ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. final preparations are underway in london for queen elizabeth state of the funeral. the very last members of the public had now filed past the queen's coffin to pay their respects ending 4 days of lying in state . and just hours from now dignitaries, from around the world will gather for

a historic final farewell at westminster abbey. and we report from hong kong when morning for the queen has also been pinched with nostalgia for what many c as the fifty's golden era under british also coming up on the program authorities in ukraine are assuming more than $400.00 bodies from mass graves near the city, if they say they found more evidence of torture in areas abandoned by russian troops, our correspondent reports from the site where investigators are carrying out their work. ah, i manuscripts mckinnon. a very warm welcome to the program. wild leaders have gathered in london ahead of the st. funeral of queen elizabeth the 2nd final

preparations of being made for the service at westminster abbey before the queen is buried at windsor castle. later today, the last of thousands of mourners have filed past the queen's coffin. after 4 days of lying and state came to an end on monday morning. ahead of the funeral, king charles said he had been deeply touched by the public support for his family. and on sunday evening, people across the u. k paused for a minute of silence to remember the only monarch that most have ever known. it was a minute observed across the country. prime minister lives truss and others all over the u. k. paused for a moment of silence in honor of queen elizabeth with london's iconic big been also mocking the occasion. by remaining silent earlier,

there were more hectic scenes. we didn't even think people rushed to get into the queue to see the queen lying in state before it finally closed. they make you happy? yes. th, i have a bad t change. i was, he didn't turn up very stress. he okay. his hand on the phone, but we're hand tens of thousands of foreigners had queued over the final day to get the 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 weight and the cold q as were upbeat is one in a lifetime. so he's an experience is history. it's am really proud that he passed away. world leaders also came to pay their respects to the late 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 talk about how my mother and father thought that everyone, no matter who they were, no matter what their station emitter where they're free deserve retreated. 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, the cat, a glimpse of the queen's final farewell. and we can speak now to d. w. mass who is in london for us. but the official lying and state has just ended

4 days. 4 nights. can you tell us a bit about that? did it go as expected? well, the author was going to be a huge event. it was called london bridge and it was plugged in detail. and i really call a decade, but i think for the public, even though that was much, i think it was still for some people a shot when it happened. i mean, i knew whether the kid is really foreseen is huge, outgoing with glee. like you have shown hundreds of thousands of people who joined cute, which was really a very british phenomenon with twitter handle for itself. you tube channels q to join the q. that was really a very, very spectacular, old people. and you know, it was very, very some, by the way, but those are the quite unique lady. and today is queen elizabeth funeral of 1st

state funeral in the u. k. since 1965 can you talk us through the day was possibly the biggest ceremony ever in the u. k. and i can tell you that. so dave, center london, has huge crowds and all the calls, flowers passing court and now almost 4 days as police carry around helicopter. and today we're just out to drive the road where people were really trying to come to london for the 70. we'll begin in just a few hours. the coffin will talk from west and the horse to westminster abbey, which is what service will take place about an hour with iran. then the

coffee will be paraded to send to london, where then they can play to win, where they will be another small crime. and then the coffin with the royal bulk. and there will be hundreds of foreign royals and will lead of attending the event. well yes, not just because of invited to london and i'll be stopping the traffic, stopping everything wherever there are such as the lions, germany, and stein, my bronze is president mccall, but commonwealth me like the canadian pm just in just in the german on top of that there are members of comedy across europe say it's a huge challenge for the security services, and someone has described hundreds of faith visits, just put them into one,

get master reporting from london. thanks so much. now, queen elizabeth death has triggered an outpouring of sentiment in hong kong, which is one of the last former purses colonies only handed back to china 25 years ago. the collective grief is not just about morning. the late queen, though it's also about remembering what many view is the golden era of hong kong, but even that natasha is becoming to bu, under chinese rule. as the w correspondent, phoebe call now reports since the queen's passing a shop selling british colonial hong kong items such as coins, stems and metals is welcoming 10 times more customers than usual is founded by brian own, the royalty collector. i didn't expect people coming from tearful commemoration, or they would you go double open the all they feel like they're losing an old friend, or even a family member. so the magole wong, she's more than

a queen way to go away. it's also because life in hong kong wasn't that good in the past 2 decades road, but with, with retrogression in many ways. could it, oh, why the people missed the past? not because they like or want colonialism, but purely because it was the good old days day ogle, i think that's being reflected through morning. the queen house angelica got such sentiments a moral festival at the british consulate surrounded by a sea of flowers. people are queuing for up to 4 hours in the heat, to signed a book of condolences. the colonial era is due in many people's memories in hong kong, which was rude by britain, 456 years before his hanover to china, in 1997 on lowercase. that's the most precious thing. britain left us as a social system with lots of freedoms to pursue our goals. and oh yeah, you got all electrical wire or ha, how the education was picked out. we were happier, less stress and restricted high salma somewhat so alex told me,

mom died at hyatt holland britain. didn't give us much in the way of democracy overrule it did more good than harm pickle. go away. the hong kong people gave the queen a cantonese nickname. for both ladies showing a special affection the outpouring of morning is not only a matter of nostalgia, but mixed with grievances and is content over the chinese rule. and even a gesture of defying the occurrence repression. the queen visit at hong kong, twice during the seventy's and eighty's was social reforms were rolled out after n t colonial. right, to transform the small city into a world financial hub to day public facilities named after quinn, elizabeth, a marcus of britain's legacy to modern hong kong. hong kong was one of few british colonies not allowed to determine its own feature. born in 1980 and educated in colonial government schools, bryant all said he was never taught to be a british patriots. last year he opened

a private museum. the certificate signed by the queen and prince philip. it's amanda, most precious. in his 10000 item collection auto we are hi, will never considered myself british if, when i'm 100 percent, a hong kong a who loves british culture local all history is a meaningful or whenever they happened, no matter good or bad. oh, so we shouldn't arrays, any part of it, just because we don't like it or you, of course all of us should respect our past. whitfield all exceed, are you? her dreams, all dear boy, is not only to preserve fedex, but also the identity of his hometown to ukraine. now, where keith says its troops are advancing further into new north eastern hockey's and liberated territories. more evidence of possible russian war crimes has been on

the left correspondent manual shock when to is young, where mass graves containing more than 450 bodies have been uncovered. some of them bearing signs of torture. a warning, some viewers may find this next report distressing their uncovering sphere, horror as nave artillery fire rages in this forest. on the outskirts of recently liberated is zoom forensic experts are working around the clock to assume bodies buried in mass graves, dating from the russian occupation book. during for much less here was 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 courses show signs of violent

deaths and let's just order the year for you. this course. he's 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 was an o t. right here we found 17 corpses of servicemen, the armed forces of ukraine. the bodies have for now been sent to the morgue for further forensic examination submitted into collect dna samples in order to identify them, tripled i shouldn't discuss it was not normal. the scene is so green that even the investigators are overwhelmed at our gallery. this is the 1st such experience in

all my 5 years of service and psychologically i think we will need some help in the future. early report to check out which others are nauseous. you miss immune no names on the grade when everything is numbered, the biggest number is 418400. 18. and that's on the civilians. with locals, with their hands tied, were found face down group huddled in that is thrown face down into the graves like a little slow. it's only so my, you're faced was the unthinkable. investigators say they were not lead those crimes go unpunished. shock was willing arissa murphy 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 easier and since its liberation. the u. n said it would send a team to investigate to deliver the manual. charles who filed that report gave me her impressions of what she saw in is him and what prosecutors have told her. it was very hard. it was unto them though, what we've seen on the sides when we arrived in e zoom forensic experts, we're still recovering the body. so we have written as to few autopsies, dare experts are, you know, a day where upon seeing a human remains, de sublease preliminary conclusions of what happened to what we so we're evident traces of torture. i'm talking about hands 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 a genital parts, as i've explained in the report. so ad experts were cried now or will be to

establish the cause of the death, but we can already say doubt the torture is obvious. now, as you reported thousands of it and investigations into war crimes are now underway in the hockey area. alone. give us a sense of how ukrainian, or, sorry, he's a 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 $4000.00 cases, but this figure increases by the hour. and that's why the war crimes, prosecutor, we talked to, didn't want to give us a specific number of simply because it keeps on adding up every time a city is liberated, more agreement, discoveries are being made. so the ukranian government already deployed an additional 1000 police officers forensic experts with us, so firefighters here in the region of harkey, so they can assist the experts already on side. these gonna take this will take

months, maybe years to solve every single case. also, due to the advanced state of decomposition or 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 where come any international help in the form of a forensic experts or so material? how to sold those cases. emmanuel shells in hockey, thank you so much for that. okay, let's say put, take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a spanish shower. she has rescued more than $370.00 people from the mediterranean, and 3 separate operations in just 24 hours. one group of migrants spent 4 days drifting in unsee worthy boats that were trying to cross to europe from north africa. many of those rescued were suffering from dehydration. at least 9 people

have been killed. one of us crashed in heavy rains and land slides in costa rica rescue teams work through the night to remove debris and to look for victims authority say around 30 people are still unaccounted for. arkwin fiona has knocked out power on the island of puerto rico. a state of emergency has been declared. fiona is expected to strengthen father as it moves, northwest and full cost of the warning of heavy rain high winds and catastrophic flooding. now authorities in japan have advised millions of residents to take shelter from typhoon none model which has made land full in the southwest. at least one person has been killed and dozens more injured. as a result of the high winds and torrential rain prime minister for mucous shita is delaying a trip to attend the united nations general assembly in new york in order to check on damage from the storm. strong winds and heavy

rain di phone nonmetals has hit southwestern japan with gusts of over 230 kilometers. but over japan, spread it in. c issued a rear alert warning from 80 iceberg facing phobia conditions. the japanese government convened an emergency meeting and urge people to take care. in addition to violent winds, high waves and storm surges, the highest level of vigilance will be needed against mudslides flooding and overflowing rivers. su 4000000 people have been issued evacuation warnings, some have taken shelter in special evacuation, sent us. the storm has already left paulson's of homes without bravo. transportation is disrupted. convenience stores also shut their doors.

during childrens and winds are causing trees pools and built boots to fort and leaving city streets deserted man, the dog is forgotten. east, and leech took you on tuesday. ah, in the wonderfully yes. sunday saw the surprise team of the season. onion berlin, take on struggling while spurred on you and have been exceeding expectations coming into the game day on top of the fun to seek a table of spoke on the other hand were feeling the pressure already with just one when from 6 games. and unfortunately for ban on your prevail then this clash and took all 3 points. the fortress out of 1st to right picked out once again as when you're in berlin took on board, spoke hoping to finish the day in 1st place. all eyes were on shoulder, becca, wed, already scored 5 goals this season. and when you didn't waste any time,

you any chavira with the 1st chas after just 46 seconds. just 2 minutes later because 1st attempt at goal went well over the cross bar. it took volts book 32 minutes to get in front of unknowns gold, but he was it brook hollow, couldn't find the net. neil neil at half time on your strike. i do a becca and jordan c. voucher. unable to get on the score sheet, and that would continue just minutes after the break see back to a shot going just centimeters wide. but the dynamic duo struck just minutes later because pinpoint cross fancy batches had no chance for will switch keeper. kuhn castillo, one. neil or neon. and it was becker himself who sealed the game in the 77th minutes. paul sequins lumber, perfectly controlled by the 2070 old. and after a handful via check the gold count it. becky was sick of the young season to new.

it ended another successful day at the office for becker and see but job that much to the delight of when you're in coach, boss fisher, and the fence at all to 1st to ry when you're finished the day top of the book to seek a table. now an invalid strike a sure aldo becca has been a revelation this season, leading his team to victory once again. this is what he had to say after the when against will spoke the sir. very special thing with a big in the end though, we were very hard for it a long season and all weekend rest, minute to recover. and then it will be all very long season because i think after the international brigadier ever g for those we are for game or we need to be prepared in for an hour because celebrated. we are the 1st lawyers or so on sunday . bomb looked set to grab their 1st one of the season, but had to settle for a one old troll with cologne. for home got on the score,

she just 9 minutes in after cologne's benefits. put the bull into his own nat, eunice hector, also complicit in the pool defending then cologne, struck back just 2 minutes from time. linton minus slotting in the equalizer the booth and keep her lips flat footed as the bull rolled through his legs, but at least his team got there 1st point of the season. all right, let's take a look at all the results from this weekend's bundis league matches often time versus fryeburg ended goal list. there's bull homes drawer with cologne and unknowns when on saturday. glad back. be like say ox book stun. bye and munich dot one to beat to arch rivals shaker. leave a quiz and drew against breyman frankfurt beached at guard. and on friday mines drew with hatter. berlin. so what does all that mean for the bundle? sleek standings after match day 7. now the season surprise package a noun, berlin hung on to 1st place,

followed by dormant and fryeburg by on munich fall to 5th. that's unfamiliar territory for them. in the bottom half out spoke, move up after beating by an lever, who is an escape, the relegation zone, which is now made up of stuttgart bob's book and both of them. and in the when women's bundis league or cologne beat, often i'm 3 to one in their 1st game of the season. mandy is lacquer opened the scoring for cologne. in the 21st minutes. it wasn't a really great felt by the germany international, but it's still ended up in the net. and 12 minutes later, oftentimes yana fed can't got sent off this foul outside the box and the referee incorrectly awarded a penalty. is like a stepped up to the spot, really converted to seal the cologne. now the belgian capital brussels was transformed into europe's largest pedestrian

zone this weekend with the city holding it's annual car free sunday event began more than 2 decades ago. and it aims to highlight the benefits for the city and the environment of leaving the car home. the streets of brussels, bustling with foot and bicycle traffic. people out in numbers to reclaim the roads from cause many living in groups in a city stone have gardens. so public streets turning into playgrounds is a real treat for both adults and children, and fully a 4 legged friends to whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. by a slight courtesy sunday because you can bike where usually can't bike. normally when i come here with my bike, there's no space to jo biker only stuff. normally i'm a bit scared to bike and brussels. actually, i really have to choose the road streets, so i'm unchanged the route, the bundling on the traffic because of sir gummy berg suicidal. cities across the

european union have set out to make mobility sustainable, encouraging people to use more public transport and green or alternatives, especially for short distance daily commuting in small cities. and there is a growing mix of alternatives. electric's good as have become a permanent fixture in major european cities so much so that the rental market for these is booming. they're popular with young people and they're seen as an easy and affordable way to get her out previous car. free days have proven to reduce the amount of noise and air pollution by meaningful amounts. but this, yet, europe is experiencing a cost of living crisis. and the initiative is taking on another meaning. we are having a crisis at the moment and we know that you have to reduce our uses of, of, of fuel, off of electricity. and while the car is a big consumer of fuel, so making sure that we use alternatives that we drive by public transport,

by bike or barefoot, it's really a possibility to have an impact on the price is cough re sunday takes place in brussels just once a year, but many here hope it's a sneak peak into what the future for the city could be. ah, you're watching d. w is coming out next eco africa take to look at developing sustainable homes in that you can with get more news on headlines on our website. that's the d w dot com . i'm and you can can, and i'll be back that was helping me out with more international headlines like fortune with

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