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mayor of london sadiq khan and suella braverman, the home secretary, who have quite an awesome responsibility over the next two or three days with over 500 due in london from 200 different countries, 20 royal is here. security at most. it may be one of the biggest security operation is the met police has overseen in many, many years. operations. queen elizabeth had a strong attachment to france, a country she visited many times and whose language she spoke fluently. france reciprocated the feeling. president macron said the french were grateful for president macron said the french were gratefulfor her president macron said the french were grateful for her majesty s deep affection for their country. she mastered our language, he said, she loved their culture and she touched our hearts . hugh schofield reports from paris. in 1948 from paris. “11948 aged just 22 her majesty fell for paris and paris fell for her. on an official visit representing herfather, the newly ....
it s currently more than four miles long, with waiting times of up to nine hours. away from westminster, today s other headlines authorities in ukraine say they re investigating evidence of a mass grave in the city of izyum, which was recently liberated from russian occupation. disruption for thousands of british travellers today, as air traffic controllers in france go on strike. and it s farewell to one of the greatest tennis players of all time, as roger federer announces his retirement. good morning. it s friday september the 16th. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a second night lying in state. the queue to enter westminster hall is now stretching back 3.6 miles, as thousands more people wait to pay their respects. here are some of the images here at westminster towards the end of the queue. the queueing time changes hour by hour, but at the moment it is approximately nine hours for those people queueing to pay ....
and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesn t stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk where the bank of england says it won t hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this morning s asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 the lowest since 1971 though it s since recovered slightly. there s been speculation that the bank of england may announce an emergency hike in rates to control rising prices. for the moment, that hasn t happened. well there s lots to unpack. first to understand what s happening today we must go back to friday and to this annoucement in parliament. i can announce today that we will catch the basic rate of income tax to 19p, in april 2020 three, one year early. that means a tax cut for over 31 million people injust a few months t ....
all of those buried here, but they expect to be digging at more sites like this in areas recently taken back from the russians. orla guerin, bbc news. india s prime minister, narendra modi, has told the russian leader, vladimir putin, that now is not the time for war . the two men have held face to face talks in uzbekistan on the sidelines of a regional summit. mr modi stressed the importance of democracy, diplomacy and dialogue . the russian leader responded that moscow was doing everything it could to bring the conflict to an end: translation: i know about your stance on the conflict in ukraine. | i know about the concerns that you voice constantly. we will do everything for it to stop as soon as possible. unfortunately, the leadership of our opponents, ukraine, has stated that they refused to hold talks and that they want to reach their goals militarily, or as they say, on the battlefield. drjenny mathers is an expert on russian politics and security at the departm ....
washington, d.c., and martha s vineyard. instead of working with us on solutions, republicans are playing politics with human beings using them as props. what they re doing is simply wrong. it s unamerican. it s reckless. the white house says the migrants were misled about where they were being taken and what would be provided once they arrived. we get more from cnn s priscilla alvarez. reporter: dozens of migrants are set to spend the night on martha s vineyard, sent there by florida s governor ron desantis as part of his promise to send migrants to democratic cities. our message to them is we are not a sanctuary state. it s better to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to be able to go to greener pastures. reporter: on wednesday the republican governor sent 50 migrants all from venezuela on two privately chartered planes to martha s vineyard. every community in america should be sharing in the burdens. repo ....