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
proceedings on centre court. 0ur sports presenter chetan pathak is there. you have the bestjob at the bbc for the next two weeks. not that i m jealous, i m seething. what is the atmosphere like? i have to ask you that, even though i don t want to know the answer. you make looking very wet. i feel like we are back to normal, two years ago, there were covid restrictions, and how sparse it was on that opening day. that tueue it was on that opening day. that queue snaking it was on that opening day. trust queue snaking outside. last year, we didn t have russian or belarusian players, because of that agreement that was made. but they are back this year. andrei rublev is one of the first players to come back. the sun is trying to peek out from behind some of this rain, and some is expected on the opening days. but it is always glorious here on the opening day. i know that s not what you want to hear, but it is just.
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operation london bridge as it s called. i started over 20 years ago. a box got dusted off every year to make sure still valid. there are a number of phases to this operation. the most important one and the riskiest part passed which is managing this enormous queue snaking through london towards westminster. the necht phase is taking place very much inside a secure footprint and it s a footprint that is used many times a year but hundreds times over history to actually conduct such events. i think we re in a really safe part of this operation. this is the largest deployment of police officers that the city has ever seen. that is one part of the security operation. with all of the world leaders that we re seeing beginning arrive the at westminster abbey, how do you balance each
you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster. we are near the end of the queue. something like nine hours for people who are waiting. just under four miles the queue snaking around. let s show you inside. to my left, the palace of westminster. insiders where the queen is lying in state. the second full day today. you will already have seen the atmosphere inside. very personal, people having their reflections. 0utside, inside. very personal, people having their reflections. outside, there has been a lot of camaraderie. how has been a lot of camaraderie. how has it been for you? your queueing experience. we has it been for you? your queueing exoerience- has it been for you? your queueing exerience. ~ ., , , . experience. we have been here since six o clock last experience. we have been here since six o clock last night. experience. we have been here since six o clock last night. it experience. we have been here since six o clock last night. it is experience. we have been here