mark easton, bbc news. it has been an extraordinary ten days.ness the queen's lying in state. these are some of the last people now, it is only six hours or so left, the queue is now officially closed to any new joiners, the official statement is the queue to attend the line in —— lying in state is at final capacity as —— and is now closed to new entrants, please do not attempt to join the queue. after four days or so, for the half days, the queueing is almost at an and and these are some of the people in the last few hours to witness that the queen's lying in state before the funeral tomorrow. ok, now it is time to get the weather with ben. cloud amounts have been gradually increasing over the weekend and cloud is set to play quite a part in monday's whether story, the art shower and the odd spot of rain but on balance —— on balance it will be dry. it should stay dry around the london area for her majesty the queen's state funeral, but as the cloud thickens into the afternoon, we may see the odd shower or spot of rain or drizzle. northwest —— s

mark easton is outside buckingham palace. ere seeing earlier pictures of the crowds gathered where you are, many having been there in the rain throughout much of the day on the news that the queen was gravely ill. now, many more people have turned up on the news that she has now passed away. mark: clive, absolutely, people are seeking some way of connecting with this extraordinary moment in british history. and despite the rain, which is quite heavy now, there are tens and thousands of people outside buckingham palace. the crowd has been growing over the last few hours. people are screaming down the mall. in the mall as well we have line of lack taxicabs, the cabbs -- black taxicabs, the cabbies wanting to pay their respects as well. it is a very somber scene. you will see if you camera lights, but i even heard applause and at one point, three cheers. now, we don't know whether those were moments where the crowd wanted to show appreciation for the queen th have lost, or whether they were perhaps reaching their new king, king c

here's our home editor, mark easton. thank you, jane. and affordable home is probably greater than ever. housing is a devolved matter, so the new prime minister will be focused on england, where the crisis is at its most severe. private rents are rising at their fastest rate on record. the average monthly rent now almost £800. the price of the average home in england is more than £300,000 — more than nine times typical annual pay, making buying a house more unaffordable than ever, despite years of promises to make it easier to get on the housing ladder. the problem is most acute in london and the south—east, of course. i have been to the constituency of epsom and ewell in surrey, where rents are soaring, the average house costs 18 times the average salary, and there's no sign of things getting any easier. where blue tory heartlands meet the green belt is where the housing affordability crisis is at its most acute. constituencies likes epsom and ewell in surrey, where rents are 50% and house prices 200% above the national average. let's h

mark easton, bbc news.test the week started with a good deal of cloud, the a good deal of dry weather as well point it should be mother last week because we have seen a change in the wind direction but there should be rain later in the week. not much rain at the moment. there is a weak weather front trying to push towards the north—west but not giving much rain, still keeping it fine in much of the country. again, still the same air mass so a lot of cloud, sunshine and more of a bonus and we should see more of a bonus and we should see more of a bonus and we should see more of that developing in eastern scotland on tuesday afternoon as the southerly breeze picks up in the north—west and this is where we have any rain but it will be light and patchy. temperatures a bit higher on tuesday, 17—19 . we still have high pressure in charge on tuesday into wednesday, the first front weakening and another pushes in behind it with more isobars in the north—west. more of a south to the health westerly breeze and the hi

mark easton, bbc news.vening. it stayed dry for the events _ thank you, good evening. it stayed dry for the events in _ thank you, good evening. it stayed dry for the events in london - thank you, good evening. it stayed dry for the events in london and i dry for the events in london and windsor today and whilst there was a lot of cloud around, that did break to reveal a little bit of sunshine. many parts of the uk have seen extensive cloud cover today, and that cloud has been producing some spots of light, patchy reign and drizzle and this area just putting across the midlands at the moment is now working into the london area so, as the cloud begins over the next few hours, there will be some spots of reign, the service in life, hope in death. all who follow— service in life, hope in death. all who follow the _ service in life, hope in death. all who follow the queen's - service in life, hope in death. all who follow the queen's examplej service in life, hope in death. all- who follow the queen's example a

posted that notice on the railings there, the crowds are still there tonight and our home editor mark easton despite torrential rain, on and off, thousands here at buckingham palace, are doing so because they need to come together. they need to deal with the reality of the queen no longer being there. the queen herself spoke of part of herjob being to ease the process of change, that a symbol of continuity. but, of course, this is going to be a massive change, and she won't be there. that, ithink, is what a massive change, and she won't be there. that, i think, is what makes this such a difficult moment for britain. people will want to search for things that show the stability and strength of the uk right now, and strength of the uk right now, and perhaps that one figurehead is not there. so, the people that come here this evening, despite this bad weather, are doing so because, yes, they want to mourn their queen, to share in their loss, but i think, also, they want to mark an extraordinary life, a queen he was the elizabeth the great.— the elizabeth the great. indeed, many thanks — the eli

mark easton, bbc news.h capacity and close later this afternoon. this is the scene — the queue is still stretching for miles with waiting time around 13 hours. our correspondent charlotte gallagher is near the front of the queue in westminster. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, i don't think charlotte can hear us, but as we watch those who have already been queueing for many hours, as they reached this point in the queue, where eight snakes, zigzag back and forth, shortly after this they will cross the bridge and that is when they reach the point when they will be able to enter westminster hall, and currently, the message is that people who haven't already left their homes to join the queue should not do so, because we expect some time in the coming hours, that official announcement that the queue has been closed any newcomers, because what they don't want to happen is for people to spend hours queueing only to be told they cannot get in before the doors to westminster hall close at 6:30 in the morning. charl

our home editor mark easton looks back at the huge changes in society that the queen lived through, asthrone amid social upheaval. with increasing tensions at home and declining influence abroad, a huge responsibility was placed upon the shoulders of the young queen. the ambition was for a new elizabethan age. some feared she was doomed to fail. but elizabeth was nothing if not determined. # in his pocket is a portrait of the queen...# in the �*60s, the queen became a bridgehead between continuity and change. in science and in culture, elizabeth walked a line between tradition and modernity. # her majesty's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say.# quietly and uncontroversially, elizabeth worked to ensure the monarchy was not left behind by the change sweeping across her kingdom. john lennon: she seemed pleasant enough to us, - you know, made us relaxed. # god save the queen.#. amid the social conflict of the �*70s, the queen ruled a less deferential kingdom. those in favour... a time when authority and the established order

mark easton, bbc news.extraordinary ten days. as we've heard, president biden is among around 500 heads of state and foreign dignitaries expected to attend the funeral of queen elizabeth on monday. they will be attending a special reception at buckingham palace hosted by king charles on sunday. commonwealth leaders including jamaica's andrew holness, canada'sjustin trudeau, and australia's anthony albanese have been paying their respects to the late monarch. that's it for the moment from westminster. much more here through the day. a lot more people are joining the queue so i think we have another 13, 14 joining the queue so i think we have another 13, 1a hours of people joining it. we another 13, 14 hours of people “oininu it. ~ . another 13, 14 hours of people joining it— another 13, 14 hours of people “oininu it. ~ . ., , ., joining it. we are waiting but for the moment— joining it. we are waiting but for the moment it _ joining it. we are waiting but for the moment it continues. - joining it. we are wai

mark easton, bbc news.veryone i have been reading about on social media thinking it was perfect in the way it commemorated the queen's life and gave her an extraordinary sendoff. i think so. it was pretty breathtaking at times to see the pageantry and ceremony, especially in the early part of the day at westminster abbey and on the procession and arrival down the long walk at windsor. it felt pitch perfect at every turn. so much of the detail we saw today had been planned or approved by the queen herself and some of the touches, particularly the piper, they were things she wanted in her own funeral. the music was a personal choice. a full military procession and involvement, things the queen would have wanted. she had an overview of her funeral and what we saw today would have been very much what she herself would have wanted. it much what she herself would have wanted. ., , ., ,, i. much what she herself would have wanted. ., , .,~ ., ., wanted. it does make you wonder what she would have — wanted. it does

here's our home editor mark easton.iding the people of this country with a decent and affordable home is probably greater than ever. housing is a devolved matter, so the new prime minister will be focused on england, where the crisis is at its most severe. private rents are rising at their fastest rate on record, the average monthly rent now almost £800. the price of the average home in england is more than £300,000, more than nine times typical annual pay, making buying a house more unaffordable than ever, despite years of promises to make it easier to get on the housing ladder. the problem is most acute in london and the south east, of course. i have been to the constituency of epsom and ewell in surrey, where rents are soaring, the average house costs 18 times the average salary and there's no sign of things getting any easier. where blue tory heartlands meet the green belt is where the housing affordability crisis is at its most acute, constituency likes epsom and ewell in surrey, where rents are 50% and house price

mark easton, bbc news. prepared to queue for hour upon hourfor this moment and they arrive here tired, bleary eyed, cold, often hungry, the kids of course, some of them are quite near the end of their tether, but they know the end is in sight by the time they get to this point, but speaking to people in the queue not a single one of them has told me that they regret it. they all love the collective experience, i think, is being here, and speak of how emotional they find it and the friendships and the bonds that they have formed within the queue. occasionally you hear a cheer going up. you just saw those pictures of the stewards and that is because when they reach the end of the zigzag, they say to people, you are here this is it. there are 71 zigzags, we have been told, so everybody gives a cheer when they round the corner and the mood completely shifts, it becomes a lot more quiet and solemn as people realise they are about to enter westminster hall after all the weight and then this is what they come to a

our home editor, mark easton, looks back at the huge changes in society that the queen lived through,eautiful young woman was presented as a new beginning for an impoverished kingdom and its crumbling empire. many grave problems and difficulties confront us all. first, with strength to venture beyond the safeties of the past, i know we shall be worthy of our duty. # quivers down the backbone... # teddy boys, i don't like them at all. i queen elizabeth ii took her throne amid social upheaval. a nation deeply anxious about its place in the world amid global, institutional and cultural change. newsreel: something new and ugly raises its head in britain. _ with increasing tensions at home and declining influence abroad, a huge responsibility was placed upon the shoulders of the young queen. as her majesty leaves - the municipal chambers, a great crowd cheers her on her way. a modern monarch wearing an ancient crown. a woman who would embody the nation's pride in its past and its hopes for the future. some feared she was doomed to fail. # in his pocket is a portrait of the queen...# lookin

mark easton, bbc news.s that people get. you can see that a lot of people are blowing kisses, sometimes they are crossing themselves, a atmosphere inside apparently notjust an very emotional. —— notjust solemn. it is something people have said they will never forget. and if you can't get to london — but you want to pay your respects — the bbc is offering a continuous, 24—hour view of the queen's lying—in—state. the service is available on the bbc home page, the bbc news website and app, the iplayer, on bbc parliament, and the red button. we will be with you throughout the evening but for now back to you in the studio. 3 million people injapan have been urged to leave their homes as the country prepares for one of the most destructive typhoons in years. winds of more than 90 miles per hour have been battering the southern coast and at least 25,000 properties are already without power. our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, reports. so far, the more dire predictions about typhoon nanmadol have not c

that is it from me and mark easton. 0ver palace. that is it from me and mark easton.e world for. studio. welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world for a| the uk and around the world for a day of special coverage following the death of queen elizabeth ii, written's longest serving monarch died peacefully on thursday afternoon at the age of 96 at her scottish estate of balmoral. the crown was immediately passed on to her eldest son and who will be formally proclaimed king on saturday morning and will reign as charles iii. after spending the night at balmoral the king is now back in london for a series of important engagements. the next few hours he will have an audience with the prime minister liz truss, king charles will then make his first televised address to the nation, expected at 6pm london time, or1700 address to the nation, expected at 6pm london time, or 1700 gmt. after the king's address a public service of members will be held at st paul's cathedral and the prime minister and mayor of london are expected to attend. let's go to our correspondence a

mark easton, bbc news, epsom.r with their mouths closed after people were affected after flooding affected the treatment plant. i have me and six kids here and i have to look after them and say, do not brush your teeth with that water. do not wash your face with that water. the residents in the city say that they've been dealing with problems with their water supply for years. this time, a pump failed after recent flooding. schools have been. switch to online learning because toilets wouldn't flush. 0fficials toilets wouldn't flush. officials are asking for more support from central government. president biden says he will do what he can. we t in: to says he will do what he can. we trying to do _ says he will do what he can. 2 trying to do everything available. that help is coming up form of the national guard. they are bringing water babe can drink, watch and cook with. it water babe can drink, watch and cook with. , , ., ., with. it is terrible, and i thought our governor. — with. it is terrible, and i thought o

an outpouring of emotion across the country. 0n the eve of the queen's funeral, our home editor mark easton days, and here it is. we have just had the news in that those people you can see they are queueing are fine, they will be able to get into westminster hall, but the queue is now closed to new entrants. we have just had the announcement, and it means the queue to attend the lying in state is at final capacity, and is now closed to new entrants. please do not attempt to join the queue. that is the advice, do not head down to try and join the back of the queue, because there is no longer time to get in. the reason being, the queen's lying in state ends at 6:30am tomorrow morning. that is the morning of the funeral. the waiting time is now to close. everybody who is in the queue will be able to pay their respects in their own personal, quiet manner, and that will continue overnight. there are a couple of other developments to bring you in the last hour or so. we have had a statement from king charles iii on the eve, of course of the funeral, saying that over the last ten days my wife and

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our home editor mark easton looks back at the huge changes in society that the queen lived through, as queen elizabeth ii took her throne amid social upheaval. with increasing tensions at home and declining influence abroad, a huge responsibility was placed upon the shoulders of the young queen. # in his pocket is a portrait of the queen... in the '60s, the queen became a bridgehead between continuity and change. in science and in culture, elizabeth walked a line between tradition and modernity. # her majesty's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say.# quietly and uncontroversially, elizabeth worked to ensure the monarchy was not left behind by the change sweeping across her kingdom. she seemed pleasant enough to us, you know, made us relaxed. # god save the queen... amid the social conflict of the '70s, the queen ruled a less deferential kingdom. those in favour... a time when authority and the established order was being challenged. but predictions of a wave of republicanism proved unfounded. and, marking 25 years on the throne, the queen's silverjubilee in 1977 was a m

mark easton, bbc news. as you'd expect, today's papers are full of it.using in on the future king, second in line to the throne, a 9—year—old prince george, and his sister, charlotte, 7—year—old. his sister, charlotte, 7-year-old.- his sister, charlotte, 7- ear-old. , ,, 7-year-old. oh, my goodness. many eyes _ 7-year-old. oh, my goodness. many eyes on _ 7-year-old. oh, my goodness. many eyes on them _ 7-year-old. oh, my goodness. many eyes on them through i 7-year-old. oh, my goodness. | many eyes on them through the day. i was watching them there on that front row next to them are the dad, nexta king charles, last farewell to their beloved... figs charles, last farewell to their beloved- - -— beloved... as the nickname catherine — beloved... as the nickname catherine said _ beloved... as the nickname catherine said george - beloved... as the nickname catherine said george has l beloved... as the nickname i catherine said george has for his grandmother, the great photo you've shown of him looking up and capturing that camera on the roof of westminster ab

mark easton reporting.ck is a deputy ranger of windsor great park, and knew the queen well. i think at that time, there was great freedom to ride around on her horse, or her pony, exploring the great expanses of the park, the ancient trees, the parkland. in 1952, the queen made her husband, prince philip, park ranger. together they helped protect and preserve the park. the avenues, the trees, the reintroduction of the red deer, the expansion of the gardens, the formal gardens, continues nearly 1,000 years of royal patronage at windsor. we know that the queen loved windsor great park. tell us, then, what it was about these gardens that she loved so much? we're in the golden jubilee garden, at the savill garden, which her majesty opened injuly 2002. it is one of three main gardens at windsor — the valley gardens, the savill garden and frogmore garden. coming out to the gardens, at windsor, during covid, when her majesty was at residence in the castle, every friday morning we would send a fresh bouquet of flow

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for his reflections, i am joined here at buckingham palace by our home editor, mark easton.what you have made of the day, because in some ways, it is so informal, peoplejust of the day, because in some ways, it is so informal, people just milling around here, aren't they? but we have also seen the height of tradition today at st james's palace. ,, . ., , palace. such a contrast between the informality of _ palace. such a contrast between the informality of that _ palace. such a contrast between the informality of that walkabout - informality of that walkabout yesterday, when the crowd were embracing the new king physically, and this, _ embracing the new king physically, and this, to outsiders, perhaps even to us, _ and this, to outsiders, perhaps even to us, it _ and this, to outsiders, perhaps even to us, it is _ and this, to outsiders, perhaps even to us, it is extraordinary. it is quite — to us, it is extraordinary. it is quite odd. _ to us, it is extraordinary. it is quite odd, the language, the strange hats that— quite odd, the language, the strange hats that people wel

pressure me and mark to change its policies. sandwich audrey al jazeera tom route myanmar bangladesh border. ah, unless thank you. through some of the headlines now. moscow back separatist in easton ukraine of started voting on formerly joining russia. cave says there a friend of his, a sham moved by moscow, aimed at annexing more territory. hundreds of protesters had been detained across russia to president vladimir putin announced the partial military mobilization on wednesday on way. tickets out the country of sold out and traffic is surged at border crossings. the us nuclear powered aircraft carrier, ronald reagan as arrived in the south korean portable san ahead of a joint military exercise. the naval drills will be the 1st involving a u. s. aircraft carrier in the region since 2017. rob mcbride has more from aboard the ship. the last time this aircraft carry away was here was 5 years ago. that again was at a time of heightened tension. it followed to a number of missile launches and also a nuclear test by north korea. so this is a way of showing the strength of the alliance in the face of what, what the us and south korea say. all these increased threats from north korea, f

easton asia bessie. this evening 2 men gazing and lantern displays while major television networks, half an concert to mark the occasion. as the ear tries to come up with new limitations against russians, it's proposed visa restrictions. but that wraps up of this news our aah! i hope that you join us on the hour for more updates. we bring you more then. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, the nearburg trial ass nerve in von la housing, head of advert sabotaged section 2, testified on september the 12th 1939 up where chief admiral canada is with his structured by 3rd, ry foreign minister, the yell at him on real.

all across easton, asia, the facilities include moon gazing, lantern displays, and while the big tv networks have been putting out lots of concepts to mark the occasion, i pretty good pictures right there. you can see more of that on our r t dot com, but also across a spectrum of social media platforms gab, odyssey. telegram we'll see you there. sometimes a ah ah ah ah craig hall, never be a victory for russia. ukraine war is a proxy war. this is a war between russia and the united states. as a mom on made, it comes to last. you get done in cowboys. america forces are and you're not in europe. engage in conflict with russian forces. the american forces are harris, defend nato allies. nato escalates even more indiscretion. military operations become a war when with dell sip says that rules that demonstrate that notion is my idea that i c b a u a to us conflicting costliest. because what i'm here with, so i use plea, he shouldn't, he can you stop for me to a physical he needs almost there with unless you, unless the only distort finished entering a sewer near us. he cooked the cold ha february 2007, that amy of hooton's munich speech is a

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mark to change its policies and which audrey al jazeera tom root me on mar, bangladesh, butter. ah, i, let's take you through some of the headlines here now g 0. now moscow, back separatists in easton, ukraine will start holding votes, and joining russia on friday cave says the referendum is a sham, moved by russia and aim that annexing more territory. hundreds of protesters have been detained across russia. after president vladimir putin announced a partial military mobilization on wednesday, one way, tickets out of the country of sold out and traffic has surged the border crossings . the u. s. is an ounce sanctions on members of iran, so called morality police. it follows the death of a woman in iran being held by the false b u. s. accuses it of abuse and violence against iranian women and violating the rights of peaceful protest this. meanwhile, protest dot, continuing in iran over massa. i mean these death, the rain, the president is calling on demonstrate calling demonstrations rather active cale ibrahim or a seal did an investigation into, i mean, these death least 9 people have died during the unrest. and i was at the study, missouri. how, who did have they have always been