Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the
street s worse day in more than two years. it s wednesday, september 14th. it is 9 a.m. here in london where queen elizabeth s coffin now rests inside buckingham palace. behind me before the next leg of her final journey begins today. in the hours ahead a procession will take her coffin from the palace to westminster hall. members of the royal family, including king charles, prince william and prince harry, will be walking in that procession. the queen will lie in state at westminster hall starting later today until her funeral on monday at westminster abbey. ahead of that, mourners are camping out in london waiting for their chance to see the queen s coffin and pay their respects. [ applause ] an outburst of emotion outside buckingham palace late tuesday as queen elizabeth arrived home for the last time. the crowd, some who waited in hours in the rain clapped and cheered as they gathered to pay their respects to brittain s longest serving monarch. the queen s coffin had