Philip Whiteside

The reign of King Charles will be shorter than his mother's but could be even more important, particularly for the long term future of the monarchy. 

People flock to the gates of all the royal residences to lay flowers and reflect on, in many cases, the only head of state they have ever lived under, as plans are due to be drawn up for the official period of mourning.

World leaders including US President Joe Biden, President Emmanuel Macron of France and President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, have joined hundreds of other royals, heads of state, and rulers from across the globe for the Queen’s funeral.

Vladimir Putin is using his atomic arsenal as leverage by effectively telling the West that if they attack parts of Ukraine that vote to join Russia, he has the potential pretext to use nuclear weapons, with Russia possessing more warheads than even the United States.

The Kremlin and others say they can't rule out sabotage after "unprecedented" damage was caused to both Nord Streams 1 and 2 - a day before a new pipeline from Norwegian gas fields carrying gas to Europe opened.

Long queues have been seen at crossings out of Russia, into countries bordering the length and breadth of the huge nation.

Downing Street says that during her meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen, the leaders agreed that the ruptures of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines on Monday were clearly sabotaged and more work needs to be done to increase energy independence.

The withdrawal comes the day after Vladimir Putin said four regions in Russian-occupied Ukraine were now part of Russia, having earlier threatened retaliation if his country was attacked. One regional governor has called for nuclear weapons to be used in response.

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