slowdown with all the federal reserve rate hikes, and still many people believe there are more to come. so certainly the first quarter is, you know, not something to be excited about. that is professor ann lee speaking to us a little an uninterrupted stream of people have been filing past the coffin, of the brazilian football legend pele, which has been placed in the middle of his former club s stadium in santos. many are wearing black and white colours of the club for which pele played for nearly two decades. one of those who s been at the stadium to pay his respects is the head of fifa, gianni infantino, who s called for countries across the world to name one of their football stadiums after pele. we pay tribute to him by being here. we pay tribute to him by asking all the federations now to pay a minute of silence and tribute to pele, but we are also going to ask every country in the world to name one of their football stadiums
welcome to bbc news, i m anjana gadgil. our top stories: russia acknowledges 63 of its soldiers died in a ukrainian attack in donetsk. kyiv claims the actual number is in the hundreds. in santos, brazil, thousands are queueing to pay respects to footballing legend pele. this is the scene there live. the european union takes steps to remove parliamentary immunity from two meps implicated in an ongoing corruption scandal. feeling betrayed. prince harry says buckingham palace failed to defend him and meghan before they stepped down as working royals.
really, i ve talked to a lot of great footballers, and today s generation is a little different, pele wasjust generation is a little different, pele was just a guy, a normal human being, and again i think that is a big part of his legacy, because people could relate to him as just another guy. could relate to him as ust another guy-i could relate to him as ust another guy. thank you, you must count another guy. thank you, you must count yourself - another guy. thank you, you must count yourself very - must count yourself very fortunate as having an opportunity to meet him. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the painful search for answers by the children of unmarried mothers sent to controversial institutions in northern ireland in the 1960s. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we re going to use money we picked up in belgium today and then, we ll be in france and again, it l
in brazil, a stream of people are continuing to file past the coffin of the brazilian football legend pele, which has been placed in the middle of his former club s stadium in santos. this is the scene there live where it s past iam. many of those paying their respects are wearing the black and white colours of the club for which pele played for nearly two decades. from inside the stadium, our correspondent katy watson sent this update. people have been queueing here since dawn and they will be queueing throughout the night. it has been a really hot day in santos, it is peak summer here, but that has not put people off, and the queues have been getting bigger and bigger outside. now i ve seen people here, they ve been crying, they have been clapping, people have even been getting on the ground and worshipping pele. the casket is open, there is a brazilian flag draped over it. i think there s a sense of reflection here. certainly, people have travelled from across brazil, young and old,
welcome to bbc news, i m anjana gadgil. our top stories: russia acknowledges 63 of its soldiers died in a ukrainian attack in donetsk kyiv claims the actual number is in the hundreds. in santos, brazil, thousands are queueing to pay respects to footballing legend pele. this is the scene there live. feeling betrayed prince harry says buckingham palace failed to defend him and meghan before they stepped down as working royals. and back where it belongs the looted egyptian treasure that s been returned to cairo.