he shouldn t have been doing that. a critical incident is declared at the british port of dover as holiday makers face queues for hours for border checks, with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. the french border officers, they didn t turn up to work. they were supposed to be fully manning all of the passport control booths to meet at the holiday surge. hundreds of police in riot gear storm the main anti government protest camp in the sri lankan capital, colombo, tearing down tents and beating demonstrators. turkey says a deal has been agreed by ukraine and russia which will allow the resumption of grain to be exported from the black sea. tens of thousands of patients in england turned to private treatment late last year as hospital waiting lists started to climb with some even taking out loans pay for procedures. also coming up: despite a tough year, team gb s dina asher smith makes it back onto the podium after winning bronze at the world athletics championships in
also this lunchtime: president biden accuses donald trump and his supporters of threatening us democracy and the american way of life. the assassination attempt that failed a would be killer points a loaded gun at the head of argentina s vice president, but the weapon jams. and the animals moved out two by two after 186 years, bristol zoo is closing. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: england have named their squad for the t20 world cup. butjason roy has paid the price for a poor summer with the bat he won t be going to australia. good afternoon. it is very nearly over voting in the conservative party leadership contest ends this afternoon. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with e
it s exactly one year since the world health organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a serving police officer is being questioned on suspicion of the kidnap and murder of sarah everard, who was last seen in south london more than a week ago. police investigating her disappearance have found what they believe to be human remains in woodland in kent. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, said it was incredibly rare for someone to be abducted on the street but she understood that women may be feeling scared. aru na iyengar reports. all along the route sarah took from clapham common over a week ago, posters bearing her image are on every lamp post and bus stop, appealing for information. yesterday evening, police investigating her disappearance discovered what appears to be human remains in woodland in ashford, kent. police say they are not yet able to confir
who was killed here. given that the attacks happened so close to each other and at a very similar time, the police are now trying to establish whether they are indeed linked. 0ffices here in london say they are determined to crack down on knife crime and a recent week long operation saw 500 arrests and 100 knives seized. operation saw 500 arrests and 100 knives seized. thank you very much. simon jones knives seized. thank you very much. simon jones reporting. rescue teams in italy are searching for around a dozen people who are missing after a huge mudslide on the island of ischia. houses and cars were buried in rivers of mud after torrential rain. at least one person has been killed. the italian government is expected to approve a state of emergency and give money to help rebuild damaged homes. at the world cup in qatar, today s early game saw costa rica beatjapan1 0.
the passport control booths, then simply things grind to a halt and you get a situation of miles miles of tailbacks which starts to affect not just the of tailbacks which starts to affect notjust the port but of tailbacks which starts to affect not just the port but the of tailbacks which starts to affect notjust the port but the whole surrounding area. surrounding area. simon jones re ”ortin surrounding area. simon jones reporting earlier surrounding area. simon jones reporting earlier as surrounding area. simon jones reporting earlier as that - surrounding area. simon jones i reporting earlier as that incident unfolded in dover. earlier, i spoke to the mp for dover, natalie elphicke, about what was happening. this is the busiest holiday getaway weekend, everybody has been planning really hard for it to try to make sure we do not have these delays which have now occurred. what has happened is quite simply french border officers did not turn up to work, they were meant to be full