welcome to london where we have a spectacular view of the city on this historic urination day. countdown to an event that many of us will be seeing for the first time in our lives. and will not soon forget. moments ago, we saw king charles iii and queen camilla arriving at westminster abbey, where they operate a start of ceremonies, officially counting them as the new monarch. we expect to see charles and camilla very soon, kicking off this remarkable celebration. dignitaries including first lady joe biden have been gathering at westminster abbey, whether coronation will be taking place. charles taking center stage, after the death of his mother queen elizabeth the second and 70 years after she herself was crowned. crowds gathered to get a glimpse of the king and queen as they make their way from here, buckingham palace, two westminster abbey in a gilded carriage called the diamond jubilee state coach polled by windsor grey horses. the kings procession will depart bucking
with just two days to go into the coronation, excitement is building on the mall where the clouds are camped out. hello, welcome to bbc news. i am lewis vaughan jones. we are starting in russia where president vladimir putin has made his first tv appearance since an alleged attempt on his life. we have got these pictures in the last couple of hours. here he is in these pictures released by the kremlin in a routine meeting with economic development minister maxim reshetnikov. presumably projecting an image of business as usual. russia claims ukraine was targeting putin in this drone atack on the kremlin on wednesday following orders from the united states. both kyiv and washington have denied any involvement. russia launched a series of air raids on kyiv overnight, in apparent retaliation. but authorities say all the strikes were intercepted by air defences which you can see working here. strikes were also reported in zaporizhizhia and odessa. our russia editor, st
hello and welcome to the programme. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands ofjews gathered atjerusalem s western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british israeli sisters shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, my colleague lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, the wailing of rina s teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment, in a last embrace with his daughters. today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15. their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn t even know yet they are dead. they were travelling from their west
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
hello and welcome to the programme. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands ofjews gathered atjerusalem s western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british israeli sisters shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, my colleague lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, the wailing of rina s teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment, in a last embrace with his daughters. today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15. their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn t even know yet they are dead. they were travelling from their west