mark easton is outside buckingham palace now. e heard a little mark, of now, and increased workload for queen camilla, among others, what happens now, what are the constitutional implications here, potentially? well, there are long—standing protocols to deal with this kind of situation, the king's private secretary will have been in close contact with the prime minister's private secretary and the cabinet secretary, the so—called golden triangle to ensure that the british state does not miss a beat, as its head steps back from full—time duty, the palace said they are not appointing councillors of state. that is what would happen if it was thoughting that the king was unable to fulfil his function, if that were to fulfil his function, if that were to be the case it would be queen camilla, the four next in line of success, next adults in line, so it would be prince william, prince harry, prince andrew and princess beatrice, but as i say, the palace is confident they are not going to need councillors of state. he will continue, going

mark easton, bbc news, scotland yard. states. 50 times stronger than heroin, it was responsible for tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the country last year. much of it is being smuggled across the us—mexico border by gangs from where will grant sent this special report. there are no quiet nights for tijuana's fire brigade. called out to a local bar, there is no blaze here, but as some of the only available paramedics, they are tackling another crisis sweeping the city like wildfire — fentanyl. these two men, their lives fast slipping away, may not have even known they were taking it. cheap and highly addictive, mexico's drug cartels now cut it into recreational drugs like cocaine. the paramedics administer narcan, the most effective drug to reverse a fenta nyl overdose, if, that is, it is not already too late. fenta nyl overdoses are now simply part of daily and nightly life in tijuana, part of the fabric of a city descending fast into the grip of full—blown drug epidemic. yet it is a crisis whose very existence has

our home editor mark easton reports. a body in the water. scotland yard�*s marine policing unit attended and recovered a corpse which detectives working on the clapham chemical attack inquiry quickly concluded was their key suspect, abdul shakoor ezedi. because of the amount of time that the body has been in the water, it has not been obvious to do an easy visual identification, or indeed to get immediate fingerprints. however, with the very distinctive clothing that was being worn and the property that we have found on the body, we are able to strongly believe that this is abdul ezedi. detectives spent ten intense days hunting ezedi after the attack in clapham, in which a 31—year—old woman was seriously injured and her two young children hurt. ezedi, an afghan refugee, had lured the women to a meeting after their relationship had broken down. she got into his car, whereupon a strong alkali was thrown into herface. ezedi, in the dark hoodie, fled on foot, his movements tracked on cctv. he walked for hours along the thame

mark easton, bbc news, scotland yard. have visited stormont to mark the return of power—sharing in northern ireland. they met the first minister michelle o'neill and deputy first minister emma little—pengelly. mr sunak said the return of the assembly was a cause for optimism, but ministers in northern ireland are calling for urgent talks about long term funding for public services. from belfast, here's our political editor chris mason. the pleasantries are routine, but this is something we have never seen before. a british prime minister greeting a nationalist first minister of northern ireland. the deputy first minister and northern ireland secretary, there too. rishi sunak was here to see northern ireland's new executive. today isn't the end — it's the beginning. and actually, the real work starts now. and this was a day of two prime ministers, notjust one. the taoiseach, leo varadkar, had swapped dublin for belfast. glad to be here today. there are various times over the past year or two where i didn't think this day w

thank you, mark easton. now a look at some other stories making the news today. stores warning of nationwide problems. supplies have been affected by houthi attacks on shipping in the red sea. tetley tea, the country's second biggest tea brand, said supplies were "much tighter" than it would like, but the british retail consortium says the disruption is temporary. a survey of the impact of avian flu on seabirds around britain has revealed a dramatic decline in three species. numbers of great skuas were down by three—quarters compared with three years ago, while gannets and roseate terns also suffered badly. youth clubs can be a lifeline for young people, giving them confidence and teaching them valuable life skills. but a new report is warning those spaces are under threat following cuts to funding. the charity the ymca says the number of local authority—run centres in england has more than halved since 2011. in glossop, teenagers are trying to save their club, after the county council said it can no longer afford to run it, as john maguire reports. twice a week,

mark easton, bbc news, scotland yard. let's ta ke let's take you live now to tel aviv., antony blinken due to give a press conference in nine or ten minutes' time. this is off the back of the shuttle diplomacy he has been out in the middle east, talking to palestinian officials and the israeli prime minister and israeli president. he will be giving an update to reporters and the press at this press conference a very, very shortly. we will bring you that, of course, as soon as it happens. stay with us for the very latest live from tel aviv. in the meantime, the british dental association says the plan to improve access will not fix the shortage in the profession. it includes one of payments to those who practice in underserved areas, incentives to take on new patients and more help for children. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. this is what it looks like when you can't find an nhs dentist. i feel a lot of shame going out. i'll wear a scarf around my mouth as though it's cold. it's not, it'sjust because i don't like talking to people like this. for years,

our home editor mark easton reports. low close to london's tower bridge at around four yesterday afternoon, the crew of a passenger boat saw what looked like a body in the water. scotland yard's marine policing unit attended and recovered a corpse which detectives working on the clapham chemical attack inquiry quickly concluded was their key suspect, abdul shakoor ezedi. because of the amount of time that the body has been in the water, it has not been obvious to do an easy visual identification, or indeed to get immediate fingerprints. however, with the very distinctive clothing that was being worn and the property that we have found on the body, we are able to strongly believe that this is abdul ezedi. detectives spent ten intense days hunting ezedi after the attack in clapham, in which a 31—year—old woman was seriously injured and her two young children hurt. ezedi, an afghan refugee, had lured the women to a meeting after their relationship had broken down. she got into his car, whereupon a strong alkali was thrown i

mark easton, bbc news, scotland yard.ggest stars in hollywood, with starring roles in the back to the future films. in 1991 he was diagnosed with parkinson s disease, and he officially retired from acting two years ago because of declining health, but now he s back in a documentary that s been nominated for several awards, including best documentary at the baftas. tom brook went to meet him in new york. i was big. i was bigger than bubble gum. the story of me, take two. michaelj fox has been picking up awards and doing interviews to support the documentary in which he appears. michael, good to meet you. how are you? the documentary is called still: a michaelj fox movie, which chronicles his life, his rise to major tv and film stardom in the 1980s, and his life after being diagnosed with parkinson's disease. i woke up and i noticed my pinky. parkinson's disease. it's not a portrait of a man full of self—pity. quite the contrary. i have parkinson's. i struggle with it. it's hard. it's annoying. it's more than annoying, but

mark easton, bbc news, scotland yard. action plan with 32 measures aimed at improving the lives of disabled people. they include more help for guide dog owners and resources to help councils create accessible playgrounds. our disability correspondent nikki fox has the story. you like it? i'm not quite sure how much i like it. this isn'tjust any playground. it's a brand new, fully accessible, inclusive playground in north london. with funding from barnet council, mums natalie and deborah also raised money to get this project off the ground. and deborah knows just how hard it is to find these kinds of places for young people like her son zack. to be sitting here now with it existing, and i can now when i'm thinking at the weekends, what am i going to do with him? i can come to the park here, that's a joy. and to see other people in the same way, happily coming in, children of all abilities playing together, it's a marvellous thing and sadly this shouldn't be a marvellous thing. thisjust should be. for winnie, it opens up a

our home editor mark easton is at new scotland yard. —— reports.t surely police are closer to finding out what has happened to abdul shokoor ezedi. a week after the attack in clapham, this is the latest cctv identified, close to the river thames at westminster at 11pm last wednesday. now an attempted murder inquiry, so no andul ezedi is wanted for an alkali attack on a woman and her two children. we know he was in a relationship with her that had broken down. he arranged to meet her, she and the children got into his carand meet her, she and the children got into his car and he had been driving before he threw the corrosive chemicals into herfaith. we before he threw the corrosive chemicals into her faith. we are seven days _ chemicals into her faith. we are seven days on. _ chemicals into her faith. we are seven days on, she _ chemicals into her faith. we are seven days on, she is _ chemicals into her faith. we are seven days on, she is still- chemicals into her faith. we are - seven days on, she is still sedated, still very poorly and we have not

mark easton has been at the palace today where they king is in residence, the rail standard is flyingngham palace this evening, not about that the king has returned to the palace after his weekend at sandringham. so what does he of that? interesting that he's come to buckingham palace. he's at his place of work. his flag is flying over the palace this evening. and i think what's really telling from the way that the statement has been put together. enormous care has been taken to say that the king is not being king any more. he's absolutely there, doing all that he needs to do in terms of his state functions. yes. some public facing events will will go, but actually he will do his red boxes. he will have his weekly meeting with the prime minister. he will attend or at least be in attendance at privy council meetings and so on. and i think you can tell in the way that this announcement has been made, the care that has gone into the statement, the the information that's been given to the media, some of it we were unable to report until 6:00 this evening. it was all embargoed, but a real

mark easton, bbc news, scotland yard.thquakes that hit southern turkey and northern syria, the living conditions for those who survived are still difficult and dangerous. more than 56,000 people were killed and millions were displaced. one year on, many families are still living in tents and containers, while children are going to makeshift schools. a british cargo ship has been attacked in the red sea overnight. the vessel was positioned off the west coast of yemen when it was hitjust after midnight. no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. it comes following weeks of attacks on vessels in the red sea by iranian—backed group, the houthis. the us secretary of state antony blinken will travel to egypt today in an attempt to help secure a pause in the fighting in gaza and facilitate peace talks. this visit will mark mr blinken's fifth trip to the region since the hamas attacks in israel on 7th october last year. the government has published its long—awaited disability action plan with 32 measures aimed at improvi

live now to our home editor mark easton who is at buckingham palace for us.t you think it's been going on in the background over the last 2a to 48 hours? the background over the last 24 to 48 hours? i the background over the last 24 to 48 hours? ~ �* , , ., the background over the last 24 to 48 hours? ~ �*, , ., , 48 hours? i think it's been a bit more than _ 48 hours? i think it's been a bit more than that, _ 48 hours? i think it's been a bit more than that, interesting - 48 hours? i think it's been a bit| more than that, interesting that it's come to buckingham palace and is at his place of work, his flag is flying over the palace this evening and what is really telling from the whether the statement has been put together, enormous care is been taken that the king is not being to and he companies absolutely they're doing all he needs to do in terms of state functions and some public facing events will go but perhaps, you will do as red boxes and the new weekly meeting with the prime minister and attendance to council meetings and so on and as you can tell i

mark irvin was i helping us with some of those events —— mark easton was helping us with the diary ofimportant are those trips to the royal household? it is symbolic. i think although _ royal household? it is symbolic. i think although it _ royal household? it is symbolic. i think although it hasn't _ royal household? it is symbolic. i think although it hasn't been - royal household? it is symbolic. i| think although it hasn't been made official— think although it hasn't been made official i_ think although it hasn't been made official i think it was probably likely— official i think it was probably likely that the king and the queen were going to visit canada this year and australia. they are others like kin- and australia. they are others like king here — and australia. they are others like king here in — and australia. they are others like king here in the uk but also 14 other— king here in the uk but also 14 other realms and it is the case that the monarch has not visited their country— the monarch has not visited their country for— the monarch has not visited their country for ab

our home editor mark easton is outside buckingham palace and can explain more.s place of work. and i think you can tell in the way that this announcement has been made, the care that has gone into the statement, the the information that's been and i think what's really telling from the way that the statement has been put together. enormous care has been taken to say that the king is not being king any more. he's absolutely they're doing all that he needs to do in terms of his state functions. yes. some public facing events will will go, but actually he will do his red boxes. he will have his weekly meeting with the prime minister. he will attend or at least be in attendance at privy council meetings and so on. and i think you can tell in the way that this announcement has been made, the care that has gone into the statement, the the information that's been given to the media, some of it we were unable to report until 6:00 this evening. it was all embargoed, but a real sense that there's been a lot of planning. now, of course, there is a whole system of protocols