diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season amd the airport has apologised to passengers. in a moment we will have the latest from our correspondent at manchester airport. but first, let s hear from a stranded passenger. i spoke with nikita pearson, a fitness instructor stuck at manchester airport waiting to board his flight to istanbul. we got to the airport at about eight o clock in the morning and you could see people sat outside on luggage. we didn t think anything of it. we got the lift to go upstairs to terminal one and you couldn t even get out of the lift. you had to trample over people to get out of the lift and then you just stood there. hoards of people just not moving anywhere. there was no tannoy announcement, no staff nearby anywhere, there were children getting trampled on, there were babies, it was chaos. we stood there for about an hour and a half and then nothing at all. you mentioned you couldn t see any staff to spea
further disruption is expected, and some flights diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season. philip banfield was among the passengers who were stranded at the airport. so i now have an update for you that we are now stuck airside. our aer lingus plane has taken off from manchester on time without any passengers able to get on the plane. and of course, that leaves an enormous number of passengers now stranded at manchester airport wondering how they are going to continue their onward journeys. but we ll find a way. earlier we heard from nikita pearson, a fitness instructor stuck at manchester airport waiting to board his flight to istanbul. we got to the airport at about eight o clock in the morning and you could see people sat outside on luggage. we didn t think anything of it. we got the lift to go upstairs to terminal one and you couldn t even get out of the lift. you had to trample over people to get out of the lift and then you jus
and two have been cancelled. there have been huge queues to get in, and some passengers on arriving planes were held on runways for several hours. some flights have been diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season amd the airport has apologised to passengers. let s hear from a stranded passenger i spoke to earlier, nikita, a fitness instructor, stuck at the airport waiting to board his flight at istanbul. we airport waiting to board his flight at istanbul. ~ ., airport waiting to board his flight at istanbul- airport waiting to board his flight at istanbul. ~ ., ., ~ ~ at istanbul. we got there about atm and ou at istanbul. we got there about atm and you could at istanbul. we got there about atm and you could see at istanbul. we got there about atm and you could see people at istanbul. we got there about atm and you could see people sitting - and you could see people sitting outside, with luggage, i didn t think about it initiall
To walk away from trade talks with the eu if its not treated fairly. And california declares a state of emergency after record heat waves lead to more wildfires. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. And stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Lets bring you some developing news from the uk this morning. West Midlands Police have declared a Major Incident after a number of people were stabbed in the centre of birmingham in the early hours of the morning. Police and paramedics were called to reports of a knife attack, with further stabbings then being reported. The bbc spoke to a woman who works in the area where the incident took place. I have worked in the club for over two years and the club scene. I have always seen quite a lot of fights and drunken commotions, but there was nothing quite like tonight. Just the body language and demeanour of people was so much different. Sorry, i apologise again. Tell us a bit about
It continues to expand and thats why belgium is the heart of tensions overnight. We have Senior Correspondent ivan watson whos been following from there. Ivan, whats the latest now . Reporter well, the belgium investigators announce they had carried out a series of a half dozen raids. And they were targeting a man, the family of one of the suicide bombers in paris, a man named bilal hadfi, a man who had been on the radar of investigators long before the attacks because he was suspected of going to syria to be a volunteer fighter with isis. They didnt know he would come back to europe until he blew himself up in paris last friday night. So police swooped into this area, before dawn this morning, and a number of other locations around the belgium capital. They say they detained at least one person for questioning. And this is coming as the belgium government, the Prime Minister addressed parliament today, calling for a raft of new measures to combat terrorism, to combat the serious probl