world leaders send messages of support after king charles is diagnosed with cancer. the prime minister says he's thankful it was caught early. prince harry is reported to have arrived back in the uk from california to see his father. today's other main headlines... america's top diplomat travels to qatar as part of the latest push for a ceasefire in gaza. i'm anna foster in southern turkey. we're reporting one year on from turkey's deadliest earthquake, to see how survivors are coping in the aftermath. amazing rescues in california — where a major storm has brought torrential rain and causing widespread disruption.

hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri. king charles has begun his treatment for cancer. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has told the bbc he's glad the king's illness was "caught early", and said his thoughts are with the monarch and his family. over the past few hours world leaders have been sending messages of support to the king, including us presidentjoe biden who said his thoughts and prayers were for the king's swift recovery. buckingham palace says the king will take a big step back from public duty but will continue to perform private duty within the realms of state administration and other such business. we know the cancer was a diagnosis during a routine procedure to reduce a benign prostate enlargement. it is not prostate cancer. helena wilkinson has more.

this was the king two days ago, on sunday, on his way to church in norfolk. the king's shock cancer diagnosis was announced yesterday evening by buckingham palace. speaking to the bbc earlier, the prime minister said the cancer was caught early. like everyone else, shocked and sad and just all our thoughts are with him and his family. 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 is what we are all hoping and praying for, and i am of course in regular contact with him, and will continue to communicate with him as normal. it was during the king's recent procedure for a benign enlarged prostate at this london hospital when doctors discovered what the palace described as a separate issue of concern. the palace is not giving any further information about the type of cancer the king has.

prince harry, the king's youngest son, spoke to his father over the phone and is now understood to be on his way to london from california to see him. the king's cancer diagnosis means that working members of the royal family will step up to support the king both on a personal level but also by taking on public duties on his behalf. a lot will fall on prince william's shoulders. he is expected to cover some of those engagements. we started to hear news from the prince of wales that he was resuming a lot of his engagements and clearly a lot is going to fall on him. we have seen this in history, when the late queen's father, george vi, when he was ill in the late 405, early 50s, it was princess elizabeth and the duke of edinburgh who did a lot of the overseas travel, a lot of the heavy duty engagement. since the king's diagnosis was announced, messages of support have been coming in.

we hope for king charles, for his majesty and for all of their family, all of the very best, we want to see his majesty return to full duties as soon as possible. a man of a really strong - and abiding faith and i think i felt straightaway, yes, | his faith will sustain him through this, and that that is at the heart. of who he is as a person. what has not been made public is how long the king's treatment is expected to take. the palace says the king remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible. the well�*s media has congregated here outside buckingham palace to report on the story, but there are also many tourists who have come here to wish the king well and pay

their respects too. one guest i am sure he will welcome at clarence house at some point with open arms as his youngest son, prince harry, who has reportedly shuffled from los angeles to london to visit him on hearing the news of his cancer diagnosis. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is here with me now. what more do we know about harry's visit to the uk to see his dad? irate visit to the uk to see his dad? we know the visit to the uk to see his dad? - know the king personally spoke to harry, told him the news of his diagnosis and that prince harry was going to come to the uk. we have not seen any official pictures so can't say for definite that there were two suvs arriving at heathrow which then left and the same two suvs were seen arriving at clarence house, a stone's throw away from here, the london home of the king and where we believe he is recuperating after his first bout of trading yesterday

after those two suvs were seen going into clarence house. we have no definite news but we presume that contained prince harry. we now think he is meeting with his father. this is the first time we believe he has spoken to or seen in his father, had been at the same room as his father, since the coronation in may. {sheen since the coronation in may. given the time that _ since the coronation in may. given the time that has _ since the coronation in may. given the time that has gone _ since the coronation in may. given the time that has gone past, - since the coronation in may. given the time that has gone past, the l the time that has gone past, the coronation at westminster abbey was nine months ago, it is the first time they with —— each other, it is quite a big deal? time they with -- each other, it is quite a big deal?— time they with -- each other, it is quite a big deal? there has been a lot of water— quite a big deal? there has been a lot of water under _ quite a big deal? there has been a lot of water under the _ quite a big deal? there has been a lot of water under the bridge - quite a big deal? there has been a lot of water under the bridge since j lot of water under the bridge since 2021 harry meghan announced they were stepping back from royal duties. no definite confirmation, no photographs, but that is what we believe is happening at the moment. —— since 2020, when harry and meghan announced. the -- since 2020, when harry and meghan announced. ., , , announced. the king has been diagnosed _ announced. the king has been diagnosed with _ announced. the king has been diagnosed with what _ announced. the king has been i diagnosed with what buckingham palace describes as a form of

cancer. lots of cancer charities have welcomed the king's move to publicise his diagnosis, saying they hope this diagnosis and the way he has been very open will influence and inspire people perhaps to get themselves checked out. cancer diagnosis is a shock for any family. it is important to reiterate there are 3 million people living with cancer in this country. let's speak now to caroline geraghty, specialist cancer information nurse at cancer research uk. i wanted to talk to you because i think it is so important to underline that these diagnoses are such a shock for any family. talk me through the feelings and thoughts that go through people's minds when they get a diagnosis like this? it can be life changing for some people, for some people they can take it on an hour to hour, day to day basis, and they will get through it. ithink day basis, and they will get through it. i think hearing you have cancer

initially as a shock and can be something that you can't comprehend exactly, but as the days go by and perhaps as you have more contact with the hospital team caring for you and you talk to family and friends about it, it is something you can get your head around. but there is a lot of support for people, support from the team that care for them in the hospital but also support from us at cancer research uk and other charities. tell me a little bit about how much support people look for in these situations? it support people look for in these situations?— support people look for in these situations? . , , ., situations? it all depends on each individual, situations? it all depends on each individual. a _ situations? it all depends on each individual, a lot _ situations? it all depends on each individual, a lot will— situations? it all depends on each individual, a lot will depend - situations? it all depends on each individual, a lot will depend on i situations? it all depends on each | individual, a lot will depend on the type of cancer you've been diagnosed with and the type of treatment you will have to undergo. there are 200 different types of cancers and hundreds of ways to treat cancers

themselves. so i think how the cancer is affecting you, how the cancer is affecting you, how the cancer is affecting you, how the cancer is treated and the physical side effects as well as the emotional will really depend on how you can cope. the support you get within the cancer setting, within the hospital, you will have support from the medical and nursing team and more and more hospitals have drop—in centres where people can get emotional support. people can ring us on the helpline and talk to qualify cancer nurses about their diagnosis. i think it is important to remember that how each person deals with cancer is very unique and not everyone wants to be open and talk about it but i think the king being open to this extent will help lots of people. i being open to this extent will help lots of maple-— lots of people. i wanted to ask about that. — lots of people. i wanted to ask about that, how _ lots of people. i wanted to ask about that, how important -

lots of people. i wanted to ask about that, how important is l lots of people. i wanted to askj about that, how important is it lots of people. i wanted to ask - about that, how important is it that he has been open? i knowjust from reading from cancer charities across the country, they are so grateful that he has been open. why is it important for someone like the king to be open about cancer? it demystifies it and it makes people realise that cancer can affect anybody. one and two will develop cancer in their lifetime and we know that if people are aware that cancer is there, and we know he is suffering with edge, it might help people understand more about their bodies, more about symptoms they have and understand that if something persists that they should go and see their gp. ultimately we know that going to your gp and getting possibly a diagnosis and early, for an early cancer if you are diagnosed with cancer, means you are diagnosed with cancer, means you are more likely to be treated successfully. so i think him being open will hopefully have a knock—on

effect and affect people in that step—by—step way i have just discussed. it can be a minefield. hopefully as time goes by for him and for anyone else suffering from cancer and the information and support you get will help. thank you very much. — support you get will help. thank you very much, caroline _ support you get will help. thank you very much, caroline geraghty. - for now, that's all from here at buckingham palace. back to matthew in the studio. thank you, straight to some breaking news coming from the us. the us appeals court hasjust news coming from the us. the us appeals court has just ruled that donald trump does not have immunity from prosecution. they have realty does not have immunity from churches in the federal 2020 election case. that has just come from the courts, the reuters news agencyjust reporting. it was seen as probably the weakest of his many appeals in

the weakest of his many appeals in the many court cases he faces, the notion he could effectively do anything and still be covered by presidential immunity from prosecution. the court disagrees, he does not have immunity from prosecution. i'mjust does not have immunity from prosecution. i'm just reading he has two weeks were potentially he can lodge an appeal to the us supreme court, but the us appeals court has ruled that donald trump does not have immunity from charges in the federal 2020 election case. more on that as we get it. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is holding talks in doha on a proposed pause in the fighting between israel and hamas in the gaza strip. he's already discussed the regional tensions and humanitarian situation with egyptian and saudi leaders in cairo and riyadh, and will be going to tel aviv later today. this is his fifth visit to the region since the october 7th attacks, and israel's war in gaza. israel is warning that its forces will move south to rafah, near the border with egypt,

to pursue hamas fighters. live now to frank lowenstein from washington — former us peace envoy for israel and palestinians, in the barack obama administration. he is in washington. thank you so much for being here with us. do you think are the goals for this latest trip? a cup thanks very much for having me. ithink trip? a cup thanks very much for having me. i think secretary blinken has three interrelated goals. the first is to prevent regional escalation and there are five different branches of art, not only gaza but the west bank, lebanon, yemen, syria and iraq. so finding that balance between establishing deterrence and preventing escalation is very difficult. the only way he will really succeed on that i think it is if the ceasefire in gaza takes hold, so i think the main objective is to pull everyone together and figure out what deal would work with

both the israelis and hamas. and if we could get back to talking to the saudis about some sort of grand bargain including normalisation of relations with israel under reconstruction, a path to a palestinian state. they are intertwined, it is a rubik cube of difficult situations. studio: it is notjust a lot, it is an awful lot, there was so much before we get to that point. in terms of the ceasefire and hostages, what do you assessis ceasefire and hostages, what do you assess is the likelihood of this trip bringing that about given the splits in the israeli cabinet and within hamas? i splits in the israeli cabinet and within hamas?— splits in the israeli cabinet and within hamas? i don't think the secretary is _ within hamas? i don't think the secretary is likely _ within hamas? i don't think the secretary is likely to _ within hamas? i don't think the secretary is likely to get - within hamas? i don't think the secretary is likely to get a - secretary is likely to get a ceasefire agreement while on this trip, i think they need another week to ten days from what i understand from folks in the white house. part of the reason for that is i think it's well has more of its military campaign that it wants to complete

before a long pause, but then i think it will be very different after that —— i think israel has more of its military campaign. hamas, i think, feels like they have a lot of leverage and they are holding out for a permanent ceasefire when the israelis are only willing to give about six weeks, so there might be substitute issues to resolve. ., , ., ., , resolve. how helpful or otherwise are those comments _ resolve. how helpful or otherwise are those comments from - resolve. how helpful or otherwise are those comments from israel's national security minister criticising the biden administration fall, in his view, happening israel's war effort in gaza and instead saying he is giving jon busying himself with giving humanitarian aid to gaza? in terms of making progress in the region, how much is that unhelpful? profoundly unhelpful. i think it is an irritation to the biden guys but

it creates complexities. he has been saying he wants to settle gaza with israelis and kick the palestinians out, all of that rhetoric leads to more questions among allies as to whether they should invest in reconstruction in gaza and in trying to resolve the underlying conflict between the israelis and palestinians, it is more difficult if ministers say they have no intention of ever making peace. you mention to — intention of ever making peace. you mention to an _ intention of ever making peace. you mention to an early objective which was not wanting to escalate this war in the region or tensions in the region. we had the leader of the houthis in the last error saying that strikes which continue as long as israel continued with their offensive in gaza. meanwhile in london and washington they are trying to separate the narratives, saying they are not connected. in

the real world, they very much are, certainly as the regency search? i can see why the white house would want to create separation but there was no way to completely disengage from either of those issues in terms of achieving goals, i do not believe it will be possible to get the houthis to stop firing at ships in the red sea unless there is a ceasefire in gaza, and i do not think it will be possible to get people in iraq and syria to stand down unless they hear it from the iranians. there is a balance between establishing deterrence but not escalating it to the point that it interferes with the objective, the ceasefire. interferes with the ob'ective, the ceasefire. . ~' , ., interferes with the ob'ective, the ceasefire. ., ~ , ., ., interferes with the ob'ective, the ceasefire. ., ~ ., ., , ceasefire. thank you for “oining us, frank lowenstein. _ let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. officers are using "all the resources at their disposal" to find clapham corrosive liquid attack suspect abdul shokoor ezedi — the policing minister

has told bbc news. chris philp warned "nobody should be harbouring this man or offering him any kind of protection". it comes as the manhunt for mr ezedi reaches its sixth day. the former chancellor kwasi kwarteng is standing down as an mp at the next election. he served at the treasury forjust ten weeks in 2022, after being sacked by liz truss following their much—criticised mini—budget. more than 80 current mps have already said they will leave parliament at the next election. people in bristol have been queuing to sign up with a new nhs dentist practice for a second day. the police had to intervene yesterday to control the crowd of those wanting to register. the dentists' union says it's a "perfect snippet" of the situation nationwide. just a couple of the stories making headlines here in the uk. you're live with bbc news. it's one year on from turkey's deadliest earthquake that claimed more than 53,000 lives. at four in the morning,

the time the earthrthquake hit, survivors held a pre—dawn vigil, in the remains of antakya city. it was punctuated by outbursts of anger that the turkish government has done too little to rehouse the hundreds of thousands still living in tents — an accusation which president erdogan denies. well, our correspondent anna foster covered the immediate aftermath of the earthquake — she joins us now from southern turkey. anna? reporter: thank you, matthew. you will probably remember in the hours and days after the earthquake, as i travelled around this part of southern turkey, one thing omnipresent was huge piles of rubble where thousands of buildings had collapsed early in the morning when the quake hits, and much of antakya where i am now looks like this.

there is just the where i am now looks like this. there isjust the remains where i am now looks like this. there is just the remains of a where i am now looks like this. there isjust the remains of a badly damaged building, butjaeger has stopped working for the day. cast your eye across this, it is a wasteland. this used to be a really densely populated part of the historic city of antakya, it had so many apartment buildings packed into the lantern now there is nothing left. people who survived such earthquake and are living in tents and containers and are doing so around this particularly cold turkish winter are now frustrated and angry that so many have no prospect of new homes to move into any time soon. president erdogan on the election trail promised more than 100,000 homes will be built in the first year, and less than a quarter of that has been delivered to one year on the. across this part of southern turkey and northern syria it has been a 12 month that has been difficult and dangerous in terms of living conditions, and

throughout there have been stories of people who have had to really pick themselves up from the worst kind of adversity. mohammed lost everything on the night of the earthquake. his parents, his home and his right arm and leg. a year later, he's active and full of energy. luckily, he's too young to remember much of the ordeal he went through. mohammed was the much loved first and only child of hasar, a pharmacist, and ahmad, who was an engineer. they fled from syria to turkey to escape the war. on the early morning of the 6th, mohammed and his family were asleep in their flat on the third floor of the building. and when the earthquake happened, the power of it destroyed the whole thing. each of those floors collapsed down into the one below, leaving just a huge pile of rubble. and mohammed was only found by rescuers five days later, wrapped in his father's arms.

since then, he's had hours of operations to try and repair his broken body. without a family, a succession of activists have taken care of him. right now, he's with jummah haidar, a doctor who works in a refugee camp. translation: there are some difficulties. sometimes he gets angry and cries, then starts banging his head on the floor. but in general, he is a social kid. he behaves the same way anyone his age would. he sleeps and plays like any other child. mostly he crawls on his arm and leg. his struggle will grow with him when he sees people walking on their feet while he only has one or using their arms while he can't. mohammed has just one surviving relative, his aunt manal, who was in saudi arabia

when the quake happened. but local turkish laws mean she struggled to take him out of the country or return herself to look after him. and that makes his future an uncertain one. the city of antakya where mohammed lived was one of the worst hit areas. 85% of its infrastructure was destroyed. homes, schools, hospitals gone. the clean—up is still going on. more than 300,000 new homes were promised, but less than a quarter have been built. the government says the scale of the task is making reconstruction slow. a year after the earthquake, mohammed remains a young boy surrounded by tragedy, a small example of the devastation that's still felt here every day.

one thing that is particularly striking here even now, one year after the earthquake, is how much the survivors still feared something like this happening again. people have told me that even when they have told me that even when they have a bus or a car that goes past their homes and they feel the shaking, it makes them feel the nervousness they fell to one year ago. professorjudith hubbard is a professor of geology, joining us live from new york and one of my go to experts over the last year as i have followed the story. talk to me first if you would about the aftershocks, there was one just in the last week and they have been almost constant at different magnitudes over the last year? that's right. i think about 18,000 aftershocks have been recorded already from the sequence, although most are too small to feel. and already from the sequence, although most are too small to feel.— most are too small to feel. and it is not just — most are too small to feel. and it is not just this _ most are too small to feel. and it is notjust this part _ most are too small to feel. and it

is notjust this part of— most are too small to feel. and it is notjust this part of turkey, - is notjust this part of turkey, turkey as a whole is susceptible to earthquakes?— turkey as a whole is susceptible to earthauakes? ~ ,,., , ~ , .,, earthquakes? absolutely, turkey has man active earthquakes? absolutely, turkey has many active faults _ earthquakes? absolutely, turkey has many active faults running _ earthquakes? absolutely, turkey has many active faults running through i many active faults running through it. the one that ruptured in february the 6th, the photon is called the easter anatolian fault but there is another possibly more dangerous felt which runs right past istanbul. earthquakes in turkey are always on every earthquake scientist's mind.— always on every earthquake scientist's mind. what is it about cities like this _ scientist's mind. what is it about cities like this that _ scientist's mind. what is it about cities like this that put _ scientist's mind. what is it about cities like this that put them - scientist's mind. what is it about cities like this that put them at l cities like this that put them at risk? are there ways to mitigate against this, to build buildings and homes differently to keep people safer? ., ., ., , , �* safer? you are absolutely right, i'm sure ou safer? you are absolutely right, i'm sure you know— safer? you are absolutely right, i'm sure you know better _ safer? you are absolutely right, i'm sure you know better than - safer? you are absolutely right, i'm sure you know better than i - safer? you are absolutely right, i'm sure you know better than i do - safer? you are absolutely right, i'm sure you know better than i do that| sure you know better than i do that there were reports from turkey that many of the buildings that collapsed were not built according to seismic codes. turkey has a perfectly good seismic code. it would not have

predicted cell protected every building that experienced the earthquake but it would have stopped many of the bond that collapsed from collapsing if they had involved the various engineering methods technically required —— it would not have protected every building that experienced the earthquake. do use experienced the earthquake. do we know what made _ experienced the earthquake. do we know what made such _ experienced the earthquake. do we know what made such earthquake one year ago so powerful? lats know what made such earthquake one year ago so powerful?— year ago so powerful? lots of different things _ year ago so powerful? lots of different things contribute - year ago so powerful? lots of different things contribute to | year ago so powerful? lots of- different things contribute to how strong the shaking is in an earthquake. there are lots of earthquakes of this magnitude that don't have very major effects because they occur far away from where people live. the first problem is many people live along this fault system so are very close to where the rupture occurred. but then there is some new science coming out, trying to understand why the shaking was so strong. part of it is technical aspects of how fast the rapture happens, in some places it happened very fast, creating

something like a sonic boom inside the crust. —— how fast the rapture happens. in some places the buildings are built on soft soils and amplify the shaking, a known process which puts many cities at risk, any city built on a valley is at risk of amplified shaking. so the outcome is that many buildings, especially as you know in antakya, experience intensity nine shaking, which is extremely powerful. tessa judith hubbard. — which is extremely powerful. tessa judith hubbard, thank _ which is extremely powerful. tessa judith hubbard, thank you - which is extremely powerful. tessa judith hubbard, thank you for - judith hubbard, thank you for joining us, live in new york. it shows you why notjust people in this part of turkey but people across the country still have this fear —— professorjudith hubbard. studio: we will get more from the syrian side of the border in the next few minutes. in an hour and a quarter president biden will deliver remarks at congress to support the national security bill, we will

carry that live on bbc news. hello there, good afternoon. it's going to be turning colder across the uk over the next 2a hours, with snow in the forecast for some of us, including here in shetland through the day today. blizzard—like conditions here and across the north of scotland, coastal gales. blustery winds too still across the south of england. but here we're likely to stay in the milder air until we get to the end of tonight. and you can see that colder air sinking southwards behind the cold front, marked in blue here, just displacing that yellow, milder air further south. now, there will be some heavy rain on that cold front pushing southwards across wales, through the midlands and into east anglia for the rest of the afternoon. blustery winds ahead of the front. to the north, there will be some sunshine around and it will be feeling colder, of course. some snow showers piling into the higher ground of scotland, temperatures ranging between 3 and perhaps ia degrees celsius. now, there'll be some heavy rain through the evening rush hour, just clearing away from

the south of england there. snow showers piling into western scotland. watch out for some icy stretches here, but there could be icy stretches further south as well as temperatures tend to dip back to low single figures. so a colder night ahead. and tomorrow, a much quieter day of weather, much lighter winds. there will be some sunshine for many, but still this legacy of cloud towards the south coast. still some wintry showers, too, just pushing into scotland and perhaps across northern ireland, but feeling colder across the board, 4 to 10 celsius where we keep that milder feeling air still across the south—west of england and the channel islands potentially. and that rain returns, it pushes further northwards as a warm front as it bumps into that colder air, then it's likely to turn to snow as we head through the first part of thursday morning across northern ireland, wales and into the north midlands, also the north of england, particularly over the higher ground. milder air towards the south, of course, but this is where we're likely to see the snow. widely, 2 to 5 centimetres, even to low levels with the intensity, but 10 to 20 centimetres perhaps over the hills.

so that cold air continues to push further northwards. it's quite a deep area of low pressure, it will bring some heavy rain to the south, and also some strong gusty winds and maybe some blizzard—like conditions for a while, particularly towards eastern areas. that snow moves across scotland, rain towards the south. there will be some strong gusty winds as well and again, a range of temperatures.