writing in a brief statement the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon, her summer home in scotland. what comes next as a meticulously planned national memorializing of the queen which was reportedly set in motion with four code words, london bridge is down. and charles iii will deliver a televised address to the united kingdom tonight. and to protect the succession of the church, the saint james palace, ever since james i in 1714. the queens body will be transported back to buckingham palace, for a small funeral procession with government officials and including the united kingdom s new prime minister liz truss sworn in just this week. in the final act of the public duty of the queen. the queen s body is expected to stay there until tuesday before moved to westminster palace where members of the public will be able to pay their respects. simultaneous lick, simultaneously king charles will tour the country before burying his mother. lond-based breaking news rep
hearings, the supreme court overturning roe v. wade, the fbi raiding the home of a former president, and everything in between. 2022 has been incredibly consequential for american politics a year that has left us with a lot of questions about the future of our country, our democracy, our rights as human beings and about whether you have more of those rights if, say, you are a former president or fewer if you have a uterus and live in a red state. well, 2023 may be the yorear we get answers. we will learn who will be running for president in 2024 and who, if any, in the republican party will stand up to donald trump. though maybe don t hold your breath on that one speaking of which, we could find out if the twicism impe disgrac former president will be held accountable in a laundry list of investigations that he is under. the new year will also present the biden administration with new challenges as the president for the first time will be faced with a split congress. democrat
a new climate report says temperatures in europe have been going up by more than twice the global average. with the us midterm elections fast approaching president biden says democracy itself is on the line. # when i wake up early in the morning. and still fab after all these years a long awaited report is released today into the response of the emergency services to the bomb attack at the manchester arena five years ago. the report is expected to make serious criticisms of the police, ambulance, and fire services. one of the firefighters has told the bbc the response had been embarassing and shameful . judith moritz has been talking to a man who tried repeatedly to save the life of 28 year old john atkinson whose family say he was badly let down by the emergency services. siren wails in the aftermath of the explosion at manchester arena, sirens screeched towards the scene. but the police were in disarray, paramedics mostly stayed out of the blast area, and the fire