Queen Elizabeth II has died at 96
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II waits in the Drawing Room before receiving Liz Truss for an audience at Balmoral, in Scotland, Sept. 6, 2022, where Truss was invited to become Prime Minister and form a new government.
The long-reigning British monarch Queen Elizabeth II has died at age 96. Throughout the day, members of the British royal family arrived at the queen’s estate in Scotland to pay their last respects amid news that her health had declined. We hear about her legacy and impact on the world. And will members of Colombia’s Congress agree to pay cuts? A young senator recently elected on messages of anti-corruption and excessive government spending is encouraging all senators to agree to lower their own salaries. Also, Yale University researchers have used publicly available satellite imagery and open-source information to document 21 sites in Russian-occupied Ukraine that are being used as a “filtration system” to detain Ukrainian prisoners. Plus, Sierra Leone and West Africa are celebrating the success of US tennis player Frances Tiafoe at the US Open.
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