this is bbc news the headlines at apm. warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summerk, with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming weeks at heathrow — the uk's busiest airport. a vigil is held in east london, dedicated to zara aleena, who was killed as she walked home from a night out. two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine the conservative mp, chris pincher, who is under investigation for allegedly groping two men said he is seeking "professional medical support" and hopes to return to his duties as an mp "as soon as possible". two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. fraud is causing an ever—increasing tide of damage to people and the problem is likely to get worse, the head of a policing watchdog has warned. and more than a million people are gathering on the streets on london for pride,

as the lgbt plus community marks 50 years since the first march. hello and welcome to bbc news. there are warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming weeks at heathrow, the uk's busiest airport. the cuts are expected as airlines change their schedules ahead of the busy school holiday period. manchester airport's new boss has warned that peak—time queues will continue over the summer months. the department for transport said it is "focused on minimising disruption for passengers this summer", and is working with airports on the possibility of additional night flights, which would be subject to consultation. our business reporter noor nanji has more. we've already seen big queues at airports this summer. now come warnings of more disruption

with a new wave of flight cancellations expected to be announced next week. the cancellations are triggered by an amnesty on take—off and landing slots, which ends this friday. it compounds existing problems. we are now right in the midst of the peak summer travel season but we are still experiencing 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 a tremendous dislocation at many airports. british airways services from heathrow are likely to bear the brunt of the cancellations. a spokesperson from the airline told the bbc that they welcome the new measures, adding "it would make it easier to consolidate some of our quieter daily flights to multifrequency destinations well in advance and to protect more of our holiday flights". add to that the threat of strikes from ba cabin and ground crews over a pay dispute. so what should you do

if you are caught up in all this? crucially, i know what my rights are if anything's cancelled, and that's to get a replacement flight on the same day if there is anything available to take me there at the airline's expense. and then furthermore, hotel accommodation if need be and compensation if it's the airline's fault, which if it is technical issues or a staff shortage, it generally is. in europe, there is more bad news with strikes there, too, including by cabin crew at airlines ryanair and easyjet. after two years of covid rules, this should be a summer of escape. but for holiday—makers, those fears of delays and cancellations are not going away. matt holgate from ilfracombe on the north devon coast is stranded in geneva. his easyjet flight has been rebooked four times since thursday. he told us about his predicament. we were booked for a hiking holiday

at the beginning ofjune, the original flight was booked for the 4th ofjune. standing in the check—in queue, we got cancelled, got the flight cancelled, on the way out to nice. by the time we had re—put details into the app, all the flights had been cancelled. we then decided to change our plans and then fly into geneva instead of nice and do our holiday backwards. so, we managed to get out, we had a great time hiking around, we had a flight booked for the 30th ofjune to get back in time for my son's birthday, which is today. and then for myself to get

back to work on monday. consequently, we got the e—mail from easyjet to say that the flight had been cancelled, would you like to rebook? so we rebooked for the following day, on friday. we had to move hotels, dates, which cost us money. we then proceeded the next day and had another e—mail saying that the next flight was on friday and had been cancelled, would you like to rebook? they didn't offer flights either on friday or the saturday for me to get home, so we cancelled the flight, and then found out via easyjet�*s website, rather than the app, that they were available flights, but they never offered them to us. so, i had to pay for a new flight,

which was nearly £200 more than the original flight, which again, another few days before the flight we had confirmation that the flight had been delayed, cancelled. we then change the hotel booking that we had in geneva hundreds of people are taking part in a silent vigilfor zara aleena, who was murdered in east london while walking home. the 35—year—old was minutes from her front door when she was attacked in ilford last week. 29—year—old jordan mcsweeney has been charged with her murder. ayshea buksh has been in ilford for us throughout the day. it has been an extraordinary day here, obviously very emotional for the family but they wanted to invite people here to gants hill in east london, and in their words, to walk zara home. hundreds of people joined them in doing that. they walked through the streets of gants hill to the point

where we are now, and as you can see, there are women and men and also very young children. i spoke to one woman who said she wanted to bring herfour sons because she wanted them to be educated and to remember that it is not acceptable to ignore the issue of violence against women and girls, and also to show respect for women. there are also here local politicians and national leaders who have come to show their respects. the family has said that zara was a brave and fearless and independent young woman. she was 35 years old, she had just secured a job at the royal courts ofjustice and was an aspiring lawyer. one have herfriends told me she would have been fully in favour of what has happened here today, that people are walking to demonstrate their demand for change and for solutions of this very, very pertinent and important issue, in their words. yesterday, jordan mcsweeney,

29—year—old from dagenham in east london appeared in court. he is charged with zara's murder, burglary, and attempted rape. the family have said they do not want zara's life not to be defined by her death. and you can see that here that with the solidarity of so many other women's groups, million women rise, end violence against women, for example, they have said they want zara to be remembered as the brave and independent woman that she was. a parliamentary watchdog is to examine allegations of sexual misconduct by the former conservative deputy chief whip, chris pincher. the mp resigned from his role earlier this week after being accused of groping two men at a private members�* club, and has now been suspended from the conservative party. the party says it would not pre—judge the investigation and urged people to respect the process. joining me now is our political correspondent, damian grammaticas.

we have had more details, a statement. yes, a statement has come out from mr pincher which says he respects the prime minister's decision to suspend the whip from him, essentially to suspend him from the conservative party, so he doesn't set as a conservative mp now. and he says he will comply with the inquiry. he repeats what he says in his letter of resignation which was that he drank far too much on wednesday night, embarrassing myself and others, i am truly sorry for the upset. he goes on to say, interestingly, the stresses of the last few days, coming on top of the last few days, coming on top of the last several months, have made me accept that i will benefit from professional medical help and i am in the process of seeking that now, so he hopes to be able to return to his constituency duties as soon as possible, to making it very clear he is not going to resign at this point. is not going to resign at this oint. �* ., ., ~

point. and what do we think downing street will respond _ point. and what do we think downing street will respond to _ point. and what do we think downing street will respond to this? - point. and what do we think downing street will respond to this? they - street will respond to this? they had said that _ street will respond to this? they had said that we _ street will respond to this? they had said that we should - street will respond to this? tie had said that we should wait for street will respond to this? tij:1. had said that we should wait for the inquiry, don't prejudge it, let that happen, i think that will be their position —— position. there has been criticism of downing street, that i have been slow to act. when mr pincher resigned, they did not suspend the whip from him for 2h hours or so. labour had said that was far too slow and they were dragged kicking and screaming for it. downing street said they were waiting for the process to go through. but other conservative mps have been calling for the whip to be withdrawn and pointing out differences, such as but the case of neil parish, the mp who had been looking at pornography on his phone in parliament who had the whip withdrawn straightaway, so there is some sort of criticism there. the hope from downing street is that this now proceeds to the investigation. the question will be, are there any more revelations to

come? �* , ., ., , i'm joined now by eliot wilson, former clerk for the house of commons. some criticism from some quarters that downing street were too slow to reacting to this and withdrawing the whip. reacting to this and withdrawing the whi . _ . ., reacting to this and withdrawing the whi -. ~ . , reacting to this and withdrawing the whi_. ., ,,., reacting to this and withdrawing the whi_. ., , reacting to this and withdrawing the whi, . ., , 4' whip. what is your view? i think it has been a _ whip. what is your view? i think it has been a pattern _ whip. what is your view? i think it has been a pattern of— whip. what is your view? i think it has been a pattern of behaviour . whip. what is your view? i think it i has been a pattern of behaviour with downing street, to be honest, that they have consistently failed to get ahead with stories. they have let things run on and be slow to respond but i think it's important to see this in two ways, it is both a political story, this in two ways, it is both a politicalstory, in this in two ways, it is both a political story, in terms of the handling of it, and of course a personal story for the mp involved and all mps who have been under suspicion for any sort of sexual impropriety. suspicion for any sort of sexual impmpriety-— impropriety. there is now an investigation, _ impropriety. there is now an investigation, we _ impropriety. there is now an investigation, we have - impropriety. there is now an investigation, we have all. impropriety. there is now an i investigation, we have all been urged to wait for that to conclude, what is the kind of timeframe, do you think? what is the kind of timeframe, do ou think? ~ ~ you think? well, i think the independent _ you think? well, i think the independent inquiry - you think? well, i think the independent inquiry will. you think? well, i think the l independent inquiry will take you think? well, i think the - independent inquiry will take at least some weeks because it will want to be very sure that it has all the facts available to it. and it

sounds prosaic but we are coming up to the summer recess when parliament will go into its periodic adjournment and mps will go back to their constituencies, but i think it is important that this is dealt with quickly. and it is important that is seen to be dealt with quickly because it is becoming a bit of a pattern. why do you think that is? i think there is a cultural problem within westminster. we talk about the westminster bubble and in a way, this is it at its worst. people think their behaviour, however egregious or however minor, we will wait to see, can be pulled behind the ramparts and can be dealt with behind closed doors. and increasingly the public see that is not acceptable any more.- increasingly the public see that is not acceptable any more. there has been criticism _ not acceptable any more. there has been criticism that _ not acceptable any more. there has been criticism that downing - not acceptable any more. there has been criticism that downing street i been criticism that downing street failed to act quickly enough over this because mr pincher is an arch borisjohnson this because mr pincher is an arch boris johnson loyalist, this because mr pincher is an arch borisjohnson loyalist, do you think there are double standards at play here? i there are double standards at play here? ., �* ~ ., ., there are double standards at play here? ~ ., ., , here? i don't know about double standards. _

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the light —— into the light a little bit and be quite explicit about the way they are helping mps, who may have genuine problems, as well as egregious conduct. i think the website going to need to consider their reputation and their image very carefully here.— russian state media is reporting that two british men have been charged with mercenary activities by moscow—backed separatists in eastern ukraine. dylan healy is said to have been helping as a volunteer aid worker when he was taken prisoner in april. russia says andrew hill, from plymouth, surrendered to their forces in the same month. this afternoon, a spokesman for the foreign office issued a statement. it said... dominik byrne is from the humanitarian aid agency the presidium network, which works on the ground with communities in war zones. he's been in contact with dylan's family. they seem very, the moment and kind

of understand the process under they seem very calm at the moment and kind at the moment and kind and understand the process under trust in the process. i do know that they're having regular conversations with both the british government and the red cross and the red cross as being really good at trying to monitor the situation the best that they can and they are actually trying to get access to devon trying to get access to dylan at the moment to sure his welfare is ok and being treated 0k. but of course they are very scared. they want their son home as quick as possible. and they are worried about the situation. our ukraine correspondentjoe inwood in kyiv had this update. so, it is most likely they are being held in the donetsk people's republic, one of the breakaway republics in the east of this country. and if this follows the same pattern as it did for shaun pinner, aiden aslin and brahim saaudun, the three men who were charged and sentenced to death, then they will be put in front

of an unrecognised court in a process which could last any length of time, really. but it is possible they will plead guilty, as the other three men did, despite the fact they were not fighting, or at least one of them was not fighting, for the ukrainians. but i think probably what we need to do is read behind what's going on here. and there is a lot of speculation that actually this is being directed by the kremlin, and what they are trying to do is put these men's lives in danger as a sort of negotiating tactic. so, their families will be hoping that whatever the outcome of any trial, and we probably should expect that to happen, that actually we will see a prisoner swap at some time. although, as ever, these things are very uncertain. the headlines on bbc news... warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer — with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming weeks at heathrow — the uk's busiest airport. a vigil is held in east london — dedicated to zara aleena — who was killed as she walked home from a night out. the conservative mp, chris pincher, who is under

investigation for allegedly groping two men said he is seeking "professional medical support" and hopes to return to his duties as an mp "as soon as possible". the amount of people in the uk falling victim to fraud is expected to increase sharply according to her majesty's inspector of constabulary, matt parr. mr parr described an "ever increasing tide of damage being done to people" — with no realistic plans to stop it. he was speaking to the bbc�*s money box programme. we've done a couple of reports into the way policing deals with fraud and they haven't been very complimentary. there are some great people doing their best as ever but they simply haven't got the resources and we saw lots of examples of packages put together by the national fraud intelligence bureau that then are sent out to police forces around the country, and then nothing happens. and even when it does, the chances of it resulting in a conviction are extremely low. and so that is the frustration. it has been pointed out before that

fraud is probably best estimated between a third and two fifths of all crime. if you are an adult, you are much more likely to be a victim of fraud than any other crime type. but despite that magnitude of offending, it attracts less than i% of police officers, fraud investigators. and i think we've said quite clearly in the past that just seems far too low. earlier, i spoke to moneybox reporter dan whitworth, who told me how widespread the problem is. fraud is an epidemic in this country. matt parr was speaking to us on money box in the context ofjust a few days ago, there were figures released by uk finance, the trade industry business body for the banking and financial sector and it described how a certain type of fraud where victims are tricked and manipulated into transferring money to criminals themselves, that was up by 46% in the course of just one year. to put it another way, that is £500 million that was stolen

from 200,000 people in just the last year, so within those numbers, investment scams are up, 60%, to £166 million stolen, romance fraud scams, so not just the financial hit but the emotional hit as well, they are up as well, a 77% increase in the space of a year, to see £30 million stolen from just over 3000 victims. fraud is a big, big problem in the uk. staggering figures. why has it gone so bad? criminals, fundamentally, are extremely good at theirjob. they are ruthlessly efficient at manipulating people, they are very good at social engineering, and social engineering is when, for example, they harvest data from people, that people might put up online voluntarily, on social media. also, you might get a scam text, oh, you missed a delivery from royal mail, or here you can get

details of the covid vaccine. if you enter any details in there, a week later you might get a call from someone pretending to be from your bank, they have your name and address, it is easy for them to manipulate people into thinking you are calling from their bank. so, these criminals are a master at their craft. there are not enough resources going into what is such a significant crime for so many people. i know, certainly, the banking sector and law enforcement indeed want greater collaboration between technology companies, social media sites, the telecoms industry, but it is a big problem because criminals are so good at it and there is not enough prevention in this country. gosh, i have nearly fallen for so many of those text in the past, asking for details, or money for a payment from royal mail. you say there are not enough resources going into preventing it, what can be done? i think a lot of responsibility lies on the individuals and to do with awareness.

you know, you almost fall for these things but luckily you don't but they can catch people when they are vulnerable, so a lot is to do with awareness, and people have to be aware that there are horrible people out there trying to steal your money. and as the uk goes more digital, as we get banking apps on our smartphone, that money can be stolen in a matter of minutes. the government is putting £100 million into trying to tackle fraud. it has launched a review into how to tackle this. it will be publishing that shortly. many of us will be hoping there are some real concrete moves in their that will see this epidemic of fraud tackled. the tech giant google says it will delete location data that shows when one of its users in the united states visits an abortion clinic, amid concerns information could be used in future prosecutions. it comes as protests have been taking place in australia today over last month's supreme court ruling overturning the constitutional right

to abortion in the us. thousands of people are marching through london today, for the city's first pride parade since 2019. celebrations were postponed for two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. it's also the 50th anniversary of london's first pride back in 1972. we can speak now to luke dowding, executive director of one body 0ne faith, a charity which focuses on empowering christians in the lgbt community. thank in the lgbt community. you for being with us. i thi you thank you for being with us. i think you stepped away from the parade, how is it? , ., , you stepped away from the parade, howisit? , . , , ,, how is it? yes, i have 'ust stepped to one how is it? yes, i have 'ust stepped to side — how is it? yes, i have 'ust stepped to one side for h how is it? yes, i have 'ust stepped to one side for it _ how is it? yes, i have 'ust stepped to one side for it is _ how is it? yes, i havejust stepped to one side for it is easier- how is it? yes, i havejust stepped to one side for it is easier for- how is it? yes, i havejust stepped to one side for it is easier for me l to one side for it is easier for me to one side for it is easier for me to hear. i to one side for it is easier for me to hear. ., , to one side for it is easier for me to hear. .,, ,, to one side for it is easier for me to hear. .,, i. u, ., to hear. i hope you can hear me ok. we can hear— to hear. i hope you can hear me ok. we can hear you _ to hear. i hope you can hear me ok. we can hear you great, _ to hear. i hope you can hear me ok. we can hear you great, tell- to hear. i hope you can hear me ok. we can hear you great, tell us - to hear. i hope you can hear me ok. we can hear you great, tell us more| we can hear you great, tell us more about the work you do for the lgbt community. about the work you do for the lgbt community-— about the work you do for the lgbt community. one body one faith is a charity that — community. one body one faith is a charity that seeks _ community. one body one faith is a charity that seeks to _ community. one body one faith is a charity that seeks to enable - community. one body one faith is a

charity that seeks to enable and - charity that seeks to enable and enable lgbt+ christians. we want to let people know that lgbt+ people exist —— christians exist. [30 let people know that lgbt+ people exist -- christians exist.— exist -- christians exist. do you feel your _ exist -- christians exist. do you feel your community _ exist -- christians exist. do you feel your community faces - feel your community faces discrimination? ., ., , discrimination? unfortunately, i think we do. _ discrimination? unfortunately, i think we do, i— discrimination? unfortunately, i think we do, i think _ discrimination? unfortunately, i think we do, i think that - discrimination? unfortunately, i think we do, i think that is - discrimination? unfortunately, i think we do, i think that is the l think we do, i think that is the case for lgbt+ christians, but i think it is for lgbt+ people more broadly in society, too. we have seen recently debates with conversion therapy and the hostile attitude towards trans people in britain, their risk for nearly a long way to go for equality and equity in the uk.— long way to go for equality and equity in the uk. how do you feel ou equity in the uk. how do you feel you achieve _ equity in the uk. how do you feel you achieve that? _ equity in the uk. how do you feel you achieve that? places - equity in the uk. how do you feel you achieve that? places like - equity in the uk. how do you feel. you achieve that? places like pride are a aood you achieve that? places like pride are a good place — you achieve that? places like pride are a good place to _ you achieve that? places like pride are a good place to start, - are a good place to start, representation is important, and showing that we contribute a valuable part two society, and i think lgbt+ christians have a part to play in that, too. often, the church has been responsible for

discrimination against lgbt+ people. so we can say actually, queer people exist in the church to and we are here and try to be.— exist in the church to and we are here and try to be. how has pride chanced here and try to be. how has pride changed over _ here and try to be. how has pride changed over the _ here and try to be. how has pride changed over the years? - here and try to be. how has pride changed over the years? it - here and try to be. how has pride changed over the years? it has i here and try to be. how has pride i changed over the years? it has been going for 50 years now, you are opting the not old enough to have been around then, but what changes have you seen? $5 been around then, but what changes have you seen?— have you seen? as an organisation, one body one _ have you seen? as an organisation, one body one faith, _ have you seen? as an organisation, one body one faith, we _ have you seen? as an organisation, one body one faith, we have - have you seen? as an organisation, i one body one faith, we have almost been around as long as pride and it is fair to say that society has shifted a huge way since then, things like same—sex marriage, society has shifted hugely. i have seen huge changes in societal acceptance, been able to walk down the street in cities like london, happy to do so is my outer self, but still acknowledging that work has to be done, there is still consciousness that hate crime is on the rhine —— rise and lgbt+ people are not feeling safe so visibility events like pride is important, and

we have a global responsible plenty to show that these events are important and lgbt+ people need to be protected and safeguarded. the grammy winning singer adele played a huge gig in london's hyde park last night — herfirst public concert in five years. she told the audience of 65,000 fans that she was "so happy" to be back on stage. here's lizo mzimba. # hello, it's me # oh, i'm so happy to be here! an emotional adele playing at hyde park. help me! her first full live show since 2017. # they say that time's supposed to heal you # but i ain't done much healing # hello from the other side! and the first after leaving thousands of fans disappointed after postponing a las vegas residency. tonight's verdict? she's the best we've ever seen,

absolutely outstanding. amazing. amazing, amazing. delighted, it was brilliant. and the set, just — she did everything you ever wanted to hear. the performance was amazing, it was great. yep, her first concert. she loved it, didn't you? loved it! but tonight has been more than just an evening of adele. it's been a day—long celebration of women in music, with an all—female lineup of supporting acts for one of the biggest musical events of the year. # when a woman wants her man...# from acts like gabrielle, whom adele adored growing up... # i'm telling you i got a master plan # you been on my mind for a while now # trying to get you off # �*cause this ain't right now...# ..to a collection of new artists like mahalia, who was delighted to be part of such a symbolic line—up. i would say in the past a lot of festival line—ups have been pretty much male—dominated, and i think we are seeing a shift. but i think we as women also have to be a part of the change, we have to put ourselves

forward to do those bills, to do those lineups, and i think you can really see that we're all trying to put ourselves in everyone's faces. will it make a big difference, do you think? i hope so, i really do hope so. because there's a demand for it, there's women like myself who want to see other women on stage, and so many other people that want to see their favourite female acts as well. so hopefully it does, yeah. # tainted view of us...# it's an issue that has become more prominent in recent years... # trying!# ..with many applauding what adele has done on her return to live performing after a long five years for her fans. # we're both none the wiser.# lizo mzimba, bbc news, hyde park. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich hello. today is bringing some

sunny spells, yes. but also some big shower clouds bubbling up in the sky. some of those showers will continue to be heavy and thundery. more generally cloudy and rather wet weather in the northern half of scotland and this little band of rain approaching the south—east corner, although it won't arrive across parts of kent until we get into the evening. temperatures 16—21 degrees, but we will see some showery rain into the far south—east later on. then, overnight, most places will be dry, but we will see some more showers feeding back into northern and western scotland and northern ireland on a strengthening breeze. that breeze will be a feature of the weather across the northern half of the uk during tomorrow. there will be showers around again but probably not as many as we have today. still potentially some heavy thundery ones for central and eastern parts. northern ireland, wales, south—west of england turning quite dry, i think, in most places. not too many showers by the afternoon. temperatures of 16—22. it's going to warm up in the south through the week ahead. it could get into the high 20s in places. always cooler with more cloud, and some rain further north.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer — with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming weeks at heathrow — the uk's busiest airport. a vigil is held in east london — dedicated to zara aleena — who was killed as she walked home from a night out. the conservative mp, chris pincher, who is under investigation for allegedly groping two men said he is seeking "professional medical support" and hopes to return to his duties as an mp "as soon as possible". two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries — according to russian state media. fraud is causing "ever increasing tide of damage" to people and the problem is likely to get worse, the head of a policing watchdog has warned. and more than a million people

are gathering on the streets on london for pride — as the lgbt+ community marks 50