hello, i'm adrian said again. welcome to al jazeera, special coverage of the state funeral of queen elizabeth the 2nd, coming up in the next 60 minutes preparations well underway for the state funeral of queen elizabeth. the 1st such ceremony in the u. k. in more than 5 decades. the last mourners of file past the monarchs, coffin thousands of paid their respects, standing in a long queue and braving the cold. it will be very sad. yeah. very sad. it. yeah, she just been amazing. 70 is like 57 and it is all i ever know. it's all a lot of people have ever known. world leaders are in london for the state funeral, posing a big security challenge for the police at a carnation bloom and turkey. how the queen's passing has seen a rise and demand for the flower, which some cultures see as a symbol of morning. ah, ah, it is just out of 700 alice g m t h. i am in london and a few hours from now. the world will turn a page in history, as it says farewell to queen elizabeth the 2nd, the british monarchs 70 year reign, witness the fall of imperialism of the rise of democracies at its beginning saw the dawn of mass media making the queen's coronation, one of the 1st global television events, her funeral may well be one of the most watched ever. these live pictures from london, where as we say, our preparations a well underway for the queen's funeral. that's buckingham palace, of course, on the mall. and look at the number of police that are standing there. lighting up the, the roof of the queen's coffin will pass along the mile a little after the funeral services ended. will thousands of people from all over the world have braved the cold and stood in that queue to pay their last respects since her death it to be very emotional. and i hope i hope i won't cry, but you'll be streaming painful to know that that will be 8. that will be the end that to come in at the end of an era left to make the effort to come down and jest be cold. her be tired and i'm sure she put enough effort her into the job she done, and i feel we've lost part with last part of our country. in some respect, world leaders have descended on the british capital to pay tribute to a woman who president joe biden, described as living her life for the people she served with grace and wisdom. a que has now ended the gates of westminster hall have closed, and preparations have begun for the queen's final journey. let's make you live now to westminster abbey, where the funeral will take place a little later. i'll just hear as jonah hall is that jonah said the same for us. well, adrian, there is an extraordinary sense of calm, of quiet all moment, and anticipation here in westminster and in front of westminster abbey, behind me, this area has become a sort of fortress of fencing of crowd barriers, of security list, lots and lots of policing military in evidence in support as well, and regimental gaz, practicing up and down on the concrete of tarmac behind me here. lots of last minute preparation going on. but all of it with us, a calm, quiet efficiency up to a 1000000 people are expected to descend on central london. later they began already many spent the night out at securing precious positions along the ceremonial route. as it will take the queen's coffin from the abbey, later on to wellington arch on its way to windsor in the course, as you say as well. this is expected to be one of the largest state occasions ever in this country, taking place in front of thousands and thousands of world leaders. among them has the state, presidents, prime ministers and royalty representing most of the worlds 195 countries. it is, of course, the culmination of 11 days of national morning since the queen died the thursday before last and it is a period in which we witness so much beginning of course with the queen's coffin being transferred under the royal standard bearing the imperial crown from balmoral, which was her favorite home in the scottish highlands where she died to edinburgh as she lay in states for 2 days. and then on down to london, where she lay in state again in westminster hall not far from where i'm standing in the palace of westminster, before days and 4 nights with hundreds of thousands of people braving the evening cold standing out day and night, 24 hours a day for many, many hours in accuse to file past her coffin. it is a period in which we've witnessed not just the passing of the 2nd elizabeth and era, the began in 1952, but the beginning of a new era for the monarchy on the king charles the 3rd. and he with queen, consort camilla, have completed a tour of the kingdom visiting scotland, northern ireland and wales. but now of course, the focus of doing the final farewell and it will begin just under 3 hours time. the queen's coffee will make its way here to westminster abbey, for the funeral. and already, as i speak, groups of the 2000 strong congregation of preparing to enter the abbey, trying to talk us through how the day will unfold. well, as i say, the funeral will begin at 11 local time, 10 g m t. but about 20 minutes or so before that the queen's coffin will emerge from the palace of westminster, borne on a state gun carriage towed by a 142 sailors of the royal navy. and behind her, the king leading the royal family in steep street. the procession is just a few 100 yards really, but they will enter the abbey here for the service, beginning at 11 local time, conducted by the dean of westminster with a sermon delivered by the archbishop of canterbury. it last about 55 minutes, finishing with the founding of the last post, a 2 minute national silence, and the rendition of the national anthem. of course now god save the king and as the queen's personal piper pipes, a lament coffee will be transferred again to the states gun carriage by the queen's god and begin a st procession through central london taking her along the mouth. all the gods prayed. constitutional hill to wellington auction at wellington arch. she'll be transferred into the state, hers for the roughly 2 hour journey to windsor. where later on this afternoon, there'll be a final committal service at a very private intent of the queen's remains in the family vault alongside her husband prince philip was her mother and her father at saint george's chapel. when odyssey was jonah ho reporting live from westminster abbey in london. jonah for the moment. many thanks. let's bring him at owen's. he's a royal historian, he's joining us now from london. what are your thoughts this morning? good morning. well, clearly, this is the combination of more than 10 days of public events, of spectacle pageantry, where we have witnessed the end of one rain and the beginning of another that says king charles, the 3rd as an oil historian though we keep hearing how historic this, this event is, but is it truly historic? is this something that will go into the history books? well, there have been royal funerals on a, on a similar, similar scale before with similar grandeur, notably the funeral of the others. but the 2nd grandfather, king george, the 5th, was a big national spectacle, a big national send off for a very popular king back in 1936. i think what really distinguishes this moment? 9 in 2022 is the fact that all of this event that is taking place in westminster abbey. for the 1st time we've got a big national ceremony taking place in westminster abbey. that hasn't happened before. and it's all unfolding in front of television audience is now elizabeth. the 2nd really was the tell a visual queen her life horizon was defined by innovations in mass media. it was defined by an increase in exposure in terms of her media image. so i think this is a fitting way for this rang to really to really draw to it's and through today's commemoration, you say she was the, the, the television queen. why do you think so many people right around the world? not just in commonwealth countries will be tuning in to this today. well, she was a global personality. i think because of a new mass media, people became very used to him if she was very visible presence over the last 70 years. i think there's also something else, and that is that we didn't really know much about the woman behind the public image . we didn't know much about her political opinions. we didn't know what she was like really as a, as a mother, as a grandmother or great grandmother, there was a public image and then there was a private individual. and i think the, if there was a great sort of endless fascination about who this individual really was, and that's what really fascinated me to audiences across the world. and i think that's why a lot of people sort of identified with her built sort of an imagined relationship with, with the lives put the 2nd and why they will be tuning in today. and i know you're going to stay with us for a couple of hours. we'll see you a little bit later on. that's ra historian at owens in london. let's bring in the world before we do, let me tell you this. everybody will see a roll call of dignitaries from presidents to royalty, and that's posing an unprecedented security challenge to security agencies in the u . k. police have been working around the clock to make sure that the event will be safe. i'll just hear a war. he challenge reports from london taking his turn with the tide of people that have been flowing past the queen's coffin for days. now, us president joe biden came to pay his respects in london to sign the book of condolence, and to offer his recollections for the much celebrated monarch. she was the same in person this year as her image, decent, unable, and all much service and harsh go out to the royal family. came charles in all the family. it's a loss that leaves a giant hole. and joe biden is, of course, to join hundreds of dignitaries at a funeral. that is an unprecedented challenge for britain's police and security services. the brief is simple, keep everyone safe, but the execution could hardly be more complex. it is the most nightmarish scenario for a security paradigm in the world. it's something that i've never encountered. olivia kita is a security analyst who's looked off the us presidential candidates. we talking about once in a lifetime event, with possibly $500.00 heads of states, kings and queens and v i p coming at the same time at the same place. but then you have on top of the potentially millions of british that are going to be lining up the street. so it's, it's a double one. me nightmarish scenario. not. it's what the british police have got to deal with. more than $10000.00 offices have been deployed potential threats to being checked off suicide, rooftops, anywhere and attack could come from the placid jubilee. the 2012 olympics math and carnival london is no stranger to massive public events. but the cities, matthew collins says nothing compared to the queen's funeral. here, westminster abbey. the biggest policing operation ever is what he's called a former city, a policeman. nicole worth his warning against any alarm as him, though. if you don't hold an event, this don't hold anywhere else in the world of london because london is so well rehearsed at managing instant, managing threats like this. if you look out the window here, you will see thousands of police officers on the street. on sunday evening dignitaries arrived for a reception at buckingham palace hosted by king charles the 3rd an extraordinary gathering of the world presidents, prime ministers, royal's governors, and more. the word unprecedented is so often over used. but at certain times, no other word will do, will reach helen's out his error london. left handed general simon mail is a retired british army officer. he joins us now live from london. good to have with us. i just want to begin with your thoughts on, on this number of security operation and the challenges that it poses. yep. good. well, good morning, adrian, into your, your viewers. it is a huge security challenge, as your correspondence said, quite rightly it's, it's extremely well rehearsed. we have had big occasions before the plans operation, london bridge, which was of course, the op ration initiated on the death of the monic have been in place for, for, for ages in many ways, but threats more for the scale of the public commitment. this is huge, and although you've talked to oversee about the police presence, it's worth noting there'll be a big military presence, backing it up. engineers even so does my own regiment a, there are the special air service inevitably will be, will be there for the background. but again, as you'll corresponds to said you, you, you hope for the best you plan for the worst. but it's, it's a remarkable attribute to all those involved in the planning that we've reached the stage we are. and we are hoping that we will see her majesty seen off in great appropriate style and as a military man, how important is it that so many detachments of the armed forces of not only are the british armed forces, but from the commonwealth to a taking part in today's proceedings, a she was, you also say we are, we're her majesty's armed forces. now his majesty's armed forces, those in canada, new zealand, australia quite clearly here in the united kingdom, our personal allegiance to the monarch. ah. so her loss, ah, and of course the exception of charles charles, the 3rd is something we all feel very, very strongly, personally and institutionally. so it is absolutely appropriate that a centerpiece really of the past into the mon, it will be a very, very high, high profile presence of the military in the ceremonial side. but obviously the military also contributed to the security of the allocation. and he took him at the ceremonial sided and the british military participation within it that, i mean, this is something that is on the student will, it is uniquely british, isn't it? the fact that, that the british armed forces do this sort of thing. so, well, why is that it's in our dna. i think adrian um, it's a 1000 years of monarchical history in this country. the standing army really, from the time of charles, the 2nd of a household division, who of course, are charged with personal protection of the monarch. every regiment and corps has a royal patron ah, the regiment i command in the privilege of commanding the queen's dragoon guards who will be on the streets day. it was the it was the queen mother. when she died, it passed to prince charles. then it now is king charles. ah many regiments have the queen herself. ah! what? where that will happen afterwards. uh who will take the patronage will be, will we will see but this very close. lincoln many, many times. ah, the individual. so just let alone senior general's young officers will personally met the monarch and members of the royal family. and so i think also going back to why 4000000000 people may be tuning in today because nobody does pageantry, state pageantry, like the british. this wonderful thing of this highly progressive, innovative, modern country and yet this wonderful foot back in the past reminding us of our traditions and our glorious history and something that the last 10 days will have proven to, to, for our viewers and people watching around the world. who aren't necessarily that familiar with the, with how britain works politically and institutionally is just how institutionally important the monarchy is input. i think given that as so many of your commentators will, a said, adrian, we haven't known another monic for the vast majority of us than her majesty to see the smooth transition for one. dearly beloved monarch to one very, very well known bonnet, king charles, the 3rd i think is be the hugely educated process about how much the stability of this country depends on, on the monarchy, the queen or the monarch in parliament. ah, and as the queen so movingly said in a, in a speech she gave in 1957 like i cannot command armies, i cannot give laws. i cannot administer you. i can give you something else. i can give you a deep love of the traditions of these old islands, and i think she's done that wonderful. and you see that out poor. now, that absolute connection from people from every walk of life from all over this country and much wide, was your, all your correspondence linked back to this amazing, amazing lady and, and the transfer of calls instantly from the moment she breathed her last to her successor and there was never, not a monarch in this country, even during the time of oliver cromwell and the commonwealth. there was a monic to which up those royalists paid, paid up, paid their. busy loyalty in their tribute, and i think it's it's, it's a, it's a marvelous thing to have beholden jonathan's been really good to talk to you many thanks. indeed for being with us. lieutenant general simon, mail them in london. thank you. oh, queen elizabeth was not only the head of the royal family and the british head of state, she was the head of the commonwealth. a group of $56.00 independent nations, including republics by title, has now passed to king charles. the 3rd. india is the largest of the commonwealth countries. what's called life now to you deli, i'll just eras probably metal is that a delegation from india of me has actually got flown to london to attend to today's funeral. what's the mood there today? the reaction to the kid queens passing have been mixed and tell us a lot about how indian it's people are looking at or rather really looking at history. now officially the government has passed. i. 1 observed a day of morning that was. 2 observed last week and as we speak, president lu more is in london for the funeral, but the rather muted reactions from the public money tell us how india and it's relation with its former ruler has evolved over the last few years. now, india was a british colony when nearly 200 years. and many of those symbols have survived, especially the buildings in a were in an area called cannot please. this is an important shopping and business district. it was named after a former you designed and built your british era. but 30 years ago it was renamed off to a former indian prime minister. in fact, his entire stretch in central new jelly, which is where the administrative capital of india is. so that's where the president lives, that's where the parliament is. there have been concerted efforts over the last few years to rename some of those streets, rename some of those buildings, reconstruct some of those buildings, and even replace some of those statues. now, queen elizabeth the 2nd boston has also re ignited some or debate about colonial rule. the debate about reparations. and also the psychological and economic damage . colonialism has done to countries like india. but how many do people there in india feel about? queen elizabeth the 2nd and the british monarchy, and general no queen elizabeth, during a became or the morlocks. shortly after india gained independence, and during her reign she visited india. 3 times, those visits were well received. the most significant off her visits was the one in 1997 that it was significant for various reasons. one, it was when india was celebrating 50 years since independence. the other reason is that up during her visit, the queen acknowledge one of the most painful chapters in colonial history that julian while about massacre in 1919 british troops opened fire at a peaceful protest in northern india. british authorities estimated about 300 to 400 people were killed, but indian authorities believe the death toll was in fact in houses. you know, the fact that you went to the side and she acknowledged it. many people saw this as close to an apology that india would receive. now that she has passed their ha, there are memories off those events. but people are now focused on celebrating lives of freedom fighters of people who got injured that independence and i. and again, you know, replacing some of those statues and reclaiming some of that now to while acknowledging that she is a global sort of celebrity for many people who has now passed out a serious problem at all. reporting live there from new delhi for the moment. 2 of the many thanks and deep but head to another commonwealth country, australia, which sure to credit public holiday on thursdays, america or queen elizabeth. so deaf sarah clark joined her son lives from city. what's the route there, sarah? well, it is huge. respect here in australia, for the queen and of the last tennis or dies, we've seen up people morning, millions of people showing owed paying tribute to the claim. but of course that's not turned out to celebrating the queen and her commitments to australia. her 1st visit to australia was back in 1954, not long after her coronation. it was during that $58.00 day trip that she visited, $68.00 towns and cities around the country and during her 70 year reign, she might 16 trips to australia. she met with 16 prime ministers and she went to every single style in territory in any one who knows. a strategy knows that's an epic commitment in itself to make it to every style and territory. and on that 1st trip, a back in 1954, about 75 percent of the population at turned out on the straits to, to get a glimpse of the queen size. there was mutual aberration for, for the quaint from australia in 2002 a to she declared her respect and admiration from australia. she said that a fiction was constant. sure and true. and i should note that there's a special little story that's going round in australia, particularly sydney. she had a great adoration for this city. she's written, written a secret letter that she composed back in 1986. and this was when the restoration of a beautiful building here, the queen victoria building, which was named off to her great, great grandmother. she wrote this letter, this letters not allowed to be opened until 2085, and that letter it's been stored in one of the dimes in a vault and that copy doesn't mention till 2085. so i little story about the mutual admiration between australia and the claim. i'm 0. sarah clark reporting lives from sidney. sir many thanks. south africa is another commonwealth member on the zeros hold him a toss up as lives rational in johannesburg. how, what legacy does quinlan look the 2nd live in south africa? how people there reactor tough? well the mood here is generally low key. some people are morning the queen, they are watching the funeral late tv said. but generally people are going about their business. they're going to work and somebody could be because the complicated legacy of britain has with africa by those who are fascinated by her. remember the time when she came to south africa, 1947 with a family she toward parts of the country. she promised that she will live her life in service of a people or people in the commonwealth when she was here, it was a time during a party when there was segregation when black africans are treated a 2nd cost citizens in south africa. some historians say she was very keenly aware of this, and throughout her years, she tried to speak out quietly and privately about how black people were being mistreated in south africa. people ought to talk about her ladyship with the 1st black president. after that, the nelson mandela is there, she had a close relationship with them. she talked with him a lot, and she was very, very fond of him. years later, of course, a part of ends in 1994 britain's last a very strong relationship with saw that ford and other parts of africa and in south africa in particular. the relationship now is war about age, trade and diplomacy, african leaders. so that's going general snow that they have other options such as china, india and russia, britain, other western countries. i very much aware of this. they're trying to cultivate a relationship with africa, not everybody's on a more equal footing. that seems to be the sentiment now, but generally for those who are morning, the queen, they are watching the funeral, paying their respects and saying they go, vice of zeros, horrible thrust reporting live from johannesburg. how many times the solid turkish city of antalya is at the heart of the nations flower producing region. it's workers caution, prepare mainly combinations to be sent abroad to countries like the united kingdom . and since the death of queen elizabeth demand has increased, shouldn't crush yearly report style from antonio. for some cultures carnation symbolized death and morning. these woman entered his southern coastal city of antalya, had been working long hours to sell these flowers to the case in time for queen elizabeth funeral next week. and the fact that such a chill ever has been exporting flowers to the u. k. envoy netherlands for nearly 30 years. he says extra orders began pouring in immediately after the queen's death was announced earlier this month. because they only came between september 9 and 12 . our orders more than tripled when compared to the same period last year was completed. they didn't carnations are useless, calculated after october in antalya, but to keep up with the higher demand local growers, how had to bring in stop from a different region to be cut and packaged here. hey miss i. if i didn't realize we had to increase our weekly production capacity with extra hours of work, our employees have been extremely busy over the last few days. is to help us with lower growers who are in short supply. anticipate the demand during the morning period will last until the end of the month. the number of women working in the flower depart to cuts. carnations has more than doubled in preparation for queen elizabeth funeral on monday. turkey is not a big player in international flower market, but my company is here in antalya, have made efforts to increase production. and that's likely to help workers like these. many of these workers have had to put in all the time, but they do not complain. oh there it is. oh my god. on dick, i learned about the queen's death from the news. my heartfelt condolences, the other day mrs. engineer told us that i lost orders were far funeral. i'll tell the shooter. the forwards are usually sent to the u. k. by length, which could take nearly 4 days, but more than one and a half 1000000 carnations are expected to be sent by air from antalya by the end of the month. the candidate if given its emotional, but also happy to think that these coordinations, we cut with our hands here will be sent to the funeral. someone like the queen of england. thank you. we've carnations will be used to pay tribute not only by british well wishers, but also by these turkish workers to the u. case, longest waning monarch, and a towering presence on the world stage for 70 years. sina casala, elders here, antalya still to come here on out to sarah our coverage of a funeral of queen elizabeth. the 2nd continues as the world prepares to bid a final farewell added other use. millions without power and puerto rico as the territory gets hammered by hurricane fiona. ah, hello, we have more heavy downpours across eastern parts of europe. this is the mass of cloud that brought the heavy rain through italy, the balkans. now pushing up across you crate into russia, there's an area of low pressure, high pressure over towards the west, keeping things settled and quiet, at least for ireland, northern or losing a little more cloud that clouds sliding down the irish sea into northern parts of england. pushing down towards the southeast and with that cloud around at least it makes for a relatively, with a less chilly start to the day on a monday charge of one or 2 showers associated with that bank of cloud. it looks cloudy, but fine for the queen's funeral. on monday afternoon temperatures of around 18 celsius, that brisk wind just nutting a little further east, was driving showers down across the low countries into germany, pushing a little further eastwards. and there's that wet weather over towards belarus towards russia, which will make its way further east, which as we go on through were tuesday. lassie drive for good part of england, wales much of scotland as we go on through tuesday with a chance of wanted to shout into northern ireland. allan should be fine and try shower. sarah, co, spain and portugal, and one or 2 showers to just creeping into northern parts of america. much of north africa is try and fight, but heavy showers right across the gulf of guinea. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, al jazeera, with blue cross him across britain's king exceeds to the throne, at a time of economic hardship. we'll take a look at how much the monarchy cost is trade a solution for africa battle against a planet change. employ quitting at the latest workplace twin. what is it? counting the cost on al jazeera. ah, ah, elegant is good to have you with us. adrian said again with you here in doha, on al jazeera, let's remind you of the main news, the gates of westminster hall in london. what queen elizabeth has been lying in state and our closed hundreds of thousands of mourners waited in the que some for around 24 hours to pay their respects to the late bulk won't let us have descended upon the british capital to pay their tributes to queen elizabeth, dozens of prime ministers, presidents, kings, queens and other dignitaries, set to attend the state funeral in the coming, alice and final preparations are underway at westminster abbey fall queen elizabeth's funeral. the abby's doors on our open guests have begun to arrive. 2000 people are expected to attempt let's move to some other news now. stories making the headlines around the world more than a 1000000 people without power in the u. s. territory of puerto rico. after the island was hit by hurricane fiona, president biden has declared an emergency in the territory, which is still rebuilding after hurricane maria. 5 years ago. she had returns, he reports the 3rd hurricane of the atlantic season. fiona made landfill on the south western coast of the main island of puerto rico, mid afternoon. local time on sunday. over half a meter of rain was expected to full ball and i went down to the entire island, experiencing large accumulations of rain. multiple cases of severe damage had been reported in many towns on the island, such as fallen trees and power lines, as well as landslides. roadblock and the collapse of a bridge in toronto. the government says 125 shelters have been opened across the territory. a k were here because the house has in a flood zone and it's not in the very good condition. i'm worried because it's an old house and it needs repairs. let's see what happens if the power outage is began even before it made lam full until the entire grid was an old town. the grid has been particularly fragile since hurricane maria, struggle to rico almost 5 years to the day academy for storm devastated territory, leaving much of it without power. many of the thousands of depth blamed on the hurricane are attributed to the lack of electricity that last 2 months, that a much weaker category one storm could wipe out the entire grid. 5 years later is more prove, along with the regular blackouts. but the system has not been fixed. i don't know. so any, any one will be, how long are we going to be without electricity then of the governors press conference, the issue was repeatedly brought up and all that a me m t c. people may expect by anticipation is that this is not going to resemble but hurricane maria was. our response will be much more agile, faster and better coordinated. but it remains to be seen how long will take us to re power the entire system. and this will be phased in gradually into the governor and u. s. federal authorities privatize the electricity supply last year despite widespread opposition. bill immediately went up, but residents were sure the new energy could swiftly deal with a hurricane. will now be put to the test. she every time see al jazeera and millions of people in southern japan have been told to leave homes as typhoon. none at all. maitland fall on sunday. depends whether agency has wandered unprecedented strong winds. high waves at the risk of lands lives. tens of thousands of firms on the islands you should have been left without expecting to move north, bringing heavy rain to the bay line of the phone. sure. i'll just see where the bride is. monitoring the situation from so much of the southern parts of japan in particular are under some type of alert or warning. as none, the dell has thundered ashore over the weekend. it is now making its way and northwards up along the jap, japanese island chain. in particular, well before it even arrived in q u, a made landfill over the weekend, people were being warned and vulnerable areas, in homes that were more exposed, that they had to seek shelter in the stronger places of refuge. and that order was given to literally millions of people in q u, in particular, this is the island in the south of japan, which bore the brunt of the of this typhoon. coming ashore. in the coming days, the typhoon is going to change direction is going to be working northwards, basically up along the whole length of japan. so very little parts of japan will escape the effects of this typhoon. as it moves a will be dropping less rain. the winds will mitigate some water. it'll also be picking up speed to be moving quicker, so it has less time to do damage overland. but part of the problem with this type of food, it has been so slow moving that full, basically much of the weekend. it has been dumping huge amounts of rain on the island, a key issue, one prefecture reporting, 900 millimeters of re a since saturday. now all of this is likely to cause damage landslide. this is a mountainous area. we do know there have been reports already of a some, a casualties here as how speaker nancy pelosi has pledged support for our media. after an outbreak of violence on the border with as a by young. she was speaking on a visit to the armenian capital yacht of an. the 2 neighboring states have been in conflict for decades over the disputed region of nagondo camelback of 0 study chang reports. now from arminius capital, yellow van, ah. alongside her armenian counterpart, nancy pelosi paying her respect to the genocide memorial. the speaker of the house of representatives appeared moved. but the message was clear. the united states as standing firmly alongside armenia in its time of need. later in the day, after meetings in the national assembly, she was equally resolute and meeting again. that hadn't been particular importance to us because of the focus on security following the illegal and deadly attacks. and as a, by the, as of a young man, only a mean a territory, we strongly condemn those attacks. lee in our delegation on behalf of congress, which threatens prospects, are much ne piece agreement. but pelosi wouldn't be drawn on how the u. s. might contribute to the peace process we were here to listen to. i mean is security need? she said, but conceded the russia had broken the c spar that's currently in place on the streets of the capitol. protest has called for an end to the russian broke a peace process under the collective security treaty organization, or c, s t o. we have an alliance with russia, which is not protecting us. and we are added that end. we are like hostages in our own country, but our mean is in europe and that is it. we are a european country. can you hear people shouting out of c, a, c, l, out of c, a, c, l, a pulling out of the company's written many more agrees. it's not, you know, those need, he was guessing what he's using. no one knows the design while everyone wants american support. no one can agree on how that my work in practice i just did . and here on the border talk of peace seems very far away. the recent outbreak of fighting has left these villages deserted. after farmers pled the shelling that hit their homes and the military moved in his boss hing the fact is that at this moment other by johnny's targeting civilians and the recent and of the quick response from the international community yet, which is not good. in the vast grass lands and hills on the border, the pathway to a permanent piece remains elusive and out of sight. tony chang al jazeera european era secretary of state antony blinkin, as spoken with as a by john's president and urged him to maintain the cease fire. agreed with our media as by john condemned nancy pelosi for comments on the board of conflict with our media, calling them a serious blow to peace efforts. it's foreign ministry described policy as a known pro armenian politician and branded her remarks as unsubstantiated or unfair odyssey was char stratford rapport style from the town of shoe shop, which was retaken by azerbaijan in the war with armenia in 2020 the town. you can see behind me in the valley, there is what the armenians calls their panic. killed the ass aries, give it another name. they call it a con ken dees, the perma kurt is calling to the air is occupied illegally by the armenians. this is very much a front line in the self declared republic of no gore, no kero back a republic that not a single country, not even armenia recognizes. now this particular area, as every forces took back control of it in 2020 after what they describe is it being occupied by armenians for 30 years. interestingly, oscar the camera man. if you could pull down and have a look at the road down here, this road is called the latch in corridor. it is the only road that connects the panic, pert with the border of armenia, and it is regularly a flash point. it is sir, policed by russian peacekeepers in the last 1020 minutes or so. we've seen what we understand is armenian military moving along. it. people here tell us that there are regular skirmishes. heard in the surrounding hills between what they say could well be power, military armenian power, paramilitary groups, and, and, and as airy fighters here as airy military here. but we've also seen in this town at the town of sasha some incredible rebuilding that's been going on in the last couple of years. the r, as air is very keen to begin reconstruction, they are being very successful and very quick in rebuilding roads, hotels renovating mosques. the church here as well. and there is a huge infrastructure push going on here. russia has intensified it strikes on ukrainian civilian infrastructure over the past week following sent back on the battlefield on. according to the british defense ministry, ukraine recently recaptured a large swathe of the northeastern khaki region. special trains are running for residence of ballard, clear the want to return home falling 6 months of russian occupation. acquitted numbers, clues on it's as if where and to noble nature has taken over you. no one did anything for half a year. nobody trimmed the grass and bushes. bill everything is overgrown. there's a process just looks good from your sources. it's scary. i'm still scared of being here. i've still kept this feeling that any moment a shell could explode to an airplane. could fly. eva, i'm still scared to be her. the russian army wants to recruit contract soldiers to fight in ukraine. mobil trucks have been sent out in different parts of russia to attract volunteers. that being offered nearly $3000.00 a month, that's almost 3 times the national average wage. since childhood, i've been attracted to serving in the army. i'm a musician and graduated from our college. now i'm planning to join the russian armed forces on a contract. i would love to serve in the airborne sheets, and i hope everything will work out. my parents bought me up since childhood to love my homeland, to protect the russian world. i believe the power is with us. egypt has released the al jazeera journalist, offered all nasty. he was detained in august 2020 while visiting his family and was held without trial since then. nasty was accused of membership of a band group and of spreading false information. he denied those charges and alters here a media network has called for his release, 3 of his colleagues, hisham abdul aziz bodine abraham and robert, i'll shake a still details in egypt also without trial or charge. well here is offered. oh, nasty speaking shortly after his release. luckily she, thanks to god light this afternoon. the jello authorities came to me and asked me to get ready to leave. i did not know where i was going. after that, several officers and security men arrived and now a tense. i was surprised to see myself outside the whole building and an officer told me you are now free and you can do whatever you want. i was overwhelmingly happy at that moment, suddenly to ease of gyal ended. this achievement took place because of many supporters ungrateful to ours here and at work and his efforts. and to all of my colleagues, i'm also grateful to those who supported me inside it shipped and sympathized with me. ah, that's return. now to the main news this year, the gates of westminster abbey have opened to guests attending the funeral of queen elizabeth the 2nd to do to get her on the way and a little over 2 hours from now. the cue to visit the queens lying in state ended a few hours ago. around 300000 people waited in line to pay their respects. hundreds of world leaders have arrived in london to attend the funeral. it will be one of the largest gatherings of heads of states, the u. k. has posted. let's bring in once again at owens. he's a royal historian. he joins now live from london as we say. people now beginning to take their places inside westminster abbey. tell us something about the abbey itself and, and the significance of it here today. well, adrian, really, in the 20th century, the westminster abbey became if you like the, the ceremonial center point of the modern british nation as we know it, it was the place where the royal weddings were staged on a, on a grand, more spectacular scale. and of course, it has been for almost a signs, and he is the sight of british carnations of when kings and queens have been crowned throughout the years. it has this sacred significance. but what's changed in the last 150 is that it has become, if you like, a space, a public gathering where ordinary people representatives, if you like, of the british public, have gathered to, to pay homage to attend. royal big, big events like this one, really an acknowledgement of the centrality that the monarchy continues to play in a life of the nation. as a historian, what will you be looking out for in particular today? it will be interesting to see the composition of the, of the, the people that have gathered that have been invited to the, to the westminster abbey today. that's partly because we'd like to seize representatives from charities who are on the receiving end of royal patronage. other key figures from, from, from civil society but also the parts of the spiritual community. i think this event will say a lot about both the people that elizabeth the 2nd to reach out to, but also those people who the new king charles the 3rd is also interested in, in engaging with as well. so it'll be interesting to see who's in the abbey itself . as we've heard, there are going to be significant number of foreign dignitaries, possibly numbering, as many as 500. this is the 1st time since the coronation and $953.00 that we've had such an eclectic mix of, of crime heads. the state members of royal families, ambassadors diplomats, presidents, prime ministers from all over the world congregating in london. so that's going to be really interesting and of course, i suppose finally, i'm also interested to see how the crowd are going to respond to this. all we, are we going to see a crowd in, in sort of in silent, respectful morning mode, or is it going to be that they want to, to applaud knowledge and celebrate the life of elizabeth the 2nd. so i'm interested in seeing how the crowds respond to and i'll be back with you in just a moment. i just want to get the thoughts of, of left, of generals to sign and mail his with this once again from london. simon general. it's not often we get the chance to speak to a military man such as yourself. i just want to get your personal thoughts on, on today's funeral, how you feel about all of this? i'm very moved. oh, unsurprised. the adrian, both as a patriotic british, a person who's had the queen at the back backdrop of my whole, my whole life and my parents life. i and her also because i served 40 years in her majesty's armed forces and had the great privilege of meeting her majesty on several occasions and other members of the royal family. so i feel very, very strongly emotional. and since the word came out of the queen's death, the week before last, which was very and very much were shocked to so many people around the world. having seen her perform her last constitutional duty with the laying on of hands with the new prime minister. we just simply didn't believe that was coming and i think like a lot of people i felt every so often a sort of pulse, a real personal emotion as well as feeling as i sort of senior officer and amazon forces that, that, that, that, that loss on that says it's, it's a very interesting mix of emotions. i felt i think a lot, lot of your, of your, your other people corresponds with would fill, say, i think you put your finger on it there. i had a grain for 70 years that she is the only monarch that but many of us, whether we're british subjects or not around the world will have ever known. i mean, not the whole world has changed, but she was a symbol of continuity. she stayed the same, she was always there. it is remarkable. and i think king charles ah highlighted how she was an absolute, vast hint of tradition, but a real embrace of innovation as well. and so many of the of so many of the ways we're going to mark her pass, you will have marked it how have acknowledged the world changed dramatically. she embraced that in many ways, but she absolutely reminded us of all of our roots and our heritage. and our, our tradition, which we been terribly fortunate, a country to be able sustain, a threw up of a central 2 centuries. you name it, of of real term orland tumult around the world and huge change. susana general, we will be back with you again in the coming hours for the moment, but he's actually left on a general simon mail will as queen elizabeth the 2nd is laid to rest today. stephanie deca. let's take a look back at a decades of large scale fuels from politicians. true religious figures to icons ah trouble loving the sovereign king george the 6th, the last 8 funeral of a british monarch was in 1952 king george the 6th. the father and predecessor of the late queen was lay to rest as the british empire was starting to decline ah, 4 years earlier after opposing colonial rule and being instrumental in india, gaining its independence from britain. mahatma gandhi had been assassinated, his killing plunged his nation into morning, around 2000000, watched his ashes being scattered over the river ganges, and 2 more political assassinations. just 5 years apart, the funeral of u. s. president john f kennedy was broadcast and millions on t v. as the visual medium was starting to gain momentum. and in 1968 civil rights leader, martin luther king. not a state funeral, but considered just as significant by many. elena millions for the funeral of president of mass grief for politicians to unprecedented scenes in cairo where millions turned out to mourn egypt. second president seen as anti colonialist, a national hero. gammel. abdul nah said. the year was 970 in 1000. 89 millions to came out in iran to bid farewell to ayatollah hominy. the crowd highly emotional, a chaotic display of grief. and princess diana, the people's princesses, she was known, killed in a car crash in 1997. her 2 young sons walking behind her coffin in full public view . few who watch that day have forgotten these images. the funeral of pope john paul the 2nd in 2005 not only drew about a 1000000 faithful, but also more than 200 heads of state government in royalty, kings, queens presidents and prime ministers. 6 years later, the state funeral of kim jong il carefully choreographed and controlled the death of nelson mandela in 2013 was mourned by millions worldwide. after spending nearly 3 decades in prison for demanding equality and fighting south africa's apartheid system, the country's 1st black president was buried in his rural home village of colonel. the most recent rural funeral, a much smaller affair than queen elizabeth with just 30 guests that of her husband . prince philip died last april at the age of 99. many say the queen never recovered from losing her life partner the body of prince philip will be lay to rest next to his queen once the funeral is over. on monday, the 1st time in history, the funeral of a british sovereign will be televised live around the world. stephanie decker, i'll g 0. let's bring it once again. and owen's royal historian, she, he is with us sir. live in our london studio. ed, as, as we, we heard there among all of the other fuels as far as the british funerals. a concert we haven't had a, a state funeral like this. and since, since the funeral of, of winston churchill, although the have been big funerals as we are the for a princess ira or the queen mother and angel for, for prince philip. but it doesn't happen very often. and so that the people who are taking part in a ceremony like this won't have taken part at all over certain, in previous ceremonies of this scale. and yet everything appears to go off to a tea every time. how. how does this happen? incredible preparation goes into all of these events that his is absolutely key in terms of planning and, and in terms of execution, as we know, this is a massive operation that's currently unfolding in central london. i'm struck just just watching those, those scenes that we've seen of the various other funerals and as you, as you refer back to the various other british state funerals. 6 and other big funerals that we've had over the last 50 or so years. these are events that if you like, enable us to reflect on the life of the individual who is being commemorated and celebrated. they are also key events where certainly in the case of the state funeral today, modern british nationhood is made visible, they are innately a statement of what matters to the, to the modern nation. what we're going to see today is a lot of emphasis on ritual pageantry. and emphasis on the historic nature of the monarchy. that's going to be great emphasis on, on the military and their role in the procession procession, as well as call as of course, the church of england is going to play a central role. so there is, there's a lot of emphasis here on the things that mass to modern britain. now, it's not just about celebrating commemorating the life that has gone. it's also about making a statement about what britain means today. ok, and i've got about 45 seconds here before we have to go, but i just want to get your thoughts on the phenomenon that was the q. why did so many people feel they wanted to line up in order to pay their respects to queen elizabeth the 2nd while people have been doing this since 1910 since the lying in state of a monarch was re introduced by the, by the queen's great grandfather ed with the 7th. it's an opportunity for the people to rally around the monarch at one last time to to unite if you like. lots of different social classes, people from different backgrounds coming together to be in close, intimate contact with the sovereign for a final time it. so it's all about trying to, to project an image of the popular a monarchy of to day. many thanks. did once again will speak to you again? ah, very shortly, i'm not sure that sir. well historian at owens, let's show you the scene, then live from westminster abbey in london, where the funeral of queen elizabeth the 2nd is to to get underway in just a little over 2 hours from now. our coverage continues here on al jazeera in just a few moments easily though. the right wing policy for tele d'italia is ahead in the polls. could a decisive victory overcome the gridlock that has stifled recent government. and what are the wider ramifications of the e u. anita? stay without his era for the latest update and in depth analysis. i care about how the u. s. engaging with the roof of the world. we're really interested in taking you in to a place you might not visit otherwise and feel that you were there a final farewell after days of ceremony, an emotional tribute. when elizabeth, the 2nd will be laid to rest at windsor castle. as long as it's raining, monica will be buried next to her husband, prince philip, her parents and her sister as leaders from all over 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