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[View online]( September 14, 2022 [Morning Headlines]( 1 / [Harry and William to join King Charles in procession behind Queenâs coffin as it leaves Buckingham Palace]( Prince Harry and Prince William will walk alongside their father, King Charles III, as they follow the Queenâs coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where the late monarch will lie in state. Following Queen Elizabeth IIâs death at Balmoral Castle, she lay in state for 24 hours at St Gilesâ Cathedral in Edinburgh, before her coffin was received by her children, grandchildren and their spouses at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, as crowds of mourners paid their respects outside the gates. After being laid overnight in the Bow Room, a room in the palaceâs west wing used by the Queen to host world leaders, the monarch will depart her longstanding home in London for a final time in a procession due to begin at 2.22pm on Wednesday. 2 / [Thousands of patients face cancelled NHS appointments or operations due to Queenâs funeral]( NHS leaders await confirmation from government that additional bank holiday costs will be paid back 3 / [Morale low on front line and at home as battered Russian troops flee Kharkiv]( The time and tide of the conflict is changing, temporarily at least, reports Kim Sengupta from Kyiv 4 / [UK inflation falls slightly to 9.9% but remains close to 40-year high]( CPI inflation hit its highest levels since 1982 last month, according to ONS 5 / [âGame-changingâ new battery charges in 3 minutes and lasts 20 years]( Harvard professor describes technology as âa new battery paradigmâ for electric vehicles The Big Question Who will attend the Queenâs funeral? The Queen, who celebrated the 70th year of her reign this year, [passed away aged 96 on Thursday 8 September](at Balmoral. The following day, Mr Biden was asked by reporters whether he planned to attend her funeral. He said: âI will be going.â Among those also due to attend are prime ministers of Commonwealth nations â such as Canadaâs Justin Trudeau, New Zealandâs Jacinda Ardern and Australiaâs Anthony Albanese. German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Italian president Sergio Mattarella, French president Emmanuel Macron, Turkish president Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan, and Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro are also to attend â according to reports. Spainâs King Felipe and Japanâs Emperor Naruhito are among royals that are reportedly planning to fly to the UK for the funeral. [For the full story click here >]( Watch/ [Mourners line streets of London to welcome Queen Elizabeth IIâs coffin]( NUMBER OF THE DAY 6,000 â The sweeping gains made by Ukrainian forces against the Russian army have led to more than 6,000 square kilometres (2,300 square miles) of territory being recovered in 12 days â four times the size of Greater London or bigger than Denmark, according to various comparisons. QUOTE OF THE DAY âIn fact, I think that the numbers are unrealistic, but even more unrealistic is the idea that that the Treasury will have targets for GDP growth.â â Nobel-prize winning economist Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides of the [London School of Economics]( said it was âold fashionedâ for the Treasury to be targeting growth rates which it has little direct means of influencing. Other stories you might like [Kwarteng plan to boost growth âcould take decade to achieve targetâ]( Twitter shareholders approve Elon Muskâs $44bn deal]( Solar probe captures the reversal of the Sunâs magnetic field]( Articles available exclusively to subscribers John Rentoul, The Independent - [Kwasi Kwarteng is dispensing with âexpertsâ for next weekâs mini-Budget]( Other newsletters you might like [The Race Report] The Race Report Fortnightly, 7am (UK time) Written by Nadine White [Sign up]( [Inside Politics] Inside Politics Weekdays, 8am (UK time)
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