Good afternoon. King charles has been meeting the Prime Minister, liz truss, at Buckingham Palace in the last hour, as final preparations continue for Queen Elizabeths State Funeral tomorrow. Hes also hosting a reception for hundreds of World Leaders and royals this evening. Officials are now advising people thinking ofjoining the queue not to set off, with the line expected to close later this afternoon. Last night, the queens eight grandchildren, led by Princes William and harry, stood vigil around her coffin. Its the First Time Ever that the grandchildren of a monarch have taken part in the ceremony. And the us president , joe biden, arrived yesterday, as World Leaders continue to arrive in london for tomorrows funeral. James lendel reports. The funeral may be tomorrow but World Leaders are gathering already. The us President Joe Biden and his wife touched down late last night. One of more than 500 foreign dignitaries assembling to pay their respects to a woman in the world knew as
here, it really does. the accessible queue has now closed, and there s a warning the general queue will shut well before the funeral service. the line currently stretches back five miles. next week, the queen s coffin will be transferred to westminster abbey for herfuneral, led by the dean of westminster. right at the heart of this is a family funeral, we mustn t forget that. deeply personal and a very, very difficult thing for a family to navigate. but this is also a celebration of a quite extraordinary life. this evening, the queen s eight grandchildren, including princes william and harry, will hold a vigil by their grandmother s coffin. also on the programme. ukraine says more western weaponry is needed to beat the russians, as bodies are recovered from a mass burial site, newly liberated in north eastern ukraine. hundreds protest outside new scotland yard over the shooting dead of 24 year old chris kaba. and football pays tribute to the queen in the first full weekend of
the warning from new york city s mayor. but the republican governors behind it who say the biden administration must deal with this issue. mary bruce at the white house. overseas tonight, the meeting with vladimir putin and china s president xi. and putin s eye-opening acknowledgement, that china has questions and concerns about russia s invasion of ukraine. and tonight, our team inside ukraine, what they witnessed. the dead russian soldiers left behind by the russians. tom soufi burridge in ukraine. back here at home tonight, and the disturbing case. a doctor accused of tampering with iv bags. authorities say a fellow doctor dying and several patients suffering cardiac emergencies. the nationwide railway strike averted tonight. the early morning call from president biden during the talks. and what the workers will now get. the unexpected explosion during an fbi training exercise. at least five people hurt tonight. tennis great roger federer retiring. his new messag