live from london — this is bbc news. a home office source says e—gates are now starting to come back on after long delays for some passengers travelling to the uk. it's the final day of campaigning in turkey ahead of one of the country's most divisive presidential elections. ukraine's most senior security official tells the bbc the country is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces. in the uk — the post office apologises for using racist language to describe sub—postmasters who were being wrongly investigated as part of the horizon computer scandal. itv says it investigated rumours of a relationship between presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020 — but both repeatedly denied it.

hello, i'm lucy grey. a home office source has told the bbc that e—gates are starting to work again at uk airports. a nationwide issue, which started on friday evening, has resulted in long queues at passport control. the bbc understands the gates will be switched on in the busiest spots first and that the it issue has now been resolved. graham satchell has the latest. gatwick airport, described by one passenger today as an utterjoke. this is manchester, where again there were huge queues for passport control. and at heathrow, arriving passengers were forced to wait more than three hours.— than three hours. there was absolutely _ than three hours. there was absolutely chaos _ than three hours. there was absolutely chaos at - than three hours. there was| absolutely chaos at passport control, i waited something like 2.5 hours to get out of the airport.

this is when scenting at luton airport. this is when scenting at luton airort. �* . , , airport. already been in the queue now for about _ airport. already been in the queue now for about 1.5 _ airport. already been in the queue now for about 1.5 hours, _ airport. already been in the queue now for about 1.5 hours, in - airport. already been in the queue now for about 1.5 hours, in fact - now for about 1.5 hours, in fact nearly— now for about 1.5 hours, in fact nearly two— now for about 1.5 hours, in fact nearly two hours. the now for about 1.5 hours, in fact nearly two hours.— now for about 1.5 hours, in fact nearly two hours. the home office said the problem _ nearly two hours. the home office said the problem was _ nearly two hours. the home office said the problem was with - nearly two hours. the home office said the problem was with the - nearly two hours. the home office l said the problem was with the whole uk border system, said the problem was with the whole uk bordersystem, in said the problem was with the whole uk border system, in particular e—gates, where passengers scan their passports, stop working to stop this is one of the worst outages concerning the e—gates system. in the past when we have seen that the odd outage, it has been for two or three hours and fix fairly quickly, but already we are seeing the scale of this particular outage. the timin: of this particular outage. the timing of _ of this particular outage. the timing of this _ of this particular outage. the timing of this couldn't be worse, the star of the bank holiday weekend and for many the spring half term. the home office have been saying that they have been trying to fix this problem as a matter of urgency, but when i asked them exactly what the problem is that they're trying to fix, they said it is too sensitive to say. it to fix, they said it is too sensitive to say.- to fix, they said it is too sensitive to say. to fix, they said it is too sensitive to sa . , ., ., , sensitive to say. it is now nearly five to three, _

sensitive to say. it is now nearly five to three, we _ sensitive to say. it is now nearly five to three, we landed - sensitive to say. it is now nearly five to three, we landed at - sensitive to say. it is now nearly five to three, we landed at five l sensitive to say. it is now nearly. five to three, we landed at five to 12. three hours waiting. an five to three, we landed at five to 12. three hours waiting. an absolute niahtmare. 12. three hours waiting. an absolute nightmare. wayne _ 12. three hours waiting. an absolute nightmare. wayne finally _ 12. three hours waiting. an absolute nightmare. wayne finally made - 12. three hours waiting. an absolute nightmare. wayne finally made it. 12. three hours waiting. an absolute | nightmare. wayne finally made it and is on his way home. but this is that in a port, crorairport is on his way home. but this is that in a port, cror airport this afternoon, still packed and this was bristol. the home office says that the idea she has now been resolved but will take some considerable time for the disruption to end. our reporter, david waddell, is at london's heathrow airport and is following developments. it is panning out to be a beautiful bank holiday weekend here at london heathrow, but it didn't start out well for thousands of passengers, or for border force, whose systems collapsed early on friday evening. now, though systems are operational, border force and the home office have said they will start to reopen the e—gates at the busiest locations first before verifying whether that is working ok, and then reopening them at other locations across the country. in the meantime, there have been

long queues, some incoming passengers both here in the uk, at airports across the country, and at the eurostar terminals in paris and brussels, in paris and brussels, really long queues, in some cases two or three hours. those that managed, mitigated throughout the day, particularly with the support of the royal navy, who has been helping to staff the terminals at heathrow and also at gatwick. now, in the coming days it will be interesting to find out what has driven these problems. the home office has been asked by the bbc what the cause was, the home office have simply said at this stage it is too sensitive to discuss. later in the programme we will speak to a former director—general of the uk border force. to turkey now and that big presidential election happening tomorrow, sunday. it's a two—way runoff between the current presdient, recep tayyip erdogan — he's been in powerfor two decades. — and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. in the first round of the election earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote — just over 4% more than his rival.

both candidates are now chasing support from nationalist voters. our middle east correspondent, anna foster, is in istanbul. both of these contenders have really squeezed every last drop out of theircampaigning. they've been out in public — kemal kilicdaroglu in the capital, ankara, recep tayyip erdogan here in istanbul. bringing people around them, really about them, really both trying to win those crucial votes that they need for one of them to push over the 50% mark, because that is the key. it's now come down to a straight run—off between these two candidates. the expectation is that we will this time we will find out who turkey's next leader will be. let's look in a little more detail at who the turkish people are choosing between. recep tayyip erdogan, in power here for 20 years, first as prime minister, then as president. he has been accused of becoming an increasingly authoritarian leader, changing the rules to keep himself in power. he brought in this executive presidency. also making this a much more

deeply religious country, certainly in terms of civil society, the rule of law, than it was was beforehand. he and his supporters say he is a strong leadership candidate, that he is the sort of man that turkey needs to really cement its position in the world and deal with some of the problems in turkish society, like the economic crisis for example. he has been calling just today on his supporters not to be complacent, i think, not to look at the fact he was so close last time round, to go out today and keep voting. translation: are we running to the polls tomorrow? - will we cast our votes from the early hours of the morning? we will not lose anyone who voted in the first round. do we agree on that? and for whatever reason, if anyone can't go to vote, we will encourage them as well. cheering

that is what president recep tayyip erdogan has had to say. the challenger, kemal kilicdaroglu is a very different character. he is a quietly spoken former civil servant. he spent a lot of his campaign talking about his vision of a more secular future for turkey, talking about a more democratic country, saying that he would improve things like free speech. but his critics say that he would not be strong enough on the world stage. that he has not got the leadership experience to really provide a contrast to mr erdogan, to really push things forward the things in the way that he could. but kemal kilicdaroglu has been saying to his supporters and to some of these floating voters that he can solve some of the problem is that turkey has been suffering. translation: the situation that our l country is in right now is not good, l turkey needs to get out of this. to be able to do that, we need to put up a fight together. no matter how we look

at the conditions that we are in, a pessimistic atmosphere has been created for everyone. today turkey has some serious economic problems. we will go to the polls and cast our vote, we will replace an authoritarian government through democratic means. so, how do voters right across the country responded to that? what do they think about the issues that the contenders have really been talking about? the economy is certainly one of the biggest things that people have been considering, turkey's economic crisis has been a long and is deep, people really feeling it in their pockets here. things like the country's response, and particularly the government's response to those devastating earthquakes back in february, a lot of people saw that as slow and lacking. that did not seem to damage president erdogan�*s support in those southern areas though. increasingly, the issue around

refugees, mainly syrian refugees, there are around 3 million in the country and immigration has become a hot topic. both sides have been trying to outdo each other in terms of how many refugees they can remove from this country and how quickly. so what do people in istanbul think about all this? i have been talking to them about the issues that will really affect the way that they vote. translation: on the immigration issue, it is important _ to produce permanent policies. i think it is not feasible to find a solution that says they should stay or go. these policies should not be solely made by turkey. it's also important to make those policies in cooperation with neighbouring countries and home countries of foreigners. this way it is going to be more sustainable. i feel very sorry for the migrants. not only syrians, but afghans are residing in turkey now. but i believe they have been receiving too much tolerance. our own population needs jobsjust as much. i think migrants have been given too much. they have even been granted nationality as well, and i find it very upsetting. one man, president erdogan, delivered more than he -

promised for 21 years. the opposition is promising things that reduce - the opportunities for young people. he is trying to divide the country. if the opposition comes into power, i the country will be divided in two. i erdogan is the most logical candidate, but i don't- want to support erdogan, but there isn't really- another option for me. tomorrow morning when turks wake up around 8am local time, the polls will open and they will spend the day, right through until 5pm, casting their votes. this one is simple — one ballot paper, two candidates. when the polls close at 5pm, the counting will start immediately. we expect by tomorrow evening, as people in turkey will start to think about going to bed, a lot of that counting will be have been done and we will have a clearer

idea of who turkey's next president will be. let's go back to our main story — these huge delays at airports across these huge delays at airports across the uk today because of a problem with e—gates. the home office has just issued a statements and, following a technical failure concerning e—gates... i'm joined by tony smith — who's a former director general of the uk border force. it was a huge issue affecting every single airport in the uk that uses these e—gates. how significant, how unusual is that? it is these e-gates. how significant, how unusual is that?— unusual is that? it is a very unusual— unusual is that? it is a very unusual actually _ unusual is that? it is a very unusual actually for- unusual is that? it is a very unusual actually for there l unusual is that? it is a very| unusual actually for there to unusual is that? it is a very - unusual actually for there to be a systemic issue like this one, which as you say has affected all e—gates are cross all of our entire airport estate. that is very unusual in my

experience. we have had outages at individual terminals and individual ports of entry in the past, but a systemic failure of this deal and for this one is really unusual. you hit our corresponding earlier, how they asked the home office what it is about and they said it was too sensitive to tell you more. but obviously it was notjust individual gates,it obviously it was notjust individual gates, it was an issue with the system. is there anything with yours experience that could have been? could have been hacked perhaps? or what could it have been? there obviously is _ what could it have been? there obviously is an _ what could it have been? there obviously is an interface - what could it have been? there i obviously is an interface between the e—gates that are installed at the e—gates that are installed at the airport and home office systems, because everybody who comes into the country, whether via an e—gate or via an officer has to be thoroughly checked against systems. i can only assume that there was some connectivity issue between the e—gates and the home office systems. i obviously can't go into details

about what those systems might be. but clearly security at the border is paramount and we cannot let anybody through the border unless they have been properly checked, even though vilhete 99.99% is perfectly genuine, we can't afford to take that risk. the alternative fallback strategy is to push everybody through the manual controls where officers have the systems to do the manual checks there. but we do rely very much on these e—gates, critically at dizzee holiday paydays like this. i these e-gates, critically at dizzee holiday paydays like this.- holiday paydays like this. i heard somethin: holiday paydays like this. i heard something like _ holiday paydays like this. i heard something like 60-70% - holiday paydays like this. i heard something like 60-70% of - holiday paydays like this. i heard - something like 60-70% of passengers something like 60—70% of passengers are processed through the e—gates. art the ports too on the question mark they were probably an inquiry after this to see what fallback plan is. �* . after this to see what fallback plan is.�* ., ., , after this to see what fallback plan is. but at airports around the world, is. but at airports around the world. we — is. but at airports around the world, we are _ is. but at airports around the world, we are talking - is. but at airports around the world, we are talking about i world, we are talking about automated border controls, whether they are e—gates, kiosks, or something, because of the volume of traffic no longer enables us to see

every single passenger and check their passports by an officer. but i think there are questions about the back—up plan, which at the moment wasjust back—up plan, which at the moment was just switch to manual and if you don't have enough manual four officers available, then you will get three to four hour long queues. also i think the communication is really important. lots of messages coming in from passengers that they simply didn't know what was going on. we do need to work with the airports so that messages are clearly sent out, this is what the problem is, this is what we will try to do to fix it, and this is how long you will have to write. that is part of the problem.— long you will have to write. that is part of the problem. thank you for talkin: to part of the problem. thank you for talking to us. _ part of the problem. thank you for talking to us, tony _ part of the problem. thank you for talking to us, tony smith, - part of the problem. thank you for talking to us, tony smith, former| talking to us, tony smith, former director of the uk border force. just a reminder of the news on that last few minutes that all e—gates now are operating as normal. that is a statement from the home office. moscow is blaming ukraine for multiple attacks in russia.

the governor of kursk region said cross—border mortrar fire had killed a construction worker in a border village. the russian defence ministry also said that they have intercepted two long—range missiles supplied by britain, and shot down 12 drones in the last 2a hours. ukraine's most senior security official has said the country is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov told the bbc the planned assault was an "historic opportunity", but the government had "no right to make a mistake" when making such an important decision. james landale reports from kyiv. this is what's left of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claimed they're withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists its forces are still engaged on the ground in the outskirts, as the country's most senior security translation: we controljust a small i part of the city, and we admit that. l but you have to keep in mind that bakhmut has played a big role in this war.

are the wagner mercenary group withdrawing, as their leader, prigozhin, says? yes, that is happening. but it doesn't mean that they will stop fighting us. they're going to concentrate more on other fronts. our intelligence is following that. we understand where they will appear next. they are regrouping to other free locations and we're following that. and all the while, ukraine is preparing a counter—offensive. this propaganda video broadcast by military commanders to raise morale and encourage what they called a decisive offensive — but when might it begin?

translation: we will figure out | when that will start so that we can have the best result at that point of war. it could happen tomorrow, the day after tomorrow or in a week. it would be strange if i were to name dates or the start of that or another event. that cannot be done. but you're ready? we're always ready. the same as we were ready to defend our country at any time. and it is not a question of time. we have to understand that that historical opportunity that is given to us by god, to our country, we cannot lose. so we can truly become an independent, big european country. but until that happens, ukraine will remain vulnerable to attacks like this — a hospital in dnipro destroyed by a russian missile that air defences this time failed to stop. james landale, bbc news, kyiv.

here in the uk, it's emerged that hundreds of sub—postmasters were racially profiled using racist terms, as part of the post office investigation into its failed horizon it system. more than 700 sub—postmasters were prosecuted for false accounting, based on information from a flawed system — in what's been described as "the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice in uk history." the post office has apologised. our business correspondent, peter ruddick, reports. more than 700 post office branch managers were wrongly prosecuted when faulty software made it look as though they had taken money. now they've discovered they were also being classified and logged along racial lines, using outdated and racist language. an internal document, which has been made public after a freedom of information request, shows fraud investigators were asked to give all potential suspects a number relating to racial background.

the number categories included the terms: chinese/japanese types, dark—skinned european types and an offensive colonial term that refers to people of african descent. baljit ran two post offices in east london with his wife for more than 20 years. he lost his business and was declared bankrupt. after giving evidence to the inquiry into the scandal, he now finds it too traumatic to discuss what he's been through. his son said his family were disappointed but not surprised by the document. it was quite disturbing and itjust goes to show the post office has had a rotten culture at its core for a number of years and this information wasn't made available by the post office. it came about because of the campaigners and people fighting for justice from the post office, so this is how it came to light, otherwise it would have stayed buried for a long time further. a spokesperson said...

several sub postmasters have now had their convictions overturned. however, there are many, like baljit, who are still waiting for compensation. peter ruddick, bbc news. let's just take a look at the scene in the south of france. this is the red carpet as stars arrive for the closing ceremony of the cannes film festival, which of course takes in the festival's award ceremony. there are 21 films in the running for the top prize — the palme d'or — and it's a record—breaking set of nominees. a record seven female directors have films in that category. this year's also been one of the biggest in terms of famous faces attending — hollywood titans harrison ford,

martin scorsese and robert de niro among them — as well as many dozens of others too. there we are, some of the guests two guests arriving at the cannes film festival at the final day. expecting the award ceremony later on. here in the uk, itv has issued a statement saying it investigated rumours of a relationship between tv presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020 but both men "repeatedly denied" it. on friday, mr schofield resigned from itv after admitting he had the affair and had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as "unwise, but not illegal." our correspondent katharine da costa has more on this story. for our international viewers, just explain how a big a name is phillip schofield ?

philip schofield is a household name here in the uk. he started out as a children's tv presenter and has gone on to present a string of high—profile programmes, including dancing on eyes. perhaps he was most well known for being the itv presenter of this morning, a role he had for more than 20 years. audiences really liked the chemistry he had with his co—presenter, holly willoughby. there has been months of speculation about his personal relationships. just last week he left his role at itv�*s this morning following reports of a rift between him and holly willoughby, something he said was unrelated to this latest revelation. yesterday phillip schofield admitted he had had an affair with a younger man he worked with on the show. he said while the relationship was unwise, it was not a illegal. he said he was still married any time of the affair to his wife. they separated in 2020

after out as gay. philip schofield went on to say he was very, very sorry for being on fatal to his wife and to lying to lying to friends, colleagues and the public about the relationship, and he said he was going to reflect on his very bad judgment in both participating in the relation ship and lying about it. and itv have released a statement? itv says it has investigate rumours that philip schofield had an affair with an employee when i started to circulate in 2020. the broadcaster said both parties repeatedly denied the rumours. a number of people who worked on this morning but also spoken to, but there was no evidence of a relationship that was found beyond hearsay. itv says it is deeply disappointed and that his statement confirms that he had lied to people at the company, moved to senior management and two fellow presenters. some suggest that the revelations raise questions about how much the network's managers knew

at the time. . ~' , how much the network's managers knew at the time. ., ~ i. , . at the time. thank you very much, catherine- — thousands of people were at liverpool's waterfront today, as the city marked the 80th anniversary of the battle of the atlantic. members of the public also had the chance to go on board the royal navy destroyer, hms defender. molly brewer reports. vintage dancing, spitfires and naval ships. today liverpool looks like it has been transported back to the 19405 to mark what is arguably one of the most important battles of the second world war. the of the most important battles of the second world war.— of the most important battles of the second world war. the battle of the atlantic facilitated _ second world war. the battle of the atlantic facilitated d-day, _ atlantic facilitated d—day, facilitated the battle... is probably the most important battle in our country. probably the most important battle in our country-— probably the most important battle in our country. thousands flocked to the pierhead — in our country. thousands flocked to the pierhead in _ in our country. thousands flocked to the pierhead in the _ in our country. thousands flocked to the pierhead in the sunshine, - in our country. thousands flocked to the pierhead in the sunshine, and i in our country. thousands flocked to the pierhead in the sunshine, and of all ages. the pierhead in the sunshine, and of allages. j the pierhead in the sunshine, and of all aaes. . the pierhead in the sunshine, and of allaaes. ., j~ ~ , all ages. i am 84 in august, so i would be _ all ages. i am 84 in august, so i would be about _ all ages. i am 84 in august, so i would be about three _ all ages. i am 84 in august, so i would be about three and - all ages. i am 84 in august, so i would be about three and a - all ages. i am 84 in august, so i would be about three and a half| all ages. i am 84 in august, so i- would be about three and a half when at the battle was reaching its peak.

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halliwell on the red carpet there. thank you for watching, i do stay with us. hello, good afternoon. cloud and sunshine amounts will vary as we head through the next few days. there is some cloud around today, as captured by our weather watcher here in the highlands, but lots of blue sky and sunshine. for the vast majority of us it will be completely dry this bank holiday weekend too, with high pressure dominating, some more spells of warm sunshine but clouding over at times too. and this is the cloud produced by our cold front earlier on today on the satellite picture. it is gradually sinking southwards, introducing more cloud this afternoon across northern ireland and into northern england. brightening up for northern scotland. by the time we get to the end of the day, some strong gusty winds perhaps over the northern isles, but the best of the sunshine in england and wales, temperatures here ranging between 19 and 22c. cooler towards coastal areas.

and don't forget the sunshine is strong at this time of year. the uv levels will be high and they will remain high as we head through into next week. and of course the grass pollen season is also just getting under way. now, overnight tonight, we will start to see parts of northern ireland and much of western scotland cloud over. if we do see any prolonged clear spells across the highlands, temperatures could drop very close to freezing. it's milder further south for england and wales, temperatures in mid to high single figures. high pressure still dominates on sunday, it is certainly looking dry and settled. there will be some areas of cloud around, mostly out towards western areas of scotland, where, again, it will feel cooler across northern ireland too. some areas of cloud out towards eastern areas of england, generally a cloudier—looking day with the best of the sunshine i think for western wales and for the far south—west of england, devon and cornwall. there will always be a cool breeze, it is picking up towards eastern coastal areas by the end of the day. highs of 22 or 23 celsius in the best of the sunshine. let's take a look at bank holiday monday. it is cooler and breezier

across the south of england, particularly towards those eastern coasts. again the best of the sunshine further north and west, highs of around 21 celsius perhaps across the central belt of scotland on bank holiday monday. and looking ahead to the rest of the week, well, the high pressure is going nowhere. it is keeping us dry and settled. there will be variable amounts of cloud around at times but also some sunshine and if we take a look at the outlook for our capital cities, you can see that most of the temperatures recover into the late 20s in celsius.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the home office says e—gates are now operating as normal after long delays for some passengers travelling to the uk. the disruption, which began on friday night, was due to an it issue which is now resolved. it's the final day of campaigning in turkey ahead of one of the country's most divisive presidential elections where the economy and immigration are key voter concerns. huge political rallies have been held to drum up support. ukraine's most senior security official tells the bbc the country is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov describes the planned assault as an "historic opportunity". itv says it investigated rumours

of a relationship between presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020,