Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, who died on September 8 aged 96 and whose funeral was taken place yesterday, never gave an interview during her 70-year reign, but her regular public speeches sometimes gave an insight into her private thoughts.  Here is a selection of extracts from speeches, addresses and contributions to documentaries given by the queen:

The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth will be held at London's Westminster Abbey on Monday when world leaders will join King Charles and the British royal family to bid farewell to Britain's longest-reigning monarch.

Joy, trepidation and grief flickered across the face of Nataliia Yelistratova as she sat next to her husband on a special train back to their home town of Balakliia that Ukraine recaptured last week after six months of Russian occupation.

The European Union’s executive branch recommended Sunday that the bloc suspend around 7.5 billion euros (dollars) in funding to Hungary over concerns about democratic backsliding and the possible mismanagement of EU money.

Protests persisted on Sunday and #MahsaAmini became one of the top hashtags ever on Persian-language Twitter as Iranians fumed over the death of a young woman in the custody of morality police enforcing strict hijab rules.

A year of lost knowledge and opportunity that they will never get back. Girls belong in school. The Taliban must let them back in.” UN chief 

We strongly condemn those attacks -- on behalf of Congress -- which threaten (the) prospects of the much-needed peace agreement. Armenia has particular importance to us .... US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemns ‘illegal’ Azerbaijan attack on Armenia

Russia has widened its strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure in the past week following setbacks on the battlefield and is likely to expand its target range further, Britain said yesterday.

Alain Robert, the free climber dubbed the “French Spiderman”, scaled a 48-storey skyscraper in Paris on Saturday, fulfilling a goal he had set for himself once he reached the age of 60.

Britain geared up yesterday for the momentous state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II as King Charles III hosted world leaders and ordinary mourners queued for the final hours left to view her coffin.

The UN General Assembly is back in person after the pandemic disruption but in a world as full of crises as ever, with the war in Ukraine set to pit the West against Russia.

6:30 am (0530 GMT): The lying-in-state ceremony formally ends at Westminster Hall and the doors close to the public, ready for the transfer of her coffin to nearby Westminster Abbey.

Britain’s new Queen Consort Camilla paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II yesterday for carving her own role as a “solitary woman” in a world dominated by men.

 Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan said on Sunday the death toll from their border conflict had risen to 71 people, as a fragile ceasefire held between two Central Asian nations for a second day.

Three people were killed on Saturday when two small planes collided in midair over Boulder County, Colorado, crashing into an open field and leaving two separate crash sites, local authorities said.

Protests broke out in western Iran on Saturday at the funeral of a young woman who died after being detained by morality police enforcing strict hijab rules, as security forces used tear gas to disperse demonstrators.

Princes William and Harry stood vigil at either end of the coffin of their grandmother Queen Elizabeth yesterday, heads bowed as a line of mourners streamed past the late monarch’s lying-in-state. 

A young Iranian woman who fell into a coma after being arrested in Tehran by the notorious morality police died on Friday, state media and her family said, with activists urging those responsible for her “suspicious” death be brought to justice.

An Israeli airstrike near Damascus airport killed five Syria soldiers yesterday, Syrian state media said. “The aggression led to the death of five soldiers and some material damage,” Syria’s official news agency Sana quoted a military source as saying.

South Africa’s leader has agreed to cooperate closely with US President Joe Biden on health, security and climate but warned against punishing African nations for maintaining ties with Russia.