can biden do anything to unlock the current political crisis? wouldn t that be amazing? laughter tonight, a change of tone as president biden crosses the border into the republic of ireland in search of his irish roots. the other top stories tonight. prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month but meghan, won t be leaving california. billionaire twitter owner elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff and summed up an eventful six months as boss. well, it s not been boring! it s been quite a roller coaster. there s the shooting chance, it s in! and the european champions, real madrid, beat a ten man chelsea in their quarterfinal first leg match. and coming up in sport, the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening from stormont, on the day that president biden has been in northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of
detained in a kremlin crackdown on these antiwar protests. there are also reports of some demonstrators rounded up and immediately drafted into the rush sharon armed forces. it s setting off a flood of flights out of russia. nick peyton walsh is with us. it s called a partial mobilization of citizens. how is that playing out? reporter: it seemed pretty clear and forgive the siren noise around here. so much of ukraine constantly under threat, attack. it seems to be playing out initially pretty badly for the kremlin. the first issue they have to overcome is what to do with these thousands of potential recruits they re going to send to the front line that might already be being sent to the front line. they lack equipment to supply the regular army. this was a gamble and it s not going the way he hoped. the flights some of them full. military age males trying to get out of the country. they don t believe this mobilization is necessarily partial. the restrictions this will just
september across many parts of the country right now. the weather tends to change. the rain comes and goes, but as far as the temperatures go, up but as far as the temperatures go, up to 21 degrees in one or two spots across the south east and 17 in edinburgh. all down to this current of warm air spreading in from the south, notjust over us but many parts of western europe. in france at the moment, some spots are in the mid to high 20s. here is that rain that swept across the country earlier. it has now mostly moved to the north and out to the north sea. behind it is the low grade crowd thatis behind it is the low grade crowd that is still hanging around in a few areas. we will call it bright spells rather than sunny spells for most of us. the exception is in east anglia and the south east where it is really lovely. 21, possibly 22 degrees. in the north of the country and scotland, a bit more clout and spots of rain and the mid to high teens. clear spells for a time this even
way too early, as we remember the life of queen elizabeth. i m jonathan lemire. on this friday, september 9th. thank you for starting your day with us. the world is in mourning today, following the death of queen elizabeth ii. buckingham palace announced the passing of england s longest reigning monarch at 96 years old yesterday. writing in a brief statement, quote, the queen died peacefully this afternoon, her summer home in scotland. what comes next, a meticulously planned national memorializing of the queen, which was reportedly set in motion with four coded words yesterday. london bridge is down. as part of the plans, england s new king, charles iii will deliver a televised address to the united kingdom tonight. tomorrow, after privately taking an oath swearing to protect the church of scotland, king charles accession is expected to be announce from a balcony at saint james palace, that oath has been taken by every monarch since george i in 1714, meanwhile the queen s b
leave behind to the russian people? oh, come on, daniel, no, no way. like you re making movie for the case of my death. like, again, i am ready to answer your question, but, let it be another movie, movie number two. like let s make a trailer out of this movie and in the case i would be killed, let s make a boring movie of memory. [ speaking foreign language ] alexei navalny is stepping back into another showdown with the kremlin. what to do with navalny presents a conundrum for the kremlin. let him go and risk looking weak, or lock him up knowing could turn him into a political martyr. [ applause ] are you not scared, alexei? what do you expect in moscow? navalny! navalny! unexpectedly vladimir putin has a genuine challenger, handsome 41-year-old lawyer alexei navalny who has chosen one of the most dangerous occupations in the world, running against the man who controls the kremlin. more than any other opposition figure in russia, alexei navalny gets or