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 morning. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather so things are fairly settled. sunny spells, just a few showers, warm it tomorrow and an increased chance of rain for friday. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 30th of august. the united nations will lead a global appeal today to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. our reporter sean dilley has the latest details. in some parts of pakistan, it s been relentless. more than 33 million people have been affected by flooding in the country s heaviest rain for more than a decade. this year s monsoon season has claimed well over 1,100 lives since june. more than 3,500 kilo
king charles has been meeting political leaders, including from the republican party sinn fein, and also paid tribute again to his mother. my mother. my mother felt deeply, i know, mother. my motherfelt deeply, i know, the significance of the role she herself played in bringing together those whom history had separated. as ukrainian forces continue to liberate part of their country, a special report from inside a police station that russian forces are said to have used to torture people. and france loses a national treasure. the influentialfilm director jean luc godard has died at the age of 91. stay with us on bbc news, when we will bring you continuing coverage of events and analysis from our team of events and analysis from our team of correspondence in the uk and around the world. good evening. the queen s coffin has arrived at buckingham palace. it was flown from edinburgh airport this afternoon landing at raf northolt west of london this evening, accompanied all the way
and at how the pandemic has this cohort of 18 year olds. also on the programme. the killing of 87 year old thomas o halloran, who was stabbed on his mobility scooter in west london a man is arrested. another rail strike leaves only one in five trains running with widespread disruption for passengers. and divers say they struck gold off the isles of scilly when they found the us warship which sank during world war i. and coming up on the bbc news channel. south africa take a lead in the first test as engalnd desperately try to limit their advantage on day two at lord s. good afternoon. there s been delight but also disappointment on results day for hundreds of thousands of teenagers across england, wales and northern ireland who ve had their studies severely disrupted by the pandemic. almost 850,000 a levels were taken this year and the proportion of top grades fell compared with the last two years, although they are still higher than before the pandemic. these pupils w