The UK began 10 days of mourning after the announcement from Buckingham Palace that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
The UK parliament paid tribute to the late queen with Prime Minister Liz Truss saying: “Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. The United Kingdom is the great country it is today because of her.”
Celebrities, actors and prominent public figures around the world are mourning the death of the queen, Britain’s longest-serving monarch who died at the age of 96 in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Royal mourning for the queen will be observed from “now until seven days after the Queen’s funeral,” Buckingham Palace announced.
A South African opposition party refused to mourn Queen Elizabeth II because of Britain’s colonial past.
Britain’s new King Charles III will formally be proclaimed at the Accession Council early Saturday, according to Buckingham Palace.
The new king held his first audience with his prime minister at Buckingham Palace.
The Bank of England delayed the next meeting of its monetary policy committee for one week due to “the period of national mourning” after the death of the queen.
This weekend’s all football fixtures in England have been postponed as the UK is mourning the death of the queen.
The EU fully suspended its visa facilitation agreement with Russia.
Russia is considering the possibility of introducing a visa regime for Ukrainian citizens, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko.
Türkiye’s Aegean province of Izmir held a victory march to celebrate the centennial of the city’s liberation from occupation.
Türkiye will send grain and relevant products to African countries in need if Russian exports are allowed through the Black Sea, according to the Turkish president.
Russian news outlets widely covered recent remarks by Türkiye’s president, who said Ukrainian grain was being exported to wealthy countries, not to those in need.
The North Korean parliament passed a law allowing the army to launch an automatic and immediate nuclear strike in the event of an attack by any nuclear country or the origin of a provocation, state-run media reported.
The death toll from Pakistan’s catastrophic floods rose to nearly 1,400, with 36 new casualties, including 15 children reported in the last 24 hours, official statistics show.
Source: Anadolu Agency