king charles is to return to public—facing duties. as a new photo is released, buckingham palace says his cancer treatment isn't over, but he's making progress. the return of the king but it is step—by—step over the next few weeks and months. also tonight — defiance from humza yousaf, saying he won't quit as scotland's first minister if he loses next week's no confidence votes. she clung onto life, but baby sabreen al—sakani, delivered from her dying mother's womb after an air strike, dies in hospital, in gaza. an inquest finds the murders of three men, killed in what police called a terror attack, could have been prevented. america's top diplomat warns china to stop providing russia with supplies for its war in ukraine. and it began as a hobby in lockdown,

but now rose harvey will lace up for team gb at the olympics. on newsnight at 10:30pm... the king is back in business. with his cancer treatment progressing well, it's time for public royal duties again. so what has his absence and news of his return to the limelight meant to different people? hello. his short reign so far as king has been blighted by a cancer diagnosis, which has prevented him carrying out his duties alongside the public he serves. well, now, king charles, despite his treatment, will return to public—facing work, as buckingham palace reports that his doctors are encouraged by his progress. this photo alongside queen camilla was released tonight, taken the day after their 19th wedding anniversary. his first public duties next week

will include visiting a cancer treatment centre. charlotte gallagher has our top story. the king and queen together, in the gardens of buckingham palace, a positive sign about the king's health. the photo was taken earlier this month but has just been released. the palace say the king is making encouraging progress and will shortly return to public facing duties, after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis. as the first anniversary of the coronation approaches, their majesties remain deeply grateful for the many kindnesses and good wishes they have received from around the world, throughout the joys and challenges of the past year. the king's last public event was in windsor on easter sunday and he surprised the grounds by stopping to chat,

thanking them for their good wishes. keep going strong, never giving. his next visit will be more symbolic, a trip to a cancer treatment centre and in june trip to a cancer treatment centre and injune he will meet the emperor and injune he will meet the emperor and empress ofjapan who will be in london for a state visit. but the king's recovery process is still ongoing. i king's recovery process is still onauoin. , , , king's recovery process is still onhoin, ,, , ongoing. i guess he will be taking very strong _ ongoing. i guess he will be taking very strong advice _ ongoing. i guess he will be taking very strong advice from _ ongoing. i guess he will be taking very strong advice from his - ongoing. i guess he will be taking i very strong advice from his medical team not to overdo it. there is a psychological component to cancer recovery and it's great he feels able to go out there and do more, but he will need to be very careful that he doesn't stretch himself too much. , . , , that he doesn't stretch himself too much. , ., , , ., that he doesn't stretch himself too much. , , ., ., , that he doesn't stretch himself too much. , ., ., , ., much. this has been a really tough ear for much. this has been a really tough year for the — much. this has been a really tough year for the royal _ much. this has been a really tough year for the royal family _ much. this has been a really tough year for the royal family with - much. this has been a really tough year for the royal family with both | yearfor the royalfamily with both the king of the princess of wales diagnosed with cancer, and, like any family, that has come as a huge blow. they've also had to deal with intense media speculation, so the announcement that the king feels well enough to return to some public duties will be welcome news. the

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and privacy for herself and her family. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. jonny dymond is at buckingham palace. steady as he goes in the weeks and months, one suspects, despite the good news coming from the officials in that place behind you.— in that place behind you. absolutely right. clive. — in that place behind you. absolutely right, clive. it's— in that place behind you. absolutely right, clive. it's good _ in that place behind you. absolutely right, clive. it's good news- in that place behind you. absolutely right, clive. it's good news for- in that place behind you. absolutely right, clive. it's good news for the l right, clive. it's good news for the king, is good news about the king's health, it's good news for those who want to see the king out and about, but there are lots of qualifications. the first one, the most important one, is the fact the treatment has not finished, treatment has not finished, treatment is still continuing. we are not quite sure how many things we will see the king out, as charlotte was saying there is a series of big events coming up this summer, trooping the colour, garden parties, royalascot, summer, trooping the colour, garden parties, royal ascot, a busy programme over the summer. the palace has said he will not fulfil that full programme. we will have to wait to see what he does do. there is also the question of changing the timetable according to the condition

of the king and unsurprisingly, for a man who is still being treated for cancer, changing the nature of the engagements themselves, to minimise any risk to the king. so, yes, this is the return of the king, but it's a measured return with his condition being watched step—by—step, week by week, and month by month. tqm. being watched step-by-step, week by week, and month by month. 0k, jonny l mond, week, and month by month. 0k, jonny iiymond. our— week, and month by month. 0k, jonny iiymond. our royal _ week, and month by month. 0k, jonny dymond, our royal correspondent, - dymond, our royal correspondent, thank you stop it's been a day of fighting talk from humza yousaf, insisting he won't resign as scotland's first minister if he loses votes of no confidence — in him and his government — expected next week. the snp leader is struggling to stay in control, after ending a power—sharing arrangement with the scottish greens, which has left him at the helm of a minority administration. lorna gordon has more from dundee. scotland's first minister, battling to save his position. reporter: are you a lame duck, first minister? - an attempt to show he is focusing on his job with a change to his schedule and an announcement of funding for housing,

but humza yousaf is now leading a minority government, and dependent on other parties to survive. i will leave the opposition to do the game playing, to do the naked political opportunism, if that is what they wish to do. mr yousaf is trying to smooth things over with the scottish green party after he sacked them from his government. the action i took yesterday wasn't meant to upset them, wasn't meant to anger them in the way that clearly has been communicated by them. that's why i will be writing to patrick harvie and lorna slater, to let see if we can meet. but that doesn't mean that two pro—independence parties, that share so many values, so many policy priorities, cannot and should not work together in a less formal arrangement. the scottish greens, though, remain adamant that for now they won't back him in any vote of confidence. that means the most powerful politician in scotland may be this woman. ash regan left the snp just months after losing out in the fight to lead the party. her vote may prove critical. scotland is completely sick

of petty political games. i'm sick of it as well. i want us all to work together for the good of scotland, that is what i'm setting out to do, i have a good opportunity to do that, to have some influence and to reset us on a path of good governance. but humza yousaf is now facing two votes of confidence lodged by his political opponents. it's notjust about him. we don't have confidence in this snp government and that is why we have tabled this motion today and we believe ultimately it should be the people of scotland to decide who leads our country, not a handful of snp members. this is an attempt by humza yousaf to shift the focus onto policy, to show competence in government, but he is now fighting for his political life on multiple fronts, and it is not at all clear that he will survive. in office for barely a year, but for how much longer? the answer to that may come as early as next week. lorna gordon, bbc news, dundee.

the israel—hamas war contains many tragedies, and the death of a baby girl, less than a week old, and filmed being rescued from her dying mother's womb after an israeli air strike, is yet another. we brought you the story earlier this week of sabreen al—sakani, not long after she was delivered by caesarian section in a hospital in gaza. now, herfight for life is over. fergal keane's report contains distressing images from the beginning. in this fragile form, a tiny pulse of hope. baby sabreen was the last survivor... ..of a family obliterated by an israeli airstrike. her pregnant mum was pulled from here. but minutes later, in hospital, doctors were able to rescue sabreen from her dying mother's womb.

they tapped to stimulate her breathing. air was pumped into her lungs. then to an incubator, fighting for life. notice the gentleness of the doctor, as he cradles her head. relatives watched over the newborn. paternal grandmother ahalam planned to take care of the orphaned baby. translation: iwill raise her in the best way. - she's the memory of her dad. i hope that god gives her a long life. sabreen fought to live — two days ago, briefly opening her eyes. 2a hours later, her condition still critical,

baby sabreen lost her struggle. at midday yesterday, the dead child was brought home to her people. sabreen was buried alongside her mother — after whom she was named — herfather, shukri, and three—year—old sister, malak. today, her uncle rami prayed at sabreen's grave. overhead, an israeli drone. the loss that changed everything for this family changes nothing in the war. translation: this girl left a mark on everyone's heart. _ she moved the whole world. to me, sabreen was the living legacy of my brother,

the only survivor of the massacre. she was my soul. this is why i call her my soul. sabreen al—sheikh, of rafah, gaza, lived for five days. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. an inquest has found that the murders of three men in what police described as a terror attack in a park in reading, were probably avoidable. khairi saadallah attacked james furlong, david wails and joe ritchie—bennett in june 2020. thejudge coroner, sir adrian fulford, found major problems with intelligence sharing over the killer. june kelly reports. joseph ritchie—bennett, james furlong and david wails, three friends who died together in a park on a summer evening in 2020. they were killed in a random attack by khairi saadallah. he will never be released from prison.

he's serving a whole life term. today, at the conclusion of the inquest on his victims, thejudge coroner, sir adrian fulford, ruled that the men's deaths were avoidable. their families listened as over several hours he listed innumerable state failings. it is clear that there was failure after failure by virtually all the state agencies who dealt with saadallah. our boys didn't stand a chance. on the eve of his attacks, saadallah was visited by police after his brother raised concerns about his behaviour. the judge coroner concluded that if his extremist risk had been better analysed he would have been recalled to prison at this point. instead, the next day he set off from his flat in reading, intent on terror. in forbury gardens he smashed his phone and concealed his knife in his clothing. after his attack, officers

chased and cornered him. saadallah had a history of violence and had served multiple jail terms since arriving in the uk as an asylum seeker. before the attack it was decided he couldn't be deported back to his native libya because of the civil war there. today, thejudge coroner said a failure to treat his mental health issues was a key factor in what followed. when i told my mother that david was dead, she screamed, "no, not my david, not my david." next time, it could be your david, yourjames, yourjoe, if your state does not accept the judge coroner's findings and implement change. rest in peace, david, james and joe. we love you, david, and miss you always. june kelly, bbc news at the old bailey. america's top diplomat is warning china that washington will act if beijing doesn't stop providing russia with supplies for its war in ukraine. antony blinken says he's made it clear to his chinese counterparts

that they're "helping fuel the biggest threat" to european security since the cold war. he's been speaking to laura bicker in beijing. hello. i'm laura bicker. how are you? antony blinken's visit comes as us ties with china are at a turning point. how's your trip been? oh, it's been... i've covered a lot of ground. the dialogue and diplomacy for the cameras hides real discord and distrust. this is what chinese viewers are shown. a cinematic soundtrack accompanies president xi, urging the us to be partners, not rivals. yet, hours earlier, mr blinken was warned the two sides could slip towards conflict. ..and this could not be happening. but he came to beijing with a warning of his own. 70% of the machine tools that russia is getting from abroad coming from china, 90% of the microelectronics.

so for china, if it wants to have better relations not only with us but with countries in europe, it can't do that while at the same time helping to fuel the biggest threat to european security since the end of the cold war. we've taken action already against chinese entities that are engaged in this. and what i made clear today is that if china won't act, we will. you say you will act. i just want to be clear on what you're prepared to do. i'm not going to get into the details except to say, look at what we've done already. we've imposed sanctions, export controls, one kind or another. china views this as hypocrisy as the us continues to arm israel. beijing is using the war in gaza to discredit washington and paint itself as a peaceful power. it erodes the credibility of the united states, notjust here in china, but around the world, don't you think? of course, china will do whatever it

will do to distort our policies and to misinform its own people about what we're actually doing, what we're not doing, what we stand for, what we don't stand for. and i think china can play a constructive role here. it has relationships. it has influence with countries like iran that it can use effectively to, in the first instance, try to prevent the conflict from spreading. a record shop was mr blinken's final stop. perhaps taylor swift can help forge cross—cultural ties. this trip has not dealt with the two sides' differences. they've merely talked about them. and real risks remain in this fragile relationship, which mr blinken described as the most consequential in the world. laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. two teachers who were injured in a stabbing at a school in south wales this week say it's "difficult to comprehend" what happened. fiona elias and liz hopkin were attacked at amman valley school in carmarthenshire, along with one

of their pupils. it comes as a 13—year—old girl appeared in court charged with three counts of attempted murder. she cannot be named for legal reasons, and was remanded in youth custody until may. a former senior executive at the post office, who's been giving evidence for a second day at the public inquiry into the horizon it scandal, has been accused of "deliberately suppressing the truth", and letting wrongful convictions stand. angela van den bogerd, was questioned by lawyers representing wrongly convicted sub—postmasters. she dismissed the accusations, but confirmed that in the same year she was accused of misleading a high courtjudge she still received a bonus. emma simpson has that story. martin griffiths was facing financial ruin by the post office when he took his own life in 2013. the losses were mounting, and he had been fined after an armed robbery at his branch here in cheshire.

we had to pay the money back in order to carry on trading, otherwise they would have closed us down. they hounded him, they persecuted him, there didn't seem to be any end to it. the tv drama showed angela paying gina a visit after his death. we are so sorry for your loss. desperate for financial help, she later signed a deal, but it meant withdrawing from the mediation scheme, and being gagged. did you see anything unsavoury in using money as a way of ensuring mr griffiths' case was hushed up? it wasn't something i discussed with gina. it didn't even enter my head. then, just before lunch, a sign that questions are getting tougher. are you represented today in the sense that there is a lawyer in the room who can assist? yes. the postmasters' barristers got straight to it. you're worried, aren't you, that if you now admit that you knew about remote access way back

in 2010, you will be liable for perjury, isn't that the truth? no. are you being dishonest about this now, or were you inexcusably negligent at the time? i am not being dishonest about it. you were deliberately suppressing the truth, you were allowing decent people to be prosecuted on the back of a flawed it system, weren't you? no, i would never do that. you would do anything to protect the post office. no, that is not right. and had there been any repercussions after a judge found she'd misled him, defending the post office? did you get your bonus that year, in 2019, mrs van den bogerd? yes. i see. so, despite a finding in the high court that basically you lied to the high court,

you got your bonus? yes. an emotional moment in the room too, in the case of parmod kalia, in the middle here, another life ruined by the post office. totally devastated his life, blew apart his family... a big moment for you and for the subpostmasters. absolutely, yes, yes. really brought back memories about my mum, how i had to beg, borrow from her, and not being able to pay her back. as for angela van den bogerd, she left here with her credibility seriously challenged. emma simpson, bbc news at the post office inquiry. a primary school teacher has admitted murdering her partner, whose body was found buried in their garden. the remains of nicholas billingham, who was 42, were discovered in northampton in march 2022, four months after he was last seen alive. fiona beal, who's 50, will be sentenced next month. the foreign office has summoned the russian ambassador,

after a british man was charged over an alleged arson plot in london on businesses linked to ukraine. prosecutors claim the russian private military group wagner were involved. dylan earl, who's 20, along with four others, are the first people accused under new spy laws introduced last year. here's daniel sandford. this was the fire in east london last month that started what the head of scotland yard's counterterrorism command called a "highly significant investigation". two burning warehouses that led to two british men being charged under the new national security act with offences that amount to assisting russia. the businesses are owned by a ukrainian man and his latvian wife. it took 60 firefighters to tackle the blaze and investigators believe it was started with some sort of accelerant such as petrol. this afternoon, the damage from the fire could still be clearly seen, the scorched metalframe of one of the warehouses still exposed to the sky.

a ukrainian—registered lorry was parked outside. on saturday at westminster magistrates' court, 20—year—old dylan earl appeared in the dock charged with aggravated arson and a new offence of assisting a foreign intelligence service. it's the first time anyone's been charged under the national security act passed last year. an act designed to combat the growing threat of espionage and sabotage from states like russia. the prosecution case is that the intelligence service involved here was the wagner private military group, led by yevgeny prigozhin before he died when his plane exploded last year. today, two more men appeared in court. jake reeves, on the right, is also charged under the new act with receiving money from a foreign intelligence service. dmitrijus paulauska is charged with failing to disclose information about terrorist acts. this afternoon, the foreign office summoned the russian ambassador, saying afterwards...

the russian ambassador, on the left here, said the allegations were absurd, unsubstantiated and clearly fake news. daniel sandford, bbc news. manchester's new co—op live arena has postponed its opening until may, because it's still not ready. the venue, which is the uk's biggest indoor arena, had already delayed comedian peter kay's opening shows, which were due to take place earlier this week. the venue said it needed more time to test emergency communication systems. peter kay said the delay was "very disappointing". a group of five women have accused a judge hearing their separate employment tribunal cases of bullying and sexist behaviour. one woman has told the bbc she was shouted at on at least 16 occasions. thejudge, philip lancaster, had ruled against all of them in each of their cases. michael buchanan has more from leeds. dr hinaa toheed brought a maternity discrimination case

against her former business partner in 2022. when the barrister on the other side started to cross—examine me, the judge completely took over the cross—examination. started aggressively cross—examining me, and if i didn't agree with anything that he said, he would shout at me. the gp's barrister counted at least 16 occasions on which that had happened. i was told by my barrister that what was going on in court was deeply disturbing, and "hostile" is the word that they used. and this is thatjudge — philip lancaster has presided over employment tribunals since 2007, and hinaa toheed is far from the only woman to complain about his conduct. in 2021, andra appeared before thejudge, representing a partner who alleged racial discrimination against his former employer. as his legal representative, she was allowed to question witnesses from the company. but as an appeal court would later find, she was repeatedly

prevented from doing so. i felt abused. he literally interrupted me whenever i was asking any questions, saying it's either irrelevant or i shouldn't ask this today, i should ask this to another witness, not this witness. and then when we got to the other witness, he would say, "well, why didn't you ask the other witness?" alison mcdermott brought a case against her employer in 2021 after being sacked. she sastudge lancaster shouted at her too, and made snide remarks about her earnings. i think, for some reason, - he had a real problem with the fact i was a well—paid professional woman — when her case received some publicity, the hr consultant was contacted by four women who had all appeared before the judge at employment tribunals in leeds. as usual, it's left to the victims to find one another, _ come together and say, . we are not accepting this. excuse me, mr lancaster? yes? bbc news... we approached judge lancaster with the group's concerns.

several women have accused you of bias, bullying and misogyny. what would you say to them? would you like to apologise to any of them in any way? in a statement, the court and tribunalsjudiciary said it could not comment in response to any conduct allegations. michael buchanan, bbc news, leeds. a trial of the world's first personalised vaccine for the deadliest form of skin cancer has begun in the uk. steve young, from hertfordshire, was one of the first to get the jab, which uses a technology found in some covid vaccines. early studies show that in conjunction with another cancer drug, the new vaccine almost halved the risk of a recurrence of melanoma, or death, after three years. running was only meant to be a bit of fun, a hobby, to keep rose harvey busy when she lost herjob during lockdown. well, now the 31—year—old from london has just been told she'll represent team gb in the marathon at this summer's paris olympics. turns out she was rather good at her

hobby, as sophie raworth explains. rose harvey only started running ten years ago, when she moved to london and joined a running club to get fit and meet people. keep pushing, keep pushing. well done, rose. she never imagined it would lead her to the olympics. i still cannot believe it. i am absolutely buzzing with excitement. itjust feels like two minutes ago that i was still working full—time as a lawyer, and just running forfun. i mean, the last olympics, i wasn't even fast enough to make the trial. for years, rose was a good club runner, completing the london marathon in three hours, but it was lockdown that changed everything. i was made redundant from myjob and i had three months basically at home, and i needed a lockdown project, so that's how i started training seriously. and if i hadn't have had that forced upon me, i wouldn't be heading to paris. project lockdown worked. rose suddenly found herself

on elite start lines. go on, rosie! go on, girl! come on, push it! push it! but it was in chicago last autumn that she ran her fastest ever marathon, in 2 hours and 23 minutes, cheered on by herfiance, charlie. so good! come on, bring on olympic qualifying time! _ there must be so many people out there with talents that are just undiscovered, and perhaps they haven't... they haven't fully realised their potential yet. just take the plunge with whatever is fun, whatever you love doing, and just see where you can go with it, because you never know where it might take you. well done, rose, and well done to leicester city. they have bounced back into the premier league, just a season after being relegated. qpr's 4—0 victory over leeds in the championship tonight ensured automatic promotion for leicester, who were premier league champions in 2016. time for a look at the weather.

here's ben.