in the conservative leadership race. with more countries fighting wildfires, the us special envoy for climatejohn kerry tells the bbc that president biden is considering whether to announce a climate emergency. we are moving forward, but we re not making enough progress and we are not moving forward fast enough. good afternoon. the port of dover says work has been continuing around the clock to help holidaymakers and lorries get across the channel, after they faced lengthy waits over the past two days. queues at the port are expected to be reduced to about an hour this afternoon. the port s chief executive, doug bannister, has thanked travellers and residents of dover for their understanding during what he described as a challenging period . but people using eurotunnel to travel to france have been warned to expect long delays at folkestone. and this is the picture live there now near the entrance to the eurotunnel. as you can see cars and lorries are still queuing up. the
updated as much as possible, but they can t control the surrounding roads. so, they re saying they re expecting about 7,000 cars today. the advice is to stay hydrated and bring a packed lunch you may be here a while. joining me now is former police border control officer, chris hobbs. chris, what do you make of the delays? what is behind? it is chris, what do you make of the delays? what is behind? it is hard to sa . a delays? what is behind? it is hard to say- a lot delays? what is behind? it is hard to say- a lot of delays? what is behind? it is hard to say. a lot of reasons delays? what is behind? it is hard to say. a lot of reasons have - delays? what is behind? it is hard to say. a lot of reasons have been advanced as to why we see this situation down there. possibly an accident on the m20 apparently. but there is, shall we say, a conspiracy theory that it is the french flexing their muscles by not manning all the ports. they did this injuly 2016, a month after this countr