we take to the skies with the what red arrows as they prepare for the fly past at buckingham palace. hello and welcome to bbc news. flight cancellations are continuing at british airports as the industry struggles with staff shortages. british airways has dropped 124 short haul services from heathrow today, but says passengers were given advance notice. the transport secretary, grant shapps, is meeting with airline bosses this afternoon, after saying he hasn t seen enough progress in tackling the disruption. airlines have blamed the government for tough covid restrictions and a lack of support. unions have warned that the situation could get worse before it gets better. our correspondent dan johnson reports. as you can see, the case is packed, everything ready to go, but we have nowhere to go. steve s bags are packed, he said goodbye to the parrot, but there was a nasty surprise very early this morning. the e mail came through at two o clock this morning. he and his wife s fl
Military personnel. And we are today here in military personnel. And we are today here in poland with british troops, a monument of your commitment to nato, a monument of your commitment to nato, so a monument of your commitment to nato, so thank you to all of you. Prime nato, so thank you to all of you. Prime minister, your announcement today Prime Minister, your announcement today confirms the vital role the uk plays today confirms the vital role the uk plays in today confirms the vital role the Uk Plays In Our today confirms the vital role the Uk Plays In Our alliance. The United Kingdom plays in our alliance. The United Kingdom will spend 2. 5 of gdp on defence kingdom will spend 2. 5 of gdp on defence by 2030, allies agreed at a summit defence by 2030, allies agreed at a summit last year that 2 is the minimum summit last year that 2 is the minimum. And once again the uk is leading minimum. And once again the uk is leading by minimum. And once again the uk is leading by example. Ju
The deputy Prime Minister is expected to make a House Of Commons shortly. We will bring that when it happens but first sport. There are european football qualifiers this evening. More on those in a moment. But first the hosts for next years euros germany are going through some managerial strife. Hansi flick was sacked after germany lost 4 1 at home to japan in a friendly they qualify automatically next year as hosts. But the pressure s on to find a new manager to lead the side, at their home tournament in nine months time. Germany have only had two managers in the last 17 years, and their fa is stepping up the search, with several big names in the frame. They will approach the former bayern coach who is out of a job and someone who has not had a full time Coaching Position in 15 years but was a Sporting Director of the fa. Whether they are interested we do not know, coaching a team at the euros and leaving again because he wants to pursue a career at club level. That is up and the air.
and then there are the families who have not been contacted. who spend every day by the phone, and tonight will know the wait will go on. it is exhausting, it is hell. in the past seven weeks all the it is exhausting, it is hell. in the past seven weeks all the families have been in the nightmare. all israelis, actually. we have been doing everything we can to bring our loved ones back, talking to the press, like i am doing right now. meeting through government officials, meeting with the israeli government. joining me in the studio tonight isjustin crump, a former british army officer and ceo and founder of sibylline an intelligence consultancy, and also guto harri, a former director of communications at downing street. welcome to the programme. guto, i shudder to think what the families are going through, seven weeks of war, and some of them will know their loved ones are not coming out tomorrow? it their loved ones are not coming out tomorrow? , their loved ones are not
us that have prompted leaders to condemn acts of hate and violence and we will hear from those who have experienced it firsthand. we begin with cornell university in new york which cancelled classes on friday in the wake of a series of anti semitic threats posted to an online discussion board earlier this week. over that we can pose using slurs and threatening a mass shooting on campus appeared online. a suspect has been detained in the department ofjustice said he could face five years in prison. addressing a senate committee, the head of the fbi gave this assessment of anti semitism in the us. we anti-semitism in the us. we assess that anti-semitism in the us. we assess that the anti semitism in the us. - assess that the actions of hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we have not seen since isis launched its so called caliphate several years ago. adjust the past few weeks multiple foreign terrorist organisations called for attacks against