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 medieval 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 don t see you at the moment but i think you are standing among the crowd. we just looked this up, it s around 11 celsius in london, 50 fahrenheit, but it seems people are keeping warm. . ., warm. yeah, hello, i m here, don tworry. warm.
and two romanian women are being investigated on allegations of rape, people trafficking and forming an organised crime group. they all deny any wrongdoing. now on bbc news, global questions: lula s new brazil. hello, iam lyse hello, i am lyse doucet. welcome to global questions in rio dejaneiro. a city is famed for its soaring sugarloaf mountain and starting copacabana beach. at the big story in brazil now is it s highly charged political transition. last year s narrow election victory of leftist president lula da silva over his rival, jair bolsonaro, highlighted brazil s depolarisation. injanuary, depolarisation. in january, thousands depolarisation. injanuary, thousands of bolsonaro supporters supported just like attach the heart of the brazilian government. those tensions linger and there are questions as well about the loyalties of brazil s military in a country with a past history of military dictatorship. president miller provides many prizes at home, including rising
royal family. the bbc s special correspondent katty kay went to meet her. how many years for the new yorker? seven. from her new york apartment tina brown keeps a close eye on events in buckingham palace. those 3000 miles give this british american author are different, more global perspective on the royal family. for her new best selling book the palace paper, she interviewed over 320 people to tell the story of the women of the house of windsor. brown herself has met the queen several times and was awarded the commander of the british empire for contribution to journalism. she has edited both tatler magazine and the new yorker. she knows the clintons well. she has metjustin trudeau, theresa may. suffice to say you don t get a lot better connected than tina brown in politics or in all things royal, which is why we went to visit her in manhattan. congratulations on the book, it is great. i passed a very delightful plane ride from london reading it. when you look as we celebra
Earlier this year, the un secretary general, antonio guterres, went to ukraine. Today, president zelensky will pay him a return visit. After arriving in new york, he first went to a hospital, to meet Wounded Ukrainian veterans. Today, he will tell the un in person, for the first time that the war theyve been fighting affects every country, as he told cbs news. Translation were defending the values of the whole world. I look, if ukraine falls, what will happen in ten years . Just think about it if the russians reach poland, whats next . A Third World War . His problem is that many un countries havent taken sides and just want the war to end because its hurting their economies. They also, like these protesters, want the un to focus more on the climate crisis, and notjust the fighting in europe. So in the words of one diplomat, the task for western powers here is to walk and chew gum at the same time to Rally Support for ukraine in the assembly, but also address the needs of developing co