also home to russia s black sea fleet. all four teaching unions in england say they will coordinate strikes if members vote for industrial action. this is bbc news. now on bbc news. behind the stories, the monarchy. i was at home when i got a phone call from the director of news at the bbc saying that s the queen was gravely ill. he didn t stand on ceremony or offer any small talk clive, how are you? he simply said the queen is gravely ill and can you come in? and i was preparing to fly to italy on a filming trip the next day and i thought. i should go in. i was in the newsnight office because we d had wind, obviously with a note being passed through the house of commons, that something was happening. i know i speak on behalf of the entire house when i say that we send our best wishes to her majesty the queen and that she and the royal family are in our thoughts and prayers at this moment. and of course there s this big protocol, obviously, if the queen had passed away
hello, welcome to the programme. we have got another action packed programme for you tonight. coming up, the white house says they have still had no consular access to anerican journalist evan gershkovich, who is being held by the russians on spying charges. we will speak tonight from the former soviet dissident natan sharansky, who was held in the same moscow prison in the 1970s. we will also hearfrom mark urban on his continiung investigation into russia s 331 parachute regiment, and the losses that unit has sustained in ukraine. but we start tonight with the clean up within britain s biggest police force. the met commissioner, sir mark rowley, who was appointed in september, believes there are hundreds of corrupt officers serving in the force who should not be in the job. and so concerned is he at the scale of the problem, that around 90 of his officers from serious and organised crime have been tasked with investigating their own. this morning, sir mark set out the plans
continue to flock here, where the king charles the third has held meetings with diplomats from the 1a countries that recognise him as head of state. also ahead on the programme. ukraine s military says its forces have tripled the amount of territory it has retaken from russia in a little over 48 hours. and in sweden, voting in the country s general election has ended with an exit poll indicating that the prime minister s party may win slightly more seats than rivals. hello and welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the coffin of queen elizabeth is being taken on itsjourney to herfinal resting place. it left balmoral, where she died on thursday, and has now arrived in edinburgh. crowds gathered along the route, as the cortege made the 175 mile journey to the palace of holyroodhouse where the coffin will remain overnight. as that was happening, proclamations formally announcing the accession of king charles iii took place in cardiff, edi