this is the devaney news live from baghdad and britain's prince philip dies at the age of 99 has been to queen elizabeth the 2nd his have his royal consulate for the 70 years we look at how a nation is grieving i'm a pandemic restrictions also coming up. a volcano i don't want for decades reawakens failing smoke and action forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands from the caribbean island of st vincent.

on record as welcome to the program britain's prince philip husband of queen elizabeth has died at the age of 99 he'd recently been released from hospital after spending several weeks being treated for an infection and heart condition the prince stood at the queen side for over 7 decades well ladies have expressed their condolences and people have been laying flowers in tribute. it's been a year filled with pain and oscillation for those in the united kingdom with many losing loved ones in the corona virus pandemic. but much of british society is pausing to give special attention to the passing of one man they hold dear. i have a huge huge amount of respect for the royal family. even talking about it. the nice break. we had come down here in just

being in the. safety and everything else and just be placed there. for the prince philip was wonderful father and a real asset to british life and i'm sure the queen is grieving terribly my wishes to her very sad actually. it's. still very sad sad sad he's been with us all throughout life the pair of. people in london to make their way to windsor castle or buckingham palace to pay their respects to prince philip the royal family urge people not to gather in large numbers due to the pandemic asking them to make a charitable donation instead. of. westminster abbey bells ringing once every 99 minutes in tribute. u.k. prime minister boris johnson says his thoughts are with the queen who has lost her

husband. so we mourn today with her majesty the queen we offer our condolences to her and to have family and we give thanks as a nation and the kingdom for the extraordinary life and work of prince philip. the government says flags will fly at hamas to all over the country until the prince's funeral. his death will also be marked by a $41.00 gun salute at noon on saturday. i'm joined now by culture reporter robin merrill robin you've had dealings with a lot of the royals have you met prince philip personally. i actually use one of the few i didn't meet personally but on the other hand he has heard me my singing voice unfortunately because i used to be in and played for

a lot of royal occasions and he was near the number of. people who did meet him and say he was actually very easy to deal with he didn't suffer fools gladly but he always had something to say to people that eat which which helps a great deal and i think it's been mentioned a lot but 73 years as a prince consul it is extraordinary it's an impossible job and indeed very difficult for what who man who was a very masculine man if you like be very old school but he did have this juice service that was only supposed by the queen. there now you mentioned that being old school they have a difficult what do you make of him as a man. like tonight she was a very divisive character and amusing withering curable sense of humor and in this age of political correctness he was of course famous for some of his gaffes

which are quite unrepeatable wellness program but he had a very dry sense of humor he was very reverent. and i would say he was taken the wrong way sometimes. we must remember he retired from public service in 27 saying when he was 96 this is an extraordinary life of service really and he has a microphone caught him somebody else in larger charring he said i can't stand up for long anymore. i mean you mentioned some of the gaffes they. will be remembered for some other things as well what do you think will be his legacy. well i think 1st of all his service to the queen and country was say he was the only man in the world to treat her normally and she adored her and despite the fact that the queen must have expected this i think as we all know it will be

a great shock to her and be interesting to see how how she recovers from this did it a simple statement from the palace talk about her deep sorrow the other thing or perhaps his legacy is the juju bed warts these he was actually an environmentalist i would say before his time because the duke of edinburgh who are starting 156 are all about connecting people with nature and the outdoors they're extremely successful they will continue it's all took for kids between 8 teenagers from sort of the age of 14 up to $25.00 and designed to encourage personal discovery commitments responsibility military and buy him services to the community and that will be a lot and i think he's a great legacy. now what about the funeral obviously complicated under the pandemic circumstances and i suppose the question that a lot of people would be asking is will prince harry and mega michael be attended to think. i think undoubtedly prince harry will 'd. meghan his

pregnant most probably doesn't want to take a long trip on an airplane or you know i prince harry i think he was he loved his ground out because i think his it his grandfather as we say called a spade a spade and prince harry like that. and i think he will undoubtedly come out a few know how the funeral will take place it's going to have to take place in that crowd isn't it and we're all going to have to watch it on the t.v. . i don't think they'll be crouse the would be if it was allowed because corona forbids that. thank you very much for that culture of puerto robin merrill. tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the area around the volcano on the caribbean island of st vincent after began erupting on friday the volcano has

been spewing smoke and ash across the island it had been dormant for decades until december 2020 when it began showing signs of activity. watching the eruption ejected smoke kilometers high into the air oh my god who last of free air created an ash cloud so thick it hid the sun poor visibility forced airlines to cancel flights to and from st vincent i hear there's this low down scroll down i hear it does this smoke start to go up in their saw me and i does get punished on the syrian dust so maybe those merry go over 16000 people living near the volcano were ordered to leave the area for their own safety by st vincents prime minister ralph gonsalves as. residents queued for many buses taking only what they could carry with them.

but they weren't enough places for everyone he will pull in some regions evacuation efforts didn't go according to plan b. you have little support to be moved by what is but didn't materialize i do the way to go up and what you didn't materialize are the result of course is what lead to a new ward looking for. more police local people boarded ferries at night to neighboring islands dominica grenada and tika have agreed to accept evacuees from st vincent but only those people who are already vaccinated against the coronavirus and shelters on the island have to limit the number of people they can admit to prevent coronavirus outbreaks. scientists from the university of the west indies warned that the volcano could keep erupting for days or weeks.

and it turned out some other stories making headlines around the world india has reported more than 145000 new coronavirus cases the largest day increase by far since the pandemic started infections have surged in recent weeks prompting many states to impose tougher restrictions like curfews and weekend lockdowns. german chancellor angela merkel will introduce legislation aimed at giving the federal government will powers to impose nationwide pandemic rules until now regional leaders have been forced restrictions leading to a patchwork of regulations germany is battling a 3rd covert 19 way and doctors warn hospitals will soon be overwhelmed. djibouti is long standing president has been reelected for a 5th term provisional reserve results show he won 98 percent of the vote faced just one challenger the businessman zachariah is now said safety concerns prevented

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a motorbike threw up alongside him and opened fire they killed him without a sound which is why police think they were using a silencer on most of the most of the locals mostly sponsors of the country's journalism community is in shock no one will stop investigative journalism in athens all of greece we call india stories to find the culprits and lead them to justice thomas i think you're certainly you're going to remember as a veteran crime reporter can have us is likely to have made some enemies you work for the private channel star t.v. . but while fire bomb attacks and vandalism on journalists offices are not unusual in greece murder is rare and european officials are keen to make sure perpetrators are caught and brought to justice kewpie in commission president was a lot fundal line wrote on twitter murdering a journalist is

a despicable cowardly act europe stands for freedom and freedom of press maybe the most sacred of all journalists must be able to work safely. the council of europe commissioner for human rights doña me out of it also tweeted her concern the killing of yoga's kind of us increased today is a tragic reminder that journalism is a dangerous profession in europe. colleagues of kind of us said he had not received any death threats authorities are investigating the killing but all they know so far is that the murder was clearly well planned the work of professionals. european football's governing body has given for host cities this summer's european championships 10 days to say i have planned to accommodate fans in the stadiums they could be replaced should they fail to do so 8 cities have a shorter way for that at least some fans will be able to attend matches at euro

2020 which was postponed until this year budapest is the only city aiming to host a capacity crowd at munich run bilbao and dublin have been given extra time to come up with details after they failed to commit to allowing fans to attend. and in the bundesliga struggling bealefeld hosted freiburg on friday the visitors wanted a win to boost their slim chances of european qualification while the home side needed 3 points to help avoid relegation and own goals from baptista santa maria on 69 minutes when the game from beulah felt they sting them out of the drop zone at least until their rivals play over the weekend from a intense place in the table. insisting america's charisma will prove to why she's a 4 time world surfing league champion at an event in newcastle australia pulled off what's known in the sport as a massive air reverse she clenched the world number one spot for the face and the

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