we've got an action morning. we've got an action packed show for you, so don't go anywhere. >> indeed, we're going to start with a discussion on the travel chaos sweeping the country as more fog hits the uk this weekend. thousands of passengers affected by flight cancellations and severe delays. >> a year of royal ill health will be looking back at catherine's cancer diagnosis. >> and ever wondered who's behind the album covers for your favourite artists? well, we'll be joined by multi—award winning graphic designer critical to find out what it's like rubbing shoulders with the likes of ariana grande and even meghan trainor. >> and remember this everybody in love. >> don't put your hands up. everybody in love. don't put your hands up. everybody in love. don't put your hands up. if you're in love, put your hands up everybody. >> well, that is obviously the legend boy band jls. and we're super excited to be joined. oh, we're on camera. super excited

to be joined by one of the boys this morning. we'll be catching up with eric williams on his latest solo career. >> of course, as always, we have all of the day's top stories with our all star panel. former apprentice star trey lowe and tv personality personality nicola mclean. welcome to saturday morning live only on gb news. and don't forget we want to hear from you. as always, we'd love to hear what you think of today's topic. send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. >> well, before we do anything else, let's head straight over to sophia wenzler with all of this morning's headlines. >> sam. tatiana. thank you. good morning. it'sjust >> sam. tatiana. thank you. good morning. it's just gone 10:00. these are your headlines from

the gb newsroom. russian air defences may have shot down an azerbaijani airline flight after misidentifying it, according to us military sources. us media is reporting that america had intelligence indicating russia may have believed the flight was a drone and engaged its air defences. meanwhile, white house spokesman john kirby has said the us has seen early indications that russia could have been responsible for downing the jet that crashed on the 25th of december, killing 38 people. the plane is thought to have come under fire from russian air defence systems as it tried to land in chechnya , it tried to land in chechnya, before being diverted across the caspian sea to kazakhstan, where it crashed. the kremlin has refused to comment, but the head of russia's civil aviation agency said the situation in chechnya was very complicated due to ukrainian drone strikes on the region. reform uk leader nigel farage has said elon musk will help reform uk win over

younger voters because he is an absolute hero figure to them. in an interview with the telegraph newspaper, mr farage said mr musk was a huge help in connecting young people with the party. discussing rumours of a large donation to reform, he said the tech mogul would give a reasonable sized amount, but added that it would need to be legal and above board. it comes after nigel farage is demanding an apology from kemi badenoch after a row in which she claimed that the reform uk faked its membership numbers. the tory leader accused mr farage of fakery after reforms online member tally overtook the last known number of registered tory members. in other news, flights have been cancelled and delayed across the country as heavy fog affects visibility at uk airports, forcing air traffic restrictions. some areas could see thick patches of fog, reduce visibility down to just 100m today, according to the met office. gatwick and manchester,

the second and third busiest airports in the country, are among the worst affected by the bad weather. earlier, independent travel correspondent simon calder told gb news people must check before they travel. >> we saw over 150 cancellations yesterday, 48 from gatwick to and from gatwick, 42 at london city airport, 40 at london heathrow plus some at manchester, luton and other airports. and on top of that, i'm afraid saturday hasn't begun brilliantly. british airways has cancelled 18 flights so far to and from heathrow, another four at gatwick. and there's cancellations also at london city. so if you are flying today, good luck. >> now a man has been charged with murder after the death of two women on christmas day. officers were called to reports of a stabbing at a block of apartments in santa cruz avenue in milton keynes , just after

in milton keynes, just after 6:30 pm. thames valley police said 38 year old joanne pearson and 24 year old teona grant died at the scene. a man and a teenage boy suffered serious injuries in the incident. they are in a stable condition in hospital. police have since charged 49 year old gisele brown of santa cruz avenue, and he will appear at high wycombe magistrates court today. and us president elect donald trump has made a last minute plea to get the supreme court to delay an upcoming nationwide tiktok ban while he works on a political resolution. congress had passed a law earlier this year banning the popular video sharing app as of january 19th. if it is not sold by its chinese parent company bytedance, by then, us officials and lawmakers had accused bytedance of being unked accused bytedance of being linked to the chinese government, which the firm denies. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to tatiana and sam for the very

latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> oh, sophia, thank you very much for those headlines. >> it's like a little team team gathering everybody today. all bulletins. so nice. yes. >> well, let's move on to the top story, where hundreds of flights have been cancelled and delayed as thick fog has been causing travel chaos in the post—christmas dash. >> airports affected are including gatwick, heathrow and including gatwick, heathrow and in manchester. well, joining us now is weather journalist nathan rao. nathan, good morning to you. hopefully you're home and dry. looks like it. we are indeed as well, thank goodness. so fill us in on what the latest situation is with the weather then across the uk. is it is it completely widespread or are there hotspots. >> well the thing with fog is

and for the moment there are no more weather warnings in place from the met office with the fog. and there are warnings, though hesitant warnings for the next few hours in the next 24 hours for fog overnight. it's very, very difficult to pinpoint where fog is going to form. the problems that have been over the last 1220 four hours have been around london. the south east city airport was closed, some of the other airports. but the problem with fog is it's called what we're looking at at the moment, radiation fog. a very sort of spooky name, but not quite as creepy as what it sounds. what that is caused by is when the ground loses its heat through radiation and the moisture in the air condenses into fog. and that can happen really anywhere where the temperatures drop. you probably noficed temperatures drop. you probably noticed that this morning felt a lot colder than it has done over the past couple of days. in fact, it follows one of the mildest christmases on record. and as the temperatures drop under clear skies, that's where we're going to get fog. and what i would recommend in the next 24 hours is to keep an eye on those fog forecasts, because they could pop up anywhere. as i said, there's no more at the moment, but they could really,

across the whole of the country, p0p up across the whole of the country, pop up over the next couple of days. and if you've got travel plans, especially because of the impact it has on airports, is to have a look at those and make sure you know where it's going to be affected. >> and nathan, it's just it's not just at airports, is it? there's also passengers that have been advised to check not just their flight status, but but of course travelling on the roads as well. is that fog causing a lot of disruption on the motorways too? >> yes it is. i mean, and this is the problem with fog, as i mentioned, because it forms so rapidly and you know, you can go to bed under a very, very clear sky and wake up under a thick fog. it can cause it can throw people into chaos. it can throw travel plans into chaos. what we're looking at, as i said, is, is fog causing the problems? really for the next it's clear it's clearing today. but again, there's a risk of it through the next 24 hours. and then as we go into new year, as we get a colder air plume coming down from the north, it's going to be more of an issue of wind and rain, a