hello i'm nicky schiller — welcome to the programme. we start this hour in russia. president putin says all those involved in the attack on a concert hall near moscow — which killed at least 133 people — will be punished. in moscow, people have been leaving flowers in memory of those who died and we've seen candles being lit. others have queued to donate blood for the victims of the massacre. memorials also appeared outside russian embassies in several countries, including the uk. a national day of mourning has been declared for sunday. armed police have been patrolling the area around the crocus city hall. in a televised address, president putin called the attack a �*barbaric terrorist act,�* and said all four gunmen had been detained. the islamic state group says it carried out the attack and released a photograph of four masked men. our russia editor, steve rosenberg has been

to the scene of the attack — and a warning, you may find some of the details in his report, upsetting. it was hard to believe that only yesterday, this was a concert hall. in what was left of crocus city, the full horror of what had happened became clear. the attackers had torched the building. a rock concert became an inferno. gunfire screaming but first the gunmen had opened fire... screaming and gunfire to kill as many of the audience as possible. in one constant stream of bullets. russia says the four gunmen who did this have been arrested. and claims they'd planned to cross into ukraine. kyiv denies any connection to the attack. it's islamic state that's claimed responsibility. president putin promised vengeance. translation: all the perpetrators and organisers of this crime - and those who ordered it will be

justly and inevitably punished, whoever they are, whoever is guiding them. those terrorists, murderers, monsters face the same and enviable fate, retribution and oblivion. in moscow, there were long queues to donate blood for the many who'd been wounded in the attack and rushed to hospital. outside crocus city hall, a hint of the devastation inside. the first thing you notice here isn't the sight of the building, it's the smell. the air is thick with smoke because the concert hall was burning all night. the next thing you notice is what is happening over there, people are bringing flowers, creating a makeshift shrine to the dead. margarita knows she is lucky. she was in the building when the shooting began and got out alive.

translation: when i got home, i hugged my children. _ fell to my knees and said, "i can't begin to describe what happened there, they were shooting at us". i was hysterical, my husband could barely watch. the children were terrified, theyjust hugged me. but so many died here. there were so many victims of the deadliest attack in russia in 20 years. president putin has declared a national day of mourning. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. vladimir zelinsky has reacted angrily to comments by president putin that the men who attacked the concert hall had accomplices in ukraine. vladimir zealinski said it was predictable that putin should remain silent for 2h hours then try and blame the shooting rampage on ukraine. —— president zelensky said.

let's speak to matthew schmidt, professor of planning and strategy, us army school of advanced military studies. i wondered if i could get your reaction to the attack and president putin's speech. the reaction to the attack and president putin's speech-— putin's speech. the attack is horrendous. _ putin's speech. the attack is horrendous. this _ putin's speech. the attack is horrendous. this will - putin's speech. the attack is horrendous. this will leave l putin's speech. the attack isi horrendous. this will leave a lasting hold in our society and, you know, putin's speech was predictable. it's exactly what he's donein predictable. it's exactly what he's done in previous national tragedies like this. he's taken hours and days to respond to the public and then done it by video instead of in person. i'm not sure what it is with him about trying to avoid doing it in public but his attempt to blame this on ukraine is predictable and quite worrisome, honestly. d0 this on ukraine is predictable and quite worrisome, honestly. do you think it is like — quite worrisome, honestly. do you think it is like the _ quite worrisome, honestly. do you think it is like the us _ quite worrisome, honestly. do you think it is like the us is _ quite worrisome, honestly. do you think it is like the us is saying, - think it is like the us is saying, that it think it is like the us is saying, thatitis think it is like the us is saying, that it is likely to be islamic

state to have said they've done it? that seems to be where the intelligence is headed. i would believe that it's the case and that it is not a ukraine sanctioned attack. ., ., it is not a ukraine sanctioned attack. ., i, ,, attack. you mentioned the us intelligence. _ attack. you mentioned the us intelligence. they _ attack. you mentioned the us intelligence. they said - attack. you mentioned the us intelligence. they said there i attack. you mentioned the us - intelligence. they said there might be a possibility of an attack. do you understand why the russians didn't seem to take that on board. putin would have been embarrassed. there's always the question of what happens professional to professional. if a cia agent is talking to its counterpart and saying we have this intel and we want to warn you and then goes up the political chain in the kremlin and the kremlin says we don't want to know this, we won't take information from an enemy state. it is hubris that prevented putin and the russian government from

protecting their citizens. d0 the russian government from protecting their citizens. do you think it is possible _ protecting their citizens. do you think it is possible to _ protecting their citizens. do you think it is possible to prevent i think it is possible to prevent these kinds of attacks? it is ossible these kinds of attacks? it is possible to _ these kinds of attacks? it is possible to determine, - these kinds of attacks? it 3 possible to determine, which is a kind of prevention. it's possible to prevent certain kinds of attacks to lessen the probability of large—scale attacks like the one you see here. but ultimately these kinds of attacks will happen and people are willing to lay down their lives to commit them but i do think russia could have done something and didn't. d0 could have done something and didn't. ,, could have done something and didn't. y ., ~ didn't. do you think the united states and _ didn't. do you think the united states and other _ didn't. do you think the united states and other western - didn't. do you think the united - states and other western countries will be concerned that we've seen the is group carry this out? we know they've been active in syria and iraq and elsewhere. i they've been active in syria and iraq and elsewhere.— they've been active in syria and iraq and elsewhere. i think it was back in september— iraq and elsewhere. i think it was back in september there - iraq and elsewhere. i think it was back in september there was - iraq and elsewhere. i think it was back in september there was a i back in september there was a suicide bombing outside the russian embassy in kabul. isis—k wants to

push resistance out of that area. but particularly in afghanistan where russia has been supporting the taliban, has been hunting isis—k out. i think this particular focus, this particular cell group of larger isis is really focused on russia and not the us, not the uk, not europe. do you think that we've —— do you think that now we've heard comments from president putin that he will go more down the ukraine line with his public so that is the impression he is giving to the russian public because of the war in ukraine? right, so, we will see what happens is the evidence comes out but this is the evidence comes out but this is a situation he would exploit one way or another. there were early reports that there —— that the fsb

ruled out ukraine quickly and said it was isis. that was never made public so i don't know what the line was inside the russian government but putin has clearly decided to take advantage of this situation. what will he do first? he will move mobilisation up. he will use this to be effective. i think what he will do is seek to mobilise conscripts and mobilise volunteers in urban centres in moscow and saint petersburg. he has largely avoided doing that so far. i think this is an attempt to escalate the war and be prepared for larger offensives later in the year.— later in the year. thank you very much forjoining _ later in the year. thank you very much forjoining us. _ later in the year. thank you very much forjoining us. my - later in the year. thank you very l much forjoining us. my pleasure. and you can get more analysis including what we know about the attack on a moscow concert hall and the claim from the islamic state groupon the bbc news website or app.

there's been an outpouring of support for the princess of wales, after revealing she's receiving treatment for cancer. in a video statement, catherine said the diagnosis came as a "huge shock," and that she's in the early stages of chemotherapy. health leaders have praised kate for being "brave" in "speaking out" about her diagnosis. kensington palace, says it's confident the princess will make a full recovery. our correspondent charlotte gallagher is at windsor castle with the latest. speaking to people in windsor today, whether they are locals or tourists, people have been so shocked by this news and also quite upset talking about catherine's three children and the fact she will have to tell her children about her cancer diagnosis. there is a warm feeling towards the prince and princess. this is where they live, their home is about a mile from here,

inside the homes of windsor. it is where people are left alone, it is their community, so people are sending good wishes to catherine and hoping she will be able to have her treatment in peace and recover. our correspondent has been having a look at the events over the last couple of days. this is the national with erica johnson. catherine, the princess of wales made a shocking announcement. making headlines globally. the impact of the princess diagnosis has been felt far and wide. her video message was the most direct and personal we have ever seen the princess. it was also an attempt to shut down the rumours that have created so much noise in recent weeks. i think what the princess of wales is hoping is that this message will be direct enough to appeal to people's better nature's and say, look, the invasion of privacy that has been going on on social media for the last couple of months has been too much, people need to stop and think and not engage in that kind of activity going forward. family has rallied around the princess, including those with whom relations are strained.

the duke and duchess of sussex sent a public message of support. the bbc understand that harry and meghan have reached out privately. in windsor today, where the prince and princess live, public sympathy remains strong. we have been thinking of her all along and wish her the best. they are going through something so private and hard and the public eye on it, it is really tough, to be honest. she has got young kids . and she is a human being. i i thought it was all quite upsettingl and hopefully now they can get a bit of privacy as she heals. protecting her three children has been a priority for the princess of wales. she said she has taken time to explain what is happening to george, charlotte and louis. and reassured them that she's going to be ok. i think it is important when parents are approaching talking to their children about their cancer diagnosis that they plan it, think about it carefully and also they get the right support to help them deal with the emotions it creates in them and that helps them

to do it as well as possible. christmas at sandringham, the last time we saw the princess with the rest of the royal family. the next major gathering of royals will be on easter sunday. the king is hopeful of attending church in windsor that day. but the princess and her family will not be there, as she now recovers privately. daniela relph, bbc news. the royal family will be the royalfamily will be hoping the royal family will be hoping that some of these online conspiracies die down now. it's been a terribly tough time for the princess. she has had to face up to being diagnosed with cancer. she's had to tell her family, three young children, and then there are these conspiracy theories that have been promoted on social media by people with large followings. they've gone out to lots of people. the princess and the

entire royalfamily of people. the princess and the entire royal family will be of people. the princess and the entire royalfamily will be hoping that the news of her diagnosis put a stop to that and now the focus will be on the princess' recovery and getting that treatment. and there have been well wishes from around the world, haven't there? yes. you can meet people in windsor who have come here to see the castle from america, japan, brazil, expressing their wishes for the princess. and you have the world leaders. the us president and his wife expressed their wishes to kate and said how much they loved her. the french president, emmanuel macron, expresses his good wishes. the prime minister of australia. most world leaders have had something to say about the princess and her recovery. here in the uk, rishi sunak, and the opposition leader, sir keir starmer, passed on their wishes as well. it's been the conversation of the day. when you speak to people here people are in such shock about the news. nobody

would have expected that when the princess went in for surgery in january that this would be the result. the video of her speaking to the world and telling them about her diagnosis has touched so many people. she was emotional and seemed vulnerable. lots of people saying how much it upsets them seeing that video and then thinking about her three children, as well. we video and then thinking about her three children, as well.— three children, as well. we saw prince william _ three children, as well. we saw prince william out _ three children, as well. we saw prince william out during - three children, as well. we saw prince william out during the i three children, as well. we saw i prince william out during the week but he's going to withdraw from public events over easter to be with kate and the three children? yes and the will be kate and the three children? yes and they will be spending _ kate and the three children? yes and they will be spending a _ kate and the three children? yes and they will be spending a lot _ kate and the three children? yes and they will be spending a lot of - kate and the three children? yes and they will be spending a lot of time i they will be spending a lot of time at their home in windsor, in adelaide cottage, not far from at their home in windsor, in adelaide cottage, not farfrom here. lovely grounds. lots of woodland. you would think they would be trying to do things as a five, either in the house or in the countryside. slowing down and not doing all of the public events that william is normally at two, three times a week, going out and meeting people. this is a time for the family to come

together and heal. let's speak to erin vanderhoof, she's a staff writer for vanity fair and co—host of the dynasty podcast, which recently dedicated a series to the modern windsors. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. ijust wonder if i might get their reaction stateside to kate's video message and her cancer diagnosis? it video message and her cancer diagnosis?— video message and her cancer dianosis? , , , ,, ., diagnosis? it is best encapsulated b blake diagnosis? it is best encapsulated by blake lively. — diagnosis? it is best encapsulated by blake lively. a _ diagnosis? it is best encapsulated by blake lively, a celebrity - diagnosis? it is best encapsulated by blake lively, a celebrity who i diagnosis? it is best encapsulated i by blake lively, a celebrity who had made a joke about photoshop, you know, going to her instagram and saying, oh, my goodness, i can't believe it, ifeel so awful about having done that. in general it has been a pretty chastening moment for a lot of who i think were, you know, getting involved in speculation in a more playful way. getting involved in speculation in a more playful way-— getting involved in speculation in a more playful way. because there was a lot of speculation _ more playful way. because there was a lot of speculation in _ more playful way. because there was a lot of speculation in the _ more playful way. because there was a lot of speculation in the us, - more playful way. because there was a lot of speculation in the us, even l a lot of speculation in the us, even chat show host talking about it. well you surprised at how much there was about kate before we had this video? , , �* , .,

was about kate before we had this video? , , �*, ., video? definitely. it's not the most normal thing _ video? definitely. it's not the most normalthing to _ video? definitely. it's not the most normal thing to be _ video? definitely. it's not the most normal thing to be an _ video? definitely. it's not the most normal thing to be an american i video? definitely. it's not the most normal thing to be an american to| normal thing to be an american to think about it as much as i do. i really do believe people were coming to learn about it like some of the more odd parts of royal communications and what they do day to day, the royals, and it wasjust that information that fuelled a lot of speculation and involvement but it really had very little to do with what was actually going on. do you now think that _ what was actually going on. do you now think that social _ what was actually going on. do you now think that social media - now think that social media speculation will be quelled? i think it is impossible _ speculation will be quelled? i think it is impossible to _ speculation will be quelled? i think it is impossible to quell— speculation will be quelled? i think it is impossible to quell social i it is impossible to quell social media entirely. the internet is not a hive mind, it is individual people. in terms of being honest about herjourney people. in terms of being honest about her journey and people. in terms of being honest about herjourney and the touching video, i think in general people really do... i think there was a space where people didn't know what was going on and now there are answers to that and also an understandable explanation as to why the family has been so private and

so withdrawn about it, i think at least the people who have genuine concern will be quelled. you least the people who have genuine concern will be quelled.— least the people who have genuine concern will be quelled. you look at the royals- — concern will be quelled. you look at the royals- it _ concern will be quelled. you look at the royals. it is— concern will be quelled. you look at the royals. it is difficult _ concern will be quelled. you look at the royals. it is difficult for- concern will be quelled. you look at the royals. it is difficult for the i the royals. it is difficult for the palace on how they deal with this because, of course, medical issues are private for all of us but kate is so totally in the public eye. bind is so totally in the public eye. and in general. _ is so totally in the public eye. and in general, this _ is so totally in the public eye. fific in general, this is why the royal family does kind of work as a family together. for hundreds of years they've been seen as models for family life, for both the uk and around the world and it means that there is no hard and fast line between what is private and what isn't for them obviously. but in general it seems like kate has been able... she has actually been able to be, you know, being the driver seat and decided how to announce this. even if the speculation made it inevitable that something would to come out. it inevitable that something would to come out-— it inevitable that something would to come out. ., ~ i. , . ., to come out. thank you very much for “oinin us to come out. thank you very much for joining us on — to come out. thank you very much for joining us on bbc— to come out. thank you very much for

joining us on bbc news. _ to come out. thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. thank - to come out. thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. thank you. i now it's time for a look at today's sport. it's been a busy day of international football, and in arguably the most high profile match of them all, it was brazil who came out on top against england at wembley. there was a moment of applause before kick—off for terry venables. this was the first england international since the death of their former manager at the age of 80 last november brazil came closest in the first half — lucas paqueta hitting the post. they did eventually get the breakthrough — 17—year—old endrick with his first international goal — ten minutes from time — to seal the 1—0 win and he has also become the youngest scorer at wembley in a senior international. plenty of other notable friendlies being played on saturday. including a win for brazil's rivals argentina as they beat el savador 3—0.

elsewhere, two favourites for this years euros are meeting in lyon as france take on germany — florian wirtz with grmany�*s goal after just eight seconds, havertz with the second. belgium were held to a gaolless draw in dublin by republic of irealnd. the republic missed a penalty as well. austria beat slovakia and denmark against switzerland finished goalless. there have been more delays at the miami open because of persistent rain — meaning a busy schedule has become even more compact. five british players were set to be in action on saturday — andy murray was one of those. he's resumed his second round match against tomas etcheverry. that has gone, well, he raced through the tie—break in the first set 7—0. it is 3—2 in the second. it looks like it is going with sir.

jack draper is also on court — playing chile's nicolas jarry — that's currently into a deciding set. the last time i looked jack draper was one break—up. cameron norrie, dan evans and katie boulter all set to follow. still massive delays in miami. max verstappen's perfect start to the new formula one season continues, he's already won the first two races from pole max verstappen's perfect start to the new formula one season continues, he's already won the first two races from pole and the world champion has qualified quickest for sunday's australian grand prix in melbourne. the red bull driver was pushed close by ferarri's carlos sainz — the spaniard made an impressive return to action after missing the last race two weeks to have his appendix out. it was a tale of two englishman in the indian premier league — as the punjab kings got off to a winning start. chasing 175 to win, sam curran top scored with 63 off 47 balls to put his side in control before liam livingstone came to the crease and hit an unbeaten 38 —

which included a six to secure victory against the delhi capitals. elsewhere, the kolkata knight riders beat the sunrisers hydrabad by 4 runs. it's the opening weekend in the women's six nations championship. last year's runners—up france ran in five tries against. ireland for a bonus point win in le mans. the french have been second to england for the last 4 years and will face the red roses in the final round of fixtures in the championship. they are off to strong start winning 38—17. despite defeat, ireland will take some positives given that they lost by 50 points to the french in the last six nations scotland's women celebrated a rare win in wales, their first in 20 years. they won 20—18 at the cardiff arms park. wales scored a late try but missed the conversion in the final minute which would have earned a draw. finally, just back to football and there was a heart—warming moment for the former england maanger sven goren eriksson. he was maanging a liverpool legends team, he saw his side come from 2—0 down to beat an �*ajax greats' team 4—2 at anfield. after recently announcing he'd been diagnosed with terminal cancer, erikssen had said he'd always

dreamed of managing liverpool during his career and says he was brought to tears as the fans sang "you'll never walk alone" before kick—off. and that's all the sport for now. thanks very much. here in the uk, the father of damilola taylor, who was killed aged 10, has died. richard taylor — who was 75 and seen here with the dark red tie on — had spent years campaigning for disadvantaged children after his son was stabbed to death, with a broken bottle, in 2000 in peckham in south london. he set up the damilola taylor trust to campaign against knife crime. to the middle east next. the united nations chief, antonio guterres, has visited the rafah crossing and has made a renewed call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. his call came on the day the hamas run health ministry in gaza said 19

people waiting for aid have been killed by israeli forces — the israeli army has denied firing on the crowd. mr guterres said it was time to silence the guns and stop the nightmare ? describing the ongoing loss of life there as a moral outrage. hundreds of trucks waiting are waiting at the border crossing to bring much needed aid into gaza. mr guterres' visit comes as israel faces mounting international pressure to allow more goods into the territory — as fears mount of imminent famine. nothing justifies the horrific attacks by hamas on the 7th of october. nothing justifies the collective punishment of the palestinian people. now more than ever it is time for a immediate humanitarian ceasefire. it is time to silence the guns. palestinians in

gaza. children, women, men remain stuck in a nonstop nightmare. communities are obliterated. homes demolished. entire families and generations wiped out. with hunger and starvation stalking the population. some of the well�*s most famous landmarks turned off their lights as they were taking part in earth hour. normally you would see the london eye in the centre of that picture but that is one of the london landmarks that has turned off its lights. amongst the others, the old bailey, tower bridge, and the barbican art centre. we will be talking about that later in this hour. finally this half hour i want to show you these pictures. these black bears wasted no time clambering

on to a swan pedalo. it happened in their enclosure at woburn safari park in bedfordshire, in the uk. and the man to blame is bears keepers tommy babbington who added the quirky paddle boat to keep the animals entertained after a very winter fomed a pool of water at the site. stay with us here on bbc news. it was a day of dodging the downpours. really heavy showers out there driven in by some big storm clouds, including this one captured by one of our weather watchers. the lumpy shape forms when the air is very turbulent and unstable. that is driven by an area of low pressure allowing the storm clouds to bubble up. a brisk north—westerly wind bringing the stormy showers through. this system goes over the north sea overnight. still windy for north—east scotland and eastern england. showers in north—east scotland which will be wintry over

high ground. clear spells elsewhere. because of the strength of the wind it won't be a particularly cold night but getting down to between three and six celsius. the area of pressure slipping away eastwards. a ridge of high pressure, you can barely see it here, means another weather system will approach from the west. sunday is a window fine weather with showers and winds down the east coasts. some showers in northern scotland. clouds thickening up northern scotland. clouds thickening up over northern ireland. could be thicker raining into the western counties and also in western parts of cornwall and pembrokeshire. not as chilly as today, between eight and i2 celsius. this system moves into monday. but instead of sweeping through it meanders and takes its time. this weather front door doors. not moving through quickly in fact rain lingering across western england, wales, northern ireland. if the rain gets into parts of scotland

we could see snow developing over high ground. if we keep hold of sunshine in the south—east corner we might get 12 degrees. 7 degrees across northern scotland. by tuesday, some of us will be left in relatively cold air so any showers in northern areas will be wintry over high ground. it'll be a very wet day in the south—west. temperatures between seven and ii celsius. into the easter weekend, it looks unsettled. showers and longer spells of rain turning a little bit milder, particularly in the south, but cold air may linger in the north the uk.

this is bbc news, the headlines: four gunmen have been arrested after 133 people were killed in a moscow concert hall attack — president putin has vowed those responsible will be punished. the islamic state group says it was behind the attack — releasing a photo of four masked men it says were involved. an outpouring of support for the princess of wales — after she revealed she's in the early stages of cancer treatment. in a video statement, catherine said the diagnosis came as a "huge shock". health leaders have praised kate for being "brave" in "speaking out". the health ministry in gaza says the number of people killed by israeli forces while waiting for aid on the outskirts of

gaza city has risen to at least 19. the israeli army has denied firing on the crowd. they re said to have been hit by tank fire and shelling at a roadside distribution point. let's get more on our top story — the attack on a concert hall near moscow that has left at least 133 people dead. the islamic state group has said it was behind the attack, but president putin says the gunmen were trying to flee to ukraine. that's an allegation kyiv has described as �*absurd'. so what do we know about who may have launched the attack? here's our security correspondent, gordon corera. gunfire. chaos and confusion as gunmen begin shooting inside the concert hall at crocus city. this footage, verified by the bbc shows the gunmen in the foyer. but who are they? isis, the group calling itself islamic state, today issued a statement said its men,

seen here, were responsible. that is not something we can independently confirm and the issue of who was responsible is deeply contentious. more than two weeks ago, the us issued this warning to its citizens in moscow, saying what it called extremists thought to mean isis might target large gatherings, including concerts. it communicated the intelligence directly to moscow. but three days before the statement a kremlin statement was issued in which vladimir putin dismissed that warning, describing it as provocative and an attempt to destabilise russia. the russian security services say they stopped this car and that the four men involved in the attack have been arrested. but rather than say anything about isis, the kremlin suggested they were heading away from the scene and towards ukraine. that might be an attempt to deflect the blame there and away from moscow.

one of russia's tv channels even broadcast this last night. a fake video of a top ukrainian security official suggesting ukraine was involved. bbc verify has established two different videos were put together to make this, with the words most probably generated by artificial intelligence. after any attack there are always questions about whether it could be stopped. but in this case those questions look especially difficult for moscow. gordon correra, bbc news. there is much more analysis on the moscow attack on the bbc news website or the app. let's return now to the princess of wales and her cancer diagnosis. health leaders have praised catherine for being "brave" in "speaking out". earlier, i spoke tojon shelton — head of cancer intelligence at cancer research uk, who explained the impact a cancer diagnosis can

have on a young family. i want to just start off by saying that on behalf of everyone at cancer research uk, we wish the royal highness a full, swift recovery and return to good health. the braveness in coming out and sharing the message yesterday will be very difficult for the family, as it has been of receiving that diagnosis in the first place. sharing it with the family and with the children, the difficult messages that is for them. bringing it out, bring it in the public allowing us to talk about it also allows us to kind of think about ourselves and how cancer can affect us, how we know our bodies, and what we can do about it if we think something might be wrong with our body, something that might feel different, to actually go and get it checked out yourself, contact your gp and don't wait or ignore it. it's much better to go and get some help, get support, get it checked out so we can see if there is something wrong. if it is cancer, the earlier we can detect it earlier we can diagnos it and start treatment, the much better the chances of positive outcomes. yeah, of course, when king charles had his cancer diagnosis, there was a big rise in people coming forward to get checked out.

one of the big questions i saw today that people are searching is what is preventative chemotherapy? perhaps you might be able to explain that for us. yeah, so with many different cancer types, surgery will be the main attempt at curative treatment. but with with surgery or with attempt to remove the tumour, there is a chance that there is a very small bit of tumour kind of left behind. so chemotherapy and what we call adjuvant chemotherapy is therefore used to try to prevent that cancer from coming back, or recurrence as we generally refer to it. so the chemotherapy is used after after the surgery. it's there to try to mop up any tiny bit of cancer that is left in the body to make sure that there's really reducing that chance of cancer returning in future. kate, in her video message was very positive. we don't know what the type of cancer is, but i assume that her age and the fact that it has been caught are both very positive. it is. i mean, putting in perspective, in women, only about 3% of cancers that are diagnosed in women are diagnosed around the a0 to 45—year—old age group.

so it is less common. most cancers are diagnosed in older people, but we do have kind of over 1000 cancers diagnosed every day. so there are lots of people across the uk getting this news of cancer. and so it's really, really, important to kind of think about how we kind of share this, how we talk about it, and how this kind of comes back to how we think about ourselves searching help where we can can get to it. having her royal highness kind of be so open and sharing the news with us about her cancer diagnosis can just lead towards thinking about ourselves and, as i say, searching for information a bit more ofjust knowing your body, responding to your body, and knowing if there's something concerning for you to seek help and that can be the start of actually finding something, treating it early and the best outcomes could come from it. yeah, you talk about talking about it and there's impact on the wider family as well. how do you advise people particularly to explain to young

children like george, charlotte and louis that their mother's got cancer? yeah, i mean, receiving a diagnosis even for an individual is extremely difficult, to then sharing it with with other adults can be extraordinarily tough. sharing that with your children as well is really difficult thing to do. it's really not easy. there's resources out there that can help. being prepared is really kind of crucial for that. cancer research uk has resources about talking to children. there are other organisations that have plenty of resources out there that can help. it's really important to kind of take the time in explaining it to children. you don't have to tell them everything at once. parents usually know their children best and the best way to kind of communicate with them. but being honest with them, there'll be often times that children will have questions that we might not be able to answer, and it's ok to not have all the answers. going through that course of treatment, you will get different answers from your clinician as you kind of go. so it's ok not to have all the answers at once, but there's also a consideration of letting others kind

of know about it as well. for example, carers or teachers so that they know what's happening so they can help support your child or something as a child perhaps responds a day or two later, or is in an unusual mood that they're aware of what's going on in the family situation. so that communication with the families is really important, but it is a very difficult thing to do. and using the support that's available to people is really important. jon shelton from cancer research uk. let's return to the israel—gaza war. the first british field hospital has been set up in gaza and is aiming to be fully functioning early next week. the hospital was sent by truck from manchester to provide life—saving medical treatment for the sick and injured in gaza. it has been established by a team from the aid organisation, uk med, which deploys many nhs staff to emergencies. uk med already has surgical teams working in the al aqsa hospital, the only hospital still functioning in the centre of the gaza strip. from jerusalem, our senior international correspondent orla guerin sent this report. wheeled through the chaos.

12—year—old anis, another young victim of israel's assault on gaza. he is on his way to surgery in al aqsa hospital, a team from uk med standing by. so, without the patient with a femoral fracture. he is a very brave boy. so, let's go. anat says he was playing when his neighbourhood was bombed. he was injured and his mother and six—month—old baby brother were killed. "may god have mercy on their souls," he says. the surgery goes well. it is one of hundreds the team have at the hospital. for they have been faced with desperate need are some

of the worst war can do. i have worked on many war zones over the past nine years and what shocks me about this particular context is the number of children injured that we are seeing, and the extent of the injuries. they are life changing injuries. with gaza overwhelmed and under israeli attack, the uk team have been building a new facility. it is in the desert sands north of rafah. they got started with local timber from destroyed buildings, when theirfield hospital was held up at the border. it took a lot of negotiation to get planned, and to get things across the border. it has been a challenge to find staff, challenge to communicate, none of the phones work, the internet doesn't work, and everything somehow has to be made to work in order to bring essential urgent

life—saving services. they are already seeing about 100 outpatients a day here, and they expect to double that soon. the doctors are ready to treat everything from minor illnesses to gunshot wounds. and if israel carries out a ground invasion of rafah, as it is threatening to do, this field hospital could be crucial. orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem. we heard a little from the the united nationes secretary general earlier. antonio guterres spoke to the bbc�*s hugo bachega about the difficulties to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. you have just seen a long you havejust seen a long queue of trucks with aid waiting to enter gaza. these trucks are not getting in, what's happening? first gaza. these trucks are not getting in, what's happening?— in, what's happening? first of all there has been _ in, what's happening? first of all there has been a _ in, what's happening? first of all there has been a number- in, what's happening? first of all there has been a number of- in, what's happening? first of all i there has been a number of obstacles that have limited the number of trucks that can enter gaza. most of

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there is still no sign of the truce on site in sedan, throwing the country into chaos. since the war more than one million refugees have arrived in neighbouring chad. experts warn that in darfur in the west, a repeat of what they call genocide 20 years ago may be starting again. top un officials that the conflict has plunged sudan into one of the wet humanitarian nightmares in history and could trigger the well�*s largest hunger crisis as widespread families. during his trip to egypt, the un general secretary is also calling for an end to the violence in sudan. he is expected to meet sudanese refugees who fled the fighting for a meal, breaking the daily ramadan fast. here in the uk, the father of damilola taylor, who was killed aged ten, has died. richard taylor — who was 75 and seen here with the dark red tie on —

had spent years campaigning for disadvantaged children after his son was stabbed to death, with a broken bottle, in 2000 in peckham in south london. he set up the damilola taylor trust to campaign against knife crime. dr olu coker is a trustee at the damilola taylor trust and knew richard closely. he's told us a little about richard's campaign work. his personal project to purpose. he believed that young people, given the right support, can walk on a path of contributing to community rather than being a problem. so he had this vision that he wants to get all young people engaged in positive activity. he believed they've got talent. he believed they have skills. he believed with support, they can excel. and that has been the focus of this work over many decades.

so far, at the earlier stage of the trust, he focused on getting young people into careers, and he collaborated with the king's college to give access to disadvantaged people to come in to the medical profession. and he also campaigned in schools around issues of knife crime. he launched a number of projects on the platform of the damilola trust to equip young people with the right skills to access work. now the human body is an amazing thing. i want to show you some pictures now of the moment a british runner made history by becoming the first woman to finish one of the world's hardest ultramarathons. jasmin paris, from midlothian, conquored the barkley marathons in tennessee with just one minute 39 seconds to spare of the 60—hour cut off. the gruelling mission covers 100 miles — or 160 kilometres — but with a mixture of climbs and decents — that are 60,000 feet or 18,000 metres —

that's about twice the height of the mount everest. earlier we spoke to stephen cousins, an ultramarathon runner who has his own youtube station dedicated to the sport and asked him about the marathon course. the race has been going for many, many years. 1989 was when it first became a 100 mile event, although i should say they say it's100 miles, it is more than 100 miles. there are five loops of a place called frozen head state park in tennessee. frozen head state park is a wild terrain. barbs cut into your legs. the ascents are very, very steep. and as you said, if you finish all five loops of the berkeley marathons, you'll have not only covered well over 100 miles, possibly 120, 130 miles. and if you go wrong even

further, but you'll have climbed essentially twice of everest�*s height. it's a very difficult race to complete. in the years that it's been running, i said since 1989 there have only been. until yesterday there had only been 17 individualfinishes. now just contemplate how many people finish the london marathon every year. 17 finishers across the entire spectrum of that event. in all the years it's been going and none of them have been a woman, it's all been men up until last night. and jazmin paris became the first ever woman to complete the berkeley marathons. how do you prepare and train for something like that? i think with anything, you have to start small and grow. you know, jasmine started out, fell running. i mean, she's actually from derbyshire and she started out in the fells in derbyshire, learning to climb, learning to go

hours and hours in the mountains. and she eventually developed, won some races. so she won a very famous thing called the fellsman. then she she went on and she won one of the toughest races in the uk, a stage race overfive days in wales called the dragon's back. so she won that. that's another stepping stone along the route. then you may remember that in 2019 a lady won the spine race, which is 268 miles in the winter along the pennine way. and this lady breast—fed her child. well, she she expressed milk for her child at all the aid stations along the route. that was jasmine parris. so she's learned, she's grown, she's trained hard in races, and of course, you know, you have to train every week and be

consistent building up your mileage, building up the strength and endurance in your body to to even attempt the berkeley marathons. there are some very, very famous, well rounded runners with huge amounts of experience who get one loop done of the berkeley marathons and then tap out and say, "that was too hard." jasmine did all five loops. and finally, have you tried it? would you try it, briefly? do you know what, i would absolutely love to give it a go. a friend of mine actually was in this year's berkeley marathon, somebody who i've run with and he managed one loop. i'd like to think on a good day i'd get one done, but the thought of doing all five and 60 hours and you know, that was a tight finish, wasn't it amazing? congratulations again to jasmine paris, there is no way in the world

i would even try to do that. some of the world's most famous landmarks have turned off their lights and been plunged into darkness taking part in earth hour. the global event aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and the impact of climate change. here is the moment the sydney opera house in australia flicked the switch, in unison with the sydney harbour bridge. injapan , this is the tokyo tower having its lights switched off. a sight rarely seen, hong kong's victoria harbour and city skyline in darkness as part of the campaign. and here's bangkok 5 iconic temple of dawn, going dark. and this was the moment the lights on the eiffel tower in paris went off. the movement is organised by the world wildlife fund and their uk chief executive, tanya steelejoins me now.

thank you forjoining us. we saw the lights in london go. we the live pictures of the london skyline where the lights have started to come back on. what does the wwf hope to achieve by running this event? it is achieve by running this event? it is a moment of— achieve by running this event? it 3 a moment of unity that brings the world together to really shine a spotlight on nature. but also to encourage people to give an hour to nature. we are hoping this will become a habit, whether people give an hour every day, every week every month. we know it is so important in our daily lives come in our health and also in the fight against climate change as well. there is an hour actually _ climate change as well. there is an hour actually make _ climate change as well. there is an hour actually make any _ climate change as well. there is an hour actually make any difference, | hour actually make any difference, if we are being brutally honest? it looks pretty, but does it have any impact, just an hour of the lights going off? impact, just an hour of the lights aioin off? ~ ., ,., impact, just an hour of the lights anoinoff? ~ ., , ., going off? millions of people doing something for— going off? millions of people doing something for nature _ going off? millions of people doing something for nature does - going off? millions of people doing something for nature does make i going off? millions of people doing | something for nature does make an extraordinary difference. you have

just shown the pictures around the world and we have yet to reach the americas. it also this is a year in which millions of people, half the people will be going to the polls. it is an opportunity also for citizens to use their voice with political leaders about what is important to them. protecting our environment and restoring nature, bringing the world back to life so we can hand it on to future generations in a better state than we found it. i generations in a better state than we found it— generations in a better state than we found it. . , , :: , ., we found it. i saw a survey, 70% of --eole we found it. i saw a survey, 70% of people still— we found it. i saw a survey, 70% of people still think _ we found it. i saw a survey, 70% of people still think it _ we found it. i saw a survey, 70% of people still think it is _ we found it. i saw a survey, 70% of people still think it is possible i we found it. i saw a survey, 70% of people still think it is possible to i people still think it is possible to avoid the worst effects of climate change? avoid the worst effects of climate chan i e? ., , avoid the worst effects of climate chan i e? . , ., , avoid the worst effects of climate chane? . , . , ., change? that is right, nature is our sinle change? that is right, nature is our single greatest _ change? that is right, nature is our single greatest ally _ change? that is right, nature is our single greatest ally in _ change? that is right, nature is our single greatest ally in the - change? that is right, nature is our single greatest ally in the fight i single greatest ally in the fight against climate change. it already absorbs 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions. it does an incredible job every single day. we actually need more nature on our planet to help in the fight against climate change. it is also critical how we look after nature and we rely on it for food, water and every breath we take.

ensuring we are not damaging the rivers, polluting them and destroying forests, calling out to ensure we have those environmental protections, but we're also doing everything we can help nature recover and come back to life. it is difficult sometimes for individuals to know what they can do. for example, in this building a lot of us are trying to turn off televisions, which we have lots of them when we leave the building. what are little things that individuals can do to try and tackle climate change? i individuals can do to try and tackle climate change?— climate change? i think there is lots of little _ climate change? i think there is lots of little things _ climate change? i think there is lots of little things we - climate change? i think there is lots of little things we can i climate change? i think there is lots of little things we can do, | lots of little things we can do, definitely in terms of the energy we use, the few choices we have in terms of skipping certain kinds of food, whether it is meat free monday, cycling to work, taking public transport. i would also say that every part of society has got to play its role. making consumer choices in terms of the businesses and shops they buy from, but importantly it is critical citizens let their political leaders know what's important and what our expectations as well as i hope so.

that is where the really big decisions are made for a climate and certainly for our natural environment. we do need to look after our world.— after our world. thank you for “oinin after our world. thank you for joining us _ after our world. thank you for joining us on _ after our world. thank you for joining us on bbc— after our world. thank you for joining us on bbc news. i after our world. thank you for joining us on bbc news. stay| after our world. thank you for i joining us on bbc news. stay with after our world. thank you for - joining us on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. hello. it was a day of dodging the downpours. some really heavy showers out there driven by some big storm clouds, including this one captured by one of our weather watchers in surrey. the lumpy shape here indicative of what we call mammoths, clouds they form when the air is very turbulent, very unstable. and you can see that unstable air, all driven by an area of low pressure, allowing these big storm clouds to bubble up. a brisk northwesterly wind blowing those showers and storms through. the center of our area of low pressure moving out into the north sea overnight. that's still quite windy for eastern scotland and eastern england.

still some showers in northeast scotland, which will be wintry over high ground, clear spells elsewhere. because of the strength of the wind it's not going to be a particularly cold night, but still getting down to between three and six degrees. so all area of low pressure sliding away eastwards. very briefly, a ridge of high pressure, you can barely see it here on the chart. there is another weather system then approaching from the west. so for sunday, it's really a window of fine weather with some showers and still some brisk winds down this east coast. still some showers at times in northern scotland. and then through the afternoon, cloud thickening up across northern ireland, a little bit of rain maybe into western counties by the very end of the day. also perhaps into the west of cornwall, parts of pembrokeshire, not as chilly as it has been today, eight to 12 degrees. and then here comes this frontal system as we move on into monday. but instead of sweeping quickly through, it sort of meanders and takes its time. it does dawdle this weather front. so not moving through quickly, in fact, rainjust lingering across western england, wales, northern ireland.

if the rain gets up into southern and central parts of scotland, where we could see some snow developing, some quite significant snow actually over higher ground. if we keep hold of some sunshine in the southeast corner, we may get to 12 degrees, just four to 7 across the north of scotland. by tuesday, many of us will actually be left in some relatively cold air. so any showers you do see in the north of the uk could be wintry over high ground, slow moving band of rain could sit in place across south wales, south west england. the channel islands, could be really wet day here. and those temperatures, no great shakes, seven to 11 degrees. as we head towards the end of the week and into the easter weekend it looks really unsettled. showers or longer spells of rain turning a little bit milder, particularly in the south. but cold air may linger in the north of the uk.

live from london. this is bbc news four gunmen are arrested after 133 people were killed in the moscow concert hall attack — the islamic state group says it was behind the attack. iam in i am in windsor, the home of the prince and princess of wales. in the last few moments they've released a statement saying they are moved by the public�*s warmth and response after princess catherine revealed her cancer diagnosis. the health ministry in gaza says 19 people — waiting for aid — have been killed by israeli forces. the israeli army denies firing on the crowd. and these black bears who managed to get their paws on a pedalo!

hello, i'm nicky schiller. we will have the latest on the attack in moscow shortly, but first within the last few minutes, kensington palace has issued a statement, on behalf of the prince and princess of wales after catherine revealed she's receiving treatment for cancer. let's go live to our correspondent, charlotte gallagher who is at windsor castle for us. what does this statement say? it is really expressing how warmly they appreciate those sentiments from people coming in from right across the world. the prince and princess are both enormously touched by the kind messages from people here in the uk, across the commonwealth, and around the world. in response to her royal highness is message. they are extremely moved by the public�*s warmth and support and are grateful for the understanding of their request for privacy at this

time. really underlining that the