we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail a single word which someone has written in broken english. sorry. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majesty s coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable monarch. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, until monday, the morning of herfuneral. in a few minutes, we ll cross live to westminster to hear from some of those who ve been queuing to bid their farewells to the queen, but first, our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has the story of the day. in a setting that is so familiar, where so often and so recently there has been celebration, today an event of the greatest solemnity. on the pavements around the palace and along the mal
beautiful colours. very moving. it s the colours, i think, that s incredible. the orb, the sceptre, the crown. yeah, stunning. very solemn and serene and perfect. and in ukraine, president zelensky visits a newly liberated city, after thousands of square miles are retaken from russian forces. we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail a single word which someone has written in broken english. sorry. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. (take live os westminster hall). this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majesty s coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable monarch. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, until monday, the morning of herfuneral. in a few minutes, we ll cross live to westminster to hear from some of thos
the palestinian health ministry says 2a people, including six children, are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel is targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, and says it expects the offensive to last a week. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, said britain stood by israel s right to defend itself, but has called for a swift end to the violence, which has broken more than a year of relative calm. from jerusalem, here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. explosion. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in re
were treated to a super blood moon overnight. the effect was created by a lunar eclipse, which is when the earth moves between the sun and the moon. time for a look at the weather. here s nick miller. something else in the sky last night, all the lightning that came in a southern england, as captured by some of our weather watchers. stones came out of france on sunday, came to a close, what a lightning show here, and we as they moved further north in the first part of the day. some of the areas with the thunder and lightning last night were treated to some sunny spells and feeling quite warm today. don t put the umbrella away wherever you are this week. we have a low pressure to the west bringing warmth and humidity at times this week, but also with low pressure as you might imagine there will be rain and thunderstorms at times too. the rain this afternoon is in scotland, and into the far north of england. and with a cool north easterly wind. for northern ireland, the rest of