live from buckingham palace. king charles has spent the night at home in london after starting treatment for cancer. this is the scene live at buckingham palace after the prime minister rishi sunak said he is thankful the illness was caught early. three people have been killed and more than a million are without power as torrential rain causes disruption across southern california. .

the cancer was diagnosed during a routine procedure for benign and large prostate during which doctors noticed something was amiss in another area. we don't know much about the cancer. we do know it is not prostate cancer, but we don't know exactly what type of cancer it is. the key will be undergoing treatment in london. world leaders have been talking to the king in the last 12 or so hours. they have been giving their best wishes and regards, including the archbishop of canterbury, who, in the last hours has said he is praying for king charles. we had from joe biden and justin trudeau, the prime minister of canada. rishi sunak, the uk prime minister has said the king's cancer was, in his words caught early. he

also put forward his best wishes to the king as well. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. this was the last time we saw the king in public — on sunday, going to church with queen camilla on the sandringham estate in norfolk. just 17 months into his reign, he now faces a serious health challenge. just over a week ago, the king left this private hospital in central london, where he'd spent three nights being treated for an enlarged prostate. we now know, during his stay here, cancer was discovered. in a statement, buckingham palace said... "during the king's recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer. he remains wholly positive about his treatment, and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible." although open about his diagnosis, the type of cancer

the king has will be kept private — as will the nature of his treatment. all of his public engagements have been cancelled. his son, the duke of sussex, is expected to visit him this week — travelling to the uk from his home in california to see his father, who contacted prince harry personally with news of the diagnosis. it is the first time harry has seen the king since the coronation. in times of crisis, families do come together, and i think everyone will be happy to see that. ithink, you know, there is a sort of sense of business as usual going on — that's very much a message that sort of the palace is trying to put out. but if, along the way, we can see some bridges being built, then that's got to be a good thing. but it will now be down to other working members of the royal family to pick up some of the king's work.

his wife, queen camilla, has done a number of her own engagements in recent weeks, but may now find herself doing some of her husband's duties, too. it will be the same for the king's son, the prince of wales — who himself has been away from royal engagements for almost a month, following his wife's stay in hospital after surgery. he is due to return to public duty tomorrow in windsor and london. this is going to be a testing time for the king and the wider royal family, as they balance personal, private challenges with the need to continue with public duties. daniela relph, bbc news. it is the mix of personal and public we are looking into. as i mentioned, there had been messages of support from world leaders and politicians from world leaders and politicians from across the board, including

from across the board, including from the prime minister rishi sunak. earlier he gave an interview to the bbc in which he spoke about the king's diagnosis. have a listen. well, like everyone else, shocked and sad and just all our thoughts are with him and his family. and you know, thankfully this has been caught early and now everyone will be wishing him...that he gets the treatment that he needs and makes a full recovery. that's what we're all hoping and praying for, and i'm of course in regular contact with him, and will continue to communicate with him as normal. practically speaking, what does it mean for the day—to—day running of the country? no, ithink, i'm in regular contact with the king and that will continue this as normal and we'll crack on with everything, but he'll be in our thoughts and our prayers, and many families around the country who are listening to this will have been touched by the same thing and they know what it means for everyone, so we willjust be willing him on and hopefully we can get through this as quickly as possible. one thing we know that this means is

the king will be stepping back from public engagements for the foreseeable future. those are the type of engagements that take energy and someone who is in full health to commit to. privately, he will still be carrying on with private state administration work, he will also continue to meet the prime minister once a week as he would normally do. but what does this mean for the royal family? but what does this mean for the royalfamily? it has been a difficult time since the start of this year. we know that prince william's wife, kate was hospitalised for a couple of weeks for a procedure. and now, with this diagnosis we know other members of the royal family full have to step up the royal family full have to step up to commit to doing their part in terms of public engagements. joining me now is our royal correspondent charlotte gallagher. talk me through what this means to the other royals who are close to the other royals who are close to the king and he will have to take on

some of his duties? the? the king and he will have to take on some of his duties?— some of his duties? they will, they will have to — some of his duties? they will, they will have to step _ some of his duties? they will, they will have to step up, _ some of his duties? they will, they will have to step up, essentially. i will have to step up, essentially. especially prince william and queen camilla and take on more of those public duties come out and about, meeting the public and meeting foreign dignitaries who come to the uk. prince william, we thought would have a bit more time away from the public eye. as you said the princess of wales, his wife, had an operation and she will be recuperating until after easter. we didn't expect prince william to be doing so many public duties but he will be out and about tomorrow in london and windsor because his father, the king is having treatment. he is an outpatient but he will be going to and from hospital while he is having his treatment for cancer. expect to see more princess anne, prince edward will do more public duties. the only royals we will not see much of our prince andrew and prince harry. they are nonworking royals now. prince harry is coming back, we

have seen his car at an airport in los angeles and there is news he will be back in the uk today. fix, los angeles and there is news he will be back in the uk today. a, lot will be back in the uk today. a lot of ro al will be back in the uk today. a lot of royal watchers _ will be back in the uk today. a lot of royal watchers are _ will be back in the uk today. a lot of royal watchers are seeing it happening and talk about what it means for the royalfamily happening and talk about what it means for the royal family that he has got on a plane so quickly to come and see his dad? i has got on a plane so quickly to come and see his dad?- come and see his dad? i think because their _ come and see his dad? i think because their relationship - come and see his dad? i thinki because their relationship had come and see his dad? i think- because their relationship had been so strained, we know the relationship between him and his father and prince harry and prince william, they haven't seen each other in person since the coronation last year. the fact his jumping on a plane to come and see his father tells you they still care for each other. they are still a family, and we know when we receive news about friends and family, the first thing we want to do is be with them and be near them. we want to do is be with them and be nearthem. i'm we want to do is be with them and be near them. i'm sure the king is looking forward to seeing his son, prince harry and i'm sure prince harry is looking forward to seeing his father. many hope it will be a step in improving that family relationship, because it has been quite sad to see a family that was so close, split apart. the

quite sad to see a family that was so close, split apart.— so close, split apart. the point charlotte was _ so close, split apart. the point charlotte was making - so close, split apart. the point charlotte was making is - so close, split apart. the point charlotte was making is a - so close, split apart. the point| charlotte was making is a good so close, split apart. the point - charlotte was making is a good run, this is a cancer diagnosis because we know 3 million people in the uk are living with cancer. this is the royal family but it is a family coming to terms with the shock diagnosis. let's talk about what this means going forward constitutionally and indeed for other members of the royal family. let's cross live and speak to matthew denison, royal biographer and the author of the book, the queen. we tried to speak to you earlier, so let's hope it works. talk me through a little bit more about what other members of the royal family are about what other members of the royalfamily are going about what other members of the royal family are going to about what other members of the royalfamily are going to be expected to do now? this is very much a streamlined royal family now, isn't it? , , ~ isn't it? yes it is. i think the thing to _ isn't it? yes it is. i think the thing to bear— isn't it? yes it is. i think the thing to bear in _ isn't it? yes it is. i think the thing to bear in mind, - isn't it? yes it is. i think the thing to bear in mind, we i isn't it? yes it is. | think the | thing to bear in mind, we will isn't it? yes it is. i think the - thing to bear in mind, we will see something that is a little bit in the last months of the reign of the late queen. the queen maintained her

functions her role as head of state, the red boxes, personal meetings but she didn't do so many of the public engagements which is the head of the nation side of being the sovereign. we will see something remarkably similar, the king will continue as head of the state but some of the head of the state but some of the head of the nation meeting and greeting, a figurehead and the focus of royalty, affection and unity, he will not be doing that in the short term. members of his immediate family, who stepped up when the late queen scaled back her public engagements will do same in this, i think. the challenge for the royal family is fitting in the engagements to what are very often busy diaries that have been planned long in advance. i imagine we would see increased numbers of engagements, the duke and duchess of edinburgh, the duke and duchess of edinburgh, the duke and duchess of gloucester, who are of course trusted members of the royalfamily, too. what who are of course trusted members of the royalfamily, too.— the royal family, too. what does this tell us _ the royal family, too. what does this tell us about _ the royal family, too. what does this tell us about the _ the royal family, too. what does

this tell us about the way - the royal family, too. what does this tell us about the way in - the royal family, too. what does| this tell us about the way in which king charles rules, the way in which he goes about his business? this is a different kind of monarchy in terms of the way we have heard details about his latest health diagnosis? it details about his latest health diaunosis? , details about his latest health diagnosis?— diagnosis? it is very different because george _ diagnosis? it is very different because george vi, - diagnosis? it is very different because george vi, the - diagnosis? it is very different | because george vi, the king's grandfather died of lung cancer, but that was never made public and those details weren't even released on his death. so the differences we know straightaway what his majesty is suffering from but also characteristically royal in there is an element of frankness, but an element of reticence and discretion and my understanding is the majority of people would respect that the king has a right not to reveal the full details. they are simply not important at this point. matthew, it has been good _ important at this point. matthew, it has been good to _ important at this point. matthew, it has been good to talk— important at this point. matthew, it has been good to talk to _ important at this point. matthew, it has been good to talk to you, - important at this point. matthew, it has been good to talk to you, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. on that point, we have heard in the

last few hours from cancer charities who are saying the decision to go public with this cancer diagnosis has been welcome. they believe it will raise awareness of cancer and perhaps potentially bring people forward to get themselves monitored all of that in hospital as well. so always important to take the positives from stories like this. back to the studio. of course, there will be more from us throughout the day. let's look at the middle east now. the us secretary of state antony blinken is due in cairo as part of his latest push for a gaza ceasefire and to calm wider middle east tensions. this is his fifth visit to the middle east and it began in saudi arabia, where he held talks with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. they discussed efforts to achieve an enduring end to the conflict. meanwhile the israeli defence minister yoav gallant has warned hamas fighters who are hiding in rafah that they would meet their end there. hundreds of thousands

of palestinians have fled to the southern city which borders egypt. mr gallant claimed that half of hamas's fighters had been killed or seriously wounded in israel's offensive. our correspondent nick beake who's injerusalem, shares the updates of what we know about the state of negotioation of a ceasfire. from the americans' point of view, they see getting a ceasefire as being crucial, notjust for the 2 million people of gaza, but also crucial in terms of dialling down the temperature here in the middle east, of easing some of the tensions that have been exacerbated over the past few months. and that is why he's in egypt today. he will also be in qatar and those two countries have been crucial figures in trying to get some sort of lull in the fighting. we know there were discussions in paris about ten days ago involving the officials from egypt and qatar, also the israelis and the americans.

and the point we are at now, we're waiting for hamas to say something and basically tell us what they think about the framework that has been put forward. it seems like there is no sign of an imminent breakthrough in terms of a peace deal happening, a lull in the fighting, but we have seen before that quite often this stuff that happens behind the scenes can move quite quickly, but no imminent sign of a real breakthrough at the moment. meanwhile, nick, there is still the war going on and these comments that roav gallant has made about such a focus on rafa, that does present risk for the the palestinians who are sheltering there? yes, rafah of course is a place right in the south of gaza on the border with egypt and it is a place where people were told to go to by the israelis as fighting has raged all through the gaza strip. we know that some 80% of the population of gaza have been displaced, lots of people leaving behind communities that have been annihilated by the fighting.

and so there is concern, specifically from the united nations, about what could happen if rafah were to be the focus of a really big israeli operation. the israeli military and top officials and politicians here are saying that that is where they're going to be heading next. we'll have to see whether that is a message that they want to send out to hamas, that there won't be any let—up in the fighting and the intensity of their attack. the israelis say they're targeting hamas leadership and the fighters. but the difficulty is, you can't have a ceasefire if the fighting is raging, so we'll have to see how those two contradictory things play out over the next couple of weeks or so. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. 8 million people on means—tested benefits are now receiving their final cost—of—living payment to help with high prices and bills.

the £299 payment will go directly into bank accounts of those eligible before 22nd february without the need to claim. no further payments of this kind are scheduled, and charities are urging the government to consider more support. the energy giant bp has revealed its profits halved last year because of lower oil prices. it has reported profits of £2.1t billion for the fourth quarter of last year which lifts its 2023 profit to a total of £11 billion. but that was down from its record profit in 2022 of £22 billion. britain and france are hosting a two—day conference in london to tackle the spread of cyberattack tools and so—called "hackers for hire". the conference aims to reach an international agreement to deal with the growing challenge of commercially available tools to hack into phones and steal information from computers.

you're live with bbc news. aid organisations say substantial rebuilding remains to be done but the 85% of infrastructure, and that includes schools and hospitals destroyed in the worst hit areas, areas like hatay province. 12 months after the disaster debris is still being played and many families are living in tents and containers. anna foster covered the fallout at the time and she has gone back to southern turkey a year on. it is exactly a _ southern turkey a year on. it is exactly a year _ southern turkey a year on. it is exactly a year today, _ southern turkey a year on. it is exactly a year today, it - southern turkey a year on. it 3 exactly a year today, it was 4.17 this morning a year ago the powerful earthquake hit southern turkey and northern syria and devastated a huge

swathes of this area. you are talking about how 12 months later a lot of the clearance work is still going on and this is a snapshot of exactly that. only last week i was passing by here and this was the remains of a badly damaged shopping centre and within a week they managed to tear it down. i want to show the scale. i talk a lot about the scale of this earthquake and the destruction. you can see here these piles and piles of rubble and metal and the fact that this was only taken down last weekjust and the fact that this was only taken down last week just shows and the fact that this was only taken down last weekjust shows you how hard it has been here in turkey for them to actually clear this area. there were only a finite number of these because they bring into a site and they basically knock everything down and they take it away. and if you just look across the road, you can see how completely flattened it is over there. bear in mind these were apartment buildings, shopping centres, schools, hospitals, all of it gone and very little of it a year on, reconstructed yet.

little of it a year on, reconstructed et. ~ ., ., reconstructed yet. what you are showin: reconstructed yet. what you are showing us _ reconstructed yet. what you are showing us shows _ reconstructed yet. what you are showing us showsjust _ reconstructed yet. what you are showing us showsjust how - reconstructed yet. what you are | showing us showsjust how much reconstructed yet. what you are - showing us showsjust how much work showing us shows just how much work there is that needs to be done and anna, i remember back then there was so much anger at president erdogan for possibly not having responded to the earthquake fast enough, what is the earthquake fast enough, what is the feeling there now?— the feeling there now? there is still a lot of _ the feeling there now? there is still a lot of anger _ the feeling there now? there is still a lot of anger now. - the feeling there now? there is still a lot of anger now. it - the feeling there now? there is still a lot of anger now. it is - still a lot of anger now. it is interesting because a few months after the earthquake there was a presidential election here and people questioned whether president erdogan would hang onto power. but he did. he has still got a very good vote in the earthquake zone, people still turned out and they voted to keep him on as president. but the anger and frustration are still very evident and here in antakya, the city of antakya, one of the worst hit areas in the early hours of this morning, there was a vigil, protest and people came out and they made that anger clear. a lot of the frustration of the moment is about how slow the rebuilding process is. we were saying, while they still

clear all of this way, they haven't actually built as many new homes as were promised. in that election campaign they said more than 300,000 would be built in the first year. actually, the reality is less than a quarter of that has been built. you have people living in tents still come in containers. the weather here at the moment is reasonably warm, it is quite clear but this morning there was freezing fog, it was pouring down with rain yesterday and if you think of people with their families living in these tents in the cold and the mud without proper facilities, without solid roofs over their heads and for many of them, no indication as to when they will get that, that is why there is still so much frustration here across this part of southern turkey. in much frustration here across this part of southern turkey.- part of southern turkey. in that case, part of southern turkey. in that case. what _ part of southern turkey. in that case, what sort _ part of southern turkey. in that case, what sort of _ part of southern turkey. in that case, what sort of support - part of southern turkey. in that case, what sort of support are l part of southern turkey. in that. case, what sort of support are they receiving if the rebuilding process is taking so long?— receiving if the rebuilding process is taking so long? these containers --eole are is taking so long? these containers people are living — is taking so long? these containers people are living in, _ is taking so long? these containers people are living in, these - people are living in, these container villages, they do have

support from the government. if they live in that they are given things like food and water but a lot of the support people are frustrated about is things like education, for example. the government points to the fact it has built 46,000 classrooms in the last year but there are many children going to makeshift schools or only able to go to school part—time at the moment as well. so there is an amount of support, ngos, charities are giving support, ngos, charities are giving support but a lot of people here, they feel abandoned, they feel left behind and they feel they get on a lot more should have been done. that was anna foster. _ now to the war in ukraine. conscription has recently been on ukrainians minds ? the army is short of soldiers and people are divided over what to do about it. under martial law, ukrainian men aged between 18 and 60 can t leave ukraine because they could be called up to fight ? and a new law is being prepared to close loopholes. bbc newsnight�*s mark urban has more. protestors shout. mothers and wives are marching in ukraine... they chant.

..calling on the government to send home hundreds of thousands of soldiers who've been fighting for nearly two years. yaroslava says that if her country is to win, fresh troops must replace those who've already given so much. we all understand that it will be a very long war. our soldiers who are fighting for two years, they deserve the time to be replaced by another one. and also, one of my goals also is to win in this game, and we cannot win with harmed and tired and exhausted soldiers. so far, this is a small movement but it comes at a time when ukraine's generals and government are in dispute about how many people the army needs to conscript to fight during the coming year. people shout. on social media, campaigners share

scenes of the public turning on soldiers who are looking for those dodging military service. this is happening as ukrainian mps are debating a bill to sort out military manning. this question...are for president, for parliament, for government and so on. i think sometimes we are trying to avoid these questions, and that's why this issue started to be very sensitive. the army has said it wants 500,000 new soldiers to replace the fallen, commemorated here, allow them to send home the battle—weary and to form new units. but parliament and government have been reluctant to call up that many, fearing it will hit the economy and prove unpopular. so, in the end, generals always want numbers which impress people. but the most important element is different, the most important element is that as long as the people

of ukraine believe that this country has to be defended, we will keep fighting. and as of now, i see the polls and i see the people want the country to continue defending itself. this is the place in boryspil, a suburb of kyiv, where local men are received for military service. the colonel running it explains the system, which still is largely paper—based and which thousands who don't want to serve are successfully dodging. he's hoping the new law will allow them to summon recruits online. but the new law on military service hasn't been passed yet, let alone gone into effect, leaving questions about how many of the troops the ukrainian army needs will actually be available. so, the government has ended up with hundreds of thousands

of exhausted soldiers who can't yet be demobilised and a need for hundreds of thousands more to replace them and maybe even expand the army. and without a solution to that any time soon, it will limit what they can do in the 2024 military campaign. it's just one of the reasons why president zelensky wants to reshuffle the army leadership. mark urban, bbc news, kyiv. a reminder of our top story. king charles has spent the night a home after starting his treatment for cancer. we have updates of this on our website on our live page and of course, there has been reaction from the prime minister rishi sunak who said he is glad the king has caught the illness early. please do stay with us on bbc news, there is plenty more to come.

hello again. there's some snow in the forecast for some of us in the next couple of days. what's happening is we have a weather front moving south bringing rain and behind the cold air is digging in and you can see throughout the the cold air pushes further south same overnight and into tomorrow, just the far south we have got the milder weather. this is the weather front producing heavy rain today across parts of england and wales. ahead of it a lot of cloud, some drizzle, brisk winds and behind it brightening up, wintry showers across the highlands and across shetland in particular we are going to see some significant snow today and also gales, so that snow will be blowing. the weather front continues to take the rains southward through the course of the night, lingering in the far south—west. clear skies follow one and then we have a plethora of snow showers crossing scotland and into northern ireland. we have the risk

of ice and also frost and some of those snow showers will be falling at lower levels. tomorrow we have the weather front draped across the south—west, but there will be a lot of dry weather, still if you wintry showers in the north but much lighter winds and it will be a cold day, especially noticeable across england and wales as we go back down into single figures. then as we move from wednesday into thursday, the weather front draped across the south—west and bumps into the cold air in place and readily turns to snow. in the south it looks very much like it is going to be rain and blustery winds but you can see where we are expecting the snow showers to fall. the position and timing of this could still change but the met office has just updated the weather warning to a yellow weather warning. we have trimmed the southern extent of it and added northern ireland, so these areas are prone to two to five centimetres of snow, ten to 20 on the hills and it is valid from six in the morning on thursday until six in the morning on thursday until six in the morning on thursday until six in the morning on friday. if you're

travelling, bearthat in the morning on friday. if you're travelling, bear that in mind. what happens on thursday will have an impact to what happens on friday, exactly where the low pressure is. we think it will trying to pull into the north sea but the weather fronts wrapped around it bringing in sleet, snow and also some rain. further south we will have some brighter conditions, but still a few showers around and in the south that we are in the milderair, around and in the south that we are in the milder air, ten, around and in the south that we are in the milderair, ten, 11 around and in the south that we are in the milder air, ten, 11 and 12 but it will feel cold if you are in the snow.

this is bbc news, the headlines... king charles has begun treatment for cancer and is at home. prime minister rishi sunak says he is shocked and sad to hear of the king's cancer but thankful the illness was caught early. senegal�*s opposition has accused the president of staging a constitutional coup after parliament approved a delay of the presidential elections. back to the presidential elections. back to the future star michaelj fox is backin the future star michaelj fox is back in a document without has been nominated for several awards including best document react the baftas. —— best documentary at the baftas. let's return to our top story, and the news released by buckingham palace yesterday that

king charles has cancer. officials haven't revealed what type it is, or how early