this programme contains repeated flashing images. tonight at ten... the queen's coffin is brought back to buckingham palace for one last night. applause and cheers as elizabeth ii makes her final return, her coffin met inside the palace by her family for their last private hours together. pulling up on busy main roads, people parked their cars in the fast lane for a final farewell as the queen's cortege made its way from raf northolt into london. the coffin was flown back from edinburgh by the raf. it was met on the ground by the prime minister. while the queen made herfinaljourney home, booking travel to northern ireland. god save the king!

king charles has been meeting political leaders, including from the republican party sinn fein, and also paid tribute again to his mother. my mother. my mother felt deeply, i know, mother. my motherfelt deeply, i know, the significance of the role she herself played in bringing together those whom history had separated. as ukrainian forces continue to liberate part of their country, a special report from inside a police station that russian forces are said to have used to torture people. and france loses a national treasure. the influentialfilm director jean—luc godard has died at the age of 91. stay with us on bbc news, when we will bring you continuing coverage of events and analysis from our team of events and analysis from our team of correspondence in the uk and around the world.

good evening. the queen's coffin has arrived at buckingham palace. it was flown from edinburgh airport this afternoon landing at raf northolt west of london this evening, accompanied all the way by her daughter princess anne. despite the pouring rain, huge crowds lined the roads on the iii—mile journey into london. traffic came to a standstill as people pulled up and got out of their cars to watch the queen's hearse pass by. inside buckingham palace, in the courtyard and out of public view, the king was waiting with his brothers and sister, prince william, and prince harry — the queen's closest family — as she was brought home one last time. tomorrow her coffin will travel to westminster hall, where she will lie in state. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. and so, to london, on a dull september evening in an aircraft of the royal air force with the callsign kitty hawk,

the callsign of any military aircraft carrying her majesty the queen. waiting on the tarmac, a very new british prime minister, in the dark clothes of mourning, just as there had been all those years ago when winston churchill had been at another airfield to receive the young elizabeth as she arrived in london for the first time as queen. at raf northolt tonight, the queen's coffin was borne from the aircraft on the shoulders of a bearer party from the queen's colour squadron of the raf. watching, the princess royal, she had travelled with the coffin for its entirejourney from balmoral, and to have done so, she said, had been an honour and a privilege. and witnessing the love and respect shown by so many to her mother had been both humbling and uplifting.

the honour guard from the raf stood to attention. in steady rain, the state hearse with its escort of police outriders, began the journey into the centre of london. as the motorcade made its way through the gathering dusk, traffic pulled over on the motorway. many thousands stood in the rain. west london came largely to a halt. on pavements and gantries and flyovers, the citizens of britain's capital took these first moments of the late queen's return to demonstrate their affection and their gratitude. applause the journey brought them

to the heart of london, to streets and landmarks that the queen knew so well. down park lane to hyde park corner and then onto constitution hill. finally to buckingham palace, where the queen's coffin will rest for one final night. applause within the palace were the king and queen consort and the queen's other children, grandchildren and their spouses, together with other members of the family. these were to be private moments for the family before the queen's coffin leaves their loving custody to be handed over to the nation for the lying in state. band plays rehearsals for the ceremonial processions have been taking place in the early hours of the morning. carefully laid plans are being

put into practice as london and the nation get ready for the final farewell to a most revered monarch. nicholas witchell, bbc news. the queen's coffin was flown out of edinburgh this afternoon after lying in rest at st giles' cathedral in the city. around 30,000 were able to pay their respects at the cathedral, filing silently past her coffin over the last day and night before she left scotland for the last time. 0ur scotland editor james cook sent this report. god bless the queen. god save the king. from the people of scotland... ..to their queen... ..one last act of devotion. for hours, they have queued day and night for a few

moments with their queen. moments they will never forget. why do you think it's so emotional? why has it affected you so much, do you think? she's like everybody�*s granny. it's like your granny dying again. she's just everybody�*s granny, isn't she? she's the nation's granny. she just means so much to everybody. it's terrible. i can't stop crying. where do you think her death leaves this country? there's a massive void, a massive void in this country. her personality, her humour, hersmile, herlove, care and dedication to her family and to this country. the atmosphere is just - very serene, very, very serene. it was just so quiet. everybody was lost in their own thoughts, i think, as well, - and just seeing it was very- emotional, very, very emotional. among those standing guard as a knight of the thistle,

the former presiding officer of the scottish parliament, lord david steel. paying tribute to the first elizabeth to reign in scotland. where do you think that this moment leaves the nation and what this tells us about the nation? i think that it is in very secure hands with king charles ii! as he called himself to me last night. he said, "i don't have the elizabeth i or ii problem, "because i'm king charles iii," and we both laughed about that. what is the significance of this moment in history? well, for many people, it is simply a chance to mourn and to say thank you. for others, it's a powerful reminder of the ties that bind the nation together. but there are different views as well. everybody has a right to protest, however, i think the clear answer... they are making a point about freedom of speech following three arrests in edinburgh and one in aberdeen relating to the week's events, including one man who was charged after prince andrew was heckled.

there have been a few people arrested in the last few days for expressing anti—monarchist sentiments in very, very peaceful ways. we are talking, like, people with signs, people just saying, "not my king," something like that. in one case, someone was threatened with arrest just for having a blank piece of paper. it's very much about the power of the british state. we're told that we are not allowed to question, "this is the wrong time, this is the wrong place." i personally don't believe in having an unelected head of state, but i think that we should be able to have a conversation about it. we should be able to have a process to share these views or change it if that's what people decide. that's how democracy should work. bagpipes play but this evening, all eyes were on this. the last journey. applause

the late queen did not travel alone. her daughter, princess anne, was with her. it was, she said, an honour and a privilege. and so it ends, with the queen's final flight. as for scotland, the curtain falls on the age of elizabeth. well, this is the scene at buckingham palace tonight. still raining, but all day, people came to see the return of the coffin

to buckingham palace. jane hill is there for us now. yes, sophie, and i move down and join those crowds in the last few hours, some of whom had waited for a very long time in the rain, to see that moment of history, the queen brought back to buckingham palace for the last time. in i move down among the crowds on constitution hill here, and i was there for a while before the cortege arrived, and what struck me during that time was how extraordinarily quiet it was. there was a hash. no pushing, nojostling for was. there was a hash. no pushing, no jostling for position, a few people in tears, people clutching their phones, wanting to photograph that moment, but fundamentally, just still, calm, quiet, waiting to see the hearse arrived. and it was that

same stillness that i experienced here on friday when people came after the immediate announcement of the queen's death of a flowers along the queen's death of a flowers along the railings, and when you stood there, just absolute calm and silence, even though you are among thousands of people. and then as it got to eight o'clock, and people started to wonder whether cortege was, we heard the beginning of that applause that nick talked about there, and it ripples all the way down constitution hill. some cheering, some clapping, and then before we knew it, the queen's hearse was right in front of us, just a few feet away. none of us knows how we are going to feel at that moment. i certainly didn't know how i was going to feel, and you almost do a gasp as you look at it and realise what that means. yet i think because there was so much applause by that stage and so many people cheering, there was also something quite beautiful and quite moving about it. and then as the

cortege disappeared from our view, went around the victoria memorial behind me here and disappeared from view, quite a few people in the crowd close to us started singing and shouting, three cheers for the queen. and that was a moment of history for those thousands of people here tonight, and then tomorrow, of course, the focus turns tomorrow, of course, the focus turns to the late queen leaving buckingham palace for the very last time, and that procession that we will all witness tomorrow, taking the queen from here at the palace to westminster hall for those four days of lying in state. jane, thank you. while the queen was making her last journey from scotland, king charles was on his first visit to northern ireland as monarch. the king and the queen consort greeted crowds who gathered at hillsborough castle, some of whom had been waiting since five o'clock this morning, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal couple. his majesty then went on to meetings with

political leaders, including those from the nationalist parties, who want northern ireland to leave the uk and become part of the republic of ireland. and the king was offered a message of condolence on behalf of the people of northern ireland from the speaker of the stormont assembly. our special correspondent, allan little, is in belfast and has been following the king's visit there. allan. well, this had the makings of quite a difficult visit. the republican leaders here, as you say, i have never accepted the legitimacy of the sovereignty of the crown in northern ireland, and sinn fein is the biggest party. but republican leaders came, along with their political opponents, and express private sympathy for king charles, and praised his mother, the late queen, for the role she played in the achievement of peace here, praising what they called her leadership qualities and extending the hand of reconciliation. but the day was really about the king and the people, and those with a moment

on the streets, listening to the clear public affection and respect expressed here by the crowds who turned up. those were the moments, it seemed to me, that really filled him with energy and enthusiasm. it is his 40th visit to northern ireland, so he knows the village of royal hillsborough well, but this is the first time his car has flown the royal standard of the sovereign. we love you! the warmth of the public welcome was unmistakable. this is what this tour of the nations is for — direct engagement, informal and relaxed, between the new monarch and the people. they lingered, devoting more time to this than the formal schedule allowed. his late mother famously remarked that she had to be seen to be believed — public visibility is already a hallmark of the new reign. this, a gesture of gratitude for the flowers left in tribute to the queen. god save the king! the royal residence at hillsborough

has been at the heart of british and irish affairs for centuries. as they entered for the first time as king and queen consort, 206 (ulster) battery royal artillery fired a 21—gun salute. but inside, there was no disguising the tensions that still prevail here, and which have suspended the northern ireland assembly and devolved government. as dignitaries waited in the throne room, subdued, quiet... and i think we are all very saddened by our loss. ..the king greeted senior politicians from northern ireland. sinn fein�*s michelle 0'neill spoke to him of his late mother's contribution to the peace process. she played a great role in terms of reconciliation, so it's the end of an era, for sure. those sentiments were echoed more formally in an event that would once have been inconceivable here. during this period of public mourning... in the throne room at hillsborough castle, the speaker of the northern ireland assembly, sinn fein�*s alex maskey, addressed the king with these words.

queen elizabeth was not a distant observer in the transformation and progress of relationships in and between these islands. she personally demonstrated how individual acts of positive leadership can help break down barriers and encourage reconciliations. queen elizabeth showed that a small but significant gesture — a visit, a handshake, crossing the street or speaking a few words of irish — can make a huge difference in changing attitudes and building relationships. in reply, the king said he would follow what he called his mother's shining example. she never ceased to pray for the best of times for this place and its people, whose story she knew, whose sorrows our family had felt, and for whom she had a great affection and regard. my mother felt deeply, i know, the significance of the role

she herself played in bringing together those whom history had separated, and in extending a hand to make possible the healing of long—held hurts. at st anne's cathedral in belfast, people from all faiths joined the king and queen consort in a service of reflection for the life of queen elizabeth. it is the burden of the monarch to seek to unify, to stake out common ground on which to resolve differences. and here, where the legitimacy of the crown itself is challenged, the differences remain stark. liz truss sat beside the irish taoiseach micheal martin, engaged in conversation, for they too have differences to resolve. that the new reign has begun with visits to scotland,

northern ireland and, on friday, wales, is a statement of intent. an intention to put the future of the union at the heart of his purpose as king. at a time when many of the traditional bonds of union are weakening, to draw the four nations of the kingdom into a cohesive whole. the warmth that he found on the streets of northern ireland cannot disguise the divisions that still run through northern ireland, the political divisions that mean that there is no functioning devolved government and that the stormont assembly is still suspended. we also heard that during the years of the troubles, the royal family were themselves affected. we heard king charles hint at that when he talked about northern ireland's sorrow is being felt by his own family. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy was with the crowds she reports on a political landscape

in northern ireland that is dramatically transformed. in a place often defined by the divide over its sovereignty, a royal visit here takes on an even greater significance. crowd chants: god save the king! honestly, i am ecstatic, i am shaking. it's just phenomenal to even get this close to him. did you get to shake his hand? i did indeed, yes. i near crushed the man in front of me, but i got to shake his hand! for unionists, the monarchy is a symbol of northern ireland's place within the uk and a connection to a sense of britishness. i hope when people see this, they realise that northern ireland longs to be part of the uk. we want to be part of the uk, and let's hope that continues. people have been queuing here since dawn to meet the new king, keen to show that for the british identity in northern ireland, a sense of connection with the royal family is as important as ever. but a divided history has also meant, at times, the monarchy has had a difficult relationship with this part of the uk.

when the queen first visited northern ireland in 1953, the state had only been created three decades before, when the island of ireland had been partitioned. as your queen, i am now even more closely concerned with the affairs of northern ireland. behind the pomp and pageantry, there was conflict between nationalists who believed the island of ireland should be one independent country and unionists who were loyal to the british crown. on one visit, her motorcade was attacked in belfast when a concrete block was dropped onto the bonnet of her car. during the troubles, the violence touched the queen's own family in 1979, when lord mountbatten, her cousin, was murdered by the ira in ireland when a bomb was detonated on their boat. but as the peace process gathered momentum, the queen herself took part in symbolic moments of change. there was a historic

handshake between her majesty and martin mcguinness, himself a former commander of the ira, the paramilitary group that had carried out many of the violent attacks during the troubles, including on her own family. the handshake with martin mcguinness was a clear indication that that conflict was over, and that was something that meant a lot to people like me who had stood against violence over many, many years, but that handshake, basically, clearly said, "the conflict is over. "let's get on with building peace." today, loyalty to the monarchy in unionist areas is more prominent in northern ireland than perhaps anywhere else in the uk, and belfast�*s iconic shankill road has become a focal point for tributes. but this afternoon, the attention was on the royal route, from hillsborough castle and onwards. it really means a lot to welcome the new king. to sympathise with him

on the death of his mother. we love the royal family, i certainly love the royal family. i will be at the funeral in london, as well. for northern ireland, there is now new hope the unifying legacy the queen is remembered for here will be continued. emma vardy, bbc news, hillsborough. consider the words of alex maskey, the speaker of the northern ireland assembly, a lifelong republican, a man who was twice interned during the troubles, the symbolic heft of what he said directly to king charles today, when he spoke of his late mother's contribution to the northern ireland peace process, praised what he called her leadership skills and ability to use a small gesture to enormous effect, and effect change. that would have been unthinkable here not very long ago. but i think we have also learned something over the last few days about what kind of reign king

charles aspires to. i think he wants it to be demotic. he was most energised when he was out amongst the people, engaging with as many people as he could. he wants to be visible, like his mother. and he wants to serve for life, he made that clear very early on, that there would be no possibility of retirement eradication. we learned that the union, concern for the future of the union will be at the heart of his reign. —— retirement or abdication. that is why he made his first visit to edinburgh, belfast and cardiff. but there is one other thing i have been struck by and that is that he has carried on and his family have carried on performing public duties at a time of what must be intense personal grief for them. this is a family that on whose sorrow, the eyes of the world, the unyielding gaze of the public, intrudes, a family that has to subordinates its private sorrow to the imperatives and demands of public ritual. and that surely two is a legacy of queen elizabeth and

what everyone has remarked upon about her over the last few days, namely the steadfastness and constancy of her idea of lifelong public service. sophie. allan little in northern ireland, thank you. so the queen is spending her final night at buckingham palace. some last moments of privacy for her family before her coffin is taken tomorrow by procession to the palace of westminster. her coffin will leave buckingham palace at 2:20 tomorrow afternoon, by which time the rain should have stopped. it will travel very slowly along the mall, across horse guards parade and down whitehall. the king and other members of the royal family will form part of the procession. they will walk behind the coffin. it will take about a0 minutes in total, arriving at westminster hall at three o'clock ahead of four full days of lying in state. members of the public will be able to pay their respects from 5pm.

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tomorrow, a 38—minute walk for the king and other members of the royal family behind their mother's coffin, all the way up the mall from buckingham palace to westminster hall for the lying in state. expectations are around 400,000 people will be able to file past the coffin, leaving some potentially disappointed. the fear is queues of up to 30 hours. nevertheless, katie from worthing plans to return. it's no different from a concert, i guess. lots of people are queueing, like loads of hours for harry styles. i think the queen is a bit more important than harry styles, so, i don't mind waiting. why would it be important for you to go to the lying in state? she was roughly my age when she came to the throne, and i couldn't possibly imagine becoming queen of a country, let alone all the commonwealth nations at my age. janet from kent is concerned. i'm coming up thursday, just get in the queue and hope for the best, really. so, yeah.

queue as long as i can before i have to go home again. that's the biggest problem, isn't it? can't spend all night here. passing through, 2a hours a day, the public will be kept informed where the queue has reached and an estimate of the waiting time. a thousand volunteers, stewards and police will help. the lying in state opens at 5pm tomorrow. there will be a coloured wristband system for different zones. once there, people can leave the queue to sit or get food. some venues on the route will remain open to facilitate this, and the queue could be closed early if it's clear people won't reach westminster hall by 6:30am on monday. it will start on the albert embankment side of lambeth bridge and when the key lengthens, it will stretch along the thames, past tate modern and london bridge before winding its way to southwark park. there will be a separate accessible route for those with mobility difficulties. tonight, the late

queen is with herfamily. then there will be time for her people. lucy manning, bbc news, buckingham palace. the metropolitan police have called tomorrow a "significant day" for their security operation. there will be a noticeable increase in the number of police officers on the streets over the next six days as the met tries to protect royalty, presidents, prime ministers and the public. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at new scotland yard this evening. yes, sophie, with the late queen here in london and the focus shifting back to the capital, an unprecedented security operation is now under way. to give you an idea of it, the road i'm on tonight running beside the thames is being guarded notjust by police officers but also by royal navy ratings, as resources are drawn in from right across the uk to keep both the public and royalty safe. specialist police dogs trained to sniff for explosives patrolling the mall in london tonight,

yards from buckingham palace. these two dog teams were from west yorkshire police and lancashire police, an indication of how many resources have been pulled in from forces outside of london. we have already welcomed hundreds of additional officers from forces across the uk to work with us, the met in london, so people will see a lot of police officers tomorrow. you will see a lot of very visible officers on that route to westminster hall. this is a huge and complex operation but something we are ready for, we are prepared for, and we will work with all of the organisers and many other organisations and agencies to make sure this is a safe time for people coming to london. there will be thousands of officers on the streets over the next few days. many of them will be in among the crowds, but of course there will be many others behind the scenes watching cctv feeds and looking at intelligence. once we have got to the bottom, i will talk you through what that plan looks like...

the new head of the metropolitan police sir mark rowley was himself on the mall this afternoon to see the operation in person. he only started in the job on monday. for the next five days, the hundreds of thousands of people expected in london will need to be protected from petty criminals and also the risk from terrorism. and then on monday, at the funeral itself, police will need to protect kings and queens, emperors and princes, presidents and prime ministers. inside westminster abbey for the funeral will be the whole royal family, the president of the united states, the emperor ofjapan, and other high—risk vips like the president of israel. 0ne official said it was like having 100 state visits all at the same time. the sheer scale of the crowds will test other services too, including the london transport system run by tfl who think millions may use their services over the next few days. i would say this is the biggest challenge that tfl has ever faced.

obviously, we had the olympics in 2012, which was itself a huge occasion, but there we knew exactly what was happening and when it was happening and how many people were attending. while much of the police focus will be on protecting the public, there may be anti—monarchy protests too. after some controversial arrests, officers have now been given guidance on how to balance the right to protest with the right to grieve. daniel sandford, bbc news, at buckingham palace. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell is here. an extraordinary six days ahead, justjudging by those scenes we saw on the roads coming into london, the a40, the crowds, people who have literally stopped their cars on the fast lane. it's hard to grasp the scale of what is to come. i it's hard to grasp the scale of what is to come-— is to come. i think that is absolutely _ is to come. i think that is absolutely right, - is to come. i think that is absolutely right, sophie. | is to come. i think that is | absolutely right, sophie. i is to come. i think that is - absolutely right, sophie. ithink absolutely right, sophie. i think it's hard not to be deeply moved by what we have seen over the past five days, from balmoral, via edinburgh, the king in belfast to today, and then tonight, as you say, the

arrival of the queen's coffin here in london. tens of thousands of people turning out in the rain to pay their respects. public mourning, which began as a trickle, if you like, in the glens of scotland and along the banks of the beautiful river dee, has come via edinburgh and is now becoming an absolute torrent is lying in state moves to the palace of westminster by the river thames, a great river of sorrow and lamentation. and i think we are really rather entering unknown territory now. for all the meticulous planning and this document here, london bridge, we just don't know how many people are going to come to london for the lying in state beginning at five o'clock tomorrow. as the lady said in one of those reports, we are british, we willjust get in the queue. well, one encouraging sign, the weather forecast. queue. well, one encouraging sign, the weatherforecast. i queue. well, one encouraging sign, the weather forecast. i think we will know later, but i think the weather forecast is not too bad. the sun will come out. thank you, nicholas witchell. if you want more information about how to attend the queen's lying in state, or more

details about the days ahead, do go to bbc news 0nline. that's bbc.co.uk/news or you can also use the bbc news app. the rest of the news now. in ukraine, accounts are emerging of brutality and the killing of civilians by russian troops in areas that have just been liberated by ukrainian forces in the eastern province of kharkiv. analysts say moscow has largely given up land gained around kharkiv in the north—east and troops have been pulled back over the border. ukraine says it has retaken around 2,400 square miles of territory so far this month. the area here in purple shows the gains ukraine has made. you can see quite a big change since last week. 0ne city, balakliya, liberated last week. the russians are said to have used the local police station as a torture and interrogation centre. a warning — this report from our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin contains distressing details.

ukrainian police lead us to a crime scene. it's inside their own former police station in the city of balakliya. for six months, the russians were the law here, and local civilians were at their mercy. a former detainee told us both men and women were tortured with electric shocks. when the russians took over balakliya, they occupied this police station and made it their headquarters. they held prisoners here in the cells. now, we have been told they kept as many as eight men in cells as small as this. here on the wall, you can see that somebody has scratched out a prayer. and they have also marked out the days. the police say that local people were terrified to even pass by this building, afraid that they would be captured by the russians.

ukrainian investigators are here now, beginning to gather evidence about what happened behind these walls from people like artyum, who was held for more than 40 days. "they made me hold two wires", he says, "attached to an electric generator. "the faster you spin it, the higher the voltage. "they kept spinning it and asking questions. "they said i was lying, so they did it more. "it happened to some prisoners every other day." the russians made sure everyone inside heard the screams, he says, by turning off the ventilation system. but now freedom has come, a moment of celebration. ukraine's victory was swift. in a nearby village,

neighbours able to meet again, to breathe again, after six long months of occupation. for vasily, there is relief, but he still can't fathom what has happened. "houses have been destroyed," he says. "children have no place to study. "we were together with russia. "i was in the army in moscow. "i worked there. "my sister is there, and i can't visit her. "i don't know if she's dead or alive." the next battles here will be rebuilding, getting power and water back on, and keeping the enemy at bay. the russians were only pushed out of here last thursday. one of their final acts

was the destruction of this school. now ukraine is back in control, the recent gains are not just a military victory, they are a psychological victory, and they are a message to ukraine's allies in the west. we can beat the russians, keep supporting us. for many, life here now is a hand to mouth struggle. "please don't push," he says. "everyone will be helped." but this one small aid truck was quickly overwhelmed. in the queue, vyacheslav and his granddaughter, zlata, who did not come away empty—handed. was she very frightened in the last few months, zlata? did she understand what was going on? "she was very frightened," he told me. "hysterical and shouting.

"she couldn't sleep properly, but we took care of her as best we could." for some, the liberation of balakliya came too late. petro, a taxi driver, was killed with his passenger. the authorities who exhumed the bodies say they were shot dead by the russians. "i want to ask putin why he killed my son," says valentyna, petro's mother. "for what? "he's notjust killing our children, he is killing us, the mothers. "i am dying. "and i am speaking to all the mothers of the world. "rebel against that assassin." petro was her only son. she has vowed to keep speaking for him, demanding justice. 0rla guerin, bbc news, balakliya.

today, the kremlin denied it had plans to announce a mass mobilisation. the russian army's retreat in northeast ukraine is being reported in russia, but there it's being referred to a "re—grouping." meanwhile, on russian tv, there's been rare criticism of the war. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. loud bang in ukraine, russia's still fighting. the kremlin says there is no change of plan. but russia's retreat from north—east ukraine suggests the "special operation" is in trouble. from a war reporter on state tv, a rare admission — russia has taken heavy casualties. and on another channel, rare public criticism. the politician says,

"those people who convinced putin "the special operation would be over quickly, "they took us for a ride." he called for peace talks with kyiv. following his tv appearance, boris nadezhdin told me the "special operation" had been a big mistake. we want to defeat the ukrainian army. it seems like it is practically impossible because it is a strong army, a really strong army. and ukrainians are supported by all the european countries in particular. i asked russia's deputy foreign minister, with his country losing ground in ukraine, was it time to admit that the invasion had been a miscalculation? clearly not... translation: we are moving forwards steadily and consistently _ to fulfil all the tasks of the special military operation. as we have said several times, they will be achieved.

but moscow claims this is now a wider conflict with the west. the authorities here want russians to believe that in ukraine, russia is notjust battling the ukrainian army, that it is up against the combined might of america, europe and nato. in other words, that russia is david against the goliath of the west. it is a message that is designed to deflect criticism away from the kremlin for any setbacks on the battlefield. moscow feels like a world away from the battlefields of ukraine. here, there are mixed feelings over russia's retreat. "we shouldn't have started this war," this woman tells me. "thank god they pulled back. "let people in ukraine live in peace." but marina says, "if britain, america and europe had not "interfered in ukraine, none of what is going on now "would be happening."

the calm in the capital is deceptive, because what happens next in ukraine will have consequences for the whole of russia. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. now a look at some other stories making the news today. the uk unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 50 years, according to the office for national statistics. the number of people out of work dropped 3.6%, to squeezing rates of pay remains, failing to catch up with the increasing cost of. economics editor. at the moment, unemployment is very low and vacancies are very high. in fact, they are about the same. but it is not proving as simple as getting those out of work to do the jobs. during the pandemic,

steve from maidstone had retired from his car finance sales job, but now he's back in the workforce as a part—time driverfor the nhs. i thought, 58 is too young, i need to go back and keep that day to day contact of meeting people as well. and the nhs was an ideal place for me. the problem is that in recent months, there aren't enough steves, so unemployment has fallen to its lowest level since 1974, just 3.6%, and yet today's move has also been driven by hundreds of thousands of people no longer looking for work, a trend since the pandemic that in the past few weeks has accelerated. the headlinejobs numbers remain strong, with both unemployment and long—term joblessness down. but ordinarily, a figure like this would be driven by an abundance ofjobs. this time, it is fewer people actively seeking work, driven by a record number of people registering as long—term sick, which could be related to those

record nhs waiting lists. it is adding to those labour market shortages and piling on further pressure on an already weak economy. at this electrical appliance supplier in stoke, consumers are increasingly ordering energy efficient products. but the owner can't get the staff. we are having to review our wage costs on a monthly basis because it is moving at that fast a speed, but it has been an absolute nightmare, where we are having to increase it all the time so all our costs are going up, energy costs, wages are going up, insurances are going up, everything is going up and nothing is coming down at the moment. so it is a really, really difficult time, the worst time i have seen in the 30 years since i started the business. his employees are being leafleted in the car park with job offers. across the economy, though, prices are still rising by much more than wages, especially in the public sector. so the jobs numbers remain a silver lining but is that about to change? faisal islam, bbc news.

thousands of hospital appointments will be postponed and gp surgeries are set to close on monday as the funeral of the queen takes place. the day of mourning has been made a bank holiday in the uk to allow the public to observe the ceremony. nhs trusts are drawing up plans based on staffing levels and transport options available on monday. our health editor hugh pym is here and can tell us more. how much of an impact is this going to have? in how much of an impact is this going to have? . . , how much of an impact is this going to have? . ., , ., how much of an impact is this going to have? . .,, ., , to have? in at least one case we know about. _ to have? in at least one case we know about. a — to have? in at least one case we know about, a hospital- to have? in at least one case we know about, a hospital is - to have? in at least one case we - know about, a hospital is postponing all of its planned care, including video and phone consultations. others are postponing some routine work. some, though, will try to carry on as normal and dentists and gp appointments will be affected. the problem is, it is a bank holiday called at very short notice for obvious reasons. normally on a bank holiday, gp services wind down and it is out—of—hours care which is provided and hospitals don't really

schedule much planned work. nhs england has now written to gp and hospital leaders, saying it is ok to revert to normal bank holiday services as long as patients are kept fully informed and as long as covid vaccination services continue. some hospital leaders, though, are also seeking clarification over whether there is extra government money to pay staff over time. it seems that funerals could well be affected in some areas because of crematorium closures. on the other hand, nhs staff in many cases will want to watch the funeral and will want to watch the funeral and will want the day off, there could be childcare issues and problems with transport. so that seems another side of the story. in scotland, there will also be some disruption, in wales and northern ireland, there is no clarification at this stage. thank you forjoining us. president macron says france has lost a national treasure after the death of the influential film directorjean—luc godard. he was 91. he chose to die at home in switzerland through assisted suicide.

the godfather of france's new wave cinema, godard shot to fame in the 1960s with the film a bout de souffle, which was characterised by radical editing and handheld camera work. our culture editor katie razzall looks back at his life. jean—luc godard's a bout de souffle — breathless. cinema had never seen anything like it. shot like a documentary and full of digressions and jump cuts, godard tore up the filmmaking rule book. "what were you against?" he was later asked. part french, part swiss, jean—luc godard started as a film critic but, in his own words, "barged

into making movies like a caveman into versailles." his new wave films, like his politics, were revolutionary. in my life to live, a parisian housewife drifts into prostitution. in contempt, starring brigitte bardot, lush cinematography was juxtaposed with blunt dialogue. godard mixed up time and space, reference pop culture... ..and his characters addressed the audience. quentin tarantino said, "goddard did to movies what dylan did to music — total reinvention." others were less complimentary. the catholic church even condemned his 1985 take on the virgin birth as heresy. a radical documentary maker, he collaborated with the rolling stones, taking us behind—the—scenes on the band's creative process,

for a film whose aim, godard declared, was to "subvert, ruin and destroy all civilised values." despite proclaiming many times that cinema was dead, jean—luc godard was still directing into his 80s. he passed away today through assisted suicide. according to his legal adviser, he wanted to die with dignity, and so he did. the history of cinema could not be told without him. president macron said, "france has lost a national treasure, an iconoclastic film—maker, a genius." tonight saw the return of top—class football in the uk after the weekend's action was postponed following the death of the queen. in the champions league, tottenham hotspur lost 2—0 in portugal, while at anfield, liverpool beat dutch side ajax 2—1. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. we will now observe a period of. silence to mark the recent passing

of her majesty the queen. for the thousands at anfield, a chance to pay tribute. whistle. not everyone was silent. there were a few isolated shouts, but by the vast majority, it was impeccably observed. liverpool were up against ajax. after losing their opening champions league match, they knew they had to respond, and mo salah coolly put them ahead. but ajax hit back and in some style. mohammed kudus with one of the fiercest finishes you'll see. so could anyone grab a winner? well, in the 89th minute, guess what? joel matip with a header, but was it over the line? it's a goal! and with that, the celebrations could begin. by the finest of margins, a 2—1 victory for liverpool and one they sorely needed. in portugal, meanwhile, the players also paid tribute

to the queen before tottenham's game against sporting lisbon. the hosts so nearly scored a first—half wonder goal. marcus edwards used to play for spurs, and after that run, they might wish he still did. but while hugo lloris kept him out, in the very last minute, he was finally beaten. paulinho giving sporting the lead before arthur gomes rounded off a 2—0 win. a tough night for spurs but for sporting, well, just look what it meant. andy swiss, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. sunshine in edinburgh, rain in london, is that going to change tomorrow? slowly, a similar kind of day coming up slowly, a similar kind of day coming up but today for most of you, it has been decent with some sunshine. some of this high cloud illuminated by the setting sun in staffordshire was from the top side of this where the that had been bringing a lot of cloud across the south of england

and wales with some persistent outbreaks of rain. underneath the grey skies, we had some light rain falling on and off through much of the day, as indeed we did across much of southern england and southern wales and the rain has not gone yet, a particularly slow moving weather front which will continue to bring outbreaks of fairly light rain overnight tonight but it will keep temperatures up in the south. for much of the uk, a colder night with temperatures dipping down more widely into single figures. a chilly start to the day tomorrow. this band of rain as we start of the day continues to bring a zone of damp weather particularly towards the south coast but the rain will eventually edge out of the way and clear around kent into the early part of the afternoon with sunshine following. away from that feature, a similar kind of day two today. but most of you seeing spells of sunshine and a bit more clout than northern ireland, where showers run into the north coast and one or two showers for northern scotland. otherwise, a lot of dry weather with spells of sunshine. temperatures, 17-19 spells of sunshine. temperatures, 17—19 for many but into the low 20s in the south of england and southern

wales and east anglia. the weather is going to get a bit colder over the next few days as a strengthening north north—westerly wind dives southwards, bringing a few showers to northern and eastern parts of the uk. but if you are planning a trip to london for the queen's lying in state, predominantly the weather should stay dry with some brighter weather around as well but it will start to feel a bit cooler and fresher. indeed across that read the rest of the uk, temperatures coming down, 15 in manchester, 12 or 13 in aberdeen with a few showers at times across northern and eastern parts of the uk. but a lot of dry weather as well. well, let's take one last look at buckingham palace tonight. quiet now. the crowds are mostly gone. the royalfamily are inside. the last private moments as the queen's coffin lies for one last night in the bow room. tomorrow, all that will change. the queen's of n will finally leave the palace tomorrow afternoon and the palace tomorrow afternoon and the king will walk behind the coffin

with his sons, william and harry and his siblings, princess anne and prince edward and prince andrew. in a moment, we will have the news where you are, but first, to mark the queen's death, the poet laureate simon armitage has written a poem called floral tribute. it has two verses or stanzas of nine lines. the first letter of each line, when taken together, spells out "elizabeth". we leave you tonight with simon armitage reading his new poem. when i was made laureate, it was pointed out to me that there would be some significant moments in all likelihood coming up, and, um, ithink i had made some notes in anticipation of that. and then my computer crashed a few months ago and when i realised i needed to write this poem, i had to start again, and i took that as a bit of an omen. all i remembered was that i had read somewhere that the queen's favourite flower was the lily of the valley.

and there was something beautifully simple about that and i wanted to try and combine that with what i thought was the single most important achievement of her reign, which was this idea that she had made a promise to herself and the country. i just wanted to try and weave those two ideas together. i also liked the idea that there's something in the name lily of the valley which echoes with her name as well. so her name is embroidered in the fabric of the poem. if you look at the poem, and you run your eye down the left—hand margin, the first letters of each line spell out "elizabeth, elizabeth". so in literary terms, it would be known as a double acrostic. i wanted to stitch her name into a poem that was about her name, so it is sort of encoded in there. and of course, it gave me a nice

framework as well for trying to generate the rest of the poem. floral tribute. evening will come, however determined the late afternoon, limes and oaks in their last green flush, pearled in september mist. i have conjured a lily to light these hours, a token of thanks, zones and auras of soft glare orbing the sprays and globes. a promise made and kept for life, that was your gift, because of which, here is a gift in return, glovewort to some, each shining bonnet guarded by stern lance—like leaves. the country loaded its whole self into your slender hands, hands that can rest, now, relieved of a century's weight.

evening has come. rain on the black lochs and dark munros. lily of the valley, a namesake almost, a favourite flower interlaced with your famous bouquets, the restrained zeal and forceful grace of its lanterns, each inflorescence a silent bell disguising a singular voice. a blurred new day breaks uncrowned on remote peaks and public parks, and everything turns on these luminous petals and deep roots, this lily that thrives between spires and trees, whose brightness holds and glows beyond the life and border of its bloom. i have had audiences with the queen perhaps four times

in the last three years. it struck me that she was super aware of the effect that she had on people. she knew she made people nervous and she was very good at playing with that but also at putting people at their ease. i think the role that the monarchy play is to ritualise our lives. and when there's a death of this magnitude, it says something to us about our own losses as well, and i think that's why it resonates so deeply. and i think there will always be a place in our society for somebody like that, to represent those feelings and those ideas for us.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. from tomorrow as her coffin travels to westminster hall, including the biggest security operation the country has ever seen, i know the significance the role she herself played in bringing together those who history had separated. the kin: is those who history had separated. the king is now in london, having greeted the queen's often.