i m here at st. charles cathedral where the king will hold a vigil with members of the royal family. the new metropolitan police chief describes the queen s state funeral as a challenge. thousands of extra officers have been called in to help manage the crowds. it s a massive challenge for the metropolitan meese and me personally. but we have been preparing for many, many years. and parts of the commonwealth mourning as they have fresh questions about the role of the monarchy. the prime minister of antiqua saying that he intends to hold a referendum on that country becoming a republic in the next three years. and science that jamaica and other nations may well follow suit. also this morning, the only light in the darkness. ukraine accuses retreating russian military of attacking a power station causing blakeout blackout. very good morning from buckingham palace, king charles iii will lead a procession along his mother later today. the king will give a speech to mps
it was his last appearance at prime minister s questions. also on the programme. as inflation hits a ao year high, i m in derby, where we ll be reporting on how the local community is feeling the impact. higher food and petrol prices have pushed the latest inflation figure to 9.4%. if the prices do continue to rise, as it is predicted, i really. i don t know what we ll do. it doesn t seem feasible for us at the moment to actually be able to support ourselves. putting out the fires of climate change yesterday was the london fire brigade s busiest since the second world war. gold forjake wightman! jake wightman wins the 1500m race at the world championships. the last time a british man achieved that feat was nearly a0 years ago. england manager sarina wiegman tests negative for covid and will be in the dugout ahead of the quarterfinal against spain. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. conservative party mps have had their say. they have chosen two of their number
His way to the opening day of his criminal trial. First, his usual claims that this is a politically motivated witch hunt orchestrated by president biden. These are all biden trials. This is done as election interference. Everybody knows it. Im here instead of being able to be in pennsylvania and georgia and lots of other places campaigning, and its very unfair. Inside the court, we see a man accustomed to being in charge now not in control. Forced to sit and listen to the prosecutions allegations, whether he likes it or not, with the jury carefully watching his reactions. The story of the porn star Stormy Daniels is central to the case. The prosecution said that paying her 130,000 in hush money was election fraud, pure and simple, orchestrated by donald trump. The court will hear evidence from trumps former fixer, now sworn enemy, Michael Cohen. Hell describe making that payment on mr trumps instructions. The defence will brand him an admitted liar and convicted criminal, whos now obs
Welcome to jerusalem welcome tojerusalem as a new chapter is being written in the turbulent history of the middle east. After decades of shadow wars and covert operations, iran and israel, long time archenemies, are now in direct confrontation. In the early hours of the morning here, iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles over israeli territory. Israel, backed by its allies, said almost all of the projectiles were shot down. It says the attack was foiled. This morning israel is still on high alert and the Israeli Army Says it is weighing its response. Lets look at this video of the events throughout the night in jerusalem and across israel. Sirens. What you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. What you can see is israels Air Defence System, the iron dome, in operation. Flashes in Thejerusalem Sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk, helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli terr
west munster hall. no. we do. actually, we do. there we go. and liz truss. going to take her place. and they will be waiting to hear them speak. it will be a five-minute speech from the speaker of commons. and then the king will no doubt thank him for their tributes to the queen which we heard on saturday friday and saturday, hours of tributes from members of both houses. some really touching anecdotes about the queen and her personal recollections. you see boris johnson taking a seat at the front.