u. k. were vendors are doing well. take a look. the line to get into westminster hall is expected to be many kilometers long as hundreds of thousands try to get a glimpse of the queen's coffin. and as brits bid farewell to the popular monarch, they are also spending money on memorabilia and souvenirs to remember her by at the cool of britannia store coffee mugs and sweaters to be at the queen's portrait. and the slogan, gone but not forgotten, which lay their mugs with fish like 4 or, you know, hot and gone, but not forgotten. that seemed really popular. and here the blue by and a lot especially that these had, we have it and stores are already looking to the future, but it might take a few days to get king charles memorabilia. you haven't planned any t shirts or clothing yet, but hopefully the mugs really come from thursday for king charles. yes, souvenirs are also in high demand in place as far from the u. k. like in hong kong, which was ruled by britain until being handed over to china in 1997 bryan on owns house of men and memo

u. k. were more interested at the time in what a vote in favor of independence for catalonia could mean for their own countries as they struggled to contain independence movements on their own territories. in other words, these people over here are fighting for their own democratic self determination. but how does that affect me? that's what they were doing. as for madrid, it came down to a question of revenue loss as colonia, with just 16 percent of spain's population. also accounts for 19 percent of its g d p. another referendum may be lurking on the horizon in scotland as separate a sentiment has festered since edinburgh voted to reject independence in 2014. but the u. k. 's newest prime minister list trust isn't keen on permitting a 2nd round. perhaps she's concerned that the result won't be the same. if i am elected as prime minister, i will not allow another. independent trust brings up the notion of family, but apparently isn't interested in acknowledging similar family style. bonds that

u. k. were after a better contest this trust has been elected later of britain's conservative party and will become the case. next prime minister, the announcement the trust will be taking over for those 2 months of campaigning, sparked by the resignation of prime is devoris johnson. the british economy is set to be the new prime minister's most pressing task with the u. k. facing a cost of living crisis and spiraling energy charges will be crossing over to our correspondent in london in just a moment. but 1st he's a closer look at the woman set to become britton's new leader. list troy healet, a 47 year old, one, a conservative seat in the british parliament in 2010 on her 3rd attempt since september 2021. she's been the u. k. foreign minister in the british government, although not without trouble humiliated in moscow by her russian counterpart, sir gay love ralph, who said it was like talking to a deaf person to campaign for britain to remain in 2016. but since the vote to leave became a hard

u. k. were many people have seen their wages full inflation as rise in going through the roof. we're facing an energy crisis like other european countries as well, which is the result of the war and ukraine. so already the country is really in a moment of, of transition and has just seen the new prime minister alice just being a inaugurated by the queen just 2 days ago. so it comes at a time when many british people would have most likely lay to have some continuity, which is what the queen has always represented. she was always there for people over the decades. and this is what many people, even if they were not outspoken royalist, or they have appreciated and how that she had this sense of duty. and i was just getting on and was being there as a role model for many people as, as the new p m prime minister, las dressers just said sue. so i think there will be hardly any one in the country who, who will not be touched by their passing off the queen, who to seeing the sun going down on this 8th of september. the day the queen of us . but the 2nd has died. i want to come back to

u. k. we were seeing these, these long queues of people, and there has been almost no eruptions, no one misbehaving, no one protesting me. they say it, there's just signs of reverence and respect all along these cues along the river thames at the moment. how has the passing of the queen tapped into what seems to be a deep root of dignity in the public? his you're quite right using that word dignity because i think it's important. i mean it's him. you can't really do other than completely contrast what we're seeing now with the queen dying, 96 with for example, the princess of wales, 36 by suddenly the flood gates opened, but it came to a motion and the british and decided themselves we've never seen before. as this, people are responding individually in different ways. for example, quite a large number of shedding tears. quite a large number of cutting a very large numbers of but the age of social media are taking. so thieves and using i phone some people think it's hunting to find some people thin

u. k. pension funds were forced to hurriedly sell off bonds to avoid a liquidity crunch. rising borrowing cost, i've also had mortgages and other forms of credit market turmoil, a direct result of new government plans to cut taxes and increased borrowing. david blanche flowers, a professor at dartmouth college and a former member of the bank of england monetary policy committee. david, welcome to the show, what, what has, what has this intervention by the bank of england essentially prevented? well, it actually looks like it may well presented, the insolvency of various pension funds. so this in by the bank was kind of crucial, but this is incredible. instability rose column is a huge self inflicted wound brought on by a budget imposed on friday that was received like a complete lead balloon on top of all the bricks impact things. so basically what it did was it caused markets to melt down the exchange rate collapsed with things the body collapsed. but of course, now what all of this leads to is essentially going to see a housing market collapsed because interest rates are going to rise.

u. k. in the u. k. rather, since it has left the a, you were sitting of the economy. what do you say to that? well, that was what was to be predicted and predictable. was that it should be at the beginning, 1st of all, 2 years or more sort of a band p, right? but which has only disadvantages, but which has its advantage. so the relationship with the united states, they actually got easier and more profitable than before because as you know, you did much sign any treaty and there was no teacher. is that what united kingdom can all right, mr. hi, thank you very much for your time today. harold vile, a member of the german parliament with the alternative. when ukraine says 3 civilians are among the latest victims of rush and shelling in the east of the country. it's 2nd largest city hockey has also come on to fire. much of the fighting is currently focused on the east, but ukraine is reporting advances in a counter offensive in the south. it says it's reclaimed territory, their heat by rockets again and again. hockey is ukraine's 2nd largest city. it's position in the east near the russian borde

u. s. and albania were the ones who came up with the resolution that drafted the resolution. but other countries, like the u. k and france were strongly on board with this resolution. there'll be a little bit upset. i think that china, of course, abstained. we were expecting china to abstain, but there were 3 other members of the security council who abstained. this next goes to the general assembly. i think some of the supporters of ukraine, we worried that a similar thing might happen at the general assembly. they'll be more people abstaining. more people who are not positively on ukraine's side against russia. or earlier, president putin join thousands of people at moscow's right square for a public celebration after formerly claiming the ukrainian regions as follows, referendums denounced as sham vote by the international community. in response, ukraine has formerly submitted a fast track application to join nato. will russian missiles have hit a convoy of ukrainians trying to bring back family from occupy territories? at least 30 people were killed in the city of zap erasure. breaking news here now in a b

the union jack was also put down to half most were expecting u. k prime minister. liz truss, who? someone who the queen earlier noted 2 days ago on tuesday, you saw that picture of the queen and says she's due to speech shortly, and we'll cross to that just just as soon as we can. let's bring in our shirley moss. sha graham, who's a political and women's advocate and author of this is why resists and she joins us now from london show to. so 1st of all, just give us your reaction to what we've just been hearing. well, the news that has come through that the cleanest passed away my 1st thought is as with her family, our loved ones that i, i empathize with with the cleans our loved ones who have lost to day their mother, grandmother, or great grandmother, and took all for whom she was lily beds and she was not just queen. she was, you know, she, she was not just the duty that we have all seen in the last 7 decades. she, she was like, every one of us, i imagine at, you know, mother's sister and a friend still to all our loved ones. i, i empathize and i, and i share my condolences and

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

as many as 15 others were injured. the u. k. set to learn who will be its next prime minister in the coming hours. foreign secretary list trust is seen as the front runner. the governing conservatives have been choosing between her former chancellor wishes tonight. the un humanitarian chief says parts of somalia will be in famine for months. extreme drought caused by years of failed reigns as displaced more than 1000000 people. only 3000000 animals essential to somali as pastoral communities have died. let's return to that breaking news story. v blast in kabul, he can speak to the journalist, nat geo louse roy who is live in couple. so nat geo took us through your understanding of exactly what happened this suicide bombing. that we believe was near the russian embassy and couple what more can you tell us thank you so much for having me. yes. 1 this new actually block, there was a lot church in colleges and district 7 later on, it was said by the security you can follow to get the options covers that the last 2 side bomber actual

u. k. and the e were difficult with boris johnson as prime minister, do you see the possibility of a more constructive relationship with a government that's led by live trust? so i don't think i heard the 1st part of the question, but i can kind of guess what you're asking and it's certainly still that the relationships could be better. we have to rebuild it after breaks it. but also your pest to accept that record happens, and i don't expect a big change in this relationship because of the new prime minister because he was responsible for you with a relation in the last month and as a response. so i, i think we have a more continuity, but of course it would be better to move closer together in the physical fun. yeah, looking back to breck said a largely unwelcome development here in germany. we should say a live trust was 1st a supporter of the remain side, keeping the u. k in the european union. but after the referendum, she did a $180.00 degree turn fully embrace bracket. what is that you to make of her as a prime minister? we have to accept the politicians also some times change their priority sou

u. k, that the russians were quite master playing roulette with nuclear safety. and both of those countries were urging russia to withdraw from the pound and from ukraine. leave that meeting now move on to events in pakistan and more flooding is expected in southern pakistan with a release of water from the country's largest lake. engineers have cut through the embankments of lake mansion to reduce the volume, the water, but it's threatening to flood properties downstream as dozens of villages line it's path. mon charles, it's west of the indus river and the southern sin province, and is dangerously full following the countries record monsoon rains with 100000 people ready displaced. they've been several deliberate breaches of the next banks to protect more densely populated areas. men cha, struggles to districts, do and jim sure, and about 80 percent of the region is under water. and military is helping with evacuations and residents remaining near the lake using machinery to strengthen embankments, to avoid devastating over spill. while honda has more from the

in times like these were the u. k. is going through multiple crises. what does her passing mean for the stability of the country? it really comes at a very difficult time for the country and we have a new prime minister. les stress has only been on the bay severe, accepted as a prime minister by the queen 2 days ago and is comes after a period when many people in the u. k. have seen their wages falling when we have seen inflation skyrocketing. so a lot of people are really feeling the squeeze financially in a very big way. and when the, the country is also hit by an energy crisis as other a european countries, energy prices are, are going through the roof and just to day and the emergency energy program that helps people through this crisis. i was announced by the new prime minister list trusty. so this really shows that the country is already and some sort of emergency state and to now also lose the figure had to lose the monarch and to have to deal with this transition to king charles. the 3rd, i think is comes at a time when, when the country really

u. k and for others would want to invest there in the future. i think if you were a company that was selling into the u. k, so you've got a problem with depreciation in the sense that it makes stuff more expensive for people in the u. k. but the nature of the tax cuts is incredibly skewed. and it really is the case that this is wonderful if you're selling caviar, high quality leather goods or other forms of consumption for, for the very rich. the vast majority, people in the u. k. aren't going to see any benefit from these tax cuts except as wiki has said in terms of inflation. busy so overall i would say this makes for number e d, u k, a less attractive place to do business. the big problem is not the particular issues in governments. fit around with tax cuts on interest rate changes happen all the time. the difficulty is that there seems to be a degree, lien, coherence, and even bordering on incompetence around what's going on. and that doesn't foster that doesn't foster any degree of credibility for the last 67 years. you k has been looking like an increasingly

u. k. enjoyed as a member of the european union and those new trade agreements were far from beneficiaries for the u. k. self. so here record was poor and if he used to continue down this path for the 6 intellectually dishonest in effect proposition and global future exist far away from the closest neighbor and trading partner, then i don't expect my success. the key ease in re engaging that they have to be on the union constructively building across economic and political relationship. because our challenges are common and only join solutions can actually get us out of the current deal political situation that we're in, rod in london. what about the so called special relationship with us? president biden has been critical over the northern ireland protocol issue. where, where do you see the relationship with washington heading? so continue, is he primarily embarrass johnson? always shoes, relations with america. bigger, i suspect least trust is going to do the same, in part because it's a break with europe in tennessee. i think you're right. i think i don't think it can be reciprocated to

the rating government says these support rallies were spontaneous so had her anal 0 pound plunges on the u. k. government gambles and sweeping tax cuts were rescued economy from recession. ah hello there, let's look to north america. i'm. we're watching a hurricane fiona, as it works its way north out to see across the east coast of the us aiming for east in canada. now before we look at that, let's have a look across the u. s. and things are looking at much calm and tara across more sensual areas. temperatures have been yo yoing down and back up again for the likes of kansas city, much of the wet to where that can be found from the cold front, working its way across the great lakes and joining up with that system. now this could become the worst storm to hit this region of canada. since records began, we're talking hurricane force winds, as well as very rough seas and large amounts of rain. we are expecting damage and we have got warnings out here that system weakening, but still bringing those conditions to newfoundland and labrador, certainly by sunday. now elsewhere we are seeing a lot of

u. k. longest serving monic prime minister less trust and opposition leda. kiss. darma were among the attendees. hundreds of others had queued up for tickets the event to commemorate the queen's life and her legacy. earlier in the day and now king charles greeted well wishes outside buckingham palace where emotions were still rule, were unfairly open. bird sagged with georgia. i really liked them. i was a very precious place to come to an emerged register. so there's a georgia route, sadness bottles, o celebration, king charles and his wife camilla made their way through the palace gates for the 1st time as king and queen consults. and charles vowed to follow his mother's example as mac, as the green herself did with such unswerving devotion. i too no solemnly pledged myself throughout the remaining time. god groan smith, to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. and wherever you may live in the united kingdom, or in the realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or beliefs, i shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect, and love

u. k. trade policy project. he explains why the bank of england had to intervene in the bond market. there finish the u. k. gilt market. the government bonds were the yield rights, their interest rates were going up. and that's what the bank of england had to step in to stop, because that affected a lot of pension funds based in london for fairly complex financial reasons as to why. but it may well have rendered some u. k pension funds insolvent. and that may well of how to knock on the fact of the assets. so there is some concern that the, unless the u. k. situation is stable because london financial market is so important. there may be knock on effects and they're a little bit unpredictable as little as we learned in 2000 night. not entirely clear what assets are being traded, where. so the book, as far as the method is concerned, this needs to be stabilized then quickly. they want to take action and arguably the issue has been, they've taken too much action. they took action to stabilize energy prices, which were looking like they could, you know, go incredibly high level people couldn't afford. but at the same time they pushed through some

there were similar scenes in cities across the u. k. monday had been declared a public holiday because of the funeral, and hundreds of thousands of people took the opportunity to pause and reflection it on 70 year old of the royal reign. ethan during states since you do notice betsy to monarchy of england and especially to form a queen. but she still had such respects from the autumn monarchs to sneak reduction was a grand mother to them. from any in britain, the queen was a constant. governments rose and fell and were replaced. the economy fluctuated. the royal family continued. the size of the crowds share the loyalty and affection with which the queen was regarded. the sense of what has been lost with her passing may take some time yet to st. kid. pull brennan, al jazeera, central london quinlan, but the 2nd was also the head of the commonwealth. a group of $56.00 independent nations, including republics. as in many former colonies, the day of her funeral was also a stark reminder of the brutal legacy of the british empire. michelle

it's very significant as, as big it says they have been, they were in the u. k for some ceremonial roles within themselves because obviously they're no longer they, they are not allowed to take part in official royal roles anymore. we've got pictures of them here and i think this was the naturally in dusseldorf, in germany earlier this week where they were also are promoting the victim games. now the invictus games is prince. harry's brain child is while the light, the paralympics. but it's to help us, our service men and women who've been injured and former veterans who've been injured in war or with the military and encouraged them. so he happened to be in europe and now obviously back in the u. k. and on his way on their way to bar morrow, and it is significant because it is no secret that they have been very strained relations between megan prince harry's wife and the royal family. in particular, since they've had to step away from their royal duties. and they had moved to california. okay, thank you very much for that. alex forest whiting with me in the stu

u. s. president joe biden has warned russia against using chemical or nuclear weapons in ukraine speaking and an interview were for routing for the u. k. to return to queen elizabeth seconds, funeral biden said the use of chemical weapons in ukraine will change the face of wall u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi has arrived in armenia for talks with prime minister nicole, i should, yan, the white house says the visit is a show of support for the country. following recent, fighting as a by john is travelling with a delegation including california congresswoman jackie spear was of arminian descent. earlier on saturday, the queen's 8 grandchildren held the vigil around her coffin. she lives in state at westminster hall. tens of thousands of people have been queuing in london for many hours to pay their final respects ahead of monday's funeral. there's other headlines in these continues here in al jazeera, as after the listening post, a mineral central to the quest for clean energy. a key ingredient for the production of electric car batteries, cobalt extracting at this dangerous, but profitable with global demand such skyrocket. people emp