just arrived to birmingham airport from beirut. feeling exhausted. ateful to be back and safe. we've had a really warm welcome here at the airport, which took me by surprise. explosions this is what they left behind. this is what they left behind. this was on tuesday night in beirut. getting out of the city's become increasingly difficult. many airlines have cancelled their scheduled flights, and the planes that are still flying in and out have to contend with the plumes of smoke caused by rocket strikes. it had been an anxious wait at the airport for those who've managed to secure a seat. born in manchester, saumia has lived in lebanon for 30 years. saumia has lived in lebanon for 30 ears. �* , saumia has lived in lebanon for 30 ears. v . ., saumia has lived in lebanon for 30 ears. �*, . ., , 30 years. it's crazy. so surreal- _ 30 years. it's crazy. so surreal. i— 30 years. it's crazy. so surreal. i couldn't - 30 years. it's crazy. so surreal. i couldn't take j 30 years. it's crazy. so i surreal. i couldn't take it anymore. it was really, really nerv

just arrived to birmingham airport from beirut. feeling exhausted. what i am feeling but i am grateful to be back and safe. we have had a really warm welcome here at the airport which took me by surprise. this is what they've left behind. this was last night in beirut. getting out of the city has become increasingly difficult. many airlines have cancelled their scheduled flights, and the planes that are still flying in and out have to contend with the plumes of smoke caused by rocket strikes. it had been an anxious wait today at the rafik hariri airport for those who had managed to secure a seat on the plane. most were born in the uk but had lived a long time in lebanon, so saying goodbye was difficult. born in manchester, samia has lived in lebanon for 30 years. it's crazy. so surreal. i couldn't take it any more. it was really, really nervewracking and i'm very, very sad to go, but i'm coming back. these sisters knew it was time to leave but hoped they could go back soon. leaving, even for a short while, it's, like, hurtful, especially because, lik

evacuate british nationals from lebanon has taken off from beirut and is expected to land at birmingham airport to board today's flight at rafik hariri airport. even though many were born in the uk, there was an overwhelming sense of sadness for those leaving the country, which is their ancestral home and where some have lived for a generation. born in manchester, samia has lived in lebanon for 30 years. it's crazy. so surreal. i couldn't take it any more. it was really, really nervewracking and i'm very, very sad to go, but i'm coming back. getting out of the city has become increasingly difficult. many airlines have cancelled their scheduled flights, and the planes that are still flying in and out have to contend with the plumes of smoke caused by rocket strikes. the airport's close to an area which has been hit repeatedly in recent days. sisters amal and yasmine are students, while laila is a teacher. leaving, even for a short while, it's, like, hurtful, especially because, like, it's my country. but i think because the situation is out of hand, i don't really have any other option. we're no

organised by the uk government to evacuate british nationals from lebanon is expected to land at birmingham airportion is out of line, i don't have any other option. we don't know when we will be back, so we will stay hopeful that it will not be for long and we will come back to our precious country. some of the stories now. a crime boss from scotland has been jailed for 20 years for trying to smuggle cocaine into the uk in benign boxes. —— banana. jamie stevenson admitted to directing the operation would soar about £100 million worth of the drug brought in from south america. a cruise ship, which was stranded in belfast forfour months, is still moored just off the coast. passengers say they have been told they will leave for france tonight, but the belfast harbour website says they will not set off until thursday evening. time now for ten seconds of christmas in october. you may think it is too early to be hearing mariah carey and michael buble, but yesterday marked the first day of christmas celebrations in venezuela with lights going up around the country as the festivities began. the earlier th

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we have some news to bring you from in the uk, a breaking news line coming from birmingham airport inolice are dealing with an incident on the site. that is the only news we have coming to us right now from birmingham but flights have been suspended and west midlands police are dealing with an incident on the site and passengers have been asked by social media not to come to the airport and to check with the airport and to check with the airline and the airport website for updates. as soon as website for updates. as soon as we have more we will bring it straight to you. so let's get more on the latest presidential campaign polling in the us. new polls are arriving every day, each one with its slightly different take on the figures. if you look at the overall trends, rather than the individual points, you see harris retains a small lead over trump in the national polling averages. ?and if we turn to the battleground states. as you can see right now the polls are very tight in the seven states considered battlegrounds in this election with neither candidate having a decisive lead in any

lebanon and that final evacuation flight carrying uk nationals out of lebanon has landed back at birmingham airportcouple of days. the british government has been warning its citizens to leave for the last month also. there you can see another big blast happening in the southern suburb of beirut. when it comes to the uk government, the foreign office telling us there will be no more flights at the moment because demand has dropped for them. but britain is not the only country trying to citizens out. other countries, for example yesterday we saw australians who manage to get their citizens out of beirut and they flew into cyprus. cyprus is the closest european union country that can take flights. other countries, for example japan, they sent a military aircraft to nearby greece. right now on your screens at coming up to 11:40pm in beirut, there are now more missile strikes hitting this southern area, this southern suburb of beirut. as i said, the area is near to the international airport and this is where the israeli military say there is a strong hezbollah presence and that is why they are targetin

birmingham. it took off from beirut airport just around three o'clock london time.hich is the first charter flight by the uk government, are what they are saying is the most vulnerable people and also children and their parents and spouses and dependents. each of the people on board had to pay £350 for a seat on it. the foreign office aren't telling us exactly how many people are on board, but it is going to bejust a many people are on board, but it is going to be just a couple of hundred at most, which in comparison to the 4—6,000 nationals, it is a small amount. the number of commercialflight has amount. the number of commercial flight has gone down since the conflict escalated. it is hard to get out of the country on those flights, which is why the uk government chartered this flight. today, foreign secretary david l0ammy confirmed there would be another flight tomorrow and more flights as are needed. —— david lammy. he also said that was defended on the situation in the country, and if the conflict escalates, that might not become possible to fly people out. and

— organised by the uk government to evacuate british nationals from lebanon — has landed at birmingham airport so. let's speak to nick eardley our political correspondent. hello. take us through the latest on this effort to get what, potentially, thousands of uk nationals out of lebanon. could be thousands. the message coming from the uk government is they are going to keep these chartered flights going for as long as the security situation allows. as you point out, there are about 150 british nationals and their dependents taken out of beirut yesterday on one of these fights. there are probably 100 or thousands more that have registered their presence with the uk government and who are looking to get out as the situation unfolds. the update to give you today is that the foreign office is saying it is going to charter more flights. we don't know exactly when all of those will be but the intention is that they will continue for as long as the situation allows. remember, they are for british nationals but also for partners of british nationals and any children under 18 years old. the process so

let's talk to nicky schiller in birmingham airport.nt may be laying on, alongside other governments doing the same. absolutely, matthew, so this is the first chartered flight the uk government has arranged. it left beirut around three o'clock london time and had a stopover in bucharest, but has taken off in the last few minutes. about three, three and half hours, we think. the foreign office aren't concerning, but it's probably a maximum of a couple of hundred, which is only a small amount of the estimated 4000-6000 small amount of the estimated a000—6000 britons. they were prioritising the vulnerable in the children who were with their parents. each of them had to pay £350, so not free. the government has also said there will be another flight departing tomorrow, and former secretary david lemi saying there'll be further as needed. —— david lammy, so it may in the end not be safe to continue those flights. you mentioned it is not that —— not only the uk government. germany has announced his sending another military plane to evacuate i

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i got into birmingham and got to the airport. i took out my keys and i said, these are my keys.ad taken aaron's keys. i had left him stranded at the university of alabama, had to pay somebody to drive all the way back to tuscaloosa to get them to you. so, aaron, here's your notes. i promise not to run off with aaron sheehan-dean. good morning. thank you, pete, for that. thanks for leaving this up here, which i appreciate. and for your orchestration of cwi, which is a great event. thank you all for being here and for turning out in such big numbers here this morning. i was here, i think in 2019, was the last time many of you are repeat offenders at cwi. and so if you have heard some version of this talk before, i hope you're not too angry about that. the book itself hasn't changed much is part of the problem, and i still feel compelled, authors do to kind of talk about the whole thing as much as possible. so i will sort of gallop along here for 45 minutes. i will say it has been summer in baton rouge already for what feels like a very long time. and so i had asked pete if we coul

birmingham and then kind of chickened out. he never left his hotel suite from the time he got there. and thurmond was there and he flew in and they met him at the airport. basically told him he had an hour or two to decide whether he wanted to be the presidential nominee. and so he agreed to do it. now thurmond was an interesting character he was of course as a south carolina democrat politician pro- segregation. he cannot really be otherwise. but the standards of the time he was something of a racial moderate. he had supported abolition of the poll tax. supported the toxic prosecution of some men who been involved in ana lynching and south carolina. it was the first time a governor of south carolina had insisted people involved in a lynching be prosecuted. that's the last lynching that took place in south carolina. so from our standpoint today his stance on segregation very troubling. >> it simply means on the part of the president dominate their country and to put into effect these proposals he is a recommendedle under the guise of the so-called civil rights but i will tell you the american people had better wake up and if they don't it will be a tot

birmingham and then kind of chickened out. he never never left his hotel suite from the time he got. and thurmond was there. and they you know, he flew in and they met him at the airport. and basically told him he had about an hour or two to decide whether he to be the presidential nominee. and so he agreed to do it. now, thurmond was an interesting character because he he was, of course, as a south carolina democratic politician, pro segregation. he couldn't really be otherwise. but by the standards of the time was something of a racial moderate. he actually had supported abolition of the poll tax and supported prosecution of some men who had been involved in a lynching in south carolina. that was the first time that a governor of south carolina had insisted that people involved in a lynching be prosecuted. and that was the last lynching that ever took place in south carolina. so from our standpoint today, you know obviously his stance on on segregation very troubling is simply a man that it turned out an effort on the part of the public not to dominate this country by force and to put into effect these unqualified and these damnable proposals all he recommended unde

birmingham and then kind of chickened out. he never never left his hotel suite from the time he got. and thurmond was there. and they you know, he flew in and they met him at the airport. and basically told him he had about an hour or two to decide whether he to be the presidential nominee. and so he agreed to do it. now, thurmond was an interesting character because he he was, of course, as a south carolina democratic politician, pro segregation. he couldn't really be otherwise. but by the standards of the time was something of a racial moderate. he actually had supported abolition of the poll tax and supported prosecution of some men who had been involved in a lynching in south carolina. that was the first time that a governor of south carolina had insisted that people involved in a lynching be prosecuted. and that was the last lynching that ever took place in south carolina. so from our standpoint today, you know obviously his stance on on segregation very troubling is simply a man that it turned out an effort on the part of the public not to dominate this country by force and to put into effect these unqualified and these damnable proposals all he recommended unde

birmingham. today, it's the second uk chartered plane to arrive more than 150 uk nationals have now already left beirut and troops are on standby in cyprus for a potential military led evacuation. if the beirut airportrging restraint, condemning iran for destabilising the region . the destabilising the region. the government's being warned its deal to return the chagos islands to mauritius puts more overseas territories at risk. it comes as argentina is now pledging to gain full sovereignty over the falkland islands. however, britain insists its commitment to the falklands is unwavering and former prime minister boris johnson told us he thinks the chagos deal is crazy. >> chagos islands being given back to mauritius. your reaction? >> crazy. i mean, do i urge viewers of gb news to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the chagos islands , check out the chagos islands, see where they are, and see where mauritius is a long way away. yes. what is this claim? it's nonsense. it's total nonsense. why are we doing this? sheer political correctness . sheer political correctness. >> sir keir starmer is set to announce a game. changing his words. £22 billion funding package for projects that capt

back in the uk, operations have now returned to normal at birmingham airport after an evacuation andll flights were suspended following reports of a suspicious vehicle. in a post on social media, the airport advised travellers to check their latest flight information and apologised for any inconvenience and disruption, saying the safety and security of everyone at the airport was our number one priority. now , our number one priority. now, yvette cooper has announced that firearms officers facing trial over shooting suspects will receive anonymity up to the point of conviction. the home secretary's commons statement follows the jury's decision to clear police marksmen martyn blake of the murder of chris kaba, who was unarmed when shot. the met police commissioner has described the current accountability system as broken, raising concerns about morale among firearms officers . further among firearms officers. further details on the review are expected from the home secretary tomorrow. >> the government has made it a mission to put confidence back into policing, so as part of that work

. >> birmingham airport has been evacuated and all flights suspended following reports of a suspicious vehicle. in a post on social media, the airport said police are currently on site deaung police are currently on site dealing with an incident. airport operations are currently suspended. a spokesman for west midlands police said passengers are advised not to come to the airport at this time. are advised not to come to the airport at this time . an airport at this time. an investigation has been launched into three unexplained deaths at a care home in swanage, where 48 elderly residents were living. social services indicated a possible link to a carbon monoxide leak, although the exact nature of the incident remains unclear. south western ambulance service responded in the early hours of this morning, dispatching a hazard response team and ten double crewed ambulances. authorities are urging the public to avoid the area as the situation develops. in other news, turning to the house of commons, where angela rayner has been filling in for sir keir starmer at prime minister's questions,