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from The Economist. Today, from London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

There are lots of reasons the issue of freight is fraught in landlocked Central Asian countries.

Add to that list sanctions on neighboring Russia, and that makes shipping goods even harder.

We examine the plans to plot new rail routes across the region.

And here in London, thousands have been lining up overnight to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state.

Our correspondent speaks with the waiting crowds

and asks whether a good old-fashioned cue

is the best way to allocate a scarce regal resource.

But first...

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