ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to your line from berlin. the end of an era queen elizabeth the 2nd has died at 96 united kingdom's longest reigning monarch passed away peacefully at baltimore castle in scotland. the crown now passes to her eldest son, charles london's buckingham palace becomes the center of national morning. crowds

gather to pay their respects. and there are spontaneous shows, but section for the late queen, ah, then flags are lowered to half mast in many countries around the world. it states pay tribute to a monarch whose brains spanned $7.00 decades ah . hello m terry martin, thanks for joining us. warm tributes are being paid around the world to britain's queen elizabeth the 2nd whose died at $96.00. she was one of the world's longest reigning monarchs and heads of state. her death means her son charles has succeeded her. he called his mother's death a moment of the greatest sadness for himself and the royal family. world leaders have been offering their condolences, german chance. all of sholtes said she was

a role model and an inspiration for millions of people. while us present. joe biden said she was a steadying presence in a world of constant change. meanwhile, buckingham palace has become a focus of national morning for they gathered in their thousands to pay tribute to their queen. it's a lost the country new would come. yet the sense of shock and sadness is palpable and profound. with oh, none da swan queen is here. she seems to pass. there was always look to some, oh is this i do this very, very fact. it pledged her like country in she lives in this country with great reverence and duty and respect and honor. and i just don't know like from multiple

wireless, but i think she was a mother and she she was amazed. one age. sure. being here today, i'm on to so for the specter she just was leading as an inspiration for women. you know, the bedrock of british public life for the last 7 decades of the country and the commonwealth, have a new king and a new history to be made up, his governments priority. but to day is a time to reflect, to mourn the death of her majesty. queen elizabeth the 2nd ah, a correspond it burgess mass is in london earlier. she told me how people there are reacting to the passing of the queen. and what's expected to happen in the coming hours and days the ceiling is said dar, this is really the only thing that is in people's minds at the moment. so politics

as marla's, ground her hold and people have been, as you shown, flocking to buckingham palace. but also i think just about every one is, is touched feathers because the queen has just always been there for every one. she's just been this monarch for 7 decades, and i think many people had the sense that you know, she did, that is quite, it's impossible for her not to be there not to be this sort of figure out of the country. and now to be faced with the reality of death, i think for, for a lot of people, it's also a reflection on, on their own grief that they would have had over over the years. her own experiences may be questions of death that everyone is, is trying to grapple with. i think this is what's behind on that there. this is just really such a big moment for the country and for the british people. for as with all things royal, all the protocol, the coming days will surely be planned out in great detail. what can we

it is plan on great detail. however, there are still some insecurities because the queen anne has died in scotland and bar moral. and now what's been carefully planned for years and years. i'm really meticulously, plan needs to be put to a test. so what we are expecting is that the body will stay in scotland were the scottish people will be able to pay their respects. and then in about our 4 or 5 days that the body will then be transported to london and she will be, ah, in the palace of westminster and denver people can and london and pay their respects to you to the queen. and this is all going to be a period of morning in which prince charles will resume his official duty. so we're expecting him to give a broadcast his 1st broadcast to the nation today. i think that will be

a big moment and, and then he will resume his activities. he is expected to travel all the nations to travel to scotland, their northern ireland and wales, and are basically an art morales introduce himself as the new king. and this is all going to happen in the next days and then it's been reported that within a fortnight there will be their actual funeral. the state funeral for queen elizabeth, the 2nd having brained for 70 years. the queen was a pillar of stability. how dearly will her stabilizing presence be missed? very, very dearly terry. it's a period of such instability at the moment. breton has gone through a lot of ta, mild starting with the brakes and referendum, but also more recently, like other countries that britain has been exposed to,

to the war in ukraine to warn europe to high gas prices. that's exacerbated problems that a lot of british people have already had. country has seen a period of economic instability. well, wages have been falling, inflation has been rising and this is expected to rise quite dramatically within the next months. say, it's a period where a lot of british people really are quite hard done by a economically and where i don't think the creed would have paid, you know, such a big part in their daily lives for just that. the presence that she's, that she has been has you always been there and now to, to have to go to through a transition and in a moment that's already economically very difficult for a lot of people that that will make it just a little bit harder. i think burger, thank you. that was our correspond bigot mass in london. in a speech on her 21st birthday,

the then air to the throne. princess elizabeth promised to dedicate her life to public service. there was a promise. she kept to the end. just a few months ago, britain marked her 70 years on the throne with platinum jubilee celebration. and earlier this week she pointed her 15th new prime minister list truss is a look at how the news of her death was broken to the nation. a simple letter posted at the gates of buckingham palace informing the public that the queen had passed peacefully at her scottish estate. and the country now has a king. let me go away. as the news broke people were already gathering outside the palace grounds. many had been waiting for updates on the queen's condition. then flags fell to half mast. also at 10 downing street flags were lowered. prime minister lids truss just days into new job

addressed the nation. we are all devastated by the news that we have just heard from bow moral. the death of her majesty the queen is a huge shock to the nation and to the world. queen elizabeth the 2nd was the rock on which mountain britain was built. our country has grown and flourished under her reign earlier in the day, members of the royal family had rushed to be by the queen's side. several members flying into aberdeen airport before making their way to queen elizabeth's summer home in scotland. bout moral o. 4 of the queen's children were there, including the air to the throne, prince charles, now known as king charles. in an official statement, charles said that the family was mourning profoundly, the passing of a cherished sovereign, and

a much loved mother. tributes to the queen have already begun to flooding from around the world. britain has lost its longest, ever serving monarch a leader who was for so many a cornerstone of stability through 7 decades. join out the studio by the w's alex forest whiting. alex, queen elizabeth was on the throne for 70 years. she sought so much history. tell us about some of the highlights, some of the milestones in her life. where do we start with this, terry? she began as queen, when there was a british empire, and she died as cream, and there certainly wasn't a british empire. so i'm, she has really seen how britain itself has changed as a huge global power, and then a more of a mid ranking power. now, during her reign, the building of the berlin wall, the falling of the berlin wall,

the falling of the soviet union. i mean, it, it goes on and on the vietnam war, how many us presidents were there 14 us president and she met 30 looting jeff kennedy. it goes on and on. and as we've just heard before, 15 british prime ministers, including sir winston churchill at the war time leader. and then on tuesday, her 15th liz trust. so it is an extraordinary reign. and so much has changed during those 70 years while she was on the throne. ordinary indeed, and her, her room was remarkably lacking in miss steps, at least of her own. yeah, i think that's a pretty much fair to say. i think the missteps, if i'm all really evolved around her personal life or her suddenly have families personal life. and i would say the biggest problem that she faced, where really, her popularity dipped was following the death of princess diana. that was king

charles, his 1st wife. she was killed in a tragic car crash in 1997. and there was an absolute outs for outpouring of gray across the world, but particularly in the united kingdom. and the queen decided to stay in her scottish residence at bar morrow up for a week before she came down to london. so there was some criticism about that and about her not really understanding just what an important up time and moment this had been when diana died. so on the whole, she bully played the role to perfection. but there were a couple of misstep, certainly would come back to in just a moment sir. the queen's 1st born son are formerly prince charles, is now the new monarch to be known as king charles the 3rd. he had this to say about his mother the death of my beloved mother, her majesty the queen is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family. we mon,

profoundly the passing of a cherish sovereign and much love mother. i know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the realms and the commonwealth, and by countless people around the world. during this period of morning and change my family and i will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which the queen was so widely held. royal observers have said they expect charles's coronation to be quicker and smaller than that of his mother and it's an event he's had ample time to prepare for. let's take a look now at charles as long wait to become king. ah, he was dumped the perpetual prince waiting to became longer than any other add to the throne beforehand. charles philip arthur

george, mount patton windsor, was born in 1948. the 1st son of princess elizabeth. he was 4 years old at his mother's coronation. queen elizabeth, the 2nd advances from the abbey, consecrated and dedicated to her life work. after attending boarding school and graduating from cambridge university, charles continued hoyle tradition by serving in the royal air force and royal navy at 30 to the wells most eligible bachelor announced his engagement to lady diana spencer 13 years as junior is delighted in unhappy. i know that she is being brave enough. took me on the couple married in july 1981. it was the wedding of the century and

captured the wells imagination. thousands came out to cheer and around the globe. hundreds of millions watched the ceremony on their t. v. screens. you again the couple had 2 sons, william and harry gave me a chance, but the fairy tale wasn't to last. to me for charles and his wife seemed increasingly unhappy. notwithstanding the press published leaked phone conversations that showed charles was having an affair with a former girlfriend. camilla parker bowles, 5 minutes in 1992, they made their split official. it is announced from buckingham palace that with regret, the prince and princess of wales have decided to separate a year after the couple divorced diana was killed in a car crash and paris after being founded by pepper out, see charles accompanied her body back to britain.

there was an outpouring of public grief diana's death and with this scandal surrounding their marriage not yet forgotten. public opinion of prince charles and the royal family had never been so low. charles continued to dedicate himself to his royal duties, and his charitable causes. most notably the princess trust, the charity, he set up to help improve the lives of disadvantaged young people. his relationship with camilla parker bowles continued to develop and in 2005 the couple were married in a civil ceremony. together they've carried on child's work and sustainability. he has always been passionate about the environment, promoting organic, farming and biodiversity on his estate. but also on

a global stage. at the top $26.00 climate summit in las go, he urged global leaders to do more to limit global warming the close to linux, she is far greater than the coast to prevention. climb has quite literally run out this will it? as his mother stepped back from some of her responsibilities in recent years, and especially after the death of his father, prince philip charles took or significant and act his part in discharging royal duties from king in waiting to king and training. now charles will take on the role that he has been preparing for his entire life. and he w as alex for us, whiting is still with me or alex once the period of morning is over, king charles will have some very big shoes to fill. do britton's think he's up to

the task or he has been preparing for it for a very long time, but i think it's going to be very difficult for him to ever reach the popularity of his mother. queen elizabeth the 2nd just because she was there for 70 years and that obviously lasted through thick and thin. and prince charles has had some knocks to his popularity as we saw in that report. most notably over that affair with camilla parker bowles, even though he was married to princess diana and then what happened following the death of princess diana. so he's had to build it that popularity and the respect back up over the past 2 decades at least. and i think he certainly made a, a good job of that. he's done things like he's tried to streamline the monarchy. i think we will see more of that in the future. and, and he's also try to make sure that everybody knows the prince. william is his air and he's been lining up prince william and kate who've been doing many more duties on his behalf and previously on the queen's behalf. so i think that he knows the

audience he's got to play to which is to promote the younger generation. alex, thank you very much. that was d w as alex forest. why the hell in her 7 decades on the throne as britons head of state, queen elizabeth the 2nd met countless world leaders, no tributes or pouring in from across the globe. let's take a look at some of them lowering the flag in honor of queen elizabeth a mark of respect from president biden. i the opportunity to meet her before she passed and she was an incredibly gracious and decent woman. the thoughts and prayers, the american people, or were the people who united kingdom and the commonwealth and their grief. other world leaders echoed those sentiments as tributes flooded in clinic in elizabeth line of all. queen elizabeth was a woman who defined a century varnish in the united kingdom and beyond liver. he knows very advice she

witnessed history side kasey and wrote it herself. once had good shift to his feet here in germany and thought she was admired and venerated at on for it will yawn. hundreds of millions of germans are united in sorrow and sympathy into an army with the people of the united king dynastee, chronic eyes for bon little bolcom swarmed his knife deep, sadness, i have learned of the death of her majesty. queen elizabeth the 2nd much after all, it is a heavy loss for the whole of europe and the world union sure from all ukrainians. i express sincere condolences to the royal family. the whole of the u. k. rain and the commonwealth in our thoughts and prayers are with you. he does well. un secretary general. antonia gutierrez said that elizabeth would be remembered for her unwavering life. long dedication schools of other leaders have rushed to pay their respects to the woman who was the face of a nation, the so many years to catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around

the world today. the 1st humanitarian shipping of grain from ukraine has started to arrive in ethiopia through your booty. un says the grain will support some one point. 5000000 people displaced by drought and conflict. the shipment is part of a deal brokerage between russia, ukraine, and the u. n. to meet global food demand in southwest china, disaster relief teams are beginning to reach remote parts of such one province. following mondays, powerful earthquake which has claimed more than 80 lives. chinese officials say around $20000.00. people have been displaced by the quake and are staying in temporary shelters. un secretary general, antonia gutierrez, has arrived in pakistan and called for help to support the countries response to the catastrophic flooding. rescue and relief efforts continue. pakistan armed forces are racing to get stranded people out of flooded areas and into relief camps

. while water levels are starting to receive, many districts remain under water. thousands are taking shelter at road sides on higher ground. the floods have affected some 33000000 people and caused more than a 1000 deaths. but that on the don't want to go on. well, joining us now from islamabad is ideal shiraz that pakistan's country director for the aid organization care. thanks for being with us. the un secretary general is visiting pakistan today. he's already appealed to the world for help and dealing with the aftermath of the floods. what does, what does pakistan need most urgently right now? you know, it is still the initial days of the emergency and our teams are in the field and they are looking at the needs on girl. at this stage, food is one of the major need which is required because more and more people are affected and they have lost everything. so they will be a regular needle food for

a couple of more weeks. shelter is another major need and then water borne diseases are increasing. so medical assistance required at different defected population area in terms of like in are treating called ra, malaria, skin diseases and other things. so that's another essentially and sanitation facilities are also required because people have been displaced and they don't have the infrastructure with their had before and then of clean drinking water. so these are adult, most essential needs at this stage. ok. the aid is coming in to some degree from abroad, but it's pakistan's government to deal with this emergency directly. how is the government coping? government have been providing a very good support to the effected population, but we also need to understand that some massive flooding does the large population,

which is the fact it. and as i should earlier that there are things which are required. one time, maybe like shelter and other things, but then food supplies are required on a regular basis. so that's why a lot of support not only internally from the government, but also from the actual actors. the government is also playing a very it all in terms of providing cash for cents to the effected families through an income support program which already exists in the country. but as an age worker then for the international community, they also need to understand that. so it's a mattress and we are talking about more than 6000000 people who need some support . how difficult is it a deal for an aide organization like yours to help the people who need it? how difficult is it to reach the people under these conditions? there are still so many under water and the water will them in there for a couple of them all the but then when we have been to different parts of the

province in the province, people also moved from these fact today to the nearby roadside. so at least those people who are living nearby, the road doors, an arctic bug desk, and some infected communities who are living in the villages which are still flooded with water. so it's slightly challenging to reach out to them. but at the same time, some of the key department from the government are also helping out to reach out to them either through their direct support or through the enter. it'll mandation support. and since the government infrastructure is large, so that is helping out to reaching out to the effected community. but we also need to understand with bridges and roads were washed away. so the rebuilding work is continuing. and with that, i think like each day is, is a better day than before in terms of extra thing. people each challenges still lie

ahead, deal sure, as the country director of care pakistan. thank you so much. thank you. thank you for joining us on this special w news program devoted largely to the death of britons. queen elizabeth, i'll be back at the top of the next hour up next d. w takes a look at how new vaccines will affect the future of the pandemic. for now, there, i'll leave you with some images looking back at the life and reign of queen elizabeth the 2nd. ah ah,

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