moved. immediate test for the new king as the uk starts a week-long bid g g goodbye to quen elizabeth ii. plus, russia is already striking back. and now the campaign stretch. primary season ends tuesday, opening an eight-week sprint to election day. we ll break down the midterm fight for control of congress. we begin, though, in scotland. as the united kingdom opens a week long farewell to queen elizabeth and as her son takes over the monarch. members of scotland paying their final respects to the longest reigning monarch as the queen lies at rest at st. giles cathedral. this morning, the queen s body was moved to that cathedral. the crown of scotland placed on her coffin. king charles iii walking in the procession to the cathedral along with his siblings. the farewell events are meticulously choreographed as are the first glinjss of the new king at work. this morning in london, his first address to parliament as king. as i stand before you today, i cannot help but fe
digby is right. they are doing that thing ofjust passing it on. they take it on and pass it on and make whopping great profit at the same time as you have people who are forced to stay at home, and that is the problem, forced to stay at home, and perhaps they are on kidney dialysis or, like tammy, they are doing chemo, they have had to give up doing chemo, they have had to give up theirjob, stay at home. her husband goes out and works 60 hours as a chef. all those people doing their best, trying to make ends meet, when you ve got companies that are raking it in, hand overfist, and not giving anything to help at all, i do not even know if there is any proper hand wringing going on. let me move on, because time is pressing. we ll talk more about this story in our next review at 11:30 p:m.. fairwarning, iwould like p:m.. fair warning, i would like to quicken your thoughts, and your former life, about the impact on businesses. we have heard the talk about politicians helping us,
got within a0 feet of the vice president. uk interest rates hit their highest level for 13 years, in a bid to stem the pace of soaring prices. and in central africa, the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands and the release of damaging carbon dioxide. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia. one of president vladimir putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine and he s repeated the official line from the kremlin that there is no war, but it s a special military operation . mr lavrov has been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years and represented the country on the international stage for nearly two decades. earlier today, he spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine.
of the year finish. will: see? pete: there it is. will: andy williams, first round draft pick in the christmas music if extravaganza. pete: we were playing his music in the break. yes, he s ubiquitous. will: per ifly como rachel: classic. will: exactly, ray e hell. pete: but does he have any other hits other than christmas? will: that, i can t say. rachel: he s too young to know that. [laughter] laugh. will: that is like walking through a department store in new york city in a christmas movie, right in that s what s playing. rachel: there s lots of great christmas albums out there. everybody who s a star wants their christmas album to become the next american classic. let s admit, mariah carey does have that classic album. i know it s more modern. will: i m not above that. rachel: the one that i grew up with that i a really love and i think is underappreciated, should get a rerival, is i love his christmas album, harry ebell fonte s christmas album will: nice, good. r
they included the three year old twins, ema and yuly. they were captured with other relatives when hamas set fire to their home. they were freed with their mother, sharon, but theirfather is believed to remain in gaza. also released were brother and sister erez and sahar kalderon. their relative spoke about his relief as he waited to see them again. i m finding that it s difficult to go from a state of endless anxiety about their fate, to a state of relief and joy. i believe it will take time. this is an exciting and heart feeling moment, but we also understand that it is the beginning of a difficult rehabilitation process for sahar and erez, who are still young and have been through an unbearable experience. the truce between israel and hamas allowed the return of dozens of hostages but dozens more are still in captivity. over 150 of our hostages men, women, children, babies over 150 other hostages men, women, children, babies who s taking care of them? who is hold