appearance since being diagnosed with cancer, as she reveals she's making good progress. cyril ramaphosa is re—elected president of south africa, after his party strikes an historic coalition deal with opposition parties. alan bates, tracey emin and imelda staunton — just some of the names to receive awards in the king's birthday honours. and disappointment for scotland as they're thrashed by germany 5—1 in the opening game of the euros. hello. i'm lauren taylor. the princess of wales will make her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer at today's trooping the colour. catherine will be in the carriage parade with her children for the king's birthday celebrations, before joining the rest of the family on the baclony at buckingham palace. our royal correspondent jonny dymond reports.

a new picture of the princess from the palace to mark a new stage in herjourney. it's been almost three months since the princess revealed that she was undergoing chemotherapy, something that followed surgery earlier in the year. the surgery was successful. however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and i am now in the early stages of that treatment. since then, prince william has worked alone, and the palace has remained silent, although last week, when asked about kate's progress, the prince said she was getting better. she would have loved to have been at the d—day commemorations, he said. from the princess this evening, a message about these past long months.

"i am making good progress," she wrote, "but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days. tomorrow is the king's birthday parade, trooping the colour, one of the biggest days of the royal year, and the princess says she will be there, back in the public eye, with her children. there may be more public engagements to come this summer, but each one will depend on the princess's health. "i am," the princess wrote today, "not out of the woods yet". but from windsor comes a message and a picture that speak of hope for days to come. jonny dymond, bbc news.

let's speak to dr carolyn harris, a historian, author and royal commentator. thanks very much indeed for being with us. so as we heard there in that report, a message of hope but also that she's not out of the woods yet. so how important is it that she's appearing for this particular event? well, this is a highly significant public appearance. as trooping the colour, the king's birthday parade, in the united kingdom, is one of the biggest royal events of the year. it brings together the working members of the royal family, and often the non—working members of the royalfamily as non—working members of the royal family as well as spectators. and during royalfamily as well as spectators. and during queen elizabeth ii's reign, the balcony was often filled with the entire royal extended family. so catherine, it's princess of wales, is returning to the public eye in a very public way for this key event, and it's very much a show of solidarity as the senior working members of the royal family are all coming together

to celebrate the king's birthday. to celebrate the king's birthday-— to celebrate the king's birthda . ~ ., ., ., birthday. and also an important moment for— birthday. and also an important moment for the _ birthday. and also an important moment for the king, _ birthday. and also an important moment for the king, as - birthday. and also an important moment for the king, as he's i moment for the king, as he's also having treatment for cancer. this time he'll in a carriage, i understand, cancer. this time he'll in a carriage, iunderstand, rather than on horseback. carriage, i understand, rather than on horseback.— carriage, i understand, rather than on horseback. yes. this is a very difficult _ than on horseback. yes. this is a very difficult time _ than on horseback. yes. this is a very difficult time for- than on horseback. yes. this is a very difficult time for the - a very difficult time for the royalfamily, as this a very difficult time for the royal family, as this year king charles iii has been undergoing treatment for cancer and then catherine underwent abdominal surgery, which led to her receiving cancer treatment as well. so we've been seeing prince william, the prince of wales, undertake key appearances himself — the 0—day commemorations for instance — and that has led to a great deal of public scrutiny as the public is used to seeing the prince and princess of wales together. so rather than queen elizabeth ii's diamond jubilee, when prince philip was briefly in hospital at that time and the media reported that queen looked lonely at the service of

thanksgiving at st paul's cathedral, seeing prince william alone at the d—day commemorations — that was considered very noteworthy and prince william himself said that catherine would have liked to have been there. find that catherine would have liked to have been there.— to have been there. and we understand _ to have been there. and we understand that _ to have been there. and we understand that she - to have been there. and we understand that she will. to have been there. and we understand that she will be | understand that she will be appearing at some other events perhaps during the summer when she feels well enough. what sort of things do you think she might attend? i sort of things do you think she might attend?— might attend? i think we may see events — might attend? i think we may see events close _ might attend? i think we may see events close to _ might attend? i think we may see events close to her - see events close to her family's home, as that will allow her to make short appearances. i think we're going to see events perhaps related to her early childhood education initiatives. what we're unlikely to see at this time is the big commonwealth tours that we might see william and catherine undertaking during ordinary circumstances, as the schedule for these overseas tours is very busy. and catherine's made very clear that she's taking this one day at a time, as her energy comes

and goes, making the best of the good days but also taking the good days but also taking the time to rest when she needs to. �* , ., ., to. and there is real world wide interest _ to. and there is real world wide interest in _ to. and there is real world wide interest in this - wide interest in this appearance, isn't there? yes. there is a _ appearance, isn't there? yes. there is a great _ appearance, isn't there? yes. there is a great deal- appearance, isn't there? yes. there is a great deal of- there is a great deal of worldwide interest. even though the monarch's birthday is celebrated on different days around the world — here in canada it is the queen victoria's birthday in may that is the sovereign�*s day in canada and in australia, varyies regions celebrate the official birthday at different times. trooping the colour is still receiving a lot of interest because catherine will be returning to the public eye and so the wider world and the commonwealth also wishes catherine well at this difficult time.- catherine well at this difficult time. ., ~ , ., , difficult time. thank you very much indeed _ difficult time. thank you very much indeed for _ difficult time. thank you very much indeed for talking - difficult time. thank you very much indeed for talking to i difficult time. thank you very | much indeed for talking to us. thank you. the anc leader cyril ramaphosa has been re—elected as the president of south africa. he won a parliamentary vote after his party,

the african national congress, struck a deal with its opponents. the anc lost its majority in elections last month. mr ramaphosa spoke of a new era of hope in south africa, saying the people expected the parties involved to work together to tackle poverty, unemployment and inequality. it is with pleasure that i accept. it will once again be a privilege and a pleasure to serve this great nation in the position of president. i accept this as a big responsibility and i wish to thank all leaders for your congratulatory messages delivered here at this podium. your messages are a clear clarion call for working together. your messages constitute what i see as a well

of encouragement, of good advice, and of wisdom. with me now is bbc reporter louisa pilbeam. cyril ramaphosa has this second term but he has only managed to do this because he's had to go into power now with other parties and one of those is the opposition party, which his party has huge differences really, at the base of that. so the anc, they have... they used to have a majority ofjust over 50%, 57.5%. that's now reduced to 40%. 50%, 57.5%. that's now reduced to a0%. so they've had to go into power now with the da, the democratic alliance. and the problem with this party, which could become a problem, is the fact that they are seen by critics to actually favour

white people and their interests, so in terms of south africa, racism is still a problem in the country and this could cause divisions. find problem in the country and this could cause divisions. and what about the voters? _ could cause divisions. and what about the voters? i _ could cause divisions. and what about the voters? i mean - could cause divisions. and what about the voters? i mean the l about the voters? i mean the voters turned out in masses, didn't they, for this particular election, wanted change. are they satisfied with this alliance that people have come up with? what do you think? ithink come up with? what do you think? i think it's early days and what's happening at the moment in terms of within this new government, they need to now decide who gets which positions, so there'll be some sort of wrangling, but these parties seem to be working together and they are saying that there is this new voice from the people that they want different parties to collaborate. so in terms of voters, they have spoken. they have said that they don't want the anc in power to have this majority anymore. and that's because within south africa there are huge divisions, as i said, and there are huge problems. corruption is an issue. there are also problems — people say there are no jobs.

racism is also a problem and also in terms of where people live. i mean a lot of black families, for example, a white family is seen to be 20 times more likely to have more money than their black counterparts. so even though 30 years ago, the end of apart sides i'd, there are serious problems within this country and voters, i think, are happy that there is change happening because they weren't happy before. thanks very much. sandwiches, wraps and salads found in major uk supermarkets are being recalled because of a possible contamination with e.coli. the bacteria has not been detected in the items, but at least 60 products are being removed as a precaution. our health correspondent jim reed has the latest. a recall of this size is unusual. almost every major supermarket chain is removing products from itselves as the hunt for the source of this outbreak e. coli is a bacterial infection which can cause

stomach cramps, sickness and fever. genetic tests show the 211 cases confirmed so far are all linked in some way. to date, there have been 147 cases in england, 27 in wales, 35 in scotland and two in northern ireland, though it's thought those infections were acquired in england. in total, at least 67 people have needed hospital treatment. if 67 people have needed hospital treatment. , ., 67 people have needed hospital treatment-— treatment. if you have really ainful treatment. if you have really painful stomach _ treatment. if you have really painful stomach ache - treatment. if you have really painful stomach ache or- treatment. if you have really i painful stomach ache or bloody diarrhoea, those are the things that should ring the alarm seek medical advice.— medical advice. investigators say they've — medical advice. investigators say they've narrowed - medical advice. investigators say they've narrowed down . medical advice. investigators i say they've narrowed down the cause of the infection to a type of lettuce leaf and are working to identify the supplier or farm involved. working to identify the supplier orfarm involved. two supplier or farm involved. two food supplier orfarm involved. two food manufacturers have already withdrawn products which may contain the same leaf, while a third company could be added as soon as today. none of the items have tested positive for e. coli but retailers have been asked to remove them from sale asked to remove them from sale as a precaution. the products named so far include 60 different types of premade

sandwiches, wraps and salads. most are own—label products sold by chains such as tesco, sainsbury�*s, asda and morrisons as well as boots and aldi. a full list is on the bbc website. supermarkets are asking shoppers who've bought any of the infected products not to eat them, but to return them to a store where they'll be given a full refund. the un's health agency says a significant proportion of gaza's population is facing catastrophic hunger and famine—like conditions. after eight months of war, thousands of children have been diagnosed with acute malnutrition. with me is is bbc arabic�*s said shehata. tell us more. it's a problem-of-aid . tell us more. it's a - problem-of-aid delivery. problem—of—aid delivery. leaders said yesterday there should be more aid going to gaza without any obstacles. the world food programme said that

there is... its warehouses were hit twice injune in addition to that there is obstacles for aid delivery because of increased fighting in different areas, especially in north and central and south, everywhere in gaza. so there's a problem in gaza. so there's a problem in aid delivery. to add to that, there is the us state department imposed sanctions on violent extremism group called tsav 9 which looted some aid trucks and made blockade on aid delivery to gaza, because it said it's supporting the hostage families and i think there is a question mark about that. in addition to that, there is some interviews with there is some interviews with the world food programme with some people in gaza saying they have nothing to eat. in addition to the health situation, the world health organization says there is no medical supplies. organization says there is no medicalsupplies. even organization says there is no medical supplies. even some hospitals are open partially

like the indonesian hospital in the north of gaza but there is still no medical supply so it's not functioning at full capacity. in addition to that, there is even the international court ofjustice called on israel to allow aid for the needy people in gaza. so all of that, you know, like, showing that, you know, like, showing that there is problems in delivering aid to people in gaza, people dying and there is one report a child died yesterday because of hunger and there is tens of children facing that so the hunger looming. problems with people dying and suffering and there is pressure. oxfam said it's a time for action not talk. talk time for action not talk. talk time is over and now it's action time. it time is over and now it's action time.— time is over and now it's action time. , , ., , ., action time. it seems as though any progress — action time. it seems as though any progress towards _ action time. it seems as though any progress towards a - any progress towards a ceasefire deal which would involve trying to get more aid involve trying to get more aid in seems to have stalled. there tell us about the hostages. there is confusion about how many horstages are still alive. tell us about that. the leaders

of hamas. _ tell us about that. the leaders of hamas, one _ tell us about that. the leaders of hamas, one of _ tell us about that. the leaders of hamas, one of them - tell us about that. the leaders of hamas, one of them talked | tell us about that. the leaders l of hamas, one of them talked to cnn and said two host ages were killed in rafah recently because of israeli raids according to him and they said no military leaders in hamas know how many people of the hostages died and how many of them are still alive. so there's confusion because of there's confusion because of the fighting and with the talks stalled, there's a problem because there is, even like there is israeli managed to release four hostages in operation but the result of it was killing more than 200 people according to the hamas health ministry in gaza, so the hostage situation is dire and it is problematic and the hostage families are calling for mr netanyahu to have a deal but all indicators are for no deal in the future because of the fighting and israel refusing to end the war and to concede to hamas conditions of the full withdrawal of israeli

forces from gaza in addition to the end of the war and israel not wanting to do that at this time. fist not wanting to do that at this time. �* ., ., �* time. at the moment, we haven't heard the response _ time. at the moment, we haven't heard the response really - heard the response really properly from hamas either, have we? on the hezbollah situation, the border with lebanon and israel, the fighting has been going on throughout this period, since october 7, throughout this period, since october7, hasn't throughout this period, since october 7, hasn't it? there's been exchanges of fire in that situation. what's the situation there now? has that got worse? yeah, it has been the recent days has seen, witnessed escalation, one of the examples on thursday, hezbollah fired 150 rockets against israel targets and israel also launched several raids on southern part of lebanon and in this connell text, you know, mr macron, the french president, made a plan for to help to ease the tension for the growing tension between hezbollah and israel but yoav gallant, the

israeli defence minister, rejected the french proposal which is a trilateral contact group of france, united states and israel, and from the other side, the united states, france and hezbollah, to lebanon — sorry, lebanon to try to eats the tension between them but israel refuting that because yoav gallant, the israeli minister for defence, yoav gallant, the israeli ministerfor defence, said france's position on gaza is against israel and in this case we cannot accept any french proposal to end hostilities. thank you for coming to talk to us. thank you. president volodymyr zelensky has arrived in switzerland for a two—day summit that will explore how to achieve peace in ukraine. dozens of world leaders are expected to attend the gathering at the luxury burgenstock resort, but russia has not been invited. the summit comes after russian president vladimir putin demanded kyiv effectively surrender if it ultimately wants peace negotiations with moscow. well, mr zelensky travelled over from the g7 summit in italy, where

he and us president biden signed a bilateral security agreement cementing long—term support for ukraine. but with the war now in its third year, ukraine's needs go well beyond weaponry. russia's full—scale invasion has killed tens of thousands of people and left many more with lost limbs and other life—changing injuries. the future for ukraine foundation estimates that up to 100,000 people in ukraine may have had to undergo amputations. it is working with a us medical centre to take soldiers over for treatment. our correspondent helena humphrey went to meet some of them. keep your head up. ukraine calls them their wounded warriors, and oleh is among their ranks. injured fighting for his country in bakhmut, the eastern front, now he's facing another battle, to regain his strength and sense of identity. translation: there were a lot of drones flying over my position and one dropped a grenade directly into my trench. and since we had a lot of ammunition, it detonated and there was a wave of explosions, wounding my legs. i put the tourniquets on,

but we were under constant fire. i had to wait ten hours to be evacuated. once he was out, oleh was told the rest of his life would be in a wheelchair. prosthetic limbs and rehabilitation are hard to come by in a country still in the grip of war. but here at a clinic in maryland in the united states, at least 40 ukrainian soldiers have found hope and healing through charitable donations. let's go. this is very hard work. but i can do it. the first time that you were able to put legs on, what was that feeling like? translation: it felt - like when you haven't eaten for a long time and then finally you have food. it was a huge joy. i was on top of the world. and that's why mike corcoran does it. for decades, he helped countless us soldiers wounded in iraq and afghanistan to walk again, but even he couldn't fathom what he saw in ukraine.

the numbers we're told are 50 times the number that the united states suffered in 20 years of war. so the war is not letting up, so we were told it's about 100,000 amputees. when i was last in kyiv, we went to one of the hospitals and it was just full of combat injuries. they couldn't take care of their own civilian patient population. the military had taken over the hospital and it'sjust staggering, the numbers. so staggering that western military surgeons say they haven't seen injuries on this scale since world war ii, meaning ukraine will have to adapt to meet the needs of their war wounded. this is one way. mike met anatoly after he was also injured in eastern ukraine. today he uses a prosthetic leg and now he's learning to make them. together, they'll open a new treatment centre like this one in the us, but back in kyiv.

ifeel able to help my brothers, so much my brothers now without legs, without arms, unfortunately. but it's my... it will be my small part to help them. among that band of brothers, 23—year—old vladyslav, the youngest to be treated here. his physical therapist says his sheer grit and determination means the progress he made injust weeks would usually take a year, and now he's headed home. translation: i don't know how to describe this emotion. - some kind of elation. to live a full life as a normal person. and maybe i can even serve again in another branch and be helpful. 60 round to the right. and so he'll return back to the country he defended to stand proudly on ukrainian soil once again. alan bates —

who led the campaign for justice for victims of the post office it scandal — has been given a knighthood in the king's birthday honours. the former sub—postmaster fought for years to clear the names of hundreds of branch managers wrongly convicted of fraud. he insisted the honour wasn'tjust for him, but for everyone who'd supported his cause. tracey emin — who rose to fame in the �*90s, when her artwork of an unmade bed was nominated for the turner prize — has become a dame. there are also damehoods for the actor imelda staunton and the handbag—designer anya hindmarch. the cyclist mark cavendish has been awarded a knighthood, along with the composer john rutter. it was a sobering night for scotland at the euros, as they suffered a bruising 5—1 defeat to hosts germany in the opening match of the tournament. over the next month, 24 nations will battle for the title, with tens of thousands of fans cheering their teams on.

despite struggling in recent tournaments, germany are among the favourites. footballjournalist tim vickeryjoins us live from rio de janeiro. thanks for being with us. a disappointing night for scotland and germany couldn't have hoped for a better start, could they?— have hoped for a better start, could they? no, they certainly couldn't. your _ could they? no, they certainly couldn't. your colleague - could they? no, they certainly couldn't. your colleague this | couldn't. your colleague this time yesterday morning asked me for a prediction. time yesterday morning asked me fora prediction. i time yesterday morning asked me for a prediction. iwent time yesterday morning asked me for a prediction. i went for 3-1 for a prediction. i went for 3—1 for germany. for a prediction. iwent for 3—1 for germany. i for a prediction. i went for 3—1 for germany. i didn't factor in that red card for scotland and the two extra goals. i think i should quit making predictions while i'm amid. no, it was a terrible, terrible performance from the scots against a side that moves the ball as well as germany. i think a back three was at the wrong tactic. it so often becomes a back five. you're pinned back in your own half and those runners, the attacking midfielders of germany— scotland couldn't catch them. they couldn't get close enough even to throw sand at their rear end. it was an extraordinarily one—sided game. scotland need to pick themselves up. they're not out

yet. their battle cry now could be remember cost reek i don't mean that scotland lost to costa rica in the world cup of 1990. i mean that costa rica in the world cup 18 months ago lost their first the world cup 18 months ago lost theirfirst game the world cup 18 months ago lost their first game 7—0 and still came close to qualifying for the second round so it's not all over for scotland yet but they really will have to pick themselves up after a disastrous opening performance. how surprised were you by germany's performance? they'd had a tricky run recently and now seem to have improved for them. do you think it's just this game? can they improve and carry on to the finals? h0 this game? can they improve and carry on to the finals? ha i carry on to the finals? no i certainly — carry on to the finals? no i certainly think— carry on to the finals? no i certainly think they - carry on to the finals? no i certainly think they can. i carry on to the finals? no i l certainly think they can. the bad performances were last year. they've changed coach since there. he's a very young coach, very unorthodox coach. but he's freshened them up. we've seen the person formances of german clubs in competitions this year have been very good with lots of young players coming through and i think this german side now have momentum

behind them and they'll take some stopping. behind them and they'll take some stopping-— behind them and they'll take somestouin~.~ ., ., ., , some stopping. what other teams are ou some stopping. what other teams are you keeping — some stopping. what other teams are you keeping a _ some stopping. what other teams are you keeping a close _ some stopping. what other teams are you keeping a close eye - some stopping. what other teams are you keeping a close eye on? l are you keeping a close eye on? i know you're not sure you want to keep doing predictions. go on. who are your top three? always make your predictions after the event. that's what i've learned doing this game. france go into the tournament as everyone's favourites and the french have such strength and depth that they are the team to beat. they so nearly won the world cup in qatar 18 months ago. a lot of expectation on england. so much attacking talent. perhaps not quite as blessed with defensive resources but it will be very interesting to see england as well as germany. i would certainly put spain in there. not a lot of people talking about spain but i think they're dangerous and perhaps just a little hope for portugal. tim. you may _ little hope for portugal. tim. you may remember- little hope for portugal. tim. you may remember 20 - little hope for portugal. tim. you may remember 20 years ago... you may remember 20 years auo. .. you may remember 20 years ago. . .- greece _ you may remember 20 years ago. . .- greece won - you may remember 20 years ago. . .- greece won 20 l you may remember 20 years ago... tim. greece won 20 years auo. ago... tim. greece won 20 years ago- sorry- — ago... tim. greece won 20 years ago- sorry- i — ago... tim. greece won 20 years ago. sorry. i have _ ago... tim. greece won 20 years ago. sorry. i have to _ ago... tim. greece won 20 years ago. sorry. i have to stop - ago... tim. greece won 20 years ago. sorry. i have to stop you . ago. sorry. i have to stop you there. ago. sorry. i have to stop you there- tim — ago. sorry. i have to stop you there. tim vickery, _ ago. sorry. i have to stop you there. tim vickery, thank- ago. sorry. i have to stop youj there. tim vickery, thank you very much indeed. do stay with us here on bbc news. bye for now.

hello. if you're not impressed with whatjune has brought us so far weather wise, i suspect this weekend will do very little to change your view. further showers in the forecast, albeit with some spells of sunshine in between. a rather cool feel for the time of year. the earlier satellite picture from friday shows clumps of shower cloud circulating around the centre of an area of low pressure. and this will be our weather maker throughout the weekend with bands of showers or longer spells of rain, albeit with some spells of sunshine in between. you can see we start saturday morning with some slices of sunshine, but some showers from the word go. some of those are going to be heavy, perhaps thundery. the showers could show up just about anywhere. some brisk winds across both the north and the south of the uk. in fact, through the english channel, we could see gusts of 40 miles per hour or more, at least where it's windy. the showers will move through pretty quickly with light winds. parts of northern ireland,

southern scotland, northern england will see slow moving showers and those temperatures at best between 13 and 17 degrees. so our low still with us through saturday night. and this little weather system here will bring a clump of heavy and persistent rain southwards across scotland, getting down into parts of northern ireland and perhaps the far north of england by the start of sunday morning. we'll start sunday with temperatures around eight to 11 degrees. a sunshine and showers story again for most of us on sunday. but with this band of more persistent rain sinking its way down across northern ireland, affecting southwest scotland into the north of england, those showers where they do crop up across southern and eastern parts of england particularly could again be heavy and thundery. 14 degrees for stornoway, maybe 19 degrees for hull and for london. so perhaps just a little bit warmer. into monday, sunshine and showers once again, although with quite a lot of cloud, i suspect across northern and western parts. 21 degrees possible

across the south—east corner. and as we look further ahead, well, there are some signs that at least for a while, things might try to settle down with this ridge of high pressure just trying to topple its way in, but signs are it may not last, it may not hold on for all that long with areas of wet weather returning by the end of the week and while temperatures may climb a little, there's certainly no heat wave on the way.

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the headlines: the princess of wales is to make her first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. she'll take part in the annual trooping the colour parade. in a message, the princess said she's making good progress but is not out of the woods yet. cyril ramaphosa is re—elected president of south africa after his party strikes an historic coalition deal with opposition parties. in a victory speech, he said the south african people expected the coalition to work together to tackle poverty, unemployment and inequality. the former post office submaster alan bates receives a knighthood while artist tracey emin and the actress imelda staunton become dames. they are just some of those to be recognised in this year's king's birthday honours. and in football, it's a disappointing night for scotland as they're thrashed 5—1 by hosts germany in the opening game of the euros. now on bbc news, the travel show.