>> hello and welcome to france 24. we are live from paris. the headlines this hour, the united kingdom it's farewell to its longest-serving monarch, queen elizabeth the second lead to rest a private service this evening. ukraine's president thousand to continue to push out russian forces. the pledge comes as zelenskyy's troops across a major river. beijing lashes out over comments from the u.s. president after joe biden said washington would intervene to defend taiwan in the case of an unprecedented

attack. ♪ >> the united kingdom has bid farewell to its longest-serving monarch. queen elizabeth the second was laid to rest with her late husband at a private, family service this evening. after a ten-day day time of national mourning, heads of state and royalty from around the world. one final goodbye to queen elizabeth with the day starting at westminster and ending. >> a day that started at westminster and finished in windsor. the queen's funeral, seen by billions the world over. the day began as the coffin was transported to westminster abbey in the morning, which was packed to capacity with just over 2000 people present.

the ceremony itself was performed by the archbishop of canterbury. >> her late majesty famously declared on her 21st birthday broadcast that her whole life would be dedicated to serving the nation and commonwealth. rarely has such a promise been so well-kept. few leaders receive the outpouring of love that we have seen. >> the new king watched on as hymns filled the cathedral. as the ceremony ended, the newly worded national anthem rang out. god save the king. ♪ god save the king ♪ ♪ >> the coffin was carried out of westminster abbey, flanked by the queens or children. it was loaded onto the carriage

as it began its journey through central london. thousands lining the streets of the capital in an attempt to catch a glimpse of the procession. the coffin was followed on foot by the new monarch and royal family as they passed buckingham palace and many other iconic locations. at wellington arch, the queens coffin was transferred from the state done carriage to the state hearse. from their company procession made it's its way toward the queens on a resting place, the grounds of windsor castle. as the hearse made its way up the long walk toward it st. george's chapel, some of the late monarch's favorite animals were waiting, including her famous corgis. once inside the chapel, a symbolic moment as the queens crown were removed from the coffin, signaling the end of an era. she was then lowered into the royal vault, which ended the public funeral service. the queen was laid to rest for a final time beside her husband, philip in a private ceremony on monday evening with no cameras

present. >> for more we can go across france 24's benedict standing by in london. good evening. you've covered all the events throughout the day on france 24. a day filled with a lot of emotion, a lot of symbolism. what stood out to you? >> im in windsor on the long walk. we have been here since don. it is now dark. what stood out for me was the state funeral, the eulogy of the archbishop of canterbury, talking about a lifetime of service, of the queen, of the 70 year reign of queen elizabeth the second. the fact that he talked about how leaders often come to power and they think that they needed to be served and in fact, they need to serve. and he said that the display, the presence of these world leaders, showed the affection, the admiration in which she was held. they have changed their

timetables, their busy schedules, instead of being at the un's general assembly in new york, they have come to london. and then we were moved by st. george's chapel. lori us singing. and of course, the finality of the resting place tonight of queen elizabeth the second. and really, the united kingdom turning a page. it will continue. for the nation, it was a public holiday today and tomorrow is really -- people need to get on with their lives but what will the future hold for king charles the third? what will be future hold for the united kingdom? >> let's talk about what lies ahead because as you mentioned, the 10 day time of national mourning, where you are, has come to an end tomorrow as you rightly said. it is a new day. but many of the problems facing the united kingdom 11 days ago are still going to face the country tomorrow, won't they? >> exactly.

it is a new day. it will be tuesday. it will be a workday, but the 10% inflation, the pound being -- having trouble on the markets , we are waiting for a physical event. that is the way it is being described, not a budget, from the government. the fact that we had a prime minister appointed two days before the monarch's death, liz truss and that she was the number one choice of the parliamentary party, number two, number three choice, but the number one choice of the conservative members and that is why she is the tory leader and the uk prime minister in this new conservative government. but she is, i think, going to find it really challenging. she has had this exceptional time of hiatus. and suspension of parliament. of course, they reconvened to have tribute, eloquent tribute for -- because of the queens demise. but now, it is going to be hard

to help financially people across the united kingdom. to pay their bills, whether they are households, consumers, or indeed, companies. yes, liz truss on that famous thursday the eighth of september asked before the queen, presented what she called her bold economic plan. but economists -- some economists are questioning it and it has not had the scrutiny that it would have had had parliament not been suspended. there are more strikes on the way to do with trains here in the united kingdom, to do with postal strikes. people are really wondering how they are going to cope. or eat in winter. they need financial help, they need clarity on that. so after she has come back from the un's general assembly, liz truss, i think there will be quite a reckoning in parliament and she will have possibly quite a challenging time. there will be a new day for this new government and finally, after this hiatus, much needed

of course time of morning. a reality check. i think for this conservative government led by liz truss. >> indeed. thank you very much as always. reporting from london tonight. in other news, ukraine's president is bowing to continue in the fight to regain territory from russia. the pledge from zelenskyy comes as ukrainian troops crossed a major river, potentially paving the way for an assault on russian forces in eastern donbass. there is concern however o shelng near a nuclear plant in the southern region. authorities in kyiv blaming moscow for carrying out a blast summit 300 meters away from the site. more underground, here is our reporter. >> it does s seem extremely worrying. on the face of it, it looks like it is more worrying than the attack on the plant anyway. because at the time, there was conflict between ukrainian forces and russian forces here, trying to take over the area.

the southern ukrainian nuclear power plant is far from any frontline. you cannot possibly pretend that there was a serious military target in that area. that is why ukraine's leaders are calling this nuclear terrorism. if you look a little bit closer though, it is perhaps not quite clear that it was a deliberate attempt to hit the nuclear power plant. in fact, it probably was not. adjacent to this nuclear power plant there is a hydroelectric power station and a thermal power station, so this is perhaps in the line of what vladimir putin already said that russia would do and what they have done in cities like kharkiv already, which is target elements of ukraine's electricity generating capacity. but more in terms of thermal power plants or hydroelectric power plants. we've got what they might call e collateral benefits of scaring people quite a lot by this kind of reckless behavior. to giveou an idea of how reckless it is, the head of the

state company in ukraine that regulates and runs the country's nuclear power plants said that these power plants, including the southern ukrainian one are designed to resist a plane crashing on top of them, but they are not designed to resist missiles being fired. nobody knowseally whether they woul withsta a direct hit. this long-range ballistic missile only landed some 300 meters away from the nearest nuclear reactor, so i think it is fair to say that is too close for comfort. >> now beijing has lashed out over comments from the u.s. president joe biden. this after he said in an interview with 60 minutes that the united states would intervene to defend taiwan in the case of an unprecedented attack. china's foreign ministry says the remarks that united states made not to support taiwan's independence. heather maxwell reports. >> yet again, joe biden's comments apart from official u.s. policy. that is at least how china sees them.

in an interview with u.s. broadcaster cbs, the u.s. president voiced to defend taiwan of china invaded. >> what u.s. forces defend the island? >> yes, if in fact there was an unprecedented attack. >> to be clear, u.s. forces, u.s. men and women, we defend taiwan in the event of a chinese invasion? >> yes. >> washington has struck a delicate diplomatic balance with both beijing and taiwan since 1979, when it formally recognized beijing as a sole representative of china. recently, relations between the u.s. and china have been tested. in particular by a visit to taiwan in august by nancy pelosi, the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives. beijing has now reacted angrily to bidens comments. >> the remarks from the u.s. side seriously violate the one china principle and they seriously violate the important commitment not to support taiwan independence.

and that they send the wrong signal to separatist forces of taiwanese independence. china says it reserves the right to take all necessary measures in response to activities that split the nation apart. but biden said the u.s. is not encouraging taiwan's independence, calling it their decision. the white house maintains that its official position has not changed. taiwan's ministry of foreign affairs however expressed the island's sincere gratitude for bidens support. >> for more on this story we can bring in yvonna. project court nader at the association for international affairs. good evening, thank you for joining us here on france 24. based on the comments of the u.s. president, in the 60 minutes interview, does the u.s. policy of strategic ambigui on taan still stand? >> good evening. i would say that joe biden, over the course of the past couple of months, definitely moving away from the decades long position

of strategic ambiguity by the u.s.. on the other hand, it seems that the white house and the rest of the administration istill trying to hold to all of the principles. which where -- whichhere based basically on the u.s. china relations since 1979. we are entering the strategic ambiguity 2.0. this time with very different positions from the administration. >> there is only so much the white house can do to defend the u.s. president or to defend its policy, considering the president was asked point-blank what the united states would do in case of an unprecedented attack. this is not the first time joe biden has been hawkish on taiwan. >> heas bn very, i would sa contingent or very, very firm on what exactly he wants to do. and actually, it is a directive

of the u.s. president to shape the u.s. taiwan policy of the administration. contexd put it probably two more the u.s. china relations are guided by taiwan relations act, which is actually u.s. legislation. and on that legal basis, the u.s. a clips to taiwan to defend itself. it is intentionally ambiguous, because it is not saying the u.s. military would, or would not come to taiwan. >> because that is what i wanted to ask you. does the u.s. have a commitment to defend taiwan in the case of an attack from china? >> no. according to the taiwan relations act, no. >> so is the comments from the u.s. president -- does it signal something, a move away from strategic ambiguity to something else potentially? >> yes, definitely, definitely. it is a combination of signaling. it is signaling to domeic

population because the midterms are coming. it is signaling to china that the u.s. will not sit idle like it probably did in 2019 in the case of hong kong protes. it is signalg to foreign partners thathe u.s.s determined to defend mocracies against authoritarian regimes. on the o hand, it is signaling a number of threats including to the dostic popation. on thetherand, it is signing to cna andoreign allies whether this changes the whole equilibrium. in my view, it is a slight change in rhetoric that may influence distinctions. >> very briefly. i did not want to interrupt, but can we expect a response from beijing, if in fact the u.s. policy toward taiwan does in fact shift? more than just words? >> more than just words from china? well definitely we he acally seen that china did react alrdy on biden before

. it already reacted to nancy pelosi's visit and it will most likely react to bidens words on the end of strategic ambiguity. so how it will react in fact, rather than rhetoric, there will be increase of the chinese military planes entering the taiwan zone. we may see more sanctions. we may see more pressure put on taiwan. in the future. >> thank you very much for joining us on the program today. it is now time for truth or baked our daily fact checking segment. i'm joined in the studio by kathleen a. good evening. today we will view a video where they threatened europe with a cold winter. tell us more. >> we have a video that has been shared many times on social media and on international

broadcast news channels since september 6. we have the video right here and it is allegedly the major russian state energy corporation , where they are threatening europeans with a freezing winter. here we see images of european cities under ice, which would be due to the company halting its gas deliveries to europe. so here in france, for example, this video was published by major broadcast news station, claiming video gas prices, gas pumps threaten europeans with a freezing winter. so while we search for the original video, it was nowhere to be found on the company's original website right here. we found it. we could not find it on the contact page, which is russian social media network. we could not find it on the youtube channel or on its official twitter account.

so we cannot confirm that this was not a gas problem and there is doubt regarding the origin of this video. >> how did you go about fact checking the origins of the video? >> indeed, we found that the video was a montage created by adding excerpts of different videos put together. for example, example number one is this shot of a gas employee. this -- we actually found this on the official website. from september 9, 2019. and the company, this footage, we saw it in the propaganda video. this skyscraper, this is a huge skyscraper in st. petersburg. we found the original footers -- footage in the tower's website from august 23 2018. finally, we found that many

shots in the propaganda video, from this british construction company called b1m. here is the propaganda video that we saw online. here we have the logo of this construction company, which is evident proof that this was reused footage. finally, we analyzed some cities used to make the footage of the selected publicity. and we found thatt many of the cities that we saw the alledge at propaganda video, many of the city of -- cities were russian cities. more proof that this was reused images put together and not legit of the city by gas prompt. the biggest proof of them all, russian journalists actually it claim on the video. arthur, who publish this article, explaining that he is the author behind this video and

that this was a personal and unpaid initiative. and he also posted the video right here on his personal the contact page. right here. it was posted 13 days ago as well. so gas prompt did not react to this video just yet. on social media and neither on social media networks on september 6 when it was published. we have contacted them and have not been able to obtain comments just yet. >> thank you very much for that. catalina with truth or fake. loving your screen there, by the way. as the morning time comes to an end over the united kingdom, here's a look at some of the images that have stood out over the past 10 days. >> this is bbc news from london. buckingham palace has announced the death of her majesty, queen elizabeth the second. ♪

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