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breeze is more northerly. that is your weather for now. we ll be back withjon in edinburgh and sally at buckingham palace injust a moment. first though, let s take a look at some of today s other news. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, has accused russia of attacking civilian infrastructure, resulting in widespread blackouts in the east of the country. power has been lost completely in the kharkiv and donetsk regions, with partial outages elsewhere. ukrainian officials have suggested the strikes may be reprisals for the rapid advaces of ukranian forces in the northeast for the rapid advances of ukranian forces in the northeast of the country. ukrainian armed forces say they have recaptured more than 20 settlements in the past 2a hours amid a large counter offensive. earlier our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega, explained what has been happening there. ukraine says this is russian retaliation for what has happened in the past days. this rapid
connection to the queen. at one point, when i was lord lieutenant, there was 38 royal engagements in six months. and there s a feeling of honour and a sense of history being made in edinburgh. the focus is very much on the capital city for these few days and that s fantastic. you can feel it. but to feel the respect and love everywhere you go isjust amazing. so it s something that i m very proud to be part of. at the palace of holyroodhouse, the next scene. the coffin carried inside by a bearer party formed by the royal regiment of scotland past three of the queen s children. overnight, at the monarch s official scottish residence, the coffin lay in the throne room and today it will be taken onwards again.
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now, back to the breakfast team. good morning from edinburgh. we re here at the palace of holyroodhouse. where the queen s coffin has made the journey from balmoral. during the next 2a hours people will be given the chance to pay their respects. we thought we would go through the events for people want to come to edinburgh orwant to events for people want to come to edinburgh or want to understand what we can expect. king charles will also travel to scotland later, as he begins his first tour of the uk nations. but the king and queen consort will begin the day with a visit to westminster hall, where both houses of parliament will meet to express their condolences. they will then fly to edinburgh, where they and other members of the royal family