sandwiches are running out. people are trying to suck up. i presume nothing is like that where you are? it is a big airport, there are not a lot of people here. there are only two fights of the uk. hopefully we will be ok. i two fights of the uk. hopefully we will be ok. . , two fights of the uk. hopefully we will be ok. ., , ., ., two fights of the uk. hopefully we will be ok. .,, ., ., ., two fights of the uk. hopefully we will be ok. ., ., ., will be ok. i was going to ask you about that- _ will be ok. i was going to ask you about that. have _ will be ok. i was going to ask you about that. have you _ will be ok. i was going to ask you about that. have you seen - will be ok. i was going to ask you about that. have you seen any . will be ok. i was going to ask you i about that. have you seen any other flights to the uk successfully taking off? is everything delayed? not since we have been here. there is a flight to london city later this evening, that is even later, 4am. there is no sign of a plane here, either. ithink 4am. there is no sign of a plane here, either. i think that it will be a while. here, either. i think that it will be a while-— here, either. ithink that it will beawhile. �* ., ., , be a while. are you going to stay and bone? _ be a while. are you going to stay and hope? that— be a while. are you going to stay and hope? that everything - be a while. are you going to stay and hope? that everything is - and hope? that everything is resolved today and that you can get on that fight? at what point do you cut your losses and try to head back to the family? we cut your losses and try to head back to the family?— to the family? we don't know. we don't want — to the family? we don't know. we don't want to _ to the family? we don't know. we don't want to leave _ to the family? we don't know. we don't want to leave the _ to the family? we don't know. we don't want to leave the airport. if| don't want to leave the airport. if the flight does leave, we have checked in our luggage, we would miss it. so, we cannot really leave until we hear something from british airways. but as i say,... that until we hear something from british airways. but as i say,...— airways. but as i say,... that is the dilemma. _ airways. but as i say,... that is the dilemma. very _ airways. but as i say,... that is the dilemma. very frustrating. | the dilemma. very frustrating. before i let you go, how are your family there with you? how are they taking it? are they as cheery as you are? i taking it? are they as cheery as you are? ~ , taking it? are they as cheery as you are? ~' , ., , ., are? i think there is a bit of stress. the _ are? i think there is a bit of stress. the little _ are? i think there is a bit of stress. the little one - are? i think there is a bit of stress. the little one is - are? i think there is a bit of stress. the little one is 0k| are? i think there is a bit of. stress. the little one is ok so are? i think there is a bit of- stress. the little one is ok so far. he will need to sleep. and yes, it is a bit tricky. he will need to sleep. and yes, it is a bit tricky-— is a bit tricky. from all of us here, is a bit tricky. from all of us here. good _ is a bit tricky. from all of us here, good luck. _ is a bit tricky. from all of us here, good luck. good - is a bit tricky. from all of us here, good luck. good luck. | is a bit tricky. from all of us . here, good luck. good luck. we is a bit tricky. from all of us - here, good luck. good luck. we hope that you get home soon. thank you so much for talking to us. so, just a bit of a flavour there for some of the disruption. chris there was only delayed for a couple of hours so far. a lot of people have been delayed for many hours longer than that. the frustration is there, no one knows right now how long this will go on for. you do not know whether to cut your losses and leave the airport, and head home. or if you hang around, you could be hanging around for a very long time indeed, even if the technical issues are fixed soon, the knock—on effect, the backlog, would be considerable. we do not have any update on when theissueis we do not have any update on when the issue is going to be fixed. earlier, i spoke to a travel correspondent at the independent newspaper. correspondent at the independent news - a er. , ., correspondent at the independent newsa er. , ., ., newspaper. they run all of the s stems newspaper. they run all of the systems across _ newspaper. they run all of the systems across the _ newspaper. they run all of the systems across the uk - newspaper. they run all of the i systems across the uk airspace. newspaper. they run all of the - systems across the uk airspace. it appears that their entire system, the digitalair appears that their entire system, the digital air traffic control system, has failed. they are getting aircraft down safely, but, they are drastically reducing the so—called flow rate. that is the rate at which aircraft can land. bear in mind that london heathrow is the busiest two runway airport in the world, london gatwick is the busiest single runway airport in the world, this is one of the busiest days of the year, hundreds of thousands of people are coming back from various parts of the world to get to their holiday... after their holidays in the mediterranean and beyond, and unfortunately, we are seeing the system failure. there is no certainty about when it is going to be fixed, which is extremely concerning, of course. planes are being held on the ground at various european departure points, which is having no clarity about when they might be able to get in and land, and departures are also being held from uk airports. given the overstretch in the system, even at the best of times, i am afraid that this looks to me like it is going to cause severe delays and disruption, certainly for the rest of the day, evenif certainly for the rest of the day, even if the problem, we hope, is fixed in the next few minutes. my understanding is that it is not known at the point what caused the problem, and even less how to fix it. that is extremely concerning. i must stress, there is no danger to anybody, aircraft will be either landing where they are supposed to come up with a reduced flow rate, or they will be diverted to other airports, possibly in continental europe, places like paris and amsterdam. but, with everything working at full tilt, i am afraid we are at a stage when nobody quite knows how the rest of the day is going to look. i fear that there will be a lot of people waking up tomorrow morning where they don't want to be because their flights have been severely delayed, or indeed, cancelled. and ifear that the cancellations will be starting around now in all of the airlines due to the streams, trying to work out what a mass they are going to be doing. i track what a pain. give us a sense of how unusual this is. you said total digital system failure. how common is that? we see this every five or ten years. it is very rare. there are of course back—up systems and back—up systems which are designed to make sure that there are designed to make sure that there are fail—safe. well, you should not have a shutdown like this. and of course, already, the speculation online, that this is happening because of some kind of hack, we have absolutely no evidence of that. it may simply be one of those system failures that we have seen in other parts of aviation, in particular, people will be reminded of an british airways had failures. but at the moment, the airlines are not responsible for this. they are having to deal with the consequences. and that is costing them millions of pounds. and of course, they are responsible for looking after passengers whatever the cause of the long delay or cancellation, with meals and hotel rooms if necessary. ijust hope, like everybody else, that it gets fixed, and if you are watching this from an airport, you have a slight books later on, head for the desk, but be prepared for delays and disruption. but be prepared for delays and disruotion-_ but be prepared for delays and disrution. . ~ ,, ., ., . disruption. thank you simon that. we will be back with _ disruption. thank you simon that. we will be back with the _ disruption. thank you simon that. we will be back with the latest _ disruption. thank you simon that. we will be back with the latest on - disruption. thank you simon that. we will be back with the latest on that. will be back with the latest on that disruption. our other developing story this hour is from spain, the news are reporting that prosecutors in spain have opened a preliminary six abuse probes over the rubiales case. that is according to the court. the national football federation will hold an urgent meeting. their president luis rubiales kissed jenni hermoso she says that she did not consent. that was his statement on friday, basically saying that he is not going to be quitting. on saturday, fifa suspended him. fifa is the world football governing body. also on saturday, 11 of the coaching staff of the woman's football team quit. the spanish football federation have launched an international investigation into sexual violence. we heard from e the spanish flu news agency, saying that the mother of luis rubiales has started a hunger strike over the in her words witch hunt. she says that her words witch hunt. she says that her son is suffering. the spanish labour minister hasjust her son is suffering. the spanish labour minister has just started meeting with the... the union that representsjenni hermoso. this is what the president of the union said. , , . what the president of the union said. ,_,, . ., what the president of the union said. , . ., said. this is a structural problem. this is a problem _ said. this is a structural problem. this is a problem of— said. this is a structural problem. this is a problem of the _ this is a problem of the organisational system of the national football in spain. we have said that in a meeting we have just held. and briefly, we want to put the focus on that. this is something that female players are suffering every day of their careers. they have to face this type of discrimination and many others. that is the latest. discrimination and many others. that is the latest-— is the latest. there is even more developing _ is the latest. there is even more developing news, _ is the latest. there is even more developing news, one _ is the latest. there is even more developing news, one line - is the latest. there is even more developing news, one line to - is the latest. there is even more l developing news, one line to bring you from the us. former resident us donald trump's arraignment in georgia has been scheduled for september the sect. we have been waiting for that date and the arraignment date we now have, scheduled for september the sick. more on that in a moment. the main developing story here in the uk, impacting people across the world, the disruption for so many passengers flying into and out of the uk, it is now a political issue. we have had responses from the opposition labour party, the liberal democrats, as well. labour's shadow transport secretary says that the news is very concerning, adding that they are surprised not to see the transport secretary, of the government, making a statement yet. the liberal democrats have also called on the prime minister to get a grip on this issue urgently. lots more developments to come up. i am lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. hello. some showers. overall, not as potent as we have seen over the last couple of days. quite large amounts of cloud taking us through the rest of cloud taking us through the rest of the afternoon. they will break to reveal large sunshine, one or two light showers. they might crop up anywhere. equally, one ortwo light showers. they might crop up anywhere. equally, one or two breaks in the crowd. some spells of sunshine. in the afternoon, bands of rain approaching in the north west of scotland. temperatures between 16 and 21 degrees, not feeling too bad in any brighter spells. for most of us, but not a particularly windy. this band of rain will push towards scotland in the east. the odd rumble of thunder and lightning. patchy rain in northern ireland. that will get into north—west england. behind our rain bands, the skies will clear out. there should be sunshine to start tomorrow morning across parts of scotland and northern ireland. the england and wales, more cloud. showers pushing southwards and eastwards. another band of heavy downpours pushing across the northern half of scotland, may be getting into central parts of scotland by the end of the afternoon. temperatures into central... 15 and 21 degrees. in the south—east of england, we could see some heavier showers. maybe the odd thunderstorm. some showers around on wednesday, reaches a high pressure trying to build their way in. some showers, particularly across northern and eastern parts of the uk. in the west, drier and northern and eastern parts of the uk. in the west, drierand brighter, at least for the time being. temperatures may be higher in some spots, 18—19— 20 degrees. cloud and rain gathering behind me. outbreaks of heavy rain pushing across mostly southern parts of england and wales. i suspect that will drift into northern england and northern ireland. some sunny spells elsewhere. temperatures between 16 and 19 degrees. heading into the start of september, there are some signs that high pressure will try to build just in time for the weekend. some uncertainty about the detail in the forecast for the end of the week. some showers around, signs that for many others it will start to turn drier and perhaps warmer. live from london, this is bbc news. all major airlines announce delays as uk air traffic control systems are hit with technical issues. britain's national air traffic services apologises but says uk airspace remains open. iam here i am here at heathrow airport, britain's busiest tab, where the authorities are working to try to minimise the impact on passengers as much as possible. and spain prosecutors open preliminary sex abuse probe over luis rubiales kiss. an urgent meeting of the football federation is due today. hello, i'm nancy kacungira, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we have two big stories this hour. the first one is here in the uk, where a technical issue has hit air traffic control systems, with thousands of people facing long delays at airports. and our other big story, afp is reporting that prosecutors