the latest at heathrow with helena wilkinson. delegates are meeting in kenya this week for the latest round of talks on a global agreement to protect biodiversity. the un warns that a million plant and animal species could be lost in the coming decades. a0 years ago, mountain gorillas were on the brink of extinction, but now, thanks to a huge conservation effort, their numbers are increasing. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt has been to uganda to see what lessons can be learnt. this park is one of the last two places on earth where mountain gorillas still survive. we�*re just hacking our way through the forest... ..because obviously the gorillas do whatever they want. there are no paths up here. he whispers: have you seen something? just round here. ah, there�*s one down here! it�*s a gorilla. gorilla groans this is just incredible. you can hear the sound of gorillas all around us. you can�*t see most of them because the vegetation is so thick. there are baby gorillas in the trees. adults withjuvenile gorillas on the grou

this is specifically about heathrow, theo, not other airports, this is specifically about heathrow, theo, not otherairports, but explain what has happened here? yes. explain what has happened here? yes, this is specifically _ explain what has happened here? 123 this is specifically about british airways staff at heathrow, some 700 customer facing staff, so we are talking check—in staff and people who work on the floor of the airport helping passengers around. they were balloted on strike action because their pay went down at the height of their pay went down at the height of the covid pandemic two years ago and they lost 10% of their salary. they want british airways to reinstate that. british airways so far has failed to do so. now they have voted for strike action, quite overwhelmingly, in fact. a 95% vote in favour on an 85% turnout, is a very scheming and pheasant support the strike action. this means we are likely to see very significant action, especially in terminal five, in the peak weeks of the summer. we don't know the strike dates themselves but they are likely to be in the

how much disruption can we expect for travel plans beyond just heathrow? it does feel sometimes like the end of summer as we know it. but actually while there is the prospect of more disruption and of course, we've already seen hundreds of flights cancelled, some of them are very late notice, particularly on easyjet and gatwick. the vast majority of people are travelling as they planned, going on those much anticipated and well—deserved holidays. and my view is that you should be confident at the moment that your trip will go ahead as booked. and if it doesn't, for whatever reason, you do have very strong consumer rights. ok, simon, thank you. simon calder, travel journalist there. now, i have to say, i was getting off a flight earlier this week and landed on time. the steps were brought to the plane, but we were told because of a shortage of ground staff, we would be held on the flight. it was only about ten or 15 minutes, but people were already starting to get restless and i think we could well see more of that over the summer. post appeared charged w

the sunday times reports today that heathrow _ picture. the sunday times reports today that heathrow is _ picture. the sunday times reports today that heathrow is now i picture. the sunday times reports l today that heathrow is now ordering airlines to ditch our third of its flights until at least next month while they try to manage this. how long do you think this will go on for? having noticed of a cancelled flight is one thing, but being able to find something else to enable you to find something else to enable you to go on the holiday that you were hoping to do without suddenly having to spend a lot more money is another. , . ., another. yes, and i think we will see some _ another. yes, and i think we will see some significant _ another. yes, and i think we will see some significant action i another. yes, and i think we will see some significant action fromj another. yes, and i think we will i see some significant action from the airports, like heathrow, and the airlines, before the government steps in and orders them to do something.

hundreds of british airways workers — mostly check—in staff — at heathrow airport have voted to go on strike over pay. the exact dates will be announced over the coming days, and are expected to be during the summer holidays. it comes as workers in the railways in england, scotland and wales walked out for the second time this week, with just one in five trains running. here's our transport correspondent katy austin. demand for travel has taken off since covid rules eased, but there's already been disruption amid aviation staff shortages. now hundreds of british airways workers at heathrow airport, most of them check—in staff, have voted to walk out on dates yet to be confirmed. the unite and gmb unions said the action was over a 10% pay cut imposed during the pandemic which hadn't yet been reinstated. our members are primarily low—paid, part—time women workers, who have been asking nicely for over a year now to have this money paid back. this is money that was robbed from them during the pandemic. british airways said it was disappointed and that despite heavy financial losses,

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now, look at the bags of these passengers at heathrow airport. and there is more of it today. out of their schedules, due to problems with baggage heathrow airport asked airlines to take 10% of flights out of their schedules, due to problems with baggage at the airport. our correspondent helena wilkinson is there for us now. there was piles of suitcases didn�*t look good at all. no, not at all, problems began at heathrow on friday and there was a baggage handling system and that has now been fixed, but the airport is having to work with airlines to reunite those passengers who arrived at their destinations without their luggage. and it is causing a knock—on effect here today. around 5,000 passengers have been affected. and that is because airport bosses at heathrow told airlines that they had to reduce their schedule by 10% at two terminals, terminals two and three. looking ahead to the summer, easyjet operates from different airports, it is also going to cut flights. staff shortages, partly because of the pandemic is being blamed as one of t

, if you come in try asylum at heathrow, if you come in by train _ asylum at heathrow, if you come in by train the — asylum at heathrow, if you come in by train. the government is lavishly trying to— by train. the government is lavishly trying to keep the process opaque partly— trying to keep the process opaque partly to— trying to keep the process opaque partly to protect itself from challenges. but we will keep seeing the daily— challenges. but we will keep seeing the daily mail and other outlets sympathetic to this government showing — sympathetic to this government showing us pictures of people arriving — showing us pictures of people arriving by boat and telling us that the rwanda policy is there to stop that happening. now maybe it is a deterrent— that happening. now maybe it is a deterrent to some of those people, but they— deterrent to some of those people, but they are not the only people affected — but they are not the only people affected by this policy and it is, as i affected by this policy and it is, as i say, — affected by this policy and it is, as

hundreds of british airways workers, at heathrow airport, have voted to go on strike over pay. members of the gmb union employed as ba ground staff, and check—in workers, voted overwhelmingly for the industrial action. the move threatens to disrupt britain's busiest airport this summer — with 700 workers set to strike during the school holidays. paul charles, is the ceo of the pc agency — a travel and tourism consultancy company. it is the last thing ba managers need at the moment very minded passions thereunder from staff shortages, flight cancellations, queues at airports which are sometimes out of their control. on top of the fact they are being asked top of the fact they are being asked to cap the number of lights that are running each day during peak summer period so the fact that the main union here, the gmb, so frustrated, will add employment issues to the list of customer issues that ba management are facing. it will be very, very frustrating for them. for all of us travelling, this will add to the uncertainty that everybody is seeing at the moment. they're seen c

we'll have more news on heathrow a little later. but the government is preparing to publish its proposed change to the law, which would let businesses bring in skilled agency workers to stand in for striking staff. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has the details. large parts of britain's railway have come to a halt again. 0verall, only about 20% of services will run, although in some places it's less. northern will operate fewer than 10%. where trains are running services will start late and finish early. kamala lives in cheltenham, where there are no trains at all today. she can't get to her part—time job near bath teaching english as a foreign language. if i can't get to work, i won't have the income to face all the extra energy bills etc. so i do need to get to work. five minutes up the road, this co—working space has seen a big increase in bookings this week. a lot of its customers who would normally travel to london for meetings are having to stay local instead, and do those meetings remotely, including gwen. we are

our business correspondent theo leggett is at heathrow. how likely is it that the strikes will happen?— how likely is it that the strikes willhauen? �* , ~ will happen? well, british airways sa s that it will happen? well, british airways says that it is _ will happen? well, british airways says that it is willing _ will happen? well, british airways says that it is willing to _ says that it is willing to negotiate, that it wants to resolve the dispute with the help of its staff, but i think it is still likely that these strikes will go ahead, and that's because over the last couple of years, what we really seeing is a lot of mistrust between british airways and its employees. that dates back to the height of the pandemic, when aircraft was not flying, ba, like otherairlines, pandemic, when aircraft was not flying, ba, like other airlines, was losing huge amounts of money, so it imposed significant pay cuts on most of its staff. that wasn't particularly unusual, but ba was criticised for what was described as the rather heavy—handed

british airways staff at london's heathrow airport have voted to strike in a dispute about pay. members of the gmb union employed as ground staff and check—in workers voted overwhelmingly for the industrial action. the move threatens to disrupt britain's busiest airport in the well, we can cross straight to heathrow and to our correspondent who is therefore eyes. first of all, what is this strike about? be enou~h, what is this strike about? ee: enough, it is not about people demanding an increase in their pay. you're hearing a lot of that with inflation rising very rapidly. a lot of workers are many companies demanding pay increases. what these workers want as their pay put back to levels was before the pandemics are a couple of years ago when the aviation industry was in crisis british airways demanded they accept pay cuts. this was so it could keep on operating at a time and it could not fly aircraft. at the time, it was accused of a certain heavy handedness and many staff suspected it was trying to drive down their wages for good. there was a bit of a breach of trust at the

the sunday times says heathrow orders airlines to ditch a third of passengers, they say that more flights have to be cancelled, airlines have to cut by one third the number of passengers flying by terminals at certain times until the 3rd ofjuly warning that without a reduction in demand the operation would not be considered safe. something obviously causing real difficulty for people right now and it looks like it will go on.- it looks like it will go on. people will be watching _ it looks like it will go on. people will be watching this _ it looks like it will go on. people will be watching this in - it looks like it will go on. people will be watching this in airports l will be watching this in airports thinking are we ever going to take off and it seems as if heathrow has decided to act as it did at the time of the icelandic volcano and radically cut down the numbers of flights and heathrow terminal five between 5am and 6pm there will be cuts of about, huge cuts and meanwhile, one third for the whole of the airport, that's going to cause more chaos. it would also bring up the cost of f

50% of british airways customer facing staff at heathrow. so it's not all staff. but do you have a sense of what kind of disruption that may cause or the public when that goes ahead? yeah, it's mainly check-in _ public when that goes ahead? yeah, it's mainly check-in staff, _ public when that goes ahead? yeah, it's mainly check-in staff, so - it's mainly check—in staff, so there will be disruption. you can't fly unless you have checked in. several hundred check—in staff involved, so if there is a strike, i think ba are saying they might be able to cover some but they won't be able to cover all of them. i think it's pretty certain there will be flight disruption, on top of all the disruption, on top of all the disruption this industry has faced in the last couple of years, it's the last thing this company and airport needs, really. but again, there is a little window now, i don't think any strikes will be called probably for a week, they will probably get together next week and once people start talking, there is always a chance it will b

>> well i would say first off anybody over at heathrow, you can call their partner, what a great firm, they really completed our global footprint for what wheels up is endeavoring to be, and again, i believe that the issues that commercial travel has are temporary. i could report in delta's our partner, but nobody cares more about the customers and the pilots than ed bastian, and the team at delta and i know that with the speed and the ferociousness that the demand came back in for travel which again for the long term is really unbelievable news for the industry. i would say the short-term pain that we're feeling is just, you know, the infrastructure that's out there, listen, we need a big upgrade in technology on the infrastructure side here in the airplane business, around the world, but like i said i think there's no better indicator for where this industry is going. it's going up and i would say that's commercial and private. as it relates to wheels up, our demand is really at unprecedented levels, even as we see some of the indices and dow and every indy see out there coming in a

hundreds of british airways staff at heathrow vote for strike action, putting summer holidays at risk. ukraine, along with moldova, are approved as official candidate to join the european union. we will ask how long it could take full stop waiting to count the votes, now the polls have closed, this is wakefield, one of two by—elections today. can the conservatives hold on, or are they facing double defeat? and the extraordinary lasting impact on children from one of scotland's's most deprived estates who took part in this concert a decade ago. coming up on the bbc news channel, a test debut forjamie 0verton but england's final test against new zealand is delicately poised as the tourists fight back late on. good evening. taliban officials in afghanistan say the main search for survivors from wednesday's devastating earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. more than 1000 people are thought to have been killed in the remote part of the country. doctors say many children may be among the victims. relief efforts have been hampered by the destruction of already poor road an

on thursday, hundreds of british airways staff at heathrow voted for industrial action over pay, with strike dates expected to come during july and august. the vote came as railway workers in england, scotland and wales walked out for the second time this week, with just one in five trains running and another strike planned for saturday. here's our transport correspondent katy austin. demand for travel has taken off since covid rules ease but there has already been disruption amid aviation staff shortages. now hundreds to show weight makers at heathrow airport, most of them chicken stuff, have voted to write out. —— check—in staff. it is over a 10% pay cut not yet reinstated. our members, primarily low—paid part—time women workers have been asking nicely for over a year now to have this money paid back. this is money that was robbed from them during the pandemic. we was robbed from them during the andemic. ~ was robbed from them during the andemic. 3 ., was robbed from them during the andemic. 3 3, ., , pandemic. we did and was disappointed. _ pandemic. we did and was disapp

thank you very much, heathrow _ summer. thank you very much, heathrow airport. _ heathrow airport. we are getting comments from ruan to buy the premise that was johnson who is there —— from rwanda from the prime minister borisjohnson. he is talking about, there were reported, i stress, reported comments by prince charles and his comment on the home office policy for migrants, asylum sentence —— seekers to be sent to rwanda. the prime minister has been saying there are lots of prejudices about rwanda that need to be blown away. and he has been reacting to the by—election results this morning, inevitably he would be asked that, he has said, we have got to recognise there is more we have got to do and we certainly will, that has come through after oliver dowden, the conservative chairman has resigned. he has also said, i have got to listen to what people are saying, in particular to the difficulties people are facing over the cost of living. he says, it's absolutely true, we have had some tough by—election results. those comments are coming through, alex forsyth, she is co

we'll have more news on heathrow a little later. but first, the government is preparing to publish its proposed change to the law, which would let businesses bring in skilled agency workers to stand in for striking staff. mick lynch, the general secretary of the rmt, says his members don't want to cause disruption. we apologise to the public and the travellers. we don't want this kind of disruption in our communities. we don't want that on our railway. the men and women of our union are standing on picket lines because they need a square deal from the employer. they've got to sacrifice their pay for up to three days this week, they don't want to do that, but what they are determined to do is get a settlement to the issues. they don't want their jobs cut. they want the guarantee of no compulsory redundancies. they want to defend their conditions while dealing with the modernisation issue. and, of course, we need a pay rise. many other people haven't had a pay rise for two or three years. and of course, that is true of the general pub

easyjet cuts more summer flights while baggage problems at heathrow mean 10% of flights at two terminals today could be cancelled. a report into grooming and sexual exploitation in oldham a decade ago says the local council and the police failed to protect some children. president macron�*s reform plans for france have been cast into doubt, after his ensemble group loses its majority in parliament. and after a huge conservation effort to save the mountain gorillas of rwanda, what does it teach us about saving other animals from extinction? and coming up on the bbc news channel... brilliance in brookline, matt fitzpatrick wins his first major at the us open, nine years after winning the amateur title at the same venue. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. britain is facing its biggest rail strike in 30 years this week, with a significant disruption to services across england, scotland and wales. last—minute talks between unions and rail bosses are continuing, but no breakthrough is currently in sight. the extent of the strikes�* likely impact is shown by this official

decision is expected within the hour over whether hundreds of members of the gmb union who work as heathrow check—in and ground staff will take strike action over pay. if they vote in favour of taking action it could mean a walkout during the summer holidays. 0ur correspondent greg mckenzie is at heathrow airport now. potentially yet more disruption for travellers. ., ., , potentially yet more disruption for travellers. ., . , , , potentially yet more disruption for travellers. ., ., ,, , ., travellers. potentially yes. that decision, whether _ travellers. potentially yes. that decision, whether or _ travellers. potentially yes. that decision, whether or not - travellers. potentially yes. that decision, whether or not to - travellers. potentially yes. that decision, whether or not to go i travellers. potentially yes. that i decision, whether or not to go on strike, is imminent and we should hear it in the next hour. that is more than 700 ba workers who have gone to that ballot. the dispute is over a 10% pay cut that staff are accepted at british airways two years ago at the start of the p

meanwhile, heat woe airlines have said they —— heathrow airport had said they —— heathrow airport had said they —— heathrow airport had said they will cut 10% of their flights. these are pictures from the airport over the weekend. this was following huge problems processing people's baggage. let's get more from our correspondence. can we start with those pictures of the baggage. i mean, extraordinary. people will know how awful that is when you've come back from your long journey and you can't get your bags may be for several days. what journey and you can't get your bags may be for several days.— journey and you can't get your bags may be for several days. what is the cause of that? _ may be for several days. what is the cause of that? i _ may be for several days. what is the cause of that? i spoke _ may be for several days. what is the cause of that? i spoke to _ may be for several days. what is the cause of that? i spoke to heathrowi cause of that? i spoke to heathrow over the phone and they told me that while there is a lot of talk about staff shortages and a lot of airports

heathrow gymnastics club says he no longer works for them and says it has more than 1,000 children that participate happily there. we contacted andrew griffiths on several occasions, but he didn't respond. since filming this interview, eloise has finally received the apology she craved from british gymnastics. now she wants change so no other children suffer. i almost feel sorry for myself. i want to go back and take that 14—year—old and, you know, give her a hug. it didn't have to be like that. i loved gymnastics when i started it. i had a real passion for it. my coach and the culture within the gym was, it was horrible. broken childhoods, adults left deeply affected. next week's independent review should be british gymnastics' moment of reckoning. natalie pirks, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's chetan pathak at the bbc sport centre. good evening. we start tonight with the sad news that the former wales and british and irish lions captain and fly—half phil bennett has died at the age of 73. bennett helped wales win two five nations grand slams, and also starred in the lio

between the age of 10 and 14 she was part of the acrobatics team, training 25 hours a week at heathrow gymnastics club. her coach was andrew griffiths. i was told that i was too big and that i needed to lose weight. on a non—training days i was eating around 827 calories and on a training day, around just over 1200. so, you know, physically i was absolutely exhausted. in 2014, griffiths served a british gymnastics suspension for inappropriate practices but he appealed and was allowed to return. when he came back, eloise was 12. she weighed around seven stone in this picture but says griffiths had decided she should weigh around one stone less. every saturday, she says he would weigh her and body shame her. when it got to thursday or friday i would just get so stressed, to the point where i would feel sick. i tried to limit how much water i was drinking, i was scared every day to go to training. every day i'd just wake up and dread it. eloise's story is significant. hers is the first case in a civil claim against british gymnastics where the governing body has admitted full liability

cancelling about 120 short—haul and european flights from heathrow and back to heathrow when that takes about 10% of its schedule out and that means there might be more resilience in the system both for its flights and for everybody else's and it takes some of the burden off. we might see more cancellations at heathrow ahead of the summer and at manchester because the summer and at manchester because the biggest holiday company in the uk has already said, right, after the terrible things we saw at the start of the may half term with people being on planes and suddenly being told your holiday is cancelled, sorry, go home, they have cancelled, sorry, go home, they have cancelled about six departures a day and might be continuing that into july and august, and that is all to do with the ground handlers that they use there, so we will see more of it and it has been reported as a kind of, oh my goodness, flight chaos and this is holiday disappointment, whereas in fact it's exactly the opposite, it's designed to stop the scenes we saw for instance yesterday when there were over 50 cancellatio

heathrow, which wanted the charges raised, said the move would undermine the delivery of key improvements. a 29—year—old man is being held on suspicion of murdering a woman in east london. zara aleena, who was 35, was attacked while she walked through ilford in the early hours of sunday morning. the met police believe she was the victim of what it called an "opportunist stranger attack". 0ur correspondent, jon donnison, is in ilford. and herfriends have been paying tribute to zara. they have. a lot of people have been coming here this morning to lay flowers and to leave a personal tribute. zahra was discovered with serious head injuries at about 2:a5am on sunday. paramedics attended but they were unable to save her and she died a little later that day in hospital. police, as you say, say that the attack, they believe, was carried out by a stranger. they don't believe a weapon was involved. there's quite a lot of cctv camera on houses on this road, a busy road, and police are appealing for people with dash cam footage you may have been driving along here in the early hours of the morni

london's heathrow airport on monday asked airlines to cut flights while it deals with a sea luggage that piled up over the weekend, partly because of staff shortages. some people had to wait days to get their bags. all right, we'll be right back with some big n.f.l. news. >> o'donnell: tampa bay quarterback tom brady will be missing his favorite target next season. gronkowski or gronk as he's known, retired today for the second time saying he's going back to chilling out. he and brady won four super bowls together, including three in new england as patriots. that is the "the cbs overnight news" for this wednesday, check back later for cbs mornings and follow us online any time, cbs news.com. reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm norah o'donnell. >>> this is cbs news flash, i'm matt piper in new york. the ntsb is heading to miami international airport after a red air flight catches fire upon landing. the landing gear collapsed as the plane was arriving from the dominican republic. three of the 140 people on board suffered minor injuries. >>> bill cosby has been found of sexually abusin

to cope with the summer season. across europe. ryanair workers in spain have been on strike london. heathrow is still trying to get thousands of bags back to their owners after a technical problem last week. and queues abound across the continent as efforts struggle to attract staff and cope with absences to to cove it. well, i report a water in run has been at berlin brandenburg airport to assess the situation that with the return flight, the kiosk also returns across europe, airports and their personnel are struggling with an overload of passengers and a shortage in staff. the same is happening at berlin's international airport. sometimes the aircraft, they're not ready or sometimes when you landed there is no people in order to open you the gate, lori thought. so happened that or you have no people that is taking care of the assistance that you have on board. so sometimes you have people walking the wheelchair and therefore they need assistance. as service industries like aviation recover from the pandemic, they're finding a shortage and employees. many were placed on for low or had pay c

. airports, gatwick, manchesterand heathrow. they say people are getting away on their holidays and things are moving in the queues through the airports are flowing. we have had so much about cancellations this week. only four cancellations are gatwick, three easyjet and one with their flight. are gatwick, three easyjet and one with theirflight. , things are gatwick, three easyjet and one with their flight. , things are easing. the airports are saying the queues are there, don't think you will get to the airport without the queues, because these airports are severely understaffed, ground handling operations, checking, moving back through airports, and that isn't changing quickly but people are getting away and it is getting quieter. it is because we are at such a peak of travel. the concern is. _ are at such a peak of travel. the concern is, will— are at such a peak of travel. the concern is, will these scenes be repeated over the summer season, although it is a more extended period, not everyone trying to get away a seven day

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the boss of heathrow has warned it could take up of heathrow has warned it could take up to 18 months for them to get back up up to 18 months for them to get back up to 18 months for them to get back up to full capacity. whether it is by car, train or plane, it is looking like a turbulent summer ahead. katie austen, bbc news. katie austen, bbc news. the uk economy is predicted to stagnate next year as inflation remains high according to the economic think tank, the organisation for economic cooperation and development. our business editor simonjack is with me. simon, making any sort of forecast in such a volatile economic environment is pretty difficult? it is pretty hard and these are forecast from a think tank, but it is a well—known one and its analysis is a well—known one and its analysis is followed of the global development economies. and that there is some good, bad and some ugly for you today. the good is, this year the uk is forecast to be the fastest growing economy of the g7 at 3.6%. bear in mind it had one of the steepest falls, so there is a trampoline effect as it co

laura: london's heathrow and charles de gaulle airports are cutting flights as travel chaos into the summer. heathrow has asked airlines to cut 30 flights from schedules a concern that pete passenger numbers will exceed the level it can safely handle. the french aviation authority has ordered a 17 reduction in lights -- flights due to a strike by firefighters. carmakers increased u.k. production for the first time in almost a year as prices helped accelerate the shift to electric vehicles. output more than doubling. the number of cars produced was only half the pre-pandemic level for the month. global news, 24 hours a day, on air, and on bloomberg quicktake. powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. ok, laura, thank you. don't francine: don't get me started. tom: they need more staff and they need more staff and they needed more quickly. francine: they never actually unloaded the begich. tom: the travails of the constant traveler. opec and its allies are meeting today and are expected to ratify a supply increase for august. this is bloomberg. ♪

heathrow airport is asking some airlines to cancel a number of flights scheduled for today. heathrow says it asked carriers to cancel 10% of their flights in response to a baggage system fault over the weekend. london gatwick said it would scrap hundreds of flights over the peak summer travel period after amsterdam's hub took a similar step. conocophillips says volatility may grasp -- may last year's -- by investing a $29 billion project to boost the export of fuel. the houston-based company will buy 3.1% holdings in the northfield east projects. chief executive officer ryan lance announce the deal alongside the energy minister today. the u.s. economy will fall by likely a mild recession at the end of 2022 as the federal reserve raises rates. that according to the latest outlook from economists. the company warns financial conditions will tighten further. consumer sentiment is souring. energy and food supply distortions have worsened. the global outlook is deteriorating. that is the bloomberg business flash. european markets continue to trade higher. volumes are light given

this was the scene just three minutes after flight 548 left heathrow 50 years ago. the plane was less than two and a half miles from the end of the runway. 50 years on the memories are as clear today as they were then for those first on the scene. absolute silence. there wasn't any sign of human voice at all. just some hissing of the lines from the plane. the names of all 118 people who died that day were read out. for britta who was a child at the time, today was a moment she has waited 50 years for. my mother and my stepfather travelled from london to brussels, and unfortunately they didn't make it. and so it's been an emotionaljourney. which today also involved the first chance to meet the people who did what they could to help. that means a lot to know that there were people there who looked after them. and i can only imagine how horrific it was on the day. although i was on my own there, they were very important to me, those people, as a nurse, and i did my very level best for them. the staines crash remains one of the worst crashes in uk aviation history, but

it its a from heathrow this morning? it is a really interesting _ from heathrow this morning? it is a really interesting turn _ from heathrow this morning? it is a really interesting turn of _ from heathrow this morning? it is a really interesting turn of events, . really interesting turn of events, not least because it is normally friday that is their busy day at heathrow. so when last night we learned that 35 to going to be cancelled, 5000 passengers, it was a surprise and i have talked to the airport and they say their figures show there will be 13% more passengers today then last thursday and in order to make sure that everyone stays safe, they had to whittle down the number of travellers so they cancelled about one in 40 fights. they say they hope passengers will be put on other departures, just to give you an idea about who is cancelling flights, british airways made about 15 cancellations, on top of an existing 100 and something consolation. virgin atlantic grounded a round trip to new york and air france, lufthansa and aer lingus are all cancelling flights in europe. l

after a two-year break non-stop flights from the san jose airport to heathrow are back. daily flights will start again this saturday. the flights resume one week after the u.s. lifted their negative covid test mandate for people entering the country. >>> now taking a live look at sfo and for today's travel tuesday, the story of a women's career taking off after quitting the real estate industry. >> now with a lesson in courage and taking chances. >> it's amazing. i love argentina. but there's lots of great places in america, as well. san antonio is one of my favorites, believe it or not. >> she goes by the handle, cc in the sky. >> this is a second career for me. >> reporter: and has been a flight attendant for four years. >> previously, i had been self-employed and i just wanted something different when my youngest was finishing high school. >> reporter: and there wasn't much room to pursue a dream while raising a blended family of eight. >> it's also helped me grow and realize how much i did let a lot of my goals and my dreams, you know, go to the wayside when i was ra

take a look at this massive pile of luggage at london's heathrow airport. the baggage system malfunctioned, forcing some passengers to leave their suitcases behind. >>> the january 6th committee is poised to present more evidence as it holds its fourth public hearing tomorrow. gop congressman adam kinzinger says he believes former president trump's actions amounted to criminal involvement and most americans agree. abc's maryalice parks has more. >> reporter: with three of seven hearings down and two more scheduled this week, the big question, will the january 6th select committee's findings lead the department of justice to bring any criminal charges? >> i certainly think the president is guilty of knowing what he did, seditious conspiracy, being involved in these, you know, kind of different segments of pressuring doj, vice president, et cetera. obviously you note we're not a criminal charges committee, so i want to be careful in specifically using that language. but i think what we're presenting before the american people certainly would rise to a level o

heathrow has 12,000 missing bags that have yet to be processed due to staffing shortages. i use apple air tags. put it in your luggage and it will tell you exactly where in the world your luggage is, and that could be the difference between having -- finding your bag and telling the airline, oh, no, it's in heathrow, and you can show it to the agents and find your bags. otherwise, i know people who are waiting over a month to get their bag back. >> apple air tags? that's what they are? >> yep, yeah, a little device you put in your bag and it will ping you and show you, you can even see them loading it onto the flight when you're on the plane. >> all right. i'm going to order one right now. brian kelly, thanks so much. >> this month of pride has been smeared by extremism and intimidation and violence directed at our nation's lgbtq community. we're going to take a closer look at what's behind that all, next. we texted her when we were on our way. she could track us and see exactly when we'd arrive. >> woman: i i have a few more minutes. let's go! >> tech vo: we came to her w

more strikes across the uk — rail workers walk out for a second time this week, and ground staff at heathrow vote for summer stoppages. the us supreme court strikes down new york's law restricting the right to carry weapons in public. ukraine moves a step closer tojoining the european union — as the organisation gives it official candidate status.

now hundreds of british airways workers at heathrow airport, most of them check—in staff, have voted to walk out on dates yet to be confirmed. the unite and gmb unions said the action was over a 10% pay cut imposed during the pandemic which hadn't yet been reinstated. our members are primarily low—paid, part—time women workers, who have been asking nicely for over a year now to have this money paid back. this is money that was robbed from them during the pandemic. british airways said it was disappointed and that despite heavy financial losses, it had offered a one off 10% payment to other workers, most of whom had accepted. the airline added it was fully committed to working together to find a solution. also today, thousands of railway workers around britain walked out for the second time this week. the main thing we are looking for is no attack on our terms and conditions. we need a pay rise because our cost of living is so high now but the main thing is no attack. we don't want compulsory redundancies and that is what the government is pushing for. about 20% of normal train se

actually a pretty grim prospect in the vast majority but not every airport is affected and some on heathrow had no problems at all. in seeing the magistrate in particular and who want to spend the summer doing that. find and who want to spend the summer doinu that. : ., :, :, :, doing that. and the game of who to blame begins _ doing that. and the game of who to blame begins again. _ doing that. and the game of who to blame begins again. and _ doing that. and the game of who to blame begins again. and somebody staff, even though their offer from the money but is there really complicated rules on travel meant for those travel firms just couldn't plan for the reopening properly and here we are reopening has begun and is very little sympathy from passengers who have said, you've been crying out for a business for two years now here we are in you cannot service it.— cannot service it. there's a lot of finger-pointing- _ cannot service it. there's a lot of finger-pointing. opening - cannot service it. there's a lot of finger-pointing. opening and - finger— pointing. opening and shutting _ f

heathrow�*s terminal a is set to reopen to travellers today. it's been closed for over two years because of the pandemic. the reopening comes as heathrow announced passenger numbers continue to rise. over a million more people travelled through the airport in may, compared to march. bmw and mercedes drivers in surrey are being warned to keep their carfobs inside signal—blocking bags after a rise in thefts. surrey police say thieves are using technology to extend and capture signals from inside people's homes, tricking cars into thinking fobs are close enough to unlock vehicles — it's allowed dozens of cars to be stolen. let's take a look at the tfl board this morning. the bakerloo line is part suspended. on to the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a bright start this morning. plenty of sunshine. high pressure? it stays in charge not only for today, but for the next few days as well. so plenty of fine and dry weather and also the temperature rising. now, we've still got a bit of patchy cloud today, but the temperature later

the strike vote by ba staff at heathrow makes the lead in several papers. the metro strikes an ominous note about possible summer travel disruption. the i warns of a summer of discontent for teachers and nurses. that also features in the guardian, with a picture of some of the crowds at glastonbury. the telegraph says the pm is considering cutting back on biofuel cost concerns. the daily express has a story about the european court of human rights. the paper says one of its own judges has criticised the ruling. prince charles's reported to have expressed concern. the two meet at the commonwealth summit in rwanda. in the time splashes on a similar story, saying borisjohnson has stoked the row by saying his critics have outmoded ideas about rwanda. so, let us begin, then. welcome, benedicte and emma. if we start with the metro, it leads with terminal chaos. that news about more travel disruptions. benedicte, let's start with your thoughts. well, reporting on this day two of the strike. on the first day, it was the two, two learned that va staff, 700 of them h

is not alone, this sea of luggage piled up at london's heathrow airport after the baggage system malfunction. abc's faith abubey. >> reporter: the airlines are blaming high demand, severe weather and staffing issues as these frustrations grow. this morning, more flights grounded across the u.s., but so far an improvement from a weekend of travel troubles. spending father's day and juneteenth stuck at airports from new york city to salt lake city. >> it's frustrating. makes me feel powerless. stuck in an airport. basically for two days. >> reporter: the airline woes forcing some travelers to miss family celebrations like weddings and baby showers. >> people are just upset. a lot of people were crying. >> reporter: since friday about 3,000 flights have been cancelled due to bad weather mixed in with the existing problems of airline staffing shortage and high travel demand. united grounding dozens of flights. delta seeing the worst of it, cancelling more than 200 flights sunday alone. concern growing as vacation season heats up. transportation secretary pete buttigieg putting pressure on airlin

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i have spoken to the big airports today, manchester, gatwick and heathrow, and they are all reporting no issues. the caveat is, it is still incredibly busy. millions of people, up to 2 million people are expected to take flights out of the uk this weekend, on international trips, heading to the beaches for a bit of sunshine to see friends and family. but the airports are still really busy, they point to the fact there are still pinch points within the airports. check—in is very busy, security is busy, but they say things are improving after a difficult week. we had so much about tui cancelling six flights a day from manchester. tui have said, for them, things have returned to normal. they highlighted 80% of passengers — that is 3a,000 who have had holidays disrupted this week — have now rebooked holidays. there has been a bit of advice and backtracking today. one big union advised people, because of the queues at check—in, to maybejust take hand baggage, to stop the big queues. but that has been pulled up on, and one of the airports say if you just take hand baggage, that will

daily flights to heathrow start on saturday. it comes after the u.s. lifted its covid testing mandate for travelers entering the country. >>> a mixed bag on wall street. the s&p 500 moved further into bear market territory, down more than 20% from its peak. here is look that numbers. the dow fell 151 points. the nasdaq goes up 19 points and the s&p closed down 14. all eyes are now on the federal reserve, which meets tomorrow. it could respond to soaring inflation with its biggest interest rate hike in more than two decades. >> the federal reserve has to thread the needle by raising interest rates. what's happening is they could actually tip sexual abuse a recession if they go too far, too fast. >> president biden addressed inflation at an organized labor convention. he is trying to put the blame on republicans in congress. >> the problem is republicans in congress are doing everything they can to stop my plans to bring dow costs on ordinary families. that's why my plan is not finished. >> so what should you be doing right now with your finances to weat