it s currently more than four miles long, with waiting times of up to nine hours. away from westminster, today s other headlines authorities in ukraine say they re investigating evidence of a mass grave in the city of izyum, which was recently liberated from russian occupation. disruption for thousands of british travellers today, as air traffic controllers in france go on strike. and it s farewell to one of the greatest tennis players of all time, as roger federer announces his retirement. good morning. it s friday september the 16th. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a second night lying in state. the queue to enter westminster hall is now stretching back 3.6 miles, as thousands more people wait to pay their respects. here are some of the images here at westminster towards the end of the queue. the queueing time changes hour by hour, but at the moment it is approximately nine hours for those people queueing to pay their
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
of the world. scientists examined satellite data gathered during the past four decades over the entire arctic circle. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone for 30 a.m.. it hasjust gone for 30 a.m.. a very good morning to you. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur. a year on from the re imposition of taliban rule, afghanistan is facing a humanitarian calamity. half the population is facing serious food insecurity, more than 1 million children are at risk from acute malnutrition. as for the taliban, well, they seem focused on snuffing out opposition and imposing strict controls on women and girls. my guest is former first vice president of afghanistan, now a seniorfigure in the national resistance front, amrullah saleh. is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? theme music plays amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a year, mr saleh, since the taliban swept into kabul and toppled the go
hello and welcome. hundreds of firefighters from at least seven other eu countries are joining efforts to combat a huge wildfire in the gironde region of south western france. italy, greece and sweden have sent water bombing planes. the fires have spread even more quickly than the ones that hit the area injuly. the un has warned that high temperatures are likely to become more common in northern europe, and a more coordinated effort is needed to slow down the rate of global warming. here s azadeh moshiri. europe is still burning, and the consequences are getting worse. firefighters in france had to arm themselves with equipment from six eu nations as they try to battle what they are calling a monster blaze in south western france. it has fought at least 10,000 people to flee their homes. translation:- to flee their homes. translation: ~ , , translation: we must continue more than ever translation: we must continue more than ever to translation: we must continue more than
Linda Trestrail and Wendy Russell have hit out at Jet2 after they ended up on the wrong flight. The error came to light only when the pilot announced the descent into Menorca instead of Majorca