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its friday the 9th of september. youre watching a special edition of bbc news following the death of her majesty the queen. britains longest—serving monarch passed away yesterday, aged 96, at balmoral castle — the scottish retreat which her majesty had visited since she was a girl. gun salutes and church bells will ring out across the uk today as the country begins to mourn. the new king — charles iii — will address the nation this evening. on todays programme well be rememberi...

an amazing woman. just a very sombre mood in windsor, really. what did she represent to people of your generation? a guiding light, a moral code, how to conduct yourself, - how to act, what is - right and whats wrong. here on the streets of royal windsor, the sense of a an epoch having passed is palpable. there is the sense of mourning, shared with the entire nation. but something else. for these people have lost a neighbour, a queen who was part of their daily lives. amir bukhari was ...

hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. im bianca nobler. >> im max foster live from london. we want to get to our special coverage. pope emeritus benedicts funeral. in when 30 minutes from now the funeral for the former pontiff will begin in st. peters square. >> dignitaries from around the world will be attending and pope francis will be leading the mass. hell become the first pontiff in modern times to preside over the funeral ...

>> we now move to the prayer of the faithful. >> translator: brothers and sisters, let us pray to god our father for his forgiveness and rebirth to the living hope for the resurrection of jesus to the dead. the response is let us pray to the lord. ♪ >> translator: we pray in german. the pope emeritus benedict who has fallen asleep in the lord, may the eternal shepherd receive him into his kingdom of light and peace. ♪ ♪ >> translator: we pray in french. for our holy father pope f...

would like to live a long life, longevity has its place, but im not concerned about that now. i just want to do gods will. and hes allowed me to go up to the mountain, and ive looked over, and ive seen the promised land. i may not get there with you but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. a haunting speech from reverend martin luther king jr. delivered the night before he was assassinated in memphis. well be honoring dr. king this morning and...

defend taiwan with u.s. troops if china invades. setting off another episode of confusion over american policy and prompting a condemnation from beijing. there were also comments about inflation and his own political future. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> good evening, bret. this was president bidens first sitdown interview with a u.s. reporter in more than seven months. and in it we learned white house offi...

hour. the category 4 storm is currently barreling across southwest florida with winds up to 150 miles per hour. more than 1.5 million people in the state are currently without power, and that number is growing. but the most imminent and life-threatening concern is the storm surge. some areas seeing 12 to 18 feet. to give you an idea of just how severe that is, a meteorologist for the national hurricane center says no one alive has seen 12 feet of storm surge in that area, and many area...

midterms. and in georgia 1 million preelection ballots have been cast. lets bring in cnns eva mckend live in a polling place in georgia. eva, what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, a common answer from voters when you ask them why they are turning out early is because they want to take advantage of the opportunity. they dont want work to maybe get in the way on election day. so they are exercising their right early. been record turnout daily since early voting began lasweek. secretary...

today king charles iii will travel to london with his wife camilla, now queen consort. the king will hold an audience with the prime minister, liz truss. parliament will gather at noon for mps to pay their respects to the queen. also, at midday, bells will tell in tribute to the queen at westminster abbey, and windsor castle among other places across the nation. at 1pm, gun salutes will be fired in hyde park, edinburgh castle and elsewhere. there will be 96 rounds fired, one for each y...

the new reign of king charles which began yesterday and is expected to began yesterday and is expected to be true to the constitutional path followed so loyally by queen elizabeth, though charless views on some issues of public debate have of course been clearly expressed in the past. he comes to the throne at the age of 73 having served a record period as prince of wales. our special correspondent alan little assesses charless life and work so far and the challenges ahead as monarch. ...