hospice. china launches several ballistic missiles into waters around taiwan following a senior us leader s divisive visit to the island. the bbc announces an independent review into the allegations surrounding tim westwood, and his conduct when he worked for the company. and how disposable face marks are affecting birdlife in 23 countries around the world. the bank of england has given a very downbeat assessment of the state of the economy, warning that it will fall into recession this year. it forecasts the economy will shrink in the final three months of 2022, and keep on drinking until the end of next year. inflation, the rate at which prices rise, which the bank forecasts will rise to over 13%, driven by the sharp rise in energy bills. in an effort to curb soaring prices, the bank of england raised interest rates by 0.5% to i.75%, the biggest in 27 years. our economic editor has this report. prices are inflating, interest rates are going up and the economy in general is
relatives of the young men murdered by the serial killer, stephen port, welcome a decision by the police watchdog to begin a fresh investigation into the way detectives handled the inquiry. borisjohnson is in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government. downing street says it is unlikely the uk s rwanda asylum policy will come up when he meets the prince of wales. good evening. taliban officials say the main search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of afghanistan has ended. more than 1,000 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 heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication networks in paktika province the worst hit area. entire villages have been destroyed, with survivors saying they re finding it difficult to bury their dead. 0ur afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani is there a
News. Flutz cancellations and delays after a global failure over British Airways computer system. Planes have been grounded on many airports. Flights cancelled for the rest of the day. The airline says delays and disruptions may continue into tomorrow. It has apologised saying it is working towards fixing the problem although it says there is evidence it is hacking at a system failure. This is what happens after a catastrophic it failure, thousands of Ba Passengers starting their Long Bank Holiday weekend. Queues of people snaking out of the door at terminal 5 in heathrow. People have been standing in the queues for up to 70, 90, 120 minutes in some cases. The queue stretches from the Check In Desks all the way out to the back of the terminal and down in front of the terminal, where all the taxis deliver people. Many passengers contacted the bbc with their experiences. Weve just literallyjust now been told that nothings happening, no flights till 6pm. Prior to that we hadnt been told v
News. Flutz cancellations and delays after a global failure over British Airways computer system. Planes have been grounded on many airports. Flights cancelled for the rest of the day. The airline says delays and disruptions may continue into tomorrow. It has apologised saying it is working towards fixing the problem although it says there is evidence it is hacking at a system failure. This is what happens after a catastrophic it failure, thousands of Ba Passengers starting their Long Bank Holiday weekend. Queues of people snaking out of the door at terminal 5 in heathrow. People have been standing in the queues for up to 70, 90, 120 minutes in some cases. The queue stretches from the Check In Desks all the way out to the back of the terminal and down in front of the terminal, where all the taxis deliver people. Many passengers contacted the bbc with their experiences. Weve just literallyjust now been told that nothings happening, no flights till 6pm. Prior to that we hadnt been told v
News. Flutz cancellations and delays after a global failure over British Airways computer system. Planes have been grounded on many airports. Flights cancelled for the rest of the day. The airline says delays and disruptions may continue into tomorrow. It has apologised saying it is working towards fixing the problem although it says there is evidence it is hacking at a system failure. This is what happens after a catastrophic it failure, thousands of Ba Passengers starting their Long Bank Holiday weekend. Queues of people snaking out of the door at terminal 5 in heathrow. People have been standing in the queues for up to 70, 90, 120 minutes in some cases. The queue stretches from the Check In Desks all the way out to the back of the terminal and down in front of the terminal, where all the taxis deliver people. Many passengers contacted the bbc with their experiences. Weve just literallyjust now been told that nothings happening, no flights till 6pm. Prior to that we hadnt been told v