sky. today at six. the queen's coffin is now lying in state in the palace of westminster for the public to pay their final respects. it follows a solemn procession from buckingham palace with a horse—drawn gun carriage bearing her majesty. walking behind, her children and grandchildren, as well as other members of the royal family led by king charles. thousands of people witnessed the procession, some overcome by the emotion of the moment.

and this is the scene at westminster hall, where the queen's coffin will remain for four days before her state funeral next monday. as many as 400,000 people are expected to file past the coffin in a final act of mourning. it will be good to closure then as well to just see her, it will be good to closure then as well tojust see her, and it will be good to closure then as well to just see her, and also just to give something back. also on the programme. president zelensky visits his troops after retaking thousands of square miles of territory from russian forces. and the rate of inflation dips slightly, but the worst may still lie ahead. and stay with us on bbc news where we will bring new continuing coverage of events plus analysis from our team of correspondence in the uk and around the world.

good evening. the queen's coffin is now lying in state in the palace of westminster after a final journey from buckingham palace, witnessed by tens of thousands of people along the route. she was accompanied by king charles and his sons, as well as other members of the royal family, walking behind the horse—drawn gun carriage bearing her majesty. the coffin, draped in the royal standard, will now lie in state in westminster hall for the next four days, before a state funeral. in the last hour, members of the public have been allowed to file past to pay their respects. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell has been following the day's events. in a setting that is so familiar, where so often and so recently there has been celebration, today an event of the greatest solemnity.

0n the pavements around the palace and along the mall, spectators were quiet and still. at 2:22pm, the cortege stepped off. a field gun sounded and the great bell known as big ben tolled. the coffin of her late majesty queen elizabeth ii was brought from buckingham palace, where it had rested for a final night with her family. the coffin was borne on a gun carriage. 0n the coffin rested a wreath and the imperial state crown. walking behind the coffin,

the king with his siblings, the princess royal, the duke of york, who was not in uniform, and the earl of wessex. and in the row behind, princes william and harry, walking together 25 years after they had followed the coffin of their mother to her funeral. the military detachments marched with their arms reversed. the cortege passed along the length of the mall, dressed on either side with union flags. as the coffin went past, from spectators, respectful applause. from horse guards, the cortege passed through the archway

and on to whitehall. 0n past the cenotaph where, for so many years as queen, she had led the nation's mourning. now that nation with others mourns her. as the cortege approached parliament square and the palace of westminster, the applause from the pavements swelled. many of those who were watching had travelled from afar, feeling an overwhelming obligation to be present. each wanting to be part of this moment in the nation's history and leaving with a precious memory.

seeing the queen on that carriage was just unbelievable. and it brings it all home that she's gone. and we won't see her again. i definitely felt personally touched, it was a very memorable experience, a memory that i will cherish. i have to be honest, _ i was so focused on the coffin that i didn't end up seeing the royals following her behind because - i wasjust, you know, - wanting to see the queen go. 0utside westminster hall, the bearer party from the grenadier guards took the queen's coffin on their shoulders. other members of the royal family were there, watching. 0n the left, the duchess of sussex. the coffin, covered in the royal standard and surmounted by the queen's crown, was placed with care on the catafalque.

oh, god, the makerand redeemer of all mankind, grant us with thy servant queen elizabeth and all the faithful departed the sure benefits of thy son's saving passion and glorious resurrection. for the royal family, it's clear that the loss of the queen is still being felt keenly. for all the stoicism, that quality that she represented in abundance, it is plain that some, the blood family and those who knew her over the years, are feeling very real grief. but now the late queen has one final duty. into westminster hall came the first watch of the vigil.

the ceremonial bodyguard of the monarch, and officers from the household cavalry, who will stand at the four points of the catafalque as the lying in state begins and the people of britain and beyond have their chance to pay their final respects to their late queen. the scenes today have been quite extraordinary, so many people stretching for miles wanting to say a final goodbye. stretching for miles wanting to say a final goodbye-— a final goodbye. yes, i wonder whether we — a final goodbye. yes, i wonder whether we are _ a final goodbye. yes, i wonder whether we are going - a final goodbye. yes, i wonder whether we are going to - a final goodbye. yes, i wonder whether we are going to see . a final goodbye. yes, i wonder - whether we are going to see anything on this scale or of this intensity again. these are images of immense power. the procession this afternoon and now the lying—in—state. these are the latest pictures from westminster hall. i've been watching them and i think so many people come into westminster hall from outside and they are really rather awestruck first of all in this ancient hole

and this extraordinary site, the raised catafalque, the coffin, the imperial state crown and the gentlemen at arms in the household cavalry with their heads bowed and that arm is reversed. and there are young people, people from every walk of life, there are people from i imagine around the uk and from beyond and people are bowing, some of them are saluting, some of them are weeping and every one of these people, we know they have cute, dq is nearly three miles long at the moment. every one of these people, every individual on a private and personal mission to pay their respects. personal mission to pay their resects. , personal mission to pay their reapeds-_ let's get more now on the crowds queueing up to file past the queen's coffin in the palace of westminster.

reeta chakrabarti is alongside. i'm here in victoria tower gardens, which is just next to the palace of westminster, and the final section of the long queues stretching miles down the river thames, past the houses of parliament, the london eye, towards tower bridge. in its own way, magisterial.

across the river bank, where the queen lies in state. we first met vanessa on lambeth bridge on monday. she has been here ever since, more than 50 hours. number one in the queue. i'm happy that i'm going to be the first person when they are going to be opening the westminster hall to pay their respects. but it is going to be a sad moment. and when you get in there, what do you think your thoughts will be? i don't know what to expect. saying some prayers in my heart for her. peaceful rest. rain and cold last night, but they have formed a community. good spirits, all with one aim, to have the chance of a final goodbye. number 22 in the queue, 85—year—old michael slept here last night,

waiting 27 hours. because she's lovely. you know, i'm in love with her, i think everybody is. she's amazing that woman. there will not be another one like her. what do you think your thoughts will be when you finally get to file past the coffin? i will probably get very upset. i am now, i am feeling emotional. she means a lot to us. aisling, a former army major, and daughter rosie joined the queue at seven this morning. why did you want to come down today, rosie? because i think it's good we say goodbye to the l queen before she goes up there. i think it's really important for history to be challengeable. i think being here and doing something as important as the lying—in—state is just, you know, something worth sitting around in a queue for. bless these people in the queue, help them to keep warm...

on his way to pray with the royal family, the archbishop of canterbury stopped here. when churchill lay in state in 1965, one writer described how there were now two rivers in london. "one is made of people," he wrote. nearly 60 years later, that river has returned and it will flow 2a hours, night and day until perhaps up to half a million people have had their moment in front of the queen's coffin. at four o'clock, an hour before the doors opened, they let the crowds stream across lambeth bridge towards westminster hall. the queue can stretch for ten miles. so far, it is nearly a third of its full length. it is moving well, though. and the public were finally allowed in to see their queen. vanessa was the first to pay her respects. michael, not far behind. after their long wait, some short moments of reflection.

after all, how do you contemplate what the queen has done? her majesty back with her people. lucy manning, bbc news. perhaps unsurprisingly, transport for london is warning of an unprecedented pressure on the capital's public transport system as hundreds of thousands of people descend on london to pay tribute to the queen and to be here, caught up in the emotion in the run—up to her majesty'sstate funeral. 0ur correspondentjeremy cooke has been talking to people who have travelled from far and wide to be here for this historic occasion. up on the farm in weardale... they've eaten all my red, white and blue flowers! ..anita's total dedication to the monarchy... a little shrine at the moment for the condolence book... ..is the stuff of local legend. it's who i am, it's part of my life, and it does define me, my obsession with the history of the monarchy, it really does.

it is 260 odd miles to london. no problem. i will be waiting in that queue. mind, i will need to take a good coat because it's freezing in london on a night! it's colder than tow law. in this corner of england, it is a magnet for royal fans and now the starting point for the journey south. lewis is 13 years old. i've never been to london before and i didn't really want to go this way but i always said i will be at the queen's funeral, whenever she does eventually pass on, and i'm going to keep that promise. in hull, the planning feels like a military operation. 8:35 in the morning is the train so, basically, we want to be _ there at about eight o'clock so whatever happens... - veterans preparing their trip... the tubes are going to be full of people. we've got to try and stay together. ..to honour the queen they proudly served as their commander—in—chief. the queen is the gaffer, if you like, the queen is the boss. we need to go. we need to stand there and say, "look, we are here, ma'am.

we're with you." the forces family are going back down to say to the queen, "we are here for you and this is our goodbye to you." we are going to represent every veteran that can't i get down there, yeah. and we will say goodbye on their behalf. - anita is already on the train. a long journey ahead. time to reflect. the last trip to see the queen. it's her finaljourney, it's my final journey, to see her, anyway. no more queen's speech at christmas. people across the west midlands are continuing to pay— tribute to her majesty... the focus is on london. we have to queue all over this bridge and all the way round here... ..but the loss of the queen is felt in every community. what is the river in london? it's called the river thames. it is, yes. from birmingham, emily will be taking freddie and james to the capital. it really is a part of history

and i think particularly for the boys, there isjust no better way for them to learn about it than actually experiencing it. the wait will be long. it will be long but is it important for you to pay your respects to the queen? yeah. are you looking forward to it? yep. horse guards parade this morning, and anita has arrived early, along with others from every corner of the realm. you made it. yes. it's a long way from the farm! it is a long way fromm the farm. a sombre celebration for the life of the queen. their queen, her queen. i've got her here, so... i can't even... ..come to describe the devastation. jeremy cooke, bbc news. people are continuing to fill up the waiting zones and as you can see it here in these pictures, there is a

zigzag area on this site of the riverjust before people get close to the palace of westminster behind me. this operation is due to last four more full dates of their preparations for a queue that could stretch as long as ten miles in all and you can see where it starts, on the other side of the river and then over lambeth bridge ahead of me. the atmosphere is quiet and respectful and people have a lot of stamina, many people over many hours but we had no complaints and it is a sacrifice people are willing to make to be part of this momentous national occasion and to say a final farewell in person to the queen. i will be back with you later in the programme but for now, back to the studio. reeta, thank you. reeta chakrabarti there. so, what should people who join the queue expect? the lying—in—state started at five

o'clock this evening, and will continue 2a hours a day until 6:30 of monday 19th september, the day of the queen's funeral. president zelensky says 8,000 square kilometres have been leighton bainesed in ukraine's north east offensive, half of that he said had been stabilise. the purple area shows the substantial gains ukraine has made injust a single shows the substantial gains ukraine has made in just a single week. shows the substantial gains ukraine has made injust a single week. in one city the russians are said to have used the police station as a torture and interrogation centre. 0ur correspondent is there. we are now in territory that was recently freed by ukraine, this is the city and now the russians are gone, stories are emerging of what happened here under occupation, this was the local police station, when the russians came, they took it over

and made it their head quarter, and people were held here, we have been told that locals were afraid to even walk by, in case they were grabbed and brought inside. now there are small cells inside as many as eight men were crammed in at a time and held there. in one of the cells we have seen there is a prayer scratched on the wall, and people had scratched the days on the wall. we have spoken to a woman, a local school principle, who was kept here for three day, she said she heard screaming, coming from other rooms, we have also had an account from a man who was held here, for more than 40 man who was held here, for more than a0 days he says, and he says he was subjected to torture, with electricity and he said he too could hear the sound of screaming, coming from other prisoner, he said the russians made a point that they would hear it because they turned off the air conditioning system. as more areas now are being reached by

ukrainian officials, it is expected that more stories like this are going to emerge. more now on the ukrainian advances. are former ukrainian prime minister gave us his reactionion this are former ukrainian prime minister gave us his reactionio- gave us his reactionion this is a successful— gave us his reactionion this is a successful military _ gave us his reactionion this is a successful military operation, l successful military operation, preplanned. the reason why we got this kind of territorial gains is very obvious. crore just men and women. to, this is notjust the military, success, this is both political success and success of so—called morale. it boosted the morale of ukrainian people and showed to the entire world we can win and this is actually the best evidence to everyone in the free world that ukrainians can win, can fight, and the weaponry that have been sent to the ukrainian military, doing itsjob. it is not for

nothing, it is for the victory of the ukrainian people and of the entire free world. it is after eight in the evening local time in kyiv. 0ur correspondent james waterhouse is there. james, at the end of a very busy day for the president in his surprise visit, and an important morale boost for people to see those pictures i assume.— pictures i assume. absolutely, president _ pictures i assume. absolutely, president zelensky _ pictures i assume. absolutely, president zelensky stood - pictures i assume. absolutely, president zelensky stood in i pictures i assume. absolutely, | president zelensky stood in his izyum, one of many locations now, learning to heal again, these are place as that have been under russian occupation for the past six months, under, where people have lived with real limited freedoms, where once again there is evidence of war crimes where civilians have been deliberately tortured, or killed, it resembles what we have heard in the her son region further south from people on the inside as well as here in the kyiv region when

russian forces tried to take the whole of ukraine before pulling out at the end of march. this has been a busy day for president zelensky. ursula von der leyne, the european commission president, she outlined in a speech, president zelensky�*s wife was there, she issued a speech talking about one day incorporating ukraine into the single market, and roaming area, and i think what we are seeing is ukraine for the first time notjust banging the drum with the urgency of needing weapons on a daily basis, for its very is vivol, but ukraine is starting to forward plan, to try and get future security guarantees, now the detail on that is light, but we are seeing political efforts mirroring the successes ukraine is enjoying on the battlefield, and, while we are at it

in the military sense, what ukraine's advance or counter offensive is doing is bring into question russia's overall goals in this invasion, in what it still calls a special military operation, because, moscow has described, talked of regrouping, saying it will focus on the eastern donbas region but this advance pushes ukrainian forces up to that region, and the russians are in reverse. their priority at the moment, is to try and set up some kind of defensive line, usually they launch missile strikes in response, we haven't really seen that, so, we are in the midst of some of the most significant days in this conflict. james, the german chancellor speaking earlier, in his typically understated way, said it was unfortunate that the president of russia still doesn't think that he made a mistake in invading and he was reporting back on a phone

conversation, 90 minute conversation, 90 minute conversation, the two men had yesterday on the telephone, how much concern is there if he doesn't yet realise the mistake he has made that he may not fully appreciate how significant this reversal could be, and he may in his own way, perhaps more brutal way, seek to compensate for it? , ., . more brutal way, seek to compensate for it? , ~ ., ,., more brutal way, seek to compensate for it? , ~ ., ., for it? yes, think what you are alludin: for it? yes, think what you are alluding to _ for it? yes, think what you are alluding to there _ for it? yes, think what you are alluding to there and - for it? yes, think what you are alluding to there and we - for it? yes, think what you are alluding to there and we have | for it? yes, think what you are i alluding to there and we have to call it for what it is, and that is an enduring concern, is vladimir putin resorting to something far more extreme, such as the use of nuclear weapons. more extreme, such as the use of nuclearweapons. russia more extreme, such as the use of nuclear weapons. russia is a major nuclear weapons. russia is a major nuclear superpower, and throughout this war, really, when russia had its setback in april, when it had to pull back from the kyiv region and revise its focus in the eastern ukraine, the worry was what is russia going to do next, to save face? and because of these ukrainian successes, it is getting harder and

harder for successes, it is getting harder and harderfor the kremlin to put successes, it is getting harder and harder for the kremlin to put a positive spin on it, and we are also starting to see whisperings of criticism from russian commentators that are starting to filter through on to russian state tv. and the worry is, from ukraine, the west, from military experts, is that vladimir putin mightjust rattle his saab e his nuclear sabre. 0f vladimir putin mightjust rattle his saab e his nuclear sabre. of course, that doesn't mean that is going to happen, because what many russian also worry about is if that was to happen, what would the west and other nuclear powers do in response? but that is in the background, so, what today's developments, the last couple of week's development tonnes battlefield does, is for the first time it gives ukrainians the chaps to discuss the possibility of winning, in a much more rational way, not outside of defiance outside of your prop gap messaging, for ukraine it is a very emotive moment, no—one is getting carried away,

russia occupies a fifth of the country, it is betterfortified in the south and will be harder to shift and of course we have those background forces we have discussed. james water nous kyiv thank you. james water nous kyiv thank you. james mentioned that speech by the president of the european commission on wednesday, in it she reiterated the european union's determination to ensure russia fails in ukraine, she was delivering her annual state of the union address to the european parliament. she told meps the eu had come together over ukraine. from that very moment _ come together over ukraine. from that very moment on, _ come together over ukraine. from that very moment on, a _ come together over ukraine. from that very moment on, a whole - that very moment on, a whole continent has risen in solidarity. at the border cross, where refugees found shelter, in our streets filled with ukrainian flags, in the classrooms where ukrainian children made new friends, from that very moment, europeans neither hid nor hesitated, they found the courage to do the right thing. and from that,

very moment, our union as a whole has risen to the occupation. to very moment, our union as a whole has risen to the occupation.- has risen to the occupation. to the us now, has risen to the occupation. to the us now. where _ has risen to the occupation. to the us now, where kenneth _ has risen to the occupation. to the us now, where kenneth star - has risen to the occupation. to the | us now, where kenneth star whose investigation resulted in the impeachment of president bill clinton for lying about his affair with a white house intern has died. he was 76 and suffered is complications from surgery, he was told of the affair with monica lewinsky while investigating a bill clinton property investment. his report found the president has committed perjury, tampered with witnesses, and abused his power. fighting has continued between armenia and azerbaijan, the armenia prime minister says 105 soldiers are died with the troops in the worst flare up of hostilities in two years, this despite a truce mediated

by rush. arm that accused them of breaking the ceasefire. azerbaijan said the fighting started with artillery attacks, on, some of its positions. let us go live to the bbc each correspondent who is monitoring development the capital. this is a terrible conflict that has flared for decades now, what is the kind of proximate cause this time round? well, shaun, the biggest difference between what we have been covering in the last couple of years, when armenia and azerbaijan fought a war of a disputed terry, the biggest difference is azerbaijan appears had invaded the sovereign armenian territory, we have heard the prime minister addressing parliament today, and he gave more details of

what has been happening so on top of confirming the number of casualties, which is over 100er meanian soldiers, he said that as a result of the two days of clashes with azerbaijan, they occupied ten square kilometres of armenian territory. he said that that was in addition to another a0 square kilometre that azerbaijan on pied in may 2021. this is really significant what he said, he said if azerbaijan is ready to recognise armenia �*s territorial integrity armenia would do the same. he said he wanted to come to an agreement how to interpret those words, whether it would mean he is giving up whether it would mean he is giving up on the nagorno—karabakh uncle

dave, whichjust for up on the nagorno—karabakh uncle dave, which just for clarity