liverpool and real madrid fans descend on paris to support their teams in the final of european club football s most prestigious prize. and i live at the stadium, six hours until kick off in what promises to be one of the great champions league finals. people are facing huge disruption to their travel plans as the half term break gets underway. dozens of flights have been cancelled and there have been long delays at ports and on the roads, and for cross channel services. and there are warnings that the disruption is likely to continue for more than a week. let s take you through the latest developments. easyjet is cancelling more than 200 flights over the next ten days from gatwick airport, insisting it needs to in order to provide reliable services over this busy period . there have been long queues at london s st pancras station for eurostar services across the channel, as families head to disneyland paris and football fans try to get to the french capital ahead of the cha
of the criticism they received from republicans over the weekend saying the president didn t act fast enough, the white house reiterated they felt the president did everything in consultation with the pentagon, that they were on the same page and had to do this when it was most appropriate. sabrina, we re anticipating he s going to tout his accomplishments. certainly infrastructure, right? yes. this is coming at a time when there s a poll suggesting a majority of americans don t actually believe that president biden has done much since taking office and that s something that the white house is eager to counter. they re going to use this as an opportunity for the president to sell his accomplishments for the first two years in office. we ve seen him do that as he ramps up travel, promoting the implementation of his infrastructure law. they see this as an opportunity for the president to draw a contrast with the new house
in the czech republic, the retired nato general petr pavel has been elected as the new president. he saw off a populist challenger andrej babis in a contentious campaign taking almost 58% of the vote according to initial results. mr pavel will replace milos zeman whose second term ends in march. azadeh moshiri reports. thunderous applause and chance of dom bagnato under the castle, petra pamela s supporters see it as a victory for liberal democracy. translation: if: for liberal democracy. translation: ic value is leadin: translation: ic value is leading the translation: ic value is leading the selection, - translation: |c value is i leading the selection, values like truth, dignity, respect and humility. iam like truth, dignity, respect and humility. i am convinced as these values are shared by the vast majority of us. in
these values are shared by the vast majority of us. vast majority of us. in a symbolic vast majority of us. in a symbolic moment, - vast majority of us. in a - symbolic moment, slovakia applause presidentjoined him on stage. like him, she too is a pro west and liberal leader. across the country, fans celebrate wearing an unofficial emblem of his campaign. the flannel shirt stop petr pavel is a better known in uniform. he is a former nato general and a decorated war hero. pro eu, his win anchors the czech republic firmly in the west. and signals more support for ukraine. in contrast, his opponent andre bobish was widely seen as a populist leader. he privily says served as per minister and was criticised for running what some viewed as a negative campaign against it up travel.