buckingham palace. a royal 96 gun salute, one for every year of elizabeth s long momentous life. [ gun salute ] also echoing this morning over london, the iconic bells of westminster abbey ringing out along with the bells of other churches across the nation. [ bells tolling ] all of this marks the first of ten days of national mourning. all part of the long planned meticulously orchestrated order of events following the death of the queen. and this hour, we will be bearing witness to all of these historic moments, but also looking back on queen elizabeth s extraordinary life and what is ahead for her son, king charlesiii. you are in front of buckingham palace which we just saw in the last hour king charles iii when he arrived, was able to meet with and briefly talk to so many people. thousands of people that are there. reporter: you are really hit with it as soon as you get off the plane. i arrived this morning and i spent the morning walking around this city. i spent the
a statement said the 96 year old monarch had enjoyed the birthday parade and fly past at the palace, but experienced some discomfort. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. uruguay is a beacon of prosperity and democratic stability and sometimes turbulent south america. a decade ago under left wing leadership, it was also a pioneer of progressive social policies. the legalisation of cannabis and abortion rights. my guest today is president luis lacalle pou. now, he is a fan of unfettered free market economics. does that swim against the tide of public opinion in latin america? president luis lacalle pou, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr president, what is it like being a centre right politician on a continent which is quite clearly moving to the centre left? you are swimming against the political tide. we have a strong a coalition of five parties that supported this government. you have for the right, centre r
and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. live from london, nbc news foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald. broadcaster and author, suzanne lipscomb. also with us, associate editor of the washington post, eugene, once the london bureau chief. to put into context, the seven decades of queen elizabeth. we expect to see her twice throughout the course of the day today. though she stepped back a bit on what she d normally be doing on an occasion like this. let s go to london where meagan fitzgerald has the latest for us. set the scene on what we can expect today. reporter: willie, i can tell you that this entire city and the country is just exploding with excitement and an sis anticipation of the next four days. right now is trooping the color. this, of course, the traditional event here, celebrating her majesty the queen. as you mentioned, we would typically see her in horse-drawn carriage, but that s not expected today. of course, senior members of the royal family will be in
the canadian government has proposed new legislation to crack down on the sale, transfer and importation of handguns. the prime minister, justin trudeau, said there was no reason anyone needed guns in their everyday lives, except for hunting or sports shooting. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. uruguay is a beacon of prosperity and democratic stability and sometimes turbulent south america. a decade ago under left wing leadership, it was also a pioneer of progressive social policies. the legalisation of cannabis and abortion rights. my guest today is president luis lacalle pou. he is a fan of unfettered free market economics. does that swim against the tide of public opinion in latin america? president luis lacalle pou. welcome to hardtalk. mr president, what is it like being as centre right politician on the continent that is quite clearly moving to the centre left? you are swimming against the political tide. a coa
welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. uruguay is a beacon of prosperity and democratic stability and sometimes turbulent south america. a decade ago under left wing leadership, it was also a pioneer of progressive social policies. the legalisation of cannabis and abortion rights. my guest today is president luis lacalle pou. he is a fan of unfettered free market economics. does that swim against the tide of public opinion in latin america? president luis lacalle pou. welcome to hardtalk. mr president, what is it like being as centre right politician on the continent that is quite clearly moving to the centre left? you are swimming against the political tide. a coalition of five parties that supported this government. you have the for the right, centre right and centreleft. and i have the bonds between these five parties. this party to the citizens and if you read the programme, you will not be able to find centre right. the question is important because your relatively sm