i'm annita mcveigh at winsdor where the duchess of sussex has given birth to a baby boy. prince harry announced the news, saying he's incredibly proud of his wife and that both mother and baby are doing well. as every father and a parent would ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing, but this little thing is absolutely to die for, so i am over the moon. a baby boy has been born today. god said the queen, thank you! —— save. there were celebrations at windsor as news came through that the baby was born at 5:26 this morning, weighing just over seven pounds.

i'm excited everyone loves baby news i'm excited everyone loves baby news i'm excited everyone loves baby news i'm excited for them. it's exciting stop live really pleased for them, very excited looking forward to the name. and lucy, where hundreds of well—wishers have gathered this afternoon to see the framed notice of the birth and to celebrate the newest arrival to the royal family. i'm lukwesa burak, the other news this evening... a warning from the united nations a million species face extinction and human beings are to blame. and the pilot of a russian plane that burst into flames and crashlanded says it was hit by lightning.

hello and welcome. the duchess of sussex has given birth to a healthy baby boy. prince harry was present for the birth and said it had been ‘the most amazing experience'. you could see when he stood in front of the how thrilled he was an overall joy he of the how thrilled he was an overalljoy he was by the experience he shared with his wife. the news was quickly related to the queen. there eight great grandchild. the queen, the duke of edinburgh, the prince of wales, the duchess of cornwall and the duke and duchess of cambridge are all said to be delighted with the news. the duchess's mother, doria ragland, is with the royal couple at frogmore who travelled with the united states. she is with the new parents

at the cottage, which is the couple's newly renovated home here on the windsor estate. let's take a look at what we know about this birth. he was born at five 26 this morning and weighed seven pounds and three ounces. baby sussex as he has known before we find out his name maybe in a few days. he will be seventh in line to the throne. and is the queen's eighth great grandchild. we'll have reaction to the news from here in windsor, at buckingham palace, and across the atlantic in the united states but first this report on the day's events from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. on the court of lacking in politics, the orthodoxy of doing things, short written statement on a guilt easel announcing a royal birth, but the

suffixes had been at pains to do things their way. to a beaming father, eager to share the news. in the very excited to announce that megan and myself had a baby boy. early this morning and a very healthy boy. mother and baby are doing incredibly well. it's been the most amazing experience i could ever possibly imagine. how any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension, but we are both absolutely thrilled. i have not been to many births, this is my first. it's amazing, absolutely incredible and as! it's amazing, absolutely incredible and as i say i'm so incredibly proud of my wife and as every father and pa rent of my wife and as every father and parent would ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing, but this little thing is absolutely to die for it so i'm over the moon. it's not the birth took place in their new home

in windsor, as megan had wanted. that birth this morning was a few days overdue. for both of them, it's fulfillment that they wish to start a family, harry saw the happiness william and catherine founded the young children and he has made little secret to emulate that. but unlike his brother and sister—in—law, harry and megan are free of responsibility of producing a child in direct line to the throne, it has given them more latitude planning a homebirth with the medical team at their choice send no photo call —— protocol on hospital steps, instead sharing the news on their instagram account. the measure of this birth being handled asa measure of this birth being handled as a measure of how he wants to control the way his families presented. he and megan clearly recognise the level of international interest, but it's their determination to manage things as much as possible their way. baby

sussex will be seventh in line to the throne. he will not automatically be styled his royal highness as a prince, but such things will be admitted to account tonight as his parents, harry and meghan, marvel at the safe delivery of their sun. as we heard there it's thought the baby was born at the royal couple's home frogmore cottage here in windsor. the couple's new home. you may know the setting from the royal wedding and seen in ages from the royal wedding almost a year ago. it's the location for their engagement photographs as well. now we understand the place where they are indeed baby has been born. people have been gathering in the town. through out the day crowds have been gathering in the town to celebrate. in anticipation as well and many people in the town today of course

joining and the excitement we have witnessed here at the news that that ba by‘s witnessed here at the news that that baby's arrival. our correspondent helena wilkinson has been with them. it's a boy and the bubbles are flowing in the streets around windsor castle, a great afternoon here, transformed into a celebration. i must a year after harry and meghan wedding. the newest addition to the royal family may only be seventh in line to the throne, but try telling them that. we have champagne, can't waste at the champagne, could i borrow your is? we had champagne, we had one bottle already. we are very happy are we not? we are here on their wedding date to celebrate and. here wedding date to celebrate and. here we are with good news. are you excited? i hope they name it after me, matthew. the atmosphere here is

electric. when there really is a place to be. if you have a message to give what would it be? lots of love and good luck in getting up in the night but not that i have to do that i don't have a nanny. not quite as busy here as it was during that royal wedding last year but news trickled through the town and all eyes fixed on five more cottage, where the couple is notjust british wealthy, it's hollywood royalty is well with huge interest from across the pond and around the world. we continue to fund the breaking news across the pond and it's good news is. it's a boy. global media circus is. it's a boy. global media circus is once again fixated on the british royalfamily is once again fixated on the british royal family and with the first official photos at the new family deal on wednesday, the excitement here at windsor is not likely to calm down. anytime soon.

the birth was announced on prince harry's official instagram account sussex royal. let's ta ke let's take a look at that. this afternoon, his royal highness the duke of sussex shared the news of the arrival of his and the duchess' first bon chils. —— born child. their son was born early morning on the sixth may, 2019 and weighs seven pounds and three ounzes. their royal highnesses thank you for your support and kindness during this exceptionally joyful time in their lives and they welcome their baby boy. we saw that clip of prince harry announcing then is it to the meeting early today, before that the news appeared on twitter that the duchess of sussex had gone into labour and that she had given birth to a baby boy. a more modern way of passing on the news it but of course, there was

at the formal traditional way and making the news known and that was up making the news known and that was up by making the news known and that was up by placing an announcement on an easel and before court and the buckingham palace where my colleague lucy is now step ——. that sense of excitement you are feeling is not confined today, we had it all day at buckingham palace since the announcement of the birth was made. people have been trickling down here, tourists from all over the world excited and lots ofjournalist as you imagine, but you mentioned the moment of royal protocol and when it happened there was this a ripple of excitement and joy in the cloud, because we all look to ritual for these times will show you pictures that we saw the frame and notice of the burden put on a ceremonial easel in the forecourt at the palace, and it said the queen and royal family are delighted at the news that the royal highness duchess of sussex was safely

delivered of a sun at 5:26am today, her royal highness and her child are both doing well and i thought well it's interesting was when i spoke to many of the tour is here, some were saying they were worried that the baby may have been late and complications where there but they are relieved that the megan —— that meghan and the baby are doing well and they are excited about particularly americans, the baby has dual nationality because of meghan, the baby is american as well as british. it's lots of excitement from american some of wonder if there could be at the american flag here at the palace today, and i am nowjoined by californian, tonya and jamie who are here from germany, just reflecting on the wide range of people today will to you both and how has this been seen in germany? we are very excited for them because i also congratulations and we hope she comes to gemini ceiling and the new family will come visit. why did

you come today did you want to feel like you are part of history? i'm studying me —— that being here right now and i live close to the palace andi now and i live close to the palace and i was waiting the last two weeks for the baby to arrive and that's why i came here as soon as i heard. tonya you're from california said this is special, what was your reaction? i was actually here on business and not aware of the baby was born until after i landed, i had royal watches and my family who were like oh my god you made the baby, and you are there in the baby as best to get over there and see sol hoppedin best to get over there and see sol hopped in and huber and got in line and made a new friend and watched the excitement and i'm excited. so it brought together —— it brought you together. you thinker excitement echoed across america do you get a sense people are interested in what's happening here? they are definitely excited and being an american and being part of this culture as well so it's very exciting. if you are a small sense of ownership? yes the baby is our r

us, she should name hannah spencer. spencer is a good man but maybe also a german name like albert. lots of talk and that's what we look forward to combat the first beta on instagram and what the baby boy will be called, i spoke to an australian woman today who said he should be called one single name, sussex. well, thank you very much, it's baby sussex for the moment, some of the names that the bookmakers have given odds on albert, philip, after his great grandfather of christ, james, alexander and alfred are either suggested all very traditional. let's face it, probably the first and will be quite traditional and tonnes of other names because as we know royal babies tend to have several names, maybe they will be something more unusual there that reflects meghan's and american

heritage are african—american heritage, let's see. no doubt that will filter through in the upgrade —— upbringing if not his name, but a couple of days before we find out names, but let's see what it is. q speculation around that and interesting to hear people talking to lucy, very much reflecting passes byi to lucy, very much reflecting passes by i been talking today, because they were here when the news was announced and they feel extra special ownership or connection if you'd like to this story, and to the royals because of it as a share in the news i'm here on the long walk year at the beautiful carriage possession when the band newlyweds we re possession when the band newlyweds were brought by horse—drawn carriage around windsor so the cloud seemed to gather and share the wedding day they could catch a glimpse of the newlyweds. a short distance away from me, on the other side of the castle, band. what's the reaction

there? the new child as a bank holiday babies that there has been plenty of people in windsor today but for interest looking around as well as british people that decide to come in for a day out, quite a few said they were thinking when they booked the trip they might be here on the baby announcement came in fact, one laments that she and herfriend were in fact, one laments that she and her friend were walking around the castle on a tour when they heard the news that baby had been born and they said they felt quite emotional because they were both very strong supporters of the royal family bay in terms of international contingent, and gelling by downline from holland what's the significance for you? special because it is the first of harry and meghan, so i can imagine for him it's wonderful i am a father myself and i can recall when our boy our eldest was signed —— boring, it was magnificent, so i

can only imagine how he feels —— born —— how imagine he feels to be a father. what was your reaction? it was a coincidence that we travelled to europe after england, and we had just wonderful days and the south of england and now we travelled to windsor and then we hear this news, so windsor and then we hear this news, sol windsor and then we hear this news, so i think it's a very happy for them and! so i think it's a very happy for them and i hope they are lucky for a long time. they have to gather the ivy long time. they have to gather the joy we had together with our children. tomorrow you're looking around the castle. yes we are the first ones. we will try to be the first ones. we will try to be the first ones. we will try to be the first one setting 9:30am so we are looking forward to seeing the castle and looking around here, so it's wonderful. and our country, we also had a king and a queen, so it's very nice, every year, with all the

festivals, so it's the same here, congratulations. thank you very much, reaction there from our dutch friends and i also to quite a few americans here, there is not shared sense that they have with her being american citizens with the young child, qualifying for dual british and american citizenship, lots of excitement here today. back to you. thank you very much. bringing us to this tweet of congratulations from former first lady michelle obama, has taken to social media to pass on the good wishes of herself and barack obama. she tweeted, "congratulations, meghan and harry! barack and i are so thrilled for both of you and can't wait to meet him. #royalbaby." thatis that is certainly a harsh type that's been trending on social media today. let's go to the us now. and

oui’ today. let's go to the us now. and our correspondent dan is there, of course the obama snow the royal couple got on famously with the queen and did at edinburgh on visits to the uk as well. so very warm words from ben, and naturally because megan is american, there is a great deal of interest, but give us a great deal of interest, but give usa a great deal of interest, but give us a sense a great deal of interest, but give us a sense of the reaction there. that's right that there is interest and a natural interest from a huge body of royal watches and the british royal family for a long body of royal watches and the british royalfamily for a long time anyway, but meghan has added an extra ingredient that fascinates people particularly in the last yea rs people particularly in the last years that wedding, a fascination with exactly how she will fulfil her royal roles and what her attachment back to the united states will and questions now about how this young boy will grow up with the american background and culture that he shares, what will his relationship you like with his grandparents, we know her and her father had you like with his grandparents, we know her and herfather had had you like with his grandparents, we know her and her father had had a strained relationship in the last year he equates was not at the

wedding, so will they be involved actively? will that mean trips to the united states? will aa take up the united states? will aa take up the option of us citizenship which he appears to automatically qualify for because megan myself is still a us citizen while she awaits to achieve it british nationality, so all sorts of reasons why people here are all sorts of reasons why people here a re interested, all sorts of reasons why people here are interested, it's not exactly street parties pyrex and parades, but there is a dedicated band of royal watches taking an interest in the royal family and this couple and now the new baby. we had result —— reaction from the school of that meghan attended when she was a child and los angeles. inaccurate height high school and middle school congratulate her and the dutch of sex sexist die sussex and her husband on the birth of their sun, the school community extends best wishes to the family, but one notable area of reaction has been silent so far nothing from the president or the white house so it

shows you it's not top priority for all americans today. 0k, thank you very much. dan johnson all americans today. 0k, thank you very much. danjohnson there in washington and early today when i spoke to a little eight—year—old boy and his mum originally from seattle now living here, iasked him and his mum originally from seattle now living here, i asked him what he thought the best thing about growing up thought the best thing about growing up in windsor would be and he said the castle. of course the new baby of christ will have a chance to definitely experience that castle in a way that most children want. but we are waiting now probably a few more days to hear a name. we did not know if it'll be released sooner but certainly prince harry earlier today said that we could expect that first image is in a few days and those will be very eagerly awaited indeed, more from your now back to the studio. our top stories today. a landmark report from

the united nations is warning humans are rapidly destroying the natural world. it's the largest study of its kind, a un panel of experts has found that up to i million animal and plant species face extinction over the coming decades with 40% of amphibians under threat and a third of marine mammals. the un panel calls for urgent action to save the biodiversity of the planet on which humanity's survival depends. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. from the oceans to the land. from insects to exotic plants. life on earth is declining at its fastest rate in millions of years. this is at the start conclusion had a major new un report, which once at the planet is facing an ecological crisis. f life on earth can travel,

we are in trouble —— trouble. our future is at stake. there is no seeming future without the future for the fabric of life that sustains us. the report details the distracted and practised humans are hiding on the environment. 75% of all the land on earth has severely been altered by humans. 85% of wetla nds been altered by humans. 85% of wetlands have disappeared since the 18th century they are now back —— banishing at a faster rate than the forests a nd banishing at a faster rate than the forests and posse pollution increased tenfold since 1980. the backdrop to this is that human population has doubled and the last 50 yea rs, population has doubled and the last 50 years, adding growing pressure to the natural world. and take a look at the bigger picture. everything in nature plays a role, even the smallest creatures, like the narrow headed and. they keep the soil healthy and break down organic matter and also feeding themselves for birds and small mammals but now

they are on the brink of extinction. these tiny ants are the last of their kind, they used to be widespread but the small patch of heathland is the only site left in england all around them and their habitat has been destroyed, and it would be just this last refuge to go and the speeches would be lost forever. the un says that there are solutions, but we will need a major rethink of how we use land, especially for agriculture. deforestation will also have to a nswer deforestation will also have to answer the deforestation will also have to a nswer the forests deforestation will also have to answer the forests can grow again. and pollution making our oceans uninhabitable, cleaned up. but what —— the report says the insatiable use of the planet resources needs to stop now. we should at least fit, we should conserve energy, we should conserve should conserve energy, we should conserve water so should conserve energy, we should conserve water so all that's on the individual to the government and the private sector, we all have a role to play and it's doable. we are not asking people to drastically change

in lifestyle but be more careful. the window of opportunity for nature global rescue plan is small. the un says if we fail to act, 90 species will be left fighting for survival. our environment respondent nat has been explaining why the authors at the biodiversity report ijust so worried. this report may run to over 40 worried. this report may run to over a0 pages but didn't have an incredible story at the impact of humans on that planet in the last 50 yea rs humans on that planet in the last 50 years and the likely impact in the next 30. it details the fact that 7596 next 30. it details the fact that 75% of the land of the earth has been altered significantly by humans, 55% of oceans and now faced by industrial fishing. all this activity in economic activity has been predicated on the fact that human population doubled since 1970 and the economy increased four times, and all of that all this people, i need to be fed clothing and given water and energy and those demands of god up and as a result,

humans expanded into parts of south america cutting down trees and southeast asia as well to plant palm oil plantations in south america, de vries cattle in large numbers as well. i love this is having a desperate impact on they made experience at the planet and that report says some 25% to animals are in danger of extinction in the next few decades within six we are not sure about but their report taken as a whole, indicates that the imprint of humanity on the planet has never been greater and the decline of the rate of species has never been higher orfaster in 10 rate of species has never been higher or faster in 10 million yea rs. higher or faster in 10 million years. that was not mcgrath speaking from paris for us. our top story todayis that the batches of sussex has given birth to a baby boy, the family at the moment are at home at the cottage, the news was announced by god, prince harry to say mother and

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welcome back to windsor, where earlier today the duchess of sussex gave birth to a healthy baby boy. mother and baby are both doing equally well according to father prince harry, the duke of sussex. the baby weighs £7 and three ounces and is seventh in line to the throne. well, it was a little bit of a surprise when prince harry came out and spoke to the media himself to announce the news because the couple had made it known that once the baby was born they would spend a couple of days celebrating privately asa couple of days celebrating privately as a family, but i think it was very evident in what the duke had to say that he couldn't contain his joy,