this is bbc news. the first picture of king charles since his cancer diagnosis. the king has now started his treatment. the king and queen camilla seen leaving clara's house, he has now started his treatment. prince harry having arrived back in the uk from california to see his father. other main headlines today. donald trump appeals he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat. a year—round from the earthquake that killed more than 53,000 people in turkey, eight say major rebuilding still has not begun. and the bbc learns the uk government is preparing to offer dentists cash incentives to take on nhs patients in england. we will have the latest.

welcome to bbc news outside of buckingham palace this evening. king charles has begun his treatment for cancer. earlier, we've seen the king and queen camilla, in a car. it was the first image of the king and queen since buckingham palace confirmed his cancer diagnosis on monday evening. this is the moment they left the royal residence just a few hundred metres from buckingham palace. they then transferred, so then leaving london and a helicopter. these are pictures of the royal couple flying off. it is thought they are heading to the palace in sandringham in norfolk. it's thought they are heading to the royal palace at sandringham

in norfolk, where charles is likely to remain while he receives treatment, and steps back from public royal duties. meanwhile prince harry has been in london to visit his father. this image shows him in the back of a car, being driven in london. harry isn't alone in offering his support to king charles — a number of world leaders have sent messages, after the king's diagnosis was made public on monday. we can see the convoy moving its way through london there. it has been a difficult day, i'm sure for the king and queen camilla. we have some pictures now be received of the king driving into sandringham and norfolk. he flew from buckingham palace by helicopter, he left here about an hour and half ago and arrived shortly afterwards. you can see the picture here of the

helicopter about to touch down. sandringham, of course a favourite of the kings in terms of world residents. you can see the royal stander there flying in the background to tell people that he has arrived there. the king will remain there, treatment for his cancer, howeverwill remain there, treatment for his cancer, however will continue through the coming weeks and months. royal correspondent sarah campbell is here with me now. we saw there are a few images, let's digest all of them. king charles coming here to buckingham palace from clarence house to make his way to sandringham by there? it is from clarence house to make his way to sandringham by there?— to sandringham by there? it is one ofthe to sandringham by there? it is one of the private _ to sandringham by there? it is one of the private royal _ to sandringham by there? it is one of the private royal residences. - of the private royal residences. there were a couple of options available to him. it is fair to say, if he wants to be somewhere away from central london you can understand that, he is a very countryside lover so he wanted to be able to go out in about you can't in

central london. so the obvious options would have been sandringham because it is close and we note the treatment centre is here so he will need to get able to get back and forth or high growth would have been the other option is wealth but clearly we have seen the helicopter leave in land. sandringham is a place that is very special to the royal family is one of their private royal family is one of their private royal residences. the six of the breed today and is a significant date in the royal calendar. the day in 1952 the george the six that grandfather of king charles died in the day that queen elizabeth received her third all those years ago and she'd always been there this time of year to be in that special family praise so that is where the king and queen camilla have returned to today. king and queen camilla have returned to toda . �* , king and queen camilla have returned totoda. �*, ,, ., king and queen camilla have returned totoda. . to today. let's speak about prince harry because _ to today. let's speak about prince harry because we _ to today. let's speak about prince harry because we saw _ to today. let's speak about prince harry because we saw his - to today. let's speak about prince harry because we saw his picturel to today. let's speak about prince | harry because we saw his picture in the back of the suv being driven from the airport to clarence house to see his father, a significant journey for him in many senses. we know journey for him in many senses. - know when the king received his diagnosis he spoke to both of his sons and told them personally of his

diagnosis and prince harry made the decision he wanted to immediately come over as soon as possible to talk with his father. looking at the timings, the car came in and left about 45 minutes of difference so it was not a lengthy meeting, but it is significant in that we are not aware that he has met in person with his father since the coronation back in may. so we know there has been a lot of water under the bridge between prince harry and his family but clearly as we have been hearing people say today, when a cancer diagnosis happens in families, relationships which perhaps have been broken, start to be mended. signs at all that potentially prince harry up might meet with his brother while he is here or is this a visit purely for his father? r purely for his father? ii understanding is purely for his father? 11 understanding is he's not expected to meet principal him certainly nothing in the diary scheduled for that. �* , 1, ~

nothing in the diary scheduled for that. �*, ., ~ ., ., , that. let's talk about what this means for _ that. let's talk about what this means for the _ that. let's talk about what this means for the royal _ that. let's talk about what this means for the royal family. - means for the royal family. buckingham palace thinking is taking a step back from public engagements but that does not mean he's not going to be working. he but that does not mean he's not going to be working.— going to be working. he will be car in: going to be working. he will be carrying on _ going to be working. he will be carrying on with _ going to be working. he will be carrying on with the _ going to be working. he will be carrying on with the red - going to be working. he will be carrying on with the red boxes, going to be working. he will be - carrying on with the red boxes, the constitutional duties he has in meetings with the prime minister and will take a part of the privy council meetings at all subject to his treatment and how that carries on, but yes it is the public engagements that he won't be able to undertake for, we don't know how long couple of the foreseeable. so thatis long couple of the foreseeable. so that is where we will see. i say stepping up, she already does a lot of engagements. she stepping up, she already does a lot of engagements-— of engagements. she is very busy? hu:el of engagements. she is very busy? hugely busy- _ of engagements. she is very busy? hugely busy- and _ of engagements. she is very busy? hugely busy. and of _ of engagements. she is very busy? hugely busy. and of course - of engagements. she is very busy? hugely busy. and of course princel hugely busy. and of course prince william has been quiet for the last month or so because of course the princess of wales has undergone abdominal surgery. these last pictures we saw catherine out and about on christmas day in sandringham. so principal him we know will be back on public engagements tomorrow and we

understand we will see him and hear from him but a very difficult time for prince william with a diagnosis of his father and his wife being unwell. . ., of his father and his wife being unwell. . ~' , 1, of his father and his wife being unwell. ., ,, , ., ., ., ., unwell. thank you, sarah for that. you can see _ unwell. thank you, sarah for that. you can see as _ unwell. thank you, sarah for that. you can see as you _ unwell. thank you, sarah for that. you can see as you say _ unwell. thank you, sarah for that. you can see as you say there, - unwell. thank you, sarah for that. you can see as you say there, the| you can see as you say there, the pictures of the family at christmas. diagnosis of cancer is difficult for any family to take on board and comprehend. 1000 people at they are diagnosed with cancer and the uk. it's estimated that 3 million people live with cancer in this country. it is important to underline at this point it is a problem and an awful disease that affects so many families, not only in the uk but around the world. one of the interesting things that the statement from buckingham palace said that the king wanted very much to raise awareness of cancer as a disease. especially amongst people who potentially need to come forward for screening or any kind of treatment. let's talk a bit about

cancer in the way that it is treated particularly in this country. live now to charlotte beardmore who is the executive director of the radiographers society. good to talk to you. talk to me now about cancer diagnoses, once the diagnosis happens what is the process for a family in the uk? firstly, thank you. i would just like to wish, send best wishes to his royal highness and his family and friends at this very difficult time. so the process in this country is once a cancer diagnosis has been made, the cancer multidisciplinary team will meet together to decide what are the best treatment options or range of options for a patient. those options than are discussed with patients and carers and they can consider the risks and benefits from each of those treatments. and they are evidence—based treatments there may be a standardised approach or a unique and personalised to that patient post the important thing is

having that multidisciplinary discussions you can get the best input from all of the professionals engaged in that cancer disease site. so really important to have the expertise. so that referral will then result in the patient having discussions with their oncologists or their nurse or their therapeutic radiographer. to understand what may be the best treatment for them. clearly, that takes time for a family to think through because some of the treatments can be quite demanding on the patient and have significant side effects to obviously bring the best outcome to be patient. the thinking through and having time in the right information at the right time to be able to do thatis at the right time to be able to do that is hugely important for that family. that supportive compassionate care from the team who are delivering that care is essential to be able to answer the questions of the patient at that time in the carers. so they can make an informed decision about the treatment pathway. we

an informed decision about the treatment pathway.— an informed decision about the treatment pathway. we note that the kin: has treatment pathway. we note that the king has received _ treatment pathway. we note that the king has received his _ treatment pathway. we note that the king has received his first _ treatment pathway. we note that the king has received his first part - treatment pathway. we note that the king has received his first part of - king has received his first part of treatment very quickly. if you are a patient in the nhs, what kind of timings are we looking at in terms of starting your treatment? is there a waiting list and if so, how long is that waiting list? 1 a waiting list and if so, how long is that waiting list?— is that waiting list? i think there are a lot of _ is that waiting list? i think there are a lot of challenges _ is that waiting list? i think there are a lot of challenges in - are a lot of challenges in the system within the nhs, within the whole system. the first set of challenges are getting the diagnosis. we talked about the point once the patient has had the diagnoses from the team and a discussion, but actually receiving the diagnosis there are significant backlogs to imaging services within england at the moment and that is really about sufficient capacity workforce capacity to deliver the imaging at the pace that is now needed. we have seen increasing demand across all specialities, the volume of imaging and its sophistication now means more and more imaging is being requested,

together with population growth and importantly, patient surviving longer. from cancer treatments and other treatments. as they are coming back for more repeated imaging. it's a huge pressure on the system at the front end and then the patient has to work through that, had their diagnostic test, to reach the treatment pathway and within the treatment pathway and within the treatment pathway and within the treatment pathway for example, if you are waiting for radiotherapy, we know that radiotherapy services are under great strain. i have come from a meeting in parliament with the all party parliamentary group for radiotherapy and radiotherapy uk who have put forward a manifesto for what is required for the country to deliver world—class radiotherapy because we know there are delays. patients are waiting much longer than intended. which is usually challenging for patients and carers. the fact that we are talking about this, talking about waiting lists, talking about cancer in the way it is treated in this country, that is one of the reasons why cancer

charities are saying that the king very much did the right thing going public with this because he has wheezed awareness of these issues, do you agree with that assessment? —— raised awareness. it is important for people in the public life come forward to share and actually earlier diagnosis is forward to share and actually earlier diagnosis— forward to share and actually earlier diagnosis is much more effective to — earlier diagnosis is much more effective to increase _ earlier diagnosis is much more effective to increase your - earlier diagnosis is much more l effective to increase your chance earlier diagnosis is much more - effective to increase your chance of better outcomes with treatment. so really valuable that the king has done this and obviously there are lots of ways of members of the public reaching out either as you mentioned earlier, screening services, excepting screening appointments, if you notice anything unusual with your party, something different, try getting an appointment with your gp. ring 111, seek information from cancer charities and don't delay. get into the system so you can then be referred on to a cancer path that you have the appropriate diagnostic tests. it is absolutely essential. charlotte it has been good to talk to you. thank you, again for that

sound advice. a little bit earlier on the bbc. we heard from the prime minister rishi sunak and he not only wish the king well, but also mention something that was not in the official statement from buckingham palace. that was that he was glad that the cancer in his words, was caught early. i want to perhaps reflect at this moment for anyone watching at home who is worried about the king that not only, was it caught early, but in the statement from the palace, it says, the kink remains wholly pulitzer to about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as it is possible. suicide is the news is for the royalfamily is possible. suicide is the news is for the royal family there is possible. suicide is the news is for the royalfamily there is is possible. suicide is the news is for the royal family there is a little bit of hope thereto. —— as sad as this news is. i want to take you live to qatar to show you pictures because he was secretary of state antony blinken is due to hold a press conference any minute now alongside the qatari

prime minister. he's been in qatar to discuss a proposed pause in the fighting between israel and hamas in the gaza strip. this is the fifth visit to the since the october seventh attacks and the israel war in gaza. israel is warning its forces will move south to rafah to the border in egypt to pursue hamas fighters. some seem very much set for that news conference. we will carry it live just as soon as it begins. in the meantime to be as big as a federal court of appeal has ruled that donald trump does not have immunity from charges that he plotted to overturn the 20/20 election defeat. the former president had argued his executive immunity meant he should not face charges for criminal acts, but the 3—judge panel rejected that claim. donald trump is expected to appeal against that ruling. meaning the case could ultimately be decided by the supreme court. i have been speaking on the programme to our narthex —— north america

correspondent who told me the comments from thejudges correspondent who told me the comments from the judges before the announcement had actually hinted at what the decision was likely to be. there is no surprise with this, but make no mistake, this is a huge setback for donald trump. this is something that this is a defense that he'd been relying on heavily. and basically the argument from mr trump and his lawyers hinged on the idea that a president who is not convicted of impeachment, remember, he was tried twice but not convicted, should therefore not be subject to criminal proceedings that acts they did during the time they were president should not result in criminal prosecution, butjudges were always skeptical about it because their view was, well, you know, by that logic, a president could order the political assassination of a rival or they could sell state secrets and not face any criminal prosecution. so the three judge panel that you mentioned then, this federal appeals court rejected the claim

for the purposes of the election subversion case that donald trump is facing here in dc. and saying that former president trump has essentially become citizen trump and will therefore be treated like any other criminal defendant. but his campaign team has said that they're going to appeal. so it's likely to, just as you mentioned before, end up in the supreme court. so it was scheduled for march. we're not quite sure now when it will be scheduled. it does kick it further down the calendar, which is also something that has been donald trump's tactic when it comes to dealing with the multiple cases that he's facing. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. 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. eight million people on means—tested benefits are now receiving their final cost—of—living payment, to help with high prices and bills. the 299 pound payment will go directly into bank accounts of those eligible, before the 22nd of february, without the need to claim. no further payments of this kind are scheduled, and charities are urging the government to consider more support. you're live with bbc news. the bbc has learned the government

is preparing to offer dentists cash incentives to take on nhs patients and plans to send dental teams into schools to actually treat children's c. rt political correspondent has been telling me more of the details he has learned. dentistry in england has become a huge issue for both political parties with lots of concern that i know is working its way to mps and their know is working its way to mps —.uc their constituency services know is working its way to mps —.1c their constituency services and westminster about access to nhs dentistry. the government is going to be announcing its own what they call, dental recovery plan tomorrow as he sat there. it's going to include things like cash incentives for dentists to take on new patients, also to work in areas where there's currently a shortage of dentists. now, how do we know what the government's going to be announcing tomorrow? well, we know because we were told by backbench mps of various political parties. and how do they know that?

well, they got an email by mistake from the government earlier today. so it's all filtering out a little bit earlier than planned. we don't know if this will be precisely what the government announces tomorrow, but it's likely to be extremely similar because i know the government has been working on this for some time. tell me more details because i'm reading some here and are they talking about golden hellos, around £20,000, is that right and where with that money come from? that would be for _ with that money come from? that would be for the _ with that money come from? “11st would be for the thing i mentioned which is trying to persuade, dentists, not mps to stay in working areas for periods of three years or potentially longer where there is currently a real shortage. they have been come to known as dental deserts and perhaps some people will have seen this footage and images circulating more brightly yesterday of people trying to cue, a really long queue outside of a dental surgery in bristol because people were so desperate to register

potential treatment there. there are a lot of areas in the country where the government is concerned there is a shortage of dentists and those payments would be for dentists to stay and work in areas like that. where with the money come from? well, i don't know, to be candid. that was not included in what was sent to brown to mps. but what was included was the government touting £20,000 of investment, sir £20 million of investment, whether that turns out to be the full amount or will there be others for other aspects of the scheme we will have to wait and see. that is what it will be a bit awkward for the government that this is all come out in a way that they cannot quite control in a message to every mp. let's turn to turkey. 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. our correspondent anna foster is in southern turkey and shared what the land looks like a year on from that deadly earthquake. you will probably remember that in the hours and days after that earthquake, as i travelled around this part of southern turkey, one thing that was omnipresent was huge piles of rubble where thousands of buildings had collapsed early in the morning when the quake hit. and a year on much of antakya, where i am now and other parts of southern turkey, look like this. you can see over there there's just the remains of a badly damaged building. that digger next to it has stopped working for the day now. but just look at this. just cast your eye across here. it is a wasteland. this used to be a really densely populated part of antakya. it's a historic city.

it had so many apartment buildings packed into this bit of land here and now there is nothing left. and people who survived that earthquake and who are now living in tents and containers and have done so throughout this particularly cold turkish winter, are now frustrated and angry that many of them still don't have any prospect of new homes to move into any time soon. president erdogan, on the election trail last year promised more than 300,000 homes would be built in the first year. and in the event, less than a quarter of that has actually been delivered. and across this part of southern turkey and northern syria as well, it has been a 12 months that has been difficult and dangerous in terms of living conditions. and throughout there have been stories of people who've really had to to pick themselves up from the worst kind of adversity. iam i am keeping an eye on that news conference with antony blinken, we are still trying to establish sound.

but we can see the podium that news conferences getting under way. the fifth visit the american secretary of state to the region since october the 7th. we have a translations let's put microphones up and tear a bit of the conference. 1lirui’ith let's put microphones up and tear a bit of the conference.— bit of the conference. with the aeneral bit of the conference. with the general framework _ bit of the conference. with the general framework of - bit of the conference. with the general framework of the - bit of the conference. with the - general framework of the agreement with regard to hostages, the reply includes some comments, but in general it is positive. however, given the sensitivity of the circumstances, we will not tackle details. we are optimistic and have delivered the response to the israeli party. we met today his excellency and discussed the different developments in this war.

notably, the unfortunate expansion that we have been seeing and the repercussions on the security and stability of the region in the past weeks we have witness different tensions in addition to the war on gaza that has expanded beyond the gaza that has expanded beyond the gaza strip to reach different countries such asjordan, lebanon, the iraq, syria and the red sea. i take advantage of this opportunity to express my condolences to his excellency for the death of the us soldiers. we in the state of qatar cannot accept such actions and we cannot accept such actions and we cannot accept such actions and we cannot accept the threatening of the coalition in the region. since the

first day of confrontations we have warned against the threats and the dangers of expansion of these confrontations notably that the region witnesses long—term and long—standing conflicts, unfortunately bees have become a reality and it adds to the complexities, it adds to the complexity of negotiations that's why we call the concerned parties to go back to restrain to avoid escalation, to not make any decisions that would lead to more bloodshed. ., ., .,

bloodshed. there we are going to 'ust sa bloodshed. there we are going to just say goodbye to _ bloodshed. there we are going to. just say goodbye to viewers around the world because as we are at the beginning of this news conference, everyone watching very, very closely about any word on a potential hostage deal and a cease—fire deal. that is what we wait to hear detail both from the attorneys and antony blinken. you are watching bbc news. translation:— blinken. you are watching bbc news. translation: decision to cease-fire, i would like this _ translation: decision to cease-fire, i would like this context _ translation: decision to cease-fire, i would like this context to _ translation: decision to cease-fire, i would like this context to mention i i would like this context to mention that the funding unrwa would have catastrophic repercussions because millions of palestinians would not receive humanitarian assistance and we believe in the importance of the united nations and unrwa and we have to separate between the agency as a un agency that has strong values and the accusations against some of its employees who are being investigated. cannot punish humanitarian agency because of some accusations against some of its employees. throughout the past years we have witnessed the repercussions of the lack of funding and we fear of the lack of funding and we fear of the lack of funding and we fear

of the complete defunding based on our responsibility towards the palestinian brothers and sisters, be affirmed that qatar will keep bringing in the people who need to be treated into qatar. our efforts have led to the entry of medications to gaza particularly to be most affected regions and to those who are still stuck in the strip. thanks to his highness's decision we have sent more than 2000 tonnes of help including the needs for shelter including the needs for shelter including food and to field hospitals. this has been successful with our partners in the uk, france, italy in addition to the organising

committee ofjordan. around 200 injured patients have been sent from gaza to qatar and that, as part of our commitment to provide care, health care to those, in addition to 3000 children who have become orphaned in gaza because of the war. this with all the efforts to de—escalate and with more than four months of confrontations we all have been unable to stop bloodshed and violence. the hospitals are still being targeted, schools are being bombarded and refugees are being killed while moving for the first, second and third time. your excellency, we appreciate your our constant collaboration in different fields, political, humanitarian and we hope that our efforts that have

started four months ago to lead to a cease—fire and to reach a solution thatis cease—fire and to reach a solution that is just and fair for the region. i seize this opportunity to thank you for all of your efforts and i think all of our partners in the un, egypt, france and other partners who are collaborating with us and to different humanitarian and relief assistance to reduce the size of this humanitarian crisis. i look forward to sustaining these discussions between our two countries in order to reach a solution and stability in this region to put an end to this war and look forward to a better future for the region, thank you.— look forward to a better future for the region, thank you. good evening eve one. the region, thank you. good evening everyone. thank _ the region, thank you. good evening everyone. thank you, _ the region, thank you. good evening everyone. thank you, as _ the region, thank you. good evening everyone. thank you, as always - the region, thank you. good evening everyone. thank you, as always for i everyone. thank you, as always for the productive discussions we had today—

the productive discussions we had today with — the productive discussions we had today with the prime minister as welt _ today with the prime minister as welt we — today with the prime minister as well. we have had constant engagement of the highest levels with our— engagement of the highest levels with our respective governments going _ with our respective governments going back many, many weeks now. months _ going back many, many weeks now. months. with an intense focus on the secure _ months. with an intense focus on the secure release of hostages. and getting — secure release of hostages. and getting an extended pause to help address— getting an extended pause to help address the dire humanitarian situation _ address the dire humanitarian situation in gaza. we saw the results — situation in gaza. we saw the results of— situation in gaza. we saw the results of the last pause, the initial— results of the last pause, the initial pause. 105 hostages out. a significant — initial pause. 105 hostages out. a significant increase in humanitarian assistance, — significant increase in humanitarian assistance, getting in. a repair of critical— assistance, getting in. a repair of critical infrastructure in gaza. and, — critical infrastructure in gaza. and. more _ critical infrastructure in gaza. and, more broadly, reduce regional tensions— and, more broadly, reduce regional tensions at— and, more broadly, reduce regional tensions at the same time. so together, _ tensions at the same time. so together, with qatar and egypt, we put forward a serious proposal aimed not simply— put forward a serious proposal aimed not simply at repeating an agreement, but expanding it. as the

prime _ agreement, but expanding it. as the prime minister hasjust said, hamas responded _