hundreds more flights have been cancelled after problems with the uk's air traffic control system. an uk's air traffic control system. an in . uest uk's air traffic control system. an inquest has... seen from space, hurricane italia raises towards the florida coast and residents are bracing themselves for damage. hello, i'm nancy kacungira, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the head of the wagner mercenary group — yevgeny prigozhin — has been buried in st petersburg, according to his press service. prigozhin, who led wagner fighters in a mutiny injune, was one of ten people on board a private plane that crashed in russia's tver region last week.

there is widespread suspicion that prigozhin was killed in revenge for leading a failed mutiny injune, it was widely seen as a challenge to the authority of president vladimir putin. no video or stills of the grave have emerged yet. russia's tass state—run news agency says it was relatives' will to hold a private ceremony. let's talk now to vitaly shevchenko, a la russia epitaph. the tally, no pictures, no video, very private good buy. it pictures, no video, very private good buy-— pictures, no video, very private aoodbu. �* , ., , ., good buy. it can't be more private. earlier today. _ good buy. it can't be more private. earlier today, the _ good buy. it can't be more private. earlier today, the media _ good buy. it can't be more private. | earlier today, the media descended on st petersburg, trying to find out where exactly yevgeny prigozhin was going to be buried. there was tighten security at several cemeteries in st petersburg, and the announcement that she had been buried came from a number of social

media accounts linked to wagner. it came a little more than an hour and a half ago. the media in russia are now trying to find out what happens to the wagner group next because the russian authorities, the russian defence ministry, it wants the mercenary group to be incorporated into the official military in russia. but one fare that the kremlin likely has is that yevgeny prigozhin�*s grave may be turned into a shrine of sorts for people who agree with sharp and often rude criticisms voiced by yevgeny prigozhin of the russian top military commanders. he accused them

of not pursuing the war against ukraine aggressively enough. he accused them of deliberately starving the wagner group of ammunition. so the last thing the kremlin wants is for this grave to become a focal point for this kind of sentiment. 50. become a focal point for this kind of sentiment.— of sentiment. so, despite that, aren't we _ of sentiment. so, despite that, aren't we getting _ of sentiment. so, despite that, aren't we getting still _ of sentiment. so, despite that, aren't we getting still some - aren't we getting still some makeshift memorials springing up across the country, even though people haven't been able to attend his actual ceremony? people are still taking some, making some tributes. and we are able to show you now some live shots. these are not life, but this is a tape playback, these are pictures from that funeral area, from where the ceremony was held. those are the shots that we are able to get. these were recorded earlier, shots from

where he was buried outside the cemetery there in st petersburg which is his home town. that is what we are looking at now. vitaly, if we can come back to you, so, despite russian authorities trying to take advantage, really, what they say was the family that might wish for a very private funeral, there still has been some expression of grief over prigozhin�*s death in russia? there certainly has been. one way of telling what the kremlin wants russians to believe it is looking at the russian state media, and their reporting of the plane crash last wednesday that killed yevgeny prigozhin has largely been very dry and along the lines of his plane crashed and she died. —— she died. there has been no discussion of the possible reasons of why the plane

crashed. now, investigators, the russian official investigations committee, it says it is going to look at all the possible versions of what brought yevgeny prigozhin�*s plane down. but given that this government agency is completely and totally controlled by the kremlin, i think it will be naive to expect this committee to come up with a complete and total truthful version of what happened. what we know now is that yevgeny prigozhin has reportedly been buried at the cemetery culls one in st petersburg, and this is also the cemetery where his father also buried. at the cemetery called porokhovskoye in st petersburg. i am sure russia and the kremen will be watching intently what is going to be happening at

this grave. —— the kremlin. and whether it will attract yevgeny prigozhin�*s supporters, and whether they will be able to organise themselves into a force to be reckoned with.— themselves into a force to be reckoned with. ., , ., ~ , ., ., reckoned with. vitaly, thank you for that update. — reckoned with. vitaly, thank you for that update, vitaly _ reckoned with. vitaly, thank you for that update, vitaly shevchenko, - reckoned with. vitaly, thank you for| that update, vitaly shevchenko, our russia editor with bbc monitoring. the government has told airlines they must "fulfil their duties" to passengers who've had their flights cancelled or delayed due to monday's air traffic control problems. hundreds more flights have been cancelled on tuesday — and thousands of passengers remain stranded. the disruption is expected to continue for several more days. the august bank holiday descended into flight chaos, with hundreds cancelled yesterday and more today. we are still at rome airport trying to get home, we've been here since 11.30 yesterday morning so it's now been 2a hours. we boarded ourflight last night

and then were told to get off the flight because the aircrew had been flying for too long. ourflight has been rescheduled for this afternoon but there are other flights that have been cancelled going into london so we're just hoping to get out today. in liverpool this morning, passengers were also getting bad news. we'd booked to take the kids to dublin for the day and just got here and told it's been cancelled so we're waiting in line to see if we can find something else. struggling to figure out how we fill in our day. until 11 o'clock tonight, and, yeah, just the - extra cost, you know. the disruption was caused by a technical issue at air traffic control service provider nats. the automatic system which gives controllers details of planes and their routes wasn't working so flight plans had to be processed manually and the number of flights had to be limited. the incident was of extremely high magnitude. even minutes can do damage to airline scheduling but hours, in the summertime peak when airlines are operating as many flights as they can using all of their planes and crews

and flights are full, it's really the worst time for it to happen and causes the maximum disruption. by mid—afternoon yesterday, the issue had been fixed but the knock—on impact continues. airlines are grappling with aircraft and crews being out of position and some staff being over hours. some passengers face a long wait to get home. we stayed in paris for the night, as you can see. we then spoke to ba on the phone this morning after not receiving any e—mail confirmation about our flight cancellation. on the phone, they couldn't book us on to anything until thursday morning. nats is investigating what happened and will report back to the aviation regulator. the experts that look at these things have told me that it was not a cybersecurity incident but we will look at it in great detail to see what happened, what we can do to reduce the chances of it happening again and whether there are any further things that can be put in place to reduce this sort of issue. it is hoped that by tomorrow,

schedules will be looking a lot more normal but the number of cancelled flights and holidays is not the end to summer that passengers or the industry were hoping for. katy austin, bbc news. (pres)live now to.... colletta smith, manchester was one of the worst affected airports, what is the situation there now? idietitian of the worst affected airports, what is the situation there now? when you look at the arrivals _ is the situation there now? when you look at the arrivals and _ is the situation there now? when you look at the arrivals and the _ look at the arrivals and the departure boards here, things are getting back to normal. certainly the number of cancellations are now only a handful but a lot of planes arriving late, significantly late, we are talking about some arriving six, seven hours late. for a lot of those passengers that have been booked on a flight yesterday and arriving six hours later than hoped for even today, it is hugely

frustrating. so, for passengers arriving and departing, it is worth going through those rules. if you have had a cancelled or flight delayed for more than five hours, the airline should have up you —— offered you a refund for unused legs offered you a refund for unused legs of that journey or offered you a refund for unused legs of thatjourney or an offered you a refund for unused legs of that journey or an alternative flight. if you go for the full refund of madonna should be back with you within seven days. it is a much longer process if you stick with a delayed flight because they then should give you meals and should provide accommodation for you, too. if you do have to buy anything else, hang on to those receipts because you will be needing to claim that back through the airline directly, either by e—mailing them going to their website to fill claims form. there isn't a stability the maximum amount of time for when the elan has to give you the money back so for a lot of passengers arriving back today or potentially tomorrow it could be a long process. in terms of what a

compensation, analysed you have to compensate passengers for inconvenience, for loss days were. if the issue is their fault. inconvenience, for loss days were. if the issue is theirfault. in inconvenience, for loss days were. if the issue is their fault. in this instance, i think it unlikely that many allies will voluntarily give extra money because the issue was one of wider aviation industry problems that affected every single airline. so if you have got travel insurance, it is worth looking at that because you may have better luck getting compensation through insurance rather than going directly to your airline.— to your airline. thank you, the letter, to your airline. thank you, the letter. we _ to your airline. thank you, the letter, we have _ to your airline. thank you, the letter, we have definitely - to your airline. thank you, the | letter, we have definitely been to your airline. thank you, the - letter, we have definitely been able to see the evidence that planes are taking off and arriving again, colletta smith at manchester airport there. police in canada have brought in an additional 12 charges against a man who has been charged with supplying the poisonous chemical to people who then died. kenneth law was charged in may of this year with

two counts of aiding or encouraging suicide. angus crawford gave us this update. backin back in may of this year, kenneth law was charged with two counts of counselling or aiding suicide in canada. he is accused of sending, selling a noxious, poisonous substance to tell individuals in ontario area who later took their own lives. there was a huge amount of publicity about that and an enormous police investigation in canada. now, it now appears they have identified another 12 individuals who were supplied by kenneth law who then went take their own lives. now faces a total of 14 charges of counselling or aiding suicide, a quite quite extraordinary number. and the police in ontario say this is a very active and very complex investigation, notjust complex investigation, not just obviously complex investigation, notjust obviously in canada, they say we are cooperating with and sharing information with law enforcement on

a global scale. they say, we will not tolerate criminal actions by those who prey on the vulnerable in our society. there has been a huge amount of interest here in this country, too, where on friday last week, the national crime agency here revealed that 88 british people had ordered poison from kenneth law and had later died, although they couldn't say for sure that the chemical had caused their deaths. they also said that a total of 272 people in the uk had ordered from kenneth law. these are pictures from st petersburg, the cemetery where you have vision, the leader of the wagner mercenary group, has been

buried in russia. this is after his plane crashed last week. this is the scene live at the cemetery in st petersburg which is his home town where he was buried in a private funeral. now, the russian agencies had said that the private funeral was the wish of his family, so there have been no photos or videos of the ceremony. and this was the live shot of the cemetery where that funeral was held. you are watching bbc news around the world than across the uk. let's look at some other stories making news. redundancies at the collapsed retail chain wilko have been suspended while rescue bids for the store are considered. unions representing staff have met the administrators but warn wilko is "not out of the woods yet". the chain recently collapsed into administration which has put 12,500 jobs at risk across its 400 uk stores. the government has announced plans to change water pollution rules to allow more houses to be built.

current rules mean councils covering protected areas of england can't allow the building of new houses unless it's proven that the work won't add phosphates and nitrates to local rivers. critics say the changes won't solve the root causes of england's housing problems. nhs england has announced there'll 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. you're live with bbc news. the authorities in the usa to florida are waiting for hurricane idalia to make landfall. residents have been advised to move to safer ground. storm surges are expected. the hurricane is visible from space.

it is expected to be a category three storm when it reaches the coast on wednesday. this is key west on the southern tip of florida. the wind there is already increasing. the centre of the storm is actually projected to cross florida coastlines further up its western coastlines further up its western coast near the city of tallahassee. residents in low—lying areas have been urged to seek higher ground. in pakistan the high court has granted former prime minister imran khan bail. mr khan has been in prison since he was sentenced to three years on august 5th — on charges of not declaring money gained from 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. here's mr khan's lawyer — gauhar khan — speaking a little earlier.

we are very hopeful he will be released. so far, he has not been arrested. we have not been informed that he is under arrest in any other case. if they are going to arrest him in other cases we have filed cases in the high court and supreme court, and we are seeking the court to restrain the prosecution from arresting him in any other case. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies sent this update — from islamabad: the islamabad high courtjust behind me has given imran khan bail in the case that he was found guilty of at the beginning of the month. this is the toshakhana case where he was found guilty of having not declared the money he earned from selling state gifts. imran khan has been in prison since the 5th of august but this doesn't necessarily mean he will be taken out ofjail at this moment, and that is because there are multiple other cases currently out against imran khan and many of them have arrest warrants for him, too. his lawyers have said they will go to the supreme court and here at the high court to try to get him bail across these other cases but even they have said that they think it will be quite difficult to be able to secure that.

one of them gave me the odds of a 30% chance that he will actually be released. so, at the moment, it looks like continued legal battles for imran khan and no certainty at all that he will be out ofjail any time soon. let's bring you breaking news about air traffic disruptions here in the uk, this statement that has come in after a meeting between the transport secretary and the aviation industry on that disruption. well, this afternoon, the transport secretary chadha meeting on the disruption with nats, the civil aviation of, also with airlines, airports, trade bodies on the border force, and the meeting discussed the technicalfailure, saying force, and the meeting discussed the technical failure, saying that while it was a result quickly yesterday afternoon, this meeting was an opportunity for nats to brief the industry on what went wrong and for

airlines to provide the latest updates on their operations and the support they are offering to passengers impacted by the disruption. the transport secretary has urged allies to continue doing all they can to support passengers, increasing capacity by whatever means possible and ensuring customers have adequate welfare and accommodation while they are waiting for rearranged flights. the transport secretary also said that he echoed the apology offered by nats to everybody caught up in this disruption, that he is grateful to airlines, airports, and border force for the work being done to get passengers to their destinations. he did say that although the system is back up and running, the knock—on effects are likely to continue, and passengers should keep in check in with their airlines before heading to the airport. the department for transport has put in place temporary alleviation is to allow night flights at airports it regulates.

executives say they are likely to see a continuation of some disruption in the coming days, so that in the outcome of the meeting between the transport secretary and the aviation industry on that disruptive incident that continues to leave some passengers grounded. now, a new study says that living in an area with poor air quality can take an average of more than two years of life expectancy. it makes it one of the greatest external risks to human health. the report by the energy policy institute of such cargoes as the impact of air pollution is compulsive smoking and six times more dangerous than hiv. live now to christa hasenkopf in munich, director of air quality programs at the energy policy institute at the university of chicago. what filho really stands out about

this report? what are the headlines that should be grabbing us? weill. that should be grabbing us? well, thank ou that should be grabbing us? well, thank you for— that should be grabbing us? well, thank you for the _ that should be grabbing us? -ii thank you for the opportunity. so, in addition to this statistic you mentioned that 2.3 years of life expectancy an average across the world are reduced, it matters where that happens and where it doesn't. this health impact isn't spread evenly across the world. we find that in asia and africa, they bear the brunt of that health impact, 93%, and it appears there is a profound mismatch where pollution is the worst and where collectively we are investing in fixing the problem. and what other sources of this pollution? does that play a significant part in what is worse in some areas than others? certainly. so, we some areas than others? certainly. so. we see — some areas than others? certainly. so. we see that _ some areas than others? certainly. so, we see that south _ some areas than others? certainly. so, we see that south asia - some areas than others? certainly. so, we see that south asia for- so, we see that south asia for example is really the epicentre of a certain type of pollution globally. it is where global —— quarter of the

population lives are largely pollution comes from a variety of different combustion sources or fuels that are being burned, from anything from the results of industrialisation, economic development, agricultural burning and population growth, and there is also a lack of policies that have been able to curb the negative aspect of those trends so far. fiur aspect of those trends so far. our oli is aspect of those trends so far. our policy is one _ aspect of those trends so far. our policy is one of— aspect of those trends so far. our policy is one of the ways to fix this or are there other ways as well? i this or are there other ways as well? ~ ,., . , this or are there other ways as well? ~ ,., _ , ., this or are there other ways as well? ~ _ ~ , this or are there other ways as well? ~' s ~' , well? i think policy is a key part, as well as _ well? i think policy is a key part, as well as having _ well? i think policy is a key part, as well as having investments i well? i think policy is a key part, as well as having investments in | as well as having investments in air—quality management infrastructure, so things like air—quality monitoring and the ability to see if policies are actually working and going in the right direction. find actually working and going in the right direction.— actually working and going in the right direction. and when it comes to what people — right direction. and when it comes to what people can _ right direction. and when it comes to what people can do _ right direction. and when it comes to what people can do about - right direction. and when it comes to what people can do about their| to what people can do about their everyday health, when it comes to air pollution, what advice do you have? ., , , air pollution, what advice do you have? . , , , ., have? yeah. it depends where you live and who _ have? yeah. it depends where you live and who you _ have? yeah. it depends where you live and who you are _ have? yeah. it depends where you live and who you are and _ have? yeah. it depends where you live and who you are and what - have? yeah. it depends where you | live and who you are and what data you have access to. but you can

protect yourself by staying indoors when it is extremely polluted, you can have a hepa filter. at the end of the day, a lot of these individual measures are really wed the collective issue —— action is to be taken. the collective issue -- action is to be taken. ~ . , , be taken. which is why those olicies be taken. which is why those policies are _ be taken. which is why those policies are so _ be taken. which is why those policies are so important. - be taken. which is why those i policies are so important. thank be taken. which is why those - policies are so important. thank you for coming on the programme. let's talk to our bbc africa reporter about the goings —— sedan. what we know about this meeting? this is the general al—burhan first meeting with his egyptian counterpart. he went to egypt because it is the foremost most ally

of the sudanese armed forces committee is to shore up support and send messages to the region that while viarni is united behind him, they are also interested in possibly resuming some peace talks at some stage. —— while the army is united behind him. this is in order to engineer a ceasefire. this is the first leg of a regional tour, we expect him to go to saudi arabia next, and he is meant to also visit chad and south sudan to try and explain his position on the vision of the sudanese army of how to bring what he has called the insurgency to an end. . ~ what he has called the insurgency to an end. ., ~ i. what he has called the insurgency to an end. . ~' ,, , . what he has called the insurgency to an end. ., ~ i. , . ., what he has called the insurgency to an end. . ~ ,, , . ., . an end. thank you very much for that u date on an end. thank you very much for that update on general _ an end. thank you very much for that update on general al-burhan - an end. thank you very much for that update on general al-burhan shoring| update on general al—burhan shoring up update on general al—burhan shoring up the political and military support. now, let's show you live pictures from st petersburg. this following

the news that the wagner mercenary group founder yevgeny prigozhin has been buried privately in russia after his plane crashed last week. this is the cemetery where a private ceremony was held. russian authorities say the private ceremony was the wish of his family, so there is no video footage, no photos of the actual ceremony, but this is the scene at that cemetery in st petersburg where he was buried in his hometown. you are bbc news, this is verified live, we will be right back. hello. the weather's been a little hit or miss today with showers in places and sunny spells, too. and that's how it's going to stay for the remainder of the week, perhaps thicker cloud and more persistent rain for a time on thursday. but the good news is that the weekend is looking promising

with high pressure building. now, this weather front won't reach us until thursday, we're ahead of it, so i think there'll be big gaps in the clouds. so with low pressure fairly close to scotland tuesday night and into wednesday, that does mean a few showers and further showers are expected to develop on wednesday. so here's the forecast then. through the night, lengthy clear spells, some showers there across eastern parts of scotland, one or two elsewhere, and quite fresh in the countryside early in the morning on wednesday, perhaps 5 celsius. but in most towns and cities, it'll be in the range of, say, 8—12 celsius. so lots of sunshine to start the day. a weather front is approaching, but it's still way to the west of ireland. for most of us, it's a case of clouds bubbling up through the course of the morning, into the afternoon, as they often do, and, again, those well—scattered showers anywhere from scotland through parts of northern england, towards east anglia. modest temperatures, 18 celsius to about 20 celsius expected in london. so that was wednesday, this is thursday. that low pressure only slowly approaching us.

and this weather front, at least in the morning, will bring some persistent rain — potentially heavy for a time — to south western parts of england. so this is early on thursday, also affecting wales and then moving to central southern england. it mayjust about clip the midlands too and some rain for a time possible in northern ireland. but late in the day, we think that rain will basically push away towards the southeast of england and then eventually to the near continent. but look at that hull, newcastle, aberdeen on thursday looking mostly sunny. that takes us into friday, and as we head towards the weekend, look at this — an area of high pressure builds south of this jet stream . the jet stream pushes the weather systems way to the north there towards iceland and greenland. and this here is fine settled weather. so with high pressure building this weekend, we are expecting mostly dry, bright, even sunny weather across the uk. look at that, edinburgh and belfast. and temperatures comfortably widely reaching 20 celsius. bye— bye.

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