killed more than 16,000 people. translation: this was a beautiful area, all down turkey houses, all down turkey street. all destroyed, unfortunately. there s been an increase in people taking up treasure hunting in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? and queues as far as the eye can see. british children and teachers returning from half term school trips in europe are hit by long delays at calais because of a strike by uk border staff. this is bbc news. i m rich preston, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. just days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, western leaders have appealed for countries around the world to unite in providing long term military support for kyiv. speaking at a security conference in munich, rishi sunak said russia was betting the west would lose its nerve and now was the time to double down and provide more weapons. a separate meeting of g7 foreign mi
ferry and hope to be on board within the next 30 minutes or so but it is seven hours after they arrived. these cues coincide with as you say a border force strike which is happening by uk border force staff but on the calais side. however, the home office are very keen to point out they do not think the queues we are seeing here are down to the industrial action itself. they say there are issues with the calais infrastructure and they say it is, as i was saying, one of the busiest days of the year for coach travel and clearly, the strike dates are not helping or, you know, are exacerbating the situation. scotland s health secretary humza yousaf has officially announced he s standing to replace nicola sturgeon as first minister. mr yousaf said he would go ahead with the controversial gender recognition reform bill. confirmation of that decision puts him at odds with ash regan, who has also confirmed she will stand. she recently quit the
wright, bbc news. british children and teachers returning from half term school trips in europe have been hit by long delays at calais. uk border staff are currently on a four day strike leading to people waiting in queues for up to six hours. peter ruddick has more details. what we know is there are massive queues at calais, mainly of coaches trying to get back to the uk from as you say these big halftone trips, is actually one of the busiest days of the year for schools returning from what often ski trips, actually, during half term so we ve been seeing pictures of incredible queues outside calais and as you were saying p&o have been tweeting, warning people there is a 6.5 hour wait at calais for coaches at the moment. now, these cues, these pictures here were taken by a teacher who is actually messaged to say they finally got through passport control and are waiting for the next
killed more than 16,000 people. translation: this was a beautiful area, all down turkey houses, all down turkey street. all destroyed, unfortunately. there s been an increase in people taking up treasure hunting in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? and queues as far as the eye can see. british children and teachers returning from half term school trips in europe are hit by long delays at calais because of a strike by uk border staff. this is bbc news. i m rich preston, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. just days before the first