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abdominal surgery. He is said to be making satisfactory progress. He

appeared in good health before the operation. His grandson says for the

rest of the royal family it's business as usual. Here's one of

those people who would not want you to stop just because he has gone

into hospital. He would want you to carry on and not make a fuss.

Buckingham Palace says the results of the operation will now be

analysed. We'll bring you the latest on Prince Philip's condition. Also

tonight: Allegations that GCHQ has been covertly gathering personal

information such as emails and photos from internet companies.

The UN launches its largest ever humanitarian appeal - �3 billion to

help the refugees fleeing Syria. And the Queen visits the BBC's new

In Sportsday: Scotland take an early lead in their World Cup qualifier in

Croatia but could they hang on for Good evening.

Buckingham Palace says the Duke of Edinburgh is "progressing

satisfactorily", after an operation on his abdomen. The Duke, who will

turn 92 on Monday, was admitted to hospital yesterday. This afternoon,

his grandson, Peter Philips, told the BBC that the family's thoughts

and prayers remain with the Duke but that he wouldn't want anyone to make

a fuss. This morning the Queen continued with a scheduled visit

here to the BBC's new headquarters without him. Here's Nicholas

she would have preferred away from the public gaze. Instead of which,

as her husband faced surgery, the Queen carried on without him, with a

visit to the BBC, to open its new headquarters at forecasting house in

London. -- broadcasting house. As she was being shown around, she will

have known that the Duke was beginning the explorer to operation

under general anaesthetic, which his doctors had insisted on. The today

programme presenter asked her how he was. The Queen said she did not know

and at that point there had been no information from the hospital. The

surgeons treating him at the private London clinic near Harley Street

wanted to be sure that he had come through the operation successfully

before issuing a statement. Shortly before six o'clock this evening,

Buckingham Palace said, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has

had an exploratory operation following abdominal investigations.

The results will now be analysed. At this early stage, years progressing

satisfactorily. The Duke had spent yesterday afternoon with the Queen

at one of the palace's summer garden parties, immediately before the

planned hospital admission yesterday evening. He will be 92 on Monday,

but up until now he has continued with a busy programme of

engagements. His grandson said the Duke would not want people to make a

fuss. Obviously our thoughts and prayers are with him. We know that

he is in good hands and we are being kept up-to-date in terms of what is

happening. But he is one of those people who just would not want you

to stop just because he has gone into hospital. Back at the BBC, the

Queen was receiving a Wellcome of considerable warmth. This was the

main newsroom, where she watched the BBC News channel going out live,

while the BBC News channel watched her. It had been a spontaneous

response to someone so familiar, on a day which may not have been the

easiest for her. The chairman of the BBC trust, Lord Patten, thanked her.

I know that I speak on behalf of all my colleagues, and all who work for

the BBC, in sending our best wishes to His Royal Highness, the Duke of

Edinburgh, for a speedy recovery. Tonight, the Queen is at Windsor.

She is not expected to visit the Duke over the weekend. The priority

for him is to rest, while the doctors consider the findings of

today's expiratory procedure. Nicholas Witchel joins us from

outside the London Clinic. What is the latest in there? Nothing new

tonight, but generally people are relatively relaxed tonight. The

operation went according to plan and we are told he is comfortable in the

hospital. We are told he is resting. What is important is going to be the

analysis of the findings of the operation, and that is likely to

take several days. But the fact that the Queen has gone to Windsor this

weekend, as she normally would, indicates that people are utterly

relaxed. It is unlikely that she will visit the hospital over the

weekend. It is unlikely we will have any further statements or any

further information over the weekend. But the fact that the Queen

came to the BBC today and did not look troubled during the visit, and

I think she was quite buoyed by the warmth of the reception she

received. The senior doctor in the medical household was also at ease

when he left the hospital this afternoon. At the statement says

that this is an early stage. At this stage, according to the statement,

things are progressing satisfactorily.

The Prime Minister's being urged to launch an investigation tonight into

allegations that Britain's electronic listening post, GCHQ, has

been gathering personal data such as emails and photos through a secret

American spy programme. GCHQ insists it operates within a strict legal

and policy framework. Here's Gordon Corera.

They eavesdrop on the world's communications. America's National

Security Agency and its British counterpart, GCHQ, based in

Cheltenham. But how far do they go in collecting people's information

from companies like Google, Apple and Facebook? The documents leaked

to the Guardian and Washington Post claim that out of these

headquarters, the National Security Agency has been running a secret

programme which collect e-mails, videos, photos, social networking

details. The leak includes dates over the last five years when

collection began for each company. Possibly monitoring up to 120

million calls. Yesterday, questions from Congress over another leak. It

said the national security agency was getting information about phone

calls in America, although not what was said in them. Today, the

president was forced to respond. is important to recognise that you

cannot have 100% security and also have 100% privacy, and zero

inconvenience. Tapping into the huge flows of internet data has become a

top rarity for intelligence agencies but until now no one has known much

about how they might need doing that. -- a top rarity. It is alleged

that spy agencies have been reaching into the servers of big internet

companies and extracting the data. That could provide a wealth of

information about how people interact and communicate. Internet

companies say they do not provide open access, have not heard of the

programme, but do comply with legal request for information. Britain's

GCHQ has an incredibly close relationship with the US. It is

reported to be part of the programme, and to have received 200

intelligence reports from it last year. It is not clear what or who

they were about. Tonight, it said its work was carried out in

accordance with a strict legal framework which ensured its

activities were authorised, necessary and proportionate, but

that has not stopped the questions. I am astonished at these revelations

and that is why I think it important that the Home Secretary clarifies,

very urgently, exact me what was known by our security services.

Supporters may claim these programmes helped to foil terrorist

attacks, and the fact that spy agencies do spies should come as no

surprise, but the issue is who they spy on and how. And people will want

to know whether it might be on them.

The United Nations has launched its largest ever appeal for humanitarian

aid, to help the refugees fleeing the fighting in Syria. The UN says

the numbers leaving are expected to more than double in the next six

months and more than �3 billion in aid will be needed, with half the

population of Syria requiring support by the end of the year. Paul

Wood has the details. Every day more than 1000 people

register as refugees in Lebanon on. With half a million here already,

this small country is feeling the strain. Abu Ali, his wife and

children, fled from the town of Qusair a month ago. Now they all

have to share a single room with four other families. The orchards

that were their livelihood were burdened. They are too terrified to

return. TRANSLATION: We cannot go home,

because if we go home and the regime still has not collapsed, we will be

killed. This is the town they left behind,

Qusair. It lies in ruins. It is the same in many other places in Syria.

The civil war between President Assad's regime and the rebels has

created a human tragedy. The figures are staggering. More than 1.6

million people have been forced to leave Syria and become refugees. The

UN predict there will be 3.5 million refugees by the end of the year. If

you add those refugees to people inside the country in distress, and

10 million people will need international aid, that is half the

population. In Syria today, one in four people have fled their homes

because of the war, and there is no end in sight. There is no

humanitarian solution. The solution is political. My appeal to the

international community is to overcome division and come together

to stop the fighting, and to find a political solution. In the absence

of it, it is our obligation to do everything we can to help the

Syrians overcome this tragic situation. But no peace talks are

even remotely in prospect. Just one sprawling camp in Jordan has 120,000

people. It is already Jordan's fourth-largest city. Western

governments worry that Syria's Civil War could leave the whole region in

flames. The fighting is intensifying. Many more will be

joining these people soon. If you'd like to find out more about

the appeal and the latest developments from Syria, there's

A factory worker has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend

in order to claim life insurance worth more than �100,000. Rafal

Nowak smothered Catherine Wells-Burr at their home in Somerset. His

former lover and her uncle helped dispose of the body. Jon Kay

reports. Catherine Wells-Burr, with the

boyfriend who would murder her. She thought they had a loving, long-term

relationship, but just hours after this shopping trip, Rafal Nowak

smothered her in their new home. The jury was told that what happened

here was not a crime of passion committed in the heat of the

moment, but a carefully choreographed murder, months in the

planning, so that Nowak could get his hands and Catherine's life

insurance money. And he was not acting alone. Helping him, his

ex-girlfriend, also from Poland, living in Somerset and jealous of

his new relationship. She arranged for Catherine's body to be dumped in

a burning car in a country lane. Today, Catherine's family saw them

both convicted of murder. I think they are both devious, callous,

sickening people. They should never be allowed out into society again.

They are just too evil. They have hurt us every way they possibly can.

Before killing her, they sent togas text messages and created sexually

explicit webpages to ruin her reputation and create an alibi. They

will be sentenced on Monday, along with the uncle of the

ex-girlfriend, who helped to get rid of Catherine's body. Police

described the murder as meticulous and cruel. The Coronation Street

actor Bill Roache has appeared before magistrates in Preston

charged with indecent assault. The 81-one-year-old is accused of five

offences dating back to the 1960s. The charges are said to involve four

girls who were aged between 11 or 12 and 16 at the time. Mr Roache is due

before Preston Crown Court on Monday.

Vodafone, the world's second largest mobile phone company, paid no UK

corporation tax for a second year running in 2012. The company says

its UK network investment and interest payments wiped out

corporation tax liabilities for the year to April.

A senior European Union official has condemned the excessive use of force

against anti-government demonstrators in Turkey. For the

last week there has been widespread civil unrest met with a police

crackdown in which two protestors and a policeman have died. The

Turkish Prime Minister has called for an end to the demonstrations, as

our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen reports. This report contains flash

photography. The authorities kept the trains running until the early

hours so that thousands of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's supporters could

welcome him back to Istanbul. Some of them shouted, let's crush

Taksim Square, the area occupied by protesters. He did not rebuke them.

He told them that we will not allow anyone in the country to act

illegally, target democracy and destroy public Robert T. Recep

Tayyip Erdogan has one three elections. Many Turks love his

straight talking. But every time he speaks these days he does more to

alienate the other half of Turkey, that did not vote for him. He is

also taking criticism from his allies. He spoke at a conference in

Istanbul about the European Union about Turkish membership and had to

listen to a lecture about Turkey's behaviour. Excessive use of force

has no place in a democracy. I am happy that even the government

admitted that. Recep Tayyip Erdogan rebutted the criticism with his

usual tough language. None of it went well in Gezi Park, that is

being occupied by a group of people who did not vote for a prime

minister that they believe is not listening. He does not want to

understand this because he has a big ego. This ego can never accept to be

losing. Many of the people here are young, secular, educated and

middle-class, feeling that their lifestyles and the future is under

threat. The Prime Minister's uncompromising remarks will not

change many minds among the protesters in Gezi Park, nor among

his foreign friends criticising what has been happening. It shows the

crisis is getting harder to solve and also that Turkey is getting more

divided. The occupation looks more tense, more people are here, mainly

united by their dislike of the Prime Minister. But the chances of a

collision between the two sides of Turkey are increasing.

The Prime Minister is hosting a major summit this weekend aimed at

tackling global malnutrition. It's a problem that affects over 165

million children worldwide. Brazil, the world's seventh largest economy,

has long been known for its crippling inequality, but the

country has made huge improvements in recent years. The number of

Brazilians living on just two dollars a day has been halved. Those

suffering from malnutrition has fallen from 15% of the population in

the early '90s and now stands at just 7%. Wyre Davies has been to Rio

De Janiero to find out what's being done there to tackle poverty and

hunger. Although it may boast one of the

world largest economies, Brazil still has a hugely unequal society,

but things are changing. The fight against poverty and malnutrition

starts right at the beginning. Little Sophia is kept warm by an

incubator and light therapy treats neonatal jaundice. She is also fed

breast milk through a tube. But it is not from her own mother. Like

thousands of premature babies in Brazil, Sophia is kept alive thanks

to donated milk. A small army of mothers give their surplus milk as

part of a scheme in which generations of women have been

encouraged to participate or the good of wider society. There are now

more than 200 human milk banks in Brazil. The largest and most

effective programme of its kind happens in the world. We have

mortality rates going down and breast-feeding going up. The

Brazilian government have made these health policies, they support us

doing campaigns, financial support to building human milk banks.

the main focus is making sure that children from poorer backgrounds are

fed well at school and at home, Brazil wants to go way beyond just

keeping people out of poverty. Children need health, protection,

food, education, to become citizens, workers, students. Bolsa Familia,

family allowance, is the main pillar of the government efforts to

increase the purchasing power of families. Anna Cristina gets �100 a

month but to qualify, her children must attend school and must be

properly fed. We buy rice and beans, enough for everyone, says

dad, Marcos, who gets 25% on top of his minimum wage through this

allowance. No sugar and lots of vegetables at a citizens kitchen.

Feeding people of all ages good food. Brazil's success in dealing

with malnutrition is because of all of these elements working together.

This is not just another state-run soup kitchen, it is part of a

structured programme where these people get subsidised and healthy

meals twice a day. It all comes down to basics. Better fed, healthy

people contribute more to the well-being of a country.

Malnutrition does the opposite, costing lives and resources.

The Conservative MP Nadine Dorries is to be investigated by the

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. The investigation is

thought to relate to payment for her appearance on "I'm a Celebrity, Get

Me Out of Here!" Last autumn. Ms Dorries says she is yet to receive

any money for featuring in the show. President Obama is tonight on his

way to a desert retreat in California where he will hold key

talks with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping. The meeting is all about

cementing their relationship as well as tackling issues such as cyber

attacks and North Korea. From Palm Springs, our North America editor

Mark Mardell looks at the close but often fractious relationship between

the two superpowers. Merlot grapes in the Napa Valley,

destined to be turned into luxury wine for the Chinese market. A

fragile recovery rehear means even big spenders in America have grown

wary of splashing out for a bottle. In China it is different. Lorenzo

Trefethen has made five trips there and each times find a bigger market.

China is our biggest export market. It is something we have been

building for the last five years and from a small base, it grew rather

quickly. But now, absolutely, yeah, it is our most important export

market and I think the one with the most potential absolutely.

Californian docks thrive on importing Chinese goods. Here it

seems a good this opportunity. For years there have in plans to turn

Oakland's rundown waterfront into homes and parks but it has waited in

vain for investment. Now the Chinese are coming. The irony is that

American banks have been sitting on their capital and not investing and

it took the Chinese to break the ceiling and suddenly the banks are

now approaching the same developers saying, we are also interested.

President Obama believes Asia can help revitalise the American

economy. For President Obama, who calls himself the Pacific president,

to hold this meeting here on the West Coast of America is a

significant gesture, but this is not just about cooperation. It is about

avoiding conflict. The White House say there is a danger of a clash

between the existing power and the rising power. The pivot to Asia is

also military. There are more American warships in the area now

and that makes the Chinese nervous and irritated. Cyber security,

disputed islands, Taiwan, North Korea, there are plenty of

flashpoints. There will always be dangerous elements to it. It does

not have the ideological edge that the Cold War did, the ideological

underpinning that created a sense of menace with the relationship between

the US and the USSR is not there with China. They have no natural

reason to fee each other but they will have to sort out their

relationship. San Francisco's population is one third ethnic

Chinese. The long-standing ties are growing ever stronger and the aim of

the summit is to turn fear into friendship, however wary.

Earlier in the programme we saw the Queen visiting the BBC. She was here

to officially open the new headquarters at Broadcasting House.

She toured the studios and, as you'll see, she was standing just

here, and met several household names from news and entertainment.

Luisa Baldini reports. Dozens of staff left their desk to

welcome the Queen, a once-in-a-lifetime experience, said

some, to see them on it. She came for a whistlestop tour of the new

building. -- to see the Monaco. And it was off to the top floor to the

unfamiliar area of Radio 1 to see pop and The Script. It was a very

different tune on the third floor at Radio 4, where the Queen took to the

airwaves, broadcasting live from a radio studio for the first time to

the nation and on the World Service. It is a great pleasure to visit the

BBC today and to see it in its new home. I remember first coming to

broadcasting house with my father, the king, and my mother and sister

shortly before the war. I came again with the Duke of Edinburgh just

before the Coronation, in 1953. Audio from that first visit to the

BBC which the Queen referred to was also broadcast. It was an exchange

between the 13-year-oldPrincess Elizabeth and her sister, Margaret.

You can hear all the noises. Did you like them? Very much! On the lower

ground in what is the largest live newsroom in Europe, hardened

journalists crowd crowded to see the Queen. This was breaking news in

their midst. Today, a unique moment with a very special royal guest.

Back on the ground floor where she had entered the building, there was

a line-up of some of the BBC's most recognisable faces. David Dimbleby

and Sir Bruce Forsyth, who praised the Queen's dedication to the job.

To do what she does day after day, meeting people, being interested,

she does a great job. A parting gift, framed radio Times covers