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another day of strikes and widespread disruption in france as unions battle against planned pension reforms. and tickets to the eurovision song contest sell out in just 90 minutes, as super fans rush to secure a spot at this year s event in liverpool. the uk home secretary has been setting out new plans to stop migrants entering the country from france in small boats. suella braverman told the house of commons that enough is enough as she introduced the illegal migration bill to the house of commons. it puts a duty on ministers to detain and deport anyone who enters the country illegally, though the government has admitted the bill does push the boundaries of international law . refugee charities and the opposition labour party have called the new plan unworkable . from dover, duncan kennedy reports. dover yesterday, and more migrants brought ashore after being picked up in the channel. 16,000 people came across like this in the past year, 3,000 more have travelled this ....
began on friday evening, when the al shabaab group detonated two bombs outside the hayat hotel in the capital. dozens of people were evacuated from the building, said to be popular with the journalist and politicians. the siege lasted for 30 hours, with gunmen having held hostages inside. we have seen some footage which we can show you, in it, you can hear the gunshots. gunfire. this was clearly an intense battle for control. it is not yet known how many people died during the siege. this is so it was at least 20. one of the reported victims is the hotel s owner, although this has not been confirmed yet. earlier, a security official said 13 civilians had been killed. the militant group al shabaab said some of its fighters managed to escape. but a somali security commander told afp the gunmen are dead, and said we have had no incoming gunfire from the building since the siege ended. the official gave no information about the total number of casualties in the attack on th ....
years since the first march. and it s a day of drama at wimbledon as the women s world number one iga swiatek is knocked out along with two more british hopefuls. 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 pe ....
good evening. there are warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer with more flights expected to be cancelled in the next few days including at heathrow, britain s busiest airport. it s thought airlines will change their summer schedules, with the aim of giving passengers more certainty and less need for last minute cancellations. paul charles is a travel industry consultant with the pc agency. he says this year s passengers will face a disappointing summer over the next eight weeks. i m afraid this is going to be a summer of stress after two years where many of us have been unable to travel due to covid lockdowns, notjust in the uk but in many parts of the world. what you re going to see over the next few days are thousands of flight cancellations by british airways and others because they have a window in which they can effectively hand back the slots that they use for taking off and landing at airports like heathrow. and with this window, it mean ....