the queue for people waiting to pay their respects and file past the queen s coffin lying in state has reached capacity and no more are allowed to join. and i m lewis vaughan jones. in other news. act swiftly to save your lives the warning ofjapan s prime minister to people living in the path of a huge typhoon making landfall in the south. one of russia s most famous singing stars strongly criticises the war in ukraine, saying russian young men are dying for illusory aims. we are at westminster, where just within the past few minutes the queue for people joining to pay tribute to the queen has been closed. so the people behind me will be able to see and pay tribute to the queen lying in state at westminster hall, but, well, the people who have potentiallyjoined within the last few moments, they will not be able to make this journey that others have spent hours and hours attending, waiting to pay their respects. earlier on today. a minute s silence was held across the unit
within the terms of the agreement, the leader of hamas in gaza, yayha sinwar, has demanded that the air space above gaza is free of israeli and american drones for at least six hours a day. that was initially resisted by the israeli cabinet. we will see whether it forms part of the agreement. hamas is also demanding fuel, crucial to the disperal of aid, but also to their military operations. it helps with the ventilation of the tunnels underground. the un s director of operations isjorge moreira da silva. we see that infrastructure is collapsing. it s collapsing on health, on water, on sanitation, on education. and we know that one key element to recover is the access to fuel. for several years, since 2018, unops has been the agency that has brought the fuel from israel to gaza. so every day we were bringing, procuring and delivering 500,000 litres of fuel. that was fundamental to increase the access to electricity from five hours a day to 12 hours a day. if you check the fig