live from london, this is bbc news. football officials from across spain urge luis rubiales to resign as president of the country's fa after he kissed a player following the women's world cup

final. a trial date is set for former us president donald trump as he faces charges of election interference ahead of crucial super tuesday primaries. and travel chaos continues as flights could be disrupted for days due to technical problems at the uk's air traffic control system. hello, i'm sally bundock. spain's football federation has asked its president, luis rubiales, to resign after he kissed a player on the lips following the women's world cup final. the federation's call for him to step down, comes after spanish prosecutors opened an investigation into whether the kiss amounted to a sexual assault on the striker, jenni hermoso. from madrid, guy hedgecoe has the latest.

the last week has been one of angerfor many in spain. this protest was against the man at the centre of the country's football crisis, luis rubiales. the backlash against him also seems to have taken on a broader meaning. "this is a very important moment," said this woman. this is in the now infamous kiss that mr rubiales gave the playerjenni hermoso after spain's world cup victory and which she says was non consensual. fifa has provisionally suspended mr rubiales and prosecutors are

investigating him for possible sexual assault. and now his own federation is calling on him to resign. mr rubiales�*s mother has locked herself in a church and begun a hunger strike against what she claimed was a witch hunt against her son. but for the left—wing government, he represents a mindset at odds with modern spain. translation: spanish society is profoundly feminist. - it is at the forefront of equal rights and an example on a global level, which is why these behaviours are so shocking. the spanish government has asked this tribunal to open proceedings against mr rubiales in the hope that eventually he will be removed from office. the involvement of this court and the spanish government reflects how this whole affair has now gone way beyond the limits of the football world.

whatever the future holds for mr rubiales, this crisis has already shaken spanish society. meanwhile, the country is trying to remind itself guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. this latest development is a further escalation in a story that's snowballed since the world cup final last sunday. our news reporter azadeh moshiri takes us through the timeline of events. so how did we get here? well, after the world cup final during the ceremony, luis rubiales put his hands on either side ofjenni hermoso's face and kissed her. later on, during a live stream, she said she didn't enjoy it. now, afterfierce backlash from other football players, media as well as spain's own prime minister, rubiales finally apologises. he says, "i made a mistake," and adds, "sorry for those who were offended." and yet that's not enough.

on 2a august, world football's governing body, fifa, opens disciplinary proceedings against him in order to examine his actions. on the 25th, the next day, luis rubiales says the kiss was consensual. this is what else he had to say. translation: i will not resign. i will not resign. no, i will not resign. and yet, that same day, spain's government decides to open legal proceedings in order to suspend him. and in addition, spain's secretary of sport says he wants this to be spanish football's me too movement. now, the player in question, jennifer mussel, speaks out. she says at no time was his kiss ever consensual. and yet the spanish football federation doesn't take kindly to her words. they accuse her of lying and threaten legal action, and yet she has a lot of support. dozens of players, including all 23 players who attended the women's world cup, say they will not play for the women's team until rubiales is removed.

now, the next day, fifa announces it is provisionally suspending rubiales pending the disciplinary proceedings against him. that same day, the head coach for the women's team criticises him, breaking with rugby. as his entire coaching staff resigns in protests. the next day, the spanish football federation announces an internal investigation is under way and that their sexual violence protocol has now been activated. that's what takes us to the latest developments where rubiales's own mother says she's on hunger strike inside a church in protest at the man—hunt against him in her own words. and spain's prosecutors say that a preliminary investigation is now under way in order to ascertain whether a crime of sexual assault has taken place. a date has been set for the trial of former us president donald trump on charges of trying

to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. it will be on the 4th of march in washington dc. that's one day before super tuesday, when more than a dozen states vote in the republican primary to pick a candidate for the 2024 presidential election. mr trump has since said in a social media post that he'll appeal the trial start date though legal experts say that's not usually possible to do. lawyers for mr trump have already tried to have a date moved back, as sean dilley explains. donald trump ausmat legal team had hoped to push this trial back until april 2026, whereas the prosecution said they were ready to start in january the prosecution said they were ready to start injanuary next year, both dates unacceptable to the judge who said seven months would be the appropriate time. the defendant was

entitled to reasonable time to prepare but that is not unlimited. the trial has been set for fourth of march, it is possible with any trial that gets slept for some reason but that would be scheduled for the day before super tuesday when various future states including california go to the polls to vote for their favourite candidate for the republican party and democrat party nominee. in other words the candidates who are going to face off for the white house next year. donald trump hit back pretty quickly on his own social media platform and said he would be appealing the decision, he called the judge in the case biased and donald trump dating and suggested she and jack smith the lead prosecutor were attempting to interfere with the election topic this is just one of four criminal cases donald trump has on at the moment, we know that separately in the unrelated election interference case in

georgia the president's first date, his arraignment is set for six september next week. that is an opportunity where ultimately a guilty or not guilty plea can be entered but we do know donald trump has denied fervently all of the charges against him, saying they are all designed to keep him out of the white house. let's unpack this further. joining me now is eric schickler, professor of political science and co—director of the institute of governmental studies at the university of california, berkeley. very good to have you on the programme. this latest element in this long saga of the former president trying to become the nominee for the republican party while all these cases are unfolding, what you make of the date, march for? i unfolding, what you make of the date, march for?— date, march for? i think the time is interesting - date, march for? i think the time is interesting coming l time is interesting coming before the most important day in the republican primary but it is not necessarily clear

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analysis i read on my way in this morning from my colleague anthony zurcher. do look at more detail on the trials coming up for the former president and what they mean for his bed to become the president next year's next election. if you're travelling to an airport this morning in the uk, the advice is to check before you travel. this comes after monday's chaos due to disruption following a glitch affecting the planning system at the uk's air traffic control network. there are warnings that flight disruption could carry on for several days. a limited number of flights were able to operate but air traffic was severely restricted as engineers struggled to locate and rectify the problem. passengers have been left in limbo and have been talking about their experiences. the original plan was to fly from — the original plan was to fly from dust dorf to heathrow, then— from dust dorf to heathrow, then flights were cancelled everywhere i am on a train journey— everywhere i am on a train journey to— everywhere i am on a train journey to belgium and luxembourg, france in a dairy

then_ luxembourg, france in a dairy then dover_ luxembourg, france in a dairy then dover then london and then bed and — then dover then london and then bed and a — then dover then london and then bed and a couple —— t. then dover then london and then bed and a couple -- t.— bed and a couple -- t. final da of bed and a couple -- t. final day of our — bed and a couple -- t. final day of our holiday _ bed and a couple -- t. final day of our holiday we - bed and a couple -- t. final day of our holiday we are i day of our holiday we are expecting _ day of our holiday we are exueciing to _ day of our holiday we are expecting to flight - day of our holiday we are expecting to flight 430 l day of our holiday we are i expecting to flight 430 were now exuecied _ expecting to flight 430 were now expected to _ expecting to flight 430 were now expected to fly- expecting to flight 430 were now expected to fly 20 - expecting to flight 430 were now expected to fly 20 to i expecting to flight 430 were i now expected to fly 20 to three tomorrow— now expected to fly 20 to three tomorrow morning. _ now expected to fly 20 to three tomorrow morning. due - now expected to fly 20 to three tomorrow morning.— tomorrow morning. due to fly back at 1235 — tomorrow morning. due to fly back at 1235 and _ tomorrow morning. due to fly back at 1235 and arrived - tomorrow morning. due to fly back at 1235 and arrived at. tomorrow morning. due to fly | back at 1235 and arrived at the airport and realised what was going on, no news from the staff at the airport and then we were allowed to board the plane because we were the lucky ones the inbound flight had got there, and then we sat on board forfour there, and then we sat on board for four hours waiting to see if we could take off. i for four hours waiting to see if we could take off.- if we could take off. i feel for ou if we could take off. i feel for you if— if we could take off. i feel for you if you _ if we could take off. i feel for you if you are - if we could take off. i feel| for you if you are watching if we could take off. i feel- for you if you are watching us now in an airport in the uk or stuck at home waiting to find out what is next. stay with us because we will have more on this in 20 minutes time in our business coverage. staying with travel, london's controversial ultra low emission zone, or ulez, has just expanded from an area covering the city centre, to the whole

of the capital. it'll become the world's largest ultra low zone, and means owners of the most polluting vehicles, will have to pay £12.50 a day while driving in the area. around 90% of cars are compliant and won't be affected by the charge. here's helena wilkinson. getting rid of air pollution is a priority for cities across the uk. in many, air pollution far exceeds limits recommended by the world health organization. it's schemes like the expansion of the ultra low emission zone in london which aim to improve air quality. this green area shows the current zone in central london, and this is what it will look like from tomorrow. this is ealing in west london, and i'm on the boundary of the current ultra low emission zone. anyone heading in that direction across the junction into central london has to pay £12.50 if their vehicle doesn't meet the required

emissions standards. from midnight, that boundary will be significantly expanded to cover all 32 london boroughs. expanding the zone has proved divisive. we've been breaching legal limits for more than 12 years now for a toxic gas, nitrogen dioxide. and these pollutions have been shown to stunt children's lungs in the city, and also cause huge illnesses for people throughout their lives. i represent some of the smallest builders. these are, you know, they could be employing one person to a few. and the reality is these businesses are very dependent on money coming into their business and going out, and theyjust don't have huge reserves to be able to buy new fleets of vans. back in west london, people are preparing for the change. people are dying, as well, from the pollution, so that's a good thing, if they stop it. but i don't think a lot of the people that live in this well, ijust feel like it's any

way for the government to get money out of us these days, isn't it? generally, petrol cars first registered after 2005 and diesel cars after september 2015 are compliant.

you're live with bbc news. as it braces for a major storm. storm idalia is forecast to reach hurricane strength in the coming hours, and to be classified as a major hurricane by the time it makes landfall in florida on wednesday. the national hurricane center warned that it could bring

"life—threatening" conditions to parts of florida as soon as tuesday. and in anticipation of the storm, tampa international airport will be closed starting midday tuesday. the airport plans to shut down until at least early thursday to secure its planes and prepare equipment on the ground. us presidentjoe biden spoke with florida governor ron desantis and approved an emergency declaration for the state in preparation for the storm. mr desantis declared a state of emergency in 46 florida counties and warned residents to seek safer ground. evacuation orders for many of these areas have already been issued. more may be coming throughout the balance of tonight. clearly you have time today and for probably the better part of tomorrow, but you are going to start seeing some impacts with winds and some nasty weather tuesday night and, of course, we are expecting a landfill to happen sometime on wednesday.

it's nearly the start of the academic year here in the uk and now they've got their results, thousands of students across the country will be getting ready to head off to university. there can be a long list of things to think about, and one of the most important is where you're going to live. now, a leading student housing charity unipol is warning that it could become more difficult to figure that out in the future, as construction of new accommodation is slowing down. branwen jeffreys has this report.

university of manchester said its accommodation site was back after a cyber attack and it is making every effort to help first years find somewhere. the idea all students will live next to the university in a reasonable rent is a thing of the past. they keep a record of the rooms built and planned. the numbers are falling. built and planned. the numbers are falling-— are falling. things will get worse and _ are falling. things will get worse and areas - are falling. things will get worse and areas of - are falling. things will get. worse and areas of shortage, supply is grinding to a halt.

most new purpose—built student accommodation is privately built in 2020 around 29,000 new bed spaces were created but that number has been falling each year since by 2024, it will be 10,000 after that building costs mean it could reach a standstill, even though student numbers are rising student numbers are rising student housing as part of wider rental market, manchester fellow field has always been a big student area. many students still choose to rent an streets like this partly to keep your accommodation affordable, really important when the cost of living is biting into the value of the loans. it is difficult because competition for houses is those steps off elliott is about to go into his final year at elliott is about to go into his finalyearat uni. his elliott is about to go into his final year at uni. his biggest worry is getting and affording his room. his parents can't help much, he is from a low income family and the maximum

loan he gets is not keeping up with prices. i loan he gets is not keeping up with prices-— with prices. i have had panic attacks walking _ with prices. i have had panic attacks walking around - with prices. i have had panic. attacks walking around seeing how much food is going up and “p how much food is going up and up and up. in the knowledge that if i did not have to spend all of this money on just having a roof over my head, you know, it is about two—thirds of my student loan goes straight to rent, i do not see a penny of it. ifi to rent, i do not see a penny of it. if i did not have to spend that much, i would not be worrying about using a food bank. ., ., ., ., ., bank. the national union of students — bank. the national union of students told _ bank. the national union of students told us _ bank. the national union of students told us many - bank. the national union of| students told us many other students are struggling as rents are rising faster than loans. ,, . ~ rents are rising faster than loans. ,, w , ., ., loans. quick live update. i got accommodation _ loans. quick live update. i got accommodation in _ loans. quick live update. i got accommodation in a _ loans. quick live update. i got accommodation in a place - loans. quick live update. i got accommodation in a place i i loans. quick live update. i got| accommodation in a place i am happy with. i have done my deposit all i can focus on our isjust packing for deposit all i can focus on our is just packing for university. while she assaulted some other students are still going through clearing. some universities but not all say

they can guarantee accommodation. brandon jefferies, bbc news, manchester. the biggest redheads festival in the world has been taking place in the netherlands. there was no sign of famous redheads like prince harry, but thousands of other redheads travelled from around the world to be part of the annual gathering. there is a chance you've never encountered a redhead. people with this rare redhead gene make up less than 2% of the global population. obviously, red hair a mutation and so punchy. you only see it maybe...see a group of people walking down the street and one of them will be ginger. that's if you're in scotland or ireland. many redheads have celtic ancestry. the big motivation was to see more people like us and have a sense of community as a redhead because it can feel isolating when you don't see a lot of people like you, and here it is exciting to see

everyone with red hair, no matter the shade or colour, come together and celebrate what has made us unique in our own homes and countries. when you are used to be the odd one out... every time i come here, ifeela bit better about myself. you see, you know that a lot of gingers do get bullied for having red hair. it's a shame, it's a real shame. this event is designed to shift that narrative and empower people like liam who has found lifelong friends and a sense of belonging. everybody has a similar experience. lots of people were either bullied, lots of people just don't have confidence. there is a lot of things that actually bring people together here that we have so much in common, even though we are not even from the same country, same continent. it's a feeling that resonates among the 5,000 redheads

gathered in tilburg. ijust wanted to be - around a lot of redheads. my family, it is like, - not that many redheads. my parents don't have red hair. my sister does not have red hair. - it's only me. it's incredible because i don't feel alone anymore. ifeel together, ifeel a part of something, something ifelt like i was missing out my whole life. anna holligan, bbc news. hello there. our final bank holiday weekend of the summer season was certainly dominated by sunny spells and scattered showers — some really potent ones on saturday, but by monday, fewer showers around, allowing us to get out

and enjoy some fresh air and glimpses of sunshine. quite a cloudy start, but into the afternoon, the cloud broke up and we closed out the day with some decent sunshine around. now, low pressure is set to dominate this tuesday and continue with that sunny spells and scattered shower theme. the trailing weather front here will certainly introduce more cloud across northern england, parts of wales and south—west england we start off with sunshine across the north, but a few scattered showers will develop as we go through the day. we'll see some sunshine. there will be a few showers and some for northern ireland, for scotland, it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers — some of those showers could be really quite potent — the odd rumble of thunder and noticeably fresher, particularly on exposed north

and west facing coasts. 15 or 16 degrees at the very best. as we move into wednesday. that means that showers will fade away and skies clear, and so, to start the day on wednesday, we could actually have a chilly—ish start with temperatures generally but it will be accompanied by some spells of sunshine. a north—westerly wind still with us, organised showers down through the isle of man, but generally, it will be a quieter day with fewer showers around, but still, because of the wind direction coming from the northwest, those temperatures a little disappointing — 15—20 — that's 68 fahrenheit. thursday into friday sees rain across england and wales is subject to question. but after that, it looks likely that week of september. so, yes, we are

going to continue with that showery rain, but fingers crossed that high pressure builds and quietens things down for the start of the following weekend.

up less than 2% of the global population. live from london, this is bbc news. us commerce secretary gina raimondo meets her chinese counterpart in beijing for a second day of talks with chips and trade on the agenda.

travel chaos — flights could be disrupted for days due