The two eldest children of the Prince and Princess of Wales formed part of a procession with the royal family, following the coffin as it entered London’s Westminster Abbey.
Their attendance was confirmed by Buckingham Palace Sunday night with the release of the order of service for the event. The program listed the two Cambridge children, who are second and third in line to the British throne, among the royal procession behind the Queen’s coffin.
George, aged 9, and Charlotte, 7, along with their parents, Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, are joining world leaders, politicians, public figures and European royals, as well as more than 500 dignitaries from around the world, in mourning Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, who died on September 8 at the age of 96.
The siblings followed the coffin behind their parents and ahead of their uncle and aunt, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Prince Louis, their 4-year-old younger brother, is not attending the funeral.
The service, which is expected to be attended by more than 2,000 guests, will include Bible readings and traditional hymns, as well as a sermon from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
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The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will take place on Monday in London, in an occasion that will mark the world’s farewell to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.
The Queen died September 8 at the age of 96 at her Scottish country estate, Balmoral.
King Charles III gave the order for a public holiday across the United Kingdom on September 19, after he was formally confirmed as the new King on September 10.
Mourners lined London’s streets to see the Queen’s coffin travel on a gun carriage in a solemn procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall – where it will lie in state until the morning of her funeral.
On Monday morning, the Queen’s lying state will end. The coffin will then travel in procession once more to Westminster Abbey for the state funeral, which is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. local time (6 a.m. Eastern time).
After the funeral, the coffin will be taken again in procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch. From there, it will travel to Windsor. Once in Windsor, the hearse will travel to St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle for the committal service.
Heads of state and dignitaries from around the world are expected to travel to the British capital to join members of the royal family to celebrate the Queen’s life and unwavering service to the nation and Commonwealth. While the full guest list has not yet been announced, US President Joe Biden said he plans to attend the funeral.
Other familiar faces at the televised service will be some of the 15 prime ministers to have served during the Queen’s reign.
Both the state funeral service at Westminster Abbey and the later committal service at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor will be televised.
Tune in to CNN or CNN International to watch live coverage of the Queen’s state funeral from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. CNN’s special coverage will also stream live on CNN.com’s homepages and across mobile devices via CNN’s apps for iOS and Android.
In the US, other networks, including NBC News Now, ABC and Fox News, will also air coverage of the funeral.
In the UK, the event will be broadcast on BBC television and available to stream on BBC iPlayer, with updates across BBC Radio and on the website. ITV confirmed the event will be shown live and uninterrupted on ITV’s main channel and all of its digital channels. Sky News will also provide live coverage throughout the day, available free of charge on Sky News, the Sky News App, YouTube and Freeview.
CBC News in Canada will offer live coverage on CBC TV, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, CBC Gem, CBCNews.ca and the CBC News and Listen apps.
Australia’s public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corp., is scheduled to broadcast the funeral live from 8 p.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time (6 a.m. ET). CNN affiliate Channel 9 will also have live coverage.
By one estimate, as many as 4 billion people could be watching as the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II takes place on Monday, September 19 beginning at 11 a.m. BST (3 a.m. PT). As many as 750,000 people are predicted to travel to London for the state funeral and pay their respects as the queen lies in state, per the UK’s Guardian. Among those waiting in line 12-plus hours to pay their respects was David Beckham. The service at Westminster Abbey is likely to be among the biggest single ceremonial events staged in the U.K. since World War II.
See the coverage plans for news networks in the U.S. and the UK below, along with U.S. and UK livestreams of the event, which will broadcast in more than 200 countries and begin as early as midnight PT.
Ahead of the service, the queen’s lying-in-state at Westminster Hall will end at 6:30 a.m. local time Monday. At about 10:35 a.m., group of bearers will lift her coffin onto the gun carriage that was used for the funerals of her grandfather George V, her father George VI, Queen Victoria and Winston Churchill.
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It will convey the Queen’s casket from Westminster Hall to nearby Westminster Abbey, where the ceremony will take place. The new King Charles III, as well as princes William and Harry, will walk behind the coffin. World leaders including President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, Australia’s Anthony Albanese and Canada’s Justin Trudeau will arrive shortly thereafter.
As the ceremony begins, Prime Minister Liz Truss and the secretary general of the Commonwealth will speak. Then a sermon will be given by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
A two-minute silence will be observed across the nation, which will include noise from airplanes as Heathrow will stop all arrivals and departures for half an hour. The close of the service will be marked by reveille, the national anthem and a lament played by the Queen’s piper.
The casket will then be conveyed to Windsor. The route will be lined by the armed forces and guns will be fired every minute. The Sebastopol Bell and the Curfew Tower Bell will each toll.
A committal service will take place at St. George’s Chapel at 4 p.m. local time. The Dean of Windsor Castle and with a congregation including the Royal Family and some of the Queen’s personal staff will lead that ceremony. The Archbishop of Canterbury will pronounce the blessing and those in attendance will sing “God Save the King.” Prior to the final hymn, the Imperial State Crown, the Orb and the Sceptre will be removed from the Queen’s coffin and placed on the altar.
The Queen will be buried in the King George VI Memorial Chapel with her husband Prince Philip, who died last year.
The funeral will use 213 full HD cameras placed in Westminster Abbey, St George’s Chapel and Westminster Hall. 14 OB trucks will transmit from 10 locations and the entire broadcast will be sustainably powered by hydrogen and vegetable oil, according to the BBC.
You can watch the ceremony live below.
U.S. COVERAGE
ABC News
ABC News’ coverage will feature on-the-ground reporting led by World News Tonight anchor David Muir with 20/20 co-anchor Amy Robach, chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell, senior national affairs correspondent Deborah Robert and foreign correspondent James Longman in London, correspondents Maggie Rulli in Scotland, and Lama Hasan and Will Reeve in London as well as royals contributors Omid Scobie, Robert Jobson, Imogen Lloyd Webber, Victoria Murphy and Ailsa Anderson.
Good Morning America will have coverage next week. As part of the season premiere, GMA3: What You Need to Know will broadcast live from London, with co-anchors T.J. Holmes and Robach covering the events following the queen’s passing and King Charles III’s ascension to the throne.
Nightline will also feature coverage of the queen’s celebration of life with co-anchor Juju Chang live from London.
ABC News Radio is offering live anchored coverage of all major events related to the queen’s passing. In addition, ABC News Radio is offering stations multiple status reports per hour as well as two-ways with reporters and experts during morning and afternoon drives.
ABC NewsOne, the affiliate news service of ABC News, will be reporting live from London with multiplatform reporters Ines De La Cuetara and Faith Abubey and reporter Patrick Reevell.
BBC America
The network will air the funeral live and uninterrupted starting at 4 a.m. ET on Monday.
Additionally, the network will air the special “A Tribute to Her Majesty The Queen,” featuring special interviews with her children and those who have worked with her and public figures, starting at 8 p.m. ET the evening before. There will be an encore of the special at 11:30 p.m. ET.
CBS News
On Monday, CBS Mornings co-hosts Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell will anchor a CBS News Special Report live from London covering the state funeral. The special coverage will air on CBS and live stream on the CBS News Streaming Network. CBS News’ special coverage will also feature CBS News Royal Contributors Tina Brown, Julian Payne, Roya Nikkhah, Amanda Foreman and former BBC Royal Correspondent Wesley Kerr.
Comprehensive coverage will be featured across CBS News & Stations’ broadcasts and platforms including CBS News Radio, CBS Newspath and CBSNews.com.
CNN
CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper will be live from London for CNN’s special live coverage on Monday beginning at 5 a.m. ET. They will be joined by Christiane Amanpour, Max Foster and Richard Quest in London and Don Lemon.
As the Royal family, heads of state and mourners arrive for the historic state funeral of the Queen, CNN will have reporters throughout London, including at Westminster Abbey and along the procession route, as well as at Windsor Castle.
Nada Bashir, Matthew Chance, Bianca Nobilo, Nic Robertson, Isa Soares, Anna Stewart and Clarissa Ward will provide minute-by-minute updates on the ground, while Zain Asher and Julia Chatterley will offer their unique perspectives from New York. CNN Royal Historian Kate Williams, CNN Royal Commentator Sally Bedell Smith and CNN Contributor Trisha Goddard will contribute to CNN’s special live coverage with their expert analysis and insights.
Full live coverage will be available across CNN’s global digital platforms. CNN’s coverage of The State Funeral Of Queen Elizabeth II will stream live, without requiring a cable log-in, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. GMT / 5 a.m.-1 p.m. The stream will be available on CNN.com and across mobile devices via CNN’s apps for iOS and Android. It can also be viewed on CNN apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast and Android TV.
CSPAN
The event will be covered live on C-SPAN, C-SPAN Radio, C-SPAN.org & C-SPAN Now beginning Monday at 5:30 a.m. ET.
Fox News
Fox News Media will offer live coverage of the ceremonies and proceedings through the funeral on Monday. Fox News Channel’s executive editor and anchor of The Story Martha MacCallum will continue lead of the network’s coverage live from London.
Beginning at 4 a.m. ET on Monday, FNC will present live special coverage, pre-empting Fox & Friends through 9 a.m. ET. Anchoring from The Canada Gate at Buckingham Palace, MacCallum will be joined by Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt and TalkTV’s (News UK) Uncensored host Piers Morgan.
Fox News Digital will share nonstop updates in a live blog on FoxNews.com, while Fox News Audio will also provide coverage across all platforms, including Fox News Headlines 24/7, the Fox News Hourly Update Podcast and Fox News Radio affiliates nationwide.
MSNBC
MSNBC will provide live special coverage of the funeral from London beginning at 3 a.m. ET on Monday. Chris Jansing will anchor the special coverage.
At 5 a.m. ET, co-hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist — joined by Katty Kay — will anchor a special edition of Morning Joe from London.
Beginning at 10 a.m. ET, Andrea Mitchell, Katy Tur and Chris Jansing continue special coverage through the end of the services.
In advance of the services, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel anchored a special program, “The Constant Queen,” on Saturday.
NBC News
NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Lester Holt will anchor special live coverage of the funeral services on Monday beginning at 5:30 a.m. ET.
Additionally, Holt will anchor that evening’s NBC Nightly News live from London at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT.
Today.com and NBCNews.com will live stream the network’s special coverage, along with NBC News Now and Today All Day.
PBS
PBS is offering viewers the BBC’s live uninterrupted coverage on Monday, from 4 a.m.-noon ET (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.
The BBC primetime special, The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, airs that night from 8-9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.
UK COVERAGE
In the UK, the country will virtually grind to a halt for the day and hours worth of coverage from Westminster Abbey will be available on the BBC, ITV and Sky News, before schedules return to something resembling normality. An incredibly rare ad ban means that no commercials will play for the 24-hour period, meaning that even though ratings will be astronomical, the day will not be a cash cow for the commercial broadcasters.
BBC
On the BBC, coverage begins at 8 a.m. BST (12 a.m. PT) as the crowds begin to gather and rolls through to 5 a.m. BST (9 a.m. PT), taking in the official ceremony from 11 a.m. BST (3 a.m. PT). Led by Huw Edwards, Kirsty Young, Fergal Keane, David Dimbleby and Sophie Raworth, the coverage will be available on both BBC One, BBC Two and BBC News and will be followed by The One Show: Our Queen Remembered and an Events of the Day highlights package at 8:30 a.m. BST (12.30 a.m. PT) on BBC One. Simulcasts will be in place on other BBC radio stations and BBC Sounds. Allan Little will be inside Westminster Abbey, with analysis from Royal Correspondent Jonny Dymond and commentary from different points along the procession route from Ken Bruce, Mishal Husain, Emma Barnett, Clive Myrie, Adele Roberts, John Murray, Mike Costello, Rachel Burden, Nuala McGovern, Chris Mason, Jamie Coomarasamy, Andrea Catherwood and James Naughtie.
Major shows including the launch episode of Strictly Come Dancing have been delayed by a week until after the ceremony.
Here’s the BBC’s livestream:
https://youtu.be/j8xwqi_9GDs
ITV
ITV will air the coverage during the same stretch of time as the BBC and also follow up with a highlights show and then extended news special. The commercial broadcaster will start the day with a Good Morning Britain funeral preview special and later show a documentary film chronicling the events of the past 10 days. Tom Bradby, a personal friend of Harry and Meghan Markle’s, and Julie Etchingham will host, joined by special guests and royal experts for their reflections and analysis. Mary Nightingale will lead coverage from Westminster Abbey, while Royal Editor Chris Ship will be in London and Windsor. Rageh Omaar will be with the armed forces at Wellington Barracks. Nina Hossain will be on the Long Walk in Windsor speaking to people paying their respects. Charlene White will be with mourners in London.
Sky
Sky News’ coverage will begin at 5 a.m. BST (9 a.m. PT) with host Kay Burley live at Westminster Abbey before Anna Botting and Dermot Murnaghan take over from 9 a.m. BST (1 a.m. PT). At 7 p.m. BST (11 a.m. PT), a new host, Mark Austin will reflect on the day from Buckingham Palace, looking back at the events and key moments, ahead of a round-up show at 9 p.m. BST (1 a.m. PT).
Tomorrow, the schedules are expected to return virtually back to normality bar some tribute programing remaining in place.
The former Soviet republics clashed over a border dispute from September 14 to 16, accusing each other of using tanks, mortars, rocket artillery and assault drones to attack outposts and nearby settlements.
Both countries border China, while Tajikistan also has a long frontier with Afghanistan.
Long stretches of the border separating the two ex-Soviet states are contested. Clashes in April 2021 left more than 50 dead and raised the prospect of broader conflict.
Central Asian border issues largely stem from the Soviet era, when Moscow tried to divide the region between groups which were often settled among other ethnicities.
Kyrgyzstan late on Sunday reported an additional 13 deaths from the fighting, adding to an earlier toll of 46. The ex-Soviet state also said 102 people had been injured.
Earlier, Kyrgyzstan said it evacuated about 137,000 people from the conflict area. The government declared Monday a day of mourning for the victims.
Kyrgyz media, which called the conflict an invasion, reported on Sunday some of the evacuees have already started returning to their homes.
Tajikistan on Sunday reported that 35 people were killed. It has not reported any mass evacuations.
Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry said Kyrgyzstan continued a media campaign against it and noted that Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov used the term “enemy” to refer to Tajikistan in his Saturday address.
The two sides on September 16 agreed to a ceasefire, which has largely held up despite several alleged incidents of shelling.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone to Japarov and veteran Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon on Sunday, the Kremlin said.
Putin urged the sides to prevent further escalation and to take measures to resolve the situation “exclusively by peaceful, political and diplomatic means as soon as possible,” offering assistance, his office said in a statement.
The funeral will bring to an end 11 days of national mourning across the United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth’s hour-long state funeral, the first in Britain since the death of her first prime minister Winston Churchill in 1965, will take place today at Westminster Abbey in London.
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The funeral will bring to an end 11 days of national mourning across the United Kingdom that has seen the personal sorrow of the royal family play out in the glare of intense international attention.
World leaders will join Britain’s royal family, its political elite and members of the military, judiciary and charitable organisations at the state funeral.
The funeral will be shown by around 125 cinemas across Britain, while parks, squares and cathedrals will also set up viewing screens for the huge ceremonial event, the government said on Saturday.
At the funeral, the Queen’s coffin will be carried on the same gun carriage used for her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria’s funeral. The spectacular ceremony at Westminster Abbey – expected to be watched by billions around the globe – will see 142 sailors pulling the gun-carriage bearing her lead-lined coffin.
The route will be lined by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The procession will pass by Parliament Square where members of the navy, army and air force will form a Guard of Honour, accompanied by a band of the Royal Marines.
The procession will be led by Scottish and Irish regiments, the Brigade of Gurkhas and the Royal Air Force numbering 200 musicians. The coffin will be followed by King Charles and members of the royal family.
The influx of dignitaries – along with that of hundreds of thousands of mourners from across Britain and around the world – poses an extraordinary challenge for Britain’s police. More than 2,000 officers have been drafted from across the country to help Scotland Yard.
While the leaders of the European Union, France, Japan, India and many other countries will attend, those of Russia, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syria and North Korea were not invited.
After the televised service, the Queen’s coffin will be transferred by royal hearse to Windsor Castle, west of London, for a committal service. That will be followed by a family-only burial in which the queen will be laid to rest alongside her late husband Prince Philip, her parents and her sister.
Queen Elizabeth reigned for 70 years and 214 days – the first British sovereign to celebrate a platinum jubilee. She died aged 96.
King Charles III, and the other three children of Queen Elizabeth II, will be joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Harry and Meghan — and several others — in walking in the procession behind the queen’s coffin at her funeral on Monday, according to the order of service released Sunday night by Buckingham Palace.
The funeral, at Westminster Abbey in London, is set to start at 6 a.m. Eastern time. At 10:30 p.m. local time, the queue of mourners was closed to new entrants so that all the mourners would have a chance to pay their respects before the funeral begins.
The funeral will be officiated by Rev. Dr. David Hoyle, the Dean of Westminster, and the sermon delivered by the Most Rev. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Buckingham Palace said. It will also be interspersed with several scripture readings, hymns and prayers.
About 500 royals, heads of state and heads of government from around the globe have been invited. President Biden arrived in London on Saturday ahead of the funeral.
From left, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William watch the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, in London, Sunday June 5, 2022, on the last of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee.
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The funeral procession will include King Charles III walking beside his wife, Camilla, Queen Consort; followed by Anne, Princess Royal and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence. Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, will follow them, and then Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex and Forfar and his wife, Sophie.
Behind the queen’s children will be Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and then two of their children, 9-year-old Prince George and 7-year-old Princess Charlotte. William and Catherine’s youngest son, 4-year-old Prince Louis, is not listed on the order of the service and likely will not be attending the funeral.
Behind them will be Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, followed by Queen Elizabeth’s nephew David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowden, and Peter Philips. They will be followed by the Duke of Glouster, and then he will be followed by Prince Micheal of Kent and the Duke of Kent.
Queen Elizabeth’s other four grandchildren — Zara Tindall, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn — were not listed on the order of service. All eight grandchildren on Saturday stood behind her coffin.
Prior to the service, the abbey’s tenor bell will be tolled once a minute for 96 minutes to mark every year of the queen’s life.
As the queen’s coffin is carried into the abbey, “The Sentences” – verses from the Bible – will be sung by the choirs of the abbey, Chapel Royal and St. James’s Palace.
Hoyle will deliver “The Bidding,” a kind of introduction, followed by a hymn and the “First Lesson,” another piece of scripture, which will be read by Patricia Scotland, the secretary-general of the Commonwealth.
The abbey choir will sing Psalm 42, and then the “Second Lesson,” another piece of scripture, will be read by newly appointed British Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss.
Welby will then deliver the sermon.
The abbey choir will sing two more songs, there will be a prayer, and then the funeral will close with Welby giving the commendation and Hoyle giving the blessing.
The queen’s coffin will then be carried out of the abbey and taken by procession to Wellington Arch in Hyde Park Corner, before being taken to St. George’s Chapel in Windsor for the committal service, which is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Eastern time Monday.
The queen will be laid to rest at Windsor Castle Monday night in a private family ceremony.
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in the history of Britain’s monarchy, died on Sept. 8.
The U.K. has not buried its sovereign since the queen’s father, King George VI, in 1952, which was held at St. George’s Chapel.
Numerous people wait at a crossroads outside the Palace of Westminster to catch a glimpse of the arriving state guests who want to visit the laid out coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Hall.
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The over 1,000-year-old abbey has been the setting for royal coronations for hundreds of years, including the queen’s own in 1953, and is also where she married Prince Philip in 1947. The funeral for Queen Elizabeth II’s mother was held there in 2002, but there hasn’t been a funeral for a monarch there since the 18th century.
Meanwhile, King Charles III released a statement Sunday in which he thanked “those countless people who have been such a support and comfort to my family and myself in this time of grief.”
“Over the last ten days, my wife and I have been so deeply touched by the many messages of condolence and support we have received from this country and across the world,” the statement read.
World leaders began arriving in London this weekend to attend the state funeral service of the late Queen Elizabeth II Monday at Westminster Abbey in London.
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden were among hundreds of world leaders paying their respects to the monarch as she lies in state.
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska met with the Royal Family as her country’s representative, the BBC reports.
Controversial invites were also extended to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman, though the BBC reports neither is expected to attend.
However, not all world leaders made the invite list. Leaders of these countries will not be joining Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral service.
Russia and Belarus
Russia and Belarus were both sanctioned earlier this year in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The U.K. slapped sanctions on Russia as part of efforts by the West to isolate Moscow and hurt the country’s economy. Neighboring Belarus was also targeted because of actions by its leader, President Alexander Lukashenko, to facilitate Russia’s war on Ukraine.
A spokesperson for Russia’s foreign ministry called the lack of an invite for Russian President Vladimir Putin”profoundly immoral,” according to the U.K.’s Sky News.
Syria and Venezuela
Syria and Venezuela didn’t receive invites because they don’t have full diplomatic relations with the U.K., according to Reuters.
The UK closed its embassy in Syria in 2011 and was one of the first countries to recognize its opposition as the legitimate representative of Syria’s people.
In 2019, the U.K. joined the U.S. in recognizing opposition figure Juan Guaidó as the leader of Venezuela, refusing to recognize President Nicolás Maduro, who remains in office.
Afghanistan
The Taliban has struggled to gain any international recognition since its takeover last year, blaming the U.S. for being the “biggest hurdle” to diplomatic legitimacy.
The U.K. ambassador to the U.N. said last month that “the situation in Afghanistan remains critical” and that “the human rights situation is stark.”
Myanmar
The U.K. announced new sanctions against Myanmar earlier this year, part of a coordinated action with the U.S. and Canada to punish the country’s military regime after it took power in a violent coup last year.
Ambassadors only: North Korea, Nicaragua and Iran
North Korea, Nicaragua and Iran were permitted to send ambassadors, but not their heads of state, according to the Telegraph — meaning North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi are among the uninvited heads of state.
The U.K. last year joined with other Western powers to condemn North Korea for its human rights violations and weapons of mass destruction programs, calling the country “one of the most repressive and totalitarian regimes in the world.” In June, the U.K. criticized China and Russia for vetoing new United Nations sanctions on North Korea.
After last year’s elections in Nicaragua, the U.K. government condemned the process as “neither free, nor fair” and expressed concern for “the deterioration of political and human rights” in the country. The government sanctioned a number of high-ranking Nicaraguan politicians and officials following the election.
The U.K. reports having a “sizeable Iranian population” within its borders and, along with much of the West, has long been wary of Iran’s nuclear operations. The British ambassador to the U.N. in June called Iran’s nuclear situation “a threat to international peace and security.”
TAIPEI, Sept 18 (Reuters) – A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island’s weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads.
The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung county, and followed a 6.4 magnitude temblor on Saturday evening in the same area, which caused no casualties. read more
The U.S. Geological Survey measured Sunday’s quake at a magnitude 7.2 and at a depth of 10 km (six miles).
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Taiwan’s fire department said one person had died and 146 were injured by the quake.
All four people were rescued from a building that collapsed in Yuli, while three people whose vehicles fell off a damaged bridge were rescued and taken to hospital.
The Taiwan Railways Administration said six carriages came off the rails at Dongli station in eastern Taiwan after part of the platform canopy collapsed, but the fire department said there were no injuries.
More than 600 people are trapped on the scenic Chike and Liushishi mountain areas by blocked roads, though there were no injuries and rescuers were working to reopen the roads, the department said.
The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for Taiwan after the tremor but later lifted the alert. Japan’s weather agency lifted a tsunami warning for part of Okinawa prefecture.
The quake could be felt across Taiwan, the weather bureau said. Buildings shook briefly in the capital Taipei, and aftershocks have continued to jolt the island.
Science parks in the southern cities of Tainan and Kaohsiung, home to major semiconductor factories, said there was no impact on operations.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) (2330.TW), , the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said there was “no known significant impact for now”.
Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to earthquakes.
More than 100 people were killed in a quake in southern Taiwan in 2016, while a 7.3 magnitude quake killed more than 2,000 people in 1999.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “torture chambers” had been found in the Kharkiv region.
The 10 chambers contained “tools for electric torture,” Euronews reported Zelenskyy said.
In Izium, identification of about 450 bodies found in mass graves has begun, the Kyiv Independent reported.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Saturday address that “torture chambers” and mass graves had been found in the country’s Kharkiv region after Russian troops retreated.
The discovery comes as Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova said during a Sunday interview with ABC News’s “This Week” that “war crimes of massive proportions” are occurring as a result of the Russian invasion that began in February.
“More than 10 torture chambers have already been found in the liberated areas of Kharkiv region, in various cities and towns,” Zelenskyy said in a video address late Saturday, CNN reported. “As the occupiers fled, they also dropped the torture devices.”
An interior view shows a basement of a building, which Ukrainian authorities say was a makeshift Russian prison and torture chamber during Russia’s invasion in the village of Kozacha Lopan, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 18, 2022.
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Zelenskyy added that rooms designed for killing and “tools for electrical torture” were found at the Kozacha Lopan railway station.
Kozacha Lopan, a settlement less just over a mile from the Russian border, was retaken by Ukrainian forces on September 11, AP reported.
“There is already clear evidence of torture, humiliating treatment of people,” Zelenskyy said in a Friday statement. “Moreover, there is evidence that Russian soldiers, whose positions were not far from this place, shot at the buried just for fun.”
An interior view shows a basement of a building, which Ukrainian authorities say was a makeshift Russian prison and torture chamber during Russia’s invasion in the village of Kozacha Lopan, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 18, 2022.
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In Izium, a city on the Donets River in Kharkiv Oblast province, efforts are underway to identify the bodies of some 450 people, mostly civilians, found in a mass grave, the Kyiv Independent reported.
Reuters reported some of the bodies were found with ropes around their necks and their hands tied.
Similar graves were found in Bucha in March, when the bodies of 116 people were recovered after the city was liberated from Russian occupation.
The Russian singer Alla Pugacheva has spoken out against the war in Ukraine and the “death of our boys for illusory goals”.
The remarks are the first time that the pop star, an icon in Russia, has publicly criticised the conflict.
Her husband, Maxim Galkin, joined journalists, human rights activists and Kremlin opponents in being labelled a “foreign agent” last week for opposing the war.
Addressing the Russian justice ministry, Pugacheva told her 3.4 million Instagram followers: “I am asking you to include me on the foreign agents list of my beloved country.
“Because I stand in solidarity with my husband, who is an honest and ethical person, a true and incorruptible Russian patriot, who only wishes for prosperity, peace and freedom of expression in his motherland.”
She said her husband wanted “the end of the deaths of our boys for illusory goals that make our country a pariah and weigh heavily on the lives of its citizens”.
Pugacheva, 73, who has sold more than 250m records, became hugely popular during the Soviet era and has remained so over a career spanning more than 55 years.
Galkin, a TV presenter who now lives abroad, has often criticised the war in Ukraine.
Russian media said Pugacheva left the country after the invasion began in February. She was seen in Moscow at the funeral of the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on 3 September.
Russian authorities have clamped down on any criticism of the war in Ukraine, handing out fines and prison sentences to dissenters. Many Russian artists who denounced the conflict had their shows cancelled.
Pugacheva has met the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, several times, but she has never publicly supported him.
