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 princess needs peace and privacy to continue her treatment and recover at home. ., ., , . at home. you have been in windsor all da , at home. you have been in windsor all day. how— at home. you have been in windsor all day. how has — at home. you have been in windsor all day, how has the _ at home. you have been in windsor all day, how has the news - at home. you have been in windsor all day, how has the news of- at home. you have been in windsor all day, how has the news of kate'si all day, how has the news of kate's cancer gone down there with both the locals and indeed the tourists? people have been really shocked. when you speak to people that is what they want to talk about. they were saying how upset they were for the princess and herfamily. a lot of people brought up the fact she has three young children and she would have had to have told them that news and how difficult that would have been for her and her family. and also talking about how emotional she seemed in that video message, how vulnerable she seemed. we've never seen her looking that vulnerable before and how much their heart went out to her. a lot of people expressing their sympathy for the princess and herfamily people expressing their sympathy for the princess and her family and a lot of people saying that really now those conspiracy theories that had been spread online about the whereabouts of her and her health

really needed to stop so she could recover and have her treatment in peace without worrying what people were saying about her online because were saying about her online because we saw, didn't we, that these theories, these wild theories snowballed massively on social media and were promoted by people with millions of followers in some cases. that would have been an added stress for the princess, notjust her diagnosis and having to tell her family what was happening but also that rumours were spreading like wildfire about her. also that rumours were spreading like wildfire about her.— wildfire about her. also very stressful _ wildfire about her. also very stressful at _ wildfire about her. also very stressful at the _ wildfire about her. also very stressful at the moment - wildfire about her. also very stressful at the moment for| wildfire about her. also very - stressful at the moment for prince william because it isn't only his wife who has cancer but also his father, king, and i understand he will withdraw from public events for easter so he can be with his family? yes, he's been really busy in the last few weeks. we've seen him at different events across the uk. at this moment he has decided, as many people would, that the best place for him to be is with his family at home so he will be spending the easter break with his wife and three

children we think at their home in adelaide cottage, which is on the grounds of the windsor estate. there is a beautiful wildlife and woodland. and they will have their piece in their sanctuary together. so we won't see prince william out and about during that time. —— they will have their peace and their sanctuary together. it will probably just be the queen, queen camilla, she was out in northern ireland earlier this week meeting people, doing public visits there so at the moment she is the only senior royal who will be out and about. there are others. there is princess ann, prince edward and his wife, sophie the duchess of edinburgh, but it is a small group of senior royals at the moment who are going to be able to go out and meet the public and carry out public events because the king is simply too unwell, catherine is unwelcome and what he wants to take that time to support his wife and look after their children. thank ou ve and look after their children. thank

you very much- _ vladimir putin says all four gunmen involved in the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow, have been detained. at least 133 people died in the assault, when masked men burst into the venue yesterday, firing indiscriminately, and detonating explosives. in a televised address, mr putin called it a "barbaric terrorist act" and blamed ukraine, despite the islamic state group saying it carried out the attack. this evening the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, reacted angrily to accusations his country was involved, and accused russia of trying to �*shift the blame'. steve rosenberg has the very latest, and a warning you may find some of the details, distressing. 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.

shooting but first, the gunmen had opened fire. 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 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 unenviable 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. and the next thing you notice is what's happening over there — people are bringing flowers, creating a makeshift shrine to the dead. margarita knows she's 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. as we've been hearing the islamic state group has claimed responsiblity for the attack, but president putin says the gunmen were trying to flee to ukraine, an allegation kyiv described as �*absurd'. so what do we know about who was responsible? here's 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. you can get more analysis on the russian attack on the bbc news website and app. 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 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. i've been speaking to dr konstilia karydi, an anaesthetist who was in the european gaza hospital, about her time there and what she witnessed. the european khalsa hospital in khan younis, one of two government function hospital at the moment. before the war it had a bed capacity of 220 beds and when we were there it had around 1000 patients. so about four times the number of beds that they had. and part of the 1000 patients, the hospital is a centre for 22,000 internally displaced people who live in the hospital because it's considered a safe place to live.

if anything can be safe at the moment in gaza. and there are people everywhere, there are people living in the external space of the hospital and in beds they make up from anything they can find. there are people that are living inside the hospital, in the corridors. as we were walking towards the operating theatres, families use bedsits to create some privacy to have their home. and we were just walking through people's homes and some people didn't even have this privacy, they were just sleeping on mattresses on the floor or even

without the mattresses. these are the lucky ones, as i said, they are in a relatively safe place. so you can imagine that the hospital, that it's made for 220 patients does not have the infrastructure for 23,000 people at the moment. it doesn't have enough toilets, enough sewers, whenever we had water, obviously. we didn't have water always. and this overcrowding in combination with the lack of hygiene, because of the lack of infrastructure is the perfect mix for infectious diseases. we all have lived through covid, we all know what overcrowding means with infectious diseases. it is just terrible, terrible. well, as we've been hearing, kensington palace has in the last fifteen minutes issued a statement,

on behalf of the prince and princess of wales, saying they're "extremely moved by the public�*s warmth and support," after catherine revealed she's receiving treatment for cancer. here's daniela relph. this is the national with erica johnson. | catherine, the princess of wales, made a shocking announcement... making headlines globally. kate middleton... the impact of the princess's diagnosis has been felt far and wide. her video message was the most direct and personal we have ever seen the princess. this, of course, came as a huge shock... . it was also an attempt to shut down the rumours. i think what the princess of wales is hoping is that this message will be direct enough to appeal to people's better natures and say, look, the invasion of privacy that has been going on, on social media for the last couple of months has just been way too much. people need to stop and think and not engage in that kind of activity going forward.

and now a fresh statement from kensington palace, a public it said... 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 understands they have also reached out privately. in windsor today, where the prince and princess live, public sympathy remains strong. we've been thinking of her all along and wish her the best. they're going through something so private and hard and, you know, the public eye on it, it's really tough, to be honest. yeah, she's got young kids, right? and she's a human being, so i thought it was - all quite upsetting.

protecting her three children has been a priority for the princess of wales. she said she's taken time to explain and reassure george, charlotte and louis. i think it's really important, when parents are approaching, talking to their children about their cancer diagnosis, that they plan it, they think about it carefully. and also they get the right support to help them deal with the emotions that it creates in them. and that helps them to do it 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. let's take you back now to that

attack in the moscow concert hall and kyiv has angrily dismissed the claims by the russian leader that ukraine could had been involved. ukrainian president zelensky accused putin of seeking to "shift the blame". let's speak to our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford, who is in kyiv. so president zelensky hitting out at president putin. how concerned is kyiv that this could be used to escalate the war? what has he had to say? this was a stron: what has he had to say? this was a strong statement _ what has he had to say? this was a strong statement from _ what has he had to say? this was a strong statement from volodymyr i strong statement from volodymyr zelensky in his evening address and part of it was dedicated to the accusations coming from moscow against ukraine. he called vladimir putin and others in russia scum. he turned the accusation around and said it was russia who was guilty of terrorism and because of the war on ukraine. he talked about russia turning cities here into rubble. he

said that was an act of terrorism. he said it is russia who has sent soldiers to torture and rape in ukraine, again calling it an act of terrorism. i spoke to military intelligence in ukraine and they made a point about the specific allegation coming from moscow, that it was pretty much absurd to suggest that those who had killed dozens of people in a concert venue in moscow would then try and flee towards the ukrainian border because that is an active front line. it is teeming with soldiers and the person i spoke to said it would be stupid or suicidal to head there. on the other hand you have this claim from isis that they are the ones who carried out the attack, not ukraine. i think in the statement volodymyr zelensky made the point that the russian people should really question the work of their security services instead of trying to blame kyiv for this attack. the instead of trying to blame kyiv for this attack. ,, instead of trying to blame kyiv for this attack-— this attack. the us national security council _ this attack. the us national security council spoke - this attack. the us national security council spoke and i this attack. the us national. security council spoke and said ukraine had no involvement in this attack in russia. how concerned is

kyiv that moscow could use this to escalate the war? i kyiv that moscow could use this to escalate the war?— escalate the war? i think very concern- _ escalate the war? i think very concern. that _ escalate the war? i think very concern. that was _ escalate the war? i think very concern. that was certainly i escalate the war? i think very l concern. that was certainly the immediate thought on peoples mind here in ukraine as those attacks were happening in moscow. the fact is here in ukraine they would say that the truth doesn't matter to moscow. so whatever happens in this attack they believe that it will be used against ukraine. they think it'll be an excuse for vladimir putin to escalate the war. it is almost hard to know how an escalation might look because, remember, just on friday morning this entire country came under a massive missile attack. 150 drones and missiles fired right across ukraine. i was speaking to somebody in kharkiv, the second city of ukraine up in the north, they are still without power in most of the city today. they are just getting power for a couple of hours. they are sitting by candlelight throughout the night and the streets are dark, there is very little

working there. that is a result of russia's war which is now two years old and which there seems to be no end to anyway. old and which there seems to be no end to anyway-— old and which there seems to be no end to anyway. thank you for “oining us live. 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 descents — 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 you tube

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's 100 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. 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. she is actually from derbyshire. she started out in the fells in derbyshire. learning to climb, learning to go hours and hours in the mountains. she eventually develops. she won some races. then she went on and won one of the toughest races in the uk, a staged

race over five days in wales called the dragon's back, she won that. that is another stepping stone across the route. you may remember in 2019 a lady won the spine race which is across the pennine way in winter. this lady expressed milk for her child at all of the aid stations along the route. that was jazmine. she has learned and trained. you have to train every week, build up your mileage, build up the strength and endurance in your body 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 tapped out and say, that was too

hard. jazmine did all five loops. have you tried it, would you try it, briefly? d0 have you tried it, would you try it, briefl ? , ., have you tried it, would you try it, briefl ? i. ~ ., have you tried it, would you try it, briefl ? , ., ~ ., ., ., briefly? do you know what, i would absolutely love _ briefly? do you know what, i would absolutely love to _ briefly? do you know what, i would absolutely love to give _ briefly? do you know what, i would absolutely love to give it _ briefly? do you know what, i would absolutely love to give it a - briefly? do you know what, i would absolutely love to give it a go. - briefly? do you know what, i would absolutely love to give it a go. a i absolutely love to give it a go. a friend of mine was in this year's berkeley marathons, somebody i have run with, and he managed one loop. i would like to think on a good day i would like to think on a good day i would get one done but the thought of doing all five in 60 hours, and that was a tight finish, wasn't it? amazing. congratulations to jazmine paris, wharton amazing achievement. take a look at this. 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 paddle boat to keep the animals entertained after a very wet winter. stay with us here on bbc news.

it has been a lively start to the weekend weather—wise. loads of showers around on saturday, some with hail and thunder and some of them with these types of clouds. always the sign of a good storm. the showers that went through cells and parts of greater london really dumped the temperatures. 10 degrees at midday, just 2 degrees a couple of hours later in the afternoon and it would have felt really cold especially with those gusty winds. over the next few hours many of the showers will tend to become confined to more north—eastern areas of the uk and should become drier over the next few hours in the west. temperatures as we head into the first part of sunday morning, quite

chilly, around three to six celsius. sunday will be dominated by this area of low pressure. it's the same one we had on saturday. it is starting to pull away to the near continent but still influencing our weather. lots of showers across northern areas of scotland and a few affecting the east coast of scotland and running down eastern coastal counties of england as well. some of these showers will be heavy with hail. across western areas of the uk many places should have a dry day with bright and sunny spells. between ten and 12 celsius, average for the time of year, northern scotland about six to eight, which is on the cool side. on monday, another area of low pressure will be forming and moving in off the atlantic. this will be bringing further outbreaks of rain on monday to northern ireland, wales, and western areas of england. a dry and bright day for eastern areas of england. the rain starts pushing northwards across scotland and starts to move in through the chilly air we have here. temperaturesjust

six in aberdeen. through monday night we might start to see some of that rain turn to snow. it'll be quite high up in the high hills of scotland, probably above 300 metres elevation. that could continue to be a risk into tuesday. they could be some snow in the high scottish roots in scotland. otherwise other elevations will see rain, sleet and hail mixed in. a cold day, nine, 10 celsius for england. overall looking at an unsettled week ahead. a cold start of the week, yes, but it tends to turn mild as the week goes by.

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. the prince and princess of wales say they are "enormously touched by the kind messages" they have received after catherine revealed in a video message yesterday that she was receiving treatment for cancer. in a statement in the last half an hour they said they were "extremely moved" by the support. the health ministry in gaza, run by hamas, says that 19 people waiting for aid on the outskirts of gaza city have been killed by israeli forces.

the israeli army denies it fired on the crowd. now on bbc news, india's mothers: bearing the heat. a population of 1.4 billion. one of the largest economies in the world. poverty, though still rife, is in steady decline. it's a place so full of life, of soul, of hope... ..of progress. but all that is under threat. as our planet warms,

india is predicted to become one of the first countries in the world where temperatures will top the safe