princes william and harry publicly denounce as "offensive" a newspaper report about their relationship. in a joint statement, they deny reports that a rift between them contributed to the bid by harry and meghan for greater independence. it comes as the queen prepares to hold emergency talks with senior royals about the sussexes‘ future roles. we'll bring you all the latest developments from our royal correspondent in sandringham. also this lunchtime — boris johnson visits stormont to meet members of the new devolved assembly, after power—sharing is restored following a three—year suspension. the philippines braces itself for a possible "hazardous eru ption" — as volcano taal spews lava and ash. the airline flybe is reported to be in talks for emergency funding to prevent its collapse.

and the uk braces itself for storm brendan, expected to bring winds of up to 90 miles per hour. and in the sport on bbc news — james hook calls time on his 16—year career in rugby union. the former wales fly—half wants to move into coaching and writing children's books. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. prince william and prince harry have issued a strongly—worded statement, describing as false and offensive a report in the times newspaper which suggests a breakdown in the relationship between the two. it comes as the queen holds a summit with senior members of the royal family at sandringham this afternoon — to discuss future roles for the duke and duchess of sussex. last week, the couple announced out of the blue that they wanted to step down as senior royals —

and to divide their time between the uk and north america. the princes, along with their father prince charles, will all attend the meeting with the queen, while meghan is expected to join by phone from canada. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is at sandringham. officials here are saying absolutely nothing about the details or the timing of this meeting. we believe that the principles are already here, indeed the discussions may well already have started. the one developing this morning, that statement by william and harry, and i should just say there is flash photography in this report. there are big issues at stake, but at the heart of this is a family, and a feature of that is the relationship between two brothers, william and harry. this morning, a newspaper reported that harry felt he and his wife had been pushed away

from the royal family by the "bullying attitude of william." that brought a swift response, a joint statement from william and harry describing the story is false. four brothers who care so deeply about theissues brothers who care so deeply about the issues surrounding mental health, they said, the use of inflammatory language in this way is offensive and potentially harmful. at sandringham, as the duke of edinburgh was seen out and about on the estate, in the main house at the queen will bejoined the estate, in the main house at the queen will be joined by the prince of wales, prince william and by prince harry. it will be a chance for him to explain to them face—to—face why he and his wife wa nt to face—to—face why he and his wife want to partially withdraw from royal life, and for the family to try to agree on how such a withdrawal would work. the main issues have been identified. how would they finance a semi—royal life? expect to keep their royal titles? and who would pay for and their security? there is already

evidence that the couple are seeking nonroyal work. here are harry and meghan ata nonroyal work. here are harry and meghan at a film premiere last summer. meghan at a film premiere last summer. the meghan at a film premiere last summer. the cameras meghan at a film premiere last summer. the cameras caught harry's conversation with the chairman of the disney corporation asking him if you could find his wife some voice—over work. and as the royal family tries to find a way forward, commentators are adding their analysis. some are suggesting that criticism of meghan has been racially motivated. it's the tabloid press who have taken a particular tone with meghan markle command from the very beginning wanted to allude to the fact that she had african heritage and that this was something that really threatened continuity within the royal family. that really threatened continuity within the royalfamily. officials rejected suggestions that either meghan or harry have been driven out. quite the reverse, in fact. they say that ever since their wedding, everyone from the queen down has recognised them as a hugely popular couple. furthermore, they've been at the heart of the prince of wales's vision for the future of the

monarchy, or at least they have been until now. now, it appears, that they want to find a way out. meghan is said to be adamant. harry is said to be conflicted. and from the family, i have no doubt that there will be a very large measure of both understanding and sympathy. there is a will to find a way to make a new arrangement work. on one point, officials are adamant. the sussexes are, if you like, tier one royals. of course, there is a place for them in the royal family. any suggestion to the contrary is just wrong. nick, many thanks, our royal correspond nicholas witchell there. borisjohnson and the irish prime minister leo varadkar are in belfast this lunchtime meeting members of the new devolved government. mrjohnson says it's a historic time for the people of northern ireland — after power—sharing was restored on saturday after a three—year stand—off. our ireland correspondent chris

page is at stormont. the prime minister has just finished speaking to us here will stop for so long this great hall at stormont has felt empty and rather forlorn. but borisjohnson has felt empty and rather forlorn. but boris johnson has come felt empty and rather forlorn. but borisjohnson has come to stem his approval on the deal to make it a place of power again. and he also wa nted place of power again. and he also wanted to hear from local politicians about their plans now for northern ireland, not least how they are going to make things easier for people working in public services who have really been feeling the effects of the lengthy political deadlock. i should warn you my report contains some flash photography. the first official visit to the headquarters of the government which hasn't existed for more than 1,000 days. many wondered if the deal would ever be sealed. but after months of negotiations, the power—sharing coalition is back, headed by the democratic unionists leader arlene foster and michelle o'neill of sinn fein. mrjohnson wanted to savour a landmark moment.

never mind the hand of history on my shoulder. i see the hand of history... no, isee shoulder. i see the hand of history... no, i see the hand of the future. i see the hand of the future beckoning us all forward, i do hope that with goodwill and compromise and hard work on all sides it will bea and hard work on all sides it will be a very bright future indeed. the prime minister was might come to apartment building that's suddenly functioning and abuzz after a long and toxic stalemate. but now that the negotiations to restore devolution have succeeded, the parties are keen to talk cash. the biggest priority will be solving huge problems in the regional nhs. northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting times in the uk by far, and workers, including nurses, have been on strike over pay and staffing levels. but they think having a government back will make a big difference. of course our health service is still in crisis. nothing has changed in two days, but the

fact we have local political leaders in place, decision—makers, that we have found the table around the table that we can have decisions made at, that's a tremendous step forward. the question now is how much money local ministers will need to resolve the health service crisis and achieve all the other aims set out to restore devolution. there's commitment that schools will have a sustainable budget, storm and says that in the last decade education spending has fallen by £250 million in real terms. another focus is infrastructure, anotherfocus is infrastructure, a high—speed rail link from belfast and dublin to cork will be considered, and there is a promise to upgrade the sewerage system. the water company says it will take £2.5 billion to make it fit for purpose. all that is just a start. stormont‘s power sharing partnership has been reborn. but these new ministers have a massive challenge to make northern ireland thrive. mrjohn —— donjohnson has said there was talk about funding around

there was talk about funding around the table but he wasn't prepared publicly to give any cold hard figures. at this stage he said it wasn't just about money, figures. at this stage he said it wasn'tjust about money, it figures. at this stage he said it wasn't just about money, it was figures. at this stage he said it wasn'tjust about money, it was also about leadership. you can expect leads her to keep up pressure for figures on financial help on the british and irish governments in the coming days. the irish prime minister leo varadkar is also arriving here at stormont this afternoon. chris, thank you. our correspondent chris, thank you. our correspondent chris page in stormont there. a volcano in the philippines which has been spewing lava and ash could erupt "within hours or days," according to the authorities there. thousands of people in the area, which is south of the capital manila, have been forced to leave their homes. from the philippines, our correspondent howard johnson reports. volcanic lightning, a spectacular event that confirmed taal volcano had entered a more dangerous phase. the philippine authorities say the volcano is at alert level four out of a maximum of five, a waning

that means a hazardous eruption could occur within hours or days. today, thick black ash billowed out of the volcano scientists confirmed it had begun spew lava. close to taal volcano, a steady flow of local residents left the iii—kilometre exclusion zone. translation: when it started to drop ash in our area that is when we decided to evacuate. when we were at the boundary there were numerous shakes. we experienced around 100 tremors. at a petrol station there were scores of motorcyclists panic buying fuel. elsewhere, people vainly attempted to clear thick ash from their properties. translation: when we went to the volcanic island, there were many destroyed houses. it's almost like a desert there because of the thickness of the mud. even my cultivated fish were all killed. elsewhere, manila's main international airport reopened today but many flights are subject to cancellations and long delays.

taal, the country's second most active volcano, last experienced a sustained period of volcanic activity between 1965 and 1977, which saw a major explosion and several lava flows. tonight, families taking refuge in evacuation centres are hoping that history will not repeat itself and that today's limited lava flow is as bad as it gets. howard johnson, bbc news, tagaytay. the airline flybe has refused to comment on reports that it's trying to secure emergency funding to prevent its collapse. the airline is the uk's biggest regional carrier — all of its flights are currently operating as normal. our business correspondent theo leggett is here. lots of speculation. it is worth remembering that flybe isa it is worth remembering that flybe is a major airline. yes, it is reasonably large and does an importantjob reasonably large and does an important job because as reasonably large and does an importantjob because as you said it isa importantjob because as you said it is a regional airline so it carries small amounts of passengers in

smaller planes from airports that may be quite distant, so for example, the north of scotland or newquay in the south—west. and other areas such as the isle of man rely on it quite heavily for their air links to the rest of the uk. just to give you an idea of the scale, it carries about 8 million passengers a year, between 56 airports, both within the uk on domestic services and in europe, and it has about 21100 employees. so those people obviously today will be worried about their jobs as well. now, last year we were talking about exactly the same thing. flybe being in financial difficulty. at that point it was rescued by a consortium involving the logistics group stobart, virgin atla ntic the logistics group stobart, virgin atlantic and cyrus capital, an investment fund. they promised £100 million to support the business, £20 billion to get it out of trouble and another £80 million worth of investment. it was going to be rebranded as virgin connect, and we

don't know what has apparently gone wrong. it may be that some of those investors haven't been able to raise the money as easily as they'd hoped. -- 20 the money as easily as they'd hoped. —— 20 million. or it may be that the business simply isn't doing well enough because this is a difficult business to operate in, particularly on domestic flights, flybe is competing with trains, road travel and ina competing with trains, road travel and in a market where fuel prices can go up—and—down and its margins are very tight. so it is clearly finding life very difficult indeed. 0k, finding life very difficult indeed. ok, theo, many thanks. candidates wanting to replace jeremy corbyn as labour leader have

hello and welcome — it's awards season, and in the next few minutes we'll find out which actors and film—makers are nominated for the starriest of them all — the oscars. i'mjane hill, and with me for this bbc news special is the film criticjason solomons. we'll cross live to los angeles shortly — first, let's look at some of the top contenders. joaquin phoenix has been winning statuettes for his role in the dark thrillerjoker — will it lead the pack?

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