sarah campbell who is where the king has just visited. correspondence sarah campbell who is where theited. it is a big moment. where the king has “ust visited. it is a big moment._ where the king has 'ust visited. it is a big moment. yes, you 'oin me, we miaht is a big moment. yes, you 'oin me, we might be — is a big moment. yes, you 'oin me, we might be lucky, he _ is a big moment. yes, youjoin me, we might be lucky, he might - is a big moment. yes, youjoin me, we might be lucky, he might leavel we might be lucky, he might leave behind us. you can always sense when departures are imminent because suddenly, the press photographers over there suddenly get all agitated. we are inspecting him to leave very shortly. he arrived about 40, 50 minutes leave very shortly. he arrived about 40,50 minutes ago. as you leave very shortly. he arrived about 40, 50 minutes ago. as you say, the significance of this visit is it is the first major public engagement that he has undertaken since his cancer diagnosis was made public and that was back on the 5th of february, overa that was back on the 5th of

well, our royal correspondent sarah campbell is there. sarah, this is a big moment. yes, it is. major public engagement since the cancer diagnosis in the beginning of february. also his first major public engagement really since the end of last year, so he has been out of action publicly for a long time now. we do have to remind ourselves that he has been carrying on these constitutional duties, there have been audiences going on, he has been meeting the prime minister, but in terms of out and about, apart from the one walkabout on easter sunday at windsor castle where he met a few people who had turned out to see him, this is really the first significant kind of getting back to work, if you like. just to let you know where we are, this is a university college hospital, the macmillan cancer centre. obviously one would understand why they might have chosen this to be the first engagement back. hugely symbolic, bearing in mind the xp as he has gone through over the past couple of months. just to give you a little bit of what he is going to do. he will go inside, meet clinicians, s

my colleague sarah campbell has been following the case.ext year, he would have his time in court in this case against a news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun. news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun. and he is one of several individuals, including, as you say, prince harry, suing this group for unlawful information gathering. so in mr grant's case, that means tapping of landlines, he alleges, bugging his house, bugging his car, using blagging methods to access medical information. and he had been very vocal about this, and so it was somewhat of a surprise when, at a court hearing this morning, it emerged that mr grant had in fact settled his case. and a short while later, he released a long thread on x, formerly known as twitter, explaining why. he said the publisher was offering him an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court. he went on that he did not want to accept it or settle, as he wanted to see those allegations tested in court, but that his lawyers had advised him that if he went to court and if h

this is a sign, cautious optimism, sarah campbell was telling us, about his health.ss of the king so far for encouraged by the progress of the king so farforan encouraged by the progress of the king so far for an unspecified form of cancer. so this is a very symbolic decision by him to visit this cancer treatment centre as well. this will follow his decision to make public his own health issues earlier this year. he has hoped that this would encourage others to seek health checks and it has worked because lots of people have apparently been going to have checkups since he made his diagnosis public. kenya is braced forfurther catastrophic flooding, after an overflowing reservoir in the rift valley washed away part of a village, killing at least 50 people. waves of mud and debris caught residents of the region unaware. across the country nearly 170 people have died. let's speak to our africa correspondent, barbara plett usher. the recovery process for bodies is ongoing. i can see the devastation behind you. how is it there and what have people told you? hello, lucy. we

hello, i'm sarah campbell, welcome to bbc news now — three hours of fast—moving news, interviews andit has completed its operation at gaza's biggest hospital, al—shifa, and has withdrawn its troops from the area. the hospital had been under siege for two weeks. the hamas—run health ministry and palestinian witnesses had earlier reported tanks pulling back from the heavily bombarded hospital complex in gaza city. the hospital and its surrounds have been left in ruins

hello, i'm sarah campbell, welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionter rishi runak�*s flagship rwanda bill was passed just hours after rishi sunak�*s flagship rwanda bill was passed in the british parliament, five people — including a child — have died attempting to cross the sea from northern france to britain. these were the chaotic scenes on the beach near calais just before daybreak. the incident happened as migrants attempted to launch a boat. the french coastguard said the small, overloaded boat was carrying 110 people when it set off from wimereux, just south of calais on tuesday morning. authorities have also been carrying out several

you are watching bbc news with me sarah campbell. law — despite fierce opposition from the house of lords. speaking earlier this morning, the prime minister said mps and the lords will have to vote tonight, until the bill — to send some asylum seekers to rwanda — is finally passed. mr sunak said the first flight to rwanda would leave "in 10 to 12 weeks" — and the legislation will again be put before the commons in the coming hours. there has been a prolonged stand—off between the two houses of parliament for the past four months, amid concerns about how safe rwanda actually is for asylum seekers. mr sunak set out a timeline for his plan. the first flight will leave in ten to 12 weeks. now, of course that is later than we wanted, but we have always been clear that processing will take time and if labour peers had not spent weeks holding up the bill in the house of lords to try to block these flights altogether, we would have begun this process weeks ago. let's let's take a closer look at the controversial policy and the stakes. so far

of individuals, including the duke of sussex, bringing claims against ngn. 0ur correspondent sarah campbellcase. it had been expected that injanuary of next year he would have his time in court. in this case against news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun newspaper. he is one of several individuals, including prince harry, is suing this group for unlawful information gathering, so mr grant�*s case, that means tapping landlines, he alleges, bugging his car, using likely methods to access private information and he had been very vocal about this and so it was somewhat of a surprise when at a court hearing this morning it emerged that mr grant had in fact subtleties case. a short while later he released a long threat on x, formally known as twitter, explain why. —— he released a long thread. he said the publisher was offering me an enormous sum of money to keep this from getting into court. he went on, he didn�*t want to settle, as he wanted to see those allegations tested in court, but his lawyers had advised him that if you went to court and he won, the damages he would be offered t

sarah campbell is next. let's get a check on the weather.tense downpours, thunderstorms and some very squally in places, damaging winds. today is breezy but not as windy. there will still be showers but those showers will not be as violent. the wind is coming from the north so it will remain quite chilly. we have a frontal system gracing the east coast, cloud and showery rain. otherwise it is sunshine and showers in the north to north westerly flow and high—pressure waiting in the wings and that will be more dominant as the week wears on. through the rest of the day, sunny spells, scattered showers and some of them will be heavy with hail, central and eastern parts of england most likely to see thunder. wintry showers over high ground in scotland. it will be quite windy and it is going to feel rather chilly for the time of year. eight to 13 or 14 degrees which is below the norm in many locations. this evening and tonight, many showers will fade but some will keep going in the north of scotland where it will stay windy. but, underneath clear

hello, i'm sarah campbell. the iranian air strikes, but has not — so far, at least — carried out any direct military action in response. instead, israel is calling for more sanctions on iran, which itself has warned israel against attempting any retaliation following those drone and missile attacks,

it's 7pm in london this is this world today with sarah campbell. a new york court overturns harvey weinstein's 2020 conviction for rape, ordering a new trial in the landmark "metoo" case. those connected with his case have begun to react. this is what it's like to be a woman in america, living with male entitlement to our bodies. the actor and political activist, laurence fox is ordered to pay 90—thousand pounds to two people he targeted on social media. i've been speaking to the drag performer crystal — one of the two people mr fox has been ordered to pay libel damages to. also coming up on the world today: is this the new normal? scientists say climate change made deadly flooding in the gulf more intense — and warn it could become more common. welcome to the world today — an hour of international news from the bbc. the former hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, has had one of his convictions for rape overturned by new york's highest court on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial. it's ordered a new hearing. weinstein will remain i

which aims to raise awareness of the importance of early diagnosis. 0ur royal correspondent — sarah campbell more details about the king's visit. meeting with cancer patients and their was a personal element to the city. the king talking to patients knows exactly what they are going through. he is going through it himself and there were interesting comments. 0ne himself and there were interesting comments. one said to the king i really appreciate what you are doing, we have got to stick together. the king was asked how he was, he said imo right, not too bad and told another patient he was going to have more treatment this afternoon. an insight into the king's well—being but the message promoted was very much the importance of early diagnosis, something the king and catherine, princess of wales has been trying to promote in the middle of what must be a very difficult circumstance for them personally. we be a very difficult circumstance for them personally.— be a very difficult circumstance for them personally. we are waiting for that news conference _ them personally. we are waiting for that

hello, i'm sarah campbell.come to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin with events in the middle east, where israel appears to be trying to gather international support following the iranian air strikes, but has not — so far, at least — carried out any direct military action in response. instead, israel is calling for more sanctions on iran, which itself has warned israel against attempting any retaliation following those drone and missile attacks, which iran says were a response to an israeli attack on its diplomatic mission in syria. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been sending us updates from jerusalem. israel says it is now launching a diplomatic offensive. the israeli foreign minister has written, he says, to 32 countries around the world, urging them to impose even more sanctions against the islamic republic of iran. the foreign minister, israel katz, posted this on x, formerly twitter, saying that iran has to be stopped now before it is

hello, i'm sarah campbell, welcome to bbc news now — three hours of fast—moving news, interviews andction. we start this hour with the news that israel's military says it has completed its operation at gaza's biggest hospital, al—shifa, and has withdrawn its troops from the area. the hospital had been under siege for two weeks. the hamas—run health ministry and palestinian witnesses had earlier reported tanks pulling back from the heavily bombarded hospital complex in gaza city. the hospital and its surrounds have been left in ruins following the two—week operation. buildings have been reduced to rubble and the few remaining are little more than shells. these pictures obtained by news agency reuters show what is left inside the complex. israel has previously said it was carrying out precise operations against hamas and islamichhad fighters, and had killed two hundred of them. reuters reports that hundreds of people returned to the area around the hospital after the troop withdrawal. they said they found a sea of rubble. one medic saying that destruction is �*far and wide�* in the shi

sarah campbell.mas—run health ministry and palestinian witnesses had earlier reported tanks pulling back from the heavily bombarded hospital—complex in gaza city. the hospital and its surrounds have been left in ruins following the two—week operation.

ealier, my colleague sarah campbell spoke to a panel of experts who answered some of your questions onkigali, rwanda. we started by asking dr grogan how the bill will work? to understand how the bill works or what is soon to be law works, we have to understand the underlying asylum system that we now have, this is a brand—new assignment system as ofjuly 2023. very simply it says if a person who wants to claim asylum, that means wants to, they are a refugee, if they come to the uk via an irregular or also called a legal route, typically a small boat from france, then they cannot gain status in the uk, they cannot become a refugee of the uk, they cannot claim asylum in the uk. instead, they must be removed to a third country. that is the underlying law we have as ofjuly 2023. the problem for the government was that only one country in the world was going to accept asylum seekers, to allow them into their country, to process them, to ask are they a refugee or not a refugee, and if they are not a refugee, to send them back to the country they came from and if they are a refugee, to stay in

here's news correspondent sarah campbell who's been looking at the finer details of this cases.ave his time in court, in this case against news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun. he is one of several individuals, including prince harry, suing this group for unlawful information gathering. in mr grant's case, he alleges, that is the tapping of landlines, burgling his houses, bugging his car, using blagging methods to access medical information. he had been very vocal about this so it was somewhat of a surprise when in a court hearing this morning it emerged that mr grant had in fact settled his case. a short while later, he released a long thread on x, formerly known as twitter, explaining why. he said the publisher was offering him an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court. he said he didn't want to settle because he wanted to see those allegations tested in court but his lawyers advised him that if he went to court and he won, if his damages awarded were even a penny less than the settlement, he would have to pay the legal costs of both sides and that

hello, i'm sarah campbell. to israel first, and benjamin netanyahu has vowed to reject any sanctions on the country's military, after reports that the us plans to cut aid to one unit. amid ongoing violence in the occupied west bank, the us says it will respond to apparent human rights violations against palestinians. explosion 15 children are among the dead, after an israeli air strike on the southern gazan city of rafah, where more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than 30,000 people have died since the start of the war in october. emergency workers in khan younis say they've uncovered nearly 200 bodies buried in the courtyard of a hospital. al nasser had been at the centre of an israeli military operation until two weeks ago. the world health organisation has previously said bodies were being buried within hospitals under israeli siege, but palestinians have accused israeli forces of killing some of the victims. israel accuses hamas of using

their homes after torrential rainstorms hit southern china threatening massive floods. hello, i'm sarah campbellover the hamas assault in october. mr haliva had accepted responsibility for security failings which allowed the attacks to take place. 1,200 people were killed and hundreds more were taken hostage by hamas and allied groups. meanwhile, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to reject any sanctions on the country's military, after reports that the us plans to cut aid to one unit. amid ongoing violence in the occupied west bank, the us says it will respond to any human rights violations against palestinians. explosion in gaza, 15 children are among the dead, after an israeli air strike on the southern city of rafah,

uoh watching bbc news with me, sarah campbell.jinping, on the final day of his visit to china. state media reported that mr xi said that bilateral ties would continue to develop, as long as both sides respected each other, and sought common ground. the visit is aimed at shoring up berlin's economic ties with its biggest trading partner. our beijing corresponent laura bicker has more. olaf schulz came to china with a clear message — we will do business with beijing, but they want china to play fair. now, what he means by this is there is real concern, both in europe and the united states, that china has subsidised its green technologies. now, by that i mean solar panels, electric vehicles, wind turbines, and that has driven costs down. i mean, the cost of a solar panel has been halved in the last year. china produces more than 80% of the world's solar panels. about half of all their exports go to europe. and that's one of the reasons why european businesses are very worried, because they believe that china is driving those costs do

the engagement marks the beginning of a gradual return to public duties for the king, and sarah campbells is, i suppose, a way for the king and queen camilla to show their respect for those working in trying to tackle this disease. you respect for those working in trying to tackle this disease.— to tackle this disease. you are absolutely _ to tackle this disease. you are absolutely right. _ to tackle this disease. you are absolutely right. it _ to tackle this disease. you are absolutely right. it is - to tackle this disease. you are absolutely right. it is a - to tackle this disease. you are absolutely right. it is a site . to tackle this disease. you are j absolutely right. it is a site we haven't seen for a long time now, both the king and the queen out and about on a major public engagement. and there was a real sense of warmth and appreciation. some of the staff had lined up at the entrance there and he was given a round of applause as he went in. i think the difference here may be today is that there is a real personal sense as well because in reality the king knows what many of the

our royal correspondent sarah campbell, whojoins us from university college hospital where the king hasjustited — king charles is at his best. he is so engaged with everyone he is meeting. he is really taking his time inside watson report are you hearing from inside the facility? i saw him as he went in and as he came out. he was looking very animated. those pictures, though they were slightly shaky, they were from our team from inside. there were some stable shops that were filmed. they will be sent into the building very soon. we will have some less jumpy shots. they do take this same story. he seemed in a very positive frame of mind. people will be greatly cheered by that. $5 of mind. people will be greatly cheered by that.— of mind. people will be greatly cheered by that. of mind. people will be greatly cheeredb that. a ., cheered by that. as were looking at those pictures. _ cheered by that. as were looking at those pictures, i— cheered by that. as were looking at those pictures, i would _ cheered by that. as were looking at those pictures, i would like - cheered by that. as were looki

hello, i'm sarah campbell, welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionjust hours after rishi runak�*s flagship rwanda bill was passed just hours after rishi sunak�*s flagship rwanda bill was passed in the british parliament, five people — including a child — have died attempting to cross the sea from northern france to britain. these were the chaotic scenes on the beach near calais just before daybreak. the incident happened as migrants attempted to launch a boat. the french coastguard said the small, overloaded boat was carrying 110 people when it set off from wimereux, just south of calais on tuesday morning. authorities have also been carrying out several search—and—rescue operations at sea, linked to other attempts to cross the english channel. within just a few hours of the bill going through, the bbc witnessed migrants on multiples beaches trying to get onto boats to cross the english channel. these are some of the pictures from one attemptjust after dawn. the uk border force has brought around 70 migrants to shore and a dover lifeboat has been lau

it's 7pm in london this is this world today with sarah campbell.ve begun to react. this is what it's like to be a woman in america, living with male entitlement to our bodies. the actor and political activist, laurence fox is ordered to pay 90—thousand pounds to two people he targeted on social media. i've been speaking to the drag performer crystal — one of the two people mr fox has been ordered to pay libel damages to. also coming up on the world today: is this the new normal? scientists say climate change made deadly flooding in the gulf more intense — and warn it could become more common.

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sarah. >> yeah, that's quite a number of hate crime cases tripled since october 7. josh campbell. thank you so much. appreciate it. john i knew this morning major developments in the battle over reproductive rights in arizona. >> remember the supreme court there, the state supreme court? or clear the way for a civil war era near-total ban on abortion it hasn't been that many republicans around the country say should be lifted, but republican leaders in the state house or maneuvering to keep the band in place, even though there has been some movement to repeal in the state senate with this now senior political correspondent for the wall street journal, molly ball, in what's so important about arizona at this very moment, molly is that advocates of reproductive rights say, look, there are those including donald trump who say leave decision on abortion up to the states. this is what happening in the state of arizona right now. what is b? being luck with that decision exactly. >> and of course, arizona is a major battleground state. in fact, this is the most severe abortion restrictio

josh campbell for us in los angeles is born and keep us posted, josh. thank you sarah. >> all right. this morning is supreme court will hear arguments in a case that is seen as the most significant case on the homelessness issue in decades. the debate is over whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to find or arrest people sleeping outside when shelter spaces. so scarce this is all happening as homeless levels are reaching record levels in the united states, cnn's nick watt is joining us now. nick, this is a really significant case. it could have far-reaching implications for how cities deal with their homeless, correct? >> that is absolutely right, sarah and the crux here is, can you criminalize homelessness? can you make it a crime to be destitute humans? we all need to sleep and the issue here is places like grants past, where is which is the focus of this sec? >> hey they don't have enough shelter beds. in fact, they only got one shelter. it's a religious shelter, and there are very high bars to get in. so people are saying, i have no choice but to sleep on the