whole aah! i joined dodge zeros punch of the launch team in 2006 for just as a full for a 1000000 mom march him up time. i've covered wars revolutions, elections on military course from for venice of correct us. so the battlefields are on most of our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. ah, britain is queen elizabeth, the 2nd has died at the age of $96.00 after 70 years on the throne. a nation in

mourning thousands gather outside buckingham palace to warn the death of their queen. the crown has now passed to her older son, king charles at 1st said she was a cherished sovereign and a much loved mother and leaders moran. the world are honoring the queen's life and legacy us present. joe biden says she defines an ear ah hello, i'm fully batty boy. you're watching al jazeera, thank you for joining us on our continuing coverage of the death of queen elizabeth . the 2nd. she has been hailed for her compassion and warmth, and described as a role model and inspiration to millions, tribute flowing for the queen, who has guided the age of 96. she was on the throne for 70 years. one of the longest reigns in global history. she was a familiar face to hunt,

it says millions of people around the world. buckingham palace says she died peacefully in the afternoon at her scottish estate by moral a queen family rush to her side when doctors said they were concerned about her health. earlier on thursday. eve blanca begins i coverage with this report. or the gates of buckingham palace, crowds gathered to more than the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd and to celebrate her life. ah, buckingham palace confirmed. she died peacefully in the afternoon at her scottish estate, while moral u. k. prime minister list trust ordered the queen's memory in a speech outside number, 10, downing street, 3 thicken thing. queen elizabeth the 2nd, provided us with the stability and the strength that we needed. she was the very spirit of great britain. and that spirit will enjo, ah,

the queen was on the throne for 70 years and saw the u. k. through times of turbulence, like the 2nd world war. and the end of the british empire, a more recent political upheavals like bricks it. i thought she was fantastic and like said, a role model for everybody and that put rome, did she mean i think people have complicated thoughts about monica and royal family and empires and things like that. i think that's okay, but she is like a really remarkable figure. you know, she's been leader of this country for so many decades, 3 much longer than a lot of people have been alive. the crown has now passed to her oldest son, who will be known as king charles the 3rd. in a statement he said, the death of my mother, the queen, is a moment of greatest sadness for me. we more profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign, a much loved mother. i know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country. the realms and the commonwealth and by countless people around the world. the

queen's family rushed to her side when doctors said they were concerned about her health early on thursday. king charles will return to london from balmoral on friday. we've known for several months that we've been living in the twilight of queen elizabeth's reign, the epilogue of this 2nd elizabeth, an error. but now that she's finally gone, few the united kingdom can scarcely imagine a country without her. and we want to show you now the scene at buckingham palace in london where crowds gathered earlier, but as you can see, it's much quieter. now. the flag is flying at half staff. barricades have been set up, been anticipation, and the huge cries that are expected on friday, the traditional ceremony of the changing of the guard, which is due to take place outside the palace on friday morning has been called off . this week to neve barker, who joins is ally from outside, buckingham palace leave. i know it's been a long night for you. tell us about the reactions and what this moment means for the majority of britons were for the road. georgia of

britain's a desert deeply, deeply seismic moment. so many people, of course evaluating war queen elizabeth meant to them and throwing forward to what the future may hold with the arrival of course of king charles or the 3rd. they say it may be a bit of a cliche the journalism is the 1st attempt to history. and if that's the case, been, this is very much an example from pages of wall of tomorrow's newspapers. this the daily express. we have to expect, of course, much more of this or as people across the united kingdom wake up to the full 1st full official day of morning that will be packed with events from start to finish. as you mentioned there, the atmosphere immediately around buckingham palace has really changed in the coming in the past few hours. there was a sea of umbrellas here earlier as of saw in my report or a spontaneous sir, ah,

singing of the national anthem. some people in tears of the people bringing floral tributes and, and candles. some people shouting, god, save the king. because this of course is a period of transition from queen a king. a definitely a moment of reflection. thompson is about was going to be happening over the next few days. now there's a clear cut plan in place. there is indeed an the wheels and already a motion because i can hear it around me. i can hear the sound of scaffolding being put up just behind a camera position. there are crash barriers as well. and anticipation of very, very large crowds here are sort of extremely long convoy of horse box is of course those military horses will take part in the pageantry over the next few days. and most importantly, in the funeral procession that will go from buckingham palace to westminster. happy . that is the, the climax of 10 days of morning. but it begins, though,

to morrow morning with a meeting of what's known as the accession counsel at st. james. his palace made up around 200 or more individuals who pack into that palace, senior politician, civil servants, prominent state figures, the lord mayor of london. the list goes on. it's there that they will officially announced that king charles the 3rd is the new monarch. he will be there to present, will make several oaths. there'll be several public proclamations made. and then after that, soon after that's a $41.00 gun salute in hyde park lasting 7 minutes. we believe. later in the day the new king will address the nation on television, having met also with a new prime minister list trust, trust and when it comes to the body of queen elizabeth, of course, her body is now currently in balmoral in scotland. busy her body will make its way to buckingham palace, as i mentioned, it would then lay in state at westminster hall. i'm

a part of the palace of westminster, with the houses of the house of commons. and the house of lords is, will seed undoubtedly, senior officials, heads of state far past her coffin. while her body lies in that historic location. a king charles a 3rd in the meantime will travel to different parts of the country to scotland, northern ireland, to wales, stamping his mark on the new era of the british monarchy. thank you for that needs mark. i live outside buckingham palace in london, and britain's queen elizabeth the 2nd came to the throne on the death of her father in 1952. and her simmons takes in a backer, life. ah, in modern times, no monica on earth could blame the level of popularity in respect that queen elizabeth the 2nd enjoyed right into her advancing years. ah, marine was the longest in british history,

marked in spectacular style. while the 1st ever platinum jubilee scenes reminiscent to the end of the 2nd world war in 1944, she was celebrating 70 years ah. what a constant 2021 the year before. and this enduring image between alone with her soul, yet stoic, the death of her husband, prince philip, and a marriage that lasted 73 years had focused mines on her remarkable reign. she wasn't born to be queen. her childhood was care free. here with sister margaret. but then came change. at 10, she found herself as air to the throne. her uncle came up with the ape abdicated. her father became king. she was leading

a very quiet family life fairly out of the knees when the application came. it wasn't her destined rel from birth, and i think that her father told her incredibly well and she learned her lesson very well as it were. princess elizabeth was $25.00 when she assumed the british throne, returning from a visit to kenya after the sudden death of king george the 6th. by the time she was crowned queen, she was 27. it was in 6 years after she married prince philip, the duke of edinburgh, a lifetime of service ahead of her and the end of a naval career for philip, who'd be by her side for the rest of his life. as she took the throne, britain with its empire was losing its grip on global pow. the queen's 1st mission, along with her husband, was a royal tour. as head of the commonwealth, she visited countries preparing transformation to independence from britain. go

back to the early 19 fifties. here she is. it takes a bit to get through to your own mind that this is a person who, who conversed with the church, shows the mayor's, the very early commonwealth leaders. the queen was able to lift the dark cloud of colonial attitudes and showing the commonwealth became a multi racial, multi national association. it was perhaps her biggest achievement, and she was passionate about the commonwealth throughout her reign. back home, it might even look like a normal life, a love of dogs, and a passion for horse racing. ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. dana quaid. she was herself a horsewoman, and she loved the outdoors. as a mother, though, there were challenges. like all the best families we have, i share of eccentricities of impetuous and way. when youngsters

ah, and of family disagreements. yeah. to the throne. charles, her eldest son, that become prince of wales. in 1969. at the age of 32, he married diana spencer. she it just turned 20 and was a strange as a rule. nice. it was an unhappy marriage ending in divorce. then in 1997 princess diana was killed in a paris car crash. initially the queen didn't publicly show grief. she was staying in scotland. walter's straw crowds gathered that buckingham palace. i think dan, his death was a very dangerous, named for the monarchy. i think that was, that was possibly the one named where you can look back on, on a pretty flawless rain and say that at that moment i think the queen lost her her judgment. the queen had a special affection for charles and dinah's 2 sons,

william and harry, prince harry was seen by royal watchers, is the queen's favorite grandson. but he was to take his grandmother through some bad times. he mounted american actress megan merkel, left their world duties and moved to america as private citizens. a couple of paid on the u. s. television network with scathing attacks on the royal family for making them unhappy. megan, marco said a member of the world family made racist remarks. the queen's personal life may have had its ups and downs, and family may not have come 1st all the time. while british monarchs don't have absolute power, they can influence and steer their political leaders. a long list of prime ministers followed in the footsteps of winston churchill in their audiences with the queen, each with a piece of history to share with her for as johnson here, the 14th leader and the man who took the u. k. out of the european union in 2020,

he also had to handle the country's response to the corona virus pandemic face a crisis. the queen are dressed in rare tv appearance. we should take comfort that while we may have more stone to endure better days will return. we will be with our friends again. we will be with our families again. we will meet again. queen elizabeth adult life was devoted to duty. how will she be remembered? i think she had assumed the status of a national icon, the nation's grand mother. her legacy will be the fact that the war family is in a position to survive and indeed thrive, that has blank by no means been given throughout her reign. oh, elizabeth, the 2nd queen of a commonwealth, not an empire, had always shown unflinching determination ah, death as in life,

she'll be reviewed by many moons who do you or queen elizabeth the 2nd was the head of the commonwealth of nations. it was originally called the british commonwealth and began to take shape in the 1913 when summer colonies, the vast british empire began to gain greater autonomy. leaders of some of those countries have been reacting to her death. as her 12 canadian prime minister, i'm having trouble believing that my last sit down with her was my last they will so missed those chats. she was thoughtful, wise, curious, helpful. funny. and so much more. the queen

has been such a constant in our lives for 70 years, the longer soothing monarch and british history over her reign. she has come to define notions of service, charity, and consistency, commitment to her role and to all of us has been without question and unwavering. she is also demonstrated courage, compassion and humour, a strong memory. i will have her as her laughter. she was extraordinary. with the passing of queen elizabeth, the 2nd and historic ryan and a long life devoted to duty, family, pike, and service has come to an end. this is a morning of sadness for the world, for the commonwealth and all astrology, and it is a die of profound sadness and grief for the royal family who had lost her beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. the person who passed so long was the greatest in its

strength. a strategy and hearts go out to the people of the united kingdom who mourned to die. knowing that will failed, i have lost part of what makes the nation hall. while on the 16 occasions, queen elizabeth visited australia, vast crowd, always crowds rather always gathered to welcome them much loved had his fate. but australia's relationship with the monarchy has, as an institution changed over the 6 decades the queens of the queen's reign, alexia ryan has more the governor, general bill myrtle to william slim as australia's queen elizabeth the 2nd was the 1st reigning monarch to actually set foot there a grand tour and 1954 a year after her coronation took her right across the country. the tour was a big success. a 1000000 people lined the streets of sydney sat down both to respond claim, years of action. over $58.00 days,

3 quarters of australians were said to have seen elizabeth the 2nd in the flesh, including a $100000.00 who turned out for a serf carnival. held in honor of bondai beach, disappeared and cambra. she opened the country's federal parliament, wearing the same gown should been carbonated in. the queen was to make 15 further trips to australia. in 1973, she opened the sydney opera house, the building that would become a stranger's most iconic. over her reign, while the queen's personal popularity largely endured that of the monarchy as an institution and australia slipped. in 1999, a referendum was held over whether australia should become a republic, which what do you want to go? change was rejected, but the question may rise again. now the queen's rain is over. despite many trips by the queen's eldest son, charles, his popularity never quite matched his mothers and recent years, though trip, spite younger royals have brought renewed enthusiasm for the monarchy. the queen's

last visit to perth was in 2011. today's australia with a much bigger multi cultural population and with far fewer ties to the united kingdom is very different to the australia of 1954. but even as many question the monarchy most astray aliens will remember queen elizabeth the 2nd fondly many ways . let's pick some more about this now to mar kenney, who's a professor in the australian studies institute at the australian national universities. joining us from cambra, thank you so much for being with us. i pleasure. aha. how is the monarchy perceived to day in australia and where does the queen's death leave australia in terms of the relationship with the monarch? it's a really good question, not one we know particularly definitively the answer to the moment. we know as if you just hadn't met port that there was a referendum in 1999 to look at this christian of becoming a republican. these trillion people roundly rejected it then. and republicans

essentially came to a reluctant acceptance that to this question was not going to be poor again, while queen elizabeth the 2nd was on the throne. such was her popularity. that tells you something about about her right there. the question therefore becomes now that she's gone, what does that mean for the republican? i think it's too early to say at the moment. i think most people would say it's a bit distasteful for republicans to start sort of, you know, quite sort of enthusiastically prosecuting that case. right, in the aftermath of her death. what about prince chart while formerly prince charles, are the new king? what's what it, what is he like? what, what so you know, i am trying to find my words there. how do people view him in australia? well, i think him with some degree of affection, something that has changed over time. i think he went through

a very bad period in relation to the breakup of his marriage with diamond spencer and, and the way he was perceived at that with camilla parker bowles. and so i think that damaged his reputation. he's also being outspoken on some issues that i suppose monica would generally like him not to be outspoken on. and republicans, broadly speaking, might be more inclined for him to do so that particularly being the environment. so it's a sort of a mixed picture about charles and now that he's king, i think it will be interesting to see how he performs. what about the, the broader commonwealth mark some, some commonwealth countries as you know, like jamaica, for example, in the process of becoming or it's how big do you think that timeline will now change? now that there's a new cane? does the queen's death leave the commonwealth of nations in disarray? well, i think it certainly it presents some real challenges for britain itself because i

mean, i've had such an unstable period with so many prime ministers and breaks in circle . and now the great sort of load star the, the anchor of britain and so has gone. and i think that has implications for the dominions about and put it like that. so in australia will be fascinating to watch whether there is a change in the, in the atmosphere around this. and i would expect that the republican question would come up, but i think the need to be a little bit care for when i die. i mean, i would be include myself among them, but i think republicans will need to be careful about how quickly they move on to that ties and advocating that change. thank you so much for talking to our smart kenny. joining us from camera. thank you for your time. thank you pulling what americans from various walks of life have honored queen elizabeth the 2nd one in jordan report. the u. s. president paid tribute to queen elizabeth the 2nd at the british embassy in washington. and then during a political event,

i the opportunity to meet her before she passed as usual, incredibly gracious, indecent woman, the thoughts and prayers, the american people, or the people who united kingdom and the commonwealth and their grief biden's remarks honored the special relationship between a monarchy and it's one time colony ties routed and cooperation during 2 world wars . in all queen elizabeth hosted or visited 13 of the 14 post war presidents. these weren't gatherings to plan global economic or security agenda us. as head of state, the queen was barred from making policy. these were opportunities to reaffirm the u . s. and you case commitment to democracy, civility, and human dignity. former us presidents, including barack obama bill clinton, and donald trump issued condolence statements, and ordinary citizens pay their respects at the embassy, including some who shared the queen's affection for corgis. she also helped bring

the idea of dogs into the home and showed that dogs are not just animals that belong farms, but also they can belong to in a row pathis and, and be part of be part of a family. i was lucky enough to like see her and like 3 carriage rides. so even though wasn't someone who is like, present in my life, it's still, they're upsetting to know that they're gone. um, but you know, just i think should want us to spread the love that she loves, like spread to her people. so that's, you know, i'm up here as the flags at the capital and the white house were lowered to half stuff. the bells ring 96 times at the washington national cathedral, part of the global anglican communion attribute to the woman who was both heard of the universal church and a beloved grandmother figure to so many in the you us. rosalind jordan al jazeera.

ah, let's take a look at some of the days i think he's now in north korea has just passed a law making it's nuclear status irreversible. young young has already declared itself a nuclear weapon states in the constitution. let's bring in rob mcbride in. so south korea from on this, what more i did came jungle and say in what's likely to be the reaction from the south? yeah, this is very strong stuff from north career. it is effectively declaring to the world that he has arrived as a nuclear state and the world had better deal with that fact. it's all came during a speech from kim john on the supreme leader in north korea at a meeting of north korea parliament. the supreme people's assembly declaring that north korea would never give up its nuclear weapons, would never negotiate. doing so that not even he said 100 years of sanctions would

effectively make it give up. it said nuclear weapons also passing into law. interestingly, the fact that it would automatically launch a nuclear strike if it was ever attacked. the reaction from the south is likely to be mixed. it is actually officially a public holiday here. so we officially, we might not get any response until after what's called chew sockets at extended. we can do one of the most important holidays in south korea, but i think that will be a mixed response. some of the liberal groups here, especially the previous administration that had been seeking dialogue and nuclear station from the know they would be disappointed that this effectively closes the door. i think from conservative elements, including the current administration, there will be a feeling of that we told you. so there is a feeling here that did the north career has never been sincere and goal of as somebody diplomacy of the past few years. it has not been acting in good faith, and this is a daily evidence of that. why make this announcement?

now rom i think the timing is always important with these kind of announcements. it is in practical terms. it's an important event in north korea. it's time nation day, it marks the founding of the north korean state. also in practical terms, it does seem as though they do have a workable nuclear austell. there's some debate about whether they have an intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the united states. but i think there's no doubt they do have a nuclear are still of some potency so they can actually declare themselves legitimately in their eyes as a nuclear state. i think also in the south, the conservative administration has said that it's not interested in dialogue until north korea declares its intentions to give up its nuclear arms. i think is also a way of just rallying the nation. it has been isolated for decades because of its nuclear program, further isolated and ostracized cut off from the outside world because of the pandemic. it's only just recovered from a mass outbreak of cobra 19. and this is

a way, i think, of telling the north korean people. yes, it has all been worth it. thank you for that. rob mcbride live in sol, us secretary of state antony blank and has visited, visited the ukrainian capital, bringing with him pledges of more age. his visit coincides with what appears to be ukrainian military gains on the battlefield. algiers gave lilies under report some cage, more signs of america's support for ukraine, on only his 2nd visit to the war zone since a conflict began more than 6 months ago, us secretary of state antony blinking, made an unannounced trip to key that is of lincoln announced $2000000000.00 and military assistance to ukraine and 18 countries in the region to counter what he called russian aggression. also on thursday, u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin, in a visit to germany, announced a new $675000000.00 aid package for ukraine. the

pledges come, as ukraine seems to have gained momentum on the battlefield, at least in the north east, where offensive against russian positions and harker region have shown early signs of success. ukrainian forces say they have retaken some 20 villages and towns and pushed more than 50 kilometers, passed the front lines into russian hill territory. videos from the front line seemed to show their units moving forward. advancing on russian entrenched positions. harkey is the 2nd largest city of ukraine since the beginning of the war . it's remained firmly and ukrainian hands. however, for months, russia has controlled much at the area to the east and south. the ukrainian advance appears to be re taking all of her keys to better reinforce the defenses, the regional capital,

the ukrainians have clearly seized the momentum in this war. both with the visit by america's top diplomat here to the capitol with promises of more aid, as well as momentum on the battlefield, with clear territorial gains in the north east. but this is also a war where momentum can change quickly. gabriel's hondo al jazeera keith, a prominent ally, a former u. s. president. donald trump has been charged with money laundering and conspiracy . steve van was invited on 6 count in new york on thursday. the charges relate to trump's efforts to build a war along the us. mexico border. his accused of defrauding trump supporters of hundreds of thousands of dollars using the money for personal expenses. instead of constructing the wall, a group of palestinian act of his sin garza have held a ceremony to honor al jazeera journalist, serene ab lockley.