in the outskirts of sydney, australia, probably the furthest you could possibly get from the royal opera house here in london. i grew up in a motorsport family. my father was a drag racer. my father was an incredibly clever man who would create any parts with his own bare hands that he couldn't afford to purchase or to import. but i obviously grew up watching him pursue a passion. my sister did a lot of gymnastics, a bit of dancing, and as a seven—year—old, i asked my father if i could have a go. i wanted to go to a dance lesson, and my mother and father didn't even question any of it — bearing in mind we didn't go to the theatre, we didn't go to galleries, or... i was not exposed to the arts. but they found a local school around the corner, and we now can fully appreciate that little local school had some of the best teachers you could ever come across. and you had this very rapid rise through your teens. you performed at the opening ceremony of the sydney olympics, and then you started to win international ballet competitions. the first teachers i had unleashed this tiger within me. so, then

in the outskirts of sydney, australia, probably the furthest you could possibly get from the royal opera house

the visit includes a trip to the australian war memorial and sydney opera house, plus parliament gb news royalorrespondent cameron walker is in sydney. >> it's a rest day for the king and queen's day following their very long journey from the united kingdom, partly a decision taken because of the king's cancer diagnosis, making sure he's got enough energy to carry out his engagements later on this week, the king and queen had an informal cup of tea with the prime minister, anthony albanese, last night. tomorrow they'll be attending a church service in northern sydney, where they are expected to meet members of the public. >> however, the visit prompts questions over the country's future as a constitutional monarchy, with calls for it to become a republic. earlier, cameron walker spoke to alexander vowles from the australian monarchist league, who says support for the king and queen is strong. >> i think the two is going to go really well. we're very optimistic and at the end of the day it's a reminder of the significance of our system and just how wonderful it is for this country. we love a bi

to mark their arrival here in australia was the lighting up of the sails of the opera house, with images from past royalhen as prince of wales, visited australia over the years dating back to 1966. and that projection onto the opera house came with a message from the king and queen, saying that they were excited to be here in australia to celebrate the country's communities and culture. let's return to the us election now, and how it's playing out on social media. two pennsylvania farmers, who decided to switch from republicans to democrats, have been getting death threats online after they appeared in a harris campaign ad. conspiracy theorists spread a fake rumour that the couple were paid actors, triggering an avalance of online abuse. bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas paid them a visit to understand how their livelihood has been impacted by misinformation. in the cornfields of rural pennsylvania, bob and kristina lange, long standing republicans, decided they could no longer vote for donald trump. this time around, they're firmly behind kamala harris. my parents told me, always vote republican, and i alway

to mark their arrival here in australia was the lighting up of the sails of the opera house, with images from past royalrince of wales, visited australia over the years dating back to 1966. and that projection onto the opera house came with a message from the king and queen, saying that they were excited to be here in australia to celebrate the country's communities and culture. if you want to see the video of sydney opera house, it is on the website. lots more from me at the top of the hour. for most places saturday turned into a pleasant and awesome day. sunday is looking like a different affair. are first named storm is on the way, storm ashley which threatens to bring severe gales and flooding on the western side of scotland. we can see the way in which it has been developing on the satellite picture. a vast shield of cloud on this folk developing, is always a sure—fire sign of a storm that is strengthening. it will continue to do so as it pushes towards the north—west of the uk. look at the ice about squeezing together and we will see some strong winds. degree the further north and west you are in

to mark their arrival here in australia was the lighting up of the sails of the opera house, with images from past royal, times that the king, then as prince of wales, visited australia over the years dating back to 1966. and that projection onto the opera house came with a message from the king and queen, saying that they were excited to be here in australia to celebrate the country's communities and culture. the father of liam payne has visited the hotel in argentina's capital, buenos aires — where the former one direction singerfell to his death from a balcony on wednesday. although the family had asked for privacy, his father s journey was tracked by local argentine tv. fans formed a barrier between mr payne and photographers, as he spent some time taking in the tributes outside the hotel, reading letters and pausing around flowers, photographs and candles. his visit comes after the singer's family said they were "heartbroken" following the death, adding, "liam will forever live in our hearts and we'll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul." now on bbc news, following the death of liam pay

as the royal couple touched down, the sydney opera house was illuminated by pictures of the british monarched the creation of a vast protected marine area. 0fficials there say it will be the largest underwater conservation effort in the north atlantic, covering about 300,000 square kilometres almost all fishing and tourism will be banned. you are watching bbc news. i will have more at the top of the hour. join me then. i will see you then. goodbye for now. hello. we've got our first named storm of the season, so a notch up on what we've had so far this autumn. we'll all feel the effects of storm ashley. widespread gales, but a met office amber warning for some stormy weather for the western side of scotland. more rain to come with it as well — you can see it developing here in the atlantic. it will rapidly develop in the next 18 to 2a hours, and even ahead of it, some typical autumnal wind and rain with us at the moment, moving its way eastwards to clear across scotland and northern ireland, western fringes of england and wales, by the morning time. so, quite chilly in these areas and there

sydney's opera house was lit up with memories of royal trips of old when, as prince of wales, the kingin his life. the optics of a royal tour matter, especially this one. it's been a challenging few months for the king with his cancer diagnosis and treatment. this visit is a chance for him to show that a degree of normal service has resumed. preparations for the trip included a commonwealth reception in london, but on the advice of the king's doctors, the visit is also shorter, includes a rest day and in australia has no evening engagements. buckingham palace say all these adjustments have been made to preserve the king's energy, to make this visit as successful as possible. daniela relph, bbc news, sydney. thanks for your company over the last few hours. verify live is next. verify live is next. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. this weekend sees the first named storm of the season. it has been named by the irish met service. at the moment, storm ashley is a long way away, over the other side of the atlantic, and yet to develop from that area of cloud. in advance of that, we

to mark the start of the visit, sydney's opera house was lit up with memories of past royal trips.optics of a royal tour matter, especially this one. it's been a challenging few months for the king with his cancer diagnosis and treatment. this visit is a chance for him to show that a degree of normal service has resumed. ahead of today's arrival, public engagements for the king have been carefully managed. a commonwealth reception back in london, one ofjust a few he's done in recent months. like this tour, the king's timetable now happens under medical supervision. a royal visit usually comes with precision planning, but not everything runs smoothly. the lighting up of the opera house tonight ended up being delayed for more than an hour. the bad weather prevented the departure of a cruise ship in the harbour, which was blocking the projection. the ship's name, the queen elizabeth. daniela relph, bbc news, sydney. and if you want to continue watching the bbc news at 10pm, please turn over to bbc1, or you can watch on iplayer. david david. keir starmer says britain is back on the glo

to mark the arrival sydney's opera house was lit up with memories of royal trips of old when, as princethe optics of a royal tour matter, especially this one. it's been a challenging few months for the king with his cancer diagnosis and treatment. this visit is a chance for him to show that a degree of normal service has resumed. preparations for the trip included a commonwealth reception in london, but on the advice of the king's doctors, the visit is also shorter, includes a rest day and in australia has no evening engagements. buckingham palace say all these adjustments have been made to preserve the king's energy, to make this visit as successful as possible. daniela relph, bbc news, sydney. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. this weekend sees the first named storm of the season. it has been named by the irish met service. at the moment, storm ashley is a long way away, over the other side of the atlantic, and yet to develop from that area of cloud. in advance of that, we have got this deep low running to the north—west of the uk, pushing in this cloud, bringing some rain a

royal correspondent daniela relph sent this report from sydney. it was a picturesque final engagement in the late afternoon sun against the iconic backdrop of the sydney opera house shook my hand and i wasjust... like, i was just silent. and then he goes, "i hope i didn't keep you waiting long." and i go, "oh, i would wait forever for you, my majesty." there was a lot of people joined in the singing of god save the king, which was lovely. everyone was very happy to see them. so it was... it was wonderful to be here. this is the king and queen's big goodbye to australia. this tour has had its challenges, from whether it would happen at all because of the king's cancer treatment to yesterday's protest. but it draws to a close today in front of huge, supportive crowds. the king's day had begun at sydney's indigenous centre of excellence. yesterday's protest in canberra was acknowledged by elders here, but there was warmth and pride that the king had visited their organisation. i'm just so happy that he came to the community because they choose to go wherever and he chose to come here, and we have to be respectful of that and i'm happy to have him here. no visit to a

royal couple arrived at sydney airport, greeted by prime minister anthony albanese, australia's governor—general sam mostyn and the premier of the state of new south wales, chris minns. sydney's opera houses's previous visits to australia, where he attended school for six months as a teenager, and has returned more than a dozen times. the visit will last six days, before the king and queen travel to the commonwealth heads of government meeting in samoa. 0ur news reporter emer mccarthy is in melbourne. i really started to visit there and a welcome for the royal couple. of course, many viewers will be well aware of the very active discussions in australia about the future of the monarchy there. tell us how this visit is being greeted overall? ~ , ,., , this visit is being greeted overall? ~ , ~ , overall? absolutely. as you said, overall? absolutely. as you said. wet — overall? absolutely. as you said, wet and _ overall? absolutely. as you said, wet and windy - overall? absolutely. as you said, wet and windy start i overall? absolutely. as you j said, wet and windy start to the visit, probably something that charles and camilla are quite used to. this debate over the republic in australia,

>> well, the first thing was a production of tchaikovsky's opera eugene onegin at the royal opera housecovent garden, which i saw last week and has one performance left tomorrow night. there are tickets left. it was a supremely good production. the director is the american ted huffman. it's quite sparse staging, but not it doesn't get in the way. really excellent performance. i want to single out of olga by the young mezzo soprano avery amaro. gordon bintner a very, very good eugene onegin , and a eugene onegin, and a particularly fine performance from the principal ballerina, lauren bridal. the opera has, along with most of tchaikovsky's operas, a balletic scene because it was at the time necessary for performance both in russia and in france, to have a balletic scene. and the i can't remember, i'm afraid , who the producer is i'm afraid, who the producer is of this balletic scene, but the elegance with which it is done, the mixture of classical ballet with a very modernistic stage and i thought worked exceptionally well . fantastic. exceptionally well. fantastic. and the conductor is

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the visit includes a trip to the australian war memorial and sydney opera house, plus parliament gb news royalrespondent cameron walker is in sydney. >> it's a rest day for the king and queen's day following their very long journey from the united kingdom, partly a decision taken because of the king's cancer diagnosis. making sure he's got enough energy to carry out his engagements. later on this week, the king and queen had an informal cup of tea with the prime minister, anthony albanese, last night. tomorrow they'll be attending a church service in northern sydney, where they are expected to meet members of the public. >> however, the visit prompts questions over the country's future as a constitutional monarchy, with calls for it to become a republic . earlier, become a republic. earlier, cameron spoke to alexander voltz from the australian monarchist league, who says support for the king and queen is strong. >> i think the two is going to go really well. we're very optimistic and at the end of the day it's a reminder of the significance of our system and just how wonderful it is for this c

the visit includes a trip to the australian war memorial and sydney opera house, plus parliament gb news royalorrespondent cameron walker is in sydney. >> it's a rest day for the king and queen's day following their very long journey from the united kingdom, partly a decision taken because of the king's cancer diagnosis. making sure he's got enough energy to carry out his engagements later on this week. the king and queen had an informal cup of tea with the prime minister, anthony albanese , last night. tomorrow albanese, last night. tomorrow they'll be attending a church service in northern sydney, where they are expected to meet members of the public. >> however, the visit prompts questions over the country's future as a constitutional monarchy, with calls for it to become a republic. earlier, cameron spoke to alexander voltz from the australian monarchist league, who says support for the king and queen is strong. >> i think the two is going to go really well. we're very optimistic and at the end of the day it's a reminder of the significance of our system and just how wonderful it is for th

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the sydney opera house behind me will be lit up with images from royal images of old, so we will see king when he was prince of wales, he has been coming here since 1966. a number of those images will be lighting up the sydney opera house behind me to mark the fact that the king and queen have arrived in australia. when they arrive there will be a welcoming party led by the governor general of the australia which will include the australian prime minister anthony albanese e. in the party has been clear he is a republican and he would like australia to become a republic and have an australian head of state rather than a king of to be honest he will be a co—host of this trip with another number of other dignitaries. that republican conversation has been dimmed, anthony albanese has a lot of domestic political challenges to deal with and the idea of australia becoming a republic is not really a on the radar. the king and queen will do some diplomacy, they will be going to a community barbecue, it is australia, and meet a number of prominent australians including some cancer doctors who