trees during storm malik. in the us a fierce snowstorm hits the northeast of the us bringing high winds and flooding in some areas. the australian open men s tennis final is under way, with rafael nadal hoping to win an unprecedented 21st grand slam title. we can catch up with all the latest sport withjohn. we can catch up with all the latest sport with john. hello. many sport withjohn. hello. many thanks indeed. that is where we are going to begin, in milburn, melbourne where rafa nadal is bidding to win a record 21st grand slam title. taking on the world number two and reigning us open champion danill medvedev. and already nadal is battling hard to stay in the match. this was one of the best points in melbourne so far. nadal taking that one to hold serve, however it s medvedev who got the first break and he s just followed that up with the first too. the russian convincingly taking it 6 2. despite producing some good stuff so far, nadal is up against it in that openi
a statement from the national air traffic service says. monday marks the close of a holiday weekend here in the uk, so it s usually a very busy day for flights. clearing the delay of flight backlogs is now a big issue. airports across the country are currently facing delays and cancellations. airports in edinburgh, manchester, birmingham, and several airports in london, including heathrow, gatwick and luton, all confirmed they were affected by the system outage. a short while ago, the home secretary, suella braverman, spoke about the situation. what we do know is that there has. been a national outage at nationally control and this has affected uk airspace, it will affect all incoming and outgoing flights and those aircraft. which are in the uk airspace right now. i national air traffic control. i am very cognisant that this - will disrupt people s travels plans, those waiting to arrive in the uk, those waiting to depart, - and i do sympathise with any- disruption they m
hello, welcome back to verified live. time for a look at the business news now with egon. as you ve been hearing the uk s national air traffic service or nats, says its fixed the technical issue that caused flight delays. the fault forced it to restrict the flow of aircraft to maintain safety. let s cross now to the airline expert whojoins us expert who joins us now. delays were getting the live. aha john, thank you forjoining us. quite a hairy day for uk airspace. how do airlines cope with this? it is day for uk airspace. how do airlines cape with this? cope with this? it is very much a nightmare cope with this? it is very much a nightmare scenario, cope with this? it is very much a nightmare scenario, as - cope with this? it is very much a nightmare scenario, as you - cope with this? it is very much a nightmare scenario, as you can. nightmare scenario, as you can imagine. we are at the peak of the summer season. today in the uk it is the last public, day of the summe
kiss on playerjenni hermoso. it all happened after spain won the world cup over a week ago. rubiales said the kiss was consensual. hermoso said it wasn t. and now, after a week of criticism, rubiales has now lost the support of the country s football federation. in a statement, the rfef said. the president s request that mr luis rubiales immediately present his resignation as president. they went on to say. well, that all came at the end of a long day of developments where spanish prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into whether the conduct of rubiales amounts to sexual assault. the spanish government earlier asked for the country s sports tribunal to suspend him. and lastly, it s been reported the mother of rubiales has locked herself in a church and gone on hunger strike over what she says is an inhuman hunt against her son. before the resignation was requested, hundreds of supporters of hermoso lined the streets of madrid to show their support and to protest a
and this is the scene live at a polling station in moscow. there is the potential for a run off vote if no candidate wins more than 50% in the first round. but with many of mr putin s opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that vladimir putin will be re elected without a need for that second ballot. the election is encompassing the territories which russia has annexed in ukraine. in all, more than 112 million people have the right to vote at the last election, in 2018, he took more than three quarters of the vote. our russia editor, steve rosenberg has more on the issues surrounding this election. these days, when vladimir ovchinnikov paints russia, the result is very dark. from a mountain of skulls and a dictator s ambition to this russia s war in ukraine likened to stalin s terror. the 86 year old artist had taken his anti war message onto the streets, graffitiing stop the war . all these paintings were scrubbed out, and vladimir fined twice for discrediting the