welcome to westminster, where people continue to queue to pay their respects to her majesty the queen. the queue is now officially closed and no more people are now allowed to join the end of the queue, so the people who are now filing past me are some of the last who will have that moment in westminster hall in that historic building, nearly 1000 years old, that has witnessed so much history, witnessing it once again, these are some of the last people to be able to file past her majesty the queen, the late queen who has been lying in state for nearly four and a half days. that will then end at 6:30am many of these people behind me, they have started at 4pm and they continue to file past and this is we are right in the middle of the snake, that moment where people have do zigzag very compressed in order to facilitate so many people, thousands of people, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people. we believe at least half a million people will ma
i am here on the mall where people are preparing to camp overnight ahead are preparing to camp overnight ahead of are preparing to camp overnight ahead of the funeral. also on the programme. in ukraine, president zelensky says he has more evidence of torture carried out by the russian forces in the east of the country. and a huge typhoon strikes southern japan around three million people are told to evacuate their homes. good afternoon. ahead of the queen s state funeral tomorrow, people are being advised not to join the queue to see her lying in state as it will shortly reach its final capacity. those who were already in line will be admitted to westminster hall untiljust before 6.30am tomorrow. this evening there will be a one minute silence at 8pm across the uk to remember the late queen. during the day, king charles greeted foreign dignitaries and world leaders arriving for her majesty s state funeral, which will be held at westminster abbey tomorrow morning. he also
the queue for people waiting to pay their respects and file past the queen s coffin lying in state has reached capacity and no more are allowed to join. and i m lewis vaughan jones. in other news. act swiftly to save your lives the warning ofjapan s prime minister to people living in the path of a huge typhoon making landfall in the south. one of russia s most famous singing stars strongly criticises the war in ukraine, saying russian young men are dying for illusory aims. we are at westminster, where just within the past few minutes the queue for people joining to pay tribute to the queen has been closed. so the people behind me will be able to see and pay tribute to the queen lying in state at westminster hall, but, well, the people who have potentiallyjoined within the last few moments, they will not be able to make this journey that others have spent hours and hours attending, waiting to pay their respects. earlier on today. a minute s silence was held across the unit
arriving for her majesty s state funeral, which will be held at westminster abbey tomorrow morning. he also held an audience with the prime minister liz truss. the new king is holding a diplomatic reception at buckingham palace for them this evening. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. the final preparations for tomorrow s state funeral. at buckingham palace, the king arrived with a buckingham palace, the king arrived with a wave buckingham palace, the king arrived with a wave to the crowds. many have been drawn with a wave to the crowds. many have been drawn to the palace as they have been drawn to the palace as they have been been drawn to the palace as they have been since the first news of the queen s death ten days ago. there the queen s death ten days ago. there is the queen s death ten days ago. there is a the queen s death ten days ago. there is a desire shared by many thousands to be a part of this moment, placing flowers in the designated spaces. a