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hello and welcome to bbc news. i m maryam moshiri. king charles has begun his treatment for cancer. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has told the bbc he s glad the king s illness was caught early , and said his thoughts are with the monarch and his family. over the past few hours world leaders have been sending messages of support to the king, including us presidentjoe biden who said his thoughts and prayers were for the king s swift recovery. buckingham palace says the king will take a big step back from public duty but will continue to perform private duty within the realms of state administration and other such business. we know the cancer was a diagnosis during a routine procedure to reduce a benign prostate enlargement. it is not prostate cancer. helena wilkinson has more. this was the king two days ago, on sunday, on his way to church in norfolk. the king s shock cancer diagnosis was announced yesterday evening by buckingham palace. speaking to the bbc earlier, the pri ....
well, it s been one of those weekends where we kind of need for hours to talk about everything that has happened. we will do our best to fit it all into one. on friday night, there is a much anticipated round of retaliatory airstrikes against iranian- backed militias. serious as there are more on the way. there is nobody better to talk to the national security advisor jake sullivan. he will join me in just a few minutes. there is also a big development this weekend, jack smith s election interference case as it slid off of the calendar. in large part, we still don t have a decision on trump s should we be freaking out? should we not be freaking out? everybody s favorite cocktail is going to tell us how we should be feeling. and later this hour, we will shocking level of hypocrisy for republicans in the house this week. congressman dan goldman has certainly not held back in calling it out. i m looking forward to breaking it all down with him. and later, president bid ....
to fit it all into one. so on friday night, there was a much anticipated round of retail tory airstrikes against iranian back militias. the u.s. also says there are more on the way. at a time like this, there is literally no one better to talk to the national security advisor jake sullivan, and he s going to join me in just a few minutes. there was also a big development this week in jack smith s election interference case, as it slid off the march calendar. in a large part, because we still don t have a decision on trump s claim of presidential immunity. should we be freaking, out should we not be freaking out? everyone s favorite law firm of weissmann and cocktail is going to tell us how we should be feeling. and later this, our wriggling to dig into the absolutely shocking level of hypocrisy for republicans in the house this week. congressman dan goldman has certainly not held back in calling it out. i m looking forward to breaking it all down with him. and later, pr ....
tech bosses including meta s mark zuckerberg and linda yaccarino of x have been accused of having blood on their hands by a powerul us senate committee in washington. the hearing was called as concerns rise about children s mental health and safety online. politicians say big tech companies are not doing enough to protect children from sexual exploitation. they have been debating tougher laws, and demanded executives explain what has been done so far. in his opening remarks, senator lindsay graham, the top republican on the committee, took aim at facebook founder and ceo, mark zuckerburg. mr zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, i know you don t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your you have a product that is killing people. and i use it, we all use it. there s an upside everything here. of the dark side has not been dealt with. it s now time to deal with the dark side because people have taken youridea dark side because people have taken your idea and t ....
monster rival, the threads app now live and millions are signing up. we re going to begin this hour with that surprising announcement regarding the potential location of the man who led an uprising in russia last month. in a rare news conference this morning, belarusian leader alexander lukashenko said the head of the wagner group yevgeny prigozhin is in russia, not in belarus, despite saying last week he was in his country. nbc news cannot verify that claim. it is raising new questions, though, about the supposed deal that ended the attempted rebellion. joining us now from the presidential palace in minsk is nbc chief international correspondent keir simmons. you attended the news conference. you spoke with lukashenko, what did he say? reporter: yeah. yeah, as you can see, we re not at the presidential palace anymore. we were there. nbc news one of the few international news organizations invited to that conversation. and after an incredibly unpredictable almost tw ....