their respects. cbs nikki battiste has the tributes from stars of screen and stage. as she led the country through some of our greatest and darkest moments with grace, decency, and a genuine caring warmth. o donnell: and a role model for women and girls. we meet mothers and daughters from all over britain paying tribute to the queen. what s the message for all the girls in your family? that anything s possible, isn t it? this is a special edition of the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from london. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us from outside buckingham palace, where not even the rain or increasingly chilly temperatures could keep people from paying their respects to the queen. and today, the commonwealth heard from its new sovereign, king charles iii, addressing a grieving nation and the world for the first time as king, promising to carry on his mother s lifelong service to the british people. king charles and camil
i can t believe she s gone. it s a great loss, great loss. i just hope that charles can live up to what his mother has obviously instilled in him. that will be a wonderful legacy for him to carry forward. and just moments ago we saw king charles iii showing everyone what it means to carry on in the midst of grief, coming here to buckingham palace for the first time as king, shaking hands with some of the absolute throngs of crowds that have gathered outside in the wake of his mother s death. all of this with a host of tributes to the monarch who sat on the throne for seven decades. new local time, the bells at westminster abbey and other churches in london and all across the uk pealed in the queen s memory. and one hour later the queen was honored with gun salutes at the tower of london, hyde park, edinburgh castle in scotland and several other locations around the united kingdom. later today king charles is going to meet with the new prime minister, liz truss, before del
and wished rishi sunak success. our country continues to battle through a storm. but i believe in britain. i believe in the british people. and i know that brighter days lie ahead. the cost of living crisis continues as many food prices soar some like pasta, tea and cooking oil up by 65% in a year. in our area, there is a lot of people that rely on pensions, rely on benefits, and if they are not supported, businesses won t continue to thrive because there will be nobody to use us. we will bring you more from throughout another momentous day in british politics as mr sunak sax tiago cabinet members he did not want those cabinet and appoints those in the place. already on the way out is business secretary and liz truss supporter jacob rees mogg. also on the way out, you work and pensions secretary, chloe smith. welcome to audiences around the world. rishi sunak has given a speech to the nation before making his way into number ten as prime minister for the first time. h
the queue to see the queen lying in state it s close to full capacity, with a waiting time of at least 2a hours. military rehearsals have been taking place in windsor ahead of the queen s funeral on monday. away from westminster, today s other headlines. ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside izyum, a city that was recently regained from russian forces. the premier league returned with fans and players paying their own respects to the queen. it s saturday, 17th september. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a third night lying in state. people hoping to pay their respects at westminster hall are being told not to travel tojoin the queue, as it s almost at capacity, with waiting times at least 2a hours long. last night king charles, the princess royal, prince andrew and prince edward held a silent vigil by their mother s coffin. in conversation with some of the people who have been arriving here, they have be
tonight, as people continue to pay their respects to the queen, we leave you with these images. you re watching bbc news and our continued coverage of queen elizabeth s lying in state. if you ve justjoined us, in the past few minutes queen elizabeth s four children, king charles, anne, the princess royal, prince andrew the duke of york and prince edward the earl of wessex have held a vigil around the queen s coffin in westminster hall. these are pictures from the vigil of the princes as it s called, with all four royals in ceremonial military uniform accompanying the coffin for 15 minutes. the queen s eight grandchildren are expected to do the same tomorrow. and this is the scene outside the hall. thousands of people are queuing to pay their respects to the queen. this is the scene outside the hall. thousands of people still waiting to pay their respects to the queen. the wait time is 2a hours. thank you very much. it has to be said that this was perhaps the most striking a