obama: two her majesty the queen, the vitality of the special relationship between our people, and inhe words of shakespeare, to this blessed plot, this earth, this realm. peter: the music started a bit early there, didn't it? mr. charter: what happened was the band, which by the way was on the bow come above them, thought they had their cue when obama said, her majesty the queen. so they struck up. however, obama still had a few words left to say. he thought, oh, this is nice, it is like a movie almost where there is background music and i can finish my speech. so he persists with finishing his speech. peter: where the so-called men in suits relieved when he used the term special relationship, as he had used special partnership earlier in his administration? mr. charter: that is absolutely right. when britain first or the obama administration talking of a special partnership, alarm bells started ringing. when they invited the japanese prime minister to be the first one into the oval office from overseas, there was almost a meltdown as you can imagine in the british establishment. he

whether it was about whether or not she paid more tax it will be up to her majesty's revenue and customsle line statement from manchester police. as for the politics, sir keir starmer wants to be talking about defence spending today. he says that the labour government will spend 2.5% of national income on defence and he is committed to renewing trident, trying to put clear water between himself and the previous labour leader, jeremy corbyn. this is a distraction he could do without, having to face more questions about his deputies�*s tax affairs in this house that she is still living. it house that she is still living. it does provides the tories with an opportunity, doesn't it? it does provides the tories with an opportunity, doesn't it? it does, and ou opportunity, doesn't it? it does, and you heard — opportunity, doesn't it? it does, and you heard grant _ opportunity, doesn't it? it does, and you heard grant shapps - opportunity, doesn't it? it does, i and you heard grant shapps there. labour people are saying to set a distraction from some of the problems the conservatives are facing

championships a few years ago, and i just wanted the athletes to recognise that we don't sit here her majestyd assuming their performance as an olympic games doesn't have a, you know, a beneficiary knock on, for the growth of our own sport. thoughts there of lord coe. more reaction to that story on more reaction to that story on the bbc sport website. next on the programme. england and aston villa forward rachel daly has retired from international football. the 32—year—old, who has 84 caps, started all of england's games at euro 2022 when they won their first major trophy. she came on as a late substitute in last night's 2—0 euro 2025 qualifying win over the republic of ireland in dublin, in what turned out to be her final appearance for her country. in a statement released on social media, daly says, "i would love nothing more than to play for england forever, but the time has come for me to hang my boots up pn the international stage. while today is an extremely difficult day for me, it is also one filled with reflection and immense gratitude. playing for and representing england has been a

in oakham in rutland, the seven foot bronze statue is england's first permanent memorial to her late majestyy sculptor hywel pratley, it shows the late queen alongside her beloved corgis. it marks what would have been her 98th birthday. well, for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. back now to tom and emma. >> well thanks ray for that. and good afternoon, britain. it's 12:07 here on gb news now. an airfield is on standby. commercial charter planes are now booked and hundreds of highly trained escorts are ready to remove those with no right to be in the uk. >> those are the words of rishi sunak, as he announced that the first flights to rwanda will take off in 10 to 12 weeks. today is the day the prime minister has promised to take on the house of lords and finally pass the rwanda bill, allowing, quote, a regular rhythm of multiple flights every month over the summer and beyond until the boats are stopped, albeit later than the government had hoped. >> yes, quite a bit later. let's get the detail now with gb

and of course it will be a priority for him, representing her majesty's government as head of state. does need to be there. i'm sure he will be working towards that day to making sure he's resting and recouping along the way and not completely overdoing it. now that he's got public duties, really working towards it and working with the palisades to make sure he can welcome him to the u.k.. >> the message, the palace remain grateful for the many kindness and good wishes from all over the world. this is something that wilbe watched closely. we shouldn't forget the king's diagnosis soon followed by the princess of wales saying she was having preventative treatments for cancer. coming is a huge shock for many around the world. and taking 2 very senior royals out of public life are a significant period of time. >> it certainly put the pressure on the shoulders of camilla, and the prince of wales. his son. he did give honors only a few days ago now to william, catherine, and camilla, which was a sign of respect for how much they have taken on in his absence. but moving forward, he knows he

this visit will be the first in a number of external engagements her majesty will undertake in the weeks addition, the king and queen will host their majesties the emperor and empress of japan for a state visit in june at the request of his majesty's government. as the first anniversary of the coronation approaches , their majesties approaches, their majesties remain deeply grateful for the many kindnesses and good wishes they have received from around they have received from around the world. throughout the joys and challenges of the past year. the prime minister says some very good news to end the week. and of course, the king. huge asset to the government. his power of soft diplomacy and the fact he can host a state visit for a very important ally to the uk will be welcome news to the british government as well. >> yeah, indeed. keep your thoughts coming in. catherine says michelle, what good news indeed. and a fantastic relief. she says. god bless all of the royal family. we need much more of this good news is, i'm really interested as well. if you or your family have been touched by

. forget to call her your majesty. k several months, actually, after the king's accession, remember accession, for her to remember that her majesty . people accession, for her to remember that been her majesty . people accession, for her to remember that been sortier majesty . people accession, for her to remember that been sort of majesty . people accession, for her to remember that been sort of saying,( . people accession, for her to remember that been sort of saying, oh, 'eople had been sort of saying, oh, your and be your majesty. and she'd just be sort of looking around, said, oh, that's me, you know? oh, golly, that's me, you know? so, she's not, she's so, yeah, she's she's not, she's she's, she's she's very she's, she's she's she's very approachable. she's very popular. >> and you notice this? i think it's very telling that if you look back at all the time she's been been royal, as it were, i mean, almost a zero turnover of staff i always think is a staff, which i always think is a very of how very good indicator

the king sat in the center of the table with his back to the door, her majesty to his left.r always played pranks at dinner. after dessert , coffee with cream was served. at this moment, his majesty always said, raising his voice slightly: you can smoke, gentlemen. he smoked half of the peros, taking a deep drag, having put out the first, he immediately lit the second and smoked it to the end. so, his majesty hid his excitement. after this there was some silence at the table. his majesty stood up and went out into the hall. everyone followed him. his majesty walked into the office, saying goodbye to everyone. oleg ivanovich, you experienced psychological difficulties playing such an ambiguous figure as emperor nicholas. i am pain, and since this is my pain, it helps, that’s why i went for it so easily, although according to the script the role was written by yurovsky better than yurovsky’s by timofeev patient than the doctor smirny, whom i play, and naturally nikolai, we play two roles, but for me it was important to play, because i was helped by this seventy-year-old fate o

would you give, you know, our best wishes from wales to the princess of wales, i and i spoke to her majesty, it was a joyful occasion. it's hoped this could be the start of the king making a slow return to public duties. now, we are not expecting him to be immediately carrying out a full calendar of events. but we are perhaps expecting him to be seen more in public and you got a sense today that he has missed being out, meeting people, chatting, shaking hands, and doing a part of the job which he obviously enjoys. lovely to see you. this has been a difficult few months for the royal family, but today seemed a positive sign about the king's health and recovery. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. thousands of people have taken to the streets of haiti to mark easter weekend, the first major national holiday, since the country's government collapsed. the caribbean island has been gripped by gang violence, with more than 1,500 people killed so far this year, and tens of thousands left homeless. the united nations has described the situation as ca

, would you give, you know, our best wishes from wales to the princess of wales, and i spoke to her majesty, yes, it was a joyful occasion. it's hoped this could be the start of the king making a slow return to public duties. now, we are not expecting him to be immediately carrying out a full calendar of events. but we are perhaps expecting him to be seen more in public and you got a sense today that he has missed being out, meeting people, chatting, shaking hands, and doing a part of the job which he obviously enjoys. lovely to see you. this has been a difficult few months for the royal family, but today seemed a positive sign about the king's health and recovery. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. this easter sunday millions of shoppers may have noticed higher prices or chocolate eggs and bunnies stop. in the uk customers pay 12.6% more chocolate this year compared to the last easter according the consumer group which. increasing costs stem from a cocoa shortage in west africa specifically in ghana and the ivory coast which harvests more than 60% of the global supply. experts say crop disease

work has begun on one of the first official statues of her majesty queen elizabeth ii following her deaths longest reigning monarch in bronze, which will go on display in staffordshire once complete. 0ur reporter liz copper explains. a sculpture to mark a reign of more than 70 years. andy edwards from stoke is beginning to fashion a historic piece of public art. and this is how his finished statue of queen elizabeth ii will look. i do feel that pressure but i do relish it because it is what you aspire to, it's the highest honour, to sculpt the queen. and for that to be commissioned by your hometown is even more so. it's a visit in 1973 which has inspired the sculpture. queen elizabeth and prince philip were here to mark the 800th anniversary of newcastle borough's royal charter. the details from that visit are being carefully observed and cast in bronze. the aim is also to capture the spirit of the day. it's so evocative, its just shows what it's like to see people on the streets, being happy, celebrating something. there's not enough of that. even though i couldn't be further in my backg

would you give, you know, our best wishes from wales to the princess of wales, i and i spoke to her majestyy carrying out a full calendar of events. but we are perhaps expecting him to be seen more in public and you got a sense today that he has missed being out, meeting people, chatting, shaking hands, and doing a part of the job which he obviously enjoys. lovely to see you. this has been a difficult few months for the royal family, but today seemed a positive sign about the king�*s health and recovery. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. it has been one of music sensations of the year — but some people say they have a problem with beyonce�*s new country album — cowboy carter. # is texas # ain�*t no hold them # down... fans say five tracks are missing from the vinyl version of the record. they include some of the best—received songs — like ya ya and spaghetti. it�*s not clear whether all vinyls are affected. but fans have also reported that cd copies are missing four tracks. stay with us, business news coming up shortly. hello there. we saw mixed fortunes of weather on easter sunday. a lot of c

and of course this will be a priority for him representing her majesty's government as head of state. does need to be there and i am sure that you will be working towards that date and making sure that he is resting and recouping along the way i do not completely overdoing it now that he has got public duties green light again. really working towards it and working with the palisades to make sure that he can welcome them to the uk. �* ., , ., ~ sure that he can welcome them to the uk. and a message that ali said the kin: and uk. and a message that ali said the king and queen _ uk. and a message that ali said the king and queen remain _ uk. and a message that ali said the king and queen remain deeply - king and queen remain deeply gratefulfor king and queen remain deeply grateful for the king and queen remain deeply gratefulfor the many king and queen remain deeply grateful for the many kindnesses and good wishes from all over the world. this is something that will be watched really closely because we should not forget of course the king's diagnosis soon followed by the princess of wal

. memorial to her late majesty. by sculptor howell pratley, it shows the late queen alongside her beloved corgis . it alongside her beloved corgis. it marks what would have been her 98th birthday. well, those are the top stories. and for the latest, do sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts now though, it's back to . jacob. it's back to. jacob. >> wiff waff ping pong table tennis. >> this is the game being played between the house of lords and the house of commons. but it's not a game. it's a matter of great seriousness, something that people up and down this country care about. are our borders safe? are they secure? can people come in willy nilly and then be welcomed in and claim benefits that you pay for and human rights claims of a facetious and false kind that then allow them to stay when the law says they've come here illegally? the house of lords has a clear constitutional role. it is a revising chamber. it's there to say to the house of commons, thi

. memorial to her late majesty. sculptor howell pratley, it shows the late queen alongside her beloved corgis . it alongside her beloved corgis. it marks what would have been her 98th birthday. well, those are the top stories. and for the latest, do sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts now though, it's back to . jacob. it's back to. jacob. >> wiff waff ping pong table tennis. >> this is the game being played between the house of lords and the house of commons. but it's not a game. it's a matter of great seriousness, something that people up and down this country care about. are our borders safe? are they secure? can people come in willy nilly and then be welcomed in and claim benefits that you pay for and human rights claims of a facetious and false kind that then allow them to stay when the law says they've come here illegally? the house of lords has a clear constitutional role. it is a revising chamber. it's there to say to the house of commons, think a

previously majesty's previously her majesty's chief inspector education .tion. she was in favour of high standards and led the public sector in getting civil servants back into the office, brings me on to office, which brings me on to the fact that half of hmrc's whitehall desks are still empty, and phrase it in this very and i'd phrase it in this very pedantic because not pedantic way, because not everybody desk. so everybody has their own desk. so if desks are empty , if half the desks are empty, many fewer than half the people are going in. this is in are going in. and this is in spite of customer complaints. data published by the telegraph shows that in an average week dunng shows that in an average week during the first quarter of this yean during the first quarter of this year, only 53% of hmrc's desks for servants were in use. for civil servants were in use. maybe it's time for jim o'hara to start having difficult conversations with his staff. well, my panel is here to talk about this former home office special adviser, claire pearsall, the political

from strikes by the israeli army in the palestinian enclave, apparently, their fate, diplomats and her majestyw of international law is an act of war, today in the ssc there is such a parade of hypocrisy and double standards, which is somehow even inconvenient to watch, if... the attack was the western ones representation, you would not hesitate to attack with retaliatory measures and prove in this room that you are right, because for you everything that concerns western representatives of western citizens is sacred and must be protected, when it comes to other states, their rights, including the right to self-defense of their citizens is different, as you like to say, the british foreign secretary immediately confirmed, what about iran's indignation over the fact that their part of the sovereign territory was razed to the ground. well, here i would argue and say that this is completely different when compared to what israel did in damascus. iran launched 300 weapons at israel for the first time, 101 ballistic missiles, 36 cruise missiles and 185 drones, this is completely different. what woul

that is the last photograph taken of her majesty the queen when she was still alive.'s truss, the new pm and the queen has died. we then, of course, had the budget not long after the big state funeral, a budget that was dramatic. the reaction to it from the bank of england, the international monetary fund, joe biden and many others led ultimately to her resignation after a run on the markets in this next quarter of an hour, i talk to liz truss about all of those things, contest reasonably comfortably, quite a big margin over rishi sunak and then this completely astonishing and historic turn of events, which you document that the queen is up at balmoral and boris johnson goes to balmoral, say goodbye . goes to balmoral, say goodbye. you turn up at balmoral, you meet the queen and it is, i believe, the last ever photograph of the queen. and that was on the 6th of september. i rememberi remember september. i remember i remember seeing the photograph thinking that she did look very, very weak, very, very weak indeed. but i still , two days later, but i still, two days lat

people that she was her majesty. , oh, your and be your majesty. and she'd just be sort of looking around, said, oh, that's me, you know? oh, golly, that's me, you know? so, she's not, she's so, yeah, she's she's not, she's she's, she's she's very she's, she's she's she's very approachable. she's very popular. >> and you notice this? i think it's very telling that if you look back at all the time she's been been royal, as it were, i mean, almost a zero turnover of staff i always think is a staff, which i always think is a very of how very good indicator of how somebody after other somebody looks after other people, which takes us meghan people, which takes us to meghan and harry, what, has, has the drama, relating to harry and meghan ? what sort of pain has meghan? what sort of pain has that brought to king charles, do you think? how much has he suffered a result of suffered as a result of so—called megxit? >> mean, i he's right >> well, i mean, i he's right from the start was was sad that his you know, his son was so

in oakham in rutland, the seven foot bronze statue is england's first permanent memorial to her late majesty, it shows the late queen alongside her beloved corgis. it marks what would have been her 98th birthday. well, for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. you can scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news. carmelites. now back to andrew and carole . back to andrew and carole. >> chennai six with britain's news on gb news andrew pearson. calm down. i'm sorry, i don't think much of that stature. >> she's unrecognisable. looks nothing like her. >> if you if i blinked, i'd say. oh, why have they unveiled a new statue of queen victoria? >> well, i don't even think she looks like queen victoria. i mean, who demanded? look, here it is again. i mean, it's just it's a very young queen. >> she's in all her full state regalia . but why didn't they regalia. but why didn't they have a picture of her? as we most people remember her in one of those those lovely outfits which always bright coats with a hat and coats with a little pillbox and the hat so people could see.

he's been working on her majesty's secret flower bed. he's the man with the golden hosepipe .dils are forever hosepipe. daffodils are forever brilliant for your hyacinth , brilliant for your hyacinth, only sharp like that one. oh, well, there are too many leaves on the ground. he gets his moonraker weed and let die. moonraker out. weed and let die. now, ultimately i think that this aaron guy has proved himself perfect for the role of the famous ladies man, james bond. after all, his favourite hobbyis bond. after all, his favourite hobby is fertilising young flowers . not everyone is a flowers. not everyone is a victim these days, aren't they? your mental health, your economic status, your position on the housing ladder, your race, your gender, your class ? race, your gender, your class? forget about cricket, rugby or football. britain could easily win the world cup of moaning. now if everyone's got a grievance, particularly young people, well, the bottom line is we don't realise how lucky we are and young people in particular have got more than any generation in history. smart

he's been working on her majesty's secret flower bed. he's the man with the golden hosepipe .dils are forever hosepipe. daffodils are forever brilliant for your hyacinth , brilliant for your hyacinth, only sharp like that one. oh, well, there are too many leaves on the ground. he gets his moonraker weed and let die. moonraker out. weed and let die. now, ultimately i think that this aaron guy has proved himself perfect for the role of the famous ladies man, james bond. after all, his favourite hobbyis bond. after all, his favourite hobby is fertilising young flowers . not everyone is a flowers. not everyone is a victim these days, aren't they? your mental health, your economic status, your position on the housing ladder, your race, your gender, your class ? race, your gender, your class? forget about cricket, rugby or football. britain could easily win the world cup of moaning. now if everyone's got a grievance, particularly young people, well, the bottom line is we don't realise how lucky we are and young people in particular have got more than any generation in history. smart

across britain and visitors to the area. >> we are so proud of our history. >> we are so proud of her majestyreat, unlikely to be matched by future king or queen, a legacy of unwavering service recorded in a place of permanent remembrance. will hollis gb news in oakham . hollis gb news in oakham. >> absolutely magnificent . now >> absolutely magnificent. now the anti—semitism campaigner who was threatened with arrest as a pro—palestine rally, has told gb news that the chief of the metropolitan police should resign . despite his apology, resign. despite his apology, gideon falter, who is the chief executive of the campaign against anti—semitism , was against anti—semitism, was described, of course, as openly jewish by officers and told his presence at a pro—palestine demonstration was provocative. let's cross now to our political edhon let's cross now to our political editor, chris hope. chris, welcome to the show. and i believe you have a very special guest with you to talk about this . this. >> hi, martin. that's right. with me now is lord, lord mann, john mann, who's the government's anti—t

it was made by fiona clare, the designer, but very poignant for her majesty , poignant for her majesty is. so she got to see his his his tunic from the wartime. and he was actually quite badly injured during world war ii. in 1942 he was in an armoured vehicle which was attacked by the germans. his comrades were killed in that attack . he was killed in that attack. he was taken as a prisoner of war and was in a prison in a prisoner was in a prison in a prisoner was a prisoner of war until 1945 early 1945, where he managed to escape . he was given a military escape. he was given a military cross medal as well, so i think the queen is very proud of her father. the links to the military history her own family has and of course, as the queen and wife of his majesty the king. it's something which really runs true. she delivered a speech as well yesterday to the regiment, where she joked about their capacity to drink beer as well . so it's a very beer as well. so it's a very good mood yesterday, i think, and we understand she's very much looking forward to royal ascot. >> the king hinting, de

we are so proud of her majesty and we want to come together in celebration of british traditions. >> to be matched by future king or queen, a legacy of unwavering service recorded in a place of permanent remembrance. will hollis gb news in oakham . hollis gb news in oakham. >> there you are. i would say that's what england's all about. >> and it was a beautiful statue. i mean, it really did her, you know. well, you know what i mean? yeah. i did her proud . proud. >> but the phrase the, you know, we concentrate on all news programmes concentrated on london. london as if england is london. london as if england is london and the uk is london. and obviously it's a big part of what cousin? but i think you look at something that and when you go outside london and you see how people feel, there was an old lady on there talking about how great the queen was and, and she means that and she's very passionate about that. that's what's real to that. and that's what's real to those came out those people. and they came out in they had their in force and they had their celebration doggies celebratio

. >> samantha cohen, the queen's press secretary for 17 years, says her majesty loved it when things ent wrong and it spiced up her life when a cake was not cutting or a plaque didn't unveil. >> so she liked it. >> so she liked it. >> when it all went, she just rolled with the punches. >> yeah, that's quite nice. that's quite nice. >> apparently she used to have a good . good chortle. >> well, i think that shows that she has good sense of humour. she has a good sense of humour. >> oh, her, we miss >> yeah. oh, bless her, we miss her, we? her, don't we? >> we miss her. >> we do miss her. >> we do miss her. >> we do miss her. >> we do. >> we do. >> oh that's nice. >> oh that's nice. >> it's a nice little anecdote, isn't it. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> should we crack on? >> should we crack on? >> yes >> we should. yes >> we should. yes >> well, the former home secretary braverman is secretary suella braverman is leading for the leading calls today for the metropolitan chief, mark leading calls today for the metropotoan chief, mark leading calls today for the metropoto quit chief,

the unique altai gems were immediately reported to the officials of the cabinet of her imperial majestyscape, you can see a jumping lion, a twig on snowy field, outline of a butterfly, dolphin. in st. petersburg, the best altai stones were personally delivered to catherine. the future of the stone-cutting art of altai was in the hands of the empress, and literally. catherine the second sent samples, following the example of peter i she had. machine, sanded, polished. having seen the beauty of the subsoil of altai, she decides to build a factory for processing colored stone on the basis of the then closed copper smelter. the kalyvan grinding factory was opened in 1802, it became the third in russia after pettergov and yekaterinburg. later the factory changed its name. today, the stone-cutting factory retains the honorable status of the oldest operation. here since the times when stone processing they used not electricity, but water energy. the falling water through a special chute hit the water wheel with the help of belt and gear drives and all the mechanisms were set in motion. the sto

the boy, ellis edwards , aged 11, he was gifted by her majesty the queen, some reading books recommended room. literacy a cause very close to the queen's heart. she wants to encourage young people to get into reading to improve their life chances. as we get towards the summer, the king is keen, very keen, to carry out more public engagements because it's outside. it is more likely that doctors are going to give the green light , doctors are going to give the green light, of course, is cancer and his cancer treatments has compromised his immunity, which is why we haven't seen him inside, surrounded by lots of people recently. but doctors appear to be giving the green light for certain engagements. it's more optimistic as we get towards trooping the colour, the garter ceremony at windsor, maybe even an australian tour in the autumn. all of this still being planned , none of it being planned, none of it confirmed and all of it subject to doctor's advice . to doctor's advice. >> that royal update there from university college london. excellent stuff, the king back on fine fettle. now, just t

that extent , you shouldn't be extent, you shouldn't be carrying on the voice that told the world her majestyilliant at that and that. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and if you say and he came from a very working class stock in a, in an organisation that is dominated by private school, pubuc dominated by private school, public school, oxbridge types. >> okay, you've got it very well. >> you've got to go now. >> you've got to go now. >> that's the panel. covid and nigel neilson, we're going to go to headlines now with sophia wenzler. >> andrew thank you. it's 1031. >> andrew thank you. it's1031. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. at least five migrants have died after their small boat got into difficulties off the french coast overnight. the incident happened off wimereux beach near boulogne, before 2 am. a number of other migrants were rescued , with at least one were rescued, with at least one now critically ill in hospital. gb news can reveal that another five small migrant boats are attempting to make the crossing from france. shadow home secretary yvette cooper says it shows we need u

dog, and a notebook a little girl also received , some books from her received, some books from her majestycy. and those books recommended by the queen's reading room. but the queen's reading room. but the king here was also really wanting to encourage others to be open about their own cancer diagnosis and to kind of show the world that, okay, he still has cancer , but he can still has cancer, but he can still work. and showing to other cancer patients that perhaps if there is doctor's advice , they there is doctor's advice, they can still have as normal life as possible as they're undergoing this treatment. but of course it is all subject to doctor doctor's advice. and just in the back of your minds, think that the princess of wales is still undergoing preventative chemotherapy for her own cancer diagnosis. but this was the first time we saw the king back on public engagement since his diagnosis back in february . it's diagnosis back in february. it's understood that plans are still very much in the works for him to carry out more public engagements. as we get into those summer months. of

and you may remember back in 2018, her majesty the queen, the late queen lobbied very hard for him towealth and as indeed so do i. and i know the king is a big supporter, so he will be going to samoa and taking his place rightly at the head of the commonwealth. so big times ahead . a very interesting time in australia too, with the coming appointment of a new governor general , a appointment of a new governor general, a woman called sam mostyn, who is republican by her sentiments. but the king will get on perfectly well with her, and it will be. i already predict, a great success. >> superb. well, michael cole , i >> superb. well, michael cole, i have to say good day to you, mate. thank you very much for joining us. always an absolute pleasure the pleasure to have you on the show. i'll be back on monday show. now i'll be back on monday three till six. after this. it's nana akua standing for in michelle dewberry. have a fantastic weekend. see you monday! first it's time for your weather with annie shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >>

extraordinary to me, going on with me, now what's going on with lammy that somehow he thinks that her majesty's david lammy has played politics. he has always said that, you know, there should be, you know, the application to people application of rules to people regardless station regardless of their station colour or creed. and now he's asking for something quite different, if different, i think. look, if rain this, it's not the rain has done this, it's not the end world. doesn't end of the world. it doesn't need overdramatised need to be overdramatised just pay need to be overdramatised just pay back. move pay the money back. let's move on. worried for labour's own on. i'm worried for labour's own sake. incapable sake. they seem incapable of even problem . even countenancing that problem. but let's see. >> seems strange given that they hired biggest fixer hired government biggest fixer sue gray, who's supposed to be incredibly competent in all matters related to sort of fiscal propriety and responsibility and indeed competence. this seems like a relatively incompetent response, no matter how

the existing notes reign of existing notes from the reign of her majesty queen elizabeth ii will continue the new currency. see, that's news. for the latest that's the news. for the latest stories, up to gb news stories, do sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> thank you paulie. now we start with the islamic state threats against football grounds where arsenal and manchester city are playing this evening, and media outlet supporting and a media outlet supporting the islamic state group issued a threat to the grounds that hosting the four champions league quarterfinals tonight and tomorrow, european football's governing body, uefa , says all governing body, uefa, says all four games will still go ahead and the metropolitan police has confirmed that it will have a robust policing plan in place for tonight . arsenal match at for tonight. arsenal match at the emirates in london. well, i'm joined now by gb news home and security editor mark white. mark, welcome to the show. isis mark. of course they were huge in a lot of notoriety bac

eighth, followed by edward the eighth, who abdicated, followed by george her george vi, followed by her majestyou want on a pub quiz, don't you ? about a pub quiz, don't you? about royal affairs? a pub quiz, don't you? about roy.the fairs? a pub quiz, don't you? about roy.the six 5? a pub quiz, don't you? about roy.the six wives henry the >> the six wives of henry the eighth. must know them. eighth. you must know them. divorced. died. divorced. >> beheaded . survived. >> beheaded. survived. >> beheaded. survived. >> so it was catherine of aragon. anne boleyn , jane aragon. anne boleyn, jane seymour, anne of cleves, who was the really ugly one, who he'd only seen in a portrait. yeah. she and then it was catherine howard who was who was beheaded. and then catherine parr survived him. >> cameron, do you feel educated this morning? you didn't leave school that long ago. was it a bit more interesting at school than i do? you don't do rote learning anymore . learning anymore. >> we certainly did. the tudors . >> we certainly did. the tudors. i don't think we did, those those early monarchs as well. b

in oakham in rutland, the seven foot bronze statue is england's first permanent memorial to her late majestyreated by sculptor howell pratley, it shows the late queen alongside her beloved corgis. it marks what would have been her 98th birthday. those are the top stories, and if you want more on all of those, just sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or you can code on your screen or you can 90 code on your screen or you can go to gb news common alerts. now it's back to ben . it's back to ben. >> nine months and £326,000 of licence fee cash later , star bbc licence fee cash later, star bbc news anchor huw edwards finally resigned on medical advice today amid his sex picture scandal involving a young man, huw edwards. >> the bbc presenter huw edwards is due to leave the bbc damaging for the bbc. >> well, you can't have the fact that one of the most trusted men in britain turns out really to be not worthy of that trust . be not worthy of that trust. >> edwards was accused of paying the youngster £35,000 in exchange for explicit snaps, and also breaking covid lockdow

it truly is the logo 3s, the majesty of her play, the individualized kind of star out there that people are just paying to see do all of these incredible feats that she's able to do. and we saw it in that first quarter, 18 points, those threes she kept she willed iowa to keep going so in what's next for her well, she is going to take women's sports to even greater heights. she will be drafted number one in the wnba in just a week. so if anyone is missing, caitlin clark shall be gone for a week and she'll be right back on national television and then in been bays. so about what, six weeks you will be playing in the wn to be and i believe strongly that she should be on the us olympic team in paris. if she's there, she will become a worldwide fascination. and only bring more eyeballs to the us teens. so they should definitely put her on the team we'll see how that plays out. >> and of course, in addition to caitlin clark, south carolina's kamilla tell dose. is hitting to the wnba. other big names in women's college basketball. a turning pro to with the women's game at new heights or their

telly savalas is in on her majesty's secret service and he does a superb job. superb job. so honestly, i wo say , there's at one of them does a superb job. so honestly, i wo say , there's a bade of them does a superb job. so honestly, i wosay , there's a bad one.hem and say, there's a bad one. >> yeah, that's right. that's why it's been so successful over the years. i mean, people are saying, should be someone saying, oh, it should be someone more should you more diverse or should it, you know, the role. but know, woman take the role. but for personally , i think it's for me personally, i think it's got to here. got to be here. >> she can have own secret >> she can have her own secret hero if she. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> you've got to have a strong bond and you've to have bond and then you've got to have a bond girl. that's a gorgeous bond girl. that's what to personally. what i like to see personally. >> but obviously, in your >> but obviously, you're in your acting you ever acting career. were you ever offered bond girl? offered a bond girl? >> i haven't e

. >> well, always said that >> well, they always said that her queen the her majesty the queen was theolutely, so. so, have you ever met him? so, yeah. have you ever met him? we'd hear stories we'd love to hear your stories this anecdotes or this morning, any anecdotes or indeed, moments, indeed, just favourite moments, you know, what did you love about philip and what do about prince philip and what do you miss about prince philip from public life? and do from public life? and who do you see his most see as his most similar relation? lots of people draw comparisons the princess comparisons with the princess royal and what a fantastic sort of she was. of daughter she was. >> andrew was quite like him from what i know of them. i thought andrew was quite like him think has him as well. i think he he has an influence . you look at edward an influence. you look at edward or and they is an influence. >> there's physical >> there's a physical resemblance edward >> there's a physical rest sure. ince edward for sure. >> yeah. but think you're >> yeah. but i think you're right in attitude and s

the queens death, where he clearly understood on a profound level, the value and longevity of her late majestyl family in a way that i didn't think any other world leader put it so well about the country. >> i think he has. >> i think he has. >> i think he has a serious respect for our royal family and that institution in britain. and that institution in britain. and thatis that institution in britain. and that is what this is about, because this is about protecting buckingham palace . and i think buckingham palace. and i think he's treated our rules with a lot it's not going to happen overnight. >> it's not going to happen overnight. every country out overnight. every country is out of their depth in trying to stop the boats and stop migrants. >> boats is the >> stopping the boats is the number priority of most number one priority of most straight thinking straight common sense thinking brits our brits in this country our culture, our health, our safety, the the the boats aren't going down the mouth. right. all mouth. so you're all right. all these coming across these people coming across hap

and of course, we know that the queen, the her late majesty queen elizabeth ii, was religiously attendingnd we understand that the king is very keen to be there for at least one day in order to continue the legacy of his mother and the tradition there . but it really is, you there. but it really is, you know, a very, very busy month for june . and so how much the for june. and so how much the king can do? we're going to have to wait and see. and what the palace have said is that essentially they're going to reveal this information nearer to the time when they can make a more expert evaluation about his majesty's condition. >> in your view, then, as someone who's followed the royal family and monarchy in general for a long time, if you don't mind me saying, do you actually think that there is a problem here with charles, his majesty's ambitions for a slimmed down monarchy, has that actually come back to bite the institution in the bottom? because we have, of course, her royal highness the princess of wales. out of action. we have the king himself. limited duties, thankfully coming back to

spectators admiring mother nature's majesty, now witnessing her fury.lso includes the lsu campus. >> guess it today. that also includes the lsu campus. >> guess it is better to be safe. we will get to al's detailed forecast. >>> for the first time ever, the women's ncaa game attracted more television viewers than the men's title match-up. 19 million people watched the game on sunday. undefeated south carolina beating caitlin clark and the iowa hawkeyes. well, the men's game on monday night did well. but it drew 15 million viewers, so a difference of more than 4 million. in the meantime, legendary stanford coach announced her retirement in january last night. in january she broke the record for most coaching wins in ncaa history, man or woman. >> and her legacy, by the way, we're talking 45 years. 1,216 victories. >> wow. >> that's one of those records that will likely never follow. >> and retiring at such a beautiful moment. >> drop the mic. >> i think it's here to stay. >>> just ahead, a bad romance for lady gaga. the first trailer for the next highly