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of his recovery, his response to the treatment. we don't know what type of cancer. we don't know what type of treatment he's been having. ♪ >> a return to public duties for king charles after receiving treatment for cancer. doctors are pleased with the king's progress and remain positive about his recovery. a warning from washington. the u.s. secretary of state says the u.s. will act if china doesn't cease weapon supplies to russia, aiding its war on ukraine. trump on trial as the first week of testimony draws to a close. we will assess what we learn from the historic trial of the former president. as the uk's bid to stem illegal migration by deporting people to rwanda now fueling migration.

all that to come on the context. we begin with news king charles is to return to some public facing duties. they will be his first engagements since being diagnosed with cancer. buckingham palace says his treatment isn't over. doctors are encouraged by his progress. this is a new photo of the king and queen released tonight taken a day after their 19th wedding anniversary. next week, they will make a joint visit to a cancer treatment center. cheryl gallagher has the latest. >> the king and queen together in the gardens of buckingham palace. a positive sign about the king's health. the photo was taken earlier this month but has just been released. the palace say the king is making encouraging progress and will shortly return to public facing duties. after a period of treatment and

recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis. as the first anniversary of the coronation approaches, they remain deeply grateful for the many kindnesses and good wishes they received from around the world. throughout the joys and challenges of the past year. the king's last public event was in windsor on easter sunday. he surprised the crowds by stopping to chat. thanking them for their good wishes. his next visit will be more symbolic. a trip to a cancer treatment center. this has been a really tough time for the royal family with both the king and princess of wales being diagnosed with cancer. and like with any family, that has come as a huge blow. they've also had to deal with intense media scrutiny. so the announcement that the king feels well enough to resume some public duties will be welcome news.

>> the prime minister -- >> the king has been working through his treatment. including meeting with the prime minister. but it still remains uncertain if he will be attending some of the big events coming up in the calendar. such as draping the color, and overseas trips and autumn. the king and catherine are 2 of members of the royal family. their absence has been felt by many. i wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you personally. >> there's no news about when the princess of wales will return to public duties. she announced her cancer diagnosis in march and has asked for time, space, and privacy for herself and her family. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. >> let's go outo a journalist

and royal expert. good to have you with us. not a full return to official engagements. but the signs are positive that doctors feel able he's now ready to pick up some public engagements. >> absolutely. this is the message he wants to get out there, that he's ready to get back to work. now he's got the doctors sign off. it is such a positive sign. as it has already been mentioned at the start of the program, his cancer treatment is still ongoing. and the palace will have a plan a and a plan b moving forward with future engagements. >> and those alternative plans, the kings proam will be carefully calibrated as his recovery continues. they will remain in close consultation with his medical team. we know the summer and autumn are typically very busy times for the royal family. they say nothing will be confirmed or guaranteed.

it really is on doctor's orders. >> it is absolutely. a lot of photo ops, and some previous when you think about the color, the coronations anniversary coming up. he would love to be at every single one of them. a lot of people are affected by cancer in the u.k.. that is why he's going to the cancer treatmententer first, so he can perhaps sympathize and empathize with those people now that he's receiving cancer treatment himself. >> in late june, we expect the king will receive the empress of japan, hisole as head of state. that is important because it is the first official state visit by japan since 1998. >> this is huge. and of course it will be a priority for him, representing

her majesty's government as head of state. he merely does need to be there. i'm sure he will be working towards that day to making sure he's resting and recouping along the way and not completely overdoing it. now that he's got public duties, really working towards it and working with the palisades to make sure he can welcome him to the u.k.. >> the message, the palace remain grateful for the many kindness and good wishes from all over the world. this is something that wilbe watched closely. we shouldn't forget the king's diagnosis soon followed by the princess of wales saying she was having preventative treatments for cancer. coming is a huge shock for many around the world. and taking 2 very senior royals out of public life are a significant period of time. >> it certainly put the pressure on the shoulders of camilla, and the prince of wales. his son.

he did give honors only a few days ago now to william, catherine, and camilla, which was a sign of respect for how much they have taken on in his absence. but moving forward, he knows he is the monarch. he's waited a long time to be in the position and understands the pressure that brings for him and his entire family. so the fact he's back to public duty not only will he be feeling happy for himself, but the rest of the family. that eases off the pressure for their duties as well. >> pandora, always good to talk to you. with the very latest on the return of king charles to some public facing duties. elsewhere today, america's top diplomat, antony blinken, told the bbc he's prepared to take steps against china if beijing

continues to send key supplies to russia used to aid its invasion of ukraine. he's been holding talks in beijing with the chinese leader, in which he also raised concerns by taiwan and industrial espionage. president xi called for greater cooperation between the countries. after those talks, antony blinken sat down with laura bicker. >> it is helping russia perpetuate its aggression against ukraine. but it is also creating a growing threat to europe because of russia's aggression. what i'm hearing from europeans is deep concern about this. so for china, if it wants to have better relations not only with us, but countries in europe, it can't do that while at the same time helping to fuel the biggest threat to european security since the end of the cold war. >> relations between washington and beijing have been strained as of late by china's claims

over taiwan and the south china sea. as well as a u.s. export ban on advanced technology. while those relationships were further damaged by a spy balloon in february of last year. you may remember those pictures. in recent days, the u.s. passed a law that would force chinese owned tiktok to sell the popular video app or face being banned entirely in america. while mr. xi said the earth was big enough for the earth -- to achieve prosperity. >> the countries should be partners, not rivals. they should achieve mutual success, not harm each other. they should seek common ground while reserving difnces instead of vicious competition. they should honor their words rather than say one thing and doing another. >> honor their words. let's talk to danny russell, the vice president at the asia policy institute. it is good to have you on the

program. what did you make of that meeting? strong words on both sides. are we any clearer on the relationship between the u.s. and china going forward? >> we see that each of the governments wants to stabilize the relationship and maintain channels of communication, at least for the time being. they're both acknowledging they have an obligation to manage the relationship responsibly and but neither side is prepared to budge on the fundamental points of disagreement, the big issues you mentioned relating to russia, technology, semiconductors, trade, taiwan. because there isn't a mechanism to really find the possible compromise or at least to better manage these relations, these issues, for the long-term, i think we will continue to see

strain and struggle in the u.s. and china relationship. >> it is the second visit by antony blinken in 10 months to china. all part of this huge diplomatic effort to stabilize relations between the two world powers. but it strikes me every time he visits, all we care about is their differences rather than the areas they can cooperate and progress on. is that a fair assessment? where are the areas of cooperation? we often hear about the areas of conflict. >> there's very little cooperation underway. frankly, there is very little communication. for the secretary of state to visit china only two times in the course of a year is a radical drop off from the tempo of u.s.-china engagement 10 years ago. yet the scope of the challenges, the problems that face both countries, that face planet earth, that xi jing piung

referred to, have grown in intensity. as have areas of differences. are some dialogues underway, economic and financial dialogue, occasional consultations between military officers, a working group on narcotics, and most recently in beijing, they agreed to accelerate dialogue on artificial intelligence. these are all important, desperately needed. they are better than nothing. but they are woefully inadequate given the scale of the issues e two countries are contending with. >> and i wonder whether it is possible to have constructive talks about some of these really big issues? at the same time, the u.s. is saying we will take action if you don't stop supporting russia and its war on ukraine. facing a ban on tiktok, one of its hugely popular video social media apps. also a ban on chinese made tech

in the u.s. the u.s. is clear on what it doesn't want. yet it is also asking china to try and comply. it does not seem like a balanced relationship. >> it is not for the united states to ask or implore china to fulfill its global responsibilities dealing with global pandemics, public health, climate change, those sorts of issues. those are things china should be doing without being asked. moreover, the fact the chinese companies are permitted to continue to send, expand their exports of these dual use items that are critical components for the weapons russia is using against ukraine. as secretary blinken said, potentially a threat on europe as well. that is guaranteed to elicit

response, a negative response, pressure from the united states. i think we can't expect them simply to change the subject from significant areas of friction and concentrate only on fulfilling their responsibilities. much that we want them to do that. they've got to tackle their fundamental differences on the way that china treats taiwan, the way it the philippines, and the way we deal with each other around the world. >> one of the areas where the has seemed to be progress, and antony blinken praised beijing's efforts clamping down on the trade in fentanyl. china the principal source of fentanyl in the u.s. that has been a huge issue of contents. -- of contention. >> that is true. these are precursor chemicals that have multiple uses, but

have been so by chinese companies to drug cartels and use to create fentanyl that is killing so many americans. there are also areas in bilateral trade where the u.s. and china -- relations are flourishing. there's quite a bit going on. it is not all bad. but even in the trade area, antony blinken raised with the inese the fact that they have so heavily subsidized their industries. particularly emerging technology-based industries like electric vehicles and solar panels. and they are starting to sell them, export them, dump them at below market prices. this is a problem that is brewing. china thus far has deflected or turned a blind eye to the concerns and complaints of the

united states and europe. >> always good to get your inght. that is danny russell, vice president at the asia society policy institute. around the world and across the u.k., you are watching bbc. ♪ ♪

♪ >> in the united states, joe biden said he will debate donald trump ahead of this year's presidential election. it is the clearest declaration yet of his willingness to debate face-to-face with his repuican rival before voters cast their ballots in november. it is worth noting that when previously asked, mr. biden said a debate would depend on how his rival behaved behaved. mr. trump has not responded. he's spent the day in new york as his hush money trial continues. the prosecution is continuing to outline his case mr. trump falsified business records to cover up a payment to the adult

film star stormy daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election. here's mr. trump arriving at court earlier today. >> i think yesterday went very well in this courthouse. it should be overcome of the case is over. you heard what was said. the case should be over. but you will have to make that determination. i think we have a judge will never allow this case to be over in a positive way. highly conflicted. the most highly conflicted judge i have ever seen. yesterday, i think the supreme court having to do with immunity -- i think the argument was brilliant. i listened to it last night, i thought the judge's questions were great. all presidents have to have immunity. this has nothing to do with me. >> let's hear from our north american correspondent who was in court. she sent us this update. >> today we had the defense cross-examination of the first

witness, the former publisher of the national enquirer, david pecker. he is someone who's come off on the stand as reliable, truthful. he said he doesn't harbor any ill will towards donald trump. he had a decades long relationship with him, had a mutually beneficial relationship . and obviously he decided to cooperate with prosecutors. and while the defense understood that and did not come out attacking him in the same way they have michael cohen, they did try to poke holes in the prosecution's narrative. they tried to cast this catch and kill alleged scheme is a business decision as david pecker was cooperating with prosecutors at the time. they were worried to deal with his tabloid and another big media company to be acquired would fall through. in every kind of instance, the prosecution came back on

redirect and had mr. pecker reiterate that th was done to help donald trump's campaign. so looking at the morning session, the defense did not do enough to damage the prosecution's narrative. but ware only on the first witness so far. >> let's talk to former prosecutor joe miranda. good to have your insight. there was a lot of noise, we have heard a lot from donald trump outside of court, we've heard a lot from the prosecution laying out their case. are we clear about whichay this case could head? >> i would not put much stock in what donald trump says. he tends to use a lot of hyperbole and hope the reality follows. as far as we know about the case itself, the prosecution made a real point of going back to david packer and said these

actions to protect donald trump or not done in a vacuum. they were done leading up to the 2016 election with the purpose of helping him get elected. that is a critical bridge the prosecution has to connect. they have to say these were not just routine books and records entries designed to cover up some kind of sleazy hush money payment, which looks bad but is not illegal -- what makes it illegal is the fact it was done to evade campaign finance laws which when those payments should have declared -- should have been declared and weren't. that is the foundation they are laying right now. >> that is a really important point, paying hush money is not illegal. the problem here is how the payment was recorded on the books that is the problem. they say that amounts to election fraud. in some respects, he's being held on a technicality, albeit an important one.

it is not the payment, it is how >> your word, technicality, is a good one. that is what the defense is going to say. at the prosecution is using a very stretched interpretation of not just state law, but federal law. and d.a. bragg is trying to get trump on a technicality. so the prosecution will come back and say that is the way the law is structured. you can call it whatever you want. but the fact is the law is designed such as that if you use accounting records for the purpose of conducting some other crime, in this case, avoidance of campaign finance laws, it is not just a technicality, it is a serious crime. evergy 34 counts of frauds under those campaign finance laws. he played not guilty to all of them. and you said we should not read too much into what donald trump says outside of court, but it is

interesting -- he says it is all politically motivated. it means 's not out on the campaign trail ahead of the elections in november. that puts him at a disadvantage. and we see whenever he appears in a court or a setting like this, his fundraising goes up in his support gets louder. >> i think what is going to drive a lot of this is the outcome of this trial. if donald trump is convicted, he may have to be stuck in new york pending sentencing, even pending appeal. so his restriction to campaign may still continue after the trial ends. on the other hand, if he is acquitted, or even if he's -- if it is a mistrial due to a hung jury, meaning someone held out and they could not get a unanimous verdict, that is a big victory for donald trump. he would say i told you so, the case never had a lot of merit and it was designed to politically hurt me.

so i think the outcome will have a great amount of impact on the rest of is campaign as well as the election itself. >> at the same time, the supreme court being asked about whether the president's claim of immunity would stand. he's claiming immunity for prosecution from trying to undo the 2020 election results. where are we on that and what impact could it have on the case? >> it will have no impact on this current new york state case because that is state law. if there is any immunity granted, it would really only impact the two federal cases that are pending. but it is a big deal, it is major constitutional question. there is no clarity in the constitution or in the law about immunity. so what donald trump is trying to do is build on an earlier supreme court decision from 40 years ago saying there is limited immunity in civil cases, he wanted to extend to criminal cases for at least official acts to say that if a president does

something in his official capacity, meaning confiscation of personal property for national security purposes, he would say that is official. cheating on your taxes, that is personal, that would not be covered by immunity. >> joe good to get your insight. former federal announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. bdo. accounnts and advisors. cunard is a proud supporter of public television. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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