it's the first royal engagement she has carried out this year. the king — who is also receiving cancer treatment — travelled with the queen in a carriage, instead of riding on horseback as he has done in the past. charlotte gallagher reports. a much—anticipated moment — the princess of wales back in the public eye, all eyes on her for her first appearance since she announced her cancer diagnosis. she was a huge draw for the crowds in central london today. this is a day full of tradition and spectacle, but it's also about family. the king and queen in their carriage. it's his first trooping the colour since his own cancer diagnosis and he chose not to travel on horseback. national anthem plays the troops taking part in this annual celebration of the king's official birthday have been rehearsing for months. every step, drumbeat and musical note has to be perfect. the irish guards led the event this year and their colour, or regimentalflag, was on full display. their royal colonel, the princess of wales, looked on with her children, as the king took the salute from the parade ground, next to his son and heir to the throne, prince william — himself, the royal colonel of the welsh guards. the princess of wales only announced she was attending the parade yesterday and it's a welcome sign about her recovery and recuperation. but this isn't a return to full public duties. although the weather wasn't ideal, the pageantry of trooping the colour was the same, with the king braving the elements outside buckingham palace. cheering and as if on cue, the torrential rain stopped just in time for the traditional end to the day — a balcony appearance and fly—past. the king and princess of wales stood next to each other as they took in the red arrows display. a family united, after what's been an incredibly difficult six months. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the israeli army says eight of its soldiers have been killed in a blast during what it called "operational activity" in the city of rafah, in southern gaza. it identified one captain and said the names of the others would be released later. israeli forces have been attacking rafah for weeks, saying hamas�*s last—remaining battalions are based there. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza said 30 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. israel's prime minister addressed the nation, following the deaths of the soldiers. here's what he said. translation: with deep sorrow, | in heavy mourning, i bow my head together with all the citizens of israel and mourn the fall of our heroic warriors. deputy company commander in the engineering battalion captain wassem mahmoud, and other heroic soldiers, whose names have not yet been released. don't let anyone distract you from the simple and clear fact. despite the heavy and staggering cost, we must stick to the goals of the war. destroying the military and governmental capabilities of hamas, returning all our hostages, making sure that gaza will no longer pose a threat to israel and returning our residents safely to their homes, both in the north and in the south. let's speak to our correspondent hugo bachega injerusalem. this of course after this very significant attack, actually, in rafah. , , , ., , rafah. yes, this is the deadliest incident involving _ rafah. yes, this is the deadliest incident involving the _ rafah. yes, this is the deadliest incident involving the israeli - incident involving the israeli military since january and one of the deadliest in this war. so the military gave some details about what happened earlier today. it said the soldiers were members of an engineering unit and their armoured vehicle was hit by a large explosion. and this explosion then trickled the detonation of explosive material, engineering material in the car. so this is under investigation. apparently, this was investigation. apparently, this was in breach of the standard practice. and an investigation continues. but daniel hagari, a military spokesman, said that this initial explosion was most likely caused by an explosive device in the area or by an anti—tank missile. and we know that earlier today, the armed wing of hamas claims to have carried out an attack on an israeli convoy with an anti—tank missile after setting up anti—tank missile after setting up an ambush. so a huge incident in gaza. again, the military described it as a significant explosion. it was difficult to locate and identify the bodies. the families of the eight soldiers who have been killed have already been notified. and this happened at right —— around five o'clock in the morning local time in the tel al—sultan neighbourhood in rafah. and obviously, this is a city that has been a key focus of the israeli military in southern gaza. as i said, this is where the israeli authorities say hamas's last remaining battalions are active. this is also where hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been sheltering, many have fled other parts of gaza because of this constant military activity. so one of the deadliest incidents for the israeli military in this war. hugo, meanwhile. _ israeli military in this war. hugo, meanwhile, there _ israeli military in this war. hugo, meanwhile, there have _ israeli military in this war. hugo, meanwhile, there have been - israeli military in this war. hugo, l meanwhile, there have been mass protests in tel aviv, people taking to the streets to push for a truce and release of the hostages. exactly. and it was very interesting that this late—night statement by the prime minister, who said that this was a difficult war, that this was a heavy price. but he said that the country must stick to the goals of this war. the destruction of hamas's military and governing capabilities in gaza and the release of hostages who remain in captivity. so these tens of thousands of protesters again in another demonstration, demanding a dealfor the hostages to be freed. we know that these negotiations are difficult. president biden last month laid out a proposal that he said was an israeli proposal that would see the release of hostages and paved the way for a permanent ceasefire, which has been a key obstacle here in these negotiations. hamas has responded to that proposal. but again, it is sticking with its initial demands. it wants a permanent ceasefire, which is a contentious point here in israel. and also, the complete withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza. and i think this protest again shows that the prime minister is under pressure from multiple sites. from the families of the hostages, who say that time is running out to rescue the hostages. but also from members of his coalition. far—right members of his coalition. far—right members of the coalition who have threatened to leave the government if this deal goes ahead, which could lead to the collapse of his government. and many believe that the prime minister is more interested in keeping his coalition alive rather than securing the release of the hostages. hugo, thank ou the release of the hostages. hugo, thank you very _ the release of the hostages. hugo, thank you very much _ the release of the hostages. hugo, thank you very much indeed. - the release of the hostages. hugo, | thank you very much indeed. joining us from jerusalem. the leaders of italy and germany have strongly rejected ceasefire terms laid out by vladimir putin, to stop the war in ukraine if kyiv withdraws its troops from four regions russia partially occupies. dozens of countries have gathered in switzerland for a summit to explore how to bring peace to ukraine. president volodymyr zelensky is hoping to sustain the momentum of this week's g7 meeting, when leaders pledged $50 billion of loans — made up from the interest accrued on seized russian assets. he also signed a ten—year security deal with president biden. but no—one from russia was invited, and china is staying away. in his first address to the summit, president zelensky was highly critical of russia's president. putin has taken the lives of thousands of our people. why? because he wants to take over a neighbouring country. i do not wish this to anyone. i sincerely wish that all of you, all the peoples of the world, every child, every family could simply live without war, and i want this for all ukrainians. ukraine have the right to peace, just like all of you. ladies and gentlemen, we must stop this war, based on the un charter, respect for international law, the just interests of the ukrainian people and the idea of the undeniable value of human life. life, not war. president zelensky. mr zelensky received full support from the us vice—president, kamala harris. russia's aggression is not only an attack on the lives and the freedom of the people of ukraine. it is not only an attack on global food security and energy supplies. russia's aggression is also an attack on international rules and norms and the principles embodied in the un charter. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford has been following the summit in burgenstock. well, certainly in their public statements, both russia and ukraine are sticking to absolutely maximalist positions. ukraine saying, in fact, the head of the presidential administration telling me earlier today that there was no room for negotiation on ukraine's territorial integrity or on its independence and its sovereignty. and, of course, we heard before this summit from vladimir putin essentially calling on kyiv to capitulate, saying it had to hand over four massive chunks of territory and give up its ambitions ofjoining nato. so on paper, it sounds like the two sides are as far apart as they ever were and that there's no chance of bridging the gap. but that is what this summit is trying, at least, to begin to do. the hashtag they've chosen is path to peace, and it's obviously going to be a very long one. but i think what ukraine is trying to do is to basically seize the agenda, to be the one who's taking the initiative on this and to try to set the parameters of what a peace might look like. now, that peace is the formula that volodymyr zelensky set out back in 2022 when, actually, on the battleground, ukraine had the upper hand. that situation has changed since then, which makes it a rather more complicated peace to try to negotiate. and certainly, as we've heard from putin in russia, russia at this point doesn't appear to see any need to negotiate. ukraine was a big part of the g7 summit of world leaders that has been taking place in italy. it has just wrapped up after tackling the topics of migration, chinese trade policy, and artificial intelligence on friday. pope francis made an historic address, championing a discussion about al. it's the first time a pope has participated in a g7 summit. here's italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni, speaking at the final news conference of the event. translation: we know that areas of conflict - are multiplying around the world. and we know that some saw things differently and didn't believe that we would continue to show support for ukraine as we have. we continue to have a comprehensive, integrated, unified approach to help this nation, which has been attacked, to look to the future. italy's premier giorgia meloni speaking at the end of the g7 summit. james landale gave us this update from the g7. as ever, these summits are a mixture of an awful lot of issues they pack into two or three days. they talked about migration, they talked about artificial intelligence, they talked about the threat from china, notjust in terms of its support for russia and ukraine, but also, its threat to global markets. but the central focus of many of the discussions that took place here both formally as part of the g7 and also bilaterally, in the margins and the corridors here, was of course the war in ukraine. the italian prime minister, summing everything up today, said that there had been a comprehensive and united approach to defend ukraine. she also said that the g7 sends a strong signal that people would support ukraine for as long as is necessary. now, those are the words. in terms of the actions at this summit, they have agreed to raise $50 billion in a loan for ukraine that's going to be paid off, if you like, by using interest made on frozen russian assets. we got a bit more information about that today from the italian prime minister. she said that the united states, canada, the uk and japan would be the main countries providing that loan. and then the european countries would join in, in terms of sharing that debt. she also, in her press conference summing the summit up, addressed the so—called peace offering, the offer of ceasefire and peace talks made by president putin just 2a hours ago. she described this as a propaganda move, not something that should be taken seriously. effectively, she said, it was like saying to ukraine that you can leave ukraine if you want to sit down at the peace talks. so giorgia meloni joining others in the west in dismissing this attempt by president putin to try and get ahead of the peace conference that's taking place in switzerland to discuss ukraine's own ideas for peace. so that was the broad perspective that we got today from this g7. the italians are very happy with the way it went. i think the problem, though, is this. this is a weaker g7 than other years. many of the leaders, apart from giorgia meloni, face electoral challenges. it's very unlikely that the same seven people will be sitting around this table again. so the summit has demonstrated some unity on ukraine, but as ever, the question will be, will what's been decided here in italy actually last and have an impact in the years to come? james landale, now time for the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. holders italy couldn't have had a more dramatic start to the defence of their european championship title. they conceded the fastest goal in the tournament's history, before cmoing from behind to lead albania in dortmund. nedim bajrami's strike came afterjust 23 seconds in dortmund but it wasn't long before goals from alessandro bastoni and nicolo barella had given italy the advantage. an advantage they still have with 12 minutes gone in the second half. italy two and albania won the later school. another game providing plenty of goals, 16 already in just the fourth match on day two of euro 2020 four. three of them were provided by spain. they're in a tough group with both itlay and their opponents croatia, although their 3—0 win in berlin perhaps suggests otherwise. captain alvaro morata got the first, and three minutes later, fabian ruiz provided the second. the scoring was over before half—time, dani carvajal turning in a free kick to make it 3—0, and a statement win for spain to open group b. switzerland provided the first win of the day. they opened the scoring afterjust 12 minutes against hungary, kwadwo duah just beating the offside trap. they continued to dominate and struck again on the stroke of half—time, michel aebischer with a well—placed finish. hungary recovered in the second period as barnabas varga got them back in to the game, but switzerland sealed a 3—1 win through breel embolo to put them alongside germany at the top of group a. two more contenders bookend sunday's three matches. the netherlands start a day that ends with england's opening game against serbia in gelsenkirchen. they are, for many, the favourites to win the trophy, and manager gareth southgate says while he admits they're one of the teams to beat, they are one of many. in terms of our standing, i think you've already seen germany play the way they did last night. spain in the first half today. there are a lot of good teams in this tournament and we have to be exceptional to progress firstly through the group and then the opportunity to go further. so our focus is on qualifying from the group. you have to, when you're trying to achieve exceptional things, you have to break it down into manageable chunks, and the first priority is get out of the group and then work from there. former arsenal and everton striker kevin campbell has died at the age of 5a, after a short illness. he'd been in hospital since last month. campbell spent six years with everton, having started his career at arsenal, where he won the first division title, fa cup, league cup and european cup winners cup. he scored 148 goals in 542 appearances across spells with eight clubs during his career including nottingham forest, west brom and in turkey, with trabzonspor. news today too that the millwall and montenegro goalkeeper matija sarkic has died at the age of 26. sarkicjoined millwall from wolves in august and made 33 appearances for the championship club last season. he played for his country in a 2—0 friendly defeat to belgium just ten days ago. the montenegro football association say sarkic died suddenly on saturday morning, with local media reporting that he collapsed at his apartment. millwall say they're completely devastated by the news. the weather has intervened at cricket's t20 world cup again, but the crucial match in antigua has eventually beaten the rain to get under way. defending champions england need to beat namibia in a game reduced to 11 overs per side and then hope scotland lose to australia later to make the super 8—stage. it's been a poor start for england, jos buttler has already gone — the captain out for a duck, phil salt following shortly after. needing a crucial victory to keep their defence alive. the leaders are out for round three of the us open at pinehurst, which sweden's ludvig aberg started with a one—shot advantage. he's playing alongside 2020 champion bryson dechambeau. and he has beenjoined by four under par by tyrrell hatton, having a good round, rory mcilroy has picked up a shot and alongside the 2020 champion, pavon. abert now with a two shot advantage having got a birdie on his last hole. you can follow that and much more on the bbc sport website. and it remains 2—i follow that and much more on the bbc sport website. and it remains 2—1 to italy against albania in the euros. yes, nail—biting stuff, thank you very much indeed. we're at the halfway point in the general election campaign here in the uk. the politicial parties are out campaigning again this weekend. it's now three weeks until the next government is formed. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has ruled out raising capital gains tax on people's main homes, should his party win the election. it comes after the conservatives repeatedly raised questions over labour's tax policies. we've been clear about the 40,000 extra appointments each and every week, how we'll pay for them. that will make a massive difference to those people on waiting lists. that's two million a year. and just as we did when we were last in government, we brought the waiting lists down, so we will do so again. 0n the broader area, yes, of course we need money for the nhs, but we also need to reform. i ran a public service for five years, i know that more money in the top does give you a slightly better service, but you only get a materially better service if you reform. as far as health is concerned, we need to reform, to go to the preventative model, we need much more in our communities. we have got fully—funded mental health support in our communities that's set out in our manifesto, but we need to change the model and use much better technology. meanwhile, the prime minister has shrugged off questions about the conservative polls ratings. speaking at the ukraine peace summit in switzerland, rishi sunak said the election was a clear choice between the tories and labour. what we've seen over the last week is manifestos from both the major parties and the clear choice at this election between a conservative manifesto that offers a clear plan to deliver a secure future for britain, taking bold actions and,