as he meets president xijinping for the first time since the invasion. and one of the all time tennis greats, roger federer, announces his retirement. welcome to the programme. with shaun ley in westminster and me, ros atkins, in the bbc news room. tens of thousands of people are waiting for their turn to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii at westminster hall where she is lying in state. these are live pictures from westminster, where the queue is currently stretching over some five km. some people have waited for more than eight hours to get here, inside westminster hall, where the closed coffin is being guarded by soldiers from units that serve the royal household. that process will continue, 2a hours a day, until monday morning at 6.30am. for the latest, we can nowjoin shaun ley in westminster. hello and thank you very much. hello to all of you watching, whether you re in the uk or around the world. here in westminster is the opportunity for members of the public, as
90, johnson to strike deal. here we go, there we go! they have managed to put it up. key point is that, if he does get through to a vote with rishi sunak, borisjohnson would be the favourite for tory party members even though i think some 20,000 of them don t have e mail addresses so they number would be reduced, because it is an online ballot. the mind boggles because it is an online ballot. he: mind boggles as because it is an online ballot. inez mind boggles as to because it is an online ballot. ins: mind boggles as to how because it is an online ballot. ii9 mind boggles as to how they are going to organise the next week if it is the two of them as the front runners on monday, how they will organise, because the 1922 committee are saying that everybody will get their vote but a 20,000 of them are not online that is going to be very tricky, and there are security concerns and things like that. the sunday telegraph, effectively, the headline is a bit of a tease because it
the king along with his sons, prince william and prince harry will walk behind the carriage and the procession will arrive at westminster hall at 3:00pm. the hall will then be open to the public from 5:00pm and we re expecting around 400,000 people to file past her majesty as she lies in state for four days. we ll be speaking live shortly to our reporters at buckingham palace, and with those people who are waiting to pay their respects to the queen. first, let s hearfrom danjohnson, who was at buckingham palace last night to witness the queen s final return. cheering and applause a cheering crowd in the capital city. this has been the focus of much of the nation s grief, and it is buckingham palace more than anywhere which is so closely associated with the queen. for so long her place of work, and her official home. her coffin arrived at 8:00 last night, ending the journey from scotland. in pouring rain, on a dark night, people were determined to give her a welcome. we fe
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldn t lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didn t get enough support and were eliminated. the next round will take place tomorrow. from westminster, here s our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister. determining who might be our next prime minister. a, ., ~ ,, ., ~ prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88- sunni liz prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss, prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss,