a new patronage and meeting with staff and patients at this leading cancer care centre, as the king returned to public duties. five people are in hospital and a suspect is in custody after an attack by a man wielding a sword in east london. our correspondent witnesses a confrontation between chinese and filipino coastguard ships in the disputed south china sea. as you can see it as spring water in the air. that is a threat and it's likely it will come back and hit us again. also in the programme, we'll be live in kenya where over a hundred people have died in flooding. and we'll hear about a groundbreaking trial that could help protect children from measles.

hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. king charles has been visiting a cancer treatment centre in london — it's his first major public engagement since his own diagnosis with the disease in february. he was accompanied by queen camilla on the visit, which aims to raise awareness of the importance oif early diagnosis. this was our first glimpse of the king a short time ago as he got out of his car and made his way into the treatment centre with the queen. let's speak to our royal correspondent sarah campbell, whojoins us from university college hospital. what a hopeful day in the glorious spring sunshine, to see king charles, dare i said, looking very well. �* , ~' ,

well. absolutely. i think there is cautious optimism _ well. absolutely. i think there is cautious optimism and - well. absolutely. i think there is cautious optimism and the - well. absolutely. i think there is l cautious optimism and the palace well. absolutely. i think there is - cautious optimism and the palace are keen to say that yes, this is the return of the king to work, and certain public facing duties, he is still undergoing cancer treatment, but certainly, this is a positive day. we saw from the pictures there, he arrived and he spent time meeting the staff inside, learning about some of the incredible innovative technologies that are really making breakthroughs in terms of cancer care. he spoke to some patients who were lining up and waiting for their chemotherapy. he spoke to people about the importance of early diagnosis, and you know, he undertakes many engagements in his life but they can be few that have more personal residence than this one today. so he left about ten minutes ago. as i say, he looked well stop from what i heard inside,

he was chatting, he was engaged. remember that king charles enjoys the sorts of engagements, he enjoys meeting people and speaking to people, and he has not been able to do that for the last few months, since this cancer diagnosis was made public. so yes, cautious optimism that this is the beginning of a slow return to work. we should say he has not not be working for the last few months because he has been holding audiences with the prime minister and looking through the red box, but in terms of public facing engagements, that's why this is significant because really this is the first of those. we significant because really this is the first of those.— significant because really this is the first of those. we are seeing some pictures — the first of those. we are seeing some pictures of _ the first of those. we are seeing some pictures of king _ the first of those. we are seeing some pictures of king charles. l the first of those. we are seeing i some pictures of king charles. we have pictures from a few minutes ago of him leaving. it will be a few more minutes before we get those agreed pictures from inside the cancer treatment centre, but what is being said by the palace about some of the events going forward? i mean, we have the emperor and empress of

japan are due for a state visit in june so is it expected he will be well enough to attend events like that? ~ ., , ., well enough to attend events like that? ., a, , a, , that? well, that is a really, really aood that? well, that is a really, really good question- — that? well, that is a really, really good question. we _ that? well, that is a really, really good question. we are _ that? well, that is a really, really good question. we are at - that? well, that is a really, really good question. we are at the - good question. we are at the beginning of the summer schedule. it is normally a very busy time, so you would have trooping the colour, the birthday parade, that is mid june. the d—day anniversary, a really big anniversary this year is in normandy, which the king would have been hoping to participate in. and we have had the state visit. that is at the end ofjune, the emperor and empress ofjapan. to sum it up, i would say that it will all be under the advice of doctors. it is entirely down to the king �*s medical team. his cancer treatment has not stopped, but people do go back to work when they are undergoing cancer treatment. you know, this does happen. it is about managing the situation, working out what physically is going to be possible,

and that is going to be a wait and see basis. we love to know that yes, the king is going to be there for trooping the colour or this or that, but we just have to manage our expectations. if and when he is well enough, certainly the desire is there and you can see that on the broad smile on his face as he was meeting the patient inside and also just outside here as he was desire the macro departing, the desire is there but it will be down to the advice of doctors.— there but it will be down to the advice of doctors. sarah, we will see ou advice of doctors. sarah, we will see you again — advice of doctors. sarah, we will see you again shortly, _ advice of doctors. sarah, we will see you again shortly, i'm - advice of doctors. sarah, we will see you again shortly, i'm sure. | advice of doctors. sarah, we will. see you again shortly, i'm sure. we arejust showing viewers see you again shortly, i'm sure. we are just showing viewers the very latest pictures from inside the cancer treatment centre. they are a little bit wobbly but we wanted to bring them to you. as sarah was describing, we are seeing the joy that king charles experiences by meeting people involved in this kind of work. both him and camilla having quite in—depth conversations with people who are there. it all seems

quite positive, as sarah was saying. cautious optimism there with doctors for the king saying they are so encouraged by the progress made so far in his treatment. just to remind you, it is an unspecified form of cancer that the king has. a gradual return to public engagements, starting with what is being seen as a very symbolic trip to this cancer treatment centre. he hasjust left and these are the first pictures that we have received from inside where he is clearly enjoying meeting people and you can see a smile as he talks to some of the hospital staff. now, let's go to the middle east, where hamas leaders are considering a new ceasefire proposalfrom israel. the deal includes a 40—day truce in return for the release of some hostages. it would also allow for displaced families to return to northern gaza. it's also reported to involve new wording on restoring calm to gaza, designed to satisfy hamas's demand for a permanent ceasefire. a source close to the talks told

the bbc the new proposalfrom israel is significantly different from previous offers. us secretary of state antony blinken called the deal "extraordinarily generous". a view echoed by uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, who also called on hamas to accept the proposals. all the pressure in the world, and all the eyes in the world, should be on them today, saying, "take that deal. it will bring about the stop in this fighting that we all want to see so badly." we will be hearing from mr moussa, live here on the programme a little later. he is the head of the arab league. he is the head of the arab league. he will bring his response to what is going on. according to israel, 133 hostages are still being held by hamas in gaza. at least 30 of them are presumed dead. mediators from egypt, qatar and the us have been attempting for weeks to broker a deal to bring another pause in the fighting. now one source has told the bbc they are "cautiously optimistic"

about the prospects of this deal being accepted. well, as ceasefire negotiations take place, the fighting continues in gaza. we've seen smoke rising over central gaza earlier today as air strikes hit the territory. the hamas—run health ministry said there had been a further 47 deaths in the last day. they say more than 34,500 people have died since the conflict began almost seven months ago, following hamas's attack on israel on october 7th. let's speak to miri eisin, a retired idf colonel and director of the international institute for counter terrorism at reichman university. good to have you with us. we still don't know the full details of this deal. bits of it have been released and we have brought some of those details to our viewers, but from what we know, as a former colonel in

the idf, are you satisfied with these terms? i the idf, are you satisfied with these terms?— the idf, are you satisfied with these terms? ., ., , ., , , these terms? i have no problems with these terms? i have no problems with the terms them _ these terms? i have no problems with the terms them self. _ these terms? i have no problems with the terms them self. my _ these terms? i have no problems with the terms them self. my question - these terms? i have no problems with the terms them self. my question is i the terms them self. my question is about hamas. they are a terror organisation and i say that because i don't believe hamas. it is not just a question of what they did on october the 7th, or what they have donein october the 7th, or what they have done in that sense with the hostages ever since, done in that sense with the hostages eversince, i done in that sense with the hostages ever since, i don't believe them and to me the question is, do the terms cover the fact that hamas is not somebody believable that i can rely on? how do you still get your citizens back home when they were stolen from october to seventh. if this deal is agreed to, there is a huge amount of international pressure for these military plans, for an offensive in rafah to be called off. if this hostage deal particularly is agreed, do you think that operation in rafah should be suspended? i that operation in rafah should be susoended?_ suspended? i think it will definitely _ suspended? i think it will definitely be _ suspended? i think it will definitely be postponed, | suspended? i think it will. definitely be postponed, but suspended? i think it will- definitely be postponed, but i also think that hamas needs to be taken

care of. when you talk to israelis here, it's notjust about getting the hostages back, it is also about not allowing that military capability of hamas to continue to be in the only place that hamas still has full military capability, like they did on october the 7th, which is under rafah, not in rafah but in that subterranean arena under rafah. i don't forget would ever be cancelled. 50 rafah. i don't forget would ever be cancelled. ., , , ., ., . cancelled. so the worry is that once this ceasefire _ cancelled. so the worry is that once this ceasefire is _ cancelled. so the worry is that once this ceasefire is over, _ cancelled. so the worry is that once this ceasefire is over, israeli - cancelled. so the worry is that once this ceasefire is over, israeli id - this ceasefire is over, israeli id of reparations will continue and hamas is responding at the moment by saying israel is insisting on two issues. they don't want a complete ceasefire and they are not talking about the serious withdrawal from gaza. i wonder how we will ever see an end to this war when we have that kind of rhetoric from both sides, that israel will never in the near future fully withdraw from gaza, and they are certainly not going to be happy with hamas staying in control.

so how will we ever see an end to this conflict? i’m so how will we ever see an end to this conflict?— this conflict? i'm not going to be able to define _ this conflict? i'm not going to be able to define the _ this conflict? i'm not going to be able to define the end _ this conflict? i'm not going to be able to define the end of - this conflict? i'm not going to be able to define the end of the - able to define the end of the conflict. hamas is a terror organisations, defined as such by the uk, notjust israel and the us and the eu. to put as being as with hamas on the same platform to me as part of the problem. we are trying to defend ourselves and this is not against the palestinians or the people in gaza and i'm sure in the sense of the destruction in the gaza strip, just like showing the pictures of i33 strip, just like showing the pictures of 133 people that should be in their homes, of a one—year—old baby and an 86—year—old man who were taken from their houses inside the state of israel on october the 7th. this is not an equal aspect and i don't know yet how to resolve the conflict. they need to get the hostages home and they need to not be constantly under defence from a terror organisation.—

terror organisation. thank you very much forjoining — terror organisation. thank you very much forjoining us _ terror organisation. thank you very much forjoining us from _ terror organisation. thank you very much forjoining us from tel - terror organisation. thank you very much forjoining us from tel aviv. l much forjoining us from tel aviv. we will be live in cairo shortly to talk to our correspondence. five people are in hospital after a multiple stabbing in north—east london. a man armed with a sword has been arrested. police were called just before 7am uk time this morning, when they were told a car had been driven into a house near hainault underground station. the suspect is believed to have attacked members of the public and two police officers. a 36—year—old suspect is now in custody. police say they don't believe the incident is terror—related. london's mayor sadiq khan issued a statement, saying... he added that police are not looking for anybody else in connection with this incident. let's speak to our correspondent mark lobel, who's in hainault. what is the latest from the police? well, lucy, we arejust

what is the latest from the police? well, lucy, we are just about to hear from the man who leads policing in the local area here and it is much anticipated, this news conference, he will be standing where i am. two things people are looking forward to finding out about, one is about the suspect, whether there is more about the motive and also the history of the suspect, this 36—year—old man who was arrested with a sword earlier this morning. and secondly about those injured. five people were treated at the scene and taken to hospital, two of whom were police officers. what is their condition and what is the state of those people? those are the two things we will look out for, particularly because the resident i am speaking to here want answers because there is a lot of footage now on social media of this man wearing a yellow top with a large knife, or soared as the police are calling it, running around andjumping on the police are calling it, running around and jumping on rooves, being chased by the police. at one point, eyewitnesses said he was tasered by the police. we have been shown footage here by people who were standing yards from him as he

approached them, filming him on their phones. so there were a lot of people that came into contact with this person. this was a terrifying morning, a terrifying few minutes for many people this morning, as this man run around and did what he did, allegedly. so we will hear more details about that from the police. residents would like more clarity because they are saying that nothing like this has ever happened before. maybe two burglaries in ia years from one resident. one mother was walking his child to school and the daughter asked what was going on. others concluded that knife crime which they problem in the capital, has now come to this area. that's how residents here are interpreting events but they do want clear answers from the police. mark, thank you. mark lobel there in nika shakarami. do stay with us. coming up we will be live in kenya where there are devastating floods and over 100 people have been

killed. we will go there. this is bbc news.

ina in a moment we will be live in kenya. before we go there, let's just show you these pictures again that we have received from central london. they are just coming into us at the moment, and they show king charles carrying out his first major public engagement since his cancer diagnosis. as always very chatty, very engaged. he is there with queen camilla talking to patients and hospital staff as well. a real public show of support for those that are working in this field, and those that are going through cancer treatment as well. just to remind you, we did briefly see king charles attending an easter sunday church service, but aside from that he has been staying away from all public

events and crowds. this is a sign, cautious optimism, sarah campbell was telling us, about his health. the doctors have said they are encouraged by the progress 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 have been following rescue teams today which have been searching for bodies. one was found in the river over here. it was a 13—year—old girl. another we know of that was found in a village a bit to the north—east of where i am, we don't have widerfigures the north—east of where i am, we don't have wider figures and that at the moment. a bulldozer has been active here, taking away the debris, active here, taking away the debris, a lot of branches that have fallen into the river, and that is kind of how it works. the rescue workers, who are the red cross and the national youth service, they fan out along the river bank, they have got rakes and shovels and sticks to poke into uprooted trees to see if bodies are tangled in there. where there are tangled in there. where there are large mounds of tangled trees

and debris, the bulldozers come in to move it away they rescue workers can keep looking. we were in another place where we were told that underneath that amount was a house when six people had lived and the neighbours were not sure if they were still there, whether they were buried there. it has been that kind of situation all day. there is this quiet despair and grief underneath it all. we saw a woman in front of us suddenlyjust double over crying because she heard that her child �*s body had been found. she would not speak to us, understandably, and it was a terrible moment for her. we spoke to another man who had just returned from the morgue, where he had seen the body of his nine—year—old son. his daughter told us the story of how the water had rushed into the house, she is at 17 but she hung on to a tree branch. the father was hit in the head and he let go of his son, a

nine—year—old boy, and he drowned. searching for the bodies is, i guess, a bit of closure. it tells you the numbers and that sort of thing, but it is such a tragedy. utterly devastating for everyone there. concern as well i know about there. concern as well i know about the other dams in the area that are also full to the brim after these heavy downpours, so concern about what is coming up. thank you for joining us. a court in austria will hear an appeal over whetherjosef fritzl can be moved from a special psychiatric unit where he's been held since 2009 to regular prison. a previous decision to move him was overturned by a court in vienna in march and sent back to the lower court. fritzl, now 88, was jailed for life in 2009. he locked his daughter in a cellar for 2h years and fathered seven children with her. let's go now to our correspondent who joins us from outside the

courthouse. take us through what is happening inside and what we expect to happen today. well, the appeal is now being heard, we understand, the court proceedings are under way. josef fritzl �*s appeal as to whether he can be moved out of the institutional for mentally disturbed prisoners, where he is currently being held, the building behind me, orwhether he is currently being held, the building behind me, or whether he has to stay there, or whether he can go into a normal prison. we understand that more medical checks were asked for by the prosecution. josef fritzl, we are told by his lawyer, is suffering from dementia. she argues that there are not the correct conditions in the institution where he is currently being held to look after him properly. that decision, we understand, will be made today, as to whether he can be moved out of

this institution for psychiatric prisoners. this institution for psychiatric prisoners-— this institution for psychiatric risoners. �* . , ., ., prisoners. bethany, thank you and as soon as we — prisoners. bethany, thank you and as soon as we have _ prisoners. bethany, thank you and as soon as we have a _ prisoners. bethany, thank you and as soon as we have a decision _ prisoners. bethany, thank you and as soon as we have a decision we - prisoners. bethany, thank you and as soon as we have a decision we will. soon as we have a decision we will return to austria. columbia university in new york has begun the process of suspending students who failed to dismantle a long—running pro—palestinian campus protest. several hundred protesters have defied an ultimatum to disperse, saying they will not move until their demands for the college to divest from israel are met. pro—palestinian demonstrations have spread to universities across the united states. let's speak to cbs news correspondent tom hanson, whojoins us from columbia university. what is happening where you are, but also across the rest of the country? we seem to be having a few problems with tom hansen, who is outside columbia university. he does now

rejoin us. what is happening at the moment there, and can you give us an update about situation across the campuses in the us? mi; update about situation across the campuses in the us? my apologies for that. it is hard — campuses in the us? my apologies for that. it is hard to _ campuses in the us? my apologies for that. it is hard to hear— campuses in the us? my apologies for that. it is hard to hear with _ campuses in the us? my apologies for that. it is hard to hear with the - that. it is hard to hear with the environment here. right now it is a relatively calm scene at columbia university. we are outside hamilton hall. i want to pan up here to see the banner that has been draped. this is capping off a dramatic scene that happened overnight, perhaps the largest escalation that we have seen in these protests that have spanned over two weeks. students stormed the building after a pretty tense day yesterday, breaking windows, putting bike locks on the doors, barricading themselves in. it marked a pretty chaotic night. yesterday, just to give you some context, the university of columbia came out and said that they wanted an encampment of students who have been occupying

the quad at columbia university. they wanted them out by 2pm, but that did not happen yesterday. students protested through the afternoon and into the evening, and there was no police intervention. it was relatively peaceful here, at least on campus. other protests across the country, university of georgia all the way to ucla in california, were not as peaceful. there were several protesters who were arrested. it reallyjust shows what a boiling point we have reached amongst students and universities across the country, all at the centre of it, of course, is the israeli war in gaza.— centre of it, of course, is the israeli war in gaza. tom, thank you for “oinint israeli war in gaza. tom, thank you forjoining us— israeli war in gaza. tom, thank you forjoining us from _ israeli war in gaza. tom, thank you forjoining us from outside - israeli war in gaza. tom, thank you | forjoining us from outside columbia university in new york. let us take you back now to central london because it has been a big day and we have been seeing king charles carrying out his first major public engagements since his cancer

diagnosis. he really wants to raise awareness of the importance of early cancer diagnosis when he made the decision to make public his own health issues earlier this year. he said he hoped it would encourage others to seek health checks and that hasn't had that —— has, in fact, happen. he looks very engaged with those that are there. a real public show of support for the patients there, and of course the hard—working staff who were there, too. we will have more on this story on bbc news. do stay with us. hello again. for many of us today, temperatures are a bit higher than they were yesterday. and as we go through the rest of the week, you can see from the yellows and also the amber colours in the chart that that

process is going to continue. we're also pulling in more of an easterly wind through the week, so that means for the north sea coastline, it will be a little bit cooler in that wind, but we'll also have some low cloud, mist and fog at times. today, it's the west that's seeing the rain. the strongest winds through the irish sea and areas adjacent. a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine around, too. but in the southeast through the day, a new weather front comes in, introducing a bit more cloud and the odd shower. top temperatures up to 19 degrees, but always feeling cooler in the west under the cloud and the rain. as we head through the evening and overnight, the weather front is still with us, but it continues to weaken. we'll pull in some low cloud, mist and fog along north sea coastlines. in between, there will be some clear skies, but we're not expecting any issues with frost. our overnight lows, 7 to 11 degrees. so tomorrow, we start off with the low cloud, mist and fog. we still do have this weather front out towards the west, which is dying. and we've got this weather front coming up from the near continent as we go through the course of the day. so the low cloud, mist and fog

in the east will burn back towards the coast. we could still see some showers coming out of that. they front in the west, continuing to fade and die. and through the day, the cloud will build and then we'll see some rain and some showers arriving from the south. temperatures extending from 11 in the north to 19 in the south. now, moving on through the rest of the week, we have our front, if you remember, coming up from the continent. this is it on thursday, draped across some central and southern parts of the country. and it's going to have still some rain in it. that pulls away, leaving quite a bit of cloud for a time. and we'll see further showers develop along that line through the course of the afternoon. some of them could be heavy and thundery. move north, we've got brighter skies, some sunshine, but still some low cloud, mist and murk coming in from the north sea, plaguing the north sea coastline. and with the onshore breeze, it will feel cooler here. so our front is still with us during the course of friday. if anything, it's moving a little bit further north. it will brighten up to the south of it, but there'll still be some showers.

the north of scotland faring quite nicely on friday and temperatures 11 to about 16 degrees, but locally in the west, 20.

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engagements. five people are in hospital after a man wielding a sword stop people in east london. an iranian teenager vanished after anti—government protests and was killed. there was a confrontation between china and philippines coastguard ships. going to hear about a grant breaking chart trial that will help protect children from measles. king charles has been visiting a cancer treatment centre in london — it's his first major public engagement since his own diagnosis with the disease in february. we can see king charles with queen

camilla.