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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says that Russia's decision to exit the Ukraine grain deal will "strike a blow to people in need everywhere." SOUNDBITE
UK ambulance workers take to the picket line outside the London Ambulance Service headquarters, as they escalate a pay dispute with the government after walkouts by nurses and other public sector staff earlier in the week. The latest industrial action is being undertaken by paramedics and emergency call handlers, and comes amid similar pay and conditions-driven strikes by rail staff, passport control officers, postal workers and other NHS staff. IMAGES
Big Ben strikes 11 times to mark the start of the Two Minutes of Silence at 11 am on Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday - joining bells across the country and worldwide to commemorate those that lost their lives in the two world wars and later conflicts. IMAGES
People queue in London near Blackfriars and Westminster bridge in order to pay their respects in front of the Queen's coffin in the centre of London. The queue was four kilometres long (2,4 miles) on Wednesday night. IMAGES
Thousands of people are queuing, day and night, along London's River Thames to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II as her coffin lies in state at Westminster Hall. The UK Department of Culture has said that wait times could be as high as 30 hours as the queue continues to grow ahead of the record-breaking monarch's funeral on Monday 19 September. IMAGES
People set up their tents on the banks of the Thames and wait to pay their respects at the Queen's coffin which will lie in state in parliament's Westminster Hall until her funeral on Monday. IMAGES