music: royal salute and so, there we are. this first king's birthday parade of the rain of charles iii gets under way as the two young princes and princesses charlotte make their way into the

building overlooking horse guards parade. they will be able to watch it through the windows, as some of the others take their place on that. i presume that'll be four queen camilla and the princess of wales. but now, the inspection of the troops begins. the king setting off on horseback, i would know, the carriage is following along. they are all now inspecting the ranks of the footguards.

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so, s0, it really is quite an so, it really is quite an inspection, isn't it? the king accompanied by the princess royal. and the duke of edinburgh, and the prince of wales behind him, and then, the carriagejust prince of wales behind him, and then, the carriage just containing now queen camilla and the princess of wales. and slightly different from how it was when the queen made this inspection. she would inspect the lines of the footguards just herself in the small carriage that she used, but on this occasion, they are all doing it. all of the other senior ranks as well. and you can see the household cavalry, the lifeguards and the blues and royals

just in the background there, in front of the guards memorial. the memorial to the soldiers of the five guards regiments lost in the second world war. the king, as i mentioned, wearing the uniform of the welsh guards, one of the five footguards regiments. he is colonel in chief of all the regiments of the household division. that is five regiments of footguards and the two regiments of the household cavalry. and by tradition, he wears the uniform of the regiment whose colour is being trooped. and on this occasion, that is the colour of the welsh guards, which is the mostjunior of the five guards regiments. but a very proud regiment none the less. and their colonel now is the current prince of wales, prince william.

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so, the massed band just getting ready. they will begin the parade in a few moments as they march across the parade ground playing a medley of regimental music, and rather a splendid scene at horse guards here in london for this king's birthday parade. in the distance, the old admiralty building. there are now on the saluting base, queen camilla and the saluting base, queen camilla and the princess of wales. the others are remaining on horseback. the king on the right there.

troop! by by the centre! slow march! so initially, the guards form a slow march. this, i believe is music, welsh spirit.

in the centre, you can see the colour of the welsh guards, the colour that will be trooped. it is in the safekeeping of a junior officer. of the welsh guards. so, if you are just so, if you arejustjoining us, what you have being seeing their on your screens is king charles iii's first

trooping the colour military spectacle that marks the monarchy�*s official birthday. those are live scenes in london, and king charles is riding on horseback there, you can see him there. he is riding on horseback, inspecting the troops at horse guards parade, and receiving the royal salute. and now, it is the parade, which followed that inspecting of the troops. we are going to leave this now, and take a look at some of the day's other news. a man accused of murdering three people in the city of nottingham on tuesday has been remanded in custody by a court. it's alleged valdo calocane stabbed barnaby webber, grace o'malley—kumar and ian coates on tuesday, and attempted to murder three others. let's go live now for the latest.

dressed in a grey t—shirt and grey jogging dressed in a grey t—shirt and grey jogging bottoms, valdo calocane spoke only to confirm his name which he gave as an alias of adam mendes, his date of birth and his address which you gave is no fixed abode. he has been charged with the murder of students grace o'malley kumar and barnaby webber, and ian coates. they were stabbed in the early hours of tuesday in nottingham. he also faces charges of attempted murder relating to three members of the public are being hit by a ban in the city centre. these attacks have caused an outpouring of grief here in the city. we have had two incredibly emotional vigils attended by the families where they spoke to crowds of thousands of people. there have been floral tributes at the ashes series yesterday at the beginning of that in birmingham, there was a

moments silence to remember the victims as well. the hearing here at nottingham magistrates' court last fewer than ten minutes, and the dual guinea—bissau portuguese national had a settled status in the uk was remanded to custody, and he will next appear at nottingham crown court on tuesday.— next appear at nottingham crown court on tuesday. thank you. that is our correspondent _ court on tuesday. thank you. that is our correspondent in _ court on tuesday. thank you. that is our correspondent in nottingham, i our correspondent in nottingham, life what is with the latest on that. ugandan police say militants linked to the islamic state group have killed at least a0 people at a school in the west of the country. adf rebels, a ugandan group based in eastern congo, attacked a secondary school in mpondwe, burning a dormitory. eight other people were injured and are in hospital. dozens are feared to have been abducted. police say the army is pursuing the fighters — who had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. adf rebels have been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. our correspondent patience atuhaire is in kampala

and following developments. what we've just learnt right now is that the death toll unfortunately has increased to about a0 students. the school is said to have had a population of over 60 students, most of them were boarding students, they lived at the school. and last night, the rebels are said to have shown up at around 11:30, and attacked the students. a ugandan army commander in the region has just told the media that they had intelligence that the rebels were within the border area on the congolese side, for about two days before this attack. so, we understand that they came in, they torched mattresses, most of the boys were unfortunately hacked to death or burned, and a good number of the girls, we understand, were taken alive by the fighters. that is a horrific increase in death toll up to a0. just tell us a little bit more about the background of these adf rebels.

what more do we know about them? these rebels were originally ugandan. in the 1990s, they fought against the yoweri museveni government, led by a man called jamil mukulu. at the time, they used to attack communities, attack buses, attack schools. and in 1998, they attacked a technical school, and burnt to death over 80 students, and took about a hundred others at the time. later, they were pushed out of uganda into drc. and they've been looting, killing and rampaging all these years in that area. and in 2021, they were blamed for a series of suicide bomb attacks in kampala. and at the time, the kinshasa government then invited uganda to go into eastern drc and pursue them. that operation is still going on. but they seem to be still able to carry out these horrific attacks.

now, let's return to our live coverage of the trooping the colour parade as it gets under way in london. let's show you the scene right now. king charles is due to arrive at horse guards parade in the city centre anytime soon, where he will take the royal salute. as you can see, the uk's various armed forces are taking part the event. the king has already become the first monarch in more than three decades to take part on horseback. this is his inaugural birthday parade. let's have a listen in. escort for the colour will advance! by escort for the colour will advance! by the _ escort for the colour will advance! by the left, — escort for the colour will advance! by the left, quick— escort for the colour will advance! by the left, quick march! - escort for the colour will advance! by the left, quick march! fit- escort for the colour will advance! by the left, quick march!- by the left, quick march! at last, the lona by the left, quick march! at last, the long awaited _ by the left, quick march! at last, the long awaited moment - by the left, quick march! at last, the long awaited moment when i by the left, quick march! at last, i the long awaited moment when the escort can step off to the familiar tune of the british grenadiers. they'll be marching 16 pieces from

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change arms! and what a very special and proud moment for the regimental major david lewis from port talbot, who was telling me the other day that this really is the summit. and again, henry, just a proud moment, but also a moment he will never forget. but also a moment he will never foruet. ., . ., , but also a moment he will never foruet. ., . . , ., forget. not at all. i spoke to him first thing this _ forget. not at all. i spoke to him first thing this morning - forget. not at all. i spoke to him first thing this morning to - forget. not at all. i spoke to him first thing this morning to wish l forget. not at all. i spoke to him i first thing this morning to wish him luck, and naturally, incredibly proud of this moment, as many of his predecessors understand exactly what is going on, and all his predecessors will be watching out with an eagle i. —— will be watching

it now with an eagle eye. safely ta kes safely takes possession, and ready to transfer it to the ensign, freddie hopkinson, who will be trooping the colour through the ranks, and an equally proud day for him and all of his family and friends today. escort to the colour! present arms!

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what they are doing in there, they seem to get it right every time, and it looks extremely impressive. while playing music at the same time, it is extremely professional.

guards, present arms! so, the music switches to the stately grenadiers slow march, as the ensign to the colour prepares to trooping the colour through the ranks, and this really is the symbolic heart of today's parade.

and it really is the biggest moment of his career so far, surely for the tenant freddie hopkinson, he was commissioned into the welsh guards last year. his family will be looking on very proudly today. —— for the lieutenant. looking on very proudly today. -- for the lieutenant.— for the lieutenant. since “oining the welsh guards, * for the lieutenant. since “oining the welsh guards, one h for the lieutenant. since joining the welsh guards, one of- for the lieutenant. since joining the welsh guards, one of my i for the lieutenant. since joining i the welsh guards, one of my main goals was to say that i was the ensign to the troupe. it is a huge honour. my dad was almost in tears when i told him, bringing the colour down and showing it to the king is always a great moment. it is always very special. it means everything notjust very special. it means everything not just to very special. it means everything notjust to me, but to the battalion as a whole, to troupe our colour for his majesty the king on the first

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coronation medal that has been awarded to all members of the armed forces for the coronation of his majesty. you can see that all members on prey today both the guards and bands will be wearing their medal. it will be issued to members of the armed forces over the next couple of weeks. —— members on parade today.

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