and croatia begins the new year with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. pope francis has addressed the thousands of people who gathered at st peter s square in the vatican, a day after the death of benedict xvi. the pope described his predecessor as a faithful servant of the gospel and the church. our religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican. we heard from pope francis a couple of times today, first at a mass for peace that was held in st peter s basilica behind me. he talked about entrusting our beloved pope emeritus benedict xvi to the holy mother, to accompany him from this world to god. and then later, pope francis appeared at a balcony here at the vatican for what is his regular sunday lunchtime homily, where he started this week by asking people to join together, as you rightly say, to pray for the man he called a faithful servant to the gospel and to the church. extraordinar
as they will be able to from wednesday in london, at westminster hall, from where the king has just departed, now travelling by road to his fight to scotland. with me is our chief political correspondent nick eardley. we continue to watch the pictures of the car are taking the king on his journey to edinburgh. nick was at that service in the houses of parliament. another very important moment of the ceremony and the passing of the baton from one monarch to another stop you we will see a lot of that. the king now travels to edinburgh, are see a lot of that. the king now travels to edinburgh, travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment of- travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment of how - travels to edinburgh, are very| visual embodiment of how the travels to edinburgh, are very - visual embodiment of how the uk s constitutional setup works. it king is going to parliament, getting that address from the speakers of
probe of the capitol insurrection. key witnesses subpoenaed by the doj this week including two top aides of former vice president mike pence were asked specifically about the fake elector scheme and the role of trump s lawyers. and according to the washington post, justice department investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration, including his former chief of staff, mark meadows. these are by far the most in-depth accounts of the federal investigation. until now we had virtually no sign this investigation had touched on the actions of the president himself. and it comes as the new york times reports new details on the so-called fake electors scheme, including previously undisclosed emails among trump advisers that show knowledge as the times puts it that a key element of their plan was of dubious legality and lived up to its billing as fake. let s go first to sunlen serfaty who is live for us on capitol hill wit
of the search affidavit should stay secret or go public, and president joe biden unveils his student loan forgiveness plan canceling thousands of dollars of debt for millions of borrowers. we ll break down what it means for the u.s. economy as so many americans are drowning in debt. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. search and rescue efforts are continuing in ukraine tonight after that deadly attack on a train station. president volodymyr zelenskyy revealing a short time ago the death toll has climbed for 22 including an 11-year-old child. ukrainian officials that russia launched multiple missile strikes as vladimir putin s war hits the half-year mark. sam kyly is on the ground in ukraine and filed this report? dawn, ukrainian independence day outside kharkiv, marking 31 years of freedom from the soviet union, but not from russia. flags, but not pe
what she calls a refreshed case for independence. the duke and duchess of cambridge mark the fifth anniversary of the fire at grenfell tower in west london, which claimed 72 lives. he hits it to the cover point boundary. and a thrilling win for england as they beat new zealand by five wickets to take the test series. and coming up on the bbc news channel, serena is back. williams says she ll make her return at wimbledon after pulling out with injury last year. welcome to bbc news at ten. there is a last minute legal battle under way to stop a flight from the uk from taking asylum seekers to rwanda. was due to leave the military airport the uk this evening but a series of legal challenges mean there will be no more than just a few people on board. among them, iraqi kurds and iranians. the government insist the flights are necessary to deter gangs trafficking people across the english channel. the church says the plans are a moral and other critics say the flight is unworkable,