where celebrations are going on. hello and welcome. we re starting live in london , where king charles first trooping the colour parade is under way. he s at buckingham palace where he s taken the royal salute. the uk s various armed forces are taking part in the event. the king has already become the first monarch in more than 30 years to take part on horseback, his inaugural birthday parade. we can speak now to rl correspondent, and you were mentioning earlier about how lively the king s horse was, and how much skill it took for his majesty to remain in control. it is not an easy feat, is it? remain in control. it is not an easy feat. is it? feat, is it? yes, i m not quite sure i d nut it feat, is it? yes, i m not quite sure i d put it quite feat, is it? yes, i m not quite sure i d put it quite like feat, is it? yes, i m not quite sure i d put it quite like that. feat, is it? yes, i m not quite sure i d put it quite like that. but - feat, is it? yes, i m not quite s
hello, i m luxmy gopal. ugandan police say militants linked to the islamic state group have killed at least 25 people at a school in the west of the country. adf rebels, a ugandan group based in eastern congo, attacked a secondary school in mpondwe, burning a dormitory. eight other people were injured and are in hospital. dozens are feared to have been abducted. police say the army is pursuing the fighters who had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. adf rebels have been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. let s speak to the bbc s patience atuhaire who is in kampala. patients, just tell us a little bit more about what we know about this developing situation? what more about what we know about this developing situation? developing situation? what we have ust learnt developing situation? what we have just learnt right developing situation? what we have just learnt right now developing situation? what we have just learnt right
building overlooking horse guards parade. they will be able to watch it through the windows, as some of the others take their place on that. i presume that ll be four queen camilla and the princess of wales. but now, the inspection of the troops begins. the king setting off on horseback, i would know, the carriage is following along. they are all now inspecting the ranks of the footguards. music continues so, s0, it really is quite an so, it really is quite an inspection, isn t it? the king accompanied by the princess royal. and the duke of edinburgh, and the prince of wales behind him, and then, the carriagejust prince of wales behind him, and then, the carriage just containing now queen camilla and the princess of wales. and slightly different from how it was when the queen made this inspection. she would inspect the lines of the footguards just herself in the small carriage that she used, but on this occasion, they are all doing it. all of the other senior ranks as well. a
of the event today, and as you can see to just approaching buckingham palace there. earlier king charles iii, who was taking part in his first trooping the colour as modern, was part of the military spectacle that marks his birthday, and he was riding on horseback earlier, and inspected the tubes at horse guards. inspected the troops. as you can see he is acknowledging the colour as it passes, as the parade passes him, and the event is going to be culminating very soon in a fly past over buckingham palace. the royal family is expected to turn out on the balcony there to watch from there, it is around that time that there, it is around that time that the crowds, huge crowds who are watching, will push forward down the mall to surround buckingham palace as the royal family appears on the balcony and watch the fly past. the fly past will include the red arrows, 70 aircraft and total flying through the skies, aircraft from the royal navy, british army and the royal navy, briti
the breaking of the wand by the lord chamberlain symbolised the official end of queen elizabeth ii s reign. the late queen s coffin was lowered into the royal vault and interred next to her husband, the duke of edinburgh. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. queen elizabeth has made herfinaljourney from london to windsor and has been buried with her late husband, the duke of edinburgh. it follows a day of the highest ceremony not seen in this country for nearly 60 years mixed with private sorrow as the state funeral was held in westminster abbey the building in which queen elizabeth was married, and crowned. king charles, along with other members of the royal family, walked behind her coffin as it was taken into the abbey from westminster hall where it had been lying in state. hundreds of dignitaries including world leaders, joined members of the royal family and the public at the service. we start with our royal correspondent nicholas witche