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for the planet s prosperity, and the us energy secretary explained what her country was doing to tackle soaring oil and gas prices. i also heard from the boss of plane maker boeing about how the post covid bounce was helping it put years of turbulence in the rear view mirror. but it wasn t all doom and gloom because we also celebrated a year of huge growth for women s sport. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, 2022 has been a year of huge disruption to the global economy, with many of us forced to rethink everything from what we eat to how we work and well, even how we heat our homes. the world went into the year still very much feeling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. restrictions, economies everywhere have found it impossible to return to life as it was before. a major reason why was russia s decision to invade ukraine on the 24th of february. as well as costing thousands of lives, ....
we start with some breaking news. damar hamlin, an american football player for the buffalo bills is in a critical condition in hospital after collapsing on the field. the incident happened in the game between his team and the cincinnati bengals. our reporter azadeh moshiri is here. what do we know so far? damar hamlin is only 2a and starting for the bangles this season as a replacement for another player suffered a neck injury and damar hamlin has stepped in. he collapsed to the ground and felt the ground after he tackled another player for the bangles and immediately afterwards received a attention, the nfl stuyven says he received it from its own medical team and local paramedics. they administered cpr and while later he was taken to a local hospital where he is now in critical condition. it was extremely difficult to watch but notjust the moment he collapsed, the horror on his teammates and the faces of the bengals when they realised what happened, many in tears, ma ....
and we have talked with you a lot about the energy impact of the war in ukraine on western europe but china also buys some russian energy, has that come up? russia wants to sell more of its energy. because russia is trying to pivot from the west to the east, it sees the market in the east, the energy market is very attractive. it wants to sell as much gas and oil as it can. the problem that russia has is it is not easy to quickly reorient its energy infrastructure. all of the pipelines that have been built over decades have basically been built going west. so it will take a lot of money and a lot of time and energy to build more pipelines going to china, for example. there is one gas pipeline that already exists to china, there is talk of building another one via mongolia. but this will take a long time. there are a lot of experts here that think despite moscow being very bullish and are saying, well, if we are suffering from all of these western sanctions, we will jus ....
as he meets president xijinping for the first time since the invasion. and one of the all time tennis greats, roger federer, announces his retirement. welcome to the programme. with shaun ley in westminster and me, ros atkins, in the bbc news room. tens of thousands of people are waiting for their turn to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii at westminster hall where she is lying in state. these are live pictures from westminster, where the queue is currently stretching over some five km. some people have waited for more than eight hours to get here, inside westminster hall, where the closed coffin is being guarded by soldiers from units that serve the royal household. that process will continue, 2a hours a day, until monday morning at 6.30am. for the latest, we can nowjoin shaun ley in westminster. hello and thank you very much. hello to all of you watching, whether you re in the uk or around the world. here in westminster is the opportunity for members of the publ ....
and this is the scene at westminster hall, where the queen s coffin will remain for four days before her state funeral next monday. as many as 400,000 people are expected to file past the coffin in a final act of mourning. it will be good to closure then as well to just see her, it will be good to closure then as well tojust see her, and it will be good to closure then as well to just see her, and also just to give something back. also on the programme. president zelensky visits his troops after retaking thousands of square miles of territory from russian forces. and the rate of inflation dips slightly, but the worst may still lie ahead. and stay with us on bbc news where we will bring new continuing coverage of events plus analysis from our team of correspondence in the uk and around the world. good evening. the queen s coffin is now lying in state in the palace of westminster after a final journey from buckingham palace, witnessed by tens of thousands of people along ....