there to receive her body. with me now is kier simmons, tim york. kier, glad to have you with us at this really somber and emotional moment for people in the uk who are now for the first time seeing the queen arrive to a place that she called home for decades. reporter: that s right. i just drove along that same route that the queen s hearse, the state hearse, glass windows to make it easier for people to see the coffin as she passes by. i just drove that route and people were lining the route, waiting in silence with umbrellas. very british scene. as they waited for the queen to say good-bye for one last time. just think about this. here on the streets of london, many londoners have experienced seeing the queen go by. coming here to celebrate, possibly for her 70th anniversary. but for all of them now, this is the last chance. this is the last time that there will not be another time after this week and i think that we re looking at now is her hearse passing down. i think
shooting. and the platinum jubilee celebrations in the u.k. minus the guest of honor. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. welcome, everyone. the war in eastern ukraine now being described as a grinding slog with neither side appearing to make any significant gains in recent days. ukraine concedes russian troops have made some modest in roads in and around the key city of severodonetsk but were pushed back from nearby towns. britain s defense ministry says it expects russians will control all of the luhansk region within two weeks. the international red cross said the scale of destruction defies comprehension. but ukraine claims its forces have progressed into the southern kherson region. as the conflict surpassed 100 days ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, remained confident of the outcome. translator: we have been dedefending ukraine for 100 days. victory shall be ours. glory to ukraine. now, the human toll in ukraine
U. S. , setbacks on the battlefield, the end game of the war, and much more. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and Around The World. Im pamela brown. Wolf will join us shortly, and youre in the situation room. Russias war against ukraine is weighing heavily tonight on the United Nations and the annual meeting of the General Assembly. President biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy making separate forceful appeals to global leaders, warning of dire consequences for all nations if Vladimir Putins aggression is allowed to stand. Wolf will join us with his oneonone interview with president zelenskyy in just a moment, hang on for that. Lets bring in cnns senior White House Correspondent Kayla Tausche at the u. N. And Frederick Pleitgen in ukraine. Kayla, first to you. President zelenskyy pleaded for the world to act to defeat putin and russia . Reporter pam, it was an impassioned speech from president zelenskyy in person, in english, for the First Time Since the invasi
An administrative error. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Us markets deliver a Cool Reception to president trumps plan to slash Corporate Tax rates. And living a samsung life. Why south koreas Corporate Giants are so big youd struggle to live without them. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Glad you could join us for this thursday edition of Asia Business report, im rico hizon. Donald trump is hours away from completing his first 100 days in office, a milestone where the Chief Executive is graded on his progress in office and before the clock ticks down, following through on a Major Campaign promise with a proposal to drastically cut the business tax from 35 to 15 . Well, it is now clear how the white house plans to pay for the cuts which could add some 2 trillion to the National Deficit over the next decade. But the us Treasury Secretary says Economic Growth is both the goal and the solution. We believe we can get back to 3 or higher gdp that is sustai