around the globe, and now they have a new canvas to work on. and it isn t without its challenges. what we did is think about round . yo
to take over. to achieve their complicated design process, bcn visuals brought in talented sd animators from hollywood to help bring the characters to life. stephanie katritos has previously worked on movies such as shrek and antz. how much of it is in tricks in the animation and what you can do with technology, and how much is it just, you know, standing with the lights hitting the screen a certain way? we have a bag of tricks we use. yeah. they laugh it s an illusion. and we are illusionists. like, that s really. that s our magic. that s what we do. we ve worked on these screens multiple times. we really understand the screen, and the point of view, and what s going to work the best for that screen. so we try to find those few moments where we can break the fourth wall. we use a lot of different techniques depending on what the brand needs. so we can layer effects over that, also 3d characters on top of that. it s about building up a world, and we use everything effects,