last resort , according to health secretary, sajid javid. the president of south africa pays tribute to desmond tutu as the spiritual father of our new nation . and the archbishop s daughter also spoke movingly at his funeral. we say, thank you, daddy, for the many ways you showed us love, for the many times you challenged us, for the many times you comforted us. today is officially the hottest new year s day on record with temperatures reaching 16.2 degrees in st james s park in central london. the actor, comedian and movie legend mel brooks talks to the bbc s alan yentob about his life. that s in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. leading figures in the uk s battle against covid 19 are among more than 1,200 people to be recognised in the new year honours list. knighthoods have been given to the uk government s chief medical advisor professor chris whitty and his deputyjonathan van tam, as well as the chief medical officers for wales a
leaders from around the world have been paying tribute to desmond tutu, one of the heroes of the anti apartheid movement, who s died at the age of 90. president biden praised the courage and moral clarity of the former archbishop of cape town. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called him an inspiration to generations. 0ur africa correspondent, andrew harding, looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say we will be free! desmond tutu was an exuberant figure, an outspoken anglican priest who became one of the world s great moral voices. it was during south africa s long and violent struggle against white minority rule that he rose to prominence, condemning the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. he leaves behind a legacy, one of the last of the generation of people who told us that apartheid was wrong and stood up for human rights everywhere. and he never stopped doing that. in 1994, tutu was awarded the nobel peace prize and he used his global pl
chaos for travellers 7000 flights cancelled around the world over the christmas weekend. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. tributes have poured in from around the world for south africa s archbishop desmond tutu who has died at the age of 90. archbishop tutu was a nobel peace prize laureate and considered one of the driving forces behind the anti apartheid movement in south africa. former us president barack 0bama described him as a mentor and moral compass, while borisjohnson said he would be remembered for his spiritual leadership. 0ur africa correspondent, andrew harding, looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say we will be free. desmond tutu was an exuberant figure, an outspoken anglican priest who became one of the world s great moral voices. it was during south africa s long and violent struggle against white minority rule that he rose to prominence, condemning the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. the system
as the first black anglican archbishop of capetown, he preached nonviolent resistance to the apartheid system. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1984. cnn s david mckenzie now reflects on tutu s historic role in modern south africa. you find your cousin has been killed reporter: when we spoke to the late traffephotographer in he remembered a different time. we got a funeral each week. people getting killed. and then you don t find one person. five, six, seven, eight people, mass funeral happens. reporter: during the 1980s, the apartheid regime was at war with the black majority. one of its goals, to turn the liberation movement against itself. neighbors ds betrayed neighbors. friends became informants. in this maelstrom, a diminutive anglican bishop was ever-present. desmond tutu was never afraid to step up to the racist regime using his bully pulpit of peace. during apartheid, archbishop tutu s position in the church gave him a semblance of protection, and hi
vaccinated and get boosted. i want to begin tonight with cnn s nadia romero and alison kosik who are keeping watch on all of this for us. nadia, you re in atlanta at one of the world s busiest airports, and how are flight cancelations impacting travelers today? reporter: yeah, ryan, we re talking about more than a thousand flights canceled today alone. that takes us to about 2,000 across this holiday weekend. and people are feeling the impact. i spoke with one man who said that his flight was delayed, but he still missed it because just how long the lines were to get through tsa. he had a great attitude about it. he says i get one more day with my family. i spoke with another person who was supposed to go from atlanta to wyoming. her flight was canceled she says because of weather. that s what that she was told. that s what we re hearing from a lot of people, but there are others who are able to get on their flights, couldn t be happier to get back to their normal lives aft