a warm welcome to bbc news. the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bell chimes this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome the bells ringing in st peter s square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict s body will lie in state from monday in st peter s basilica and that pope francis will lead the funeral on january 5th. the first pope to do so in recorded history. here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned, the first pop
19 people have died and around 30 have been wounded in a suicide bomb attack at an education centre in the capital, kabul. most of the victims were teenage girls who were sitting a practice university exam. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week s show, we are day tripping across the uk. come through here, and this way. goodbye! let s go. with autumn coming into full swing here in the uk, summer seems like a distant memory with its record high temperatures and bounce back in tourism, after two years i stopped at travel restrictions. earlier this year we dropped in on some of the uk s top attractions and destinations, meeting the people getting as excited about travel again and hearing how they have had to adapt to survive. if you are watching last week, you would have seen at inverness in the far north of scotland is sprucing up the castle and how local businesses adapt to meet changing demands. but this week, we looking back at what the story was in england
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again to the back of the line, this is for people that want to see the queen s coffin lying in state when it opens to the public. i say i was at the back of the line. it has already stretched for quite some distance. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to do this. people have been warned the queue could take 30 hours, go overnight. it will move continuously once it s over. this isn t the only crowds we re seeing in london today, plenty of people lining the procession route. they want to pay their last respects in person. there has been jubilation celebrating the queen s life but also we ll see silence wanting to reflect on their life and the person they lost. the procession will start in the next few hours, a very pomp and ceremony type of session. we ll see the casket brought by gun ceremony and it will be moving slowly down we seem to have lost before it arrives at westminster hall. anna stewart thank you. the crowds have a choice to make to line the st
treatment. the prime time hearing tonight before the american people, the 187 minutes at the white house. rioters were attacking the capitol, the committee planning to lay out what the president did not do. they call it a dereliction of duty. and will the american people tonight see outtakes of the president s videotaped message on january 7th? what the former president allegedly wanted to say instid. john carl with new reporting here. and then the hearing on abc right here a short time from now, 8:00 p.m. eastern/5:00 p.m. pacific. and now scorching heat from the south and into the northeast. fueling powerful storms in the northeast late today. and now the severe thunderstorm watch into tonight along the east coast, several major cities possible including the new york city area. and then rob marciano timing it out. flames from train as it was on a bridge. terrified passengers climbing through the windows. one woman the bridge. reporting on the climb as crisis here. lake me