hello. i m celia hatton. welcome to the programme. the uk s first coronation in 70 years will take place today when king charles iii is crowned at westminster abbey in a ceremony that s expected to attract a global television audience of hundreds of millions of people. the service will reflect a millennium of tradition and be surrounded by a spectacular display of pomp and pageantry involving thousands of members of the military. live now to our correspondent, louisa pilbeam, westminster abbey is where the ceremony is due to take place. guess we ll be arriving there starting around 7:15am. guests will begin arriving. many of the overseas dignitaries, royals, members of the british royal family will be arriving at around 9:30am and we expect the king to arrive at 10:53am. that is crossed to buckingham palace. c buckingham palace at this early hour. now, the king will be leaving buckingham palace at 10:20am. the king has been sleeping there overnight. that is crossed now to
hello, welcome to the programme. sudan s army has deployed tanks and heavy artillery in preparation for launching a large scale attack. the deployment, despite a ceasefire, is part of an effort to recapture areas of the capital, khartoum, held by the rival rapid support forces. the army has urged people to remain indoors and stay away from windows. the british government says the operation to evacuate people has been extremely successful. nearly1900 people has been extremely successful. nearly 1900 people have been thrown out of the country on 21 flights on tuesday. the last british flight was due to leave from an airfield north of khartoum overnight. in other developments, the government of south sudan is still saying it is trying to convene peace talks between representatives of the two sides. the former prime minister of sudan has called for a unified international push for dialogue. he also warned the conflicts will be a nightmare for the world if it continues and could b
killed in an avalanche it s thought the victims were hikers. the interior minister, gerald darmanin, said several more people were injured on the armancette glacier, where rescue work is ongoing. it s just 26 days to go to king charles s coronation. we can bring you some first about that will take them from buckingham palace to westminster abbey and back again from the palace down the mall to trafalgar square and back to whitehall around parliament square to the abby s west door. the return route will be the same journey in reverse. door. the return route will be the samejourney in reverse. a much shorterjourney than samejourney in reverse. a much shorter journey than that taken by the late queen elizabeth after her coronation. the king and queen consort will travel to the coronation in one of the newest rail carriage has come diamond jubilee state coach, escorted by the household cavalry. inside westminster abbey, the service itself as to the crown jewels, the regalia to the
welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who s just arrived in the irish capital dublin. earlier he made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement in belfast 25 years after it was signed. he was greeted on the tarmac at dublin airport by the irish taoieseach leo varadkar. the pair then left in a motorcade, heading for co louth after the bad weather halted plans for the president to travel by helicopter. it s been a busy, busy day for the us president. it started with a meeting with rishi sunak both expressing their hope that power sharing can be restored. joe biden also met the leaders of the five main parties off camera he said he was in listening mode. the president will not be visiting stormont is currently not functioning since the democratic unit is party withdrew support in post brexit trading arrangements. the president acknowledged differences but said he hoped to power sharing would resume. i differences but said he hoped to power-sharing would re
it was a windy game in the windy city as we take a live look at wrigley field. the tribe shut down bullpen they now linda series 2-1.1. tonight the tribe sends their ace to the hill for the second time, hoping for the same results. and last night the team from cleveland got a huge win at wrigley field. they did and they hope to keep the momentum rolling tonight. we ar tonight. our team coverage begins with fox 8 sports anchoror john telih who is live at wrigley field. what a victory for the indians last nightwrel. so exciting for the team. i ll tell you what, they are a bunch of grinders on this team andt they shut it last night as they have for so many gamesst nt only in the postseason but the regular season as well. a little news tonight, mike terry francona said a few moments ago that itt kills him o not have him in the lineup but he has been struggling and perhaps will be used as a pinch-hitter. that is the scenariol as the gae day moves for the indians. we all