of pakistan s devastating floods. de facto authorities in four russian occupied or partially occupied regions of ukraine have announced plans to hold referendums on joining russia this week as ukraine continues to recapture territory in the north east. proxy administrations in luhansk, donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia all say that voting will start this friday. this is what the russian appointed head of the region had to say. translation: i will personally a - eal to translation: i will personally appeal to the translation: i will personally appeal to the president. - translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with l translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with ai appeal to the president. with a request for legal approval of the referendum result as soon as possible and i am sure this procedure will not take much time. it has come from very different areas. french president president macron says the referendum will have no legal consequence,
britain s longest serving monarch. right now the queen is lying in state at westminster hall, where mourners continue to file past her coffin to pay their respect. it s a scene that s played out around the clock since wednesday. but in less than two hours, the public viewing will come to a close. on sunday, people across britain paused for a moment of silence and reflection this her honor. a moment to pay tribute the day before the queen s funeral. today politicians public and faith leaders from around the world are monks those who will be attending the service. cnn s max foster now with more on how the queen is being honored and remembered. u.s. presidents joe biden visited westminster hall on sunday, joining other world leaders paying tribute to queen elizabeth ii. more than a monarch, biden said on news of her death. she defined an era. to all the people of england and all the people of the united kingdom, our hearts go out to you. and you were fortunate to have had
of national mourning for britain s longest serving monarch. well, the public viewing of the queen s coffin has now officially ended, and westminster hall is closed to the public as preparations begin for her funeral. over the last few days thousands have waited for hours in lines stretching several miles along the river thames just to pay their respects. well, in the hours ahead a procession will take the queen s coffin from westminster hall to westminster abbey where the funeral will take place. that service will be conducted by the dean of westminster. following the funeral the queen s coffin will be moved in a procession through central london to wellington arch where it ll be placed in the state hearse and travel on her final journey to windsor. from there a committal service will take place at st. george s chapel. well, cnn correspondents are following all of the developments for you. scott mcclain standing by in london where the final mourners have been waiting to pay t
should be subpoenaed. the russian foreign ministry has now claimed responsibility for the attack. there is a major sense of urgency around getting that grain exported to the countries most dependent on ukraine s grain exports. it s monday, july 25th. 59 a.m. here in london, 5:00 a.m. in the u.s. west coast. where millions of americans across the country are seeing the impact of the growing climate crisis. a dangerous and scorching heat wave that s already responsible for several deaths. on monday temperatures hit as high as 102 degrees fahrenheit in parts of the northeast, with several cities sweating through their hottest days ever. both boston and philadelphia have extended their heat emergencies after seeing record high temperatures, and across the country close to 50 million people are under heat alerts today, in some areas the blistering heat even led to power outages. sunday new york s electric provider says it was working to restore scattered outages, and in bo