funeral next monday. thousands of people lined the streets as her coffin was taken from the palace of holyroodhouse up the royal mile to st giles cathedral, for a service of thanksgiving, honouring her life. king charles iii led the royal family in solemn procession behind his mother s coffin. the queen will now lie at rest in st giles cathedral for 2h hours before being flown down to london tomorrow evening. this will be a reign finally attuned to the sensibilities of scotland and the distinctiveness of its institutions and traditions. the king returned today to a scotland that has been diverging from the rest of the uk politically for a0 years and where support for independence is as high as it has ever been, especially amongst the young. nicola sturgeon was at edinburgh airport to greet him. she wants an independent scotland to retain the monarchy with king charles and his heirs on the scottish throne. as king, charles will have to keep his views on that prospect to hims
search for survivors from wednesday s earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. more than 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the remote part of the country. doctors say many children may be among the victims. strikes are expected to be announced injuly and august. works on the railways walked out of the second time this week on thursday with just one in five trains running and another strike is planned for saturday. here is our transport correspondent katie austin. demand for travel has taken off since covid rules eased but there s already been disruption amid aviation staff shortages. now hundreds of british airways workers at heathrow airport, most of them check in staff, have voted to walk out on dates yet to be confirmed. the unite and gmb unions said the action was over a 10% pay cut imposed during the pandemic which hadn t yet been reinstated. our members are primarily low paid, part time women workers, who have been asking nicely for over a ye
the eln, has said it s willing to resume peace talks with the government once the new president, gustavo petro, takes office in august. mr petro himself a former rebel has become the country s first left wing leader after winning sunday s presidential election. now on bbc news, katy watson reports from the falklands, as argentina accuses the uk of colonial ambitions in maintaining its ownership of these small islands off the coast of south america. recording now. i was started by a dictator, an unpopular nationalist fighting against communism. it s extraordinary to talk about colonialism with a population that has chosen its own future. the british won the war but argentina still dreams of change. but it was a conflict that scarred argentina. we congratulate our forces and the marines. i am a british reporter living in south america is the bbc plasma correspondence here. growing up in the uk, we learned about the falklands is a war that was one of the other side of the wo