he will meet the german president frank—walter steinmeier.getting a perspective of the scene at the moment, the line—up of camera crews and the crowd who are waiting to welcome him. we are expecting to see him in the next few minutes. let's talk to our correspondent in berlin, jenny hill. let's start with what we are expecting, because this, as we said in the introduction, the first time brandenburg gate has been used in this way. how important is the visit? i this way. how important is the visit? ~ �* , , visit? i think it's hugely significant. _ visit? i think it's hugely significant. in - visit? i think it's hugely significant. in the - visit? i think it's hugely significant. in the next| visit? i think it's hugely i significant. in the next few visit? i think it's hugely _ significant. in the next few minutes king charles iii will arrive here in the heart of berlin for what is his first state visit overseas. you cannot really, in fact i think his convoyis cannot really, in fact i think his convoy is about to pass us now and you can't unde

camilla, went to the brandenburg gate, where a solemn ceremony was held with german president frank-walter steinmeierreeted with the military honors of king charles by the president of germany frank-walter steinmeier. later, they held negotiations in the presidential residence. charles' visit to germany will last three days, and tomorrow the british monarch will speak before the german parliament in the bundestag and will also meet with ukrainian refugees sheltered by germany in france. the protests are not abating. hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets against the government's pension reform and it got to the point that the demonstrators clashed with the police our paris correspondent lucy williamson will tell more as the sun went down here it became hot all over france the bonfire was burning as the conviction of a bright feverishly young protesters with stones and bottles disappear in clouds of tear gas to let the police in bordeaux on those and in paris this in a few minutes this peaceful protest cut into violent masked protesters hide among the main mass of demonstrators and attack

welcome will be held at the brandenburg gate, it will be hosted by the german president, frank—walter steinmeier it is also a big moment in germany because no post—war head of state has ever had a full ceremonial welcome of the nature that king charles is about to receive. 0ur correspondence there, watched a little earlier the red carpet being rolled out for king charles's first state visit. this has been a visit that had to be changed at the last minute, he was due to go to paris but because of unrest on the streets over the government's pension reforms, president micron suggested the trip be postponed and so now he is in berlin. people waiting silently, it looks as if there king' arrival is likely to happen soon. let's just give it a moment. there will be much more on the king's trip on the bbc news channel. let's take a look at the weather. there will be sunnier skies between the downpours, but tonight the conditions will continue right into the evening, the best of brightness in the west but outbreaks of rain to see the day out and some heavy bursts in devon and cornwall as the evening showe

[000:00:00;00] also in berlin, together with the president of germany, frank walter steinmeier, he visited the ukrainian refugee center located on the territory of the former tegel airport, the war of aggression against ukraine brought incredible suffering to many innocent people, the security of europe and our democratic values ​​were threatened, but the world did not stand aside, we can draw courage from our unity condemned the deportation of ukrainian children to russia as a crime , the resolution was supported by all 90 senators from different political forces in the text of the document a call to international institutions to bring the perpetrators to justice polish parliamentarians emphasize that the russians not only transport ukrainian children throughout the territory of russia, but also constantly move them to different addresses and this complicates the search for parents and the ukrainian authorities and kidnapped ukrainian children are forcibly russified i will remind you last week vice - speaker of the verkhovna rada, olena kondratyuk, at meetings with the leaders of the poli

address the members of the bundestag, also in berlin, together with the german president, frank walter steinmeier visited the ukrainian refugee center located on the territory of the former tegel airport, the war of aggression against ukraine brought incredible suffering to many innocent people, the security of europe and our democratic values ​​came under threat, but the world did not stand aside, we can draw courage from our unity condemned the crime of deportation of ukrainian children to russia, the resolution was supported by all 90 senators from different political forces, in the text of the document , a call to international institutions to bring the guilty to criminal responsibility , polish parliamentarians emphasize that the russians do not only transport ukrainian children throughout the territory of russia, and they are constantly moving them to different addresses. and this makes it difficult for the parents and the ukrainian authorities to find them. and also the abducted ukrainian children are being forcibly russified, let me remind you. last week, the vice-speaker of the verkhovna

and members of the local british community, they were accompanied by germany's president frank—walter steinmeierles�*s reign. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, is leading ceremonies in bucha, to mark the first anniversary of its liberation from occupying russian troops. he and and several european leaders have listened outside an orthodox church, while the names of ukrainians who were killed were read out. the town has come to symbolise atrocities carried out by russian forces. bucha, a suburb in the northwest of kyiv, was the focus of fierce fighting. 0ur reporter, hugo bachega has more... president zelensky went to bucha to mark one year since the town was recaptured by ukrainian forces. bucha, a quiet down outside kyiv, has come to symoblise atrocities committed by russian forces in this country. the president said ukraine will never forgive russian troops responsible for the violence committed in bucha, and he said that humanity would prevail. now russian forces are accused of executing, torturing, and raping civilians in bucha. i think everyone remembers the images of dead bodies

negotiating table with the so-called opposition ministers of foreign affairs of germany and poland frank walter steinmeierl as a representative of the french foreign ministry , guaranteed his safety. in the event of the withdrawal of the security forces from kiev the next day , the opposition violated all agreements and stormed the presidential palace. i want to express my forgiveness. everyone who got hurt? unknown snipers opened fire on the protesters to blame the escalation on the legitimate authorities. yanukovych was accused of this execution . and in order to hide all the traces on the banking street , even the trees with traces of the pulse sang, because they really had to open a lot there were not only the georgian sniper, i 'll tell you now. there were a group of saakashvili four groups of saakashvili who commanded the general commanded by the fathers of science. uh-huh, absolutely all englishmen are englishmen, bit. there were also officers of the american army who provoked. with orders, under the rubric, not andriy the couple, who is now the speaker of parliament in ukraine , and this very fasc

where there was an official welcome hosted by president frank—walter steinmeier.andmark was once associated with the country's division during the cold war, and is a symbolic site in its subsequent reunification. it's the first ceremonial welcome ever held there for a visiting head of state. the visit is being seen as part of a move by the uk to improve relationships with its european neighbours. it includes a visit to the german president's residence, bellevue palace, where the king and queen consort signed the guest book — and will enjoy a state banquet in their honour. president steinmeier says he is looking forward to working with britain on future projects. translation: this visit your very first tri- translation: this visit your very first trip abroad, _ translation: this visit your very first trip abroad, your _ translation: this visit your very first trip abroad, your majesty, i first trip abroad, your majesty, it's a great personal gesture and at the same time i think it is an important gesture for german british relations and today on the date six years

and members of the local british community, they were accompanied by germany's president frank—walter steinmeier and has since been postponed. you're watching bbc news. stay with us, bye for now. hello, the last day of march was unsettled across the southern half of the uk. plenty of showers and areas of heavy rain and strong winds, but this area of low pressure will clear away during the first part of the weekend, and into the start of april, things become a bit drier and brighter and more settled and we should start to see more sunshine on sunday. this area of low pressure has been pulling away into the near continent, taking strong wind with it but leaving a legacy of cloud. further showers and a weather front bringing further rain to northern ireland, parts of wales, southwest and southern england, some of the rain heavy at times. further north, a lot of cloud across north sea coasts but western scotland and northwest england seeing the best of any clearer skies are so temperatures may take a bit of a tumble. for saturday, still an area of low pressure pulling away very slowly to the near co

here they are with president frank—walter steinmeier and the first lady, accompanying the king on hisfrom the german president. we can take a little sound from it. speaks german. prince charles himself speaks some german, not a surprise because the british royal family is german. german, not a surprise because the british royalfamily is german. when the british ran out of royals, not least of course because of the controversial question of which religious denomination you belong to, which caused a lot of wars in europe between the 1500s and 1900s, the british turned to germany, and their nearest but rather distant cousins, in what was then the land of hesse. germany was not a country until around 1870, it was a series of princely states, in those days part of the holy roman empire that then fell away. the president i think is alluding to some of that history at the moment. until the outbreak of the first world war in 1914, which was germany against britain and other allies, the german and austro—hungarian empire and others, they then changed their name to the fictitious name of windso

travelled on to the brandenburg gate where there was an official welcome hosted by president frank—walter steinmeiervisiting head of state. the visit is being seen as part of a move by the uk to improve relationships with its european neighbours. it includes a visit to the german president's residence, bellevue palace, where the king and queen consort signed the guest book and will enjoy a state banquet in their honour. let's hear now from king charles who's been speaking at a state banquet this evening. we stand side by side in protecting and advancing our shared democratic values. this is epitomised so clearly today as we stand together with ukraine in defence of freedom and sovereignty in the face of unprovoked aggression. let's also hearfrom the german president, who was speaking earlier today. translation: this visit, your very first trip - abroad as the new king, your majesty, is a great personal gesture and at the same time i think it is an important gesture for german—british relations and today on the day six years ago when britain began its exit from the european union, we're opening a new

honours at the brandenberg gate in the german capital berlin, and meet the german president frank—walter steinmeier so instead, it will be here at the brandenburg gate in berlin that king charles will begin the first state visit of his reign, with british officials hoping for a smoother passage than was in prospect in france. keep calm and carry on. that could be the unofficial motto of royal visits. it wasn't possible in france, the french decided, because of the street protests over the pension reforms. it should be possible here in germany for a state visit which takes place at an important moment in anglo—german relations. state visits often symbolise something significant. roll back to 1965 and it was the state visit to the then west germany by the late queen elizabeth which put the seal on the restored relationship between two countries which only 20 years earlier had been at war with each other. and now in the europe of 2023, a europe with britain outside the eu, this state visit will highlight the bigger picture, the many links that remain and the shared resolve over ukraine. so charles, wh

and members of the local british community, they were accompanied by germany's president frank—walter steinmeierhe last few days. further west, will be chilly compared to the last few days. furtherwest, highs will be chilly compared to the last few days. further west, highs of 11, maybe 12 or 13 degrees in sunny spells across the south—west. as we head through saturday night, staying rather cloudy for most. this weather ensured peter out and turn drier across northern ireland, south—west england. many places dry, variable cloud, dipping. sunday, this area of high pressure building in overhead. the wins will be much lighter. importing some slightly dry air from the east. early on, we should start to see any cloud beginning to break up to see any cloud beginning to break up and then the sunshine will become abundant into the afternoon for much brighter part two of the country. still quite cool, nine to 12 celsius. pretty reasonable for early april. and then into next week, it looks like high—pressure continues to bring dry unsettled weather. some rain in the north and west but it will be turning m

frank. walter steinmeier.isable all around the world. absolutely. absolutely in the same way his mother was she was most famous, most photographed woman on, the planet. and i think charles probably is the most photographed man , the photographed famous man, the planet. just getting now planet. he's just getting up now the got his speech the king. he's got his speech with him. he's shaking hands of . the local premier so we're going to go live now to listen to our king charles, who said addressing the first time by a british monarch the german bundestag said make do well, dig ahead to hear this president say get to throw bundestag's president in there. but it happened. diamond terror is his and gross error created by eden's . minus. throw me eden's. minus. throw me a deutsche ziv feel does via of minor and iceland's rise as koenig knocked deutschland angel out in . the hunt for alarm does out in. the hunt for alarm does see here sprechen dove um does this to french shoved and sort of linda to a new. new script

what's the name of the president don't the president i don't know, frank—walter steinmeier.lz show olaf scholz . oh, schulz show olaf scholz. oh, show. but the thing is, we have to see somebody. no, we had to ask ourselves. what the role is that? the president apparently voted you only two terms voted for and you only two terms but it's not a political position it's just a kind of ceremonial. yeah the president. that's the future. if we get rid of monarchy here, this is why we one of the reasons we want to keep the monarchy going to keep the monarchy we're going to be with this time be dealing with this time stories paris in stories front page paris kept in the over how many schools the dark over how many schools are children change are letting children change their school their gender in the school without the parents. is without telling the parents. is that something you would, that something that you would, upon visiting a school in consideration for your kids, would say to the headteacher would you say to the headteacher your and rule out your policy on this and rule out

watching live pictures match of the pictures during match of the king president frank—walter king with president frank—walter steinmeierwell. i was just wondering is the queen i should say is she going is she reading the gruffalo in english or german? gosh a challenge because of course, king charles has been doing wonderful , speaking doing wonderful, speaking fluently german whilst he's been that has really impressive. well yes , impressive of course he is. yes, impressive of course he is. well the westerners were kind of getting him to get english february eight. there you go. don't go anywhere. we've got coming up for you included mountain rescue teams are incredible groups of volunteers phenomenal people but they are issuing a warning if you're going to be an easter holiday, walker we'll tell you more in just a minute. 928 good morning to you. you're watching listening to breakfast on gb news with stephen and isabel. now we are talking about rescue volunteers. they are bracing themselves for really busy easter holidays. tourists often try out their navigational skills during the break and get a little bit lost in t