at present's biggest and busiest - at present's biggest and busiest airport _ - at present's biggest and busiest airport which - - at present's biggest and busiest airport which like - - at present's biggest and busiest airport which like its| busiest airport which like its counterparts is dealing with efforts to pov backlog of delays. spain prosecutors open preliminary sex abuse probe over luis rubiales kiss. an urgent meeting of the football federation is under way. and at least 60 female afghan students have been turned away from the airport despite successfully gaining a scholarship in dubai. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we have two big stories this hour. the first one is here in the uk, where a technical issue has hit air traffic control systems, with thousands of people facing long delays at airports. this has now been fixed, but the

knock—on effects are substantial. and our other big story, prosecutors in spain have opened a preliminary investigation into spanish fa president luis rubiales kiss on the lips of playerjenni hermoso on grounds it could constitute a crime of "sexual assault". the spanish football federation is also currently meeting now. we'll have more on this story in a moment. but first a technical issue has hit air traffic control systems across the uk. in the last half hour, britain's national air traffic service has released a statement with an update. it says that the issue affecting the flight planning system this morning has now been identified and remedied. and they are now working closely with airlines and airports to manage the flights affected as efficiently as possible. monday marks the close of a holiday weekend here in the uk, so it's usually a very busy day for flights. airports across the country are currently facing delays and cancellations. airports in edinburgh, manchester, birmingham, and multiple airports in london such as heathrow gatwick and luton have all released statements, saying they're affected

by the system outage. a little while ago, the home secretary, suella braverman, has been speaking about the situation that has grounded planes across the uk and further afield. what we do know is that there has been a national outage at nationally control and this has affected uk airspace, it will affect all incoming and outgoing flights and those aircraft which are in the uk airspace right now. i am very cognisant that this will disrupt people's travels plans, those waiting to arrive in the uk, those waiting to arrive in the uk, those waiting to arrive in the uk, those waiting to depart, and i do sympathise with any disruption they may be experiencing. what has happened it that the automated systems have failed and therefore procedures are having to be carried out manually, that is taking more

time. mark harper the transport secretary released a statement on twitter. he says the technical issue affecting britain's national air traffic services now been resolved. the aviation minister and i are continuing to work with nats to help them manage affected flights and support passengers. our reporter luxmy gopal is in heathrow for us. good news finally? that's right, aood good news finally? that's right, good news _ good news finally? that's right, good news with _ good news finally? that's right, good news with the _ good news finally? that's right, good news with the national- good news finally? that's right, good news with the national airi good news with the national air traffic services saying that they have identified and in their words, remedied the technical issue. i am here at heathrow airport as you can see, one of the biggest, the biggest airport in the uk and the busiest in europe, and it like its counterparts across the country was affected. we

have from this corner seen several flights taking off and landing but if you think about the fact that actually normally it is one every 45 sessions, it has been a lot less frequently than that, and even though the technical issue has been remedied, now efforts are going to turn to how we clear the backlog and it's not known how long that will take and at the moment the airlines are still saying check before you travel, the advice from heathrow is checked with your airline and most have been saying we have been looking across british airways and easyjet and many others and they say check the flight status before you travel, check the website before you get to the airport and they are also advising passengers on their options in terms of picking alternative travel, changing theirflights in terms of picking alternative travel, changing their flights are getting a refund and i want to repeat the figures that we have got from the aviation data from, cirium,

because that gives unido of how vast the scale of the flights affected might be which will help give a sense of how long before it is rectified and before the backlog is cleared, around 3000 flights were due in and out, another 3000 out today in totalfrom due in and out, another 3000 out today in total from the uk, and the update we have from around 90 minutes ago from them was that 232 flights departing from airports in the uk had been cancelled, around 8% of all departures, 271 arrivals into uk airports, the equivalent of around 9% in the said it will be far more than that because flights with, services that had a delay of more than eight hours would inevitably eventually become cancellations as well. the scale of this is likely to be far more fast than that. thank ou ve be far more fast than that. thank you very much- —

let's go live now to lisa minot, travel editor for the sun newspaper. some good news finally, the issue has been found and resolved but the story is far from over because the delays will persist a little while longer? delays will persist a little while [on . er? , . delays will persist a little while loner? , . a longer? very much so. as your re orter longer? very much so. as your reporter said. _ longer? very much so. as your reporter said, this _ longer? very much so. as your reporter said, this was - longer? very much so. as your reporter said, this was the - longer? very much so. as your. reporter said, this was the busiest weekend of the uk, the busiest since october 2019, weekend of the uk, the busiest since 0ctober2019, pre—pandemic. any weekend of the uk, the busiest since october 2019, pre—pandemic. any kind of impact which will seriously affect air traffic control is always going to have far—reaching consequences. that means they are not having to be logged manually, the airspace is now opening up and they can accept more flights but there is still the serious problem about the delays and planes going to be in the wrong place. the significant delays to either take off from the uk or arrive, crews

will have a certain number of hours they are allowed to work new crew will have to be found. that will be a big impact on the people impacted on this. we have already seen about 7% of flights to and from the uk have been cancelled and i expect that will actually increase in the next couple of hours as airlines struggle to keep their heads around the logistical nightmare trying to get everything back in the right place at the right time. hose get everything back in the right place at the right time. have we learned anything _ place at the right time. have we learned anything more - place at the right time. have we learned anything more about. place at the right time. have we | learned anything more about why place at the right time. have we - learned anything more about why this happened? mi learned anything more about why this ha ened? �* ., learned anything more about why this hauened? �* ., , learned anything more about why this ha ened? �* . , ., learned anything more about why this hauened? �* . , ., _ happened? all we have been told by nats is that — happened? all we have been told by nats is that it _ happened? all we have been told by nats is that it was _ happened? all we have been told by nats is that it was a _ happened? all we have been told by nats is that it was a technical - nats is that it was a technical problem with planning flight management and it is now up and running again. the impact and from what i hear myself it was 8:30am at but continued for about four hours, hence why at lunchtime we saw airlines being told there was potential this was going to have

serious problems and we have seen it getting worse and worse as the afternoon has gone on. airlines across the country are basically saying do not go to your airport unless you are absolutely sure your flight is going to be taking off. making sure you are on top of things at the airlines and even the likes of radar apps, there is no point going to an airport if your flight is not going to take off. the other challenae is not going to take off. the other challenge is _ is not going to take off. the other challenge is that _ is not going to take off. the other challenge is that things _ is not going to take off. the other challenge is that things seem - is not going to take off. the other challenge is that things seem to l is not going to take off. the other. challenge is that things seem to be changing minute by minute. you could be on your way to the airport and learn about your flight because this disruption has affected hundreds of flights? the effects are far—reaching, aren't they? flights? the effects are far-reaching, aren't they? flights? the effects are far-reachinu, aren't the ? , . far-reaching, aren't they? very much so and it's all— far-reaching, aren't they? very much so and it's all very _ far-reaching, aren't they? very much so and it's all very well _ far-reaching, aren't they? very much so and it's all very well and _ far-reaching, aren't they? very much so and it's all very well and good - so and it's all very well and good to see don't turn up if your flight has been cancelled but if you are abroad looking to come back home, you might have checked into your hotel or villa, so if you are looking to head out of the country,

make sure you double check before you set off for the airport but it is a very fast—moving situation. i cannot remember the last time we had a system outage of such a length of time, particularly such a busy time of year and it will take time to logistically work out where their plays are, planes are and how to get them back up and running quickly. live now to gran canaria, where bbc radio sheffield journalist kevin pashby is current waiting for news on his flight back to the uk. due to be picked up forflight at 1730, flight time has been delayed twice, no information given by the airline, is planning on going to airport anyway, as there has been no other instruction, is optimistic he might be able to get a flight out sooner. we are completely stranded, we got the notification _ we are completely stranded, we got the notification the _

we are completely stranded, we got the notification the flight _ we are completely stranded, we got the notification the flight was - the notification the flight was first delayed and then it got delayed until tomorrow and then we had the awful notification that the flight was cancelled. we were given the options of going onto the app to either cancel the flight to refund or reboot. there are no more fights without particular airline until sunday morning and in the last ten minutes that light has gone and there are no more until next monday, tuesday so the search for other flights has started. we have gone through the other well—known airline operators. they have no direct flights out of gran canaria until early next week. we are now having to look at the option of getting a flight tomorrow, possibly via paris charles de gaulle or amsterdam or any airport but then we will be facing a journey of 12—15 hours.

before that we have already checked out of our hotel. i before that we have already checked out of our hotel.— out of our hotel. i was going to ask, out of our hotel. i was going to ask. because — out of our hotel. i was going to ask, because you _ out of our hotel. i was going to ask, because you have - out of our hotel. i was going to ask, because you have now- out of our hotel. i was going to ask, because you have now got out of our hotel. i was going to - ask, because you have now got this very long wait for a flight ahead of you either way. what are you doing about accommodation? you did not expect to be gran canaria so long. know we were not, it is our busy time of year to be here, the hotel we have been stopping in might have a room available for us tonight only and they are checking with the hotels in the islands to see if have any space for us in the coming night. we hope we can stay here this evening and get a flight tomorrow with some connections and to make our way back to manchester sometime tomorrow but it is getting very tricky because we are not the only ones doing this now and those flight seats are getting grabbed and taken up seats are getting grabbed and taken up ever so quickly. we thought we had a flight the wednesday evening separately on the aircraft, we went to pay and it said sorry your flight

is full. every opportunity we are trying and we will now try and figure out where we sleep tonight and what we do tonight. a big problem we're facing is the of information and help. all you get is to go to the app and either cancel yourflight, get a refund or rebook. when you try and reboot it is a very archaic system that is not easy to understand, does not take you to the next available flight option, you literally have to go through day by day, selecting the different airports and that is quite stressful when you are trying to get home so all of the holiday relaxation has nowjust gone. all of the holiday relaxation has nowjust gone-— nowjust gone. you have our sympathies. _ nowjust gone. you have our sympathies, that _ nowjust gone. you have our sympathies, that does - nowjust gone. you have our| sympathies, that does sound nowjust gone. you have our - sympathies, that does sound like a particularly stressful end to a holiday but i really hope you are able to make it home without too much more stress. thank you. that is

just some of the impact felt by passengers, let's see how it's looking for flights coming in and out of the country. nicky schiller. i think it can be summed up in that the technical issue is fixed but the delays and cancellations continue. in the last hour the national air traffic services has said they have remedied the problem that was causing all of the issues earlier this morning, which basically meant that the flight data plans for pilots that are normally done automatically were having to be done manually. they are now being done automatically and you can see behind me the map of all the flights that are around the united kingdom at the moment. if we zoom in on heathrow, you can see all of the flights there coming in and land and take off here. they are back operating as they have been throughout the morning but not as quickly as they

normally do. normally a flight lands every 45 seconds, that has been taking longer today. the knock on is what we're looking at and how quickly the airlines can try and get back to normal. british airways just issued a statement saying we're having to make significant changes to their schedule, that basically means they are cancelling some short—haul flights out of the united kingdom, to europe and urging passengers to check before they leave home that the flight is operating because a number will be cancelled. what tends to happen as the airlines will try to operate the long haulflights the airlines will try to operate the long haul flights first and may well cancel the short—haul ones first as well so they can operate those long haul ones. the issue then is what happens to the planes and crews that might be in the wrong place or have not departed on time and it really is a logistical nightmare for all of those airlines who will have planes in the wrong place, a plane that has

not departed that should have done and then there is the issue of the crews who can only work for so many hours. they will have to have rest and it is whether they can bring in more crew on overtime to be able to operate those flights they can do and again not only the crew butter pilots. that is what is going on at the moment. as you can cv flights are landing and taking off from heathrow but that is going to be a lot of delays and it could be for not just a day lot of delays and it could be for notjust a day but days to come as those airlines try to get their schedules back to normal after the problems with the air traffic control system this morning. some lirht control system this morning. some li . ht at the control system this morning. some light at the end _ control system this morning. some light at the end of _ control system this morning. some light at the end of the _ control system this morning. some light at the end of the tunnel - control system this morning. some light at the end of the tunnel but a very long tunnel. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the scottish covid—19 inquiry

will hold its first hearing today to set out more details of its work. the review will complement the nationwide uk inquiry, focusing on the effect of the pandemic in scotland, and how the government in holyrood responded. families who lost loved ones are expected to attend. a cruise ship has broken free from its moorings, and crashed into a freight vessel during thunderstorms on the spanish island of mallorca. a small number of passengers — on board the p&0 cruises britannia ship — suffered minor injuries. heavy rain and strong winds on the island have also led to more than 20 flights being cancelled. a new bid has been made to save the homeware chain, wilko, which collapsed into administration two weeks ago. the private equity firm, m2 capital, has made a £90 million offerfor the business, and is promising to retain all 12,500 employees for two years. you're live with bbc news.

in spain, prosecutors say they have launched a sexual assault investigation into the spanish football federation president luis rubiales. in the meantime, the national football federation is holding an urgent meeting in response to the controversy. luis rubiales caused outrage when he kissed the footballer, jenni hermoso, on the lips, after the national team won the women's world cup. hermoso says she did not consent to the kiss. no voy a dimitir. applause on friday, and after suggestions that he would quit from his position, mr rubiales said he was not leaving. on saturday, the governing body fifa suspended mr rubiales and later that evening, 11 members of the spanish women's coaching team quit in protest. the spanish labour minister yolanda

diaz met with futpro representatives, the women's soccer team players' union that representsjenni hermoso. this is what the president of the union said. translation: this is a structural problem, this is a problem - of the organisational system of the national football in spain and we have said that in our meeting we've just held and briefly we want to put the focus on that, that this is something that female players are suffering everyday of their careers. they have to face this type of discrimination and many others. live now to spanish football fan, lara isabel rodriguez. this issue seems to grow and grow. what have you made it so far. it is

sad we have _ what have you made it so far. it is sad we have to _ what have you made it so far. it is sad we have to be _ what have you made it so far. it 3 sad we have to be here fighting and defending instead of celebrating. it is really embarrassing. every news is really embarrassing. every news is really embarrassing that this is happening and it has been eight years and... happening and it has been eight years and- - -_ happening and it has been eight years and- - -— years and... one of the things --eole years and... one of the things people are _ years and... one of the things people are discussing - years and... one of the things | people are discussing obviously years and... one of the things . people are discussing obviously is that this is not a problem about one person or one man. they are seeing a wider systemic issue here. absolutely but because the problem is in society. a problem with this use of power and it is going to be everywhere. and also it has been known for years about this person was doing among other things. he is known for not doing the right thing when it comes to this. everyone knows that from him in the past and

now he is kissing a woman without consent in front of millions of people livestreaming audience and still this is not enough proof? what else can we do? what else needs to happen? this is crazy, the proof is there and still we are discussing if it was consent, it clearly in my opinion was not right. many things around him, it is the system that is broken. ~ , ., i. ~' around him, it is the system that is broken. ~ , ., ~ , broken. why do you think it is takin: broken. why do you think it is taking quite — broken. why do you think it is taking quite a _ broken. why do you think it is taking quite a while _ broken. why do you think it is taking quite a while for- broken. why do you think it is taking quite a while for the i broken. why do you think it is - taking quite a while for the spanish football federation to take some action? �* , , ., , football federation to take some action? , , ., action? because they are used to it that nothing _ action? because they are used to it that nothing happens. _ action? because they are used to it that nothing happens. they - action? because they are used to it that nothing happens. they are - action? because they are used to it | that nothing happens. they are used to using their power with no consequences and maybe now this is the time where they will see not only football but society that

things like this have consequences. what have you made of the way that people have responded to this situation in spain?— people have responded to this situation in spain? everyone around me because — situation in spain? everyone around me because they — situation in spain? everyone around me because they are _ situation in spain? everyone around me because they are my _ situation in spain? everyone around me because they are my friends, i l me because they are my friends, i have friends who are good people, so we are all talking about that. how it can get to this point, we are all languid because instead of celebrating and going to buy the t—shirt from the female team, i want to buy it because not now because i am giving money to the federation. instead of wearing the t—shirts, we are discussing, on saturday i had lunch with friends and people i met that day and we were talking about this instead of talking about something else. it this instead of talking about something else.— this instead of talking about something else. it is interesting because you _ something else. it is interesting because you are _ something else. it is interesting because you are saying - something else. it is interesting because you are saying that - something else. it is interesting i because you are saying that before you would have been going out to buy a jersey to celebrate this but now

you think this money is going to the football federation. is this pointing to the wider issues even though there are definitely still many men in control in positions of power and not necessarily behaving in a way that women are comfortable with? ~ , ,., , in a way that women are comfortable with? ~ , ., with? absolutely. in football and in the s stem with? absolutely. in football and in the system in _ with? absolutely. in football and in the system in general. _ with? absolutely. in football and in the system in general. until- with? absolutely. in football and in the system in general. until now i with? absolutely. in football and in the system in general. until now it| the system in general. until now it was like i don't you see something when you see something? because we have said so many times this is not ok but what we are perceiving at the moment is that if someone does something to you against your will against millions of people you are still being accused of being responsible for that, for what he did. no, he was responsible because he did it. it is not only because he

is president in such a position of power, it should not happen anywhere, not on the street, not in the park or a party. that anywhere, not on the street, not in the park or a party-— the park or a party. that is definitely _ the park or a party. that is definitely a _ the park or a party. that is definitely a message - the park or a party. that is definitely a message to . the park or a party. that is i definitely a message to many the park or a party. that is - definitely a message to many in spain sending to the football federation. thank you forjoining us. now to afghanistan, where the taliban has prevented female afghan students from leaving the country to study in dubai. the women were travelling to the united arab emirates because in december 2022, emirati billionaire businessman sheikh khalaf ahmad al habtoor announced scholarships for afghan women after the taliban banned women from university. a total of 100 afghan women have been successful in gaining these scholarships. but at least 60 girls have been turned away from the airport as they attempted to travel there to take up their place, according to reports. these are pictures of female students setting off for dubai queuing to go through security. however, some were told that girls are not allowed to leave afghanistan on student visas. there are reports that three girls, escorted by a mahram, which is a related male companion, were even removed from a plane.

live now to bbc afghan's noor gul shafaq who has been following this story. what happened at the airport? what have the students told you? actually the girls were trying to fly away because the university was going to start but a girl told new when they went to the airport, caliban officials stopped them and said they cannot go because they do not have a male companion. that means a woman can travel with her husband or with him she cannot marry like a son, brother or marry. the interesting thing is i also spoke to a brother of the candidates and he told me that three girls who have

their male companion were also asked to go back and remove from the plane. that is what is happening in the kabul airport. then this businessman, sheikh khalaf ahmad al habtoor wrote about the incident online. he was the man who came up with the idea of giving scholarships to 100 girls to study.— to 100 girls to study. that's right, we saw that _ to 100 girls to study. that's right, we saw that he _ to 100 girls to study. that's right, we saw that he responded - to 100 girls to study. that's right, we saw that he responded and - to 100 girls to study. that's right, we saw that he responded and he| we saw that he responded and he mentioned that this was not something that should be happening. what has the caliban said in response to this, if anything? i tried my best to get the taliban response but basically they did not give me a definitive answer. i asked the spokesperson of the ministry, because the students told me that they stopped by the morality police.

he said he was not aware of such a case and then i asked the senior... and afraid we have to cut you off, we have run out of time. thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. there are still some showers out there today, but on the whole, they are not as potent as the downpours we have seen over the last couple of days. quite large amounts of cloud and taking us through the rest of the afternoon, breaking to reveal some spells of sunshine. equally, still producing one or two mainly light showers, although they could pop up just about anywhere. some breaks in the cloud. ahead of that, quite a lot of cloud but behind it clear skies developing across much of scotland and northern ireland.

that means mostly sunny start. band of shower was pushed south and ace across england and wales. easing off. it could pep up once again. temperature wise looking at values between 15 and 31. through tuesday evening the odd thunderstorm in the south—east corner, area of high pressure. wednesday so some showers across north and east parts of the uk. furthersouth across north and east parts of the uk. further south and west dry weather, some spells of sunshine, before the next weather system pushes and the west. temperatures between 15 and 20, up to 21. thursday will see the weather system run from the atlantic, bringing

cloud and outbreaks of rain. uncertainty about how far north the rain may come. particularly southern parts of england. rain in parts of england and northern ireland. much of scotland set be dry with spells of scotland set be dry with spells of sunshine. temperatures not to south up to 20. for the end of the week into the weekend, it looks pressure is going to try for a bit of uncertainty about this, how strongly we high will build but certainly signs through the end of the week into the weekend we could see some dry weather.

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this is bbc news, the headlines: britain's national air traffic service said it it has now fixed a technical issue which affected its flight planning system but there is still some disruption. spain prosecutors open preliminary sex abuse probe over luis rubiales kiss. an urgent meeting of the football federation is under way and in the world of business, china's economic crisis deepens — shares in embattled evergrand plunge after it reports losses of $4.5 billion