messages of condolence from it members of parliament. we ll have more on the funeral plans for queen elizabeth and take a look at the future of the monarchy. good morning, welcome to way too early on this monday, september 12th. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the war in ukraine. ukrainian forces are claiming major victories on the battlefield after recapturing large parts of the territories in the eastern partst country. ukrainian troops on saturday took back the strategic city and areas around the country s second largest city. that forced russian forces into retreat. russia initially claimed it was pulling back to regroup. however, moscow yesterday had to acknowledge that it had lost nearly all of the northern parts of karkiev. their forces have retain more than 1,000 square miles of land since the counter offensive began the beginning of the month. that s more area than russian forces have captured in all of the operations in ukraine since ap
funeral were finally unveiled on saturday with her service at westminster abbey now set for september the 19th which is eight days from now. queen elizabeth died peacefully on thursday at her country estate in scotland at the age of 96. she was the only monarch most have ever known. her death has left many people deeply shaken. in just a few hours her casket is expected to leave balmoral castle in scotland on what will be the first leg of a final german back to london where she will lie in state at westminster hall until the funeral. cnn s nate robinson is in edinboro in scotland with all the details of what we can expect over the coming weeks. reporter: at approximately 10 a.m. local time on sunday the queen s body will be driven in a hearse slowly a six hour journey beginning in balmoral castle passing through the villages of bakery and at the city of aberdeen. then it will pass along the streets here in edinboro past the castle to the palace of holyroodhouse, the monarch
steps to annex parts of the country. the former president of ukraine about this latest news. and cancelled, chronic delays, scores of lost luggage. can this summer s travel woes get any worst? one small airplane has a possible solution to all of this. we start with the growing controversy over the secret service text messages and the january 6th attack on the capitol. a source tells nbc news the secret service has no new text messages related to the january 6th insurrection to hand over to the house select committee investigating the attack. that revelation comes after an inspector general informed the committee the secret service had deleted text messages from january 5th and 6th, 2021. the committee issued a subpoena for those records last week. the source tells nbc news that the secret service plans to do a, quote, forensic examination of agents phones identified in the inspector general s report, but added the agency does not expect it will yield any relevant e-mails
water volumes along the yangtze river are currently at their lowest ever levels. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. for six months now, ukraine has been a nation at war, the government and people united in a conviction that they are fighting for freedom. but in the face of the existential threat posed by putin s invasion, has ukraine stayed true to the democratic values it loudly proclaims? well, my guest is olga rudenko, the editor of the kyiv independent, a news organisation committed to reporting from ukraine without fear or favour. but is there room for independentjournalism on the ukrainian battlefield? olga rudenko in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. well, stephen, thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to have you on the show. just a short time ago, you reflected with time magazine on the impact of what is now a six month long war that you have lived through, you ve experienced. you said, none of us are the same people. we may
independent, a news organisation committed to reporting from ukraine without fear or favour. but is there room for independentjournalism on the ukrainian battlefield? olga rudenko in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. well, stephen, thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to have you on the show. just a short time ago, you reflected with time magazine on the impact of what is now a six month long war that you have lived through, you ve experienced. you said, none of us are the same people. we may look the same on the outside, but on the inside, we have changed. how have you changed? well. even as you were saying that, i was thinking about how true it is, especially today, you know, six months, exactly six months after the war started. and looking back, i honestly can t believe how i could even come to the office, this office, on any day and think that i was having a difficult day while, actually, you know, in retrospect, it was so normal, the life that we were having before