as he meets president xijinping for the first time since the invasion. and one of the all time tennis greats, roger federer, announces his retirement. welcome to the programme. with shaun ley in westminster and me, ros atkins, in the bbc news room. tens of thousands of people are waiting for their turn to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii at westminster hall where she is lying in state. these are live pictures from westminster, where the queue is currently stretching over some five km. some people have waited for more than eight hours to get here, inside westminster hall, where the closed coffin is being guarded by soldiers from units that serve the royal household. that process will continue, 2a hours a day, until monday morning at 6.30am. for the latest, we can nowjoin shaun ley in westminster. hello and thank you very much. hello to all of you watching, whether you re in the uk or around the world. here in westminster is the opportunity for members of the public, as
Rafael Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, has enjoyed numerous duels with Roger Federer over the years, with thrilling finals and agonising defeats at the hands of the Swiss.
dear roger, my friend and rival, i wish this day would have never come. it s a sad day for me personally and for sports people around the world. the current world number one and new us open champion, carlos alcaraz, said on twitter: roger has been one of my idols and a source of inspiration. thank you for everything you have done for our sport! let s turn away from sport, because there has been an incredibly important meeting today focused on relations between china and russia. the two countries have had their first summit level talks since russia attacked ukraine earlier this year. the summit took place in uzbekistan. president putin thanked xi jinping for what he called china s balanced position on the war. but mr putin acknowledged that beijing also has concerns about russia s invasion of ukraine. let s go live to steve rosenberg in moscow. steve, tell me more about these concerns and how they were acknowledged by president putin? tt
in a post on instagram he said, dear roger, my friend and rival. i wish this day would have never come. it s a sad day for me personally and for sports people around the world. and the current world number1 and new us open champion carlos alcaraz said on twitter: roger has been one of my idols and a source of inspiration! thank you for everything you have done for our sport! a little bit earlier i spoke to the world number ten, a little bit earlier i spoke to the world numberten, hurkacz, the a little bit earlier i spoke to the world number ten, hurkacz, the last person to beat roger federer at a grand slam last year and i asked what made roger federer such a great player. roger has been an inspiration for me, as i was eight years old. i was watching him play, competing at the highest level, and then having a chance to see him and to practise with him and to play with him. it was a very special thing for me, but he inspired so many people, and did some amazing stuff on a tennis court