meetings with the outgoing and incoming prime minister is at balmoral. was because of those mobility concerns for the queen. in the commons, the speaker lindsay hoyle has said that queen elizabeth is in our thoughts and prayers. let me bring in the royal commentator joining us on the line now. robert, of course this is going to cause concern. that the queen is under medical supervision about at balmoral. family members have been informed. , ., ., . , balmoral. family members have been informed. , ., ., , ,, informed. they don t normally issue bulletins on informed. they don t normally issue bulletins on the informed. they don t normally issue bulletins on the queen s informed. they don t normally issue bulletins on the queen s health - bulletins on the queen s health unless it is significant. the last time a statement came out of the blue was to let us know earlier this year that she had been diagnosed with covid. overall the view is that if she is not undergoing s
let us bring in our political editor chris mason. in the house of commons they were discussing measures to help people with energy bills, and then this news came through. a lot of messages already coming in from senior political leaders. you could feel, you could hear the tone of real concern among parliamentarians as news was shared amongst the front benches during the statement from the prime minister about her support for energy bills, notes being passed to the prime minister, the deputy labour leader, with the labour leader on his feet at the time, and to the speaker of the house. you could clearly and quickly see, and feel that shift in tone and concern. in addition to the statement from the prime minister, reflecting the deep concern of all in the country at the news from buckingham palace, we have heard from the first minister of scotland and the labour leader sir keir starmer. the labour leader saying, along with the rest of the country, i am deeply worried by the new
thousands of royal mail workers in the uk stage a second day of strike action in a row over pay, disrupting deliveries of packages and letters. a new study shows the impact of climate change on the shrinking glaciers of switzerland. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, or around the world. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war. he was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute. the un chief antonio guterres said he changed the course of history . president biden described him as a man of remarkable vision , who created a safer world . however, in a stamement this morning the kremlin said his romanticism about better relations with the west had been misplaced. our moscow editor, steve rosenberg, looks back at his life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorb
imposed under general pinochet s military rule. it s been described as one of the world s most progressive. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and broadcaster caroline frost and the parliamentaryjournalist tony grew. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the i front page looks ahead to the announcement of a new tory leader tomorrow, referring to the frontrunner liz truss as prime minister in waiting the daily telegraph reports that liz truss is considering freezing energy bills for millions of households if she wins, to avoid an energy amageddon the times has the news that ms truss is expected to announce a support package for energy costs that would rival furlough . liz truss is also on the front of the guardian reporting that the likely prime minister will press on with tax cuts, despite tory warnings. now bbc comic mocks liz truss reads the front of the daily mail referring to co
from hong kong have taken up the british government s offer of a new visa route to start a new life in the uk. the world s fifth oldest zoo, bristol zoo gardens, is set to close its gates to the public for the final time, with the animals on the move to a new location. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has made an impassioned speech in defence of american democracy. he warned that donald trump and what he termed maga republicans represent a form of extremism that threaten the american way of life. he also urged all americans to come together to defend american democracy, regardless of their ideology. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. an historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with each other and with oursel