but where you can see them [ending but they are going to be landing as we heard at a lot slower rate and you are also not going to see so many taking of. that is why we have people on the ground waiting, these flights are probably ones waiting to take off on issues at because air traffic control may be using a manual system, they are going to be prioritising those flights that are coming in to land rugby rather than flights that are taking off. so all their efforts will be going on taking in these plain. we have seen this one land rugby here but at the moment there is nothing coming into land rugby straightaway. you can see the mass of planes we have here around heathrow and there will be across all of the country are all these planes building up is to try to land rugby. as we see can see there are probably planes in areas around the country, here if we zoom in on stansted, again, you can see

those planes landing and waiting around stansted airport. have all these planes across the united kingdom that you can see and they will be heading for those airports, mainly the big one are going to be stansted and also gatwick and luton in the southeast. and they are going to be posing them, they will bring them in a much, much slower, you would normally expect to see a lot more planes and that heathrow airport and there is another plane coming in to land. we saw that plane and just as i was talking and now this other one is coming in to land rugby as well. you can see there and the other ones messing around on the runway. that is a lot slower rate than we would expect coming into land normally at heathrow and as we have been saying, that is the issue, it's are bringing those planes in under systems that it might not

normally and they may be doing it manually, so they will be pro—tour prioritising nothing to worry about safety wise but that is why these other planes that you might expect to be taking off aren't, because they want to keep those on the ground and focus all their energies on bringing the planes to land at the moment. on bringing the planes to land at the moment-— just going to quickly recap what we know. uk air traffic control systems have been hit with technical issues. air traffic control is what keeps the planes coming and taking off and landing around the uk. there is a technical problem. we have a brief statement from britain's national air traffic services, or nats as it is known. it says they are experiencing technical issues and have applied traffic flow

restriction is to maintain safety. simon calder, from the independent, has been talking through what that means, applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety. it means the usual rate at which planes take off and land has been slowed down because the system isn't working as it should. there is no threat to safety, it just working as it should. there is no threat to safety, itjust means that everything takes longer, because they are going back to more traditional, analog methods, to get planes up in the air and back down on the ground. that means there are delays. there isn't much slack in the system anyway, and therefore you have delays in planes coming in, do lanes in planes taking off, and then, potentially, cancellations and then, potentially, cancellations and then planes out of place, diversions, people out of place, diversions, people out of place, diversions, cruise out of place, all on one of the busiest days for airports in the uk, so the timing is not great. we will get plenty more updates in the minutes and hours ahead and we will get back to that

as and when we get any more information for you. we will take a look at the impact of climate change on children, because there is a new united nations report out which says that governments are responsible for protecting children from immediate harm and also from future effects of climate change and damage. but this is the first time there is a little guidance for every estate to protect the rights of every child to protect the rights of every child to a clean, healthy sustainable

environment, no one can ignore this legal guidance in any decision they take affecting climate finance and financing of climate policy. if take affecting climate finance and financing of climate policy. iii it financing of climate policy. if it is effective _ financing of climate policy. if it is effective it _ financing of climate policy. if it is effective it is _ financing of climate policy. if t is effective it is the right of every child to survive and thrive and grow up in a self unhealthy in every part of the world, not only inside the borders but also in every other country in the world. responsibility outside their own borders too, which is interesting. what obligations, when you specifically look at this through the rights of the child, does that put on governments, other than their normal obligations or moral duties, when it comes to climate change anyway because you absolutely. so far children's rights have been neglected, invisible in any proper decision regarding climate or the

environment. itla decision regarding climate or the environment.— decision regarding climate or the environment. ., ., , ., ~ ., environment. no one is talking about the im act environment. no one is talking about the impact of — environment. no one is talking about the impact of climate _ environment. no one is talking about the impact of climate crisis _ environment. no one is talking about the impact of climate crisis or - the impact of climate crisis or environment degradation on children's health, on the right to have safe food, to be breathing clean air, to be able to survive beyond the age of five. we forget that every year, 1.7 million children underfive die that every year, 1.7 million children under five die of avoidable causes like pneumonia, or diarrhoea, just because they are living in an environment where they have no access to clean water or they are breathing dirty, polluted air every day. this new legal guidance holds governments accountable to tackle that impact and to protect the rights of every child in the world. thank you very much for coming on the programme. huge potential disruption ahead. we

are waiting to see how big the disruption will be, but that is with flights. nationwide air traffic control systems, technical issues. that means there are delays now and getting planes to land in uk airports, and in getting them to take off. this is the flight raider website which may be familiar with. it shows images of all the flights in the air, right round the world. it shows it is still pretty busy over the uk, but not as many flights landing ortaking off over the uk, but not as many flights landing or taking off as quickly as they would ordinarily, because of these technical issues, a systems failure. it should be stressed that simon calder, travel expert, when we spoke to him just a few minutes ago, said that there is no real security or safety issues here. this isjust about the delays that will take place as flights are delayed from taking off, slower to come into land, and it could lead to flight

cancellations. all this on one of the busiest days for flights in the uk. potentially a very frustrating day ahead for many travellers. we will keep an eye on that for you. the opposition has accused the president of carrying out a coup. elections were held on wednesday. the president was declared the winner on sunday. he had nearly 53% of the vote. the opposition leader, nelson chamisa, has called the official results are a sham. independent observers had their reservations. let's look at what those have been. southern african development community says the elections �*fell short of the requirements of the constitution of zimba bwe'. the european union says �*acts of violence and intimidation resulted in a climate of

fear�*. zimbabwe's leader has dismissed the criticism, and insists the elections were fair. we spoke earlier to zanu pf spokesperson, farai marapira who rejects claims that zimbabwe's election was unfair. well, these matters are legal matters. at zanu—pf, our tallies have shown they're in tandem with the results that have been given by zec. so we do not have a problem with the numbers that zec has given out. but if the ccc has got any problem, then their legal challenge that is over with the courts... if they have got any problems with the results that have come out, we advise that they go to the courts and they seek redress. at zanu—pf, we are not zec. i think maybe we need to make that clear. zec faced a lot of challenges which we understand. and allow me to say this, all these challenges that were happening at polling stations, they were also affecting our voters at zanu—pf.

there are no polling stations where you find only one party have been voted for. at every polling station, there were votes for zanu—pf, they were votes for ccc, albeit in different numbers. if you really look at it, we have had the most peaceful election. we have really developed our democracy. these allegations of intimidation. they are unfounded. if you look at it from our perspective, the police have been on top of each and every case. any case of violence, the police have been on top of it. they have been making arrests without fear, norfavour. so to then say there has been intimidation of the electorate is patently false. that is the response from the leading party. that is the response from the leading party. live now to harare and our correspondent shingai nyoka. let's ta ke let's take a couple of the points that were raised there by the

spokesperson. first this idea that some polling stations were delayed in opening, or there were problems with them. i'm afraid, as you can see, we havejust with them. i'm afraid, as you can see, we have just lost that with them. i'm afraid, as you can see, we havejust lost that line alerted zimbabwe. i will finish my point on that, because the claim was, the election was going ahead, but there were delays to polling stations opening, and that those delays, and problems with those polling stations, having inning early in urban areas, rather than rural areas. early in urban areas, rather than ruralareas. in early in urban areas, rather than rural areas. in urban areas tend to be higher voting for the opposition, rather than for emerson and gag work, the incumbent. that was part of the criticism at the time. we wanted to get the perspective on that but we will try to cross to her a little later. we will come back to the latest on the election in zimbabwe in a moment. let's come here to the uk and the problem is taking place with air traffic control across the country. planes

now subject to delays in landing and taking off right across the uk, and one of the busiest days of the year for flights. one of the busiest days of the year forflights. bank holiday, plenty of people coming back from holiday. this is the live flight raider website which shows planes in the air all around the world and specifically over the uk. we have an official statement from the people in charge of air traffic control systems in the uk. they are called national air traffic services, nats for short. you might be having a lot of this tech terminology. they have said they are experiencing technical kill issues and they have applied to traffic flow restriction is to maintain safety. that means that the rate at which planes are coming into land or taking off has been reduced. if you are in the air right now there will be a delay for you landing because they have got you

gets you to land in an old—fashioned way, the analog way. the priority is getting planes into land so you could be held on tarmac. if that reaches a certain level that means cancellations for your flight taking off. the knock—on effects can be pretty substantial. not a good day for the airlines, not a good day for passengers in all of that. we are waiting to see any more updates from uk air traffic control system is about the cause of this technical failure and i suppose, more immediately is important is the timetable. when can they get it back up timetable. when can they get it back up and running again. no sign of that timetable yet. we will keep an eye on that. let's pause from that breaking news and go to another issue. an indigenous canadian totem pole, which is more than 11 metres tall, is to be returned to canada, nearly a century after it was removed without consent and sold

to the national museums of scotland. a ceremony is taking place in edinburgh today to prepare it for the 4,200 mile journey to its original home. it is the first item of its type to be handed back by a uk museum. following the ceremony. this discipline is told what the return means. �* . , ., ., ., means. i'm really emotional right now. i means. i'm really emotional right nova i could _ means. i'm really emotional right now. i could feel— means. i'm really emotional right now. i could feel my _ means. i'm really emotional right now. i could feel my ancestral - now. i could feel my ancestral grandmother and it means so much because all the stories that we have, and all the names that i have and use, all comes from her work with this. that's how important this is. and looking down the road and seeing my children's children, and the rest of my family, it will be

there for them for years. it is really an awesome feeling. this pole was commissioned _ really an awesome feeling. this pole was commissioned by _ really an awesome feeling. this pole was commissioned by my _ really an awesome feeling. this pole i was commissioned by my grandmother, and she _ was commissioned by my grandmother, and she had _ was commissioned by my grandmother, and she had it commissioned to honour— and she had it commissioned to honour a — and she had it commissioned to honour a fallen warrior. this name belongs _ honour a fallen warrior. this name belongs to— honour a fallen warrior. this name belongs to my brother, but i also share _ belongs to my brother, but i also share that — belongs to my brother, but i also share that name, it means mother of the warrior_ share that name, it means mother of the warrior treat. the original jowitt— the warrior treat. the original jowitt died protecting our sovereign tree. jowitt died protecting our sovereign tree the _ jowitt died protecting our sovereign tree. the pole represents a chapter in our— tree. the pole represents a chapter in our living— tree. the pole represents a chapter in our living archive. if you think about— in our living archive. if you think about each— in our living archive. if you think about each one of these totem poles, we would _ about each one of these totem poles, we would have many of them. we had many— we would have many of them. we had many of— we would have many of them. we had many of them within our nation. each one represents a constitutional chapter— one represents a constitutional chapter and our relationships to the lands _ lands. live now to edinburgh

and drjohn giblin, keeper of global arts culture and design at the national museum of scotland. write thank you for coming on the programme. we have heard what a significant moment this is for people involved and attached. what does it mean for you and your organisation?— does it mean for you and your organisation? there are mixed feelinus organisation? there are mixed feelings to _ organisation? there are mixed feelings to a — organisation? there are mixed feelings to a degree. - organisation? there are mixed feelings to a degree. both - organisation? there are mixed i feelings to a degree. both myself and my colleagues, and all of the visiting public of scotland, will miss the pole very much, but we recognise we have the benefit of its presence at the museum for over 90 years. the community you just heard from haven't had that same benefit. whilst we will miss the pole, we are really pleased to be able to supporting the process to return it back to the nation, where it spiritual, culturaland back to the nation, where it spiritual, cultural and historical significance is most keenly felt by its people, where it is going to be on display for many generations of the community. it is a good day. just a quick moment on the actual journey. i'm sure many people will

be pretty nervous. how do you go about transporting something like this? it about transporting something like this? , ., about transporting something like this? , . ., about transporting something like this? ., this? it is a real massive logistical. _ this? it is a real massive logistical, cultural- this? it is a real massive l logistical, cultural project. this? it is a real massive - logistical, cultural project. since the decision was made in november, december of last year, we have been working in close collaboration with the community and xeon, and with other stakeholders, to plan the route of the pole. we have had to empty out the gallery, move spaces around, now the pole has had a ceremony today, it is now safely put into sleeping state, so we are able to safely move the pole out of the museum and that will involve constructing scaffolding, lowering the pole, moving it through the building, closing the road, exiting the building and then on its way to an airfield where it will be flown to canada. that is only half the story, because then they need to welcome the poll back to the museum,

to its community, and then they will be raising the poll early in october. it is a real huge project. 0ctober. it is a real huge project. it is a fantastic thing to be part of and a fantastic thing to be writing. of and a fantastic thing to be writina. ., ,. ., of and a fantastic thing to be writin.. . ,. . . ~' of and a fantastic thing to be writin.. ., ,. ., ., ~ ., writing. fascinating. talk about the wider implications _ writing. fascinating. talk about the wider implications here. _ writing. fascinating. talk about the wider implications here. is - writing. fascinating. talk about the wider implications here. is this - wider implications here. is this something of a trend we are now going to see with other objects to? we recently introduced, in the last couple of years, a procedure which we published, that makes it gives people a route to make requests to us in a legal and transparent way. this was the very first request that we have had. we are very pleased to be able to process it in this way and come to this decision, and be the first national museum to be returning something in this way. we will continue to consider requests on a case—by—case basis moving forward. i would on a case—by—case basis moving forward. iwould imagine on a case—by—case basis moving forward. i would imagine that, because of the prominence of this case, we will have other cases coming to us, other requests, but we will consider them on a case—by—case basis. will consider them on a case-by-case basis. , ., ., will consider them on a case-by-case basis. , . ., .,

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london. you can, of course, see this big area around heathrow. that is here. you can see, if you keep an eye over the site, you will see that this plane... hoops. this plane is coming into land here. you can see it heading for the runway. you can see all the other planes that are here at the moment. i have to say, there are a few more planes on there than when i was talking to you about 15 or 20 minutes ago. this plane coming into land. there are not so many planes ready to take its place on land after that, because they have slowed down the rates of the planes arriving and landing. the knock on for that is not as many planes are taking off, because they are prioritising bringing those planes into land at airports across the united kingdom. you can see this one here, just coming into land as we speak, at heathrow. if i zoom out, the same picture will be

happening across the cold of the country with the big airports. if we look at manchester, for example. you can see a lot of flights around manchester. again, if we zoom in on manchester. again, if we zoom in on manchester airport, you will see the flights are all heading in that direction, but won't be landing as quickly as they would normally. if we look at manchester there, you can just see, there are only a couple of planes there. i would imagine, normally they would be more than that at manchester airport. this one i think is probablyjust taken off, it looks like. some flights are taking off as well as landing, but at a much slower rate because of that management of the air traffic flow of planes coming into land. as we said, we can see them all piling up we said, we can see them all piling up here across the united kingdom, but they will be coming in slower. i thought it would also be interesting to look at the departures board. this is heathrow�*s departures board. if we take a look at what is going

on at departure, you can see that gates are closing and they are saying that gates are open. interestingly, delta to detroit, british airways to dubai, there are a couple of local ones, but once in beirut, new york, philadelphia. interestingly, what normally often happens in these situations, when there are problems with air traffic control, what the airlines will do, is prioritise which flights they are going to cancel or delay, and which lights they are going to try and get out. that is often the flights that are across europe and the short haul flights are the ones that they may well postpone or cancel, and they will try, often, to get those long distance flights. as we can see here, to beirut, new york, oslo, philadelphia. those ones are the ones that a lot of the airlines will prioritise. what will be going on now in the airlines themselves, is that operational structure will be deciding, 0k, which flights are we

able to postpone or cancel, versus which ones do we need to get out. 0ften, which ones do we need to get out. often, being brutally honest for the airlines, it will be a matter of money, and a lot of those flights that are going to america or further afield, will be worth a lot more money, and will have a lot more passengers on board, than those flights that are going to europe, which probably won't have as high ticket price. a lot of the airlines in the main places like heathrow and stansted, and to a lesser extent, luton, but those big airports, where there are international flights, thatis there are international flights, that is what is going on at the moment. the airlines will be deciding which flights can be postpone or push to the following day, and which flights to be really need to try and get out. then they will get those passengers on board. it doesn't mean, once they are on board, that they will take off on time. as we have seen, there is, of course, all of these delays and flights building up across the country as we speak. those planes

coming into land at a much lower rate. heathrow, normally every 45 seconds. i was talking to a friend of mine who works in the aviation industry, and he thought that would be up to 90 seconds, so at least double that time that they would normally do. if we zoom in again, as we said, around heathrow we can see once again, those planes are, and i have to say there are a few more of them if you look, that are on the actual map that we have here. another plane is coming into land. that is probably the second or third since we have been talking about this. those planes are going to be landing at a slower rate and indeed, there will be fewer taking off. we may well come as we have been hearing from people stuck on planes, sitting on the tarmac, that is what is going to be happening at the moment. ., ~ is going to be happening at the moment. ., ,, , ., is going to be happening at the moment. ., ~' , ., , is going to be happening at the moment. ., ,, , ., , . is going to be happening at the moment. ., ,, i. , . . is going to be happening at the moment. ., ~' ,, , . ~ . moment. thank you very much. we are focusin: moment. thank you very much. we are focusing here — moment. thank you very much. we are focusing here on _ moment. thank you very much. we are focusing here on the _ moment. thank you very much. we are focusing here on the uk _ moment. thank you very much. we are focusing here on the uk because - moment. thank you very much. we are focusing here on the uk because that i focusing here on the uk because that is where the technical fault has taken place, but the implications, as nikki was hinting at, or international too. we have heard

from dublin airport, confirming flight cancellations and delays, unfortunately, saying that the air traffic control issues in the uk today are, quote, resulting in delays and cancellations to some flights into and out of dublin airport. that underlines that the international impact of all this. it is notjust delays of flights coming in just getting to the ground at airports in the uk. knock—on effects of people travelling right around the world. stay with us here, we will bring you all the very latest. this is bbc news. hello again. the weather over the next few days is going to be fairly quiet. but if you have an allergy to weed pollen, it's worth mentioning that the levels today are high across much of england and also all of wales. the forecast for today is one

of sunny spells and a few showers. the showers fairly well scattered and there will be fewer of them than there were at the weekend. so what we have is a lot of sunshine around, variable amounts of cloud. again, the cloud producing the odd shower here and there. but for most of us, we'll miss them. and by the end of the afternoon, we'll be starting to see the cloud thicken up in the western isles, heralding the arrival of a weather front that will later bring in some rain. temperatures, 1a to 21 degrees. with light winds if you're in the sunshine, that will feel quite pleasant. and, in fact, if you're off to the notting hill carnival today, it should be mostly dry, there'll be some sunny spells. at times, there'll be areas of cloud coming across and you could catch the odd shower, but highs up to 20 degrees. now through this evening and overnight, our weatherfront continues to move southwards across scotland, getting into northern ireland and by the end of the night, northern england. behind it, some clear skies with a few showers. ahead of it, quite a bit of cloud with some clear skies.

and in ruralareas, it will be a chilly night. these temperatures you see there indicate what you can expect in towns and cities. so tomorrow, our weather front continues to push southwards as a weak affair, bringing in a bit more cloud and a few showers. the showers persist across scotland. it will be breezy in the northwest. in between, once again, we're looking at some sunny skies, with highs 1a to about 21 degrees north to south. then beyond that, as we head into wednesday, still some showers around across the north, and parts of the west. in between, there'll be a lot of dry weather, variable amounts of cloud, some sunshine. but through the afternoon, we could well see some heavier showers, sharp showers across eastern scotland and eastern england and some of those could also be thundery. top temperatures up to 20 degrees. during the course of thursday, we've got this band of rain coming in from the southwest. it looks like it's going to push that bit further north across parts of england and wales, possibly as far north as northern ireland. but it should stay dry in scotland and our temperatures ranging from 1a in the north to a high of about 20

degrees as we push down to the south.

the home office says police chiefs in england and wales have agreed officers will pursue all "reasonable lines of enquiry" in an effort to solve more crimes. the home secretary has dismissed

suggestions that investigating lower—level offences will take resources away from tackling serious crime. whether it is phone theft, car theft, watch theft, whether it is street—level drug dealing or drug use, the police must now follow every reasonable line of inquiry. a "technical issue" has hit uk air traffic control systems, with airlines warning of delays to flights. the scottish covid—19 inquiry has opened in edinburgh with promises of a "robust investigation". commotion. pictures emerge of the cruise ship which collided with a freight vessel during high winds in mallorca. drums and singing. and a ceremony to mark the return of a totem pole to canada, nearly a century after being sold to a scottish museum.