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the confession of queen elizabeth the 2nd has begun the 1st page of its journey towards london for a funeral. on september, the 19th, the hotel age has left from old castle is continent and travelled through the town of violet on its way to aberdeen. from there it will continue to edinburgh away, well nigh in the throne room of the holy road house palace overnight. before church service. on sunday, people have been lining the streets along the road to pay very specs. let's bring in our diplomatic as the jane spades, who's outside buckingham palace in london. the focus james, is on the continent today. tell us about what we're expecting over the next few hours and the next few days. well focus is on scotland, not just today, but in the coming days you are seeing that funeral cortez moving on its way to adam

brush and watching the people who are watching the procession. this has been very carefully planned. all of this plan has been in place for many years. in event of the queen dying, more or less, she didn't have favorite of her residences. this was always the plan and she herself, had seen these plans. it found a bit grim to read the plans of your own death, but she had seen them and she approved them all. so what you're seeing play out is very much her wishes. as coffin will eventually go to some jobs as cathedral and adam brought and that members, the public will be able to fall past it to pay that respects and the king king charles will be making his way to scotland on monday and about 24 hours time. where he will be meeting people that he's doing a tool of the nations that make up the united kingdom. so he's also going to be

going on northern ireland. and then later, next week, at the end of the week, he'll be going to wales to the most capital card. if right now, king charles as we understand it, is in clarence house. now that's been his home for some years since he's been married to camilla. it's a very short distance away from here, off the road residence is, it's one set to be a little bit more like a home than the palace. i think he's been very comfortable that no word on whether he will stay in current house. whether that's where he's actually going to sleep in future, or whether he's gonna move into bucky and protest, which is clearly the, the main headquarters of the family and clearly whack where he has his office now where he's doing his official business. and he's going to be doing some official business in the coming hours. we think about 2 hours time. we suspect we might see him as he drives through. maybe he'll, as he did 24 hours ago, we'll greet some of the people who have come here to pay respects to his late

mother. he will do some sort of walk about to greet those people as he comes here into bucky and protest. the main meeting has actually concerns the commonwealth because as well as being the king of the united kingdom and of 14 other countries around the world, he's the head of the commonwealth too. and his 1st meeting today, we assume in currents house, he's had spending quite private time and may well be watching some of the pictures where watching the cortez in scotland. but his meeting will be with the secretary general of the commonwealth, whose barrenness, patricia scotland, the commonwealth made for $56.00 nations. and many believe that the glue that held the commonwealth together was in many ways. queen elizabeth and so there are some question marks or how in those 56 countries, things will be seen in a commonwealth post. queen elizabeth a lot of questions, but today is about paying tribute to the queen as we can see on the live pictures.

lots of people are lining up there on the streets of aberdeen in scotland, where the cortez is expected to travel through in just a few minutes. are people waving flags are the cortege, as you've heard earlier, left by mole castle or 90 m g m. t is going to travel through a number of towns and cities across continent. before arriving in edinburgh, a journey that spo slash about 6 hours are to allow people to pay their respects to the queen allan fisher is in the scottish capital forest, edinburgh. he joins us live a long journey allan through scotland to allow people to pay their respects to the queen. tell us about the preparations where you are and what's going to be happening there. once the cortege arrives, the drive taking about twice as long as it would normally if you were driving from bob moral to edinburgh, it would probably take him just over 2 hours or so. the fact is moving slow is that

they want to make sure that people in the main populations on the east coast of scotland get the chance to see their farewells, which is why it will go through aberdeen down into the city of dundee. and then finally down here to ed brother code's gathering just the other side of hollywood palace. this is where the queen would come at least for one week every summer. this is the official residence of the monarch in scotland there. they would have that annual garden party in the massive gardens in the back, but they would also carry out investiture ceremony. so those had been awarded honors by the queen and knighthood and m b e. a dame hood a c, b, e. they would all gather here and at some point the queen with a ward the was or nurse here. she was well respected and well regarded by the scots because she spent a lot of time at balmoral as a child and her mother came from a scottish family. so when she wasn't been moral, she was at a glance castle which is in t say part of the area that she will pass through in the coming hours. and so there was always that connection with this house. in fact,

a last official visit was back in 2021 and she visited a soft drinks factory. no, there's a drink here in scotland, cold. i and bruce noon, scotlands other national drink after whiskey. so the fact that she went there, she realized that the scots were slightly different, but there were always people that she liked and she recognized and poignant moment for the people of scotland. no doubt allen. and the queen, as he said, was, was open about her affection for scotland throughout her vein. i know he has been speaking to people. there are where we're seeing the convoy now entering aberdeen at their cottage, entering aberdeen. you've been speaking to people ah, about the clean, what have they told you how they feel about her? well, there are those who want for in places like this and they will get a chance to, to say farewell. and others who were employed directly by the queen, including some one called the sovereigns piper. no, we met one man scott meth and who served the queen for 4 years. he was in the army,

he was known to her as pipes, and he would play at events that the queen was hosting, particularly here in scotland, but also would travel to windsor and to buckingham palace. and for him, he's just one of 8 people who served as the sovereigns piper. saudi. one of 43 people who served as the solven's papers as the 1800s. but one of each who are still alive a connection. the very few people have okay, before we see a report ah, alan, let's just say show our view as the pictures of the cortez are traveling through aberdeen near the queen's cortez. this the 2nd, i think erstwhile not really a stop, but the 2nd place that the, the a cottage is traveling a through before it head to edinburgh much later as alan and our various correspondence covering this story, i've been saying this is going to be a long journey

a long journey. the final farewell fulfill. elizabeth the 2nd before her funeral. on september, the 19th, the focus to day on scotland, a place she loved very much and where people loved her very much. let's take a look now at alan's report about scotland and the queen's relationship with some of the people she worked with. voyager for almost 4 years. scott method with queen elizabeth piper. he would play at a bent play on demand play tune she loved. he left the army almost 3 years ago, and the role he performed for the queen, but left with memories of a woman who respected and admired. for me personally, this wasn't just some one that's on our paper coin or donna on a bite note. you're the creams, are the person to me, am for me? am i the re to your my yeah, i was, i was actually got it. who's a, i feel like a was a member of the family, wants to tell you that there had been 17 people appointed the sovereigns piper

since 1843. only eat are still alive. the former drum major considers it a huge honor to have glimpse behind the curtain. the royal life will look. some of the things have been said am about how much a quick witted she was. a how funny and aim. but as for me personally of his, of his off, off humanity as a person that was a big thing. am how she treated staff, how she treated me as a person, a me, she didn't, i like a boss and i should look up killing women. and that's, that's the cool thing for me to come. piper will play a role in the coming days as a nation says farewell, and do you are. and what for her? remember the moment they shared a joint down in sterling and 980 9 am. i was just a young 15 year old. a anna sort of leisure to the queen. never was by

thought that who 20 or years later i would be sleeping 70. if i stepped over for the queen, every night i would be, i would class the queen as a new person. she knew she knew my name's she knew my children's name is likely when queen elizabeth is late, correct. there will be a final lament please. but of course the countries are those like scott myth and we'll see that many past year. well, i scott would love to be part of the events over the next few days, but he realizes he's no longer the queen's piper. instead, that rule was played to day by the cotton holder of the position the sovereigns piper. he played a lament as the queen left bar moral for the final time he was willing to buy moral talking. and the lament he played for the queen, she began that final journey, was a tune. she would know well and she asked for on several occasions. it's cold,

bol mortal. ah, what a beautiful, sorry, allen. thank you so much, alan fish alive for her there in edinburgh. let's speak now to christopher wilson, who's a royal biographer, his in london. in joining us live on al jazeera. thank you so much for being with us today. i christopher, as we have said, a big focus on scotland as part of the morning period for the queen. tell our viewers 1st. what scotland meant to the queen? well, she lived most of the year. in england, she had holmes, obviously went to castle and sandra room, and she was bucking palace from time to time less so in the last years. but her heart was in scotland. she truly felt that she was in part scottish out of course, mother queen this came from a scottish family, socratic family,

family home as gloves, castle. and so she's got scottish love in. and i think that the, the retreat and the safety and the saturate. which being and bow morals gave her, made her feel a little more relaxed atmosphere in scotland is different in respect to the world founded a bow and scrape quite so much. and i think she just felt wonderfully relax. very happy that. and i said no, she had a small house on about more of a state conversion recently in the hope that she could live with her mobility issues very sadly, and came rather more brother more quickly than was expected. it is interesting, isn't it? this affection and fondness she had 1st caught and when you consider today that scotland and actually historically has been less supportive of the monarchy.

that's right. i mean, when king george the 4th turned up in scotland, he decided that he was going to was killed. one of those days it was only so robert barons who. ready were killed and aristocratic, some people who blew blood when think of wearing a kill, but he decided that he or to go native. and so he put a kilt on, but they spoil the effect by putting a pair of pink tights on. and so they just scotsman just rolled with laughter. but ever since that time scotland is tried. family has tried very hard to taunt its roots in scotland and queen victoria insisted on having about moral counsel and. and so it's trickle down through the ages. got most cottages, they got older. right. what about the king? king charles, formerly the prince of wales. of course, how is viewed in continent?

well, it's, it's really difficult for him because very recently. well, in recent years he bought a new mansion called dump free house. and that is the subject of some great controversy because one of the 7 started selling on those in return for contributions to help refurbish the house. that is ongoing problem which so hangs over the king even though he has now become king. i think he probably wish that he hasn't actually bought this house because he's got the whole bow more of the state after all. and so i think you don't mix feelings at the moment. i don't think we'll see him a dumb freeze us anytime soon. and he will have to adopt his mother's love all doubt morrow, whether he likes it or not. princess di and of course,

hated it. very interesting. the of course, the funeral cortez should a going through scotland. this is just the final while the 1st step in the final journey, tell us about the events over the next few days. what are we expecting? of course, a little culminate with the funeral. on september the 19th, which is going to be a very big operation, isn't it? well, a 1st week i just got a cook there of prince charles who's right, a fucking palace. it's a working day for him. you think, you know, with her, with all that he's got on his plate, he wouldn't have time. but as your diplomatic correspond said earlier, he's going to beat a baroness scotland, who's in charge of the administration from r and things are of the commonwealth. but he saying go to meet representatives of the commonwealth, and it's very interesting, you know, when he suddenly became king, he had to draw up

a list of priorities. what have i got to do 1st, he was actually sitting there with a piece, paper scribbling down. what's important, what's less important, what's you could wait till tomorrow. and this is really his 1st official engagement as a sovereign. and it just goes to show how important the commonwealth is to him. that he spoken about the commonwealth in the past, but i didn't realize quite how much it is top of his list. and of course the queen was, you know, the, almost the founder of the commonwealth. and so therefore, she was naturally it's head when it came to time for charles to take over, there was some debate as to whether it should pass from mother to son or whether somebody else should have an opportunity. they shouldn't take it. granted that you know that the bridge voyles should head the commonwealth. and i think that he is very conscious, particularly, or with the peeling off of some of the, the, the caribbean states. that he's got to put this top of his list. so it's

a working day for the king and he's working day for him and did his meeting, as he said, representatives of a commonwealth to day in london, life pictures. so outside of backing palace and speaking of the common while, thank you very much for speaking to her sir christopher, thank you for your time. as that, christopher talks there about the common wild family out important to talk about some of the other countries of the commonwealth which are observing a day of morning in honor of the queen, india. i is one of them. it was a british colony for nearly 200 years and is the largest nation in the commonwealth . but in recent years, the government has tried to move away from its colonial, passed by re natal reports now from new delhi. this boulevard, in the heart of new delhi, has received a make over built by the british it houses famous buildings such as this war memorial. the road has been renovated and re named. there is a new statue of freedom fighter sebastian turbos. these are not merely cosmetic

changes. good, i mean, got my big. the road was called kings. when was a symbol of colonialism now, which is called part of duty. kings via was for the british empire. for them we were sleeves. now it's architecture and spirit has changed. india was a british colony for nearly 2 centuries, 75 years after independence. it's trying to shake off that legacy. much of this part of the city was designed by english architect edwin luncheon. today. it's also a major tourist attraction, wide roads aligned by the parliament appellation home for the president and several museums. the government is removing what it calls, symbols of slavery. it's also spending more than one and a half $1000000000.00 on re vamping this area. opposite the aud parliament, a new one is being built. other plans include a new home for the prime minister. there are concerns about the environmental impact and poor working conditions at the site under pas giovanna. the most significant change is the underpass. it's benefited locals, tourists,

every one. it's not crowded anymore and it makes the place more beautiful. papa, this is middle school. i have heard a lot about how sebastian did advance fought for india. he deserves his grand statue. i'm very happy to see it at india gate. historians see the project is part of the government's broader political goal. they have been all the time trying to project themselves as symbols of nationalism. they had been in fact, oh, have a hyper nationalism. i think the ideology is not one of nice to lose them. it's not one of our people union nationalism renewed that they did not play their ancestors played no part in the freedom struggle. but although india is a member of the commonwealth observing a day of mourning for britons, queen elizabeth the 2nd is a decision that evoked mixed feelings in a nation where many are keen to read write the colonial past. pop nathan al jazeera new delhi. and this is now the scene at edinburgh castle in scotland. a ceremony is

under way. they ahead of the arrival of the queen's coffin, the coffin left from old castle just a few hours ago and is traveling through a number of towns and villages in scotland before arriving in. ah, edinburgh, later to day, it will arrive at the palace of holy road house and then will stay there overnight before a ceremony tomorrow. monday, continuing coverage of this slot the day here on al jazeera. of course, we'll bring you all the latest happenings from scotland and around the u. k. let's turn our attention now to the days adding is in ukraine. russia's grape on the northeast, and cocky region appears to be weakening. ukrainian troops have made significant territorial gains in their counter offensive, taking control of 2 cities on russian supply votes. moscow has withdrawn his forces, saying it's regrouping and operations at the russian house operation. nuclear power

plant have been fully stopped. estate agent seen charge of europe largest bar band phase. it has disconnected the 6 unit of the plant from the power great. kimberly ellison door has more from keith with the ukrainians. continue this ambitious, offensive in the northeast at his, according to a lot of independent observers, ah retaken up to 300 kilometers of land that was captured by the russians. essentially the big picture is, is what took the russians months to capture the ukrainians are retaking in a matter of days. that gives you an idea of how quickly and how fast the russian lines have completely collapsed. essentially, the poorly equipped and trained russian soldiers that were on the front lines were quickly overrun by ukrainians in the past 48 to 72 hours and the more well

equipped and entrenched russian soldiers that were in towns and cities, they seemed to just flee immediately. once the ukrainians started to approach the outer rims or outers outskirts of those towns, it's an ambitious ukrainian military offensive in the northeast. that is retaking land in towns occupied by russia military that is now in retreat. by saturday night ukrainians had reached zoom about a 120 kilometers southeast of the regional capital, hot keep city leveled over enough rock bottom of the reconnaissance group. and the special forces are already here in assumed glory to ukraine. this soldier said, is zoom home to a major rail line is strategically important and was a russian military stronghold for months. no more. russian forces in the city fled as ukrainians closed in video showed ukrainians also recapturing copy,

ask another key, supply line, city and invalid. clear retaken by the ukrainians a day before a top commander raised the flag as a sign of victory. to day where completing the liberation of balak, leah bestows big city in our offensive annual fund. i'm sure this is not the last city, but the war has taken its toll in the recaptured town of gradually destruction can be seen everywhere through south dylan, there are a lot of damage buildings in this village. it was completely destroyed. the rushes service men occupied every foot house there, a huge garbage piles and places they lived lily behind ammunition, bullets and other things, a used toner, the world bank estimates. ukraine will need $349000000000.00 in aid, just to rebuild. nobody here and ukraine is declaring victory. we need to make that very clear. this still is going to be

a long war. and it's important to point out that the russians still control territory in the northeast, still control a lot of territory and don bass. and in the south, the russians still control, not all but a good portion of the had so on region as well, including the regional capital of harrison city. even though in the south the ukrainians have a counter offensive there. it's much different than the one in the northeast that is fast and, and direct in the south. it's slow and more deliberate. while all this is happening, also in the south, the zappa region, nuclear power plant, the largest in europe, the last of the remaining operational nuclear reactors, there has been shut down intentionally by the ukranian officials. they're in the early hours of sunday morning. they did this as a safety measure because they say constant shelling around the nuclear power plant temporarily again cut off power,

which destabilizes it and potentially could lead to nuclear disaster. so they took the initiative on sunday morning to completely shut it down, which has happened now. they are intentionally cooling it and now we're moving forward. they are just using one power source to keep it in their words safe. while this is not the ideal situation, it's being described as the best option of, of a very difficult situation. but the headline from this apparition, nuclear power plant on sunday is it is, it is no longer fully operational at all. it is just being completely shut down in a cooling mechanism to keep it safe amid constant shelling. voting is underway in sweden's general election. opinion polls suggest is a close race between the left when government and an unprecedented alliance between the right and far right. rising crime and a surgeon integration are among the main issues the war in ukraine and the energy

crisis that followed have also become crucial for voters. paul reese has more from stockholm. sweden's 1st female prime minister is trying to get her 1st election victory. magdalena, on the sions, social democratic lead, coalition is not connecting the poles with an opposition block, led by the moderates party, but it's the rise of the ranked wing sweden. democrats, that she's been wanting vote as against. i am very concerned that the sweden democrats, there will be no 2nd largest party park and therefore hadn't very great influence on, on another government. and another prime minister in sweden. essentially the vote is a choice between i'm the sions, left leaning coalition, and the opposition led by off kristen of the moderate party. but even if they, when the moderates could be a minority in their own government, the difference between this election on the last one is that the opposition moderate party is now willing to work with the right wing suite and democrats. the

other difference is that the suite and democrats are ahead of the moderates in the polls. sweden democrat, leda, you me. auction is hoping to be off, krista, sons, king micah, his party has shot to popularity as a backlash against mass immigration via into us. the sweden, democrats, and not at all against immigration itself, but it has increased to such proportion. see that it has become absurd. hakim martin was born and bred in sweden, but still feels targeted. i always consider myself a part of the swedish society, but as somebody they look different, we always feel different. some things they are same might sound reasonable, but it's to decoded in was really shoot quota in underneath. there is racism. a major factor in this election is crime. sweden has the highest rights of jungle under gun murder in europe with most of the perpetrators and victims being an immigrant background. even the ruling social democrats have made that link with

policies to combat segregation. but policy might not be what the sides, the selection, yet some so called of the core issues are all to the advantage of the opposition is but the swedish people seem to like magdalena anderson, social democrats, wanted to be a presidential election, a choice between her and his dawson, the moderates absolutely do not want that. many other issues will come into play, not least the scrapping of nuclear power just before an energy crisis. whoever winds will need to hold sweden's apparent turn for the worse if they're to last more than 4 years. poll reese al jazeera stockholm in nigeria lecture is that public university have been on a strike for 7 months over better funding and working conditions. they say they won't return to class until their demands and met. the stoppage has left the lies of uh, 2500000 students on hold. i'm ready to report some kennel was to possibly man

makes enough money to meet his basic needs and fund his education the final year. so surely, just student says his ambition goes beyond soon presses, but a strike by lecturers has put his goal of getting a muster of sciences or m. s. c. on hold. i have a drink, want to continue my emmis without finishing my physically algal, i want to know the and masters. he started his 4 year degree program 6 years ago and he expect to have to wait longer to graduate. prolonged strikes, often lead to entire academic sessions, being counsel for many students from struggling, probably say the dispute is wrecking their studies before i actually had the sam slow, i understanding in academic activities or academic performance, i couldn't solve maybe simple questions from me, handouts.