Also home to russias black sea fleet. All four Teaching Unions in england say they will coordinate strikes if members vote for industrial action. This is bbc news. Now on bbc news. Behind the stories, the monarchy. I was at home when i got a phone call from the director of news at the bbc saying thats the queen was gravely ill. He didnt stand on ceremony or offer any small talk clive, how are you . He simply said the queen is gravely ill and can you come in . And i was preparing to fly to italy on a filming trip the next day and i thought. I should go in. I was in the newsnight office because wed had wind, obviously with a note being passed through the house of commons, that something was happening. I know i speak on behalf of the entire house when i say that we send our best wishes to her majesty the queen and that she and the royal family are in our thoughts and prayers at this moment. And of course theres this big protocol, obviously, if the queen had passed away then newsnight wouldnt be going on. But simultaneously i was getting calls, as we were waiting to see if this event was going to unfold, i got a call from don macinnes who was running the events coverage and he said look, would you be able to get yourself to balmoral . So as soon as we heard that the queen had in fact died, newsnight was obviously cancelled, so i got on the train and then rushed home, threw all the black clothes i could find in the car because i didnt know how long i was going to be away and put my foot down in the car and sped to balmoral. And it was extraordinary because i was going through the most Rugged Countryside to get there, i was thinking this is extraordinary. What moment in history, im going through the long road at the Spittal Of Glenshee thinking � this is part of history. Not only for scotland and the uk but for the world. My colleague kirsty wark is at the queens estate at balmoral. Yes, i think what you see behind me is almost in marked contrast to what was happening at Buckingham Palace because hundreds of people have been coming forwards and backwards all day, laying flowers, making tributes, but there is an air of real peace and respect and dignity. When i got to balmoral it was just i went to find the bbc point and it was just going to get on air, youre taking over for this period of time, and that started to unfold, where i was talking to people who are coming in, where they were coming from, a lot in europe because, you know, walking down the street in ballater where she walked regularly. A lot were local and a lot knew a lot about balmoral. Everybody brought their dogs, that was a great thing, everybody had their dogs. And there were tiny children, and there were much older people, and there were people in wheelchairs, and this continued all through the day until i can remember i left at about 11 25. And there were still people coming with their Iphone Torches in wheelchairs, and walking, to deliver Flowers Orjust to stand and be there. So, all through the day i was really watching what people were doing and listening to them and there were hardly talking. And they literally wanted to come, i think i thought it was so incredibly moving they wanted to come to be near her. Her relationship with scotland was one of family, certainly, but it was also one of being at ease in the surroundings. Being a girl that had been at balmoral since she was a baby, and in fact, i think there was a case that the queen had only ever taken two Summer Holidays anywhere other than scotland. Her thread of ancestry goes all the way back to robert the bruces and then through Mary Queen Of Scots and so forth. You know, she was a truly scottish monarch. She was elizabeth the first in scotland because of course, she was at the elizabeth ii of scotland, she was the first in scotland but i think it was just about her sense of place and her sense of belonging and i think she felt that sense of belonging very strongly. People would come up and ask me, you know, if they were spanish or perhaps, you know, from another country, would come up and ask me, what does this mean . You know, What Happens Next . And are the royal family going to come out . Are they going to look at the flowers . I mean, i didnt know, i was keeping in close touch with the palace and i kind of knew that the younger members of the royal family were really desperately upset so i really didnt expect them to come out and look at the flowers and look at the tributes. So, the members of the royalfamily have completed their service of prayer at Crathie Kirk Which of course is the kirk the family all knows so well. Sometimes when youre reporting on a grieving family, its important that that grief be acknowledged. I think when youre in a time of grief as a commentator reporter, its about choosing the moment to speak and not, as it were, blanketing the whole thing with your words. So i think youve got to be able to take a pause sometimes. And let really let what youre seeing in front of you or having described to you, unfold. Silence camera shutters tonally, its incredibly important not to be gushing. Who wants gushing, you know . All i thought about was this was someones mother and grandmother. And last year they lost their father and grandfather. And what we expect of them is to be so public. Grief is grief, whether youre the richest person in the world or the poorest person in the world, its grief. And i think everybody that watched those young royals at that gate that day was thinking that. I was very moved. Yeah. I wouldnt like to have to do that. And then there was a moment where as we went back through the gates, the younger, the grandchildren, the children of the grandchildren, stood and turned and waved at the crowd and the crowd waved back. It was amazing. Applause im also conscious when youre reporting on grief stricken times and events, you can reflect their grief, you can empathise with their grief because youve had your own grief with parental death, but its not your grief. So i dont like emoting particularly. So im very conscious of taking a step back, not in any form of coolness or anything, but, you know, allowing the story to unfold itself. I think the thing that will always i tear up now. Laughs. Always makes me cry, is the pipes. When the pipes came down from edinburgh castle, it was extraordinary. Extraordinary. Bagpipes skirl what was really extraordinary for me, and i do love the pipes, is that i went from the funeral of the queen to the wedding of my daughter. Where there was a piper. You know, � cause its so much part of scottish culture. Punctuating big moments. Bagpipes skirl you are there to do yourjob, and yourjob is youre on the whole time. Youre thinking, youre writing things, youre thinking of phrases. Youre checking facts all the time. Theres still the producer in me thats trying to grab people and get people to come up to the microphone and tell their stories and do all that running around stuff, which i like. Trying to find food food was difficult. You know, going to the loo, finding a port a cabin, being there from morning until night. All of us were passing each other bits of bananas. I think a lot of people came to scotland hoping they would be able to file past and see the queen here, thinking that actually the crowds wouldnt be so great. When the coffin was brought up the royal mile to st giles, that was an extraordinary time, with the children walking behind it. And i thought, you know, this place has witnessed john knox. Its seen so many things, and now its seeing probably the royal moment of the century. And were you on air while that was happening . Yes, we were on air, intermittently with london. We were doing the 6 00pm and 10 00pm news as well. Youre scribbling on pieces of paper, because im afraid thats all we had. The queen was a symbol of stability, continuity, a symbol of strength, and almost the last line of defence against the shattering of this country. And i saw an element of that shattering during covid, and i will never forget the queens broadcast, where she said. We should take comfort that, while we may have more in the moments of crisis, she kept us together, and i think its important even for republicans to remember that. I was never introduced to her, but i was in the same room as her. She was i dont know, maybe two metres, three metres away from me. It was in south africa. I was the africa correspondent, and she was there for a Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting in durban. But my mother, who was a School Teacher in jamaica before i was born, she led out the school party to meet the queen. Archive the queen, who is the guest of the governor during her stay, visits sabina park, where 35,000. Schoolchildren wait to welcome her. Their eyes shine with excitement. The queen has come fromi a far off land to see them. Its a moment they will cherish all their lives. I i spoke to my mum a couple of nights ago. She said that, you know, she was really sad that the queen had died. What did she say . She said the brightestjewel in the crownjewels is no more, and my dad told me that he cried when he heard that the queen had died. I said, you felt that much emotion . He said, yes, because she never had a bad word to say about anyone. He never heard her say anything bad about anybody. And in an age where mouthing off is what you do to get attention on so many levels, the queen never did that, and he respected that. There is no doubt in my mind that, if the queen could have chosen somewhere, it would have been balmoral. And in fact, obviously her health was failing, and she was always at balmoral for that period in the summer, so maybe. You dont know what happens when people are near death. , and you dont know if its just a letting go, and it is possible that that is where she wanted to let go. What did she mean to you . Its like my mum, who died a number of years ago at exactly the same age as her. She even looked slightly like her. So i think that idea of generationally knowing where my mum was coming from and where the queen was coming from i think shes been the most extraordinary negotiator for this country. The diplomat par excellence. So how do you wind down after this, especially given that personally there is a lot going on with your daughters wedding . I drove back to glasgow, i put my black clothes away, i filled the car with all the flowers and candles and everything that we were taking to my daughters wedding and drove up there. Mad week in the office. Mad week. While there is a lot of planning obviously you plan as much as you can for most eventualities im not sure it was clear the proclamation was going to be televised. Good morning to you, sophie. Theres a little bit of a chill in the air here at st jamess palace. The cloud of Early Morning has been shifting, moving above us, but thankfully the Incessant Rain Over the last few days that greeted the passing of the queen is no more. When it became clear that it was going to be televised, then preparations had to be put in place in order to do that, because its the public declaration that charles is king. Obviously as soon as the queen passed away, charles did become king, but the public declaration of that came at the proclamation ceremony. It wasnt the day before. Were going to go to cover this. This moment has never been televised. That has never been made public, what goes on inside that room. Just do a bit of research and get it right. And on the balcony there, the trumpeters, the state trumpeters, of the Household Cavalry and the Serjeant At Arms will make the first and principal proclamation. Youre talking about an ancient ceremony that goes Back Hundreds of years, but outside you had a load of people who wanted to see the spectacle, who had Selfie Sticks and iphones. So there was a sort of a weird sort of mix there between the ancient and the modern. At the end of the day, at the proclamation of a new king youre remembering, to a degree, the former monarch, the queen who has died. And indeed, it is also where Prince Charles first officially declares to the world that his mother has died. My lords, ladies and gentlemen, it is my most sorrowful duty to announce to you the death of my beloved mother, the queen. I know how deeply you, the entire nation, and i think i may say the whole world, sympathise iwith me in the irreparable lossl we have all suffered. It is the greatest consolation to me| to know of the sympathy expressed by so many to my sisters i and brothers, and that such overwhelming affection and support should be extended to our whole family. He fashioned it as a moment to be looking forward, and that tempered the way that i covered the story. It was slightly less sombre than if i was talking about the queens death. I mentioned that i brought my own phone up to take a picture, because no ones ever photographed it. No ones ever been present at this moment. And theres about 1,000 people here, and as soon as the trumpeters came out on the balcony, just before the proclamation, a huge ooh went right through the crowd, everyone ready for that proclamation of a new king. And i have to say, i got my phone out too. And i felt that tone was right for that moment, because youre looking forward. You then go back to the ceremony and the pageantry of the queens death itself, the lying in state, the lying at rest in edinburgh, and the tone shifts back. Aldermen and citizens of london and others do now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, | publish and proclaim that the Prince Charles Philip Arthur george is now, by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful liege lord, | charles iii. What did you take a picture of . Trumpeters, and then the guy in all the regalia coming out and saying, proclaiming, that King Charles Iii is King Charles Iii. God save the king. Thats when all the Selfie Sticks went up, because someone publicly declaring long live the king, when that hasnt been said since 1952 in this country, in the united kingdom, was quite a moment. Three cheers for his majesty the king hip hip. Hooray one has got used to sort of having a Ringside Seat to various huge events, and i do take that responsibility pretty seriously that i am a viewers eyes and ears on a particular story. Tonight at 10 00pm, russia warns it will launch strikes on the capital, kyiv, telling residents to leave their homes. And its important that there is someone doing that, so it might as well be me. Lyse is here, our chief international correspondent. The latest information explain why were down here in the basement. Life has gone increasingly underground in kyiv. You try to find the objective truth, and its not about my bias or my ideas on russia or ukraine or whatever. One country has invaded another, and it shouldnt have done it, and thats the story. And that is how you report it you find the objective truth. Is there anything youd do with hindsight . Uh. Not that i can think of. Damian grammaticas is standing nearby at Buckingham Palace. Damian, the news a little bit earlier on today said the doctors in scotland were concerned about the queens health, coming as liz truss was making a rather important statement concerning the future of energy bills. That, of course, insignificant now given the gravity of the situation we seem to be experiencing with her majesty. We saw that you tweeted about the line around the cost of living. Is there anything that you would have said differently . No, no. People see what they want to see and read what they want to read. If people dont think the best of you then they really do read what they read into it, because theyre reading into it the way they want to. Theres nothing you can do about that, and thats something that doesnt concern me in the slightest. Everyone can have an opinion, anyone can have an opinion. Opinions are two a penny. Its finding that truth that perhaps the majority of people can agree on. And thats vital, absolutely vital, because were in this big debate about the role notjust of the monarchy now but the role of the bbc you know, the licence fee and so on and so forth. But if were not trying to find an objective truth, im not sure what the point of this is. Who do you imagine is watching when you are thinking about how youre delivering the news and the tone that youre using . Me. You know, i am thinking about me at home watching. What is it that i would expect from an organisation like the bbc in covering a story like this . What would i expect . I think about how i would feel, actually, a lot of the time. And that has been, frankly, a lodestar throughout my career injudging trying tojudge the mood when i cover a story. Welcome to our long range forecast and we are going to look as far ahead as the next bank holiday weekend. But, as far as the rest of this one is concerned, some warm sunshine in the forecast, but also plenty of heavy showers, we did see some showers breaking out during saturday and then on the Satellite Picture from earlier, you can see more Cloud Gathering in the atlantic. And that is pushing eastwards, taking showers with it, during the day on sunday. We have this band of cloud and showers drifting eastwards, some persistent rain developing across the Northern Islands and behind our band of cloud and showery rain, clouds will brighten above northern ireland, thatll spark off some very heavy and probably thundery showers. Parts of eastern and south Eastern England are likely to stay dry, temperatures here climbing to 18 or possibly 19 degrees. As we head through sunday night, we will keep some showers here and there, they will tend to track eastwards, clearer skies follow behind, but quite likely to see some mist and fog patches developing through the first part of monday morning. Not particularly cold to start the bank holiday, 610 cold to start the bank holiday, 6 10 first thing. So, into monday, a couple of different weather systems. This one generating showers early in the south east corner, this cold front into northern scotland, very weak affair but will bring quite a lot of cloud and will introduce a northerly wind, slightly chilly feel. Outbreaks of rain across south east scotland, north east england, some showers are still into the afternoon across parts of Eastern England. Towards the west it will be largely dry, a little bit chilly in the north, 6 degrees, 17 cardiff, 19 in london. As we head into tuesday, High Pressure is set to build across the uk, that means tuesday should be a largely dry day, could be some areas of low cloud, mist and fog first then, a lot of that will lift and lay, so we can see some spells of sunshine, often large amounts cloud in the sky, predominantly it will be dry. A little bit chilly with an onshore flow across these north sea coasts, highest temperatures further south and west to around 16 degrees. Wednesday, looks like we will see a weak warm front which english to the western side of scotland, bringing some outbreaks of rain, but across the western isles, best of sunshine further south. Temperatures just a little bit lower, there are many of us than they have been of late, 1316. As us than they have been of late, 13 16. As you move toward the end of the week, we turn the eyes towards the south west, we look like we can see a low pressure approaching, as that happens will see a bit of a squeeze in the wind, we will start to pick up a more easterly wind, could make it feel rather call for some of us, particularly along these north sea coasts. Out towards the south west of the uk, here increasing chance that we will see some showery rain. Working its way in. As we head into next weekend, which is of course another bank holiday, his a pretty messy pressure pattern. It looks like low pressure will to some extent be in charge of the weather, which means there will be showers or longer spells of rain at times, but certainly not all the time, i think some of these Weather Symbols may be a little bit pessimistic, they will be always someone drier, brighter gaps. Temperatures are likely to be too spectacular, generally between 12 and 15 degrees. Goodbye for now. Live from london, this is bbc news. Live from washington, this is bbc news. The British Foreign office has confirmed the final evacuation flight from sudan will leave tonight. Cbs news Affiliate Reports of suspected gunman, his on the run after at least five people were killed at a home in sanjacinto county texas. And with just a week to go until the coronation, committees reveal that the public will be asked to swear allegiance to king charles. 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