it s currently more than four miles long, with waiting times of up to nine hours. away from westminster, today s other headlines authorities in ukraine say they re investigating evidence of a mass grave in the city of izyum, which was recently liberated from russian occupation. disruption for thousands of british travellers today, as air traffic controllers in france go on strike. and it s farewell to one of the greatest tennis players of all time, as roger federer announces his retirement. good morning. it s friday september the 16th. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a second night lying in state. the queue to enter westminster hall is now stretching back 3.6 miles, as thousands more people wait to pay their respects. here are some of the images here at westminster towards the end of the queue. the queueing time changes hour by hour, but at the moment it is approximately nine hours for those people queueing to pay their
hello there. today, eu trade ministers meet with a renewed focus on securing new trade deals. russia s invasion of ukraine make partnerships crucial. the war has exposed supply chains, leading to calls for the eu to look elsewhere for its goods. it wants to spread the risk to diversify into everything from gas to sunflower oil. joining me now is anahita thoms, head of international trade at the law firm baker mckenzie. thank you so much forjoining me. what s the jackpot for the eu in terms of trade? i think there will be a big focus on the backlog, there will be a lot of discussions around the wto reform, but also, low hanging fruit, i think the focus will be on july, new zealand and mexico to try to seal deals there. let s take july, try to seal deals there. let s takejuly, for example. there take july, for example. there are takejuly, for example. there are big hopes we can seal the deal chile. they have lithium in the car industry in germany as well and the european uni
The idf right now as they report they have arrested more than 60 known operatives of hamas in the west bank area. Ainsley overnight President Biden returning home after visiting israel where he pledged 100 million humanitarian aid package for gaza, which he says israel was on board for. I dont know what you picked up but i got no pushback, virtually none. Let me say it again, i got no pushback. Lawrence so this comes as we learn the u. S. Navy is sending another warship to the east mediterranean. The Uss Mountain Whitney departing the coast of italy on yesterday as it moves closer to israels shore. Meanwhile back at home, theres this. [chanting] brian all right. Several hundred protesters as you see over the overhead shot arrested in the u. S. Capitol chanting things like ceasefire now . Yeah. This comes as part of a larger trend we are seeing of propalestinian, i should say hamas protests popping up across the country. Carley President Biden expected to deliver remarks this evening at