turkey says the deal has been agreed by ukraine and russia which will allow the resumption of grain to be exported from the black sea. and coming up in sport this hour. despite a tough year, dina asher smith makes it back onto the podium after winning bronze at the world athletics championships in an incredible 200 metres final. hello, good morning. but not for many in dover. a critical incident has been declared at the port of dover, with holidaymakers and lorry drivers facing queues of several miles. we hear some have been queueing for “p we hear some have been queueing for up to five hours. bosses at dover say they are deeply frustrated at the resource at the french border overnight and early this morning has been woefully inadequate to meet our predicted demand. they say they will continue to work with all kent partners to look after those caught up in the current situation and play our part in resolving it as soon as possible. that statement from the port of dover. s
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
since the first march. good evening. there are warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer with more flights expected to be cancelled in the coming days, including at heathrow, britain s busiest airport. airlines look set to change their schedules as the busy school holiday period begins british airways said it would help provide certainty to customers. our business reporter, noor nanji, has more. after big queues at airports this summer, warnings of more disruption, with a new wave of flight cancellations expected to be announced next week. we are now right in the midst of the peak summer travel season but we re still experiencing the problems of lack of manpower, not only for airlines but across airports, ground handlers and even, in some cases border control staff, so the mix of high volumes and lack of people is causing tremendous dislocation at many airports. british airways services from heathrow are likely to bear the brunt of any cancellations. add
a super blood moon. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister borisjohnson will visit belfast today to urge the main northern ireland parties to resume power sharing. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the government of northern ireland because of the post brexit trading arrangements with the eu, known as the northern ireland protocol. the uk government is expected to introduce legislation which would allow ministers to override parts of that protocol. speaking to the belfast telegraph, borisjohnson says that protocol is now out of date and changes are needed. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. boris johnson will arrive in northern ireland later to find a political system which is stuck. despite elections earlier this month, there s no new government. sinn fein finished top for the first time ever, but the democratic unionist party the second largest at stormont won t agree
hard to deal with the backlog, and that the private activity is not interfering with that. it has been very difficult, not least because of a recent increase in the number of people with covid, which has had an impact upon the number of beds available in hospitals and also that staff have been off with covid, and one of the things that we ve pushed at the royal college of surgeons of england is the establishment of surgical hubs which are centres which are dedicated to routine surgery and ring fenced so that surgery can continue even when the service is under enormous pressure from emergency cases. firefighters in spain are still battling to contain dozens of wildfires and authorities there say they fear the worst is yet to come. nearly 200,000 hectares of land have been destroyed so far this year. one of the latest towns to be evacuated is ateca in north east spain from where our europe correspondent nick beake sent this report.