live from washington, this is bbc news. king charles crowned in a sacred and solemn ceremony centuries old at westminster abbey. in the us, eight people have been killed in a shooting at a shopping mall in texas. a state of emergency declared in the canadian province of alberta with wildfires forcing thousands to leave their homes. i'm helena humphrey, good to have you with us. and historic

day in the united kingdom as king charles and queen camilla are crowned at westminster abbey, marking the beginning of a new era for the british monarchy. tens of thousands of people descended on london for a day of ceremony, tradition, and pageantry, despite the wet weather, ourfirst report and pageantry, despite the wet weather, our first report is from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. may 6th, 2023. coronation day. in the abbey church at westminster, where these things have been done for nearly 1,000 years, a congregation to represent the britain of today had come together, with honoured guests from the wider world. the flags of the realms, the 14 other nations of which the british monarch is also head of state, were borne in procession. god save the king!

at buckingham palace, the military detachments were drawn up. the only blemish the weather. as predicted, it left a lot to be desired. the king and the queen consort left the palace in steady rain. at the abbey, the king's family were taking their places, the duke of sussex making a brief visit to london, without his wife, and the duke of york making a brief appearance in public, wearing the robes of a knight of the garter. attended by prince george, who was one of the pages, and dressed in his robes of state,

the king entered the abbey for his crowning to hubert parry�*s anthem, i was glad. # vivat. the prince and princess of wales took their places with princess charlotte and five—year—old prince louis. the king was welcomed to his coronation by a chorister. your majesty, as children of kingdom of god, we welcome you in the name of the king of kings.

in his name, and after his example. _ i come not to be served but to serve. will you solemnly- promise and swear... the king swore the traditional coronation oath to govern the peoples of the united kingdom and his other realms and territories according to their laws. i solemnly promise so to do. there was a special composition from the ascension choir. and then the most sacred moments of the service... # zadok the priest... ..the anointing of the monarch, for which the king was divested of his robe and jacket and moved to the coronation

chair which had been screened from view to be anointed with holy oil. the king knelt before the altar before being dressed in robes of gold to receive the coronation regalia. the orbs, sceptres and other items, some of which were presented by representatives of other faiths. and then the moment of the king's crowning. god save the king! god save the king. the prince of wales pledged his loyalty.

faith and truth i will bear unto you as your liege man of life and limb, so help me god. god save the king! god save king charles. the family watched. harry in the third row from the front. i now invite those who wish to offer their support to do so. the congregation in the abbey recited the homage of the people. i swear that i will pay true allegiance to your magesty and to your heirs and successors, according to law. so help me god. and then the queen was crowned, the culmination of the transformation of the former camilla parker—bowles. # god save our gracious king...

the coronation was over, king charles and queen camilla made their way out of westminster abbey. waiting in the rain the gold state coach and the parade of more than 4,000 members of the armed services which stepped off for buckingham palace. prince george had rejoined his brother and sister after his page boy duties, the family making their way to the palace, past the waiting crowds. on to the palace balcony for the first time as king, came charles ii! with queen camilla. they were joined by the pages and the working members of the royal family. through the clouds came the red arrows in a curtailed coronation fly past.

finally, on the balcony it was just the king and queen. charles, a crowned monarch now, committed to the service of his people. nicholas witchell, bbc news. a gunman has killed eight people in the latest mass shooting tracker in the united states. these are pictures from the scene earlier today with police officers hurrying shoppers out of a shopping mall with their hands in the air. the incident took place in allen, texas, just north of dallas, seven people were injured, three are currently in a critical situation in hospital and the shooter was also killed. emergency services gave this update a short time ago. gave this update a short time auo. ~ , . gave this update a short time ato, ~ , ., , gave this update a short time auo. g . ., ., gave this update a short time ago. my name is jonathan boyd, namely fire _ ago. my name is jonathan boyd, namely fire chief— ago. my name is jonathan boyd, namely fire chief for _ ago. my name is jonathan boyd, namely fire chief for the - ago. my name is jonathan boyd, namely fire chief for the fire - namely fire chief for the fire department. they will speak to the medical part of our response, when we receive the

call we activated our active attack integrated response, rescue dogs sports teams found seven deceased individuals on scene. we transported nine individuals to the hospital to area trauma facilities. of those that we transported, two have since died. three are in critical surgery. and four are stable. i will now turn over to the police chief. (indistinct). 0h. the total _ the police chief. (indistinct). 0h. the total would _ the police chief. (indistinct). 0h. the total would be - the police chief. (indistinct). 0h. the total would be the - 0h. the total would be the nine. ~ , 0h. the total would be the nine. y . 0h. the total would be the nine. g . , 0h. the total would be the nine. g . m ., ., , nine. my name is brian harvey, the chief of— nine. my name is brian harvey, the chief of police _ nine. my name is brian harvey, the chief of police in _ nine. my name is brian harvey, the chief of police in allen, - the chief of police in allen, and — the chief of police in allen, and we _ the chief of police in allen, and we are all saddened by this event _ and we are all saddened by this event today, this tragic event today — event today, this tragic event today at _ event today, this tragic event today. at 3:36pm our officer was — today. at 3:36pm our officer was on — today. at 3:36pm our officer was on an— today. at 3:36pm our officer was on an unrelated call, he heard — was on an unrelated call, he heard gunshots, located the

gunshot, located the shooter, neutralise the shooter, neutralise the shooter, neutralise the shooter, neutralise the threat, we believe _ neutralise the threat, we believe at this point that the shooter— believe at this point that the shooter acted alone. we are asking — shooter acted alone. we are asking for the public's help. if asking for the public's help. if you — asking for the public's help. if you were a witness, if you have — if you were a witness, if you have any— if you were a witness, if you have any video, please call 1800 — have any video, please call 1800 call fbi. this is an ongoing _ 1800 call fbi. this is an ongoing active investigation. we have _ ongoing active investigation. we have had tremendous local, county, — we have had tremendous local, county, and state and federal sunpori— county, and state and federal support and we appreciate that. that is— support and we appreciate that. that is the emergency services there in allen, texas. we can also hear from the collin countyjudge chris hill who county judge chris hill who spoke countyjudge chris hill who spoke about the community response to the shooting. like representative _ response to the shooting. l as: representative leach, i reside near the outlet malls. like all in our community, my family and i shop there often and know this community know this area well. my family and i are heartbroken and devastated for

the loss of life that we experience today in our community and we are angry about those that would do evil in our own community and our own backyard. but we are proud of what has been a truly countywide response today. on scene we saw all of our municipal police departments and fire departments and our county agencies and our share of departments and our gospel deputies and our state partners and our national partners. and i appreciate from governor abbott on down that we have already received calls from all of our partners across the state, our senators, we appreciate that they stand with us and are proud of the men and women of all of our law enforcement agencies, off agencies, our ems agencies that were there immediately today and stood so bravely and courageously to protect our neighbourhood, our neighbourhood, our neighbourhood and our community, and we will, as a community, and we will, as a community, we will respond and we will get past this together.

closely monitoring developments with me throughout the evening is north america correspondent jess parker. what is the latest that we are learning? we have been hearing _ that we are learning? we have been hearing from _ that we are learning? we have been hearing from the - been hearing from the authorities, as you have been saying, about the number of dead, because earlier as news of the incident unfolded we were not sure of the number of facilities, so very suddenly we learned that six people had been found dead at the scene and as well the gunman. nine people were then taken to hospital, to then died subsequently, three were in critical surgery and four people are in a stable condition, so that is what we are have in terms of the victims, so a people killed by the gunmen. in terms of what exactly happened this afternoon, it seems that soon afternoon, it seems that soon after half past three at allen premium outlets a store or set of stores about 30 miles north of stores about 30 miles north of dallas in texas, the shooting started to unfold and there was a police officer in there was a police officer in the area on an unrelated call

who heard the gunshots and would go and engage the shooter, kill the suspect. police say they believe the gunman acted alone and, in there was, said they had been neutralised. the pictures that we have been seen, of course, this is a saturday afternoon at a shopping mall, extremely busy. we have been hearing from some of the people who were there. ~ ., there. mum and i were in johnson _ there. mum and i were in johnson and _ there. mum and i were in johnson and murphy's - there. mum and i were in - johnson and murphy's shopping. we heard some pops go off, like ten. i looked at the customer next to me and i go "is that gunfire? " and we're alljust like "no, we don't think so." iran to the front and then 20 more pops go off and then there's a guy right across nearby francesca's and full outfitted, assault rifle, just shooting at people, there is a guy dressed in all black— there is a guy dressed in all black wearing a vest, he is shooting _ black wearing a vest, he is shooting up people. he was out like francesca's area shooting up like francesca's area shooting up people. we got everyone in the store — up people. we got everyone in the store at the back of the store — the store at the back of the store and kept down there for the time _ store and kept down there for the time being.—

the time being. outside the store, the time being. outside the store. and _ the time being. outside the store, and we _ the time being. outside the store, and we just - the time being. outside the store, and we just heard - the time being. outside the store, and we just heard all| store, and we just heard all this— store, and we just heard all this popping _ store, and we just heard all this popping. but— store, and we just heard all this popping. but it - store, and we just heard alli this popping. but it sounded like it— this popping. but it sounded like it was— this popping. but it sounded like it was either— this popping. but it sounded like it was either in- this popping. but it sounded like it was either in the - this popping. but it soundedj like it was either in the front or far— like it was either in the front or far away— like it was either in the front or far away of _ like it was either in the front or far away of the _ like it was either in the front or far away of the outlet, - like it was either in the front or far away of the outlet, so| or far away of the outlet, so we kind _ or far away of the outlet, so we kind of— or far away of the outlet, so we kind of all— or far away of the outlet, so we kind of alljust _ or far away of the outlet, so we kind of alljust stopped i we kind of alljust stopped stop— we kind of alljust stopped stop but— we kind of alljust stopped stop but then _ we kind of alljust stopped stop but then a _ we kind of alljust stopped stop but then a second - we kind of alljust stopped i stop but then a second later, like pop. _ stop but then a second later, like pop, pop, _ stop but then a second later, like pop, pop, pop, - stop but then a second later, like pop, pop, pop, pop, - stop but then a second later, like pop, pop, pop, pop, and stop but then a second later, . like pop, pop, pop, pop, and we saw sparks— like pop, pop, pop, pop, and we saw sparks flying _ like pop, pop, pop, pop, and we saw sparks flying and _ like pop, pop, pop, pop, and we saw sparks flying and it - like pop, pop, pop, pop, and we saw sparks flying and it was - saw sparks flying and it was right — saw sparks flying and it was right in— saw sparks flying and it was right in front _ saw sparks flying and it was right in front of _ saw sparks flying and it was right in front of us, - saw sparks flying and it was right in front of us, so - saw sparks flying and it was right in front of us, so we . right in front of us, so we just— right in front of us, so we just ran _ right in front of us, so we just ran into— right in front of us, so we just ran into the - right in front of us, so we just ran into the conversej just ran into the converse store. _ just ran into the converse store. they— just ran into the converse store, they locked - just ran into the converse store, they locked the . just ran into the converse i store, they locked the door, just ran into the converse - store, they locked the door, we all hunkered _ store, they locked the door, we all hunkered down _ store, they locked the door, we all hunkered down in _ store, they locked the door, we all hunkered down in the - store, they locked the door, we all hunkered down in the back. all hunkered down in the back and that's— all hunkered down in the back and that's where _ all hunkered down in the back and that's where we - all hunkered down in the back and that's where we stayed. i and that's where we stayed. taking — and that's where we stayed. taking a _ and that's where we stayed. taking a listen— and that's where we stayed. taking a listen to _ and that's where we stayed. taking a listen to those - taking a listen to those eyewitnesses, what is striking is there is that moment where they do realise that this is a shooting, so talks was a little bit texas laws when it comes to carrying a gun. bit texas laws when it comes to carrying a gun-— carrying a gun. texas is among the states _ carrying a gun. texas is among the states in _ carrying a gun. texas is among the states in the _ carrying a gun. texas is among the states in the united - carrying a gun. texas is among the states in the united states| the states in the united states with more relaxed gun laws. in 2021 it became legal for most of the age of 21 to carry a handgun without a licence. we know that this is an active,

divisive, to some extent, debate in america. the shootings have been on the rise in recent years according to the gun violence archive there have now been 119 nine in america so far this year 199. they have become more frequent and we have talked about them as well, you can see, listening to what people have been saying, both in terms of officials and people at the scene caught up in that incident, there is still huge shockin incident, there is still huge shock in communities where the shootings unfold.— shootings unfold. jessica parker the _ shootings unfold. jessica parker the tracking - shootings unfold. jessica parker the tracking that l shootings unfold. jessica - parker the tracking that story for us. thank you so much. we are following another developing story regarding the parisian nuclear power plant in ukraine where experts from the international atomic energy agency say evacuations have begun for residents of the nearby town where most of the plant staff leave, and there's been increased shelling in the area and russian occupying forces have been evacuated. ——

zaporizhzhia. nikki schiller explains. we're talking about the zaporizhzhia plant, on the frontline of some of the fighting at the moment in ukraine and on friday, the russian installed governor of the region ordered he would begin evacuating residents from the frontline. we've now had a tweet from the international atomic energy agency, the un's nuclear watchdog, saying residents at a nearby village where most of the people who work at the plant live has begun being evacuated and that they are closely monitoring for any potential impact on nuclear safety and security. the statement goes on to say the conditions are increasingly unpredictable and potentially dangerous. staff at the plant who are staying there at the moment have reported hearing shelling. the director—general�*s statement goes on to warn: it's worth remembering the plant itself used to provide 20% of ukraine's electricity before the war. it has six

reactors and is the largest nuclear power plant in europe. to canada and the province of alberta in the country's west has declared a state of emergency in response to worsening wildfires. places like these have forced 2a,000 residents to leave their homes. more than 30 of the fast running wildfires are considered to be out of control. considered to be out of control-— considered to be out of control. a �* , control. as you've seen, we have fires — control. as you've seen, we have fires on _ control. as you've seen, we have fires on the _ control. as you've seen, we have fires on the central- have fires on the central portion, fires in the north, it's an indication of the conditions we are seeing. temperatures have been 10— 15 degrees above normal for a little while now. we still don't have green grass and leaves. ., ., ., , leaves. for more on this, i soke leaves. for more on this, i spoke to — leaves. for more on this, i spoke to julia _ leaves. for more on this, i spoke to julia wong, - leaves. for more on this, i i spoke to julia wong, national spoke tojulia wong, national reporter with cbc news. update us on the situation for people hoping to evacuate.— hoping to evacuate. yeah, as ou hoping to evacuate. yeah, as you mentioned, _ hoping to evacuate. yeah, as you mentioned, tens - hoping to evacuate. yeah, as you mentioned, tens of- you mentioned, tens of thousands of evacuees that we

are seeing in the province, more than 2a,000 people being told to leave their homes and another 5000 people told to be ready to go at a moment's notice. a lot of these people are living in small hamlets, small villages but in the last few days we have seen bigger communities, largertowns few days we have seen bigger communities, larger towns are being told they have to evacuate. it started out with towns of about 3000 people but now towns of 7000 8000 people told they need to leave right away and an evacuation centre has opened here in edmonton and another one will be opening in calgary so the two biggest cities we are seeing in the province. many of these residents have trailers, motorhomes, so they are able to perhaps stay with a friend or go to public land, parking lots, and hopefully wait it out but what we are seeing is that after they are told to leave wherever they live and they go to a nearby community, is wildfires are growing so rapidly that then those communities that they are in a told they have to leave without

being evacuated several times over and over again and as can imagine, very stressful situation for these people right now. i'm not really certain when they may be able to go home. certain when they may be able to go home-— to go home. what is causing these wildfires, _ to go home. what is causing these wildfires, julia? - to go home. what is causing these wildfires, julia? so, i to go home. what is causing | these wildfires, julia? so, we have been — these wildfires, julia? so, we have been told _ these wildfires, julia? so, we have been told by _ these wildfires, julia? so, we have been told by alberta - have been told by alberta wildfire but generally at this time of year, the fires that we are seeing are caused by humans. it's not to say they are deliberately set or are intentional but it may be human activity that is causing them, so perhaps people are using those off—highway vehicles, atvs, and really all it takes right now is a spark. we are seeing such dry conditions in alberta, tinder dry grass, and thatis alberta, tinder dry grass, and that is helping to cause these wildfires to spread so quickly. turning back to our top story, the coronation of king charles iii the coronation of king charles ii! and more than 2000 people iii and more than 2000 people inside westminster abbey for the service and our world correspondent wonderful world correspondent wonderful world correspondent daniela relph met them.

from early morning, they queued to take their seats. many never expected to find themselves here today, but their charity and community work secured them an invitation. there was a sprinkling of celebrity, too. friends of the king and queen and supporters of their work. this was a unique experience for them all. it's kind of a surreal morning, you know? you don't think you're ever going to make it to a coronation, so, no, it's fantastic. there's not many people who get to say they've been invited to a coronation. this isjust — it's wonderful. very, very excited. very excited indeed, and hoping that the rain stays off. - it is unbelievably special — and to see the people out here as well, i'm amongst royalty and the greats of tv. like, really?! little old me from hackney? cor blimey! by the time the service was over, most of the guests had been in their seats for around five hours. they left clutching their orders of service, a treasured memory of the day.

it was amazing, it was stunning. i loved all the bits, i loved all the musical bits, the hymns. i didn't expect us, the congregation, to take part in it as much as we did. sometimes it was a bit like cricket — we dun-t— understand everything that was going on but you thought, "well, "i'm in for this long—haul. "it seems interesting. " four hours and we thought it was too short. _ you could have gone on for longer? i think it probably could have gone on for longer. - i mean, just - meticulously planned, beautiful celebration of the king. - when it's the first coronation in 70 years, nobody is too famous for a selfie. those who had a seat in the service were eyewitnesses to history. daniela relph, bbc news, westminster abbey. police in london have defended a series of arrests they may throw coronation day with 52

people detained. daniel sanford has more. all chant: not my king! the anti—monarchy protests had been planned for months. the demonstrators based themselves at trafalgar square, about halfway along the procession route. but before they had even started, some of the protest leaders were arrested and their placards confiscated. we found one of the organisers in handcuffs. he said police had mistaken luggage straps for items that might be used to lock on to street furniture. the royal family rules by deception of public consent. there cannot be public opposition to them. human rights groups said the arrests set a dangerous precedent, coming on the back of new protest laws passed only this week. all chant: not my king! but the demonstration went ahead without its leaders. the service is being relayed to the crowd outside and every time the name king charles is mentioned, the anti—monarchist demonstrators start chanting "not my king!"

among the hundreds of thousands in central london, this was a protest by a few hundred people but, to the annoyance of others, they made their voices heard, even as the king rode back to the palace. daniel sandford, bbc news, in trafalgar square. the coronation service is essentially a christian ceremony involving ancient rituals dating back hundreds of years but today, adversity and inclusion were important elements, also in any previous coronation. the contributions from buddhist, jewish, buddhists and seek representatives. aleem maqbool. for a church of england cleric, there is no bigger task than conducting a coronation, so how was the archbishop ahead of it? i'm fine! i'm looking forward to it, really. as were the first women bishops to have a role in the coronation. to have been asked to be a part of it — notjust to look on but to

actually take part in it — is going to be indelibly imprinted on my mind and that of my family — and, actually, ofjamaica. chuckles. which is where the bishop of dover was born. she, archbishop welby and other bishops involved chose to get to westminster abbey on foot. the chief rabbi was walking there, too. in a sign of the type of occasion this was, to accommodate his observance of the jewish sabbath, he had a sleepover at st james's palace, so he didn't have to use a car. and though the new multi—faith elements of the day were evident from the start, it was clear this was a deeply christian service, inspired as it is by the biblical description of the anointing of king solomon. but to have catholic, methodist, pentecostal and greek orthodox leaders participate broke the mould. may god pour upon you the riches of his grace. and so did non—christians presenting items of regalia

to the king, like lord narendra patel. i was privileged to be asked to play that part. having rehearsed it several times, i was still extremely nervous. what if i dropped the ring? it would be straight to the tower! just before leaving the abbey, the newly crowned king was greeted by different faith representatives. this was certainly more diverse than any coronation before, but there might be questions about where the large constituency in this country that belongs to no religion fits in an event like this. nevertheless, the man at the helm today was relieved. i'm very happy. it was smooth, it was on time. everyone did the right thing and it was a service of worship and notjust a series of theatrical moments. but a service of worship the like of which has never been seen before. aleem maqbool, bbc news,

at lambeth palace. thank you for your company and stay with us here on bbc news. goodbye for now. hello there. it's a shame we had so much rain around on saturday but things are looking up for sunday — it's going to be the best day of the coronation weekend. it's going to be drier and warmer — could be the warmest day of the year so far — but by the time we get to monday, we're back into cloud and wet weather. this is the cloud that will bring the rain from the atlantic on monday. but in between two weather systems for sunday, hence that drier theme, in between this band of wet weather coming in from the atlantic and the wet weather that we had earlier on moving out to the north sea. so dry, i think, by the time we get to sunday morning, — temperatures 9—11 degrees celsius. it could be cloudy with a bit

of mist and fog around, too. the sunshine will get to work on that. some lengthy spells of sunshine developing. towards the end of the morning, the odd shower, though, breaking out across scotland, drifting into eastern parts of england. further west, likely to stay dry with many places having a dry day with sunshine. it will be warmer as well. 19 in glasgow, 18 in belfast. the top temperature around 21 in the south east of england. it should be dry at windsor for the concert in the evening. in northern ireland, the evening breeze will be picking up. that's going to blow in in cloud and rain and overnight on sunday night. that wet weather pushes way further east. in western parts, very mild, a little cooler towards the east and on bank holiday monday, the morning could be dry — for a while, at least — and bright across east anglia and south—east. before that, rain, heavy at times, pushes eastwards across england and wales. maybe clearance following that rain, but some sunshine and showers, which could be heavy, and temperatures lower on bank holiday monday — typically around 16 degrees.

once those tangle of weather fronts sweep away overnight, we're going to be dominated by that area of low pressure in the atlantic for tuesday. around the base of that area of low pressure, we'll find a stronger wind and that will bring in some showers. there'll be some sunshine on tuesday, particularly in the morning, but more showers arriving as we head into the afternoon, some of those heavy and thundery once again. so,w e've got temperatures around 16—18 degrees. going to be quite mixed for much of the weekend with some sunshine and some showers. looks like it should be drier towards the end of next week but not particularly warm.

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