while across the atlantic, thousands gathered to witness a procession honoring the late queen elizabeth. this morning ceremonies in new york city, washington, d.c. enchants the pennsylvania. the three sites where americans died in the attacks of 21 years ago. more on the coverage in just a moment. in the meantime the queens coffin made the first stop in what will be a nine day journey through scotland and england. it all in with the majesties funeral in london one week from tomorrow. senior affairs correspondent amy kellogg live in london with m more. the queen set off on what king charles has called her last great journey today with the coffin traveling 180 miles from the scottish highlands to the scottish capital. this is the scotland that has an ongoing debate about leaving the united kingdom but scotland which held such a precious place in the queens heart. she spent most of her summer up at balmoral. an annual trip. it was said to have been her happy place. her coffin
in the last decade. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told mr xi that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: joe biden responded to that by saying, 0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave us? with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty blunt about their position on taiwan and that readout said that xijinping had emphasised that position, which is that taiwan is part of china and there is no room for taiwanese independence, that he had told president biden that
to double its numbers in the last decade. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told xi jinping, that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burned. joe biden responded to that with on taiwan, the us policy has not changed. let s speak now to craig singleton, a national security expert, and former us diplomat, who s a senior china fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies. thank you forjoining here on bbc world news. it was something of a marat
commonwealth games. and the return of the tiger. why nepal kept its promise to double its numbers in the last decade. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told mr xi that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded to that by saying 0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave diplomatic relations? with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty b
here s ben rich. is it exciting or are entering a period of calm? is it exciting or are entering a period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is not - period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is not bad i been recently but that is not bad news for the commonwealth games where the weather started pretty decent. we got some patchy cloud to with some sunny spells, throughout the weekend we have the chance to see some rain starting to develop cut is it of all of this cloud on the earlier satellite picture out towards the north west. that will work in and bringing in some outbreaks of rain, some patchy cloud ahead of that producing one or two showers and throughout the afternoon some showers for southern scotland, nor