the princess of wales is seen for the first time since apologising for editing 3 mother's day picture that was retracted by the world's top photo agencies. the former conservative party vice chairman, "all i want is my country back." lee anderson defects to reform uk — in a new blow to rishi sunak. as the crisis in haiti deepens, regional leaders, including us secretary of state antony blinken, meet injamaica for emergency talks. also coming up on the world today... it was oppenheimer's night, winning seven awards. we'll have the latest. welcome to the world today, an hour of international news from the bbc. the princess of wales has apologised for the confusion over the family photograph issued by kensington palace on mother's day after

several news agencies, including the largest uk news agency pa, pulled the photo, citing concerns over manipulation. pa said it had issued the image of the princess and her three children "in good faith", but was "killing it" — a term used by news agencies to describe when a photo is pulled from circulation, because no clarification had been received from kensington palace about its authenticity. several digital experts had raised concerns about possible manipulation of the photo, which is the first official one of the princess of wales since her recent abdominal surgery. let's get a quick look at the alleged changes. a closer look at the image reveals that part of princess charlotte's sleeve is missing, kate's hand is blurred compared with louis�* jumper, we can see that the princess of wales�* zip is misaligned. there's a misalignment in the background and number 5, a blurring of princess charlotte's knee can be seen.

you can see in photo five a blurring of princess charlotte's knee. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, has the latest from windsor. the photograph that was supposed to calm the rumours about the princess's condition. but it has done the opposite. today the princess was seen with her husband, being driven from windsor. kensington palace said she had a private appointment. last night, the first of five news agencies issued dramatically worded kill notices, withdrawing notices, withdrawing the picture of the princess and her children, due to what the agencies said were inconsistencies in the image. then this morning a social media post from the princess of wales herself, where she admitted she had made changes to the picture.

she said... have you got a favourite shot? photography is a passion for the princess of wales, reflected in some of her public engagement. she has released many of her own pictures of over the years, she has released many of her own pictures of her children with little fuss. but times are different now. the clamour for information on her condition remains intense. on her condition remains intense and it's fuelled the questions about the photograph. and it's fuelled the questions about the photo. they've misled the public by putting out an image that was manipulated and it's going to fuel speculation and conspiracy about kate and her health. it was the prince of wales who took the photograph last week. it was the prince of wales who took the photograph last week. today, alongside queen camilla, he led the royal family

at the commonwealth day service at westminster abbey. the royal party was depleted. the royal party was depleted, with neither the king or princess of wales there due to health problems. but the king recorded a video message. i have been deeply touched by your kind good wishes for my health and in return can only continue to serve you to the best of my ability throughout the commonwealth. it's been a challenging few weeks for the royal few weeks for the royal family — the mood is charged. and the photograph controversy has fed the debate over whether we can trust what the palace says. the princess of wales is a accomplished photographer. she said she edits photographs and might have been editing family photographs all the time for all we know. a photograph altered by a princess — her team say

a photo altered by a princess. her team say she was doing what many others do — trying to make her family look as good as possible in a picture. daniella ralph, bbc news, windsor. daniela relph, bbc news, windsor. this was where she was pictured... as mentioned, this was supposed to be a reassuring comeback picture for the princess of wales — but the photo, which was published to stop the questions about why catherine has not been in the public eye, has done no such thing. onjanuary the 16th she was admitted

the palace of the surgery was successful. in february, prince william pulled out of some public appearances, leading to speculation of her health. then on march 10 — with this famous picture — the pool of people around her is limited to close friends and family. it meant no official photographer was brought in. finally, she was portrayed leaving windsor with the prince of wales several hours ago. in this photo you can see here. let's talk to caroline astin. lovely to speak to you. i suppose people

are wondering not so much why this it was photoshop, but what it tells us about the trust between the palace and the press. whether or not you think this has affected that. for me, the interesting point here is how did giddings and palace —— kensington palace let the photo get out to the agencies that were forced to kill it? it underlines the absolutely crucial importance today of having someone really tech savvy working in press offices. it can pick up a problem like that because it will —— before it becomes a problem. what was meant to be a genuine heart felt a sense to douse the flames they had been rife on exxon on the internet and now throwing a count of petrol —— on x.

the agencies are subject to stringent regulations. they have to be so very careful. i think her attempts of rather amateur photo shopping have been a casualty of this. is shopping have been a casualty of this. , . shopping have been a casualty of this. ,., .,, shopping have been a casualty of this. , .,,, shopping have been a casualty of this. .,, , ., this. is a princess trying to take control of _ this. is a princess trying to take control of this _ this. is a princess trying to take control of this element - this. is a princess trying to take control of this element of - this. is a princess trying to take | control of this element of what's happening? as far as i know, it's pretty normal to alter photos. i again repeat that there- pretty normal to alter photos. i again repeat that there sub'ect to strin . ent again repeat that there sub'ect to stringent regulations. h again repeat that there sub'ect to stringent regulations. ifh again repeat that there subject to stringent regulations. if you - again repeat that there subject to stringent regulations. if you let . stringent regulations. if you let some absolutely fake photographs go, the kickback would be from that. there's great care taken in the princess was trying to show the world waiting to know what's

happening. she had been popped on the 4th of march and it has been photographed in a back of a car. she had a private appointment. she was desperate to show that all was well. she was on track. as we know, we weren't supposed to see much before easter. it's unfortunate that this seems to be badly handled for it to flare—up. do we trust them? optics are all. i think we live in an age of self revelation. people put their lives up. what they will eat, what they wear, and we find it difficult to accept when a very public family do not reciprocate in that way. pretty nice to talk to you. great to

talk to. . ~ pretty nice to talk to you. great to talk to. ., ~ ,, the former conservative party deputy—chairman lee anderson has defected to reform uk — formerly the brexit party — becoming its first mp and deaking a new blow to rishi sunak. becoming its first mp and dealing a new blow to rishi sunak. mr anderson had been suspended as a conservative mp after refusing to apologise for claims islamists had "control" of the london mayor sadiq khan. mr anderson said the conservative party is stifling free speech and he wants to "speak out in parliament on behalf of millions of people up and down the country" who he believes shares his views. our political editor chris mason has the latest. please welcome lee anderson. injanuary, he was deputy chairman of the conservatives, and then resigned.

in february, the tories flung him out of their parliamentary party, leaving him politcally homeless and in march, he's joined reform uk. all i want is my country back. this may sound offensive to the liberal elite. but it is not to my friends, family, my constituents and some of my donors. constituents like my mum and dad who told me they could not vote for me unless ijoined reform. my parents are both nearly 80 and they get it. and i must not let them down. "get what," you might ask. reform wants to scrap net zero commitments. our viewers say he has been on a journey, in the labour party and then the conservatives and now in reform. what is going on there? i'm looking to make, help make my country a better i think i found the place now which is speaking my language.

it is definitely speaking the language of my parents and people like them around the country. some people may say i'm a journey man, i'm not interested in what people have got to say. all i'm interested is what people in ashfield say on election day. and in ashfield and nottinghamshire... reform won't be any power, but he is good for the local community. he is good. he gets thing done. i'm fed up of all politics _ and you know the country seems to be going down and down. this was lee anderson eight weeks ago with the prime minister. enter next the home secretary this lunchtime. lee is someone who i've worked with, i like him personally. i think he's made a mistake. he's made a real mistake, as he said, reform is not the answer and a vote for reform will only let in a labour the answer and a vote

for reform will only let in a labour government. what i think this reveals is the sheer chaos in the conservative party, a government divide from top to bottom and rishi sunak too weak to exert authority. and a divided government cannot govern in the interests of the country. i think people have had enough of this. so, reform uk have theirfirst mp. the question now, what does this mean? live now to our political correspondent hannah miller. this is surely a huge day for uk politics. what does this mean going forward for politics in this country? i think there are two key areas in terms of answering that question. what does it mean for reform uk and what does it mean for the conservative party. ? and what direction does that keep the country and? if we look at reform uk, it's clear this is quite a moment for them. nigel farage, the form leader

brexit, described as a huge moment. leigh anderson will be their first mp. he gives them a realfigurehead in parliament. a sense that it is possible to be a reform uk mp. they've also said that they will do everything they can to get him reelected and when you look at the ashfield constituency, it's not implausible that that could happen in a general election. farfrom guaranteed, but would somebody of his profile have voters almost certainly. the second part is what this is for the conservative party. they suggest you're at reform uk are not the answer, saying voting for them will that the labour party. some who have always liked lee anderson and got along well with him

and don't like what he has done today. others have perhaps always been a bit uncomfortable about some of the things that he has said. there is a sense that lee anderson speaks to some of their voters and a sense that that kind of coalition of voters at the conservative party brought together in 2019 in some ways is cracking. use saw that with the right—wing group of conservative mps, the new conservatives, who use this as an opportunity to play the blame at the conservative party. the sense of the conservative party needs to be more right—wing to win over those voters. they've lost by—elections to their liberal democrats and labour. they're losing to the right to reform uk.

he has got to be aware that he is losing voters in other directions. and i, thank you very much. still to come on the world today — from hollywood leading man to paving the way towards wind energy in sierra leone. we speak to idris elba about his big dreams for a small part of west africa. wrapped up for another year — we'll bring you a full round—up of all the oscars magic — and oppenheimer was the big winner. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. three conservative ex—home secretaries have warned the government against using extremism to score political points in a general election year. priti patel, sajid javid and amber rudd said cross—party support is needed to defeat extremism.

meanwhile, the government says it will invest over £117m to protect mosques, muslim schools and community centres from hate attacks over the next four years. the recently—sacked independent inspectors of borders and immigration has called the home office dysfunctional and says it needs complete reform. the home office says david neal was sacked for leaking sensitive information he was told was inaccurate. mr neal said he "paid the price" for speaking out about border security concerns. anyone over the age of a0 is being urged to get a blood pressure check, as the nhs warns there are millions of people who do not realise they have dangerously high levels. high blood pressure puts a strain on the heart and can lead to life—threatening conditions such as heart attacks and strokes. the un secretary—general has called us for a cease—fire in gaza to root marked the start of ramadan. antonio guterres also called for the release of hostages held by hamas and the

speedy delivery of aid to the palestinian territory, warning of threatened at assault could put gaza into a deeper circle of hell. could put gaza into a deeper circle of hell. my strongest appeal today is to honour the spirit of ramadan by silencing the guns and removing all obstacles to ensure the delivery of life—saving aid at the speed and massive scale required. at the same time, and in the ramadan spirit of compassion, i call for the immediate release of all hostages. the eyes of the world are watching, the eyes of history are watching. we cannot look away. we must act to avoid more preventable death. british conservative mp alicia kearns, who's chair of the foreign affairs committee, has just returned from a trip to the middle east. she told us how disappointed she is to see aid blocked at the rafah crossing.

i mean, we are on the verge of a famine in gaza. we have children drinking puddle water, we have even humanitarian workers living off animal feed. not enough aid is getting in and that is why you seen in and that is why you've seen this now new approach by the western world, where is they're trying to gather to build this maritime bridge from cyprus into gaza directly because not enough aid is getting in and it really is a crisis. so the reality is the rafah crossing is not open for enough hours, it is not open for enough days. the rules are inconsistent. i saw british aid... now, you would like to think that the idf would be able to have a high level of confidence that uk aid being delivered would be of the right standard, would not be dual used, would only be there to avert humanitarian disaster. but i saw uk aid that had been discarded and refused for injury. tensions are high injerusalem, where israeli police used batons to prevent hundreds of young palestinians from entering al—aqsa mosque — the third holiest site in islam. the compound — also the holiest place injudaism,

known as temple mount — is often a flashpoint during flare—ups in the israel—palestinian conflict. thejordanian foreign minister, ayman safadi, has warned restrictions imposed on muslim worshippers during ramadan was pushing the situation towards an explosion. anna foster reports from the old city at the beginning of the holy period. i want to show you what it's like at the moment here in the muslim quarter of the old city. this part in eastjerusalem, normally on the first day of ramadan, would be so busy. and i've been talking to some of these stallholders here who should be doing a roaring trade, selling sweets. and even though you can see people passing by and it looks busy. the atmosphere should be really, really festive. and even though you can see people passing by and it looks busy, one woman said to me, actually, normally on the first day of ramadan, you would not be able to move. not be able to move, the crowd would be pressing, people would be pushing. and actually, comparatively, this is so quiet because this ramadan

does not feel like a normal celebration. people here are thinking about palestinians in gaza, particularly about the issues they're facing with hunger. don't forget, the united nations has said that a quarter of palestinians in gaza are facing starvation at the moment. they won't be breaking their fast with anything like the kind of food that you would get here at the end of today. and i also just want to show you as well down here now, this is the narrow street that takes you down to al—aqsa mosque. and we saw last night there were videos that started to circulate on social media of israeli security forces actually pushing back young palestinians. they were beating them with batons, trying to keep people away because this area is always tense at the time of ramadan. and this year is so different that there are real concerns that, once again, violent clashes could break out here. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, hasjoined leaders of caribbean nations injamaica for emergency talks on the crisis in haiti, where gang leaders are demanding the resignation of the prime minister. the state department said they'd discuss a proposal developed by the regional bloc caricom and haitian stakeholders to speed up a political transition. the talks will also include haitian officials and envoys from the un, france and canada.

the world food programme has warned of famine conditions in the haitian capital, port—au—prince, as armed gangs terrorise much of the city. now, let's speak to harold isaac, an independentjournalist who's in port—au—prince. harold, we're hearing very worrying reports coming into us here at the bbc from port—au—prince. just update us on the situation now. $5 bbc from port-au-prince. just update us on the situation now.— us on the situation now. as we mentioned. — us on the situation now. as we mentioned, supplies _ us on the situation now. as we mentioned, supplies are - us on the situation now. as we i mentioned, supplies are running scared. there are some passages as the last few hours have been rather peaceful, but very fragile. i think everyone is waiting for what comes out of kingston, but we're running low on gas, on oil, food, water. it's a situation that risks becoming very difficult. you it's a situation that risks becoming very difficult-— very difficult. you talk about food

and water- _ very difficult. you talk about food and water. there _ very difficult. you talk about food and water. there is _ very difficult. you talk about food and water. there is talk - very difficult. you talk about food and water. there is talk of - very difficult. you talk about food | and water. there is talk of famine in port—au—prince. have you seen evidence of that? it in port-au-prince. have you seen evidence of that?— evidence of that? it certainly is affectin: evidence of that? it certainly is affecting families _ evidence of that? it certainly is affecting families that - evidence of that? it certainly is affecting families that have - evidence of that? it certainly is i affecting families that have been displaced that were in shelters and had to run from the violence. of course, organisations such as unicef are all raising alarms about how the situation may aggravate in the coming hours and days. that's why everybody�*s hopeful for a revolution of some sort of path forward. me’oe of some sort of path forward. we've seen earlier— of some sort of path forward. we've seen earlier pictures _ of some sort of path forward. we've seen earlier pictures of _ of some sort of path forward. we've seen earlier pictures of the - of some sort of path forward. we've seen earlier pictures of the us - seen earlier pictures of the us secretary of state antony blinken in jamaican. there is a huge delegation there representing the un. how much hope is there in haiti that this is going to happen?—

hope is there in haiti that this is going to happen? hope is there in haiti that this is auoin to hauen? ,., , going to happen? hopes are high but --eole are going to happen? hopes are high but people are also _ going to happen? hopes are high but people are also very _ going to happen? hopes are high but people are also very realistic- going to happen? hopes are high but people are also very realistic about i people are also very realistic about the possible outcomes. there are several proposals presented to the caricom and the international community. it's unclear if they will find one common ground to help the country out of that political void. one final question to you. how worried are you personally about what's happening?— what's happening? well, like everybody — what's happening? well, like everybody else. _ what's happening? well, like everybody else, even - what's happening? well, like everybody else, even if... i what's happening? well, like| everybody else, even if... i'm what's happening? well, like i everybody else, even if... i'm in what's happening? well, like - everybody else, even if... i'm in a safer part of town — we don't know for how long. the gangs have calmed down, but is unclear for how long. that threatens all the supplies. we're not in a normal day. things are difficult. it's complicated. harold, good to talk to you. stay safe if you can.

let's just remind you of our top story. that is that photo of catherine, princess of wales, and herfamily. much has been said about this photo. but the important points to push forward on this are that the five big photo news agencies globally killed this photo, they pulled it because they were worried about discrepancies and about potential digital manipulation. in the last few hours, we've seen kate leaving windsor with william. she herself has apologised for any confusion after she said that she edited this mother's day photograph of her and her children. if you're stepping away from the tv, i direct you to the bbc�*s amazing website for all the bbc�*s amazing website for all the very latest analysis. to be honest with you, don't go anywhere. stay with us here on bbc news.

it's been a gray and drab day for many. lots of cloud overhead, mist and murk. quite a chilly feel for some. it is set to turn milder, south—westerly winds developing. there will be spells developing but somewhere sunny spells. with that, there will be spells of rain, but some sunny spells you can see cloud rolling in from the atlantic. that's our next weather system will see rain splashing across northern ireland by the end of the evening and then some of that rain into parts of wales, western england, south west scotland. by the end of the night, some further rain across the far north of scotland, particularly shetland. in between lots of clouds and mistand murk. in between, lots of clouds and mistand murk. any clear spells will allow it to get perhaps just a little bit bit chilly, but temperatures generally holding up quite nicely. so, into tomorrow, here comes our next frontal system, outbreaks of rain.

and actually you can follow this weather front back out into the atlantic. it's going to be with us for the next few days. our first pulse of wet weather bringing some pretty heavy downpours actually across parts of england and wales through the day. that rain falling on ground that is already wet. that is already wet, so there could be some localised flooding impacts after perhaps some brighter weather for a time. rain returns to northern ireland. the north east coast of scotland may see a little bit of sunshine. now, through tuesday night into wednesday, low pressure will pass to the north of the uk. quite a few isobars here on the chart, so in the far north it will be windy. we could see gales in the far north west of scotland, albeit with a scattering of showers. this weather front pushing slowly south with outbreaks of rain through northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, north wales to the south east of that, quite a lot of cloud. but in any sunshine with some very mild air temperatures could climb to 15 or 16 degrees. and that mild air is set to surge northwards as we head

on into thursday, something colder clinging on in the far north of scotland. but we've got this band of rain pushing its way northwards. that's a weather front, a warm front. and to the south of it, we introduce that warmer air. quite a few showers out west. best chance of sunshine in the east of england that could lift temperatures to 16 or possibly 17 degrees. and it is going to stay pretty mild as we head through friday and into the weekend. there'll be some spells of sunshine, but still the chance for some rain at times.

this is the world today from bbc news, the headlines. kensington palace continues to face the princess is seen for the first time apologises for editing a mother's day picture that was pulled by the worlds top news agencies. mp lee anderson defects to reform you pay in a new blow to rishi sunak and the conservative parties. a new blow to rishi sunak and the conservative parties. as palestinians mark the beginning of the holy month of ramadan — un officials fear gaza is on the brink of famine. haiti spirals to collapse as gangs tightened their grips and last our us secretary of state antony blinken has touched on injamaica for emergency talks. the 96th annual oscar ceremony... over the big winners and who the losers in tinseltown? we will bring you more. let's return to the apology from the princess of wales

for the confusion over the family photograph issued by