iam i am live at the start of france, the gates are open, kick off three hours for what could be one of the great champions league finals. good afternoon. people are facing huge disruption to their travel plans as the half term break gets under way. dozens of flights have been cancelled and there have been long delays at ports and on the roads, as well as 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 champions league final. and people are being urged to check the latest advice before travelling to
continues its offensive in eastern ukraine. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uefa champions league final is under way, with liverpool taking on real madrid at the stade de france, the kick off was delayed by more than half an hour as fans struggled to get into the stadium. some liverpool fans said french police had used pepper spray and tear gas as they tried to enter. let s go straight to our correspondent danjohnson, who is at the fanzone in central paris. so, paris. the drama started even before the so, the drama started even before the kick off, dan. so, the drama started even before the kick-off, dan. so, the drama started even before the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the stadium - the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the stadium here. i a distance from the stadium here. this fan zone
personal and equipment. his manufacturing base can t keep up with the work he s fighting. and he s politically and economically isolated in the war. so this guy is absolutely out of ideas. he cannot change the military situation by targeting ukrainians civilians. i think it s going to harden resolve and at the end of the day it s a war crime. this comes at the same time that there is going to be an influx of missiles from the united states when you talk about the weaponry, what role is that playing at this point? certainly nato and u.s. technology has given the ukrainians a chance to hold. off a much larger military force. ukrainians have done a lot of this on the. ron there are nations an arms, their million men in uniform. they brought up all the reserves, militia units, and they ve suffered greatly carrying the war to the russians. but i think what we re really
war. so this guy is absolutely out of ideas. he cannot change the military situation by targeting ukrainian civilians. i think it s going to harden resolve and at the end of the day it s a war crime. this comes at the same time that there is going to be an influx of patriot missiles from the united states when you talk about the weaponry, what role is that playing at this point? certainly nato and u.s. technology has given the ukrainians a chance to hold. off a much larger military force. ukrainians have done a lot of this on the. their own. they are nations an arms, their million men in uniform. they brought up all the reserves, militia units, and they ve suffered greatly carrying the war to the russians. but i think what we re really looking at in terms of the patriots is a symbolic gesture. one battery, the u.s. army has 50 batteries, one battery has the potential to protect kyiv.