passengers face flight disruption for days after technical problems with the uk's air traffic control system. japan urges china to protect japanese residents — after a wave of harassment linked to the release of water from the fukushima nuclear plant. we start in pakistan, where the high court has suspended former prime minister imran khan's recent conviction on corruption charges. mr khan has been in prison since he was sentenced to three years on august 5th — on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts during his tenure as prime minister. as a result of the conviction,

he was also barred for five years from contesting elections. the suspension of the conviction does not necessarily mean that khan will be free to walk out ofjail — or that he will be allowed to contest the national election due later this year. straight to islamabad — our pakistan correspondent caroline davies is there for us now. talk is through what exactly has just happened. this talk is through what exactly has just happened-— talk is through what exactly has “ust ha ened. , , , just happened. this is complicated. inside court — just happened. this is complicated. inside courtjust _ just happened. this is complicated. inside courtjust behind _ just happened. this is complicated. inside courtjust behind me, - just happened. this is complicated. inside courtjust behind me, the - inside courtjust behind me, the judges decided that imran khan's jail sentence has now been suspended until the year his appeal on this case. back at the beginning of august, he was found guilty of not having declared gifts that he had been given state gifts that he then sold on, so he was jailed for three years from that point. a jail sentence has now been suspended but it does not mean that imran khan is

about to come out of prison. there are lots of other cases against the former pakistan prime minister and those mean that there are various different arrest warrants out for him in relation to those cases, that means he could get arrested again before he even stepped foot out of jail. at the moment, his lawyers are trying to get a universal bail that would stop him from being arrested on any of those cases. that seems like quite a big ask. even the lawyers i spoke to here say the chances of getting that in their words was about 30 — 70, save —— a 70% chance he would remain in prison. this looks like a lot of other court cases for his lawyers to go through. they were talking about the military establishment and that is a shorthand term for the military and intelligence services, they are politically involved. many analysts

have looked at what has happened to imran khan and have essentially said this is a case of the establishment saying that they don't want him to be involved in politics and so these various different cases have happened, and that will repress his ability to stand any full election. that means that they would also argue the chances of imran khan getting out ofjail will argue the chances of imran khan getting out of jail will also argue the chances of imran khan getting out ofjail will also depend on how the military establish and are feeling about him at the moment and thejudiciary are are feeling about him at the moment and the judiciary are feeling towards him. if you were to speak to the government and any of those people inside the establishment, they would say this is all about the rule of law and imran khan has broken various different rules of law and the fact he has been found guilty in this case means he should be in prison. this is the sort of argument that is going on currently in pakistan. the end result is that although imran khan has had his jail sentence suspended in this case, it does not necessarily mean he will be out of prison immediately, maybe not for a little while to come. trier?

for a little while to come. very briefl , for a little while to come. very briefly. can — for a little while to come. very briefly. can i — for a little while to come. very briefly, can i ask _ for a little while to come. very briefly, can i ask you - for a little while to come. very briefly, can i ask you about. for a little while to come. very briefly, can i ask you about his supporters? of course, we have seen over the last few months, his supporters take to the streets, they have been enabled demonstration, i say demonstrations, demonstrations in support of imran khan, of course, againsta in support of imran khan, of course, against a treatment, what is the wider perception across the country about what is going on? yes. wider perception across the country about what is going on?— wider perception across the country about what is going on? yes, back on the 9th of may _ about what is going on? yes, back on the 9th of may when _ about what is going on? yes, back on the 9th of may when imran _ about what is going on? yes, back on the 9th of may when imran khan - about what is going on? yes, back on the 9th of may when imran khan was| the 9th of may when imran khan was first arrested, we did see protests around the country. and then subsequently thousands of imran khan supporters were arrested. many of his main leadership... leadership within his party and they left the party altogether. since then, when he was arrested the second time, at the beginning of this month, we did not see those sorts of protests, we did not see that sort of uprising his party says that is because there has been repression and people are scared and don't want to come out

onto the streets but the government say that is because actually they don't want to follow him because of what they saw after the 9th of may when many of his supporters were accused by the government of having been involved in violent protests. i think the reality here is when you speak to people on the streets, imran khan remains popular that many people are nervous to publicly declare that they are supporters of imran khan. while we saw in court today many of his supporters, many of his lawyers, cheering and chanting for him, it is difficult to get a sense that the rest of the country are going to publicly come out, even if behind—the—scenes perhaps they are still supporting him. ., ., ., ~ perhaps they are still supporting him. . ., . ~' i” perhaps they are still supporting him. . ., . ~' perhaps they are still supporting him. ., ., ., . perhaps they are still supporting him. caroline, thank you so much for that. every regional leader in the spanish football federation has called on its president,

luis rubiales, to step down. he's been heavily criticised for kissing a female player, jenni hermoso, on the lips at the women's world cup final in sydney. it comes after spanish prosecutors opened an investigation into whether the kiss amounted to a sexual assault onjenni hermoso. mr rubiales has resisted calls to quit. from madrid, guy hedgecoe has the latest. chanting. 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. but the backlash against him also seems to have taken on a broader meaning. "this is a very important moment," said this woman. "it's difficult to capture behaviour like this on camera." i think it's important to raise a voice. all of the people that agree with the feminist movement and to fight this injustice that the girl and all of the women have suffered. this is the now infamous kiss that mr rubiales gave the playerjenni hermoso after spain's world cup victory and which she says was nonconsensual.

fifa has provisionally suspended mr rubiales. prosecutors are investigating him for possible sexual assault and, now, his own federation is calling on him to resign. mr rubiales' 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 that this all began with a remarkable sporting triumph. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. 0ur reporter in madrid, guy hedgecoe, sent this update a short while ago. the logical next step of course would be for luis rubiales to step down and go quietly because the pressure really does seem to be unbearable for him. it really has been since fifa, the world governing body, suspended him at the weekend, suspended him provisionally pending disciplinary procedures, but i think that decision by his own federation yesterday to turn against him and call on him to resign really does

look extremely significant in all of this because that was where luis rubiales had all his power, within the federation, and until a few days ago, it seems he still had that support there and that is no longer the case. it does not look as if his position is tenable any longer. just a little bit on _ position is tenable any longer. just a little bit on the wider impact. you said in your report this is far now beyond sport, far now beyond football. what are the kind of reactions outside the sport? there has been a — reactions outside the sport? there has been a critical _ reactions outside the sport? there has been a critical dimension - reactions outside the sport? there has been a critical dimension to i reactions outside the sport? ii—ii” has been a critical dimension to it with the spanish government to try to remove luis rubiales from his post. of course, there have been those demonstrations in the streets of many cities across spain yesterday, there is that sort of social aspect to it as well and i think this whole affair feeds into theissue think this whole affair feeds into the issue of sexual consent and gender equality, which has been at the centre of public debate in spain

over the last four, five years, and they are issues that have been promoted by this left—wing government which has passed a lot of legislation in those areas to try and promote sexual consent in relationships, trying to improve gender equality, and at times there have been a lot of tensions caused by those changes but i think this affairjust by those changes but i think this affair just reflects some by those changes but i think this affairjust reflects some of those changes and how spanish society does seem to have changed over the last few years. ijust few years. i just want to bring you few years. ijust want to bring you some breaking news now. we willjust quickly head to the us. a storm... i said storm, that has just been upgraded. it has been intensified into a hurricane. preparations have been made but the actual details of

the intensity of that storm, now upgraded to a hurricane, plenty of damage already been done, but actually, more precautions now because that upgraded into a hurricane. travellers are facing days of travel disruption after a technical fault hit the uk's air traffic control system over the bank holiday. the problem has now been fixed, but thousands of passengers are still stranded. airlines have apologised and are urging people to check their flights before going to the airport. it was a nightmare bank holiday for air travellers. hundreds of flights were cancelled and many more delayed. and it is not over yet. we were delayed. and it is not over yet. - were looking at alternative flights and there was nothing available before thursday and as we are

scrolling through, flights were disappearing. we have now arranged three trains and a bus, via brussels and the channel to arrive back in the uk at 10am on wednesday morning. we should be in london right now. but as_ we should be in london right now. but as it _ we should be in london right now. but as it stands, we are still in valencia, _ but as it stands, we are still in valencia, for the foreseeable future, — valencia, for the foreseeable future, untilthey valencia, for the foreseeable future, until they tell us otherwise. we have no information from _ otherwise. we have no information from easyjet. and we're just waiting that information. from easyjet. and we're 'ust waiting that information.h that information. they are among tens of thousands _ that information. they are among tens of thousands of _ that information. they are among tens of thousands of british - tens of thousands of british passengers who find themselves stranded overseas and either scrambling to rebook flights or find alternative routes home. it scrambling to rebook flights or find alternative routes home.— scrambling to rebook flights or find alternative routes home. it has been alternative routes home. it has been a really fun — alternative routes home. it has been a really fun day- _ alternative routes home. it has been a really fun day. the _ alternative routes home. it has been a really fun day. the original- alternative routes home. it has been a really fun day. the original plan . a really fun day. the original plan was to fly from dazzled off to heathrow. flights were cancelled everywhere. i am heathrow. flights were cancelled everywhere. iam now on heathrow. flights were cancelled everywhere. i am now on a train journey to belgium, then to luxembourg, then calais and the

dover ferry. luxembourg, then calais and the dover ferry-— luxembourg, then calais and the dover fer . �* . ., , dover ferry. and there are warnings the disruotion _ dover ferry. and there are warnings the disruption could _ dover ferry. and there are warnings the disruption could last _ dover ferry. and there are warnings the disruption could last for - dover ferry. and there are warnings the disruption could last for days. l the disruption could last for days. many planes and —— and their crews are not where they should be. one of the busiest times of the year are getting them back in place will take time. airports are advising passengers not to set off unless they have confirmed their flights are still operating and an investigation into what went wrong with the air traffic control system has now been launched. flour with the air traffic control system has now been launched. our absolute riori is has now been launched. our absolute priority is safety- _ has now been launched. our absolute priority is safety- i — has now been launched. our absolute priority is safety. i would _ has now been launched. our absolute priority is safety. i would like - has now been launched. our absolute priority is safety. i would like to - priority is safety. i would like to apologise for the impact on the travelling public and to tell you that our teams will continue to work to get you away as soon as we can. but travel experts say airlines are unlikely to offer compensation to passengers because they can argue that the disruption was out of their control, although they should pay for expenses like extra hold cal —— hotel costs.

i checked last night on the flight was still scheduled to go ahead. we got to the gate this morning and we were turned back. irate got to the gate this morning and we were turned back.— got to the gate this morning and we were turned back. we woke up at 5am, received a notification _ were turned back. we woke up at 5am, received a notification from _ were turned back. we woke up at 5am, received a notification from google, . received a notification from google, not even _ received a notification from google, not even the airline itself, that it was cancelled. and i figured i had to gel— was cancelled. and i figured i had to get down here as well to figure out what — to get down here as well to figure out what to do. | to get down here as well to figure out what to do.— out what to do. i did not receive any notification. _ out what to do. i did not receive any notification. it _ out what to do. i did not receive any notification. it was - out what to do. i did not receive any notification. it was a - out what to do. i did not receive any notification. it was a shock. out what to do. i did not receive l any notification. it was a shock to me _ any notification. it was a shock to me i_ any notification. it was a shock to me i came — any notification. it was a shock to me i came to _ any notification. it was a shock to me. i came to the _ any notification. it was a shock to me. i came to the airport- any notification. it was a shock to me. i came to the airport and - any notification. it was a shock to| me. i came to the airport and saw any notification. it was a shock to - me. i came to the airport and saw my flight _ me. i came to the airport and saw my flight had _ me. i came to the airport and saw my flight had been — me. i came to the airport and saw my flight had been cancelled. _ me. i came to the airport and saw my flight had been cancelled.— flight had been cancelled. turned up here and no — flight had been cancelled. turned up here and no e-mail_ flight had been cancelled. turned up here and no e-mail saying _ flight had been cancelled. turned up here and no e-mail saying the - flight had been cancelled. turned up here and no e-mail saying the flight| here and no e—mail saying the flight was cancelled. i have got to wait until 1135 tonight. and for viewers in the uk, in 20 minutes, we'll bejoined by a number of experts to answer your questions live. so get in touch using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — or email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk.

the former uk government cabbie —— cabinet minister nadine dorries has officially quit. she has been a frequent critic of the current prime minister, rishi sunak. she has announced —— had announced her intention to quit some time ago and faced criticism for not acting on that. yesterday, we had the news that. yesterday, we had the news that she would be standing down finally and today the formal process has taken place. it is a slightly archaic route by which you quit as an mp. the process is that you are

actually appointed to be what is known as steward and bailiff of the 300 of chiltern, the treasury confirmed that. it is basically an old—fashioned archaic way of quitting as an mp. and that formal process has happened. nadine dorries has now quit as an mp. we will get 20 more reaction on that later. if you're in the uk you're probably familiar with the term ulez — it stands for ultra low emission zone — and in london, it's just been expanded from an area covering the city centre, to the whole of the capital. owners of the most polluting vehicles, will have to pay £12.50 a day if they drive in the area. london now has the world's largest ultra low emission zone, but other countries have their own zones and they vary by vehicle type and emissions. italy has the most zones in europe — some of them permanent, many seasonal. in france, drivers have to display

a clean air sticker in their car to enter several cities and in paris they're planning a zero emission zone for 2030. in london, around 90% of cars are compliant and won't be affected by the charge. but the measure is highly controversial, with some londoners claiming they haven't been given enough time to change their vehicles. the uk conservative government believes that expanding the low emissions zone is the wrong thing to do. the expansion of the ulez zone to cover the whole of greater london is a decision by the labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, supported by the labour leader. and if you look at the mayor's impact assessment, it will have a minor to negligible effect on air quality, so it is very clear that despite what he says, this is not about improving our in

greater london, it is about raising money from londoners for him and this is something, given the challenges people are facing with the cost of living, it is not absolutely the right thing to do. but the mayor of london sadiq khan defended the policy and accused the government of trying to make party political gains. if it was a cash grab, as the government's saying, just to raise money, i'd have acceded to their demand to expand the ulez without proper consultation and a proper scrappage scheme. this is about helping our air be cleaner and in a couple of years' time, tfl have predicted there will be no additional money made because of the number of noncompliant vehicles, but every penny net made is used to reinvest in public transport. improving buses in outer london, improving public transport in our city. and here's the irony of ironies — it was this government that published air—quality directives. the right thing to do, requiring cities to clean up their air, it was this government that have supported clean—air zones around the country —

the right thing to do in bristol, in birmingham, in bath, but for some reason they refuse to support london. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. nhs england has announced there will be a significant increase in the number of blood pressure checks carried out in the community. the health service says it plans to extend tests in pharmacies as well as offering them in places such as barbers shops and mosques. it's hoped the scheme will help to reduce deaths from heart attacks and strokes. sir eltonjohn has spent a night in hospital after falling at his villa in the south of france. a spokesperson for the singer says he's now back home and in good health. the 76—year—old has been spending the summer in france, after playing what he's billed as his final uk show, headlining the glastonbury festival at the end ofjune. the government is expected to announce plans to change water pollution rules to allow more houses

to be built. at the moment dozens of councils can't allow new houses to be built unless it can be proved the work won't have a negative impact on local rivers. housing developers say the current rules have prevented thousands of homes from being built. to the war in ukraine now. estimates by us officials suggest a dramatic rise in the number of ukrainian dead. the bbc�*s quentin sommerville has been on the front line in the east, to where the grim task of counting the dead has become a daily reality. and quentin met two ukrainian women, who, despite suffering their own losses, have vowed to keep serving the war effort. for 0ksana, it is her husband she mourns. for five years they were together, and the grief is still raw.

pavlo was a fitness champion who volunteered to fight. a russian air strike destroyed his convoy last november. translation: honestly, it's still very hard - to accept that he is gone. it is only when i am here that it sinks in. i feel he is still somewhere. that he is still alive, and on a mission, doing hisjob. in marriage, 0ksana made a pact with her husband that she would join up if he was killed in action. she is still getting used to army life and the danger that come with it.

this road is regularly shelled. here, outside bakhmut, they head out and immediately take cover in nearby woods. this position is in range of russian guns. like thousands of other ukrainians, 0ksana had very little time to mourn. instead, she chose to fight. what we hear from a lot of soldiers on the front line is that the time to grieve will come when the war is over. japan has complained to china after local businesses and institutions were inundated with thousands of abusive phone calls over the fukushima nuclear plant discharge.

last week, tokyo began releasing water that had been used to cool its destroyed nuclear powerplant in fukushima. the plan has been approved by the un nuclear watchdog, but has triggered opposition around asia. jean mackenzie, our correspondent in seoul, updated us earlier. china has been the loudest critics of the release of this water and for weeks it has been whipping up this outrage and has accused japan for example of turning the pacific ocean into a say where and almost immediately after this water started being released back on thursday, china announced it was going to ban all seafood from japan. it is little wonder really that some of this animosity has now trickled down into the public. what we have seen since this water was released is that the local government in fukushima, businesses and schools, have been receiving hundreds of abusive phone calls from chinese callers. but it

has also been businesses in tokyo and evenjapanese businesses in china. schools in china, japanese schools, have had stones thrown at them and eggs thrown at them and the japanese embassy in beijing has had a brick thrown at it. and this is something that dates back... fukushima is a word and a term that has become very emotionally charged, given the events, take as back to those events undermined as the background. we had this earthquake — undermined as the background. we had this earthquake and _ undermined as the background. we had this earthquake and tsunami _ undermined as the background. we had this earthquake and tsunami back- undermined as the background. we had this earthquake and tsunami back in - this earthquake and tsunami back in 2011 which can sleekly destroyed this power plant aren't ever since, the japanese have been using water to cool these damaged reactor rods. the water has then had to be stored safely in these enormous tanks and what has happened to these tanks is that there are now more than 1000 of them and essentially japanese ran out of space to store this water. it was incredibly expensive. they have

been planning for years about how they would release this water back into the ocean. it has gone through various treatments. it has had much of the reductive material stripped out of it and has been watered down to levels that the un watchdog says is safe. the process began last thursday but it has allowed people around asia and especially the chinese, who have been the most vocal critics. there is plenty more online, of course. hello again. for the next couple of days, we're looking at a mixture of bright spells, sunny spells and some showers. worth pointing out, though, today, pollen levels across much of england are going to be high. so we're talking weeds

at this time of year. now, what we have today is low pressure in charge of our weather. this front wrapped all the way around it is producing some showers, heaviest across the north of scotland, closest to the centre of the low pressure and it's all slowly slipping southwards as we go through the course of today. so our first weather front continuing to slip south, rejuvenating, producing some heavier rain in the afternoon across parts of wales, the midlands, the home counties and east anglia and the weather front across scotland also slipping south. now, in between for northern england, northern ireland, there'll be some sunny spells and fewer showers and in light winds, our temperatures 1a in the north to 21 as we push down towards the south. now through this evening and overnight, ourfirst front continues to head south eastwards before clearing. our second one pushes into northern england, north wales, northern ireland, bringing some showers, but follow the curl round, we're going to see some more showers across the north of scotland. but there will also be a fair bit of clear sky tonight, so it's going to be a cooler night than last night, particularly so in the countryside. so tomorrow, a ridge of high

pressure builds across us, so things are quite quiet in terms of the weather. there will be areas of cloud bubbling up through the day, producing some showers. you might hear the odd rumble of thunder, for example, in the afternoon in east anglia and the odd sharp shower here. temperatures, 15 to about 20 degrees north to south. so just down a degree or so. then into thursday, we've got this area of low pressure with its fronts coming in from the atlantic. now, the northern extent of this is still open to a bit of question, but this is what we think at the moment. so across scotland and eastern england, it will start off dry with some sunny spells, but our fronts coming in from the west, will push northwards and eastwards introducing thicker cloud and some rain. the heaviest rain will be across southern england. and you could hear the odd rumble of thunder in southern coastal counties. temperatures 1a to 19 degrees, so, again, slipping just that little bit more. and then as we move on into friday, there'll be low cloud, mist and fog to clear from the south and also the far north of scotland. in between, there'll be sunshine

and showers and temperatures climbing a little bit at the weekend.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. passengers stranded at airports overnight sleeping on floors,

aircraft in the wrong place, flights cancelled or severely delayed. the air traffic problems which affected air space over the uk yesterday afternoon are still having a major impact today — and are expected to continue for several days. u nfortu nately. by one estimate, more that 1,500 flights were cancelled yesterday — either leaving or arriving at uk airports. that's more than a quarter of flights — and it's causing a major heading for thousands of travellers. we are going to try and get some help and some answers to your questions. joining me is doug maclean — a former air traffic control manager and kelly cookes, chief commercial officer at advantage travel partnership. great to see you both, thank you very much for coming on. hopefully we can shed some light and a bit of help here. dou, let's start with the technical stuff first. are we any

further forward technical stuff first. are we any furtherforward in knowing what technical stuff first. are we any further forward in knowing what has