may be slowing down. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites, appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. david willis is our correspondent in washington. officials here are saying that this chinese balloon was brought down about six miles off the coast of south carolina by a single missile fired by a us fighterjet. now, president biden had apparently given permission for such a strike on wednesday, that is a day before the actual presence of this balloon was made public. military officials decided to hold back for fear that it could spray debris down onto the mainland and hurt people on the mainland and hurt people on the ground below. then, today, as it was crossing the coast of south car
proceed from the palace of holyroodhouse to the cathedral. king charles iii and the queen consort will travel from london to the scottish capital for that service. the public will also be able to pay their respects when the queen s coffin remains in the cathedral until tuesday. in the days ahead, the queen s casket will travel to buckingham palace in london and then to westminster hall, where the queen will lie in state until her funeral next monday. edinburgh marks the first leg of the queen s final journey, then. there are crowds of mourners on the streets on sunday to pay their respects. [ applause ] those who have gathered clapped as the queen s casket passed by after it made a six-hour journey from balmoral estate, where the queen died on thursday at the age of 96. many are still grappling with the loss as they bid their longest-serving monarch a final farewell. she s the only queen i ve ever known. i think she done really good for us. i think she held a lot together.
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