the funeral was no different. 2,000 voices felling westminster with the lord is my shepherd said to be the queen s favorite song, at her wedding, also here 75 years ago. the archbishop of canterbury invoking another song and another bridge from past to present. her late majesty s broadcast during covid lockdown ended with we will meet again. words of hope from a song of vera lynn. christian hope means certain expectation of something not yet seen. we can all share the queen s hope which in life and death inspired her servant leadership. service in life, hope in death. all who follow the queen s example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say, we will meet again. the funeral ended with a simple incantation and buglers blowing the last post the british counterpart to taps. the father, the son, and the holy spirit be among you and remain with you always. amen. there followed two minutes of silence throughout the country and commonwealth. bi
If it happens, god forbid, will end, not because your land will be divided and you will be forced to submit to military or political pressure, but because your territory and sovereignty will be fully restored. Its no secret that mr zelensky is eager for ukraine to be allowed into nato. But the road to becoming a member is still a long one. Earlier, my colleague Catiriona Perry spoke with nato secretary Generaljens Stoltenberg about ukraines membership bid, and overall allied Military Support. Well, many, many countries, more than countries, are part of the us led effort to provide unprecedented level of Military Support to ukraine, united kingdom, many other nato allies, and this strong support to ukraine has enabled them to push back the russian invaders, to liberate the territory and now also conducting an offensive which is gradually gaining ground. So, nobody knows how long this war will last but we have seen that ukrainians have been able to make progress, not least because of the
Spoke about the issues at stake with the president of the un generalassembly, dennis francis. Thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news, president. This is obviously a very busy week at the General Assembly, but also special summits on the sdgs, global finance, Un Security Council is meeting as well, High Level Health meetings, but leaders of some of the most powerful countries have chosen not to attend france, the uk, india, china, russia. Do you consider that a snob . No, i dont. I dont at all. Of course, we hoped that the house would be full, but we appreciate that leaders may have other pressing matters that require their attention, and i am sure the views and perspectives of those countries not led by Heads Of State and or government will be expressed and represented by their heads of delegation. But if you have only one of the five permanent members sending their leader here, does that raise legitimacy issues about the un . No, it doesnt, because the permanent members have a
Earlier, i spoke with the Executive Director of the center for human rights in iran, hadi ghaemi, about the prisoner swap, and what it means for both countries. Let mejust open let me just open first and foremost by saying how happy we are and congratulate the families and individuals s hostages that should never have beenin hostages that should never have been in this place and they were just been in this place and they werejust in been in this place and they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Regarding the deal, i would say that the proof is in the pudding. I have two concerns, one is that world are 6 billion really be used only for humanitarian trade and necessities that. Because this money really belongs to the iranian people, not the iranian government, and the iranian government, and the iranian people have risen up against this government for the past year, for sure, so we better make sure that if any money travels in the geography of that direction, it benefits the
India News: MUMBAI: The permanent mission of India to the United Nations and the ministry of Panchayati Raj, in collaboration with the united nations population f.