as he meets president xijinping for the first time since the invasion. and one of the all time tennis greats, roger federer, announces his retirement. welcome to the programme. with shaun ley in westminster and me, ros atkins, in the bbc news room. tens of thousands of people are waiting for their turn to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii at westminster hall where she is lying in state. these are live pictures from westminster, where the queue is currently stretching over some five km. some people have waited for more than eight hours to get here, inside westminster hall, where the closed coffin is being guarded by soldiers from units that serve the royal household. that process will continue, 2a hours a day, until monday morning at 6.30am. for the latest, we can nowjoin shaun ley in westminster. hello and thank you very much. hello to all of you watching, whether you re in the uk or around the world. here in westminster is the opportunity for members of the public, as
our correspondence houses update from washington, dc. after weeks of making the trek to the united states, about 100 migrants in two buses were transported from texas to the residents of the vice president kamala harris here in washington, dc. we spoke to one couple who didn t know where they were until we told them. they had travelled for about one month from venezuela to america, looking for a better life, for economic reasons, they explain. but i don t know what the future holds. translation: ~ ., , ., , ,, holds. translation: ., , ., holds. translation: ~ ., , ., , ,, ., , translation: we are very happy to be here, i translation: we are very happy to be here. i would translation: we are very happy to be here. i would be translation: we are very happy to be here, i would be able translation: we are very happy to be here, i would be able to translation: we are very happy to be here, i would be able to provide - translation: we are very happy to be here, i would be a
dealing with rising energy costs. after a two year pause due the pandemic, europe s largest street party kicks off its final day at the notting hill carnival in west london. nasa has cancelled today s launch of its most powerful rocket, artemis i, which had been due to take off for an unmanned test flight to the moon. the us space agency said one of its engines developed a bleed that could not be fixed in time. the next possible launch date is not until friday. the artemis programme is aimed at returning humans to the moon. if successful, the plan is for astronauts to be on board the flight in two years time. let s show you some live pictures from the scene right now. huge disappointment, really, with nasser cancelling artemis i. the window for the launch had begun about half an hour ago, but the us space agency said one of its engines had developed a bleed, which could not be fixed in time. let s talk to dr becky smethurst, astrophysicist at the university of oxford and aut
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldn t lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didn t get enough support and were eliminated. the next round will take place tomorrow. from westminster, here s our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister. determining who might be our next prime minister. a, ., ~ ,, ., ~ prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88- sunni liz prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss, prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss,