a project that became a major milestone in their lives. love, seduction. i school starts or 2 words on d, w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. final preparations are underway in london for queen elizabeth state funeral. the public lying in state ended a short time ago, mourners queued through the night to pay their respects to the monic. and just hours from now, leaders from around the world will gather for hey,

a historic final farewell at westminster abbey. also coming up both parties in ukraine or is zooming more than $400.00 bodies from mass graves near the city of indium, they say they found more evidence of torture in areas abandoned by russian troops of corresponding reports from the site where investigators carrying out their work ah, i manuscript mckinnon. a very warm welcome to the program. while leaders have gathered in london ahead of the state, funeral of queen elizabeth britton's longest reigning monarch will be remembered in a ceremony at westminster abbey before she is buried at windsor castle. later today, thousands of mourners queued in central london through the night a last chance to pay their respects at the public lying in state which ended just

a short time ago. and on sunday evening, people across the u. k paused for a minute of silence to remember the only monarch that most i've ever known. it was a minute observed across the country. prime minister lives trusts, and others all over the u. k. paused for a moment of silence in honor of queen elizabeth with lanterns, iconic, big been also mocking me occasion. by remaining silent earlier there were more hectic, scenes with people rushed to get into the queue to see the queen lying in state before it finally closed. they made you happy? yes. th, i lay, but he changed. i was, he didn't turn up very stressed. he'll get his hand on the phone, but we're here. tens of thousands of corners had queued over the final day to get

their chance to see the queen's coffin. at one point, the white time had become so long that authorities advised people not to come. but despite the white and the cold q as were upbeat is one in a lifetime. so he's an experience is history exam really pratt that we plan to later world leaders also came to pay their respects to the light coin. but the political figures, dignitaries, and royals arriving in the british capital didn't have to wait in line. among those who visited london's westminster hall was u. s. president joe biden biden also paid a visit to buckingham palace, where he signed the book of condolences. he said it was important that he made the journey it's about 20 people with dignity. i talked

about how my mother and father thought that everyone, no matter who they were, no matter what their station emitter where their fruit deserve. retreated with london's police force has spent days gearing up for the funeral, which promises to be a huge security operation. some royal enthusiasts have been making their own preparations for the funeral procession. capping out on the street in a bid to secure a good spot to catch a glimpse of the queen's final farewell. and we can speak now to d. w berg masters, joining us from london to get the official lying and states has just ended for days for nights. tell us a little bit more about that. did it go as expected? well, the also, if you it was going to be a big event. it was called london bridge and it was plan in details really for decades. but i'm not sure that they really could envisage anyway, this out touring of the really to hundreds of 1000. thank you to join the q. i mean,

nice, be nice. thank you. people that they were home, and yet it was also very joyful and very convivial due in the way it was much anticipated. but you know, it's, it's some people also still shocked what had happened. and if you know, if this could be the meetings could be plus, i don't think so. now today is the 1st state funeral in the u. k. since 1965. can you talk us through the day a little well, yes, it's called possibly the biggest ceremony ever for the u. k. i mean, in central london, we've had 4 days. we've had cried. people have laid flowers and the cogs 3 a quarter and off. i am out at westminster abbey. well, the funeral will take place in a few hours and it's very hard to get to your police and locate a very old dignity run because today really is the big day and

a few hours the ceremony will begin. the coffin will be carried in a solem profession to westminster of a where i am and it will be a funeral service. last thing about an hour, 2000 people have been invited by 2000 people, including world leaders, and then that will be a procession through central london weather and will be transported then afterwards to when, where they will be in other small to service. and then the court coffin will be lowered into the royal gold and the crown will have to be removed before that. now as you mentioned, there will be hundreds of foreign royal's and world leaders in london today attending the event when yes, president biden, of course, wherever he goes, people are being notified because streets are being blocked off and then you've got

really a huge motorcade with the so called be so he's been seen and filmed in central london european lead this house been invited a bunch by maya, but also for the president crawl and commonwealth the to are in london kind of the just into don't you just send it back and members of royal families from all across europe. a huge challenge for the security service event had been compared to $100.00 se, visit condon, just into one mass in london. thanks so much for now. and as to it's to ukraine now, where keith says its troops are advancing further into the north eastern hockey and liberated territories more evidence of possible russian war crimes has been on us.

our correspondent manuals shall win to him, where mass graves containing more than 450 bodies have been uncovered. some of them bearing signs of torture, and warning. some viewers may find this next report distressing. there uncovering sheer horror as nearby artillery fire rages in this forest on the outskirts of recently liberated him, forensic experts are working around the clock to assume bodies buried in mass graves, dating from the russian occupation book. dying for much less here. just the information we have, which has already been established is the burial of local residents. exclamation as you can see, the examination of the bodies and referrals for forensic examinations are currently being carried out. some choruses,

show signs of violent deaths, and that's the kind of your title general yet, rather than just order the year for you, this call is of a man in his eighty's for you. he was found with his hands tied behind his back. his skull was deformed by violent blows to the head. his janitors bear traces of torture. nearby 17 ukrainian soldiers have been found in a shallow grave. this is to right here, we found 17 corpses of service men of the armed forces of ukraine. the bodies have for now been sent to the morn for further forensic examination several and to collect d. n a samples in order to identify them. production and discuss north of the scene is so green that even the investigators overwhelmed. ready

the 1st such experience in all my 5 years of service and i can logically, i think we will need some help in the future. but also once which, which other teachers get this image, no names on the grade. when everything is numbered, the biggest number is 418418. and that's on the civilians with locals, with their hands tied, were found face down, huddled in that is thrown face down into the graves lawson of the sony. so my, you're faced was the unthinkable. investigators say they will not lead those crimes go unpunished. shock was willing arissa mercy since the war began. we've already opened more than 4000 criminal proceedings regarding war crimes committed by soldiers of the russian federation in the harkey region. i will not tell you the exact number because it is constantly changing shallow. it keeps on increasing in

light of the atrocities uncovered in asia, and since its liberation, the un said it would send a team to investigate. i'm joined now by the w as a menu, f, as in hockey, who filed that report for us. emma, it's difficult to watch. can you give us your impressions of what you've seen yourself and what prosecutors have been telling you? oh well it was. it was very hard. it was into them though. what we seen on the site when we arrived in issue forensic experts 1st to recovering the body. so we've witnessed a few autopsies. they're experts, you know, day went upon thing, human remains day, stablished a preliminary conclusions of what happened, what we so we're evident, traces of torture talking about hen tied and tied in the back of the bodies. i'm

talking about missing limbs. i'm talking about a violent blows to the head torches on, jenny, so part of i've explained in the report, so the experts work right now will be to establish the cause of the death. but we can already say the $42.00 is obvious. now, as you reported thousands of investigations into war crimes on now underway in the hockey area alone, give us a sense of how ukranian authority is managing this. well, it's absolutely a challenge for dam due to the amount of bodies that are being found. and we talking right now about 4000 cases, but this figure increases by the hour and that's why the war crimes prosecutor, we talked to did a want to give us a specific number of simply because it keeps on adding up every time a city is liberated more, a green discoveries are being made. so the ukranian government already deployed an

additional 1000 police officers. forensic experts with us of fi fi is here in the region of hot cave, so they can assist the experts already on site. these gonna take this will take months, maybe years to solve every single case. also, due to the advanced state of decomposition of some of their bodies, it will take so long to identify them. dna studies will have to be carried as well for doubts. and of course, the ukranian government said it would welcome any international help in the form of a forensic experts or so material help to so those cases, minute chance, in hockey, thank you so much for that. or sorry, she's in japan, have advised millions of residents to take shelter from typhoon none model which has made landfill. now in the southwest it's bringing both high winds and torrential rain, which is expected to cause flooding and mud slides. strong

winds and heavy rain di phone nonmetals has hit southwestern japan with gusts of over 230 kilometers per hour. japan spread it in c issued a rear alert warning from 80 iceberg facing phobia conditions. the japanese government convened an emergency meeting and urged people to take care in addition to violent winds, high waves and storm surges, the highest level of big events will be needed against mudslides flooding and overflowing rivers. by that you are yes, you 4000000 people have been issued evacuation warnings, some have taken shelter in special evacuation. fuentes. the storm has already left persons of homes without barber transportation is disrupted.

convenience stores also shut their doors. during childrens and winds are causing trees, bolts, and billboards to foil and leaving city streets deserted. none at all is forecast at an east and reached dock. you on tuesday. your watching d. w. new is up next. well, stories will the look at how clean elizabeth's death has been received in full math, british column colonies, i many cubes, mckennan, and i'll be back with more at the top of the hour. thanks so much. 43. i will interest the global economy. our portfolio. d w business beyond here's a closer look at the project.