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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, wh...

Westminster. do you stay with us on bbc news, where we will bring you the very latest on her majesty's lying in state and the state funeral on monday. shaun, thank you very much indeed, and there is further coverage on the bbc news website under the life page. ——, the life page. let's turn to a very big sports story that came through a few hours ago. roger federer has announced his retirement from tennis at the end of this month. the 41—year—old swiss player has won 20 grand slam titles and is regarded by many as one of the sports all time greats. but he's struggled with a knee problem...

Is the relationship, the bit of the relationship, between monarch and government that we don't see? the meetin . s, government that we don't see? tue meetings, the government that we don't see? tte meetings, the weekly government that we don't see? t'tjé: meetings, the weekly meetings government that we don't see? ttj: meetings, the weekly meetings with the monarch. we know her majesty the queen had 15 different prime ministers, got through an alarming rate. we don't really know what happened in those meetings because the prime minister is honour bound never to say, but, the prime minister is...

Daniela relph, bbc news, sandringham. what you recognise of course is that these are the public expressions of grief and support for clean elizabeth —— grief and support for clean elizabeth -- queen elizabeth but on monday, 2000 people and all will gather in westminster abbey as part of that funeral service. as well as the family there will be others who have been invited because of some connection with the work they have done for the country and as a sign, really, of what she meant to many organisations and charities, but they will be predominantly foreign dignitaries, president biden, th...

Of canterburyjoined them, after playing a leading role in recent days. the idea of coming to see people here today? to see how people are, where they've come from. most people are in very good shape. i had a couple of conversations yesterday, where the process had renewed their sense of grief over their own losses. i have heard that a lot. and particularly coming out, chaplains have found that. leading politicians will have been in westminster hall many times, but never before to pay their respects to their monarch. by day and by night, they will continue to come over the next few days, compel...