at the age of 91. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen s coffin has arrived at buckingham palace. it was flown from edinburgh airport landing at raf northolt west of london a few hours ago accompanied all the way by her daughter, princess anne. despite the pouring rain, huge crowds lined the roads on the 22 kilometre journey into london. traffic came to a standstill as people pulled up and got out of their cars to watch the queen s hearse pass by. on wednesday, her coffin will travel to westminster hall, where she will lie in state. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. and so, to london, on a dull september evening in an aircraft of the royal air force with the callsign kitty hawk, the callsign of any military aircraft carrying her majesty the queen. waiting on the tarmac, a very new british prime minister, in the dark clothes of mourning, just as there had been all those years ago when winston churchill had been at anothe
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
promise in their manifesto to cut net migration to the tens of thousands. labour is promising to ban tv ads for unhealthy food before the watershed, to tackle childhood obesity. and facebook places advertisements in british newspapers with tips on how to spot fake news in the run up to the general election. good morning from paris, where emmanuel macron has been attending his first official function as france s president elect. hejoined commemorations here in the capital, marking the end of the second world war in europe, along with the man he ll replace by the end of the week, francois hollande. the two men stood side by side for the annual ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier to commemorate victory in europe day and the surrender of nazi forces on may eight, 1916. mr macron who ll be france s youngest leader since napoleon is working on forming a new government. he s admitted he faces daunting challenges and he promised to heal divisions and restore confidence
of those who left us this year, including david bowie, in review 2016: we remember part two. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at a nightclub packed with new year revellers, killing at least 39 people. funerals have been held for some of the victims. another 69 people were wounded, four of them critically, in what the istanbul governor described as a terrorist attack . the attacker left his gun before escaping. the shooting marks a bloody end to a year which saw ankara and istanbul targeted by attacks carried out by the so called islamic state group and, separately, kurdish rebels. mark lowen reports from istanbul. the mood was of celebration, one of istanbul s top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. five, four, three, two. they expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start not this. less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, bullets ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. ins