tonight, as people continue to pay their respects to the queen, we leave you with these images. you re watching bbc news and our continued coverage of queen elizabeth s lying in state. if you ve justjoined us, in the past few minutes queen elizabeth s four children, king charles, anne, the princess royal, prince andrew the duke of york and prince edward the earl of wessex have held a vigil around the queen s coffin in westminster hall. these are pictures from the vigil of the princes as it s called, with all four royals in ceremonial military uniform accompanying the coffin for 15 minutes. the queen s eight grandchildren are expected to do the same tomorrow. and this is the scene outside the hall. thousands of people are queuing to pay their respects to the queen. this is the scene outside the hall. thousands of people still waiting to pay their respects to the queen. the wait time is 2a hours. thank you very much. it has to be said that this was perhaps the most striking a
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and i m martine croxall here in the studio. i ll be speaking to a former press officer to the queen for his thoughts as the nation continues to pay tribute. hello and welcome to cardiff, where king charles has begun his first official visit to wales as monarch by attending a service of prayer and reflection for queen elizabeth ii. in the senedd, an hour ago, about a thousand people were standing in sunshine and welcoming the king and the queen consort as they visited the queen consort as they visited the senedd. it was completely calm, quiet and still as everyone turned to watch the big screens when king charles addressed the parliament not just in english but also in welsh, a hugely symbolic moment for people here, to hear the king speaking welsh so fluently and talking about his mother and his memories of his time here in wales and what the country meant to him and to the royal family. when he left, there were lots of cheers. there were a few people who were not happy that
all of those buried here, but they expect to be digging at more sites like this in areas recently taken back from the russians. orla guerin, bbc news. india s prime minister, narendra modi, has told the russian leader, vladimir putin, that now is not the time for war . the two men have held face to face talks in uzbekistan on the sidelines of a regional summit. mr modi stressed the importance of democracy, diplomacy and dialogue . the russian leader responded that moscow was doing everything it could to bring the conflict to an end: translation: i know about your stance on the conflict in ukraine. | i know about the concerns that you voice constantly. we will do everything for it to stop as soon as possible. unfortunately, the leadership of our opponents, ukraine, has stated that they refused to hold talks and that they want to reach their goals militarily, or as they say, on the battlefield. drjenny mathers is an expert on russian politics and security at the department of