a re are walking around by people that are walking around the streets of windsor here tonight and, of course, also here in windsor tonight are the prince and princess of wales in adelaide cottage, in the grounds of windsor castle over my shoulder here, almost certainly, no doubt, they will be kept fully informed of what is going on with king charles. of course, the princess of wales for self recuperating from her own abdominal surgery that took place in the same hospital that king charles got his prostate diagnosis last week. one or two people have asked us why buckingham palace haven't told us what type of cancer the king has got, given that last week they were giving more information about why he was in hospital. of course, we weren't able to answer that and buckingham palace almost certainly not going to entertain any kind of speculation on that. they want to be getting what they con the press a running commentary on these things. so for now we remain unenlightened

about what type of cancer it is. certainly so far as the public is concerned, a degree of shock matching that's coming from political and other leaders around the world tonight. l’m political and other leaders around the world tonight.— the world tonight. i'm always struck, sometimes _ the world tonight. i'm always struck, sometimes they - the world tonight. i'm always struck, sometimes they go . the world tonight. i'm always| struck, sometimes they go to windsor, what a centralfocal struck, sometimes they go to windsor, what a central focal point the palace is. there is a very distinct connection between the community in windsor and the royal family. so of any town around the country that's really feeling this tonight, it will be windsor. the castle, tonight, it will be windsor. the castle. the _ tonight, it will be windsor. the castle, the royal _ tonight, it will be windsor. tue castle, the royal family tonight, it will be windsor. tte castle, the royal family is tonight, it will be windsor. ttj: castle, the royal family is the epicentre for literally millions of people, one of the popular spots for tourists when they come to the uk, we already have the residences are on here as well. it was where the queen enjoyed much of our final days and enjoyed staying here weekends away from buckingham palace and

london and it has become the home, of notjust the castle itself, of prince and princess of wales, and suggesting that one day at the prince and princess of wales meant moving to the castle, and king charles himself is also visited this on many occasions and it's a place where they find comfortable they can write here and do most of things here and when you speak to them like we have this evening and review of the news to them, you can understand why they react like that not least because he has been in process a coronation for nine months, they anticipated like his mother he would be around for many years, and one man i spoke to said he hoped she would be around for many years to come even though you're not sure what sure cancer it is that woman.

it's a very royal time here, it's why people come here and it is why people were generally shocked when we spoke to him this evening to review the news, as i say not all of them are from windsor but it draws people here, but you mentioned that word cancer, people are taken aback by it. the king is 75 years old and one in three men have issues with prostate, so since is not prostate all those statistics go out the window, but people remain taken aback and express their sympathies and one or two of them say they hope this king gets whether very quickly but no details about that from buckingham palace. what we heard from them is their treatment —— his treatment started today. we from them is their treatment -- his treatment started today.— from them is their treatment -- his treatment started today. we wish and best with his — treatment started today. we wish and best with his treatment. _ treatment started today. we wish and best with his treatment. doesn't - best with his treatment. doesn't matter who you are when you get a diagnosis like this is a structure

everybody. the king is a religious man and i've been speaking to her religious editor. earlier i was speaking with our religion editor, aleem maqbool, who discussed the reaction from the church, as well as other religious leaders. e is, of course, supreme governor of the church of england, takes a keen interest in the workings of the church. and yes, we've just had the first reaction from the church of england a short while ago. i spoke to the archbishop of york, stephen cottrell. obviously it's come as a bit of a shock. we all knew that the king had a prostate condition that was being dealt with. but this is something else. and we don't quite know what it is. nor should we. in a way. this is, first of all, a private matter for him and for his immediate family. but of course, he is the king, someone whom we love

and care for. so my reaction is one of prayerful concern, prayerful hopefulness that this has been diagnosed early and will be treatable. so i'm praying for him. and as you'd imagine, the advice from the archbishop of york for those around the country concerned about the king's health is to pray for the king as well. what about the other faiths? well, i mean, i talked about how much interest the king takes in the workings of the church of england. he's well known for taking a huge interest in people of other faiths, both from a sort of theological point of view, but also as a prism through which to look at how the british landscape has changed over the years, real appreciation of the way other faiths contribute to the country. he's had many meetings already over the last year. i went to one recently where he brings faith leaders together, sometimes under the radar, to just test the waters of where things are at the moment. so you can imagine a lot of people have come forward from lots of different faiths saying they're praying to lots of different gods forfor the king. we've had reaction from, as you'd imagine, a lot of very diverse faith leaders,

cardinal nicholls, cardinal vincent nicholls, who's the archbishop of westminster, who's head of the catholic church in england and wales, he said "i'm saddened to learn that king charles is now facing a time of treatment for cancer. on behalf of the entire catholic community in england and wales, i offer his majesty our warmest wishes and assurance of steadfast prayers for his full and speedy recovery". chief rabbi ephraim mirvis, who has sought the king's counsel very recently after the attacks in israel and so on, they they met after that says, "i'm saddened to have heard about his majesty the king's diagnosis. i know that the jewish communities of great britain and the commonwealth willjoin me in wishing him a shalimar, which is a complete a complete and swift recovery. a prayer for that at least. muslim council of britain also said,

"i'm saddened to hear about king charles diagnosis and extend my heartfelt wishes for his majesty's strength and a swift recovery". so, look, he's a big you know, we hear he's pulling back from some private public engagements. a lot of those actually have a faith dimension to them. and he is a big part of the faith landscape. you saw that on the coronation. i mean, a lot of those the furniture in place was a christian ceremony, but he was the first. and it really reflected the man that brought in these other faith elements. so there's optimism from all of these faith groups, of course, but a lot of prayers. as well they should be because the treatments are so good now. i mean, that's his official role. in the defender of the faith and his senior role within the church of england, of course. but what about him? because a lot of people at times like this around the country, people who suffer from cancer do turn to their faith. is he a deeply spiritual man? deeply spiritual man. you just need to read his book

from 2013, harmony, where he talks about how it's all part of the same picture, the way the environment is, the way he even talks about the way people live their economy. but faith is a huge pillar of how he sees the world works. but that doesn't mean he doesn't have an appreciation for those who who are of no faith as well. he sees their part in all of this as well, but a hugely spiritual man. a lot of people had this a lot of, let's say, very conservative people within the church were worried when the queen passed away that somehow her steadfastness when it came to the church of england with its absence would somehow mean something was lost from the church. but he is a deeply spiritual man. we've heard this from people he's known for a very long time, very close friends of his within the church. and he's shown that since. well, certainly through his coronation, there were lots of worries about how much change he'd make to the oaths, to the service itself. well, actually, it was a very traditional christian service.

the oath didn't change, but he just introduced these new elements. so there's this appreciation aside for his own spirituality, of the spirituality of others. just to remind you that in the statement tonight, the palace says that the king will be postponing public facing duties but through this. he will continue to undertake state business and official paperwork as usual. within the royal family, lots of events are planned weeks and months in advance and there are important visits, this year, notably to canada and also australia and new zealand. the first time the king would be in those countries, certainly in australia and new zealand, which is part of his realm. very important visits i had. my colleague, sarah campbell, was in the newsroom for us a short while ago and explained more.

you're right and it has been a very difficult start to 2024 for the royal family. of course, we had the princess of wales, admitted to hospital for abdominal surgery last month and at the same time king charles was also admitted to hospital, on the 26th of january, he was admitted for a procedure to treat a benign enlarged prostate, and what it now appears is while that procedure and those tests were taking place in hospital, this cancer was discovered and that news was released today. the king travelled down from where he had been staying in norfolk, and he is now at home in london, and he is undergoing a regular show schedule of treatments. as you said, we don't know anything more than that, we know it's not prostate cancer,

so we know what it's not but we don't know what specific cancer it is because the parties cancer it is because the palace have chosen not to release that information, but as you said, shocking news. the king is 75, he is generally regarded as a fit man who eats well, doesn't drink too much, takes plenty of exercise so this diagnosis is quite shocking and i think people have been shocked by it, but as you say, a note of positivity from the statement released by buckingham palace earlier today. it said the king is grateful to his medical team for their swift intervention, which was made possible thanks to his recent hospital procedure, and he remains positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soonest. what does as soon as possible mean? that is a big question and that is subject to details we are just not being made aware of in terms of the type of cancer,

the severity, and how quickly he was diagnosed and treatment. it is unusual, and we should make that point with a statement like this from the royal family, but they king says in the statements he wanted to share his diagnosis to prevent speculation and hope it may assist with public understanding for those affected by cancer and the people we spoke to tonight from the cancer treatment fraternity, said it will help and they might be more prepared to discuss what they're going through as well. there've been countless comments from major cancer charities saying there can be no better a pr, obviously in unfortunate circumstances but in terms of bringing this issue to a head, we saw because of the check, the benign prostate enlargement, the number of men which have been

and had a check and investigated this has gone up exponentially, notjust here in the uk, but around the globe, in terms of the palace, we know he has released this information about his diagnosis, and it says in a statement this information was released in the hope it may assist public understanding for those around the world affected by cancer, and it certainly seems to be the reaction from these big cancer charities, saying having somebody so prominent come out and talk about a personal diagnosis like this is a very positive sign. we also know that his majesty and the queen camilla are patrons of cancer charities, they would've spoken to many many people of been diagnosed with cancer and they are i am hoping i'm sure, hoping the release of this information is effectively for the greater good.

can we talk about the pressure this puts on the immediate family, in particular prince william who is caring for the princess of wales who is convalescing at the moment? what would be expected of him in the coming weeks and months? you are right, the palace have said that although the king is not taking on public facing duties, so we won't see him out and about, he is carrying on with his administrative tasks, going through the state papers, the red boxes as they are called, and will continue meeting the prime minister rishi sunak, every week, and taken meetings. you are right, in terms of going out and carrying out engagements, last year he carried out something like 517 engagements, he won't be doing any of those for the foreseeable future, so who will that fall to? you are right, prince williams, the prince of wales, who is not only coping

with his wife, the princess of wales who is convalescing, we are not expecting to see her until after easter, he also has three children, so from a personal perspective it would be a difficult time, but he would have to shoulder more of these engagements, and let's not forget, queen camilla, she is 76 years old, she would have to take on engagements. there are no plans at the moments to the scale down any of her engagements, so expect to see more of queen camilla and prince william, there is a princess royal and the duke and duchess of edinburgh who will do their bit to help out, but this has indications for the family and their workload. we have heard a lot in recent years of the royal family slimming down. there's obviously a focus on what the royal family cost and how much of the burden a taxpayer carries,

but when you have a bout of illness like you have seen through the family, it looks alarmingly lean? the duke of york a step back recently from public duty, so he won't on any engagements and also prince harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex a step back from their duties. we know they king spoke to both of his sons until the news and we understand in the coming days prince harry will be flying in from the states to be near his family. we know what's going on in the last three years and that relations have been difficult. last year, prince harry was there for the coronation but that was it, he was back in the country a few times for some court cases but not to see his family. so, clearly people will be wondering whether that reproach meant that

people have beenhoping for between prince harry and his family, maybe this would be the news that bring them closer. there was speculation at the coronation that now with the late queen has passed, perhaps the reputation and prominence of the royalfamily would be diminished, butjudging by the reaction today, and the comments from world leaders, reacting to the news, that doesn't seem to be the case. you are right, whenever there is a big royal story, it tends to travel around the globe very quickly, not least because the king is notjust king here in the uk, but also king of 14 other realms, so we have heard from the prime ministers of australia and canada, but we have also heard from other world leaders, president biden and others. let's not forget, king charles, while he has only been king since his mother passed away in 2022, he has been a globalfigure on the world stage for decades. so, people across the world will be following this story with a huge amount of interest.

sarah campbell. here are the front pages and how would be covered tomorrow. the king being diagnosed with cancer has filled the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers. "king has cancer" is the headline in the metro. the paper says the royal health shock came as surgeons discovered it during his surgery for an enlarged prostate. it reports that palace officials have confirmed that it is not prostate cancer. and it says that prince harry will be flying in to see his father. "stepping back" notes the ft. the paper reports how the monarch will refrain from public—facing duties while receiving treatment, but would continue to undertake state business and official paper "as usual", according to the palace. the guardian details comments from buckingham palace that the king "remains wholly positive" about his treatment. and that he personally informed both of his sons — the prince of wales and duke of sussex — about his diagnosis.

it says his majesty chose to share his diagnosis to prevent speculation, and in the hope it may assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer. the i reports how no details have been shared by the palace on the type of cancer or the prognosis. and doctors have applauded his transparency and say they hope the announcement will persuade more people to get possible symptoms checked. "king's cancer shock" is the mirror's headline. the paper notes how as well—wishers sent messages of support to the king he praised medics for their rapid diagnosis. and the daily star has: king charles: i have cancer and harry to fly in after the shock news.

i spoke to drjeff foster, a gp who specialises in men's health — and he told me how this kind of diagnosis might have come about. we are more likely to get certain cancers at certain ages. and obviously in your 70s. i mean, we can only speculate, obviously, but what's probably happened is you go in for your scan for your benign prostate. there's no suspicion that the prostate itself is cancerous. but because you're having checks and balances for other things, they probably will have screened for other processes at the time. he probably will have had a ct or mri scan around the pelvis and either a blood test will have come back abnormal, or part of the scan highlights something that looks abnormal. and the two most common ones you'll pick up or probably be either a type of blood cancer called myeloma, which is quite common in that age group, or it might be something entirely separate, such as a bowel or something else issue that you can pick up just from looking at the scan. the first step all these sorts

of patients is get as much detail as you can and that will help you decide your type of treatment, whether it's a chemotherapy or a surgery, radiotherapy, etc. , etc. . and then you can kind of get an idea of what your progress and what your prognosis might be moving forward. in terms of we've been discussing his workload, which is significant, of course, for a head of state. does it serve people well to keep busy? does the sort of mental process of getting through a red box, does that help or does it get in the way of the treatment? it's very individual, but certainly from all the cancer patients i've helped look after over sort of 20 years, people approach things really differently than me, and some people will want to get on and make life as normal as they can and they won't want it to get in the way of things. and others will have no ability to focus on anything else other than the cancer itself. based on what we know, and it's only a public perception of the monarch, is he is somebody that appears to enjoy the duties

of the work he does. and one would imagine that he'd want to do as much as is physically possible at this time, because it keeps you motivated, it keeps you distracted and stops you, perhaps focusing on something that's less pleasant. do the treatments get in the way of that? do they leave people so low that they actually can't do the physical work? i think it's fair to say that no matter what cancer treatment you have, you've got to be a super resilient, tough stuff at any age to be able to not be affected by cancer therapies. and if you're somebody in their 70s, then it's pretty fair to say you're going to be knocked back a little bit. now, if this is a surgery, then obviously the surgery itself will have its physical toll, and that's pretty straightforward. but even the chemotherapies or radiotherapy, they knock you out and people are exhausted when they're on chemotherapy and radiotherapy. and you just cannot do your full time dayjob at the same time as getting the cancer treatment. you have to adapt, you have to amend, and you have to give

yourself that time to get back on track. how pleased are you that someone in the king's position has taken a decision to be as open as he can be in the hope that it advances awareness around the country? if you're in a position where you've chosen men's health as a speciality and you're desperately trying to get people, men in particular, obviously, or men in this case, to talk about things they don't want to talk about. you don't get better pr than the monarch talking about men's health. so it's terrible he's unwell. and of course, none of us would ever wish it. but in terms of a pr—media tour, he's been my dream. this guy is amazing. we've had more people coming in talking about men's health than i've ever had in sort of ten years of doing this. really? i mean, since we were talking about an enlarged prostate, you've noticed the uptake, have you? oh yeah. even with nhs, i'm part of it. we've had people that have come in for non—related mental health in for non—related men's health issues and it's notjust prostate,

they've they've kind of made this jump. "no, actually no. the king can talk about his prostate. maybe we could talk about our erectile dysfunction problems that are purely embarrassing for men to talk about. maybe you could talk about testosterone deficiency. another thing that guys don't feel happy talking about, all these sort of things that are sort of a bit nervous about uncomfortable about so many guys have started to come forward and we've noticed it on on on all aspects of things it's been really positive. there was a very valid point at this time when we've had such difficulties in the health service over the past year that not everyone will get the treatment that the king will get over the coming weeks and months. does that frustrate you that at the moment cancer care is not getting the attention it deserves? so i've been a doctor. this is my 20th year now, and i can categorically say that in the last couple of years it's just been the worst it's ever been in the nhs. i struggle day to day to go through ourjob without finding

failings at a managerial and political level that don't drive me absolutely up the wall. and it's so hard because it's not your patient�*s fault and they're desperatelyjust trying to get the care that they had even five years ago. but wejust cannot offer them any more. and i can't see how. primary care is ever going to go back to what it was until there's some radical change. and sadly, this has an awful impact on people's health and cancer care in particular. yeah. before i let you go, jeff. lots of men will be watching. get tested. yeah. but i mean, don'tjust theyjust go up to your doctor and go, i want a psa test because that isn't going to help. and i've already said that the demand in the nhs is absolutely enormous as it is. i think we spend a lot of time in medicine talking about screening for cancers, and maybe one of the best things we could do is talk about how do we avoid getting cancer in the first place, how can we make sure men are healthier and fitter? how can we help lead better lives

in general so that yes, cancer screening is really important, but what can we do for all men just to help live longer and better quality lives? and what is that? exercise? good food? sadly, none of this is really earth shattering stuff, and it really is good diet, exercise, not sitting down all day, getting a good night's sleep, not being too stressed in your life, not being overweight, don't smoke, have alcohol in moderation. and we've heard it like a thousand times, but it really does make a difference. and in prostate cancer and most other cancers, actually, they're really lifestyle susceptible. so, if you can do something, maybe this is the kind of thing that you actually know. i will try and make my life a bit healthier and it's a good option to take that on board. we are discussing how we need to do better. doctorjeff foster there, that's it for me, and pension more on the bbc website, no much time for a look at the weather.

hello there. monday was a day of significant contrasts across the country. mild, dry, but windy across england and wales. pretty wet across northern and central scotland. in fact, highlands seeing over five inches of rain since sunday. and this very slow weather front will gradually drift its way steadily southwards through the day on tuesday. behind it, introducing colder air all the way down from the arctic. that could have an impact later in the week. but tuesday will start off with rain sinking south out of northern ireland into northern england, gradually pushing its way down into wales and the midlands. ahead of it, it stays blustery, cloudy but mild. behind it, quite a clearance, crisp with some sunshine coming through. a few scattered showers turning wintry with elevation. i—5 celsius generally in scotland, 7—9 celsius under the rain, but still double digits, 12 or 13 celsius ahead of it. now, that frontal system will continue to bring some rain steadily south and then pushing that colder arctic air pretty much right across the country. the exception is the far southwest. but wednesday will certainly be a brighter day.

more sunshine coming through. largely dry with a few scattered showers continuing to be wintry with elevation in scotland. here we'll likely see temperatures 2—4 celsius, but generally around 2—9 celsius. milder in the southwest, and that weather front then tries to squeeze back north into that colder air. and that is going to potentially have quite an impact, as it bumps into the colder air on the leading edge, we could see some snow for a time. favoured spots at the moment look likely to be across wales, the midlands and stretching up into the north of england. to the south of that, it will always stay as rain. but the met office has issued an early yellow warning — be aware that there could be some impacts with some snow through the midlands, north wales and northern england. two centimetres widely at lower levels, maybe a little more with any elevation. so we'll need to keep an eye on that on thursday. it looks likely that scotland will stay in the colder, brighter, sunnier conditions, and to the south we're likely

to continue to see rain. it may well stay relatively mild down to the south as we move into the weekend, but still noticeably colder the further north you go. keep watching the forecast. take care.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines.. king charles has been diagnosed with cancer — buckingham palace says he will continue with state duties — but step back from public engagements during his treatment. the palace says the cancer was identified during the king's recent trip to hospital for an enlarged prostate — but haven't said what type of cancer it is. america's top diplomat visits the middle east for talks — after the latest round of us strikes on iran—linked targets in the region. an australian academic is given a suspended death sentence by a chinese court. the australian government says it is appalled by the decision live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday.