and it's going to take eight hours. the backlog of flights could take several days to clear. also on the programme: a special report from the frontline in ukraine on the colossal scale of dying in the war with russia. i took my tweezers, or a tumour holding forceps, and pulled it out, and thought, gosh, what is that?! we'll have the extraordinary tale of this surgeon's discovery in a woman's brain. it is toone! and england player ella toone reflects on the lionesses�* and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news... pressure mounts on luis rubiales to stand down as president of the countrys football federation following his behaviour at the women's world cup final.

hello. the technical issues with the air traffic control system that have affected thousands of travellers heading to and from the uk may now have been fixed. but it could be several days before flight schedules are back to normal. aircraft and crew are out of place and the airlines are still reporting delays. it's thought more than 1,800 flights have been affected since the problem began. transport secretary mark harper says it's the worst incident of its kind to hit air traffic control in nearly a decade, and a review into what happened is under way. katy austin has our top story. the shock waves from yesterday continued to be felt, as these passengers at liverpool this morning discovered. we booked to take the kids to dublin

for the day and just got here and were told it has been cancelled, so were told it has been cancelled, so we are waiting now in line to see if we are waiting now in line to see if we can find something else. struggling to figure out how we feel in our— struggling to figure out how we feel in our day— struggling to figure out how we feel in our day now till 11pm tonight, and just— in our day now till 11pm tonight, and just the extra cost, you know? aircraft _ and just the extra cost, you know? aircraft and — and just the extra cost, you know? aircraft and crews have been left out of position by the hundreds of cancellations and many flights back into the uk were already full. airlines say they are doing all they can to get people home, but some face a long wait. our next available flight that easyjet offered us is this friday, and it's going to take eight hours via geneva, so we have a four hour stopover in geneva, which is quite frustrating. then we have had to fork out nearly £1000 for hotels for the next four nights. the fork out nearly £1000 for hotels for the next four nights.— the next four nights. the disruption was caused — the next four nights. the disruption was caused by _ the next four nights. the disruption was caused by a — the next four nights. the disruption was caused by a technical _ the next four nights. the disruption was caused by a technical issue - the next four nights. the disruption was caused by a technical issue at l was caused by a technical issue at air traffic control services provider nats, which meant that for a time, all flight pass submitted by airlines had to be manually processed. nats has apologised but has not yet given a full explanation of exactly what went wrong and why.

it has said a thorough investigation is under way. the government doesn't believe a cyber attack was involved. 0ne expert suggested a possible cause. one expert suggested a possible cause. ., . y one expert suggested a possible cause. ., ., , ., ., ., , , one expert suggested a possible cause. ., ., , ., ., ., ,, , cause. normally what would happen is that if somebody _ cause. normally what would happen is that if somebody inputted _ cause. normally what would happen is that if somebody inputted a _ cause. normally what would happen is that if somebody inputted a flight - that if somebody inputted a flight plan that was in the incorrect format — plan that was in the incorrect format or— plan that was in the incorrect format or there was something wrong with it. _ format or there was something wrong with it. the _ format or there was something wrong with it, the system would reject it. this is— with it, the system would reject it. this is incredibly unusual. it's one of those _ this is incredibly unusual. it's one of those things where all the holes in the _ of those things where all the holes in the trees have to line up for it to happeh — in the trees have to line up for it to happen-— to happen. there was a stinging criticism from _ to happen. there was a stinging criticism from that _ to happen. there was a stinging criticism from that leader - to happen. there was a stinging criticism from that leader of - to happen. there was a stinging criticism from that leader of the airlines trade body and the boss of ryanair. we have been in contact with uk nats, but we have still not had an explanation from them of exactly what caused this failure yesterday and where were their back—up systems. it is not acceptable that uk nats simply allowed their computer systems to be taken down and everybody�*s flights get cancelled. it will be days before things get completely back to normal. as well as causing misery for those whose holidays or flights have been cancelled, this will be a costly and immensely frustrating episode for airlines. it's not the way the

industry or passengers wanted summer to end. katie austin, bbc news. colletta smith is at manchester airport. how is it looking there? clive, departures and arrivals here at manchester airport, though schedules are looking more normal yesterday, there are still a handful of cancellations up on the boards, but most passengers know about those in advance now. the bigger problem at the moment are still those knock—on delays of so many different flights. so, for passengers who have had a flight cancelled or delayed by more than five hours, there are things that you should know in terms of those rights. your airlines are the ones who should have offered you either a full refund for any unused legs of the journey or an alternative flight option, so if you have opted for the cancellation, if you have mist the event you are heading for or decided not to head away, you should get that money back within seven days. if you have stuck within seven days. if you have stuck with your delayed flight or opted for the alternative flight option,

your airline should provide you with meals, accommodation, or indeed alternative transport if it is not a flight that is the quickest option for you. and if you have had to do that yourself, or have had to pay for any of that yourself, hang on to your receipts, because in terms of how you get that money back, you go straight to your airline, e—mail them, send them the receipts of what you have paid for or indeed fill in one of their online reclaim forms. the problem is that there is not any specific time frame work for how quickly the airline needs to give you that money back. there is much less protection for passengers there, so you may be in for a long wait if you are going down that route. in terms of the extra compensation people may want to get hold of if you have mist a day's work, or indeed just for the inconvenience, it is unlikely in this instance that the airlines will give you any money back, because the

issue was not their fault, it was a wider one within the air traffic control system, so they are unlikely to want to cough up themselves. it's worth checking the small print if you have travel insurance, because you have travel insurance, because you may be quicker going through that route, and maybe trying to get some kind of extra compensation there. 0k. there. ok. good to see some activity behind you there, colletta at manchester airport. thank you. london has now become the world's largest ultra low emission zone, with expansion from the city centre to all 32 boroughs. it means drivers who own vehicles that don't meet emissions standards will have to pay £12.50 a day to drive anywhere in the capital. critics say the financial burden will be heaviest on the poorest households. here's joe inwood. from uxbridge to upminster, from bromley to barnet, the ultra low emission zone has expanded. 0n the south circular, it didn't take too long to find drivers with opinions. it's a waste of time. the working man's struggling as it is, and they're making him struggle even more. well, it is a good idea for the environment, and for environmental reasons, yes. of course _ i think it's important, _ especially with schools in the area, young children, trying to reduce

the amount of n0x pollutants, i but i think my sort of gripe with it is that it's _ going to further burden - the transport infrastructure. now, this is where the ulez used to start, the south circular. from today, it takes in all of greater london, and any noncompliant cart driving on these roads has to pay the charge. that includes anyone visiting the crown and sceptre. it's just reopened, and they're worried business will be hit. a lot of the older generation, they have old cars, they come here to meet their friends, have a tea or coffee. they'll probably stop coming out because theyjust don't have the money. concerns abour the air we breathe have seen similar schemes rolled out right across the uk. manchester, bristol, glasgow, all have their own versions. but it's london's that has been the most controversial.

if you look at the mayor's own impact assessment, it will have a minor to negligible effect on air quality, so it's very clear, despite what the mayor says, this isn't about improving air quality in greater london, it's about raising money from londoners for him. moment this government, rishi suhak's— moment this government, rishi sunak's government, that gave fihahciat— sunak's government, that gave financial support to clean air zones around _ financial support to clean air zones around the — financial support to clean air zones around the country, i don't see why they are _ around the country, i don't see why they are entitled to clean air, they are entitled to support, and not lohdoh — whether you think for good or ill, ulez is genuinely world leading. no scheme on this scale has ever been tried before. with other countries' capitals planning their own versions, there will be more than just londoners following its fate. joe inwood, bbc news, brixton. almost three weeks after the body of sara sharif was discovered at a house in woking in surrey, the precise cause of the 10—year—old's death hasn't been established. at the opening of the inquest, the coroner said it was likely

to have been "unnatural". police in pakistan are trying to find sara's father, stepmother and uncle, who left britain the day before her body was found. daniel sandford is at surrey coroner's court. daniel, what more did the coroner have _ daniel, what more did the coroner have to _ daniel, what more did the coroner have to say?— daniel, what more did the coroner have to say? well, clive, when the coroner opened _ have to say? well, clive, when the coroner opened the _ have to say? well, clive, when the coroner opened the inquest - have to say? well, clive, when the coroner opened the inquest today, | have to say? well, clive, when the i coroner opened the inquest today, he almost immediately adjourned it again, as is normal when the police are carrying out a murder investigation. normally at this stage, when the inquest is opened, we would be given the cause of death from the postmortem examination, but the court heard today that the pathologist had not yet been able to establish a precise cause of death. he had only been able to say that it was likely to have been unnatural causes, and one expiration for this would be that what the detectives have told us, which is that sara sharif suffered multiple injuries and that these had been sustained over an extended period of time, and

that would probably explain that. surrey police are helping there would asking for help from pakistani police to help track down her father, herfather�*s partner and her brother in pakistan, because they flew out of the country on the day before her body was found. so far, that search has been unsuccessful, but we had overnight that pakistani police have widened their search to include new areas, clive. daniel, thank you. daniel sandford at surrey coroner's court. the government plans to scrap rules which require builders to prove new housing developments won't cause pollution to nearby rivers. rishi sunak says the change will allow 100,000 new homes to be built in england by 2030, but the wildlife trusts says the plan is "disgraceful". here's our political correspondent helen catt. they should be busy building homes on the st giles park development near norwich. but four months ago work stopped. the construction workers were let go. 201 homes had already been built, but the developers couldn't get the go—ahead for another 149

on the remaining land. on the remaining land you can see here, because of rules on water pollution. for the local council, which owns the land, it's frustrating. 0n sites like this, when you can't build homes, you're materially affecting the ability for people to get a roof over their head and you're actually driving the price of the homes that are available even higher than they otherwise need to be. so sorting this problem out has been essential notjust for the building industry, but for the entire economy. not far down the road, the prime minister was at another development to announce that those rules would now be scrapped and he would bring in other environmental measures. well, today's announcement will unlock 100,000 new homes and we're able to do this because previously, it was a disproportionate and poorly targeted old eu ruling that blocked these homes. thankfully, we can now reverse that and alongside that, we're investing hundreds of millions of pounds to continue protecting and enhancing our precious natural environment in norfolk.

in norfolk, it's the impact on the broads that's the concern. natural england says high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus are seriously damaging the waterways here, and it's the same in other parts of england. so under the law, developers in those areas have had to be able to show they can build new houses without increasing the levels of pollutants. this is a shocking announcement by government today that completely breaks promises that they made to parliament and to the british people in just the last few months not to remove environmental protections, but this is what this announcement does today. it makes me wonder whether actually we can trust any environmental promises made by rishi sunak's government in the future. this brings together two big political issues. 0n the one hand, there is the need to build more housing, on the other, how to protect the natural environment. and there has been a particular political focus on the quality of rivers and waterways in recent months. we've had a real sewage issue

in many rivers across our country, and now the conservatives want to reduce the protection for our rivers and play into the hands of their developer friends. this is exactly the wrong move. labour has accused the government of failing on both the environment and house building. ministers hope this change will get stalled. change will get stalled developments moving again. the question from opponents is at what cost? helen catt, bbc news, norfolk. the funeral of the russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin is reported to have taken place in st petersburg. the russian authorities say he died along with nine other people in a plane crash last week. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg, is in st petersberg. what kind of a funeral was it? was it civilian, military? were their mourners? what happened? yes. their mourners? what happened? yes, it was interesting. _ their mourners? what happened? is: it was interesting. all day, saint petersburg had been buzzing with rumours, counter rumours and speculation about where exactly yevgeny prigozhin would be buried.

0n social media, four different cemeteries were being talked about as possibilities. in the end, it was none of them. at the end of the day, mr prigozhin�*s representatives revealed he would be buried in this ceremony behind me. no military honours for the head of the wagner paramilitary group, reportedly, only a few people attended. we have been told by police here that the cemetery is officially closed for the day, and we cannot go inside, to make sure the media gathered here does not try to get inside, the place is pretty much under lockdown. lots of police here all along the perimeter fence and inside the cemetery, so the ceremony itself was low—key, but security certainly isn't, and you can understand why, because the mutiny that mr prigozhin organised was seen by the kremlin as treachery. as far as the russian authorities are concerned, the less attention, the better. thank you for that, steve rosenberg in st petersburg.

the time is 6.15pm. our top story this evening: the worst technical failure at uk airports sees flights cancelled. and coming up, warning that student —— student housing shortages will only get worse in the coming years. and on bbc london: day1 of the expanded ultra low emission zone. a warning to drivers who are paying the ulez charge to not fall victim to scammers who are using websites to con drivers. in war, governments and armies don't like to give out casualty figures. the numbers might boost the morale of the enemy or sap the will of your own side. it's partly why after 18 months of bitterfighting in ukraine, it's unclear how many troops have died on either side, probably many tens of thousands. died on either side, what we do know according to us estimates is that there has been a dramatic rise in the number of dead since ukraine's counteroffensive began a couple of months ago.

hundreds of new graves are being dug every day. quentin sommerville and camera journalist darren conway have visited the frontline in the east of the country where sunflower fields give way to graveyards. a warning — their report contains some distressing images. singing. the lament for the fallen grows louder with each passing day of war. the song is of battles gone by, but resonates again far and wide in every corner of ukraine, where a new generation is learning the pain of grief and sacrifice. maria's come here to pay her respects and pray for a relative missing in action. it's the second summer of war, and its toll hangs heavy here.

singing continues. everyone has lost someone. for 0ksana, it's 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 airstrike destroyed his convoy last november. translation: honestly, it's still very hard - to accept that he has gone. it's only when i'm here that it sinks in. i feel he's still somewhere. that he's still alive and on a mission, doing hisjob.

at cemeteries all across ukraine, the military dead just keep coming. here in lviv, near the border with poland, very far from the fighting on the eastern front, the fresh graves of soldiers number in the hundreds. there are so many, in fact, at this cemetery, that up the hill here, they're clearing the way of the fallen from previous wars to make room for those lost in this conflict. the discarded bloodstained blankets, tourniquets and dressings from lives that couldn't be saved. but at this town mortuary, it's margot�*s job to make sure their sacrifice

and their names are remembered. before the war, it was mostly the old who crossed this threshold. now it's the corpses of ukraine's young men and women who pass through daily. their numbers have doubled since the counter offensive began injune. they leave in single file. a trail of grief without end. ukraine doesn't release official figures of those killed in action, but it's in the tens of thousands. this is a routine that they repeat here every single day. many are unrecognisable, so they search for phones, wallets and clues to identify the dead. each loss is personal, but one arrival was especially so for margot. translation: the worst day was .

when they brought my husband here. he died while defending his motherland. it was the hardest day of my life. that moment made me realize that i have to be here. but that was the hardest day ever. this is only one day's worth of losses from one small part of this war�*s long front. but still, there is no slackening in the will to battle on. in marriage, 0ksana made a pact with her husband. she would join up if he was killed in action. she's still getting used to army life and the dangers 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. and what we hear from a lot of soldiers on the frontline is that the time to grieve will come when the war is over. distant explosions. she's now part of an aerial reconnaissance team, hunting for a russian anti—tank unit.

they have to work fast. the risk is real out here in the open. it won't take long for russian artillery to find them. why after your husband's death didn't you just stay at home? you decided instead to come here to the front line. translation: i didn't have the strength to l stay at home anymore. i really wanted to continue his work so that his life would not be in vain. he was working towards his goal to end the war. he wanted peace so that people could continue to live happily in our country. but the hope of peace, and victory, too, is still a far off dream for0ksana. singing. she and margot will do their part to serve the memory of the fallen.

and to keep their country free. singing continues. ukraine's soil bears witness to how much it has already given and to the sacrifice still to come. singing concludes. quentin somerville, bbc news, eastern ukraine. the terrible cost of the war in ukraine with our colleagues on the front line. next month, thousands of students across the uk will be heading to university, and for many, one of the biggest priorities is finding somewhere to live. but a housing charity is warning of serious accommodation shortages and says the problem is expected to go from bad to worse 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys has that story. we guarantee accommodation for all. coventry offered guaranteed accommodation. we guarantee first i

year accommodation. new students expect a home for the start of term. it's become a selling point for unis as housing shortages bite. you can take your pillows from home if you want. kiera is heading to sheffield hallam. she ditched a clearing offer at manchester met, because it was too hard to find a room. the first day i got a glimpse of one room and then immediately that sold out. second and third day, as soon as my computer updated, it already said that there was nothing left. within the space of about an hour i had completely flipped and changed my mind and wasjust like, "well, i'm just going to go "somewhere else because i'm just fed up of the situation "and i don't want to be stressing about having nowhere to live." student numbers are due to continue rising. in manchester, the universities say they've arranged extra housing but they can't control the private rental market where second and third years look.

this is just like a standard five—bed terrace property. ranging probably around 130. that's bills included. when did you let this house for this academic year? this one was end of november. last year? 2022. wow. this is a show flat. you get your own kitchen, study room, bedroom and your own private bathroom. but there is also luxury student housing. rooms here start at £320 a week — popular with chinese students who want city centre living. while many home students worry about affording rent, for international students comfort and security are top priorities. and there's a growing luxury market designed to meet their needs. even with the higher rents, they say financial pressures for developers mean a slowdown. there is only one bed for every three students in the city on average, so there is not the supply there. and because construction has slowed

down due to economic factors such as borrowing costs and even planning guidelines in terms of land availability, in the short to medium term that supply is only going to get worse. kiera now has housing she can afford but for the thousands in clearing, the hunt for a room has yet to begin. branwen jeffreys, bbc news, manchester. brace yourself. doctors in australia were startled to find an eight—centimetre parasitic worm alive in the brain of a patient. for 18 months, the woman, who's 64, had been experiencing mysterious ailments, and on hearing the news of the worm was horrified, but also relieved that at last the cause of her illnesses had been found. our medical editor fergus walsh is here. it's like something from a horrorfilm. surgeons say this type of worm has never been found in a human brain before. the woman was first admitted to hospital in south—eastern australia in 2021 with stomach pain and diarrhoea, but

the cause couldn't be identified. a year later, her symptoms had progressed and included forgetfulness and depression, so she was sent for a brain mri, which showed damage in herfrontal lobe here. surgeons in canberra performed a biopsy and got the shock of their lives. it was definitely not what we were expecting. everyone was shocked and the worm that we found was happily moving quite vigorously outside of the brain. for many months, she'd been really struggling and it was really courageous of her to come and have further testing after not having answers for so very long. but she did really well for knowing what was actually causing all her trouble and then having now treatment for what was causing the trouble. so how could this happen? the woman originally from england lives near a lake in new south wales which is home to these — carpet pythons.

it's thought she ate something contaminated with a parasite found in their poo, namely the eggs of a roundworm. after these hatched in her body, causing her symptoms, one eventually made it to her brain, possibly because medication she was taking suppressed her immune system. the patient is recovering well now the eight—centimetre worm has been removed. infectious disease experts say it's an example of the growing number of parasitic and animal infections which are threatening human health. my my word, fergus, thank you for that. there's much the england women's football team can be proud of after reaching the final of the world cup, and a key player was the attacking midfielder ella toone. she's been reflecting on the success of the lionesses, who fell a little short in the final against spain, and she's been

to katie gornall. heartbreaking we got that far and we couldn't push over the line but when you come back and hear how proud everyone is, you have that sense of pride, and i'm proud of how far we have, and what we have done for the women's game. time for a look at the weather. then it is here. how is it looking? filtrate it is here. how is it looking? we will start on _ it is here. how is it looking? - will start on the other side of the atlantic because in the south of the usa all eyes are on the development of this storm. this is hurricane at idayla, strengthening, and likely to be a major hurricane as it lands in the north—west of florida tomorrow and could bring sustained winds of hundred and 25 miles an hour which will cause damage, floods and rained and a storm surge which could inundate coastal areas and will hear a lot more about the impact of that

developing hurricane. back home, nothing as dramatic but we seen some showers and some of them will continue overnight across parts of scotland, northern ireland, the western fringes of england and wales and the cloud and rain clearing south—eastern as the sky clears, it will be a cool night and temperatures down to four or 5 degrees in a few spots. most places. with a few spots of sunshine but we will see cloud bubbling up in the sky and some showers which could be on the heavy side but not too many showers across western areas by the end of the day. temperatures between 15 and 19, may be 20 degrees. as we move into thursday will see outbreaks of rain, particularly across southern englund, wales, the midlands, northern ireland and much of northern england and scotland will stick with some sunshine, very nice day in the north—west of scotland, between 16 and 19 and may be 20 degrees. some of the rain will linger towards the day on friday but as we head into the weekend, we see

high pressure building its way in and we