charles? it time as they get to spend with king charles? , ., time as they get to spend with king charles? , . , . charles? it is an unprecedented uuatherin charles? it is an unprecedented gathering of charles? it is an unprecedented gathering of world charles? it is an unprecedented gathering of world leaders, - gathering of world leaders, politicians and dignitaries. as you say, hosted by king charles iii and the queen say, hosted by king charles iii and the queen consort camilla. prince, princess. the queen consort camilla. prince, princess, president, prime minister, diplomats princess, president, prime minister, diplomats will be here. the first guests diplomats will be here. the first guests started arriving around 4:15pm, guests started arriving around 4:15pm, and they were largely members of the uk government. we spotted members of the uk government. we spotted ben wallace, kit malthouse and sir spotted ben wallace, kit malthouse and sir keir starmer, t
after another wave of russian attacks, nato s secretary general, says support for ukraine, is long term. a6,000 migrants tried to reach the uk across the english channel last year. a new record and a 60% rise. and a 100 year old war hero who s now a reading teacher is the oldest person to get an award in the uk s new year s day honours. hello and welcome to bbc news. luiz inacio lula da silva, has been sworn in as brazil s new president, twenty years after he first became the country s leader. almost five years ago he was sent to jail for corruption, on charges which have since been annulled. s at his inauguration in the capital, brasilia, he told supporters that he d rebuild brazil from what he called the terrible ruins he had inherited from his predecessor, jair bolsonaro. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson reports. a return to powerfor the man barack 0bama once called the most popular politician in the world. security was tight amid threats of violence by supp
the king is back in business, his cancer treatment progressing well. so when he is out and about, what will that mean to different people? tonight we rejoined by laura lee, the head of maggie s, the cancer care charity, and historian tessa dunlop. also tonight, labour s shadow chancellor rachel reeves, who s tried to forge a reputation for fiscal discipline. where does that leave spending on defence? churchill didn t say, let s have a defence review. he said, there is in existential threat right there, let s arm. he lost that argument. shouldn t we be getting down to it right now? we are committed to get defence spending up to 2.5% of gdp. and also, crucially, working with our nato allies, because it s important that other countries also play their role. scotland s first minister, who yesterday unceremoniously dumped the snp s coalition partners, is trying to save his skin by wooing back the scottish greens. what are his chances? as humza yousaf fights for his political s
mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. they said he will be landing in australia wants to hearing wraps up. his plan is committed to depart inside three hours time, that he would land around 6:1i1pm australian eastern time. that is later today. our correspondent shaimaa khalil was at the northern mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. julian assange is in the us district court house behind me where the final steps of the legal proceedings for his guilty plea are under way, his pleading guilty for one felony thatis pleading guilty for one felony that is illegally obtaining and disclosing classified national security material, no for him because as for the deal that was agreed the usjustice department, he will get credit for time served in the uk. he is here because crucially, this is here because crucially, this is continental usa, julian assange refused to go to mainland us because he deeply distrust the us government. in the past, he accused him of plotti
after spending the majority of the last decade behind bars or inside the ecuadorian embassy in london. speaking outside the court, julian assange s lawyer, barry pollock, said the prosecution of the wikileaks founder was unprecedented . in the hundred years of the espionage act, it has never been used by the united states to pursue a publisher, a journalist like mr assange. mr assange revealed truthful, important and newsworthy information including revealing the united states had committed war crimes and he has suffered tremendously in his fight for free speech, for freedom tremendously in his fight for free speech, forfreedom of tremendously in his fight for free speech, for freedom of the press, and to make sure the american public and the world community gets truthful and important newsworthy information. we firmly believe that mr assange never should have been charged under the espionage act and engaged in exercise that journalists engage in every day and we are thankfu