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supremacist violence. and severe weather warnings for cornwall mean a music festival this weekend is cancelled at the last minute, disappointing 50,000 ticket holders. and coming up on sportsday in the next half an hour on bbc news. we look ahead to celtic‘s tie in the champions league qualifying tonight. they take on the romanian champions, cluj. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s been travel chaos for thousands of british airways passengers after it problems with the airline s check in system. there were long queues as more than 100 flights were cancelled and more than 300 delayed at heathrow and gatwick. ba say the problems have been resolved but there will be a knock on effect. it s not the first time ba has experienced it problems. it suffered major computer failures last may. lucy manning reports. this is not how the start of a holiday should look. cues, cancellations, frustration. this is not how the run up a wedding should look. alex and chloe
teenage fugitives suspected of three murders. we ll have the latest. and, vodka with a twist. we report on the drink made from ingredients grown around the chernobyl nuclear zone. donald trump is visiting the sites of two mass shootings in ohio and texas despite warnings from some that he may not be welcome. first the president went to dayton ohio, where a gunman launched an attack early on sunday morning. in just over 30 seconds the gunman was killed by police, but he was so heavily armed he managed to kill nine people and wounded 1a in that very short space of time. well as president trump left the white house for dayton, he said he was considering new gun reforms. iam i am looking to do background checks, i think background checks are important. i did not want to put guns into the minds of mentally u nsta ble guns into the minds of mentally unstable people are people with rage or hate, sick people. i am in favour of that. here s president trump posing with staff at miami v
home at last to whaley bridge the dam is shored up and water levels are safe. and the bottle of vodka produced from grain grown inside the chernobyl exclusion zone. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, celtic take an away goal advantage into the second leg of their champions league qualifier against cluj, after it finished 1 1 in romania. good evening. president trump has just arrived in el paso in texas, where 22 people were killed in a mass shooting at the weekend. it s now being investigated by police as an act of domestic terrorism. earlier the president visited a hospital in dayton, ohio, where nine people were also shot dead at the weekend. mr trump said he was concerned about any group of hate.whether it s white supremacy or any other kind of supremacy . but he himself has been accused of inflaming tensions with his rhetoric. our north america editorjon sopel has the latest from el paso president trump and first lady melania trump arrived in el paso a short time ag
to prevent food shortages in the event of a no deal brexit. and there s a warning of long delays for more than 5,000 lorries crossing the channel every day if britain leaves without a deal. president trump visits 0hio and texas after the weekend s mass shootings amid continuing accusations his rhetoric has helped spread violence. severe weather warnings for cornwall leads to a music festival for 50,000 people being cancelled at the last minute. good evening and welcome to bbc news. thousands of passengers have been left stranded after it problems with the airline s check in system. there were long queues as more than 100 flights were cancelled at heathrow airport. with more than 300 delayed at heathrow and gatwick. leaving around 15,000 passengers affected. ba say the problems have been resolved but there will be a knock on effect. it s not the first time the airline has experienced it problems. it suffered major computer failures last may. lucy manning reports. this is not h