thank you very much, matt graveling _ need to come to the party. attackers threw hand grenades at the building but the taliban say a car bomb detonated before reaching the temple. the attack is said to be over now, with the authorities carrying out a clearance operation. here's the latest from our correspondent secunder kermani who is in kabul. well, the attack began around 6.30 in the morning, local time, and it seems the assailants tried to force their way into the compound housing this gurdwara, or sikh temple, using hand grenades. and according to taliban officials, guards then opened fire on the assailants, forcing them to detonate a car bomb they had prepared before it reached its target, but that still sent huge plumes of black smoke into the sky and there were, for a number of hours, the sound of gunfire and further explosions coming from the site. around an hour ago, though, the taliban said that they'd fully completed a clearance operation of the site. all the assailants had been killed. as you say, from the information they've released t

flights out of their schedules today due to problems with baggage at the airport. 0ur correspondent matt gravelingellers? for an bod but more misery for travellers? if?" anybody trying to get away this summer, it is turning into a nightmare. the aviation industry is still trying to recover from all of the job losses suffered during the pandemic, it hasn't quite recruited enough staff to deal with the increase passenger numbers. easyjet were hit by this and they announced today that they are going to be returning to a pre—pandemic level of 90% capacity, rather than the 97% that we were told. they said that this was a result of staff shortages, but that the majority of passengers affected will be put on other flights. passengers affected will be put on otherflights. they passengers affected will be put on other flights. they also said a problem with other airports such as gatwick and amsterdam, they are now capping the number of total flights across the summer so they are not able to get as many flights into the air as before. talking about airports, i have spoken to heathrow because of those pictur

a little earlier we heard from our correspondent matt graveling who was with protestors.t clip, although there are lots of people, this is a very individual matter. everybody here, their life has been hit by the rising cost of living, this big march which has got thousands of people here started around midday and there are people coming here into parliament square right now. we had a massive cheer as the rmt union came into sight, because theyjust announced strike action next week, so they were very well—received here. this is all about the rising cost of living, how much it is costing now for energy bills and filling up your car with petrol. people are saying enough is enough and they have come here to ask the government to do more. i'm joined by two people here. steven and ellie, you have come from oxford today this march. what brought you down? i think it's getting to the stage where enough is enough. teachers have had a real terms pay cut of— teachers have had a real terms pay cut of 20% — teachers have had a real terms pay cut of 20% in the last 12 years. that's just

our correspondent, matt graveling was at the hearing. what happened in court?in february a disgrace and she told kurt zouma her cat looked to you to care for its needs but instead you caused it unnecessary harm for your own amusement. thejudge recognised both kurt zouma and his brother yoan had shown genuine remorse and had also received death threats online. yoan was handed 140 hours of community service. kurt zouma the judge said was a role model and should have acted differently has already been fined £250,000 by his club west ham and lost a sponsorship deal with adidas. today west ham said they condemned any form of animal abuse and cruelty but they help now the court has reached this decision that will give people the chance to allow him the opportunity to learn from his mistakes and move on with his life. the rspca told me the video had been widely shared online and they had a lot of similar abuses taking place to cats. they say they have the sentence will be a reminder that all animals should be treated with respect and kindness. kurt zouma's cats are no

matt graveling reports., slipping down some cold water, orsimply swimming in sunscreen, slipping down some cold water, or simply swimming in the june sunshine, the message for many of us is do everything you can to stay cool. i of us is do everything you can to sta cool. . of us is do everything you can to stay cool-— of us is do everything you can to sta cool. . , .. , ., ~ stay cool. i am here because i work in a greenhouse, _ stay cool. i am here because i work in a greenhouse, and _ stay cool. i am here because i work in a greenhouse, and it's _ stay cool. i am here because i work in a greenhouse, and it's going - stay cool. i am here because i work in a greenhouse, and it's going to l in a greenhouse, and it's going to be 30 odd degrees in there all day today, so this is going to be the best bit of my day.— best bit of my day. today is officially — best bit of my day. today is officially the _ best bit of my day. today is officially the hottest - best bit of my day. today is officially the hottest day -

let's get more from our correspondent, matt graveling. rs to come, that i passengers have already had disruption, this adds to that, doesn't it?— disruption, this adds to that, doesn't it? , ., ., ., , doesn't it? there is no good news, if ou are doesn't it? there is no good news, if you are getting _ doesn't it? there is no good news, if you are getting away _ doesn't it? there is no good news, if you are getting away at - doesn't it? there is no good news, if you are getting away at the - if you are getting away at the moment. it follows a number of cuts, easyjet and other airlines have had to make cuts over the summer because of a lack of staff, following covid, lots of staff lost their jobs and now passenger numbers have increased, no restrictions have eased, they haven't got the staff to manage. easyjet have been hit quite hard. last month, they had to apologise for 200 flights being cancelled because of it issues but this announcement today, again focusing more around the lack of staff that they have, and i have had to cut more staff

let's get more from our correspondent, matt graveling.? your last guess they're talking _ festival about easyjet? your last guess they're talking about - festival about easyjet? your last - guess they're talking about problems on the rails, you are trying to get away this summer, it won't be easy, this isn't anything new, we have been hearing about this for the last few months. really, it is a problem started during the pandemic, so many airports start lost theirjob and now all of a sudden restrictions have eased and everybody understand me what you are back on holiday but they aren't the staff, whether that is on the plains are on the ground to get people through security to make that happen. it has been problematic for all airlines, easyjet had not escaped, it is better to say. last month, easyjet had to apologise to customers for grounding 200 flights because of it problems and today they have come out and said they will have to scale back for the next few months. they were hoping to run at a reduced capacity on three pandemic levels,

our correspondent matt graveling was there for us this morning, the district judge called the incidentafter his needs, but instead, he caused him unnecessary harm for his own amusement. the judge recognised that both kurt zouma and his brother had shown remorse and that they had received a number of death threats online. but the brother was given 140 hours community service. kurt zouma was told, "you're a role model and you should know better than this." he's already been fined £250,000 by his club west ham and he has lost a sponsorship deal with adidas. west ham said they do not condone any form of animal abuse or cruelty and that they said they hoped the decision today would give kurt zouma the chance to learn from his mistakes and to move on. a bit earlier, i spoke to the rspca chief inspector on her opinions of the verdict. i believe the sentence sends out the right message that all animals need to be treated with kindness, compassion and respect and that abusing any animal in this way and then uploading it simply for likes is abhorrent. this has captured the public�*s attention. w

appeal hearing in london today and said there should be another high court hearing. 0ur reporter matt gravelingshed archie, the 12—year—old, to southend hospital, and from there he was taken to london hospital and put in a coma. and it was from there that things started to get rather difficult. the doctors felt that archie was braindead. they asked the parents whether they could do some tests on his brainstem. they declined, so it came to the court. in the end, it was impossible to do those tests, so mri scans were done instead. it came back to the court, and on the 13th ofjune, a judge here declared that archie was dead when no doctors felt they were able to declare him dead. and it was after this that archie's parents, holly and paul, appealed the ruling on the belief that the judge had wrongly approached what was in archie's best interests. today, we heard a lot about whether or not that definition of archie being dead against the priority of his best interests was in play. and a little bit earlier, those three appealjudges, well, they allowed the appeal, much to the delight of archie's fami

we heard more about the disruption from our correspondent, matt graveling.of people want to go away but they don't have enough staff to do that. easyjet has been hit by this and has cancelled a number of flights throught the last couple of months but today they've said we are going to reduce our capacity over thejuly, august and september months down to 97% and that's what they were hoping for and today they've actually announced it will be 90%. so a reduction there. they are calling this proactive consolidation to try and get ahead of themselves to try and consolidate passengers onto newer flights to get passengers onto fewer flights to get more flights in the air. the chief executive has said that the ongoing challenging environment is continuing to have an impact and coupled with airport caps, we are taking action. we are taking preemptive action. they hope to get passengers rebooked on flights within 24—hour is in hope on alternative flights they hope to get passengers rebooked on alternative flights within 24 hours in hope that this is the best way. at

our reporter matt graveling is at raf brize norton.t of the evacuation of afghanistan back in august last year, in total i believe there are about 165 round trips from there are about 165 round trips from the airport to take people from the airport to the uk as part of the evacuation. today is national armed forces today, people can buy their appreciation to the military in a number of events. we have been talking about this plane. how about we meet one of the men who fly these plans. i will say, we meet one of the men who fly these plans. iwill say, george, you fly something a bit bigger than this one. i something a bit bigger than this one. ., y something a bit bigger than this one. ., , ' , ., , something a bit bigger than this one. ., , ' , ., ., one. i do. i fly c17s. i was one of the peeple _ one. i do. i fly c17s. i was one of the people working _ one. i do. i fly c17s. i was one of the people working last - one. i do. i fly c17s. i was one of| the people working last summer. one. i do. i fly c17s. i was one of- the people worki

our reporter, matt graveling, is outside the court of appeal.hey declined, so it came to the court. in the end, it was impossible to die those tests so mri scans were done instead, it came back to the court and on the 13th of june a judge he declared that she was dead, when no doctors felt they were able to declare him dead, and it was after this that archie's parents appealed on the ruling on the belief that the judge had wrongly approached what was in archie's best interests. we heard a lot about whether or not that definition of archie being dead against the priority of his best interests was in play and a little bit earlier those three appeal judges allowed the appeal, much to the delight of archie's family, they were all wearing these small purple ribbons dedicated to archie, and a little bit earlier his mum spoke to us outside the court. i little bit earlier his mum spoke to us outside the court.— us outside the court. i find that these judges — us outside the court. i find that these judges had _ us outside the court. i find that these ju

our reporter matt graveling is outside the court where zouma was sentenced.y plea that they gave last week reflect the roles that they played. the cat looked to you, mr zouma, for its care and its needs but he did not care, instead you caused unnecessary suffering for your own amusement. the judge did recognise that both men had good character, no prior conventions, and were also very remorseful about she'd hand down 180 hours of community work for kurt zouma, 140 hours for yoan zouma, who uploaded the video, and costs of almost £9,000 which we believe will be paid by the west ham defender kurt zouma. i'm going to bring in claire from the rspca, a chief inspector. what is your response to what happened today? i is your response to what happened toda ? , , . , , today? i believe the sentence sends out the right — today? i believe the sentence sends out the right message _ today? i believe the sentence sends out the right message that - today? i believe the sentence sends out the right message that all- out the right message that all animals— out the right mess