with a first ever win at a grand slam in the us open first round. today and tomorrow will be days of bright spells, showers, some of which will be thundering. we have rain coming in from the south during thursday. all the details rain coming in from the south during thursday. all the details later. it s tuesday the 29th of august. holidaymakers are facing days of travel disruption after a technical fault hit the uk s air traffic control system over the bank holiday. the problem has now been fixed, but thousands of passengers are still stranded. airlines have apologised and are urging people to check their flights before going to the airport. jon donnison reports. it was a nightmare bank holiday for air travellers with hundreds of flights cancelled and many more delayed. and it s not over yet. we were looking at alternative flights. there was nothing available from ba before thursday. and as we re scrolling through comparison sites, flights were disappearing. we ve now arrange
this is it, the official kickoff for the 2024 battle for the white house, and one state has the first shot at shaping the race. it s decision time in the bitter cold heartland. iowa has a huge, huge role to play here. this starts here. there is no way iowa is voting against trump. the first votes in a presidential contest that is testing american democracy in extraordinary ways. are you ready? will the former president and unprecedented legal peril get one step closer to a white house comeback? 2024 is our final battle. it s iowa s choice. tonight, after months of anticipation, the republican race gets real. donald trump aiming to drive home his dominance over his gop rivals. we got to be sure that we put this thing away. ron desantis and nikki haley. our best days are yet to come. engaging in a heated showdown to be the top alternative to trump. nikki haley is running on her donors issues. i m the only one running on your issues. he is going to
one. one of the biggest events and one. one of the biggest events and one that i wanted to do better at. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister, theresa may, says she has absolute faith in the trident nuclear missile system, despite claims that an unarmed test firing veered off course. it s claimed an unarmed rocket fired from hms vengeance in the atlantic ocean shot off in the direction of the united states last year. but on the bbc‘s andrew marr programme this morning, mrs may declined to answer if she d been made aware of the incident before a crucial vote on the future of the trident programme in parliament, as daniel boettcher reports. this is what the launch of a trident missile looks like. lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a routine unarmed test launch from hms vengeance. but according to the sunday times, it went wrong. the paper says the submarine was about 200 miles off the coast of florida. it was due to fire the missile 5,6