we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail a single word which someone has written in broken english. sorry. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majesty s coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable monarch. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, until monday, the morning of herfuneral. in a few minutes, we ll cross live to westminster to hear from some of those who ve been queuing to bid their farewells to the queen, but first, our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has the story of the day. in a setting that is so familiar, where so often and so recently there has been celebration, today an event of the greatest solemnity. on the pavements around the palace and along the mal
now it doesn t seem like you have real solutions. well, i wouldn t agree at all to what you just said. first of all, this week we had positive news on the labour market in spain in august. we have recovered more or less the employment that had been lost due to covid, and, in particular, youth unemployment figures are lower than what they were pre covid. moreover, we have a recovery plan which includes important structural reforms and investments with a top priority, which is indeed to reduce unemployment, to reduce youth unemployment, and to have a stronger and more sustainable growth going forward. interesting that you talk about the reforms now. spain, of course, like all eu countries, will qualify and is qualifying for major funds, recovery funds, from brussels as a result of the coordinated response to the covid crisis. i think you re entitled to about 140 billion euros worth of which you ve said you re definitely going to take the grants that is the money that doesn t come as l
and more sustainable growth going forward. interesting that you talk about the reforms now. spain, of course, like all eu countries, will qualify and is qualifying for major funds, recovery funds, from brussels as a result of the coordinated response to the covid crisis. i think you re entitled to about 140 billion euros worth of which you ve said you re definitely going to take the grants that is the money that doesn t come as loans, for 70 billion. i don t know if you re going to take it all. but conditionality is part of that. the brussels institutions are demanding that you make your economy more flexible. and in other countries, like poland and hungary, they are putting other conditions, like they have to improve their record on a freejudiciary, a free press. their values have to be in line with brussels. do you think this conditionality is going to cause real divisions inside the european union? our aim is to mobilise this 140 billion.
now it doesn t seem like you have real solutions. well, i wouldn t agree at all to what you just said. first of all, this week we had positive news on the labour market in spain in august. we have recovered more or less the employment that had been lost due to covid, and, in particular, youth unemployment figures are lower than what they were pre covid. moreover, we have a recovery plan which includes important structural reforms and investments with a top priority, which is indeed to reduce unemployment, to reduce youth unemployment, and to have a stronger and more sustainable growth going forward. interesting that you talk about the reforms now. spain, of course, like all eu countries, will qualify and is qualifying for major funds, recovery funds, from brussels as a result of the coordinated response to the covid crisis. i think you re entitled to about 140 billion euros worth of which you ve said
interesting that you talk about the reforms now. spain, of course, like all eu countries, will qualify and is qualifying for major funds, recovery funds, from brussels as a result of the coordinated response to the covid crisis. i think you re entitled to about 140 billion euros worth of which you ve said you re definitely going to take the grants that is the money that doesn t come as loans, for 70 billion. i don t know if you re going to take it all. but conditionality is part of that. the brussels institutions are demanding that you make your economy more flexible. and in other countries, like poland and hungary, they are putting other conditions, like they have to improve their record on a freejudiciary, a free press. their values have to be in line with brussels. do you think this conditionality is going to cause real divisions inside the european union? our aim is to mobilise this 140 billion. we have. all of it? yes, in the coming six years