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reigned for 70 years. in other words the vast majority of the 67 million people living in the uk and the millions more in countries that recognize her as their queen have lived their entire lives without anyone else on the throne. at this hour, all of them, along with the rest of the world, are praying and hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst. i want to bring in correspondent molly hunter, historian jon meacham and katty kay, an msnbc contributor. molly, what do we know at this hour? >> reporter: as you just mentioned we now believe the queen has all four of her children wi...

queen elizabeth ii dead. her son, prince charles, is now king charles iii, officially. we learned queen elizabeth's doctors were quote, concerned about her health this morning. it was at the time, an extraordinary statement from a notoriously private buckingham palace. those words sent news outlets like ours into rolling wait and see coverage and thousands of well wishers to buckingham palace itself, watching those railings. that fencing. where all the royals most significant news is so often posted. from the birth of an heir to the death of a monarch. the queen did not pass at bucki...

weissmann who will join us in a few minutes, but we begin with the news that has made today one of those days that we will simply never forget around here. a global outpouring of grief after queen elizabeth ii passed away earlier today at the age of 96. the queen, who has reigned over the united kingdom and 15 other countries all over the world for 70 years die at balmoral castle, that's her summer home in scotland. all four of the queen's children were by her side in her final moments. these pictures show princes andrew and edward along with her grandson arriving at balmoral earlier...

hello. this is bbc news. let's get the sport. good afternoon. england's new�*s era under ben stokes and brendom mccullom got off to an excellent start against new zealand in the first test at lords. debutant matthew potts making test cricket look easy with three wickets in the opening session. but it was an old familiar face james anderson who got england off to the best start. two early wickets including this brilliant catch from bairstow. anderson and broad both were left out of england's tour to the west indies but both returned with take wickets. but the man of the morning is m...

Are going to create a sort of fire effect around around that central ring. and then on top, we have some sky scanners which will illuminate the bristol sky. have you had a go, does it work? yes. but you're still a little bit nervous about tonight? not nervous at all, very confident. excellent, let's see what the lord lieutenants of the county and city of bristol thinks about it all, peaches golding. why a light show on the cabot tower? well, all across the nation, as you know, there will be beacons lit. as a former european green capital, i felt it was important for us to help take the beacon ...