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and this is the scene at westminster hall, where the queen s coffin will remain for four days before her state funeral next monday. as many as 400,000 people are expected to file past the coffin in a final act of mourning. it will be good to closure then as well to just see her, it will be good to closure then as well tojust see her, and it will be good to closure then as well to just see her, and also just to give something back. also on the programme. president zelensky visits his troops after retaking thousands of square miles of territory from russian forces. and the rate of inflation dips slightly, but the worst may still lie ahead. and stay with us on bbc news where we will bring new continuing coverage of events plus analysis from our team of correspondence in the uk and around the world. good evening. the queen s coffin is now lying in state in the palace of westminster after a final journey from buckingham palace, witnessed by tens of thousands of people along the ro
british military. and behind them, several members of the royal family led by king charles iii. his sons, princes william and harry, also walking behind their grandmother s coffin just as they walked behind their mother s coffin a quarter century ago. we have been listening as big ben has been tolling every minute as the late monarch makes her way to the seat of the british government where the queen will lie in state in a hall that is witnessed so much history during its 900-year exist tense. she will be there for four day bfrs her funeral at westminster abbey on monday. and with us now to talk about all of this, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley, anna withlock, lola, and msnbc royal commentator tim. anna, as we see them heading towards westminster, a hall that has witnessed so much history, talk about the history we re seeing right now. we are living through history, the moment when they past ask the present come together. these are things that we have seen over
mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. they said he will be landing in australia wants to hearing wraps up. his plan is committed to depart inside three hours time, that he would land around 6:1i1pm australian eastern time. that is later today. our correspondent shaimaa khalil was at the northern mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. julian assange is in the us district court house behind me where the final steps of the legal proceedings for his guilty plea are under way, his pleading guilty for one felony thatis pleading guilty for one felony that is illegally obtaining and disclosing classified national security material, no for him because as for the deal that was agreed the usjustice department, he will get credit for time served in the uk. he is here because crucially, this is here because crucially, this is continental usa, julian assange refused to go to mainland us because he deeply distrust the us government. in the past, he accused him of plotti