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buckingham palace announces she's under medical supervision. ah. hello, money inside the sound is there lie from dough hall or so coming up? a show of support to you as sexy of stay, antony blinking visits? ukrainian capital, keith. this government is moving immediately to introduce a new energy price guarantee. because ne prime minister liz trav announces plans to cover household energy bills. and the un warns human developments been sent back 5 years by an unprecedented array of crises, including the pandemic conflict on climate change. ah, we begin with breaking news. the united kingdom is queen elizabeth. the 2nd is

armed a medical supervision asked her scotland home amahl cancel. her doctors have said their consent. i her health. now just 2 days ago, you can see there in the picture. she met with persons new prime minister list trust in balmoral oil. officials say that her son an air prince charles has now arrived in balmoral to join her. all the close family members are traveling there now. a statement from buckingham palace in the last 2 hours said that following further evaluation this morning, the cleans doctors all concerned for her majesty's health and have recommended. she remained on the medical supervision. the queen remains comfortable and at val mall . a moral is known as the queen's summer camp. so if you're not familiar with it, there's the math. it's long been thought to be her favorite residence. she scold

deep scottish estates. oh palace a day, a paradise. it is about a 1600 kilometer trip from london. unless i take a look, it's a buckingham palace. this is the scene outside a bucking palace in london, which is of course, the capital's royal residence. and those people who are clearly have started to hear the news about her ill health are starting to gather around the palace. let's go to an whitlock who is a professor, the history of monarchy at city university in london. she joins me now from there. thank you for joining the program. let's start with a statement from buckingham palace. it's significant, isn't it? because it is in contrast, the last couple of months where we never really had very much from buckingham palace. they wish that as little as possible about the queen's health. yeah, it is significant. probably don't commentate on the,

on the health of senior roles. the queen, the most senior. i'm a soccer. they have this statement is significant in itself. the fact that we will say, and i have family all now traveling to morrow. prince charles touched to call the tutor cambridge, the g. your count encountered west princess boyle and even the duke and duchess topics record. but in the moment they will travelling the course of his significance national, international label of constitutional significance. but for a family mine and on her family gathering to be with she's always going to places. so from that point of view, she was, she would want to be surrounded by her family. but i think yes, the state from moral traveling to about more of a family point in the direction that this is now the line hours of the queen's

right. it is, of course, a family moment. they are the ones who know her best, but she is incredibly important to the people of the united kingdom and people outside the united kingdom. i mean, you just have to look at the various to believe over the years, just to see the sheer turn out of people in the jubilation when they see her. and i mean, i've been talking about this to previous guess. i mean this, this is, this is, it's a tough time. the people living in the u. k. i mean, this news couldn't come of the west time. could it? yeah, i mean, the queen is a cool queen of united kingdom. she's also a queen of 14, all the countries around the world, including time is straight and you'd be then countries in the caribbean. but yes, the united kingdom britain has been wrought by something of a national identity crisis in recent years with the decision to leave the union

with just pretty, within day the end of the period. johnson's prime minister shit, the queen in just a couple of days ago. appointed the new prime minister trust and was doing so brought in something a bit of a mind and what billing about its place in the world. it's identity i'm. the queen is always being the continuity boy, most people in britain and i haven't really known any other question of the kingdom she's been writing so yeah, we couldn't have come a was on the real moment of national kind of local people. not quite sure about what britain is anymore. what is placed in the world. mcqueen having been not lynch pin that now seems to be no longer soon to be the case. we've talked a lot about tradition and we're just hearing that the traditional ceremony of the changing the god which was due to take place outside buckingham palace tomorrow

morning. that's now been cooled off. that's pretty significant, isn't it? yeah, it is. i mean, all lives now a moral. there is a bit of distance in the sense away from the class, the major in the public if i'm wrong and if it's been a fucking in public. but yeah, i mean, that's a sense now, i think the nation, perhaps the well holding express, waiting for this announcement. and again, this is just indicative of the seriousness of the situation for barking. and the fact that changing of the dog has been suspended. she's of course $96.00, you know, which is which is which is quite old and with that come a lot of health problems, but she has significantly sort of gotten a bit more ill in recent months. if i'm not mistaken. now she's definitely because obviously older you become a priority basically control combat. she's the way to be. i think she could have

been somewhat diminished by the loss of her health and print during the and she's having a few problems for a long time. we didn't really get a sense of the queen was the she was, i mean that was great comment if she was seen with a hearing aids or with a walking stick and she's not to be favorable. so actually it's been really remark over the really in the last 3 months or yeah, the queen's agent cool top and have a many things she hasn't been able to do or have has to be adjusted. and of course, a lot of thought was just few days ago when instead of a point to the new prime minister fucking and polish the incoming and outgoing prime ministers, title to moral because of my problems. but still she carried on the business of being queen and it looks like she did very much. i mean, i hope we can put up that picture of her meeting. ms. trough in by morrow. i mean, she even has her hand back. she looks impeccably dressed. i mean that that

was all part of the queen, wasn't she wasted for that? was that was she was that that stable statement if you like, she always looked perfect and always sounded perfect. she did. i mean she's the ultimate professional. i mean when we think of her harmony, that was winston churchill and now had 15 please trust that she just appointed. i always think that was like an explanation. like when she put that down in the statement, the queen was here. and you know, she's in like holding in my famous women in a while. the pictures were in the world. she is an on the i think whether you're with the molecule know, or think it's kind of continue to showing out mode. is she should. i think the fact this woman who has been in a row for 70 is there was seen on precedence changing trees to say, but it's always just carried on and tire. we go, she really has lives out. and i think there's

a great deal of affection and admiration and respect for her regard to people use on the medicaid. how do you think she will be looking at the next age of the monarchy? do you think when we look at the prince william, and how they conduct themselves and how they are incredibly loved as well? do you think she will be pleased to see how things have been left if you like? yes, i think so. i don't think in a way how are you in that was visible when this'll last appearance in the g celebrations when she was on the balcony with a prince, charles, and one. and then the cambridge isn't that children in a sense, thought however achievement that her legacy that is the feature of the monkey. and i think she would be very proud and express the pride in her. it has song bronze song in the what they do around the environment and so on. and so yes, i think,

you know, of late in the last couple of years we've already seen charles and william become a really strong unit. william and tight become an ethical, popular i'm so i think that will be a sense of finally gather around. yes, they have family, but she's also also a problem. so in good hands now that she had of course, she has of course, 4 children, 8 grand children, and 12 great grandchildren. and i guess you could say though that's in the last few years, things have gotten a little more difficult for her. she of course lost her beloved husband and then she had to sort of see the public problems faced by prince charles. then of course his son prince andrew, when it came to his association with jeffrey at stain, how's he think she handled all that? i think she did, i mean she was, he probably difficult. there's been losses or personal trolls in her family. pretty

sandra goes my significantly, but she's ultimately carried on and she has always been affecting the borrower. how, but you know, the business of the family homes 1st and not been she, when she had to be decisive about stripping angie with titles and so on and making you know, how we make and make a decision whether they were in to buy it in or out, she did it because ultimately just protect refer, i'm not school, she's done. okay, really good to talk to anna whitlock, professor of history of monarchy at this university of london. just to recap what we know, the united kingdom's queen elizabeth. the 2nd is armed at medical supervision at her scotland home, a moral castle. i talk to say they all consent for her health. royal officials say his son an ant prince charles has now arrived in balmoral to be by his side and then all the close family members on their way that now as take

a look at it. this is the seeing the live live pictures of the scene in london outside buckingham palace. this is the captain's royal residence. this is of course, where we received the statement a few hours ago when we 1st got the notification about the queen's health problems. and now the traditional so many, if the changing the guard now is talking to the guest about this at which was due to take place outside buckingham palace to morrow morning, has now been called off. that return to rory challenz, our correspondent who is now at buckingham palace. and so i bring us up to date with, with what, you know, worry your hold while the queen will not hear horse as we know she's up in about moral. but the world media is very much here on either side

of me. you got recently this out. we are a flanks of reporters going down that way down that way. cameras, as far as my i can see all focused on that building there. of course, the london home or for queen elizabeth ah, and the this the seat of the roll family are all family that is now or either by elizabeth bedside in balmoral or heading there are on advice i think from the doctors who clearly have said to them look, she probably may not have that that much longer to live. and so now is the time to come and say whatever you want to say or to your mother to your grandmother. i be with her at the moment for her health, as we can re between the lines. it is fading a. i think the expectation is that it could be hours, it could be days. but probably the queen is not going to be much longer with us. a

remarkable woman, as, as many of your guests have been pointed out over the last few hours or so someone who is unprecedented in british history, having been on the throne for 70 years. no other british monarch has reached a platinum jubilee. something that she felt a bright said earlier this year with celebrations that went on up and down the country and across the commonwealth as well. it just wasn't, wasn't just in, in the united kingdom, it was across all of the countries that have the queen has at the head of state. now health has been fighting significantly over the last few months and so much so that actually for that platinum jubilee, she missed out on many of the events of the events that she should really have been there for. i was standing here on one of those days when she came out on the balcony over there with her family and wife. but there wasn't much more that we

actually saw the queen size juvenile celebrations. clearly since the deck with her husband, prince philip. she has been robbed of a lot of i think, mental fortitude a lot of will and a lot of energy. and that seems to be telling us at the moment. of course, there is many established plans that are in place. so what happens if she does die in, in the coming hours or days, and what happens to pass on the throne pass on her crowns to her son, to carry on that continuity that the royal family, the queen elizabeth, herself, sees as so important to the fabric of the united kingdom. again, thank you about for re challenge their 1st outside,

buckingham palace. we do receive any more detail. we will of course, return to warry. while loss of reaction at school was coming in a prime minister, the prime minister of united kingdom lis trusts who of course met the queen at balmoral on cheese day. her response to the news, she said the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from buckingham palace vis lunch time. my thoughts and the thoughts of people across our united kingdom are with him majesty the queen and her family at this time. we've also heard from kiss stars, the you case opposition? labor party leda. he says, along with the rest of the country, i am deeply worried by the news from buckingham palace this afternoon. i thought so with her majesty the queen and her family at this time, and i joined every one across united kingdom in hoping for her recovery. okay, well let's take a look at queen elizabeth 70 years on the fern queen list with the 2nd born in

1926 in london. and at that point, she was actually expected to become the queen. and things changed off to the application of her uncle edward the 8th, or when, which resulted in her father george the 6th becoming king. in 1936 shift course. married prince philip in 1947. they had 4 children together with prince charles being the eldest, born in 1948, and then of course, when her father died in 1952. ah, that made her. that of course, resulted in princess elizabeth becoming queen elizabeth the 2nd. and she's ended up being the longest reigning monarch in british history even surpassing the rain queen victoria, back in september of 2015 things of see got a little more difficult for her last year because in april,

how husband prince philip, died just before his 100 bed they, they had of course, been married for 73 years at e, i spoke to charlotte moss shall, but me, me, who's a cultural commentator. she says the queen's many commitments may have taken a toll on her house. i think everyone would agree that on the news about the queen, even though medical attention and be required to rest is well, it's not unusual. given her age as well. given the fact that we have been informed by the palace and the last few months that she's been experiencing mobility issues, i think for all those who want her to recover quickly, the question has to be why the weights of office is still being placed on her at this time when really after 7 decades of service, she should be resting. and as many people know,

i'm very vocal about my opinions when it comes to your. busy family and, and monarch. but even given that, i've seen the queen's recent images as she welcomed on the new prominent celeste ross. and i think many people agree that when you see when you see that image that can remind you of your own grandmother. and i don't see why we should place the queen under any kind of expectation to still be working when she should be resting . and when we are well aware of her medical condition. so we've all those who wanted to recall wanted to recover quickly. i think this is time to start talking about, you know, totally having the step away from judy so she can rest. ah, now u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin is on an unsettled visit to cave. it's his 2nd trip to the canyon capital since the war in ukraine started. chef support comes

as the country says, it's making advances, and accountants have to retake territory from russia in the northeast on the south of the country as guitar. corresponding gabriel alexander, his life. just in case, let's start with his visit from antony lincoln. a was completely unexpected, wasn't it? it was unexpected and definitely unannounced as well. no one knew that this was quite happening. quite frankly. blinking has been here in keith for several hours now. we know that he has been meeting with government officials. he also toured a children's hospital here as well. so he's been doing a little bit of a tour of the ukrainian capital. it's unclear when he plans to leave, but we're watching that very closely. bottom line though is he's coming here to again show solidarity and support to the ukranian government and their ongoing military campaign that they have going on against russia and the war here. it's

been going on for a little over 6 months now, blinking also announcing not only his visit, but he's came with aid as well. now seeing that the united states plans to 1000000000 in military technical assistance, not only to ukraine, but to 18 other neighboring countries as well, to re, to re, to refute what the u. s. calls is russian aggression in the region. we also earlier on thursday, so us defense secretary lloyd austin. he was in germany and he announced 675000000 dollar aid package directly to the ukraine in military equipment, including ammunition for the highly effective precision rocket launchers called high mars that have been accredited with having rebuffed a lot of the russian advances here. on the front lines of the battlefield. so listen, a lot of money flowing in

a lot of military 8 announcements by the united states to ukraine. but clearly a very important visit by blinking symbolically. but also in what he is announcing in terms of this a that i just mentioned that he's bringing with him and great gabriel just to get the latest on the fighting that is going on in ukraine. i know khaki has been the center of a lot of that lately. what can you tell us about what's happening the yeah, we've just been hearing from the general staff of the ukrainian military. and they have been giving sort of an update on where things stand and how to keep. clearly we saw from anecdotal evidence over the last 48 hours the ukrainians appeared to be making pretty significant gains and catching the russians off guard. now we're getting some confirmation on that because you've created military,

general staff just within the last hour to 2 hours or so is confirming that they have recaptured at least 20 settlements or villages just within the last 48 hours in this offense. if that's a pretty significant number, and it includes cities such as our towns, i should say, such as about a class town of 25000 people, very significant town to be recaptured by by the ukrainian says the town about a 100 kilometers south east of how to keep it been a key supply line route where russians had been, had been entrenched there for quite some time. now. the ukrainians also saying they've been able to push forward into the russian controlled territory, south east of how to give by 50 kilometers, which is significant as well. that's a pretty significant move there in terms of how much of the move of the front line . if you will, and ukrainian saying that they've recaptured 700 square kilometers of territory.

that's the equivalent about to the size of singapore just to give some sort of comparison there. so clearly we're getting some understanding that this was clearly a surprise counter affected by the ukrainians, and they clearly cut the russians off guard and without a doubt, ukrainians that now have the momentum on the battlefield. okay, gabriel. alessandra with the updates from keith. thank you. now the you case, new prime minister announced a new price count on energy bells to protect consumers from soaring prices. miss shaw says the average annual household bill for gas and electricity will be kept of $2500.00 pounds, which is around $2900.00. the promises expected to cost more than a $100000000000.00. the prime minister has ruled out opposition calls to extend tax on energy company profits. and i can tell the house today that we will

not be giving in to the leader of the opposition. oh, for this to be funded through when pull tabs that would undermine the national interest by discouraging the very investment we need a the solomon islands parliament has passed a contentious spell to delay next year's national election. the prime minister says this country can't afford to host both the pacific gains and an election and the same year. critics say it's yet another made by the government to undermine democracy. sarah clark reports all young children and then use mrs massey. so good bar, i was appointed prime minister of the solomon islands in 2019 for the 4th time. now the election said for next year has been delayed and his term has been extended until 2024. so give our a fast track to bill for constitutional reform to postpone the vote. the prime

minister says the honor nation can't afford to host the pacific games in 2023 and go to the polls. he holds a majority in the countries parliament and a contentious bill was passed easily. him in the process of making a decision in this house to speak in any democratic system is by members. but it's triggered condemnation from the opposition. it's labeled to move a power grab and yet another attempt by the prime minister to undermine democracy. australia had offered to help fund the elections to avoid the delay. the so give our a government described that as foreign interference, accepted the offer, but still delayed the vote. i don't think it means that the controversy goes away. i think there will be ongoing disgruntlement, not just from the parliamentary opposition, but from others within the wider society of solomon islands. and i think we can

expect to hear common tray from various quarters in the ceiling, weeks and months. a secret security deal with beijing allows chinese police and law enforcement offices to be based in the islands capital, honey. our analysts side that agreement and prolonging some of our leadership could benefit china and strengthen the partnership in light of recent decisions. that sort of our government has made such as banning foreign vessels from docking and censorship, censorship. the national broadcaster, secret security deal that's on i'm signed with china. all of these serve to increase the executive power of our government. so the bar right has served as prime minister 3 times before. this wasn't popular enough to finish the turn. he says, delighting the next election will be a one off with no date for 2024 bit with your clock out here.

the pan that make climate change on the when you crane have been blame for lowering life expectancy in living standards around the world. you end up in the program says 9 out of 10 countries have been impacted around the wells lives of people in south saddam child. and shed decline the most all switzerland no way and iceland remained the top countries with higher standards of living and life expectancies. we can, my dear is the assistance actually general off the u. n. d p. she says there's been an unprecedented decline in living standards globally. is actually 9 out of 10 countries in the world that are versed with regards to a human development. and we have them looking at gross national income, the economists. but we are also looking at life expectancy, the quality of health systems, health services and education. it's a wide range of issues that we're looking at with regards to what we call human

development. the world has definitely since it challenges before we have to condemn it. we have been war affecting more than one country, actually the entire world. what has happened now and what we are presenting in the report is an uncertainty complex. i mean, so many of these challenges happening at the same time. we saw a decline already because of the climate crisis, the head of the damage. we had the pen demik of course with its impact to help those who wider it impacts with regards to social situations in countries lingering long way beyond. you know, the condemning of such and then of course, the ripple effect. well, the russian invasion in ukraine than his elizabeth acting. so here's where we have concerns that it will be more difficult and we really need to double down the investments with regards to human development. if we are to support the planet to get back on track and move towards the sustainable development goals that was lead to have promised to deliver on on to 2030.