yes. him and prince andrew? yes, this goes _ him and prince andrew?s goes back some - him and prince andrew? yes, this goes back some time. i him and prince andrew? yes, j this goes back some time. mr yang, as we understand it, was born in china, studied in china, came to the uk, did further study in the uk and then had set up business in the uk, including a business which was involved in aiding uk firms seeking businesses in china, advising, consulting. as part of that, he came into contact with prince andrew, built close relationships with the prince, the prince himself has had business relationships with him, he has been a business envoy to china and it was through an organisation called pitch at palace, his attempt to help start—up companies, that is where he became close to him. they developed a close relationship but it was the nature of that relationship and the closeness of it that caused concern, i think, the closeness of it that caused concern, ithink, amongst the closeness of it that caused concern, i think, amongst uk security authorities.

and harry, the party prince, back in the uk.ast christmas, there was nothing to suggest that 2024 would be a royal year dominated by illness. but three weeks later, first, a palace statement that the princess of wales had had planned abdominal surgery the previous day, and the following hour it was announced the king was to undergo a procedure for an enlarged prostate. by the time the king left hospital after a three—night stay... how are you feeling? ..health groups were reporting a significant increase in men getting their own prostates checked. the king seemed in good spirits, but the news was about to take a dramatic turn. hello. good evening. welcome to bbc news where, in the last few moments, we've received breaking news from buckingham palace, which has announced that the king has been diagnosed with cancer. the news thatjust nine months after his coronation the king had cancer made headlines around the world. he and the queen departed london for the peace and solitude of sandringham in norfolk. before they left, after a

prince andrew sto - ed girlfriend... prince andrew stepped being _ girlfriend... a _ girlfriend... prince andrew stopped being a working . girlfriend... prince andrew - stopped being a working member of the royalfamily stopped being a working member of the royal family of details were revealed about his friendship with convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. ever since questions have been asked about how the prince is funding his dirty room mansion in windsor and while there is uncertainty about the prince's finances, it is hisjudgement that has once again come under the closest scrutiny. graham satchell, bbc news. syrians rejoiced late into the night on friday to celebrate their new found freedoms five days after a lightning rebel advance ended over 50 years of rule under the assad family. thousands of people packed into the main square in damascus, setting off fireworks, sounding their car horns, and waving a new national flag — that of the rebel forces. in aleppo, residents danced in the streets and set fire to a huge billboard depicting the assads. diplomatic m

prince andrew's contacts.'s contacts. prince andrew met this man, thought he was a chinese businessman that could help him. however, the security services and then the home office believe that this man was in fact a spy and working for the chinese communist party. so he was barred from the country last year by the then home secretary suella braverman, and his devices were seized and they were gone through and there were gone through and there were various communications on there, letters and messages, that they found to be very suspicious. this man lodged an appeal and as you said he has now lost that appeal on national security grounds. this is very embarrassing for prince andrew, and of course it's not the first time that his relationships and also his judgment have been questioned. of course, in 2019 he was essentially sacked as a working royal after his friendship with a convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. so he no longer has any kind of public role for the royal family. buckingham palace have said the

as being at the top of the tree when it comes to prince andrew because my contacts, so prince andrewan that could help him. however, the security services and the home office believe this man was in fact a spy believe this man was in fact a spy and working for the chinese communist party. he was barred from the country last year by the then home secretary, suella braverman, and his devices were seized and gone through. there are various communications on there, letters and messages, they found to be very suspicious. this man lodged an appeal and, as you said, he has now lost the appeal on national security grounds. this is very embarrassing for prince andrew and, of course, it is not the first time his relationships and hisjudgment has been questioned. in 2019, he was essentially sacked as a working royal after his friendship with the convicted six offenderjeffrey epstein —— sex offender. he has no longer a public row for the royalfamily, buckingham palace royal family, buckingham palace say royalfamily, buckingham palace say they will not be commenting, he is no longer a working roy

graham satchell reports once again, prince andrew is underfire.r he was targeted by a suspected spy working for the chinese communist party. a statement issued by the duke of york's office said the duke of york followed advice from his majesty's government 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 b

a prince under pressure again.his time over his relationship with a mystery businessman we are not allowed to name now revealed to be a likely spy targeting the royal family. forten likely spy targeting the royal family. for ten years prince andrew promoted the uk's relationship with china. this was his investment tour in china. from entrepreneurs to state visits, here with xi jinping, the duke forged closer ties with delegates in a difficult diplomatic relationship. that relationship is under new strain. a man working for the chinese communist party's intelligence operations has been banned from the uk. he had targeted the duke in an operation to influence him. in 2020, he became a close confident with an unusual degree of trust, working with this man, the duke's adviser, dominic hampshire. he gave him the green light to act for the duke in talks with chinese investors. when the security services became suspicious and searched his phone, they found evidence he was a state agent, a conclusion that doesn't surprise

for ten years, prince andrew promoted the uk's relationship with china as a trade envoy.elieve that china is a very, very important country. it's one that the uk needs to continue to have a good relationship with. from state dinners to business talks, he helped forge closer ties. this one, a business event nine years ago for china's president xi jinping. ajudgment from the special immigration appeals commission, a semisecret court, has revealed that a chinese man known only as h6 has been banned from the uk because he is a threat to national security. the duke's adviser dominic hampshire told h6 that he could act for the dukein told h6 that he could act for the duke in talks with potential chinese investors. when the security services search h6�*s phone in 2021, they saw evidence that he might be deceiving the prince to gain influence for the chinese communist party. the court found that h6 had beenin party. the court found that h6 had been in a position to generate relationships with prominent uk figures which could be leveraged for political interference purposes. there

for ten years, prince andrew promoted the uk's relationship with china as a trade envoy. very, very important country. it's one that the uk needs to continue to have a good relationship with. from state dinners to business talks, he helped forge closer ties. this one a business event nine years ago with china's president, xi jinping. a judgment from the special immigration appeals commission — that's a semi—secret court — has revealed that a chinese man known only as h6 has been banned from the uk because he's a threat to national security. the duke's adviser, dominic hampshire, told h6 that he could act for the duke in talks with potential chinese investors. when the security services searched h6�*s phone in 2021, they saw evidence that he might be deceiving the prince to gain influence for the chinese communist party. the court found that h6 had been in a position to generate relationships with prominent uk figures which could be leveraged for political interference purposes. there was a letter from dominic hampshire on the phone. he told h6 that... h6 also had a note o

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the prince under pressure and advisers standing by him and a mystery businessman we cannot name.inary court document the moment the chinese state targeted the royal family. for 10 years prince andrew promoted the uk's relationship with china as a trade envoy. >> i believe china is a very important country. it is one the u.k. needs to continue to have a good relationship with. >> from state dinners to business talks, he helped forge closer ties. this business event nine years ago with china's president xi jinping. a judgment from the special immigration appeals commission has revealed the chinese man known only as hc has been banned from the u.k. because he is a threat to national security. duke advisor told h six he could act for the duke in talks with potential chinese investors. in the security services searched age six phone in 2021 they found evidence he might be deceiving the prince to gain influence in the chinese communist party. the court found h six had been in position to generate relationships with prominent u.k. figures which could be leverage for political interferen

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also very embarrassing for prince andrew.rking relationship with the prince, he went to his 60th birthday in 2020 and was also acting on behalf of the prince with potential investors in china. they have this incredibly close working relationship, in fact, one of the prince's advisors to him said he was the very top of the tree when it came to the prince's contacts. however, the security services were incredibly worried about this relationship as you heard there because they said he was not a businessman, in fact, he was a spy businessman, in fact, he was a spy for the chinese communist party and they worried about the kind of information he could attain. last year he was banned on the national security grounds from the uk for so he appealed that but yesterday the judge agreed with the home office that he should be barred from the uk and he said there was an unusual amount of trust between a senior member of the royalfamily and this between a senior member of the royal family and this member of the public that he did not reall

an alleged chinese spy with links to prince andrew has been named as yang tengbo after a court liftedn order keeping his identity secret. sources tell the bbc prince andrew won't be joining the royal family for christmas at sandringham to avoid being a distraction. a shooting at his school in wisconsin leaves five people dead including the suspect. the german government loses a confidence vote in parliament paving the way for snap elections in february. also coming up on the world today: he plays tabla. tributes for zakir hussain one of the world's greatest tabla players who's died at the age of 73. mysteries of the mekong — we'll tell you about the hundreds of new animal species discovered in south—east asia. welcome to the world today an hour of international news from the bbc. prince andrew will not be joining the king and the rest of the royal family for their traditional christmas celebration at sandringham, the bbc has learned. the revelation came as the man who's alleged to be a chinese spy, with close links to the duke of york, was named publicly as yang tengbo, also known as

harry and prince william.s of that closeness, the relationship with the uk, how important is it? and i know you have a special role? when it comes to thejets? apologies, before the pomp and ceremony starts to clean—up is under way so we have the trucks cleaning that ceremonial, symbolic red carpet of the malljust that ceremonial, symbolic red carpet of the mall just ahead of the state visit which will start in a few hours. tell us a little about the typhoons? you are right. _ little about the typhoons? you are right. the _ little about the typhoons? you are right, the king, _ little about the typhoons? gm, are right, the king, when he was prince of wales, visited regularly, twice when i was ambassador about ten years ago, and it made a big difference. the king and the emir have a good relationship, going back to when the emir was at school in the uk and he and his brother went to sandringham and spent weekends at sandringham with the then prince of wales. they have a long—standing relationship, they know each

now , the prince of cathedral. the prince of wales is expected to discuss the importance of the us. uk special relationship with the president elect. gb news, political correspondent katherine forster has been in paris for us with the latest. >> huge day for france as notre dame cathedral reopens five and a half years after that horrific fire. 50 heads of state and dignitaries, 1500 people invited to the opening later on this afternoon, including some very, very important figures indeed . very important figures indeed. president elect trump is here. jill biden, the first lady is here. prince william is here representing the united kingdom. now we understand that prince william will be meeting with trump later this afternoon. and we also understand that president macron at the elysee palace will be meeting with trump. and then subsequent to that, with ukrainian president zelenskyy. we know, of course, that trump has said that he will end the war in ukraine in one day. zelenskyy may have a rather different view of th

this noes him and prince andrew. this goes back — him and prince andrew.g. as part of that, he came into contact with prince andrew. he built a close relationship with the prince, the prince himself has had a business relationship with andrew, he has been a business and boy with china, it was through an organisation called picture palace, which was his attempt to start up funds like that, that is where they became close. they developed a close relationship but it was the nature of that relationship and the closeness of it that caused concern among uk security authorities. now, when they stopped him they searched his mobile phone and what was emerged in the court case was that there were documents on that phone, messages, text, that suggested a very close relationship. the court ruled that the home secretary had been right to be concerned about the nature of the relationship and that that would put prince andrew potentially in a complicated position, in an exposed position. the allegation was that yang tengbo, but the security services have claimed he belie

so nobody wanted the prince andrew problem to overshadow that.n, palace sources confirmed that prince andrew would not be travelling to norfolk for christmas. sources said it had been the general hope that he would honourably withdraw from all family events to avoid being a distraction. it seems he has taken that on board with regard to sandringham. instead, he will spend the christmas privately at his home in windsor with his ex—wife, sarah, duchess of york. with his ex-wife, sarah, duchess of york. ., , a statement attributed to the deposed syrian leader bashar al—assad has been posted on social media. they are his first apparent comments since he fled to moscow eight days ago. here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. where is bashar al—assad ? he hasn't been seen since he fled syria. today, a statement, purporting to be from him, appeared on the social media accounts of the former syrian president, dateline moscow. it's unclear who controls the accounts and whether assad wrote this: "my departure from syria was neither planned, nor did it oc

this gang controls much of port au prince.lifeline for many haitians in the capital. they said that it is also acting as a warning to both the transitional government as well as the security force, which is led by haiti, that international mission, which is meant to help the government, is a warning to them, saying, "we control around 85% of port au prince, the capital, and we're not willing to give up an inch of that territory." this hospital was part of that territory untiljuly. however, they are not happily going to give it over. so it's very much a warning to the government saying, "we are not budging from this territory." today might be christmas day, but it is also the first day of the jewish festival of hanukkah. commonly known as "christmukkah", it celebrates two festivals of great miracles in both religions, meaning a day of epic celebrations for mixed jewish—christian families. tamzin kraftman reports. christmukkah, once a joke made byjews in largely christian countries, has become a reality for many across the world

palace sources said it had been the general hope that prince andrew would do the honourable thing andw from the family christmas to avoid being a distraction. he has now done that. there is one other issues, which is whether he will be at buckingham palace for a private family lunch. it is not clear whether he will be here then. it is not clear whether he will be here then-— well until today the alleged chinese spy at the centre of this was known only as "h6", but today his identity was revealed. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticus has more. the royal and the alleged spy — this is glossy video from the prince himself designed to drum up business. throughout we see yang tengbo — we can now name him — banned from the uk as a risk to national security. mr yang is accused of working for china's communist party, using his ties to build contacts. on his desk, photos — him meeting david cameron and theresa may. dealing with foreign threats was already on the prime minister's agenda. today, here in norway, the immediate issue russia's war against ukraine. but he's been seeking clos

over the weekend reports emerged of more than 100 people killed by gang members in port au prince.g leader targeted the group after his son fell ill and subsequently died. he reportedly blamed them for practising "witchcraft". joining me now from miami is camilo gomez, bbc monitoring journalist who has been closely following the situation in haiti. first of all, these killings, we are hearing may be up to 200 people, a lot of them elderly, and it all seems to be because of alleged witchcraft. can you tell us anything more about that? , , ., ., that? yes, the situation in haiti is really _ that? yes, the situation in haiti is really quite - haiti is really quite complicated with lots of gang violence and many attacks occurring almost on a daily basis, but this one in particular was quite gruesome and quite large and also it was different in the sense that most of the people who were targeted were accused of witchcraft by a gang leader who, as you said, whose son had died and it must be noted that last nights, there was also around ten people were killed in a different area of the co

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but this comes up later, when prince charles makes a visit to washington, his first trip as prince ofales. funnily enough, he finds himself in almost every situation like at the baseball park or the wildlife sanctuary, for the party on the white house grounds, someh tcia nixon has always been placed alongside him, which made for some great pictures. charles himself later said, oh yes, that is when they were trying to set me up with tricia nixon. peter: did the queen ever meet fdr, that you know of? mr. charter: she did not, no. she was the first royal ever to fly across the atlantic, but that was in 1951 after the death of fdr. when she was still a princess she met truman. peter: because of course joe kennedy was fdr's ambassador for a while. mr. charter: this is a really interesting point that emerges from her formative years in the run-up to the war. kennedy becomes a rather unpopular ambassador in britain, because he, for one, cannot see why on earth america should get involved in the war in europe and makes that pretty clear. that is not what fdr is thinking. however, fdr is campa

this is not the first time the friendships of prince andrew and hisjudgment time the friendships of prince andrew and his judgment has been questioned. he was essentially sacked as a working royal because of his friendship with convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. he lives a much quieter life now, rarely seen out in public with other members of the royal family. seen out in public with other members of the royalfamily. he lost his honorary military titles, his patron edges for the royal family and titles, his patron edges for the royalfamily and he titles, his patron edges for the royal family and he lives a very different life, he is no longer a working royal. it is no doubt it is notjust personally embarrassing for prince andrew but embarrassing for the wider royal family as well. ~ . . , for the wider royal family as well. ~ . �* ., well. what has buckingham palace said _ well. what has buckingham palace said about _ well. what has buckingham palace said about it? - palace said about it? buckingham palace say that as prince andrew is no longer a working royal they will not be making

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and prince william then ended up going, i'm not party to the discussions there, but we didn't know princeliam was going until the last minute. that meeting went incredibly well, and i think the palace was very pleased with how that went. and we heard lots of positive sounds as well, didn't we i'm sure you did as well. from the trump side. so that was seen as good. and then this report comes out and they don't want to speak to it. but i'm not hearing anything concerning about king charles. what i will say is that i think, you know, the last year has been very tough on prince william. if you consider his wife's diagnosis his father's diagnosis, the fact that harry is no longer supporting the crown and, you know the troubles that prince andrew's had there's been a huge amount of pressure on his shoulders. and i may have just been speaking to all of that yeah. >> he's been pretty candid as well in other settings. i've seen some of the other public comments william has made about how it's been really difficult for him i will also say, max, there was another comment that stood out to me from th

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i think it's a reminder, of course, her and prince of wales, prince william, had that important roleringing the sheikha and the emir over here, making sure that everything was a proper welcome, you know, really felt like the red carpet had been rolled out. and the king will have been very grateful for the support of the prince and princess of wales. i mean, we have certainly had moments in the royal calendar this year where the royal family has looked pretty skeletal, quite thin on the ground. i think today is a reminder that as we come to the end of a difficult year for the royal family, they were very much out in force. as you say, we didn't have the queen here for the official welcome, but she is there for the lunch. she'll be there this evening for the state banquet. so it feels a little different to what we're used to in terms of royal attendance. some are dipping in and out a little bit, but in terms of the protocol, the format, the pomp and the pageantry, it's everything that we would expect for a state visit. four friends who've just turned 70 have found themselves the subjec

prince philip is your royal highness the first time, second time and went to touch the royals and howgreet them and what to serve them. however, when the elevator doors open to go into the private area of the white house, there is young jack and he can't find his shirt cuffs. he is bare chested in his shirt is open, no shoes, no socks on. there he is standing there in front of the queen and betty ford is rather mortified. the queen left that off. i have one of those at home. >> president carter the queen mother what happened and how big a deal was it? >> yeah. so, again, carter is another president the queen only met once and that was during a visit during a big set piece event likeg8 summit inlondon. there's an intriguing phograph before dinner that shows carter holding hands with the queen mother for the photograph. they seem to be getting along rather well. however, the story that emerges after the dinner is that carter felt he got on so famously with the queen mother that he gave her a parting kiss. she described it as a kiss on the -- and that she took a step backwards but not fa

this hospital was in downtown port-au-prince.ought of as a warning sign to the government, saying you have not overrun us, you have not regained this hospital. you may have thought you have, but we are very much still in control of this valuable social service, a real heart of the committee, a public hospital is invaluable in these circumstances. the gangs are sending messages, saying you thought you may have got the upper hand, but that is not the case. host: thank you very much. denmark says it will increase its defense spending on greenland by at least $1.5 billion. the promise came just hours after america's president-elect donald trump repeated his desire for the u.s. to purchase the territory. denmark's defense minister said the timing of the funding announcement was just an irony of fate. the money will pay for two new naval vessels, long-range drones, and an approach to the airport to allow it to handle supersonic aircraft. donald trump on friday said the security of america and the world depended on the u.s. owning and c

for ten years, prince andrew promoted the uk's relationship with china.eurs to state visits — here with china's president xijinping — the duke forged closer ties amid a delicate and difficult diplomatic relationship. that relationship is now under new strain. a judgment from the semi—secret special immigration appeals commission has revealed that a man working for the chinese communist party's intelligence operations has been banned from the uk. he'd targeted the duke in an operation to influence him. in 2020, h6 became a close confidant with an unusual degree of trust, working with this man, the duke's adviser, dominic hampshire. he gave h6 the green light to act for the duke in talks with chinese investors. when the security services became suspicious and searched h6's phone, they found evidence he was a state agent — a conclusion that doesn't surprise experts. typically, they would go for members of the house of lords or prominent businesspeople or people who, you know, have a voice in the community. it's quite ambitious to target a member of the royal

prince andrew, a notable absence, though.harlotte gallagher at sandringham has more. hundreds of people are here now to see the royal family. many of them arrived in the early hours of this morning. some even brought sleeping bags. it was still dark when they got here. people have brought flasks of coffee, tea, presents to give to the royals as well. i'm joined by two of them. this is shelly and lynn. hello. why did you decide to come here today? um, i was spending christmas on my own, and i wanted to turn a negative into a positive. and i wanted to be here, really, for catherine and charles because of the journey that they've had. and i think at this moment in time, it's so fast. and that's what the country needs. it needs a bit of positivity and it's great to come down here. we both come down really early. we've both travelled and it's a great atmosphere, an opportunity to have something positive. and how about you? why did you decide to come down? i've always supported the royal family and i take something off my bucket li