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this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11am: british airways passengers face further disruption as the company warns of delays and cancellations, following a global computer failure. lam i am alive at heathrow airport were so i am alive at heathrow airport were so far this morning around a third of bea's outgoing flights have been cancelled. the queues are beginning to grow again in terminal five. police release images of the manchester suicide bomber — and appeal to the public to help piece together his final movements. the conservatives and labour promise to do more to tackle the threat of terrorism, if they win the election. tributes to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. also: the american rock musician gregg allman has died. the 69—year—old became a star in the late 60s as part of the allman brothers band.
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he'd had struggled with several health issues. and the dateline london panel assess president trump's first overseas trip. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. british airways has warned of further delays and cancellations today, as it resumes flights following the major it failure that saw most services cancelled yesterday. passengers due to fly today are being urged to check the status of their flights before arriving at heathrow airport. ba has apologised, and says it will refund reasonable costs, and assist passengers with rebooking flights. live to heathrow — and the latest from our correspondent andy moore. what the picture there at the
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moment? the problems are continuing here today. london gatwick seems to be ok. there are only about one consolation is that. ba says they will fly the majority of their flights from heathrow today, that does seem to be the case. around a third of the flights have been cancelled. between six o'clock and nine o'clock this morning and there we re nine o'clock this morning and there were 42 ea departures, but there we re were 42 ea departures, but there were also 29 cancellations. meanwhile, the queues are building up meanwhile, the queues are building up again in terminal five. people are being urged not to come to the terminal unless they are booked on a flight terminal unless they are booked on a flight today, but some people are ignoring the advice. they have been told to rebook their flights. they say they cannot get through to bea on the phone or the website. they are coming to the airport in person in the hope of speaking to somebody. we hear there is such congestion at
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terminal five now that there are queues outside the building again. people only being allowed inside the terminal they can prove that they have got a seat on a flight today. those problems continuing here today at heathrow, and likely to continue for some days to come. we are showing some pictures from inside the terminal as we speak. has there been any assistance by way of food and drink? certainly the airport says it is providing drink and snacks and yesterday it was providing free train travel back to paddington for anyone who wanted to leave the airport. a lot of people are telling us on social media that british airways has not got enough staff there. they are not complaining about the airport but they are complaining about british airways. there was one lady we were hearing from earlier who was due to fly down from glasgow on a connecting flight that had been cancelled. she came down on the
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train, she was at london heathrow this morning saying she was due to get on a flight in one hour's time. she was stuck in a queue. that queue was not moving, she was complaining about the lack of ba staff and she was calling out for help. that was a message sent directly to british airways on twitter. if you people have said there is still chaos inside that terminal and they are complaining that they're not enough british airways staff to help passengers. what other be a response has there been? they have apologised has there been? they have apologised has been talk of refunds. are you getting any wider explanation as to what has gone wrong here? we have not been able to interview anybody in person from british airways. we have not been able to put those questions to them. we have a statement from the chief last night saying there was no evidence of a cyber attack despite rumours to that effect. he said there was no evidence. he put the computer
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failure down to a power outage, but we have had no more detail about that. we know that some of ba ‘s systems a re that. we know that some of ba ‘s systems are up and running but it seems the company is not back to normal by any means. thank you, andy. police have appealed for information about the movements of the manchester bomber in the days before the attack. they've released cctv images of salman abedi shortly before the bombing which killed 22 people. meanwhile, the parents of one of the teenagers killed in the manchester attack have warned that other young people could die unless the government "opens its eyes". yesterday the family of 18—year—old georgina callander laid flowers in st anne's square in manchester, before releasing balloons in memory of their daughter, who had just won a place to study at university. in a statement they said: georgina's life was taken away after 18 short years by evil, evil men prepared to ruin lives and destroy families, for what? wish i could say that georgina is one of the last to die in this way but unless our government
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opens its eyes we know we are only another in a long line of parents on a list that continues to grow. 11 people remain in custody, and following searches at addresses across the north west of england, police say they are putting together a picture of the bomber‘s last hours, as esyllt carr reports. in a crowd, he would barely have been noticed. this is the manchester bomber, salman abedi, on the night he murdered 22 children, women and men. a rucksack on his back, he'd flown in from libya five days earlier. police have released this picture, its background removed, because they want information about what he did in that time. day and night, they've crisscrossed manchester, raiding buildings, making arrests. this was moss side yesterday. the area was cordoned off for a while with the bomb disposal team on standby.
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11 men are in custody, and there are now 17 searches either concluded or continuing, largely in the north—west of england. police have revealed that after the bombing at 10:33 on monday night, forensic officers went straight in to examine the aftermath. within two hours, they'd identified the bomber, possibly from id found on his body. they've tracked his movements from the family home to the flat he's said to have rented before disappearing to libya, returning on the 18th of may to move into a city centre apartment where the bomb was likely to have been assembled. they've pieced together his network — friends and relatives are in custody. they're gathering financial evidence of who backed him, but crucially they now know how the bomb was put together. that will help them judge the ongoing risk of another attack. yesterday, the terrorism threat level was lowered, an attack now considered highly likely but not imminent.
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security remains high at public events over the bank holiday weekend, with soldiers expected on the streets until midnight on monday. meanwhile, the police are urging the public to remain vigilant. esyllt carr, bbc news. in a moment we'll hearfrom our correspondent frankie mccamley, who's at manchester cathedral where prayers will be said for the victims of the attack this morning. but first let's cross to james pearce — who's following thousands of people taking part in the great manchester run. that's right. you will see behind me if you people are finishing at the moment. different lanes of one depending on your age. some find me are the very youngest people taking part. the first event started at nine o'clock which is a half marathon, people have been going a much shorter difference behind me!
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you will see a number people who are watching on the streets. at 9am there was a minutes silence and then we had the playing of the oasis anthem, don't look back in anger, which was sung spontaneously and so memorably on thursday morning after the minute ‘s silence. this is meant to be about families. people taking part, the different lengths of race. let me introduce you to one family on my left. we have georgina, margaret, and katie. the granddaughter of margaret. let's start with you. how tough a decision was it for you and your family to come here today? you have what other members of your family taking part as well. it was very scary. but then we have got to hold our heads up and fight back. tell me who else has been taking part in your family today. my grandson that is four years olds, alexander. pity that is mine and my son is doing the half past mine and my son is doing the half pa st two race mine and my son is doing the half past two race on the afternoon. ——
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katie, that is mine. the spirit of togetherness, what's it like? everyone stood together. it was worrying this morning that everyone is really enjoying themselves. your son has just run is really enjoying themselves. your son hasjust run past is really enjoying themselves. your son has just run past us, is really enjoying themselves. your son hasjust run past us, hasn't is really enjoying themselves. your son has just run past us, hasn't he! he has. it was his first race this year. he was really looking forward to taking part in getting his medal. wa nted to taking part in getting his medal. wanted to get him to talk but he wasn't going to stop. don't blame him, he was beaming from ear to ear, clearly loving it. he was so excited this morning. doing all his warm up exercises. he's really enjoyed himself. katie, congratulations. you have done the run, can you show us your medal? congratulations. what was it like running today? it wasn't that scary. i had fun. you don't look very tired, was hard work? yes. how well did you do? your grandma
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said you did very well. you're being modest. i think you did very well indeed. she said you were right in the front. thank you very much indeed. as you can see, yes, concerns, but people absolutely determined they will not be put off. they will carry on regardless despite what happened here on monday. thank you james. let's cross over to manchester cathedral. you can see frankie mccamley there. people are coming to pay their respects this morning. this isjust a couple of hundred metres from where the attack took place on monday. just on the street next to us, the cord is still in place. a lot of people walking past carrying flowers as they are heading to pay their respects here. we are speaking to people arriving at the service which is currently taking place
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beside us. a lot of mixed emotions. people saying they are extremely sad about what happens, one young chap spoke to me and said he had young children, and the events that took place earlier this week had really affected him. he felt he needed to come here and show solidarity. another man said he was extremely angry with what had happened. he is still trying to come to terms with it. he felt he needed to come here to speak to people and talk about what had happened in his home city. the service here is a normal service taking place, but the beginning of the service was very different. the bishop david walker started by reading the names of the 22 victims along with a period of silence. today we remember megan hurley. elaine mclver. courtney boyle. philip tron. when the fold. aileen mcleod. sorrell leczkowski. chloe rutherford. liam curry. michelle
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kiss. nelljones. rutherford. liam curry. michelle kiss. nell jones. jane twaddle—taylor. martyn hett. olivia campbell. alison howe. lisa lees. kelly brewster. angelica and martin cliffs. georgina callander. saffie—rose cliffs. georgina callander. saffie— rose roussos. cliffs. georgina callander. saffie—rose roussos. and john atkinson. we remember them. there is also a statement from the dean of manchester, who said the cathedral community is devastated by
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the terrorist bomb. such attacks are unacceptable. he also wrote the concert attended by mostly young people, they are for people to have afun people, they are for people to have a fun experience and it was made into a graveyard for young children. behind me there is extra security in place. anyone entering today has had bad checks. also we have seen some armed police walking around the streets of manchester. of course the fun run taking place today, lots of people coming here this morning. the message is that manchester city is well and truly open, julian. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: british airways passengers face further disruption as the company warns of delays and cancellations, following a global computer failure that saw all flights cancelled yesterday. police release images of the manchester suicide bomber — and appeal to the public to help piece together his final movements. tributes to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti—muslim abuse. a man has been arrested.
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sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. we will. with tennis where patrick of a diverse as her return to the sport is a dream come true after she was stabbed in an attack at her home last december. she suffered a career threatening hand injury but made her comeback in the first round of the french open this morning. up againstjulius in the first round, she broke the americans serve early on and show little signs of letting up. there was a break—up in the early stages, currently winning at 4—2. ben ainslie's great britain team are joint leaders after the first day of their america's cup qualification campaign in bermuda
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despite mixed results in practice, they won their opening race against sweden, but in their second race were penalised for this crash against japan. it's still enough to see them equal with usa in the standings. no one was looking for a collision there. sometimes it happens. again i thought we did a greatjob to get round the course considering the damage we had. we were hanging in there, most of the race despite that. yeah. today bodes well for the tea m that. yeah. today bodes well for the team and we have got to go and fix the damage and our shore team are the damage and our shore team are the best in the game. they will do whatever they can together sell racing tomorrow. great britain are competing in ii finals today at the european rowing championships in the czech republic. karen bennett & holly norton have already raced — they got off to a good start in the women's pair, but took bronze behind denmark and romania. arsenal manger arsene wenger
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says we'll know more on his future next week, after guiding the gunners to a record seventh fa cup trophy at wembley. it was a dominant performance worthy of silverware against the premier league champions chelsea. aaron ramsay scored the winning goal late on as arsenal celebrated an historic 13th fa cup victory. but after much speculation on his future, wenger insists it will all become clear on thursday. what now? will you be at this club next season? i have always been clear on that. we have a board meeting on tuesday and i think wednesday. wednesday, thursday, we will be clear. g1 to be here next season? i have always been clear on that. let me enjoy the night. celtic have became the first scottish side to complete an unbeaten domestic treble, after edging past aberdeen in the scottish cup final yesterday, adding to the scottish premiership and league cup titles they've already wrapped up. they left it late
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to beat aberdeen... the game looked to be heading for extra time when tom rogich scored the winner in the second minute of injury time. they might have struggled in europe, but brendan rogers‘ invincibles have dominated the game in scotland, in his first season in charge. in rugby union, exeter chiefs have won their first ever premiership title. it really went down to the wire against wasps, in the final. it was all square after 80 minutes but an extra—time penalty by gareth steenson was just enough for the chiefs, as they banished any bad memories from losing last year's final. it's been quite a rise for exeter, who only seven years ago won promotion to the top league — the premiership. scarlets are the new champions of the pro 12 after an exciting 116—22 win over munster. a nice send off for liam williams, who scored on his last appearance for scarletts, before he moves to saracens next season. the welsh side ran in six tries in all, to cap an impressive play—off campaign. boxing now, and britain's kell brook was beaten in his homecoming world
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title fight in sheffield. he lost his ibf welterweight title to the american errol spence junior after sustaining a heavy cut beneath his eye. he fought back, but the injury eventually forced brook to his knees in the 11th round and the referee called an end to the fight. success for george groves though — he's become a world champion, on his fourth attempt. he beat russia's fedor chudinov to win the vacant wba world super—middleweight belt. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour conservatives and labour are both promising to put more police on the streets if they win. may as highlighting plans for countering extremism and jeremy corbyn says cuts undermine security and is planning to recruit an extra 10,000 police and more security staff. the home secretary amber rudd face
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questions on the andrew marr show this morning about how much the intelligence agencies knew about the manchester bomb. she spoke earlier to our political correspondent. the man behind the bombings, salman abedi, we understand he was alerted to the authorities with a phone call from his mosque. questions about what happened after that, and about whether he was on watch lists. this is what amber rudd said.|j whether he was on watch lists. this is what amber rudd said. i don't know those details. the intelligence services are still collecting information about him, and about the people around him, but i would not rush to conclusions as you seem to be that they have somehow missed something. i'm just saying that people had bones —— had phoned the terror hotline as they should do. the reason the phone line is in place is because we recognise the scale of the problem. this is an issue that has obviouslyjumped at the top of the election campaign issue. the conservatives today have
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been pushing their manifesto promises to address security with a new counter extremism commission. they say we are looking at a wide range of elements of extremism with a legal agreement to identify it. they have not explained quite how i would do that they say would have a focus on issues like the effects on women of extremism, they are keen to say that is something they are willing to commit to. labour likewise has been talking security today. reminding people that it is pledging 10,000 new police officers on the streets. that is to counter the 20,000 that have been cut by the government in recent years. putting halfback on the streets then. they have also been promising a additional 1000 new security officers for m15 and m16. diane abbott was asked about particularly the question of isn't this just repeating what the conservatives have said they were doing 2015, and that the tories are already doing? that thousand has been recruited. what we are saying... they say, but
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they have not recruited them yet. we are saying we want to recruit 10,000 extra police officers, community officers, because we think community policing is key. we want to recruit 3000 extra firefighters, 3000 extra prison officers, 1000, as you say, people in the security field and 500 more border guards. diane abbott getting the numbers right on that this morning. the 1000 new security officers they have been highlighting this morning, include otherfigures, it's something that is already on stream. diane abbott there saying it is not something delivered on yet and labour will make sure was. a vigil has been held in the us city of portland for two men who were killed when they tried to stop a man from racially abusing two teenage girls. it's thought the girls were muslim. jeremyjoseph christian, a convicted criminal, will appear in court of tusday.caroline davies reports. panic and fear on a
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normal commuter train. i was so scared. there were people running around and crying. this was the scene in portland. two men were stabbed to death here. other passengers said they were trying to stop a man abusing two teenage girls who appeared to be muslim. this is the suspect, jeremyjoseph christian. while travelling on a train on friday afternoon, police said that he became aggressive. he was yelling, ranting, raving a lot of things which would be characterised as hate speech. some people approached him, appeared to try to intervene with his behaviour, and some of the people he was yelling at, they were attacked viciously by the suspect. he left the station but was arrested by police. this phone footage shows the moment he was cornered. two men lost their lives. in portland, the deaths were met
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with upset and anger. there is too much hatred in the world right now. and far too much violence. our current political climate allows far too much room for those whose spread bigotry. violent words can lead to violent acts. 0n social media there were strong feelings, with many pointing to the suspect‘s apparent extreme right wing views. former presidential candidate hillary clinton tweeted that no one should have to endure this racist abuse. and no one should have to give their lives to stop it. after the attack, the council on american—islamic relations urged president trump to speak out against increasing islamophobia in the us. not in ourtown! the groupjoined a vigil to remember the two men who lost their lives. rickyjohn best and this man, taliesin myrddin namkai meche.
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his mother posted this picture calling her son a hero. both men will be remembered for standing up to hatred. act now to those continuing delays from british airway passengers. 0n the line is a passenger who had to spend the night at heathrow after herflight spend the night at heathrow after her flight was cancelled. welcome to the programme, ramona. tell us where you are now and why. i'm in luton at the moment. i was not able to get another flight from heathrow, the moment. i was not able to get anotherflight from heathrow, so the moment. i was not able to get another flight from heathrow, so we decided to get a completely different flight from britain. where we are planning to travel yesterday? yesterday we were going to paris. but as we have not been able to get another flight we are now going to
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poland. a bit different! so you are going to poland from luton rather than paris from heathrow. what was heathrow like yesterday? absolutely mental. there were thousands of people. it took hours to get through and once we were in there it was chaos on the boards would not tell us chaos on the boards would not tell us when the flights were leaving. everyone was angry, obviously. it was not great. what did you end up doing last night in terms of accommodation? last night, because we we re accommodation? last night, because we were not aware of oui’ accommodation? last night, because we were not aware of our flights we re we were not aware of our flights were cancelled or not, we ended up staying in heathrow for quite awhile before they told us that we would not be able to get another flight. by not be able to get another flight. by which time leaving heathrow was quite difficult. it took about five hours to get out of the building. we ended up staying in heathrow terminal three. what is your view now on how this has all been handled? to be honest, i think we are more annoyed about the lack of
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communication. we never got told of flights were cancelled until after six hours or so. customer service did not know what to do, they were directing us to the helpline. which you could not get through on, because every sleep everyone was trying to call them. we did not know what was going on. we got our information from the news rather than information from the news rather tha n staff information from the news rather than staff at the airport. there's been an apology from ba and a refunds. that enough? refunds for the flight is all good, but we have missed a whole day of holiday and we slept on the floor in terminal three. we are pretty annoyed now. we are not even going to our expected destination. it's been a massive fuss really. it may be that you could ask for more with regards to the hotel accommodation, but that remains to be seen. have a good time in poland, at least. thank you so much! thank you. ramona, at luton.
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en route to poland now. another tweet here says there is talk of customers being kept outside terminal five because of the large amount of customers inside. terminal five on the main ba terminal at heathrow. we will keep you updated on that. one of the founding members of the rock group, the allman brothers band, gregg allman , has died. gregg allman, has died. 0ne one of their best—known songs as the 1973 hitjessica, used as the opening theme tune to top gear. let's get the weather now. we have got a few storms waiting in the wings now. some thunderstorms around the channel islands. this
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rain here as well. it will work its way northwards, the main focus being the south—west through the afternoon. we could see some showers arriving in the south. this is where we will sue the highest averages. cooler across the north east of scotla nd cooler across the north east of scotland than in recent days. away from those storms in the south most places will be dry with sunshine. lighter winds than yesterday. gusty winds with showers, though, and they will work their way northwards overnight. becoming more widespread overnight. becoming more widespread over england and wales and more thunderstorms are likely, some torrential rain. humid air behind that. cooler northern scotland where it is still drive. all the wet weather is working its way north. we will still have some thunderstorms into the morning. the rain making further inroads into scotland. eventually clear in northern ireland but hanging on the northern england. ina humid but hanging on the northern england. in a humid air that follows, we will find some heavy showers developing across central and south—eastern parts of the uk where temperatures are going to be in the mid teens. where as mid—20s, northwards in the
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rain in scotland we are struggling. in miserable 12 or 13 degrees. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: british airways passengers face further disruption as the company warns of delays and cancellations following a global computer failure. ba says customers should not come to the airport unless they have a confirmed booking. we have been in the line for about five hours now. we have no idea how much longer we'll be here and we are getting no communication from the staff. police are appealing to the public to help piece together the final movements of the manchester bomber, salman abedi before

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