in the commonwealth, and all over the globe, bringing you the regalia, processions and ancient rituals. we ll have all that and more, including the crowning moment itself later today at westminster abbey. these are pictures from inside the venue and how it will look for the grand ceremony. you can see the ornate chairs taking centre stage there, on top of the mediaeval mosaic floor of the church. crowds have been camping out ahead of the big day. they were treated to a surprise visit by king charles, the prince and the princess of wales. charles went to one side of the mall while william and kate went to the other. many continued to camp out despite the london rain, to save a spot on the procession route. let s go live now to bbc correspondent louisa pilbeam at the mall in london. we thought at 2am that a lot of people would be sleeping and getting rest but there seems to be a lot happening around you. yeah, it s sort of a party atmosphere, but a little bit muted because some
morning we will hear what she meant around the globe after seven decades and seven days of sights and sounds that will echo on the. choir sings. this morning. we ll be joined by two prime ministers new zealand s jacinda ardern. and by the prime minister of bangladesh, sheikh hasina. reflecting on his role in the proceedings and on the ongoing war in ukraine, the chief of the defence staff, sir tony radakin. and i ve been speaking to a man who knew her majesty the queen and the new king charles iii well former secretary of state now the united states climate envoy, john kerry. we re live on bbc one and on the bbc around the world this morning. with me at the desk for the next hour, john sentamu, the former archbishop of york, who s been involved in the long planning for the state funeral. victoria newton, the editor in chief of the sun newspaper. and lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house of commons, who s presided over much of this week s extraordinary ceremony in westm
War, because, erm, the democracies seem to be able to get together to form a meaningful deterrence, so whenever there is invasion contemplated. So if we deal with the matter very carefully, theres still a great possibility for us to maintain peace as we all need. Cheering. Tsais predecessor, president ma ying jeou, had tried to negotiate with china, even holding a meeting with president xi jinping in singapore. Tsais strategy has been completely different. Instead of trying to conciliate china, shes built up taiwans own defences. Nearly doubling spending, buying new fighterjets and developing taiwans first indigenous submarines. Today, the lion dance is to celebrate the opening of a new Special Forces Training Base on the outskirts of taipei. Another tangible example of where this new Military Spending is going. So i guess for president tsai, this is a sort of demonstration of what shes been trying to achieve in Defence Policy over the last eight years, because, you know, part of her b
A definitive plan because, you know, the world is changing, the situation in china is changing, but the world is very different now, especially after ukrainian war, because, erm, the democracies seem to be able to get together to form a meaningful deterrence, so whenever there is invasion contemplated. So if we deal with the matter very carefully, theres still a great possibility for us to maintain peace as we all need. Cheering tsais predecessor, president ma ying jeou, cheering tsais predecessor, president ma ying jeou, had tried to negotiate with china, even holding a meeting with president xi jinping in singapore. Tsais strategy has been completely different. Instead of trying to conciliate china, shes built up taiwans own defences. Nearly doubling spending, buying new fighterjets and developing taiwans first indigenous submarines. Today, the lion dance is to celebrate the opening of a new Special Forces Training Base on the outskirts of taipei. Another tangible example of where th
in myanmar, hundreds of protestors are trapped by security forces in yangon, the un says, it s deeply concerned for their fate. a moment of reconciliation, though, as one catholic nun joined demonstrators and praised with police. the trial of the former policeman accused of killing george floyd, how do you find an un biased jury? and the schoolgirl left for dead by the taliban who went on to win a nobel prize talks to bbc news about her multi million pound television deal. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. britain s royal family and its advisors are reeling from a list of damaging allegations, made by the duke and duchess of sussex in their interview with oprah winfrey. meghan said that she considered taking her own life, and that there had been conversations within the royal family about how dark their son archie s skin might be. oprah winfrey has said it wasn t queen elizabeth nor the duke of edinburgh who asked prince harry about the colour of