ah ah ah, this is the w news coming to live from berlin. the end of an era queen elizabeth the 2nd has died at $96.00. united kingdom's longest reigning monarch passed away peacefully of all moral 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 fiction for the late queen, ah, and flags are lowered to half mast in many countries around the world as states pay tribute to a monarch whose rains spanned 7 decades. ah . hello m terry martin, thanks for joining us. warm attributes are being paid around the world to britain's queen elizabeth the 2nd who 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 chancellor, ala shoulds said she was

a model and an inspiration for millions of people. all us present, joe biden said she was a steadying presence and a world of constant change. meanwhile, buckingham palace has become a focus of national morning with they gathered in my thousands to pay tribute to their queen. it's the last 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's the past. there was always look to some, oh is this i do this very, very sad pledge to write country. and she lived 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 is age. she's being here today. i'm on to. so for specter, she just was leading as an inspiration for women, you know, the bedrock of british public life for the last 7 decades to know the country and the commonwealth have a new king and a new history to be made novices governments priority. but today is a time to reflect to mourn the death of her majesty queen elizabeth the 2nd. ah, and let's go over to our correspond barrett mercer's in front of buckingham palace in london. but give us a sense of the mood there. how are people react? a very quiet there are lots of people coming here to buckingham palace,

terry and i see lots of people sill arriving possibly before wax and people look like they travel from farther afield. most of them are wearing dark clothes and the mood is some by you and say, you could see the grief on people's faces because after all it's, it's a monarch that had a very for life and, and has died of old age really. so there isn't a sense of, of tragedy, but there is a sense that people really want to come here and one to express their, their condolences and just show that they are, they are with the monarch and one issue that they are somehow connected. i've spoken to one gentleman and i've asked him how he's feeling and he said he's not a royalist and but still he, he was saying he's struggling for to put it in words. but he said it's something that's really personal and, and touched his heart. so i found that quite moving suits of people are just having this feeling that this is something meaningful and they want to somehow take partners talkers through the next steps for the u. k. and the royal family berrigan

. what's happening in the days and weeks her her to day will be the day we're king charles as expected to meet with the new prime minister liz trust. and we are also expecting him to give his 1st broad cause as king. so that's expected to happen later. in the day, during the day though, we will hear gone salutes all across the country, mainly in london and many places in london, but all across the country and indeed across the world. and the church bells will also ring. so this is a day we're across the world. people will be marking their respect for queen elizabeth the 2nd bell. you've been covering the u. k. and the royal family for a long time. bear get yourself share with us if you would, some of your personal memories of the queen. i have not met the

queen for a long time. i was in the north of england as it as a new, rare event where she was, i'm having going on to walk about. and i just felt that ours, this presence of this pass and she is very, very small. but she really, whoever she, she met the, the, the faces were lighting up. it was kind of touching to see how much she meant to people. and that's what i've really over the years learned again and again of people that i was talking to who are, who knew her and who said it was just really striking how she was able to establish a relationship, also with ordinary people that she was interested in meeting other people, ordinary people, there was one lady who told me that her mother was a cleaning lady. and she, she was once present when the queen was opening a building that she had clean and that the queen made a point of not just talking to the dignitaries, but also talking to her mother. and this lady i spoke to who at this time was a little girl and they were really quite impressed. and i think this really sums it

up for me personally, she's always been there. i've been in the u. k for several decades. my children were born. he, i got married say she's always been this present, sorry, throughout my life in the u. k. and is very, very difficulty to imagine that she won't be here anymore. they're good. thank you very much. shar corresponded, burger moss there in london, or in a speech on her 21st birthday the than air to the throne. princess elizabeth promised to dedicate her life to public service. it was a promise she kept to the end. just a few months ago, britain marked her 70 years on the throne with a platinum jubilee celebration. earlier this week, she appeared in her last official photo when she appointed her 15th new prime minister lose trus, a bar moral castle. his look at how the news of her death was broken to the nation . simple letter posted at the gates of buckingham palace

informing the public that the queen had passed peacefully at a scottish estate. and the country now has a king 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 balmoral. the death of her majesty the queen is a huge shot to the nation and to the wild. 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 with so many a cornerstone of stability through 7 decades. join now in the studio by the w's alex forest whiting. alex,

queen elizabeth was on the throne for 70 years. she sought much history. tell us about some of the highlights, some of the milestones in her life. and 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 u. s. presidents were there 14 u. s. 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 rain 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 by really her popularity dipped was following the death of princess diana. that that was king charles his 1st wife. she was killed in a tragic car, crash in 9 in 97. and there was an absolute outs for outpouring of grief 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

a beam. and diana died, so on the whole she briley 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 heard 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 mom profoundly the passing of a cherish sovereign and a 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's 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, the passes 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 his junior is delighted in unhappy. i made that she's been brave enough. took me on a 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 that 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 the 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 at 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 prince's 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 have carried on charles 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 imp, 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 m 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 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 they were in her 7 decades on the throne as britons, head of state. queen elizabeth the 2nd met. countless world leaders, now tributes are pouring in from across the globe. let's take a look at some of the 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 of their grief, of the world. leaders echoed those sentiments as tributes flooded in clinic in elizabeth line of how queen elizabeth was a woman who defined a century on it in the united kingdom and beyond. the he knows very advice she witnessed history side kasey and wrote it herself. once had catches digger sweden here in germany and or she was admired and venerated out on for it. will your new dots of millions of germans are united in sorrow and sympathy? tying on with the people of the united king dining in chronic eyes for bon little bolcom swarmed with 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 human usual from all ukrainians . i express sincere condolences to the royal family. the whole of the u. k. lane and the commonwealth in our thoughts and prayers are with you as vol. un secretary general, antonia gutierrez said that elizabeth would be remembered for her unwavering life. long dedication, scores of other leaders have rushed to pay their respects to the woman who was the face of a nation for so many years. you know, 70 people here in germany are also remembering queen elizabeth the 2nd i spoke earlier to dw political correspondent nina has of for more well terry, if you needed any proof of just how much germans loved the queen, the newspapers, front pages are full today and here's just one example built newspaper, germany's biggest daily. they've got wealth special pages on her life today. and people also started flocking to the british embassy here in berlin. as soon as the

news broke, even many people who are not fans of the monarchy here in germany as such, have been saying that they'll miss her as a person. and as a role model who dedicated her life role that germany, of course, doesn't have a monarchy and she was somehow considered our own adopted queen by many. but politicians here. i've also been stressing just how thankful they are to the late queen for reaching out to the former enemy, germany. after the 2nd what, what we heard president stine, my but also chancellor will have choice said on twitter that she was a role model and an inspiration for millions of people. so here in germany, her commitment to german, british reconciliation after the horrors of world war 2, will remain unforgotten. she will be missed, not least have wonderful humour. there was the debbie's political course limit, nina hossa. so let's catch up on some other stories that are making the news today . the 1st humanitarian shipping of grain from ukraine has started to arrive in ethiopia through djibouti. the 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 you the you ran to meet global food demand. in southwest china. disaster relief teams are beginning to reach remote parts of sichuan province following monday's powerful earthquake, which has claimed more than 80 lives. chinese officials say around 20000 people have been displaced by the quake and are staying in temporary shelters. un secretary general antonia garish has arrived in pakistan and called for help to support the countries response to the catastrophic flooding. rescue and relief efforts continue. pakistan's armed forces are racing to get stranded people out of flooded areas and into relief camps. while water levels are starting to recede, many districts remain under water. thousands are taking shelter, road sides on higher ground. the floods have effected some 33000000 people and

caused more than than a 1000 deaths. but that ideal shiraz is pakistan's country director for the aid organization care. earlier i asked him, what people in pakistan need most urgently 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 waterborne diseases are increasing. so medical assistance required at different defected population area in terms of like in or treating called ra, money or 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 the most essential needs at this stage. ok, 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 a large population which of the practice and as i should earlier, that there are things which are required. one time, maybe like shelter and other things, but then food supplies that required on a regular basis. so that requires 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 instance, to the effected families through an income support program which already exists in

the country, but as an aide 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 8 organization like yours to help the people who need it? how difficult is it to reach the people under these conditions? there are still some 80 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 and 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 sense, but does, can some effected 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 also helping out to reach out to them either through their direct support or through the inter, it'll mandation support. and since the government infrastructure is large, so that is helping out to reaching out to the affected community. but we also need to understand with bridges and rewards were washed away. so that 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, huge challenges still lie ahead, deal sure, as the country director of care pakistan. thank you so much. thank you. you are watching d. w. news from berlin. up next, we take a look at how new vaccines will affect the future of the corona virus pandemic. meanwhile, we leave you with some images looking back at the life and reign of queen elizabeth the 2nd ah,

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