live from london. this is bbc news. passport e—gates are now working normally at the uk's ports after a breakdown caused long queues for thousands of arrivals. tv presenter holly willoughby says she is hurt after phillip schofield's admission about a relationship with a younger itv colleague, which he previously denied to her. the post office here in the uk apologises for using racist language to describe branch managers who were wrongly prosecuted for theft. ukraine's most senior security official tells the bbc the country is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces. the french film anatomy of a fall

wins this year's palme d'or award at the cannes festival. there's been anger today over hours of delays at airports in the uk where passport e—gates were not working. the disruption, which began on friday night, had been due to an it issue. the situation has now been resolved. in a statement, the home office said that following a technical border system fault, all e—gates are now operating as normal. it went on to thank travellers who were impacted and staff for their work in resolving the issue. graham satchell has been looking at the impact on passengers. gatwick airport — described by one passenger today as an utterjoke. these scenes were repeated at airports across the uk.

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. we also had one passenger that fainted. this is wayne fenton at luton airport. already been in the queue now forabout 1.5 hours, in fact nearly two hours. the home office said the problem was with the whole uk border system, in particular e—gates, where passengers scan their own passports stopped working. this is one of the worst outages concerning the e—gates system. in the past when we have seen the odd outage, it has been for two or three hours and fixed fairly quickly, the timing of this disruption couldn't be worse, the start

of a busy bank holiday weekend. 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 was too sensitive to say. indicates also stopped working in paris. it has been a miserable day for tens of thousands of passengers stuck in endless cues. i've been speaking to tony smith, a former director general of the uk border force, about the scale of the problem. it's very unusual in my experience. we have had outages at individual terminals and individual ports of entry in the past, but a systemic ooutage of this scale and for this long is really unusual. you heard our correspondent earlier, how they asked the home office what it is about, and they said

it was too sensitive to tell you any more. but obviously it was not just individual gates, it was an issue with the system. is there anything with your experience that you can say it could have been? could it have been hacked, perhaps? or what could it have been? so, there obviously is an interface between the e—gates that are installed at the airports 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 we know 99.99% of traffic 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, partuclarly at busy holiday periods like this. i heard something like 60—80% of passengers are processed through the e—gates. are the airports too reliant on them? there will probably be be an inquiry after theirs. there will probably be be an inquiry after theirs. at airports around the world, we are talking about automated border controls, whether they are e—gates, kiosks, orsomething, because the volume of traffic no longer enables us to see every single passenger and check their passports personally by an officer. but i think there are some questions about the back—up plan, which at the moment was just switch to manual, and if you don't have enough 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 to you, no doubt, from traveliers 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 i'm afraid this is how long you will have to wait. i think that is part of the problem. it's the big showbiz story that's been making the front pages here in the uk — the resignation of itv host phillip schofield. now we've had the first reaction from his co—star, holly willoughby, who says she's hurt after his admission about an affair with a younger former male employee on one of their shows. mr schofield resigned from itv on friday admitting he had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as �*unwise, but not illegal�*. well today, holly willoughby said...

the statement also says itv spoke to a number of people who worked on "this morning" — and they were not provided with, and did not find, any evidence of a relationship beyond hearsay and rumour. itv says that a statement issued by the presenter on friday reveals that he lied to people from senior management to fellow presenters, his agents and to the media over this relationship. earlier, i spoke to pr adviser and brand expert, rhea freeman. she gave me her reaction to willoughby�*s statement. i think it backs up what philip said about that. he kept it a secret. i think it must have been a really difficult position for holly to be in, because what do you say? and i think her silence spoke great volumes as well. but i do think now, at least because she has said something, it can hopefully stop speculation

that she knew all about it and all the other things that people have been talking about, particularly online. and what about the programme then, and her role in it? do you expect her to stay on then now, would you? yes, absolutely. i think that holly is a huge part of this morning as was phil, and i, i personally don't see any reason why she wouldn't be able to carry on that role and hopefully work with somebody else and become a new dynamic duo. and what about itv? we were just hearing about what they've been saying today. they've released this statement saying that they did investigate this and found nothing more than rumours and hearsay. and when they approached both men about it, both of them denied it. there has been some criticism of their reaction, hasn't there? what do you make of where things are for itv now on this? i feel like there was obviously, from what they've said, that process that they went through to see what truth was there. so it does sound like they have conducted that investigation.

but i think it's also important to remember that in normal life, people do have affairs. it's horribly sad, but it does happen. and if it wasn't somebody in the media spotlight like this, it would be a private issue that wouldn't necessarily impact on their work. but because of who phillip is and because he's in that media spotlight, it does change things. in terms of itv, i think they've been quite clear that they have done the work and that they are disappointed that they had been lied to, as per every statement that we've heard over the last few days. and phillip schofield has said that he's going to reflect on his bad judgment. isn't he going to take some time? what do you think this means for his brand and him now? i think it'll be really interesting to see how this develops and what he does do. i think if we look back at lots of different people who have had issues that have been brought under intense scrutiny, they do often take that step away to let sort of water go under

the bridge, to perhaps talk about what's happened, and to really sort of think about how they're going to look after themselves and how they're going to move forward as well. and i think that's a really good thing to do. i do think as well, we as a sort of public do need to be aware that there's notjust two people involved in this. it does move far further out than that, to his family and to his friends, everything that he's said in his statement. so, i think it is important to have that space notjust for his career, but for his personal life as well. but i think it will really help his careerjust moving away from that limelight, letting some time pass. and then if he wants to come back, he has got that time and that breathing space to then do that and rethink how he's going to do that. itv news journalist emily morgan has died at the age of a5. emily morgan was the health and science editor for itv news whose career at the channel spanned more than two decades. she led itv�*s coronavirus coverage,

reporting from hospitals. the mother of two was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and passed away on friday night surrounded by her family. moscow is blaming ukraine for multiple attacks in russia. the governor of kursk region said cross—border mortarfire had killed a construction worker in a border village. the russian defence military 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 official told us. translation: we controljust a small i part of the city, and we admit that. l but you have to keep in mind that bakhmuy 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. voiceover in ukrainian.

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. i spoke to military expert retired colonel brendan kearney, who served 31 years with the us marine corps and previously worked extensively with nato. he says ukraine's counter offensive is no surprise. the ukrainians are going to pick a place and a time that is of their choosing. hopefully it's a place along a very narrow frontage against a russian unit that they've figured out is weakened

and it'll be a narrow frontage. they'll hit it with artillery, with air, with mortars. and their plan will probably be to overwhelm those defensive positions the russians have with overwhelming force. he's not committing to a time scale, as he wouldn't say when it might start. but i suppose we've talked a lot over the past year or so about the weather, and them needing to get on with it really, i suppose, before winter starts coming around the corner. no, you're exactly right. the weather plays a critical role in all offensive operations. for the ukrainians to have attacked at some point, say, three weeks ago when the ground was still very, very muddy from the rains and the thaw from their winter, your track vehicles, even your wheeled vehicles are really, they're road bound. and when they're road bound, they become nothing more than targets. and if you think back to what we saw in late february and early march of last year when the russians were advancing on kyiv, those long columns of vehicles that

the ukrainians were just picking off one by one... utter destruction. so, the ukrainians don't want to repeat that mistake. so they're waiting for the good weather so they can spread their forces out, get those vehicles off the road and attack again where they want to. we're also hearing today from the russian ambassador, russia's ambassador to britain. he's been talking to the bbc and sort of saying, the effect of the west is escalating things and that this escalation is risking levels not seen before. what do you read into that? well, it's the same story that they've been repeating since right after the invasion stalled. their invasion stalled last year. you know, they want to take advantage of this situation where they think they still retain some type of military power in ukraine. and they do. but they also want to

paint themselves as not being the aggressor, which is utterly... i mean, we're all incredulous whenever we hear those type of words from the russians. they are the aggressors. they like to blame the west for prompting the ukrainians in prolonging this war, and for the west also to be giving the high—tech weaponry and the ammunition supplies that russia is having trouble meeting their own requirements with. so, this is nothing more than a blame game. and there's not a single thing that the ambassador has uttered that is new. this is old, old verbiage from the ambassador. that was retired colonel brendan kearney speaking to me earlier. and if you are following events in ukraine, then it's worth having a listen to ukrainecast. you can find the latest episode and previous updates on bbc sounds.

just look under the �*podcasts' section of the app. at least eleven people including a four—year old boy have been killed in an avalanche in northern pakistan. the victims were part of a nomadic tribe who were crossing a mountainous area in the shounter pass. 25 others were injured. pakistan's prime minister, shehbaz sharif, says incidents such as avalanches are becoming more common because of climate change. 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 numbered categories include the terms chinese/japanese types, dark—skinned european types, and an offensive colonial term that refers to people of african descent. bajit ran two post offices in east london with his wife for more than 20 years. he lost his business and was declared bankrupt. bajit 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 that 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 campaigners and people fighting forjustice from the post office, so this is how it came to light, otherwise it would have been buried for a long time. 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. people in turkey will vote on sunday in a presidential run—off to decide whether or not recep tayyip erdogan should remain in power after 20 years. his main rival, the secular opposition leader kemal kilicdaroglu, has billed the vote as a referendum on turkey's future direction. both candidates have been

trading insults and accusations. president erdogan accused his rival of meeting banned kurdish militants without providing any proof, while kemal kilicdaroglu called the president a liar and a coward. the french film anatomy of a fall, directed byjustine triet, has won this year's palme d'or award at the cannes festival. triet becomes the third female director to have won the prestigious prize. in 76 editions, the film tells the story of the trial of a widow accused of murdering her husband. live now to beatrice loayza, a film journalist who is in cannes. will you make of this film that is one's i will you make of this film that is one' ., ., , ., ., one's i found it to be one of the most incredible _ one's i found it to be one of the most incredible films _ one's i found it to be one of the most incredible films of - one's i found it to be one of the most incredible films of the - most incredible films of the festival. i have been following this directors work since she has been in

front of a, debut feature. she has been part of the competition and graduated to critics week, and then her previous feature, sybil was also an competition so she has been somebody that has been supported since the beginning. now, i think anatomy of a fall is bringing together her various concerns about professional women, their relationship issues, and a sort of suspenseful, psychological elements to all of these feminist concerns. it brings these concerns together in a very masterful way and it features incredible performance by sound or holders, who knew might recognise from another can favourite from past years, tony erdman, and i think this is an incredible film. among other

credits here, this was the favourite. along with thejonathan glaser film, favourite. along with thejonathan glaserfilm, which sandra is also one of the primary actors in. so this is, for once, a film that really deserves the win and has been receiving a good lot of a claim on the ground from critics that have been reviewing day after day. and for me personally, if such a great i°y for me personally, if such a great joy to see because usually the winners don't really reflect films that i personally have supported over the years. so it's been a huge delight to see. 50 over the years. so it's been a huge delight to see-— delight to see. so that been obscure? no, _ delight to see. so that been obscure? no, don't- delight to see. so that been obscure? no, don't worry. l delight to see. so that been - obscure? no, don't worry. what delight to see. so that been _ obscure? no, don't worry. what about the fact that she is only the third female director out of 76. it's great, isn't it's but three out of 76 is not very good, isn't it? it certainly hasn't. i think that there

has been a concerted effort from this addition of cannes to feature more female film—makers. this is also short of a record for the number of female directors in competition. there were seven. so, to have her actually triumphant, and for a film that was incrediblyjust complex and also kind of ambiguous. it was a difficult film to grapple with and i think it will list a lot of questions from viewers. so i think it's a good step forward for cannes and a surprising one because the festival began with the opening night film was featured johnny depp,

so there was kind of the sense that will this be taken seriously, that there need to be more female film—makers? and of course she was a woman director but there were sort of this dimension of,— of this dimension of, were going to have to leave _ of this dimension of, were going to have to leave it _ of this dimension of, were going to have to leave it there. _ of this dimension of, were going to have to leave it there. so - of this dimension of, were going to have to leave it there. so sorry - have to leave it there. so sorry to interrupt you. thank you so much for joining us from cannes. football — and luton town have completed their remarkable journey from a non—league side to playing in the premier league. they beat coventry city six—five on penalties to win the championship play—off final at wembley. luton�*s captain, tom lockyer, collapsed on the pitch during the match and was taken to hospital — his family say he's now "responsive and talking". luton town were playing non—league footballjust nine years ago — and their kenilworth road stadium will be the smallest in the top flight next season. thousands of people were at liverpool's waterfront today, as the city marked the 80th anniversary of the battle

of the atlantic. it was the longest continuous military campaign during the second world war. ten of thousands of lives were lost during the battle. thanks for watching. producing one or two spots of rain. that was mainly due to a very weak where the front. that's hiding its way out into the north sea. following on from that we've got some cooler air coming around our area of high pressure from the north so temperatures for many of us will be a little lower on sunday.

we've got that cloud fest during some of england and the north sea. there will be sunshine at times in northern island, the cloud coming in in the northwest, and with a northeasterly breeze across england it will push that cloud further west although hanging onto the best of the sunshine in west wales and the longest coast it'll be cooler further north and east a significant drop of temperature in the northeast of england. it still dry, high pressure in charge, stronger winds on monday and two shetland blowing on monday and two shetland blowing on more cloud and there's also a northeasterly wind that should break up northeasterly wind that should break up in the afternoon. lots of sunshine around on bank holiday monday. cooler air in place across england or wales, highest temperatures moving further west, ireland and scotland turning a bit warmer on monday with temperatures

back into the low 20s. high pressure remains in charge for monday and into tuesday. the position is not really changing very much, light winds for many, strong winds for the english channel and southern parts of england. with the wind coming in off the north sea we could see more cloud on tuesday for eastern areas of england, going to be warmer towards the west and the north, temperatures getting into the low 20s, scotland could see highs of 2a degrees or so on tuesday. really all week we are dominated by high pressure, still dry, sunshine most days, and temperatures reaching the mid—20s for the middle parts of the week.

the home office says e—gates are now operating as normal after long delays for some passengers travelling to uk airports. the disruption, which began on friday night, was due to an it issue which is now resolved. tv presenter holly willoughby says she is hurt after phillip schofield's admission about a relationship with a younger itv colleague, which he previously denied to her. 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.