' hall is the inside westminster hall is the princess and the princess royal and the king were there. actually, most people were just chatting and talking. it has become a very convivial place to be, the queue, to find the queen and pay respects to her. it's nice all the way past a few landmarks, london bridge, the tate modern, fabulous building south of the park and a cluster of developments and cultural buildings on the south side of the river. then i goes round two at lambeth bridge, which is right next to lambeth palace, the home of the archbishop of canterbury, crosses lambeth bridge and then cup doubles back on itself until they get here at victoria gardens. the large delete max stage at good foot chicane which can take two hours what you're

seeing at the moment in two hours from the people are saying yesterday and it might be longer tomorrow. people have gone into such a level that they have had to make people queue for a few hours earlier today. it is approximately five miles, eight kilometres long and the wait time is now at least 2a hours and earlier today the government says the gates were closed for six hours and that took place and it lasted for about six hours. here angus crawford. step by step and my bum while they come in their thousands. here, the very start of the queue in civic park. so many at one point, the gates were closed to stop overcrowding. even that did not put people off. we have come from birmingham, and our plans are quite simply to stay here until the gates open.

we are tough. we're not worried about it. we've come to pay our respects. we are going to manage. opening again soon after, the flow carefully regulated. official advice, please don't come yet. the queue snakes around the park full of hundreds of metres, and even those lucky enough to get here cannot expect to get to westminster hall until sometime around breakfast tomorrow morning. but this is the tale of two cues. this one for people with disabilities. again, too many for the time slots available. thank you for bearing with us. i know it's frustrating. the advice once more, please delay your visit. pat has been a volunteer for 50 years. i have never seen anything like this. we had planned this for a long time.

we are looking with numerous agencies across. so, you are in safe hands, you are in good hands. they have treated more than 100 people for minor ailments already today. a cue that is now apparently visible from space. the working week done, the line can only grow. a national moment no one wants to miss. angus crawford, bbc news. on monday around 500 heads of state, dignitaries and members of royal families in the world will be attending the queen's funeral which takes place at westminster abbey. it will be one of the biggest security and logistical challenges the country has ever seen, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this ancient abbey may be the stage for an historic state funeral on monday, but it will also play host to an extraordinary assembly of world leaders — hundreds of foreign dignitaries come to mourn the queen, but also attend a diplomatic gathering the like of

which not seen for decades. they'll have a chance to attend the lying—in—state at westminster hall. this afternoon, jacinda ardern, the prime minister of new zealand, was among the first foreign leaders to pay their respects. and on sunday, they'll go to a reception with the king at buckingham palace. they will also be able to sign a book of condolence down the road at lancaster house. all this is going to require a huge amount of security. this is the single largest protection operation that the met police has ever undertaken. we are well versed with working with and engaging with leaders and their support teams from across the world, and that's what we'll be doing next week to ensure this a safe and secure environment. but before going to westminster abbey on monday, these global statesmen and women will have to pay a perhaps unexpected visit to the royal hospital chelsea, famous for its pensioners and flower show. the royal hospital here

will become something kings and queens, heads of state and government will arrive here on monday morning amid tight security, then they'll do something they probably don't do very often. they'll take the bus. buses perhaps a bit like this one. there are just too many vips coming for each to take their own cars. so the emperor ofjapan won't be able to use his rolls—royce and might have to sit on the bus alongside a mere politician or diplomat. they are here principally to honour the queen, not to talk to each other, and so they are more pliable, they will do the bidding of the foreign office protocol perhaps more happily than if this had been a summit. but yes, who sits next to whom, who is talking to whom will be something on the minds of everybody there. of course, there will be exceptions. the president of the united states doesn't take the bus — he takes the beast, an armoured car he used this week as he visited

the british embassy in washington. not everyone is coming. president putin is not invited because of russia's invasion of ukraine, and president xi of china will probably send his deputy. and some mps don't want even him to come because of china's human—rights abuses. so politics may follow the politicians into the abbey, but once inside, the focus will turn inevitably to the woman they've come to mourn. james landale, bbc news. it's fair to say it's business as usualfor it's fair to say it's business as usual for the head of state to the course of the weekend. the king will have meetings with members of the diplomatic corps and some of the heads of state as they arrive this weekend. he is also been busy today. before the visual, the king met faith leaders at buckingham palace and in a statement issued on the royal official social media account...

that follow the reception at buckingham palace this afternoon. you may recall several years ago the king gave an interview in which he said he hoped one day when he became monarch that he will be a defender of faith as opposed to the formal title, defender of the faith, in other words of the anglican faith, which takes us back to that split between anglicans and the church of rome over henry viii�*s desire to divorce and remarry. it's worth making the point that he will continue to use that official title, defender of the faith, when his coronation takes place next year. sean, thank you very much at westminster. let's take a look at other news. and the authorities in ukraine say they've found a large burial site containing more than 400 graves in a city recently recaptured

from russian forces. ukrainian officials say most of graves contain the remains of civilians but there were also some soldiers with their hands bound. they were discovered in izyum in the east of the country — which the russians used as a logistics hub for their war effort. ukraine says all the bodies will be exhumed and sent for forensic examination. speaking of the discovery, president zelensky said "russia leaves death everywhere." our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, sent this report from izyum — some of the images you may find distressing. under the pine trees of izyum, a war crimes investigation. this burial site has more than 400 graves, now being examined. the earth starting to give up its secrets. but the prosecutor already claiming russia is responsible for almost all of the dead.

"according to our data, almost everyone died because of russian soldiers," says this man. "some were killed, some were tortured, and some were hit in russian air and artillery strikes." he says the very first grave they opened contained the body of a civilian with a rope around his neck. this knife was recovered from the remains of a soldier. a senior official told us more than 20 troops were found in a single grave with signs of torture. some had their hands bound. for those at the scene, it was hard to take. this is a distressing sight, but ukraine is determined that the world should see it. graves are being opened here one by one.

it is only now, after the russians have been pushed out, that the authorities can really investigate and can establish how many victims they left behind. they were buried here in makeshift graves, many marked only with a number. among them, a 65—year—old called lyudmila, who was killed in march in heavy russian shelling. her husband tells me he had to bury her in the yard. she was brought here in august. now her remains will be disturbed again. "she was beloved," he says. "we have no children, god didn't give us that gift." "but we were in love." emergency service workers, drained by their labours. we can't be sure what killed all of those buried here,