raining monic i so i think we've got andrew simmons with us now, so he joins us from westminster abbey. so talk us through what's going on. well, that sir moved by president and the 1st lady into westminster hall was a key issue. a key point in the u. s. president's visit joe biden, and his 1st, the 1st lady jill, moving not actually getting in the way of the que, standing back in those minutes of silence. those are very vivid recollections. they'll have of that historic moment because every account you hear from so many people coming out of that hole is one of emotion all the the stark vivid colors there. the imperial crown,

a twinkling in the candle light of the whole atmosphere, is quite airy in one sense and very moving in another. now the president has moved on from the inn with heavy security, as you can imagine with the beast of a vehicle he's using throughout the store. or he will then go to sign the book of condolences in lancaster house. and from there, he will go to king charles. the 3rd reception of this is the colossal event, or more than $500.00 potations have gone out to princes, princesses, kings, queen, presidents, ads of state, from all over the world. heads of government from all over the world. the have been at some diplomatic incidents in terms of the invitations, one in particular, form of saudi arabia, in which her mom had been solomon was to have come. he was invited. what we've

heard now, but the south is have replaced him with another key figure, prince turkey, bin hammer mohammed out. he is taking his place that had been processed by rights groups about the implication of been settled down in the murder and dismemberment of jamal a show g, the washington post journalist a while back. now that was a major controversy. however, he denies it, of installment denies it. and the british say they didn't stop him from coming. it was a saudi decision. others in this list? well, it's, it's colossal, it's a colossal list of guess for this reception. they are all, most of them. it is invited to spend some time as, as you saw, the u. s. president spent some time in the westminster hall that will be happening later on. there is also going to be a number, a number of developments this evening among them a, a call for silence,

what the way across the u. k. and it also, globally 2 minute silence, which the prime minister list trust has called upon the good hope will lead us all to follow this hush silence for 2 minutes, which will be at 7 o'clock local. and she is. she's going ahead with that. furthermore, the been a number of, of how she's, how should i put it, a number of light moments at the start of his queue when people are a quite boyd up and ready for the long walk ahead of them. and then gently, as they get closer to the, becomes something more of a solemn atmosphere. and now right now these people, many of them look exhausted as there. and now just approaching the hole where they will look at the vigil. look at those 8 gods. and the coffin there that moment they've waited for some them for in the region of,

of 121314 hours perhaps beyond that. but soon the government will be actually, through its agents is a warning everyone, but look, you cannot possibly get to see the coffin. now it's going to be a very likely event that you will not see anything at all. so therefore, that's going to have to be some careful management of the queue that's been so distinguished in the way it's, they've all behaves as a major moment. it certainly would be, would have been what the queen would have wanted, because she had to sign off on every aspect of her funeral. and that includes the whole thing of lying in states which her husband, prince philip, the duke of edinburgh did not want. when he died, he, he did not want that at all, but she is very much aware of a need for connecting with people not only in her life, but in death as well. andrew, thank you so much. as we are looking,

as you're talking, we're looking at pictures of what you called that will not your the beast that is the us presidential vehicle. that's the most kate. so that's probably joe biden. and the us 1st lady heading back, i imagine, after we saw those pictures of him coming to pay respects alongside joe biden, at westminster hole, where the queen, queen elizabeth, the 2nd the lake queen was lying in saint they with us. andrew, we're going to do now is we're going to bring in chris wilson. he's a royal historian, a biographer, he's in london, joins us live there. continue to look at those life pictures. when we look in the context of situations like this in the past, the passing of marks, what do you make and how do you evaluate the turn out that we've seen from had the states from world leaders?

well, it's quite extraordinary. and i think that it, sir, the world in which we live now, where our borders shrink because we have air travel and suddenly there are. busy busy more a heads of state here than there have ever b. r. i counted 23 kings, 13 queens, and the heads of state all a representatives of a 121 other countries. now that is colossal, i can't believe that anywhere else in the world can a single figure attract that many people at such short notice to come here to celebrate this amazing life of the queen. but uncle says a secondary purpose here. it's going to be going on, i think we've already discussed the diplomacy, which is going to take place while we're here. and the heads of state will, you know, once they pay their respects to the new king, they'll be a nodding and chatting with each other in an informal way that,

that they wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to do so. this becomes a world event in a very different context. it's a political and diplomatic event, but struggling through all this is prince charles, king charles, and a it's, i would say the toughest day of his reign by far because he's, he's got all these people though i just described you and he's got a treat them all as equals, whether it's the president of the united states, joe biden, or it's a head of to follow that tiny, tiny, a nation. and, and at the same time what's going on is that, oh wow, he's got his agenda or some of the leaders of these countries which would come and again, be sipping his cocktails. a very different agenda to day to cinder a done be a new zealand prime minister confirmed yet again, that within her lifetime, the british monarchy will know long her b,

the head of her country, new zealand, and witches. i thought it diplomatically, perhaps not the, the best h choose to say that, but you know, we have to face reality and what are going on too long. i would just say that prince charles is going to be looking at this party and viewing the people. they're going to be the heads of the 6 or caribbean nations. they're all of whom want to leave the commonwealth and don't want charles as the head of state. and it's going to be run like standing at a party and watching all your guests leave while you're still there. it's going to be a tough one for him. no doubt. thank you so much. i think we're gonna talk later on, but for now, thanks so much for sharing your perspective with us. now the queen's funeral is putting extra pressure on essential services. many appointments and operations long awaited by patience being cancelled. funerals, bear on hold to hurry,

force reports from london on a day where lives across the united kingdom and effectively come to a halt. britton's national health services experiencing its longest waiting times on record as tests and treatments put on hold through the pandemic work their way through the system. on monday, thousands of appointments have been postponed for the public holiday of the queen's funeral. i had an appointment canceled on monday, so i came up today and i think that's fine. i'm glad that they were able to see me a different time. i quickly if i was a kind of a really, really upset to understand what they're expected. i don't know what i've just had my blood done because i didn't think that bad on monday. i think it's very unfortunate that that's happened in emergency treatments and urgent procedures will still go ahead as planned. that reduced stuffing means many other appointments will be fit family. doctor appointments will also suffer

with many medical centers. shut for the day of the as anxious is obliged to go by the national holidays at the same time. we have to look after our patients. so we are sort of stuck in the middle where we have to both respect the public opinion as well as the government opinion for example. and so i think, you know, it's probably a very difficult situation that the interest is in at the moment. and is the country prepares for the queen's funeral, others being put on hold. funeral director francis l cook has seen one plan ceremony on monday postponed the fear it would be overshadowed and that people might not come. she says she's heard of other families, especially those who booked commissions, having funerals cancelled against their wishes. the feeling is that, you know, if it's their mom, this died. their mom is more important to them than the queen. however much they love the queen. and because of the long you meant to grief around the sort of taken away some of the sort of, i suppose,

how they feel they can grieve for an event on this scale. one day of national pause were widely be seen as appropriate. but for those who been negotiated, the delays and backlogs of a cobra health service, that one day could have been a much priced, the surgery or cancer treatment. at the very least, it's a reminder that the multiple problems this government faces will remain after the morning period ends. and they'll need to be dealt with hurry for that. i'll just euro london now to all the news, the speaker of the us house of representatives as pledge support for army after recent fighting on the border with azerbaijan. the 2 countries have been in conflict for decades over the disputed region of no gordon or caliber, tourney, chang reports from the armenian capital yard of an ah. alongside her armenian counterpart, nancy pelosi paying her respect to the genocide memorial. the speaker of the house of representatives appeared moved,

but the message was clear. the united states as standing firmly alongside armenia in its time of need. later in the day, after meetings in the national assembly, she was equally resolute and meeting again that had a particular importance to us because of the focus on security following the illegal and deadly attacks. and as a by the, as of a young up back on the armenian territory, we strongly condemn those attacks lee in our delegation on behalf of congress, which threatens prospects for much ne piece agreement. but pelosi wouldn't be drawn on how the u. s. might contribute to the peace process we were here to listen to our mean is security need. she said, but conceited. the russia had broken the seas. fathers currently in place initiated either theories on the streets of the capital protest is called for an end to the russian broken piece process under the collective security treaty organization,

or c, s t o o. we have an alliance with russia which is not protecting us. and we are at, at that end, we are like hostages in our own country, but armenia is in europe and that is it. we are a european country. can you hear people are shouting out of c s t o out of c s t o . a pulling out of the car isn't written in one agrees. it's not good. romney? duncan does need. she was guessing what he's using it. no one knows exactly why. while everyone wants american support, no one can agree on how that might work in practice to connie says just good. and here on the border, talk of peace seems very far away. the recent outbreak of fighting has left these villages deserted. after farmers fled the shelling that hit the homes and the military moved in is bullying. the fact is that at this moment other about john is targeting civilians. and there isn't an adequate response from the international

community yet, which is not good. in the vast grass lands and hills on the border, the pathway to a permanent piece remains elusive and out of sight. tony chang al jazeera european, the us established diplomatic relations with both armenia and does that by john in 1992 following their independence from the soviet union. washington's play the key role in the garden and cut about the peace process as a co chair of the so called mince group with russia and france is the largest provider of humanitarian and technical aid. swami and you're supplying nearly $3000000000.00 and funding over the last 30 years. at the same time is given more than $1500000000.00. and a was that by john, that includes at least 164000000 in direct military. a that's been criticized by armenian groups in 2019 joe biden became the 1st us president, formerly recognized the mass killings of more than

a 1000000 armenians on the ottoman empire during world war one. as an act of genocide, it's a description. the turkish government rejects alex kosicki is the program director at the army and the national committee of america. he things the u. s. should stuff old entry assistance. so as by john this delegation and the remarks by speaker pelosi were an important step towards demonstrating us commitment. to upholding and defending human rights and democracy, especially in the face of authoritarian expansionism. but through the speaker explicitly condemning, authored by john's illegal and unprovoked attack on armenia and on civilian populations in armenia. this is also a principled step towards holding author by john to account for its aggression. but on that point, what we need now is to see these powerful words translated into our actual action to hold as bai's onto account. and that must begin with the immediate suspension of all for the military assistance to us or by john the security council. resolutions

also a wide, explicitly to other by john to cease all aggressive actions against local army and populations. and did not, at all undermine the fundamental right to self determination of the armenians of arts, or to live peacefully and freely in their lands free from persecution at the hands of buzzer by john, which is what was occurring at the time of the conflict when hundreds of thousands of army and civilians were false from their homes and were systematically discriminated against and prosecuted during pogroms across the country. so this is a matter of principle. this is a matter of internationally recognized human rights. the right to self determination and the rights of people to live peacefully and freely in their homes and in their lands. across the border and as by john, people of return to the 1st village, rebuilt in, as advised johnson to 2020 war with armenia. despite the violence in recent days, they say they determined to stay and rebuild their lives. charles stratford has more from a galley in as by john. these is airy graves have been

neglected for more than 30 years. the village was destroyed in fighting in the early 19 ninety's when the armenian army occupied this area. 2 years ago, the army military was forced out in a 6 week war that claimed 6500 lives. and new village has been built so many a series, return hell of the thought filled in the statue you see represents pasent high for us. we hope we can solve this problem without fighting. but there are fears that a pride, joy, peace may be unraveling. both sides blame each other for a recent up surgeon fighting that killed more than $200.00 soldiers. this village is the 1st village in this area have been rebuilt. since the as airy military took back control of this area in 2020 after what they say was 30 years of armenian occupation. and the people coming back to live here,

say that despite the recent escalation of violence, some of which happened close to here. they are determined to stay the silly move of family, or one of almost 70 families who moved back so far. for longest cries, as she listened to her daughter. describe what happened when they fled 29 years ago . she says, she won't let her daughter's childhood be destroyed like hers was an a login method as a law. our children have to be here. we have to bring them up here because we run this land back with the blood of our soldiers. the government built village has shops, a school and a workshop where women get paid to make medical clothing and masks. so guess it's availa. it feels incredible to be back. the last 30 years of our life was bad. we lived in camps and often on the streets. flags fly over the grave of

a soldier above the village. there's no agreement on a peaceful solution to the conflict over nagondo kara back. only hope that the killing will finally stop char stratford al jazeera a gully azerbaijan. the russian president is spoken by phone to the leaders of kingston and to jesus dan urging them to prevent further fighting along their disputed border. but to blame each other for the latest flare up of violence, dozens of people have been killed since wednesday. ukraine's president says evidence of widespread torture has been found as more bodies on earth that a mass burial sites in the east. the city of israel was retaken from russian forces last week. the czech republic, which holds the presidency, is calling for an international war crimes tribunal to be stablished ahead of the pro ration forces that retreated from his e. m. accusing ukraine of staging atrocities. pro russian forces in the east and

city of done the ask at least 4 people have been killed by shelling the cities under russian control. and it's mayor says the central part of done yet was attacks . one of the main, the electricity lines to zachary z, a nuclear power plant in southern ukraine, has been reconnected. it's now supplying power again from the ukrainian grid. over the last 2 weeks, all 4 lines had been cut off during fighting near the russian held facility. in haiti, looting and protests taken place fuel by rising cost of petrol and the high crime rate demonstrations have disrupted the island distribution system for drinking water, making fresh water. hard to come by now hearken. fiona is bowing towards the country, making the situation even worse. later harding reports, protesters let these tires on fire in haiti's capital. they're angry about high

fuel prices and crime and want the prime minister to resign. inflation is at its highest in a decade and gained violence has left hundreds of people debt and displaced thousands. people in puerto prince have been forced to shelter at home as fighting and gunfire breakout. the government called for com, allowing people to come out of hiding to find the one thing they've been living without the water look like to be because of the blockades in the country. it's been at least 2 or 3 days since i've had access to water. john denise avail lives on the outskirts of the capital and had to wait in a long line to fill up his container. you're thirsty and hot with daily temperatures here, climbing up to 35 degrees. if i'm gonna, if it wasn't for places like this, we would die from thirst. we can't find non potable or potable water. this is the

only place we can find. water companies had to stop deliveries to the city amid the violence. in 2010 an earthquake destroyed much of the infrastructure and it hasn't been rebuilt. the issue of clean water is a problem with clerks in the water to be able to drink it. we just can find water. petrol and diesel are also hard to find. government fuel subsidies recently ended, and nearly half of the country relies on food assistance to survive. and now another threat tropical storm. fiona is heading towards the island of his renewal of this week, ramping up the demand to collect water in case the storm. leo harding al jazeera or i, let's take you back to buckingham palace where we understand they're getting ready for reception of some of those. so many of those foreign leaders heads of state who have been attending the coffin to pay their respects to queen elizabeth the

2nd who passed the night queen of england. i think we've got now andrew simmons. he joins us from westminster abbey. so talk us through this reception then andrew well, it's a colossal reception, something that hasn't been seen for decades. so many world leaders attending, in fact, something like 500 invitations. when child kings, queens, princesses, princes, heads of steaks of prime ministers. so many people invited right away across the world, not just the commonwealth, the whole world. so this means that the most colossal collection of, of people of power are in the british capital right now. meaning a massive security operation. unprecedented source is say,

within the security services that this is the biggest operation or the biggest security operation since the 2nd world war. effectively there is, there are going to be snipers on every rooftop. you can think of tomorrow, certainly all away, anywhere near the root of the cortez. there are thousands of a plainclothes offices and also intelligence operations going on, right the way across the country. but this at reception, which you're seeing some arrivals at, is being held by king charles the 3rd and he will address his guests. he will basically prepare them for events on monday, which will engage something like $2000000.00 members of the public lining the streets. that is a colossal number and an immense amount of organisation going on,

as you could imagine. also, a much attention is being paid to this extraordinary q 9 kilometers long. that still snaking its way through the capitol. moving towards the cape, the, the, the whole westminster hole where those a gods are around the coffin, the queen of the royal standard, over draped over it. the crown in the center, diamonds reflected, but sparkling because of the candle lights lap that extraordinary atmosphere. i think many words have been written, many songs have been sung, many hymns have been song many headlines. but the something about the silence that stands out in this whole procedure, the found a silence is probably more poignant than anything else. the silence of the crowds,

even though you may hear traffic, the silence in westminster hole there just just interrupted occasionally by a tap, tap, tap on the stone floor by the the, the god changing the gobs. and then the course, the competing special, competing there to enable the, the acoustics to be very soft and deep. but moving on from the, of the presence of the us presidents, joe biden, and his wife, joe, has the 1st lady going into that hole. they were clearly moved. they didn't interfere with a q in any way whatsoever. despite all the security, they stood behind the queue as it still went through, obviously distracted, quite considerably. bobby arrival of the us president the last minutes he paid his last respects. and so did the 1st lady, 14 presidents of the us and get,

were in office. sorry. and i'm going to jump in there. and let's listening to what job i'm saying. we were consistent with the reputation who the queen had us to the castle for tea, and we joking, crumpets. she kept offering me more. i kept beating everything she put in front of me, but she was the same in person issue as her image. decent, unable, and all night service and harsh go out to the royal family, king charles, and all the family. it's a loss that leaves a giant hole. sometimes you think you'll never, you'll never overcome it. but as i've told the king, she's going to be with him every step of away every minute, every moment. and that's her reassuring notion. so to all the people, bang,

the hall, people, united kingdom, hearts go out to and you were fortunate to have had are for 70 years. we all are world better for. thank you. just because the way she touched when she leaned over in the way she had that look like, are you okay anything i can do for you? what do you need? and then also make sure you do what you're supposed to do with the wider world. well, i think look, i'm the american prices heard me say for a long time. i think the thing that is maybe it's too much of excusing depression, the irish of it, but it's about treating people with dignity. i talked about how my mother and father thought that everyone, no matter who they were,

no matter what their station men are, where they're from, deserve and retreat with dignity. and that's exactly what she communicated. test the way she walked, buyer status way. this way she acted and i think what she gave is a sense of maybe above all the notion of service, we owe something. there's something within our capacity to do that can make things now and that is the world better. but your neighborhood better, your household better, the workplace. then as she communicated to me in arms and added a meter, which with honorable, decent and all about service, was there of us president joe biden moments ago. hang attribute to the late queen elizabeth the 2nd, the late monarch of the united kingdom. he spoke bare as he was signing the

official, condones his book alongside jill by their lancaster house. that's the house, run by the foreign and commonwealth and development office. all right, let's, let's go to andrew simmons now quite some glowing words paved there by the u. s. president to the queen. not a surprise. yes, it was sir, very moving. really to see the president her have those sort of words. he had a very good relationship with the queen. he and the 1st lady jo last saw the queen . in fact, last year, the g 7 that the u. k hosted and he travelled to windsor castle to meet her there and joined her for t. joe biden said later that she was such an extraordinary woman because she wanted to talk all about family even though they were worn by aids. don't.