in the last hour gatwick airport told us the last hour gatwick airport told us there are 72,000 passengersights to or from here cancelled and tomorrow is expected to be even busier. it could not have come at a worse time. five days before christmas. 0ne come at a worse time. five days before christmas. one of the busiest periods of the year for people to be troubling. the christmas getaway at a standstill. since 9pm last night these have been the scenes at the uk's second busiest airport. a bbc employee inside the airportjob is how busy it is. this is the beginning of the queue at gatwick airport. i'm going to walk round and see how long it takes to get to the end of the queue. flights have been suspended since last night. at least one drone, possibly two, was spotted above the airfield. people were passing out in the terminal where it is hot. it is a bit of a shame. you would think an airport of this size would think an airport of this size would have some sort of contingency plan to cope with a drone. would have some sort of contingency plan to cope with a dronei would have some sort of

more on gatwick.aying that flights at gatwick have now been suspended again due to a suspected drone citing. the first sighting on wednesday night that shut the airport for over 30 hours, 33 hours in total. light is then resumed just before six o‘clock this morning and it was hoped that the airport was going to be back up and running, some 800 —— 850 flights is due to take off and land as normal. not to the normal timetable but they we re not to the normal timetable but they were hoping to get those white in and out of the airport with about a cancellations but now we are hearing that the airport runway has again been suspended. we do not know how long for, whether it is just for a brief period or perhaps for a few hours. we do not know but for the moment, and airport spokeswoman has been quoted saying that flights have been quoted saying that flights have been suspended once more because of another drone citing. as we were saying, the army are there, they have anti—drone technology in place but there

duncan kennedy is still at gatwick for us.police and army involved, there had been suggestions there was there had been suggestions there was the use of technology to protect gatwick, here we are, with a suspected sighting of a drone, back to square one? almost. it must be incredibly frustrating, not only for the authorities at gatwick, but also, as you can see behind me, the thousands of passengers who thought their flights were back on track and they have started arriving again at they have started arriving again at the airport. we spoke to a senior police officer later this afternoon and he said that there had not been another sighting since 10pm last night, and nothing throughout the day. and then just in the last a0 minutes or so, we get this statement from gatwick airport. it is very short, i will read it. from gatwick airport. it is very short, iwill read it. itjust from gatwick airport. it is very short, i will read it. itjust says, we arejust short, i will read it. itjust says, we are just hearing a report of another

at gatwick, thank you.from the bbc news at six and on bbc one we canjoin but that is all from the bbc news at six and on bbc one we can join the bbc news teams where you are. hello this is bbc news, the headlines: gatwick says the drone flights which have shut the airport down have been "highly targeted to bring maximum disruption in the run—up to christmas". almost 600 homeless people died in england and wales last year — a rise of a quarter over the last five years. retail sales jumped more than expected in november, helped by black friday promotions and stronger growth in sales of household goods.

protesters are enquiry is whether anti—gatwick protesters a re responsible enquiry is whether anti—gatwicke have been no arrests and the problem for the police, they are admitting they do not know the make and model of this drone and without knowing that information they say they don't know how they can necessarily tactically respond to getting the drone down, so they are appealing to the public for any pictures they may have so they may get a better idea of what make and model the drone is. what we do know is that they have changed what they are planning to do in terms of an armed response to this drone. they are now saying they will if need be shoot the drone down, if it is safe to do so, and that's a change from this morning. 0n the travel disruption, it's likely that gatwick will be shot again tomorrow, but they are not definitely saying that. they are going to be taking decisions overnight and into the morning, so the advice is to check with the airlines, because many airlines are cancelling flights. but i think what is clear is there is still going to be massive disruption here, unfo

we are going to gatwick?ally and anyone endangering an aircraft could face up to five years in prison. this incident has illustrated the frightful ease with which drone users can inflict massive damage on our safety, security and economy. it is christmas and thousands more drones will find their way as gifts into the hands of untrained and unregistered users. i asked the honourable lady, the minister, to ask if she will introduce proper, stringent controls on drones early in 2019 and we know the government is very busy with brexit but this illustrates the importance of other aspects of our national life, i can see the last whether the police now consider this incident to be an act of terror or simply of criminal irresponsibility, and whichever of those two it is, all airports are now clearly at risk. what steps are being taken to prevent a repeat copycat attack? i entirely agree with the noble lady that we absolutely need to make sure that we introduce new rules to ensure that drones are you safety and respon

those zookeepers and not far from gatwick. go and talk to the governors. “— far from gatwick. does in a short and there they have not been able to track the culprit down despite the presence of troops. and the police officer who stood in the field. did on that particular high—tech, him, did he? is said in the times the army had to borrow equipment from a private contractor. it seems madness, this. the technology to operate and to discover a few block and destroy drones exist. we use in syria. there are ways around this. we obviously have not got the right people on its. he seem to be stuck in some kind of bureaucratic nightmare. they... why they have not is baffling. why can they not stop this thing? why can't they do it? is there something else we are not being told? there do seem to be insta nces being told? there do seem to be instances where other airports have got in place a variety of different mechanisms whereby they could intercept, tracked down, bring down these drones bulls of the dutch have eagles train to go and take them out of the skies. not a great thing to be d

gatwick is dominating.e operator of the drones, but extra security measures from the government and military had given them "confidence to reopen". richard gill is the managing director of a company that makes drone defence systems. he told bbc breakfast why stopping the drone has proved so difficult. they‘re very difficult to detect because they‘re small. they can be controlled from a very long distance, even drones you can buy on the high street can be very capable. but with this incident at gatwick, it looks like it was quite sophisticated, with the number of drones that have been flown, multiple drones at multiple times during the day and night. so, it becomes a massive challenge for the police and the security services, to track down the operator and stop the drone. and how do you then do it? there are different options, you‘ve developed one option? yes, that‘s right. there are a number of different options you can do. drones generally rely on a radio signal between the drone in the sky and its operato

tom symons, bbc news, gatwick airport. find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:35pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are michael booker, who's the deputy editor at the daily express, and the daily mirror columnist, susie boniface. essex police say they are dealing with a "complex" incident in the thames estuary after a group of stowaways were found on a container ship. the italian vessel was seen circling in the estuary off the coast of essex and kent — it had left nigeria ten days ago. the owners of the vessel said four stowaways had threatened the ship's staff. but police say they're not treating the incident as either a hostage, piracy or terror—related situation, and there are no reports of anyone being harmed. donald trump has lost another key member of staff, the defence secretary james mattis has resigned following the president's sudden announcement that he will withdraw us troops from syria. it's a decision that has caused concern am

that is the latest from gatwick.nce secretary, jim mattis, has become latest senior figure within the trump administration to resign from his post in recent weeks, citing policy differences with the president. it follows a decision by mr trump to withdraw the remaining 2,000 us troops from syria, a decision opposed by military officials. the president tweeted that general mattis had been a great help to him in getting allies to pay their share of military obligations. we have dealt with the planes at gatwick. it is also the busiest day with the festive travel rush. the busiest day of the festive travel rush is expected later today, as drivers gear up to take 20 million getaway trips in the run up to christmas. it means significant congestion on major roads can be expected. 0ur reporter monika plaha is at the rac‘s headquarters in walsall. what's the latest, monika? so, tell us, what are the worst likely spots to be? good morning. yes, good morning from the rac here in walsall, where currently lie brea kd owns in wals

they told us that gatwick has basically shut.ing home, stuck with his wife in prague, with his children at home in britain. well, naturally it's very frustrating. i think a lot of it is not knowing what's happening, and i guess a lot of people here don't know what's happening either. by late afternoon, as queues grew, the army was called m, as queues grew, the army was called in, stopping the now a national priority. it's pretty clear that this is a fairly large drone, not the classic, plastic garden drone. we see this as a commercial size drone that is clearly being operated deliberately in a way that every time gatwick tries to reopen the runway, the drones reappear. the airport authorities gave this update. the situation right now is there has been drone sidings in the last hour, be the airport is closed and will be for the rest of this evening, and we will review overnight whether there is any potential to open tomorrow. but what passengers need to do is check with their airlines and not come to the airport unless they know t

andy moore, bbc news, gatwick airport. let's go live to gatwick and speak to andy now.u told us in that headline a moment ago, there is still one drone above the airport. this disruption started at nine o'clock last night and it is now nine o'clock this morning. what is going on to try to end it? certainly there is a major police operation under way. about 20 police operation under way. about 20 police units are out and about around the airport, trying to find the drone or drones. more importantly the operator of those tiny little aircraft. when i arrived here last night, the police helicopter was up taking part in that operation. we are told by police that they cannot shoot down the drones because that would be a danger to safety. let's get this update from the authorities at the airport on the latest situation. at the moment we are still getting sightings of the drone in and around the airfield. i've got 20 units at the moment from surrey and sussex and from the airport searching for the drone operator to try and locate him. we are exploring other options at the momen

the squeeze at gatwick again fed the crush at st pancras.r trains today. but others did head to gatwick, hoping that their flight would emerge from the chaos. so they said thatjust go there and see what happens. and then...i wish. but i don't know. flights from foreign airports into gatwick have also been trying to catch up. this family were caught in rome. the fact is with two children, wanting to get back to see my family, that is obviously be sad part about it. but we'll get there. a voice of optimism after days of uncertainty for an airport stopped not by snow, fog, or strikes, but by a drone. duncan kennedy, bbc news, at gatwick airport. 30 years ago on friday pan am flight 103 was blown up in mid—air over the market town of lockerbie in southern scotland. wreaths have been laid and a silence held at a memorial service in honour of the 270 people who lost their lives. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. bagpipes play. 0n the shortest day, lockerbie remembered its longest night, remembered the 270 people who lost their lives

andy moore, bbc news, gatwick airport. and andy moorejoins us now from gatwick.it seems a bit confusing, because we knew that they were two drones, but now they have been reports of more. what more can you tell us? that's right, about 3am in the morning, gatwick said the airport was open again after a six hour closure. within 45 minutes they had to say u nfortu nately within 45 minutes they had to say unfortunately there have been more sightings, and the airport or at least the runway was closed again. that remains the situation. so all these people arriving at the moment can't get on flights. as far as we know, sussex police have had the helicopter up overnight trying to locate the operators of these drones without success. they have not been located. so at the moment this incredibly busy airport at a very busy time of year, the runway remained shut. inbound flights diverted to other airports, and these people arriving here could potentially have a very long wait. let's hope it gets resolved soon. we will be hearing from some of those passengers as the morning g

will be keeping across developments there at london gatwick airport and there at london gatwick airportis having on place —— we will be keeping. if there are any significant developments we will bring them throughout the briefing on bbc news. moving on now. jim mattis has resigned as us defence secretary. he is the latest in a string of senior trump administration officials to stand down. his abrupt decision came the day after president trump announced he was withdrawing us troops from syria. kim gittleson reports. iamjames i am james norman i amjames norman matters... general jim mattis had long justified his decision to work under a mercurial president as a necessary one that gave him power to protect american troops abroad. our president's decision to withdraw troops from syria was a step too far. —— president trump off in a letter announcing his decision, he said he opposed president trump uzbek signature policy america first and that he had concerns about the white house's ambiguous relationship with russia and china. for his part, president trump in a tweet was kinder to mr matter

also tonight... flights at gatwick to continue. donald trump's defence secretary quits after the president shocks nato by announcing he'll pull troops out of syria. bagpipes play 30 years on from the explosion of pan am flight 103, people gather in lockerbie to remember the 270 people who died. and manchester united's interim manager ole gunnar solskjaer says he wants the team to enjoy playing football again. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news. a victory against wolves for liverpool will take them four points clear at the top of the premier league table. good evening. officials at gatwick have said it's safe for flights in and out of the airport to resume after another drone was spotted this evening. flights were suspended for about an hour while investigations took place. more than a quarter of a million passengers have been affected by the chaos at the uk's second biggest airport which first began on wednesday night and lasted for 36 hours. this morning at 6.30 flights were eventually resumed after the military provided what'

. 0ur news correspondent navtej johal is at gatwick.0,000 passengers and 760 flights were expected to be coming into and going out from gatwick today. that of course will not be happening now but it gives an idea of the scale of this disruption, and it could not have come at a worse time. just five days before christmas, one of the busiest periods of the year for people to be travelling. the christmas getaway at a standstill. since 9pm last night, these have been the scenes at the uk's second—busiest airport. the stories of stranded passengers reverberating around the terminals. a bbc employee, who was inside gatwick airport, showed just how busy it is. ok, so this is the beginning of the queue here at gatwick airport. i'm going to walk round and see how long it takes to get to the end of the queue. flights have been suspended since last night, when at least one drone, possibly two, were spotted above the airfield. there's people passing out in the terminal, where it's hot. yes, it'sjust a bit of a shame really. you would think that an

from gatwick airport. he's done civil aviation authority drone training and owns a drone. how clear is it to you when you do do training help clear the dos and don'ts? very clear and this is at a very early stage, the training. i took a course because i was interested in seeing what it would be like. there is a big issue here, we have sold hundreds of thousands of drones to people across the uk, £25 up to several thousand pounds. the reality is some of them are used for beautiful sweeping shots on bb she shows and bbc news, but some are used for people who want to take them into the air —— bbc shows. it is incredibly easy to fly them. i could fly up to four miles from where i am now. legally, i can only have at 500 metres away from me, but i could fly it up to four miles away. the current talk of the police and government saying they are dealing with this, this is like finding a needle in a haystack. if these people don't want to be found, it will be very hard to find them. it could be flown from indoors.

chi chi izundu is at gatwick airport. flights are likely to be operating, what capacity will it be at? well, today there were 765 scheduled flights to take off, carrying more than 1200 passengers. but some of those rights will be cancelled because of the backlog from yesterday because my cancellations. we have spoken to some passengers as they have been entering gatwick airport this morning. some are taking a chance, some haven't had their flights confirmed as gatwick airport had been advising people. they said unless your flight has been confirmed, please do not come to the airport. 0thers been confirmed, please do not come to the airport. others have been told to come to the airport to check in here, but they are being bussed oi’ in here, but they are being bussed or coached to other airports. we spoke to one couple on their way to jamaica. they've been asked to check in here and then will be driven to birmingham, where they can take flight, birmingham, where they can take flight, because a lot of the planes and a lot of

the times reports passengers are facing days of chaos at gatwick.tions why up to 350,000 passengers had their christmas holiday plans ruined by a lone drone operator. according to the daily telegraph, environmental protesters are suspected of orchestrating the drone attack that has shut the airport down. the sun says the suspected eco—activist has piloted the craft at least ten times over the airfield. the guardian reports that there are now demands for new aviation regulations to tackle the threat of drones. the financial times also has the gatwick story on its front page, but their main story is beijing being accused of a worldwide campaign of cyber attacks against the us, britain and their allies aimed at stealing trade secrets from governments and technology companies. so gatwick story not surprisingly dominating the papers, and the daily mail asking the question that many are asking. how could it happen, how could this speck in the sky, and you can see it circled in red, ruined christmas for 350,000 people whose flights were grounded today, ove

we were travelling from glasgow to gatwick and then we were not able to land.er being held on the plane for a long two hours, we eventually got off back and got a bus, which took us here to gatwick. the problem of drones near airports is a worldwide concern. in the uk, the authorities say the number of near misses has trebled in the last three yea rs. misses has trebled in the last three years. there were 92 incidents last years. there were 92 incidents last year alone. gatwick will be hoping to operate as normal today but the christmas travel plans of thousands of people have been severely disrupted. andy moore, bbc news, gatwick. we will be looking at your tweets and keep you across that. many of you have been stuck on planes and stuck there, you have been tweeting us. let us know what's going on. on other stories: american officials are saying all 2,000 us troops in syria have begun pulling out. they say the withdrawal will be completed within a hundred days. president trump, revisiting one of his election campaign promises, declared on twitter: but his anno

we'll be live with our reporter at gatwick airport reporter at gatwick airport.so this lunchtime. donald trump's defence secretary resigns — after the president announces he's pulling us troops out of syria. the new boss at old trafford — 0le gunnar solskjaer has this message for his players at manchester united. be the kids that love to play football and go out in front of the best fans in the world. good players are easier to coach than bad players. bagpipes play and remembering the victims of the lockerbie bombing, 30 years on. and coming up on bbc news: the chief executive of the england and wales cricket board says ben stokes can still be a role model, after being cleared of affray. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. after almost 36 hours of chaos, gatwick airport has finally re—opened and is hoping to operate the majority of its flights today — but it's warning passengers to expect more delays and dozens of cancellations. the airport was closed on wednesday night after drones were seen flying inside its perimeter. the army has now been deplo

it is a deliberate act to disrupt gatwick airport.airport has seen a drone related shutdown like this. it began last night when the airport close. ——closed. but sam the runway reopened, only to be closed again 45 minutes later. there was another drone sighting at 7am this morning and one more around midday. my focus is on the passengers trying to provide them with as much welfare as we can, given the situation and working with the police to bring the drone down and get gatwick airport back open again so people can carry on with their christmas travel plans. glasgow was among other airports caught up in the spill—over effects of the gatwick chaos. liverpool saw similar disruption with luton and southampton also having to step in. foreign flights, including those from paris were not spared. with many british travellers are trying to get home. now i know what was going on, everyone was very grumpy, hotand hungry and not knowing how they are getting home. 0riginally we didn't know what happened. tonight, the government announced the milit

that is the latest from gatwick airport.reopened but thousands of passengers are still stranded with a huge backlog of flights. 155 flights have been cancelled today — on top of the hundreds scrapped yesterday. many are stranded abroad and some of those here are now resorting to alternative travel plans, as john mcmanus reports. st pancras station, just days to christmas, the getaway is on. but many of these people moving through these queues shouldn't be here. the grounding of planes at gatwick airport has meant some last—minute changes to many people's travel plans. many of britain's mainline railway stations are busy in the run—up to christmas, but the queues behind me are extremely long. a number of eurostar staff told me many of those travelling today had booked in advance but there were also plenty of others who had been forced to swap the plane for the train. it is a similar story at victoria coach station, where travellers who were hoping to fly into gatwick have been forced onto the road instead. some are making the

our correspondent duncan kennedy reports from gatwick.reaction when passengers heard that deny‘s suspension of flights was over. the airport was closed forjust over one hour this time, and reports came through of another drone sighting. they told us that the flight was cancelled and that we had to collect oui’ cancelled and that we had to collect our luggage. but by mid- evening ta keoffs and landings our luggage. but by mid- evening takeoffs and landings began again. after the nervousness of the past three days, flights had resumed this morning, when police gave the airport the all clear. but it was a groggy start to the day for many. flights swapped for flaws. the ginia from cornwall is seriously ill and had to spend a night in an airport chair. it goes against your human rights, doesn't it? forgot‘s sayak! around 600 planes came in today and thousands of people did get away —— for gods sake. this woman won't fly until sunday. how would you summarise this experience? until sunday. how would you summarise this experience ?m until sunday.

look at what it has been at gatwick airport, look at what it has been at gatwick so for the meantime,oday, a miserable experience for anyone hoping to travel. long queues of people trying to work out their next move. there are dozens of police spotters on roofs trying to spot the drone. officers boarded a plane that was stranded on the tarmac to calm passengers who were getting distressed. this is having a huge impact on passengers. on thursday alone, 110,000 passengers were expected to travel on 760 flights. those flying into gatwick, which is south of london, have been diverted to airports all over the country, and outside of it too. earlier i spoke to simon moores, a security and technology futurist, who specialises in information security risks. in 2016, he wrote this article, warning how drones could easily be used to bring an airport to its knees. well now that's happened. he is not surprised. i think what we are going to see is more copied cats, more imitation as a consequence of what we have seen happen. we have seen in the past that some of these things particularly like this

tom symons, bbc news, gatwick airport.flight 103 was blown up in midair over the market town of lockerbie. wreaths have been laid and a silence held at a memorial service in honour of the 270 people who lost their lives. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. bagpipes play. on the shortest day, lockerbie remembered its longest night, remembered the 270 people who lost their lives in the deadliest terror attack the uk has ever suffered. this, a day of dignified remembrance of those who died. among the passengers on the pan am flight, helga mosey. she was 19. every year since the bombing, her parents have travelled to lockerbie to remember a life cut short. we miss our daughter, and we wonder how she would have done, what her musical career would have been like. would we have been grandparents to her children? we don't know. we still remember her as she was, lively. and be thankful we had her for so long. 19 years isn't long, but they were happy years. the transatlantic plane had been en route from london to new yo

let's talk about gatwick. london gatwick — the uk's second busiest airport have been suspended after two drones were seen flying near the runway. many passengers have been left facing long delays. we will be going live to gatwick later in the programme. facebook shares have tumbled, amid concerns about its ability to safeguard user data sparked a government lawsuit. washington dc‘s top prosecutor is suing the firm in the first significant us move to punish the firm for its role in the cambridge analytica scandal. taxi—hailing firm uber has lost its latest court bid to stop its british drivers being classified as workers, entitling them to rights, such as the minimum wage. in 2016 a tribunal ruled two drivers were uber staff and entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks and the minimum wage. uber says it would appeal the verdict. let's talk markets, not a nice day all week at all. i say nice... it's all week at all. i say nice... it's all red, all going down. this is how things ended in japan, all red, all goin

the squeeze at gatwick today fed the crush at st pancras.e queue for the eurostar trains to paris and brussels. but others did head to gatwick, hoping their flight would emerge from the chaos. so, they said just go there and see what happens. i wish! but i don't know. foreign flights into gatwick are also trying to catch up. this family were caught in rome. the fact is, with two children, i wanted to get back to see my family, that's the sad part about it. but we'll get there. one voice of optimism after a testing few days of pandemonium. and duncan gave us this update from gatwick on the resumption of flights this evening. this has been another extraordinary development in three days of extraordinary development here at britain's second busiest airport. the latest emergency began just over an hourago the latest emergency began just over an hour ago with gallic announced it was suspending flights yet again at a suspected drone citing, just a pasty of minutes, be said the suspension has now been ended and they are satisfied that flights can b

caroline davis at gatwick, thank you. a deal to stop a partial shutdown of the american government. the row is over funding that president trump is demanding for a border wall with mexico. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler is at the white house. no compromise between mr crook —— mr trump and congress. how long could this shutdown go on for? yeah, that special sitting of congress, there was little sign of festive cheer on this weekend before christmas, with the republicans blaming democrats and democrats blaming the republican president accusing him of a trump shutdown caused by a temper tantrum over his desires for a border wall. but it's going to have an effect on hundreds of thousands of workers. all of whom don't know when or if they will be paid. that's not the only issue facing the white house at the moment. president trump also faces increased scrutiny over his decision, a surprise announcement, to pull us troops out of syria. it's led to the resignation of his defence secretaryjim matt jess led to the resi

and they see this asa share, in gatwick.e this as a profitable investment but they also do things like energy, telecoms, i think all sociable engineering prospects. and i think the sale was delayed by the drone thing. you don't do this overnight. this was in the planning and they are extremely happy. i was looking at some of the commons today. i think this is a case of veni vidi vinci! very good! the times... e—mails will never catch on, want number 10 staff... this has been revealed, what they thought the internet was going to bring. confidential papers have been released by the national archive. e—mail will never catch on! if only they were right! inboxes inundated every day! me, too. somebody tells mei every day! me, too. somebody tells me i should be deleting all kinds of e—mails but i don't have time! i am just trying to catch up and people write to you who you would normally ever communicate with. up to a point, they can't. and when conferences, you are sent war and peace the day before! i love it! but... if you had to

gatwick is an airport. there are people on planes as well, and there are no windows at gatwick.r and it is horrible and nobody knows what is going on. what do you think, ta nya, what is going on. what do you think, tanya, that someone would do this deliberately? it is madness, isn't it? they need to catch them! the police are searching for them now, teddy. they are absolutely confident that whoever is behind this will be caught. thank you so much for talking to us and i will say happy christmas because you have been very pragmatic and stoic on our programme. thank you. happy christmas. chris tarrant is a former pilot and spokesperson for the british airline pilots association. hello. how dangerous is this? —— chris hammond. happy christmas, u nless chris hammond. happy christmas, unless you are at gatwick of course. there seems to be very stupid that this is done as a deliberate act. some of the drones are quite large and they are made of plastic but also metal, the battery, and an aircraft could be travelling at anything up to 250 mph, plus the speed of a drone, that could caus

it's been over 2a hours since a plane last landed here in gatwick airport. scenes of chaos as flight after flight was cancelled. now thousands of stranded passengers are trying to make sense and adjust to a remarkable situation. you know these things... well, not really. well, it's not weather, it's some idiot with a drone. it has come over your head! over your head! the small device causing massive mayhem has yet to be found. was this it in the sky? 20 british police unit spent the day on a fruitless search, eventually even the army was called in. but while officials have ruled out terrorism as a motive, they say this chaos are certainly isn't an accident. now they are asking the public for their photos. someone may have an image of the drone. we don't yet know what type the drone is. and, of course, in terms of our tactics and what we do operationally, that is really significant for us. authorities say they don't know when flights will resume. already 760 flights have been cancelled, stranding 110,000 passengers. many of the flights have been diverted else

a fluid and we'll have more on the travel disruption at gatwick later later in the programme.ourt in new york has ruled the sexual assault case against the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein, will proceed — despite opposition from his lawyers. a judge said there was ample evidence to put mr weinstein on trial. he faces five criminal charges, including rape. he's always denied having non—consensual sex. a shutdown of the us government appears more likely after president trump informed house republicans he would refuse to accept a stop—gap measure, which has already been passed by the senate. it doesn't include funds for one of his signature election pledges, a wall on the border with mexico. democrats have insisted that funding for the wall is a "non—starter". the electoral commission in the democratic republic of congo has postponed the country's presidential election. the already delayed poll will now take place on the 30th of december. the commission said delays in distributing voting materials contributed to its decision. reports say japan is set to resume commercial hunt

flights return to normal at gatwick as police investigating the drone disruption continue to question two people. the us government shut down set to run through christmas as the stand—off over the border wall with mexico continues. and in half an hour, we look at leadership — and the lack of it — that's in dateline‘s review of the year, at 11:30am. rescue teams in indonesia are searching for survivors of a deadly tsunami that has killed at least 220 people. hundreds more have been injured, and the death toll is expected to rise. walls of water rushed into coastal towns along the sunda strait, which divides the islands of java and sumatra. it's thought the tsunami was triggered by an underwater landslide, following an eruption of the krakatoa volcano. caroline rigby reports. it began as any other evening, then this. the tsunami struck indonesia on saturday night, hitting beaches including popular tourist spots along the sunda strait, the pop group seventeen were performing when the wave engulfed their stage. their singer confirmed on social media that the band's bass player and tour ma

the gatwick issue affected hundreds of flights, 150,000 people.nt, looks like a problem which might endure for this evening thatis which might endure for this evening that is going to affect hundreds, maybe thousands of people, but not at the moment tens of thousands. andy, we will be back with you for an update when we have it. thank you. a man and a woman who were arrested in connection with drone activity, which caused widespread disruption at gatwick airport, have been released without charge. sussex police say a damaged drone has been found and is being forensically examined. flights were grounded for more than 36 hours when drones were first spotted close to the runway on wednesday night. our correspondentjenny kumah is at gatwick and told me more about what the police have been saying. well, police say they have made a significant development. they say they discovered a damaged drone near the north perimeter of the airport and they are forensically examining it. these details emerged after they announced that they had released without charg

information coming out from gatwick is being scanned and that's being generous. always a pleasure to have alex materials with us in studio this time actually you know that's clearly you weren't flying from gatwick. so let's i mean this this just can't happen. there are any number of reasons why it would have to be close terrorist threats. whether all these sleeper drone this is extraordinary and ultimately this is the biggest amount of disruption to gatwick airport this airport has faced since the volcanic ash cloud back in two thousand and ten it's unprecedented it's nothing that the industry ever prepares for more always makes me laugh is when i'm at these airline and aviation conferences where they're talking about how they're going to get around the challenges that they'll face in the coming year while a stationary pretty much stationary drone above the airport and just having sightings isn't something factor into that scheduling so we often hear about travel chaos this is the definition of travel chaos right before the christmas holiday five days in that i j

it has been over 2a hours on the plane last landed here in gatwick airport.s of chaos, as flight airport. inside, scenes of chaos, as flight after flight was cancelled. now, thousands of stranded passengers are trying to make sense and adjust to a remarkable situation. you know these things happen... well, not really, because it is not whether, it's not... it some idiot, isn't it, with a drone. it's coming over your head — over your head. a small device causing massive mayhem has yet to be found. was this it in the sky? 20 but british police units spent the day ona british police units spent the day on a fruitless search. eventually, even the army was called in. but, while officials have ruled out terrorism as a motive, they say this chaos and certainly isn't an accident. now, they are asking the public for their photos. someone may have an image of the drone. we don't yet know what type the drone is, and of course, in terms of our tactics and what we do operationally, that is really significant for us. authorities say they don't yet know when flights will res

we‘ll be live with our reporter at gatwick airport reporter at gatwick airport.

tom symons, bbc news, gatwick airport.bc world news, still to come: we'll take a look at manchester united's new interim manager 0le gunnar, after the sacking ofjose mourinho earlier this week. after eight months on the run, saddam hussein has been captured by american forces. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, a woman, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they brought a formal and two and a half years of conflict. conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. the foreign audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia, and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and saddened today, romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre into much more from the keynote. from sex in the white house the trail for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton is based in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc world news to

now to gatwick airport where drones flying near that airport london's gatwick have grounded flights and cost travel chaos a pair of the remote control devices were spotted near gatwick on wednesday night prompting the airport to cancel all flights or police say they have ruled out terrorism but the british army has now been called in to hell deal with the situation thousands of people are stuck as they try to reach loved ones for christmas. the mystery drone attack could hardly have come at the worst time with hundreds of planes grounded or being rerouted tens of thousands of passengers are now facing major disruption at one of the u.k.'s busiest airports we're meeting family and here to set a date. but overall maybe it's so you don't even need to say don't say you're not the best you know the best thoughts christmas any company leave this kid because this seems to be there any thanks we can possibly find any information they can get several hours. helplessness for people on the ground and increasing frustration for officials trying to catch those operating the drones in the air on o'cl

the nightmare before christmas appears to be coming to an end at gatwick airport. disruption, flights are getting back to normal. but there is still a backlog to clear. we are off to france today, skiing in the alps. the kids, we are taking them away properly for a first white christmas. and it has been really anxious times for us. frustrating, really frustrating. especially this time of year when people are just trying to get back to see family. it is not ideal. we are not at all happy with that. we do not get a very long holiday so it is frustrating to miss out on some of it. it seems rather stupid that this incident has to happen at all. sussex police say two people have been arrested in connection with the criminal drone activity. investigations are still ongoing. the disruption caused widespread travel chaos, affecting 1,000 flights, and 150,000 passengers. six flights have been cancelled today but the airport hopes to run 750. some airlines are considering putting on additionalflights in an attempt to get the schedules back on track and passengers to their de

when we woke up we hope that gatwick had shut and we had an e—mail from hope that gatwick had shut andour flights had been cancelled. did they give you any more information about when you might geta more information about when you might get a new flight, what was it like? no, they didn't. basically we had to go to their website and click ona had to go to their website and click on a live chat. that was not very successful. eventually after about three hours we got hold of customer surface, hejust three hours we got hold of customer surface, he just said you are not going to be flying for the next 48 hours at least, so go to the airport is and then we will direct you from there. and that it was just a case of keep calling back the number they gave us. the first available flight was the 25th, so they told us. but subsequently we found out there are still flights available on the 24th, even still flights available on the 24th, even though they are not allowing us to get on them. 0k. tell us a little bit about how it has affected you. presumably you have got to look after yourfamily, find

it does seem to be getting back to normal hearing gatwick airport.ream of people coming through from arrivals, and the noise of aircraft engines taking off overhead. gatwick did tell us that six flights were cancelled this morning, but i have just heard from them that 757 that we re just heard from them that 757 that were expected to run did run today, and that there were no significant delays. they have also said that they are continuing to monitor the airfield closely. now, with the number of people in the number of flights involved in this disruption and this chaos, of course, there are and this chaos, of course, there are a backlog of passengers waiting to try and get to their destination. now, tomorrow, gatwick say that they are expecting to operate a normal service. they have 785 flights in total expected to be taking off from here. because of the knock—on effect, potentially, they have said to be on the safe side, anyone expecting to travel to check before they go to the airport. a special sitting of the us senate has ended without a deal, to

the report was just suggested that they had found the remains of a drone around gatwick.'t find it earlier. i think there has been a massive mess, chaos. there were not prepared for this. the systems that we re prepared for this. the systems that were set up have not been able to cope with it. then for the police to arrest two people, on what seems to be the flimsiest of evidence, a tip—off on crimestoppers, it seems incompetence has run wild over this weekend at gatwick. a lot of people have suffered from it. shambolic, i think is one of the newspaper headlines. absolutely staggering. there may not have been a drone? i thought we were shown pictures, a speckin thought we were shown pictures, a speck in the sky, perhaps it was a bird? they speck in the sky, perhaps it was a bird ? they have speck in the sky, perhaps it was a bird? they have found a damaged drone, presumably there was a drone. was there or not? was it the drone? i wouldn't like to say. apparently there was a drone. i am just picking up there was a drone. i am just picking up again and what tony was saying.

in the meantime things are getting back to normal at gatwick.full schedule of flights, around 769 flights are expected, just one cancellation is on the cards at the moment. they are warning people to ta ke moment. they are warning people to take precautions, to check before they leave, because there could still be some knock—on effects to flights. that is the latest from crawley police station. the headlines on bbc news: a tsunami hits indonesia causing widespread disruption — at least 220 people are dead and more than 700 injured — the death toll is expected to rise. two people arrested in connection with drone sightings at gatwick are released — police say they are no longer suspects. tributes are paid to former liberal democrat leader lord ashdown, who's died at the age of 77. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. anthonyjoshua says dillan whyte deserves a shot at his world titles, but he may have to wait his turn. whyte knocked out dereck chisora in the 11th round at london's o2 arena last night. after the figh

headlines at 10:00: two people are arrested in connection with the drone sightings which brought gatwick airport to a standstill. passengers are still suffering delays and cancellations — but the airport aims to run a full schedule of flights today. a row over the money for donald trump's border wall results in a partial shutdown of the us government. a british warship arrives in the black sea in response to russia's seizure last month of three ukrainian navy vessels and their crew. also coming up this hour... transforming the lives of hundreds of babies while still in the womb. surgery for unborn babies with spinal defects is to be made made routinely available on the nhs in england. and in half an hour, there's a festive feel to the travel show, as the team takes on the snow and extreme temperatures of finnish lapland. good morning and welcome to bbc news. police have arrested two people in connection with the illegal use of drones, which has caused huge disruption to flights into and out of gatwick airport. sussex police say a man and a woman are in custody but that investigations are

back to gatwick.d passengers stranded. let's speak to our reporter navtej johal who is at gatwick airport. what is the latest? as you can see behind me, passengers are continuing to arrive. things are a little bit quieter than they were yesterday but the big difference at the moment is the big difference at the moment is the sound and sight of aircraft landing and taking off from gatwick airport. we have been here over the last couple of hours and seen at least half a dozen aeroplanes coming in and leaving gatwick in the time that we have been here. the key figures from today, 126,000 passengers are expected to be taking off or arriving here at gatwick. 165 flights in total. but overall, 140,000 passengers we are expecting to come into gatwick today. a lot of thatis to come into gatwick today. a lot of that is also the knock on from yesterday as well, with the disruption likely to continue into the weekend. the advice from the airport continues to be to check the status of your flight with your airlin

and it did disrupt air traffic in and out of gatwick. this president, we can see what it can do, will it focus minds in government and in transport circles, to try and ensure that are airport is not put in this position again. potentially once one person has done this, other malicious people might wa nt to this, other malicious people might want to repeat this activity in other airports around the world? this level aircraft society, they will manage risk registers, this will manage risk registers, this will come very high in it. i was in a conference at the end of november and we discussed drone threats around airports and there's actual scenario was not part of the main room discussions. the new threat as they are, it is light and it will be mitigated against. i am interested here that. despite conferences of this kind, no one had thought this could happen? they thought it could happen but it is one of those... you look at all the different events that could happen and you look at them all slightly and least lightly and you look at the