i was struck. and h learnt about his majesty? i was struck, and daniela _ learnt about his majesty?uck, and daniela touched - learnt about his majesty? i was struck, and daniela touched on| struck, and daniela touched on this as well, actually how upbeat i thought the broadcast was when you think of all that he has been through and all the royalfamily he has been through and all the royal family has been through this year. it was positive. the general tone, and i thought it was underlined by the way that he began with the veterans on the beaches of normandy, effectively saying these chaps have been through a hell of a lot worse than i have and let's reflect on togetherness around the world. it was only about half through he got onto the subject of health and his own health, and even then, as daniela said, it was light touch, he didn't labour on it. a lot of people had expected in advance, given the year that he has had, that it would be sombre in tone and some people describe it as a crisis year, and that would be reflected. but instead i think we had a forward—looking, you know, if

now that i mentioned the arab summit, during hosting it in the kingdom of bahrain his majesty announced in his speech a peace conference and called for all countries around the world to join the peace conference and we are talking right now our foreign minister is traveling the world and insisting and making clear that the peace conference is a way forward to bring and unite our region. because at the end of the day, we all are believers in the region that the solution, it is clear, a two-state solution. but from here until then we can not jump start our steps. we should take it step by step, and i would urge, because as soon as this is achieved and you have underlined the day after and i have heard that a lot. let's not jump even to the day after. let's jump first of all and oppose the killing that is happening both sides and put an end and order a cease-fire and then you will see a lot of options after the cease fire. this is why we recommend that. but again the kingdom of saudi arabia is the key player and they have been announcing and talking about ways to get together. now what we

in times like these it is important for our friends and partners around the globe and his majesty is a friend of nato and has been for many years. we will open the office to further deepen these ties. yesterday, we discussed a destabilizing role and its support for the illegal war in europe. and the increasing alignment of russia, china, north korea and iran highlights the threats we face including the dangers of the ongoing war in ukraine and in return for troops and weapons, russia is providing north korea with support. these developments could destabilize the korean peninsula and russia's illegal war in ukraine threatens. and we will continue to stand together europe and north america and our international partners to keep our one billion people safe. wewe also had a working dinner f the nato ukraine council with ukrainian foreign minister, . ukraine is facing relentless bombardment to targeting civilian areas and critical infrastructure and russia is making gains along the front line though at a high cost. this could be ukraine's most difficult winter since 2022. we discussed wha

at what's happening here in the uk, but also abroad, because part of the many royal duties that his majestyravel. and as you very well know, you've been travelling with the royal couple. yes. i mean, even with his illness this year, he has still managed to pack in quite a lot of travelling. and his message started in normandy on the 80th anniversary of d—day earlier in the year. and it was clear at the time, but even more so now. i think listening to the message and watching the message, just how moved the king and the queen had been by meeting the veterans there, the british veterans in particular, at the british normandy memorial and hearing their stories at that stage of their lives, and how inspired they'd been to hear what those veterans had said to them. but the king also said that it was a reminder, again to him of the fact that there are an enormous number of devastating conflicts still going on in the world — the middle east. he talked about central europe and africa — and that seeing the veterans meeting, the veterans being at those events around d—day just reminded him again ofju

earlier today, i spoke - with his majesty the king to request the dissolution of parliament. _ the kingest - and we will have _ a general election onjuly 4. but even the weather seemed to foretell bad tidings for the conservatives. so this is it, a general election is on. power will leave this most powerful of streets, and you'll be able to decide whether he stays or whether he goes. shouting frenetic campaigning followed. the conservative party appeared squeezed from all political directions — from labour and from smaller parties like reform uk. living standards, health and immigration were all key issues that dominated the national debate. after four election defeats in a row and 14 years in opposition, polling showed labour would score a sizeable victory. labour was clear about its key message, but was it what the people wanted? i think everybody wants a change, i everybody's fed up _ with the way things are going. everything's stagnant at the moment, so i'm voting for change. just a general honest government. this is the main bbc news studio and this is the place on election night,

a statement issued by the duke of york's office said the duke of york followed advice from his majesty'sent and ceased all contact with the individual after concerns were raised. the duke met the individual through official channels, with nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed. he is unable to comment further on matters relating to national security. prince andrew has a long history of promoting trade links with china. the revelations that he was in a close working relationship with a man who worked for chinese intelligence have been made public after the man, known only as h6, was barred from the uk on national security grounds. when mi5 became suspicious of h6, they searched his phone. they found a letter from prince andrew's senior adviser, dominic hampshire. it said, "outside of the prince's closest internal confidants, you sit at the very top of a tree that many, many people would like to be on." and in a note he'd written to himself, the alleged spy said, "manage expectations. "really important to not set too high expectations. he is in a desperate situation and will grab at

and the letter concludes with quote by babbage saying louisiana might quote easily be reduced to his majesty's obedience. so they envisioned the capture of new orleans to be rather easy. now, those were at the conference last year. i know that my main topic was talking the british plans to capture new orleans as well as the northern. and i'm not going to go through that detail here, but at least want to show that thatas the planning was very detailed after looking at several different ways to atta n orleans. and there were many different ways new orleans was vulnerable. campbell decided on a plan where he'd get five ships, two barges, 500 regulars. they would sail the first to ship island y ship island. it was thenlharbor that was from hurricanes. so they would rendezvous there in case any of them got lost mobile, would send small they low and they'd load the men into e small btso into the lakes above new orleans, meet up with 102,000 native american allies, molyhoctaw on chickasaw, and then descend against new orleans. no importantly, he brought with them heavy cannon. you can on there. there

the said -- frank some blows which drawn some blood from the said frank, which is a breach of his majesty's law. right. sprague was charged, convicted and fined for the in the amount of two shillings and a pence but that gave me an indication that the -- frank understood how the system worked. i that this industrious frank was a direct. ancestor of two brothers named andrew and rufus. andrew and rufus probably fouled a west african custom of adapting a revered ancestors first name as their last name. both andrew and rufus lived and worked in providence, rhode island in the 1700s. both served in the militia. both were called to fight off threats to their community. andrew died in 1756, but his brother rufus lived on to head his own household in rhode island in the 1770s. rufus became a member of the providence militia. militia service was required of all able men between the ages of 16 to 60. however, this was generally required, was not required, i should say, for black men who are normally exempted from military service and were instead required to perform other civic duties like road repa

>> earlier today, i spoke with his majesty the king to request the dissolution of parliament.g has granted this request and we will have a general election on the 4th of july. >> so i promise this a new mindset. mission, government, an understanding at the core of everything we do for the year. >> the voters finally get to pack up this awful, out of touch conservative government. >> but i hope and believe we can get a cohort of mps in westminster so that we can be the voice of opposition. >> we did it. you campaigned for it. you fought for it, you voted for it, and now it has arrived. change begins now. >> i'm going to say some of that stuff feels literally just like yesterday, doesn't it? let's just recap. where was you? where was you the night of the election? >> here i was, sat in this very chair. yes. the results rolled in and we were trying to figure out what the exit poll would mean in terms of the majority. and of course, you saw that big sweeping labour majority. but, you know, looking back, what what strikes me today, michel, is something that peter thiel, who's a big

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called his rotunda d and wanting to call the president has a lot -- his elected majesty. constantly beating himself up for his own vanity but overcoming it in his reconciliations with mercy otis warren and thomas jefferson. that was how i made the choice. adam: one of the most straightforward choices, your chapter on resolution. centered around george washington. washington famously, in his upbringing, his education, his self-education, really explicitly plant the pursuit of virtue in a stoic sense at the center of his self comportment. tell that story. jeff: washington becomes even greater on close examination. he is the most respected, the most revered leader of his time because of his self-mastery. he is so self-conscious in struggling throughout his life to master his temper and his emotions so that he can achieve that calm self-mastery. he read it not in the original but in seneca and a great translation. and in the spectator, the magazine's mom was always nagging him to be better and he would bristle and try to control himself. his moments of self-mastery that he is

>> meanwhile, reform uk leader nigel farage didn't hold back in his response to the leader of his majesty'sys that lunch is for wimps. well, i tell you what i think . that lunch is what i think. that lunch is pretty cool, but on the busy daysi pretty cool, but on the busy days i stay in the office and have a sandwich. she even thinks sandwiches are wrong. now i leave it up to you centre right voters to decide what kind of leadership you want. lunch is for wimps or me. cheers, everybody. >> it makes me giggle. we're joined now by behavioural psychologist jo hemmings. jo. good morning. sandwiches and lunch breaks. are they for? for wimps? >> good morning. look, i can't work out if kemi badenoch is being deliberately provocative or she thinks she's got some sort of superpower, because 94% are staggering. 94% of us eat sandwiches at lunchtime. it's a national british tradition. and actually, if you don't eat lunch, all the studies, all the research would say we're less productive in the afternoon. we lose our energy, we get fatigue, our decision making is impaired, our decision making is impair

i, therefore, have spoken to his imagine city, the king, to notify -- majesty, the king, to notify himshortest serving prime minister in history x now a new documently examines the pretty school economic forces behind the fall of liz truss after just 44 days in office and what conservative politicians can learn from from her tumultuous time at 10 downing street. a joint production, the documentary called "the prime minister v. is blob: liz truss' 44 days in office." michael pack joins me now, executive producer of the documentary and president and ceo of plaid if yum pictures -- palladium pictures. michael, good to see you. why do a documentary on liz truss who most british pundits consider a failure? enter well, i think we can learn from her failures. and as you know, the series, we examine issues, events, things that happen in the recent past that people may have forgotten or misreported that have some lessons for today. and the liz liz truss story is perfect for that. although her story is well known in the u.k., i think you quite right, that most people in america can't even place

his patient. so thank you very much majesty. united as secure the 1st premium. the victory on the new manager, reuben m. a rim by pressed, if it's on the phone, no let old trafford marcus, restaurant school to and so did, joshua is in the united are still down and 9, but that smells, he wins and the proof amerman or competition. so he took over after the 2nd of eric 10 hug mixed up. they face a tough top 2 seconds. he's also in the lease on wednesday. chelsea or up the food thanks to a 3. know when of estimate the cold palmer rounding of the victory of the early a goals for nicholas jackson and ends. if an end is chelsea o level on points with also 6 points behind livable to play, man city lights over in spain, rail madrid have a chance to close some ground on need. as ball selena who lost on saturday route county lead one know against cause updates this bullet points behind boston. but this is one of 2 games in hand. one male. there was a great goal for dutch leaders, p a. c i n t o business. they have had sick and faced crews to firing a 2nd of the game to com

with his british—born wife, asma, by his side, president assad at first presented a new image of syria to the world. mrs al—assad, your majestye queen. but the change that so many syrians hoped for at home failed to materialise. and when an uprising against him began in 2011, he responded with tanks in the streets. as accounts of atrocities multiplied, bashar al—assad denied they were taking place, refusing to take responsibility. we don't kill our people. no government in the world kill its people unless it's led by a crazy person. for me as president, i became president because of the public support. it's impossible for anyone in this state to give order to kill. whoever it was that gave the actual orders, bashar al—assad headed a regime that killed too many of its own people to even count with barrel bombs as well as bullets, and also with chemical weapons that are internationally banned. this was the aftermath of an attack with sarin gas on an opposition—held suburb of the capital in 2013. hundreds of people were killed. the west repeatedly said that bashar al—assad must go. but however sickening the violence, there was n

his courage from you. i see in america on the move again, united, a diverse and vital and tolerant entering our third century with pride and confidence. an america that lives up to the majesty of our constitution. and a simple, decent see of our people. this is the america we want. this is the america that we will now. we will go forward this convention with some differences of opinion for how but nevertheless united and. i'll come determination to make our country at and drive and generous in once again ready to embark on great national deeds and once again as and sisters, our hearts will swell pride to call ourselves americans. thank you very much.

his courage from you. i see in america. on the move again, united, a diverse and vital and tolerant nation entering our third century with pride and confidence. an america that lives up to the majesty of our constitution. and a simple decency of our people. this is the america we want. this is the america that we will now. we will go forward from this convention with some differences of opinion, perhaps, but nevertheless, united and i'll come. determination to make our country large and driving and generous spirit. once again, ready to embark on great national deeds. and once again. as brothers and sisters, our hearts will swell. pride to call ourselves americans. thank you very much. for. what you know. senator frank church. governor jerry brown. governor card, one. terrorist by. car driver. governor milton sharp. ed muskie. eric coughlin. and -- cheney. make. baker barbour. senator. never age free. to baker. senator george mcgovern. governor terry. governor. you can air air. governor. romney. robert draper. and other. governor gary. jerry apodaca. make it. governor raul castro. barbara jordan. back. may be the new york mayor. eric. governor phil noel, rhode island. and henry maue

majesty of the office. >> as you mentioned, plains, georgia, he has a small town heart. that town only has hundreds of people total. and that's where he chose to live out his days. peter baker, thank you very much. appreciate your wisdom and reporting in all of this. >>> overseas this morning, u.s. investigators are in south korea. just ahead, new details into one of the deadliest plane crashes in south korean history. >>> plus, donald trump backs mike johnson for speaker but will republicans fall in line before they vote on friday? >>> and happy new year, almost. counting down the hours until 2025 with a look back at all of the stories that defined the last 12 months. we're back in 90 seconds. 12 mos wee 'rback in 90 seconds narto give a year-end giftout like no other, a gift that can help st. jude children's research hospital save lives. woman: cancer doesn't care how old you are, and it's devastatingly scary. if you're donating to st. jude, you're supporting finding a cure, because the fight never stops. narrator: every gift counts, and whatever you can give will make a difference for children like gideon. make your donation today to help st. jude save

it was the fitzrovia chapel, as his majesty said in his speech there.ormer hospital chapel to the middlesex hospital in london, and his speech was wide ranging, very poignant and, of course, very poignant and, of course, very personal to him as well. as you mentioned, the huge theme of both community and indeed health, as you can probably imagine. and i think the health care and the diagnosis of both the king and the princess of wales really shone through here. he paid tribute to the selflessness of the doctors and nurses, providing strength, care and comfort to both him and the princess of wales. of course, over the course of the last year he also offered his heartfelt thanks to the medical team supporting his family through, and i quote, the uncertainties and i quote, the uncertainties and anxieties of illness. but of course, the king and the princess of wales are not the only people in the world going through cancer diagnosis in the year of 2024. and he said that all of us go through at some point, some sort of suffering at some point in our lives. a

how does his majesty deal with that? i look back when his majesty deal with that?he- look back when there were protests — look back when there were protests with _ look back when there were protests with some - look back when there were protests with some of - look back when there were protests with some of her| look back when there were - protests with some of her state visits back in 1971 and when the president of china and of the president of china and of the united states came so they go hand in hand with constitutional democracy and it won't detract from the mood inside that place behind you. thank you very much for the time being. stay with us because when all the pomp and ceremony starts she will be here with us talking through all the minutiae and all the detail don't go away. . i want to bring in very special guest, joining me now is arthur denaro, a retired british army officer and former commandant of the royal military academy, sandhurst. telus a little bit about what they emir would like then. thank you for inviting me on. it thank you for inviting me

we just saw a second ago his majesty the king leave buckingham alice to formally greet the royal housend this is —— the royal highnesses the emir and first lady of qatar. the king just leaving his vehicle, and this is where the real state and ceremony gets under way. we expect presentations to be made in the garden and a royal salute in the qatar national anthem played as his majesty needs a prime minister and the foreign secretary. they meet the emir of qatar and his wife. they met up with the princess and prince of wales. we have special coverage here on bbc news of the state visit of the qatar emir and we arejoined by robert hardman, columnist and author who has written a biography on king charles iii and are watching what the uk does really, really well, the p°mp does really, really well, the pomp and ceremony with the bands playing and we have protocol down.— bands playing and we have protocol down. bands playing and we have rotocol down. . , ., protocol down. that is what you would meet — protocol down. that is what you would expect that _ protocol down. that is what you would ex

and his majesty the king has stirred up controversy by appearing to get political in his christmas message. should the monarch be expressing political beliefs, and did you have a problem with it? and? and my panel tonight, lord moylan, the conservative peen lord moylan, the conservative peer, and james schneider, former adviser to jeremy corbyn. first of all, though, we're going to get your latest news headunes going to get your latest news headlines with mark white. >> hello there. the latest headunes >> hello there. the latest headlines from the gb news centre and gb news can confirm that more than a thousand migrants have now crossed the engush migrants have now crossed the english channel since christmas day, as hundreds more crossed today. it comes as the home office confirmed 407 arrived on boxing day. 451 made the illegal crossing on christmas day on friday. so far, five small boats have crossed from france, with at least 200 migrants on board. they take the total number who have arrived in the uk this year to more than 36,000. it also marks another grim milestone of 150,000 small b

. >> his majesty king charles the third has been diagnosed with a form of cancer. >> 2024 the year ofoyal health battles. in january, the king went into hospital for treatment on an enlarged prostate, which was benign. his majesty spent three nights at the london clinic before being discharged for a private period of rest. king charles was widely praised for being so open about his condition. searches on the nhs websites for enlarged prostates skyrocketed, and it's understood the king was keen to share details of his diagnosis to encourage other men who may be experiencing symptoms to get checked. the following month, buckingham palace released an important statement explaining that king charles had been diagnosed with a form of cancer. >> my thoughts are with him and, you know, to go through something like cancer, but in the public eye is a pretty something. >> yeah. it's sad. you know, hopefully he can make recovery. >> it's a shame for the family more than anything. i think the family like you would do your own family. >> the king stepped back from pubuc >> the king stepped back fr

his majesty the king has delivered his christmas message, emphasising the importance of community, compassionnd service amid a turbulent year for both he and the princess of wales, who had their own health battles. in a break from tradition, king charles delivered this year's christmas speech from the fitzrovia chapel, a former hospital in central london. it's the first time in over a decade it hasn't been recorded at a royal residence, with the king choosing to praise the community response to the anger and lawlessness of this summer's riots in towns and cities around the uk, and also to the selfless doctors and nurses who provided strength, care and comfort to both him and the princess of wales during their cancer treatments. >> from a personal point of view, i offer special, heartfelt thanks to the selfless doctors and nurses who this year have supported me and other members of my family through the uncertainties and anxieties of illness , and have helped provide illness, and have helped provide the strength, care and comfort we have needed. i am deeply grateful to all those who have offer