six and a half hour wait at calais for coaches at the moment. now, these queues, these pictures here were taken by a teacher who has actually just message to say they have finally got through passport control, they are waiting for the next ferry, they hope to be on board within the next 30 minutes or so, but it is seven hours after they arrived there. these queues coincide with a border force strike, which is happening by uk border force staff, but on the calais side. however, the home office, they are very keen to point out that they do not think the queues we are seeing here, these queues, are seeing here, these queues, are down to the industrial action itself. they say there are issues with the calais infrastructure and they say it is, as i was saying, one of the busiest days of the year for coach travel. clearly, the strike dates are not helping or are exacerbating the situation. peter roddick. syrian state media says israel has carried out an air raid on the capital, damascus. the
seven hours after they arrived there. now, these queues coincide with, as you say, a border force strike, which is happening by uk border force staff but on the calais side. however, the home office are very keen to point out that they do not think the queues we re seeing here, these queues, are down to the industrial action itself. they say there are issues with the calais infrastructure and they say it is, as i was saying, one of the busiest days of the year for coach travel. clearly, the strike dates are not helping, or, you know, are exacerbating this situation. sctoland s health secretary humza yousaf has officially announced he s standing to replace nicola sturgeon as first minister. mr yousaf said he would go ahead with the controversial gender recognition reform bill.
of the year for coach travel. clearly, the strike dates are not helping, or, you know, are exacerbating this situation. this is bbc news, the headlines: western leaders put forward a unified front as they call for military support for ukraine in its fight against the russian invasion but britain s prime minister says the country needs more support. the security conference in munich provided the backdrop for the first high level meeting between the us and china since the us shot down what it said was a chinese spy balloon. ho fung hung from johns hopkins university told me about the chinese reactions. actually, after us detected the chinese spy balloon and later found out it is actually not the first time that a chinese spy balloon has shown up in us skies, and also in other countries.
after they arrived there. now, these cues coincide with a board of force strike, which is happening by uk border force staff but on the calais side. however, the home office are very keen to point out they do not think the cues we are seeing here are down to the industrial action itself. they say there are issues with the calais infrastructure and they say it is one of the busiest days of the year of the year for coach travel. clearly, the strike dates are not helping or are exacerbating the situation. either way, if you re faced with a six hour wait with a coach full of kids after a long week away, that s not the best time to be dealing with. it s quite triggering, those pictures. is it getting any better? at the moment p&0 say they 08 is still around six hours. the peak travel for these coaches coming back tends to be at lunchtime, mid afternoon to around now.
keen to point out that they do not think the cues we re seeing here are down to the industrial action in itself. they say there are issues with the calais infrastructure and they say one of the busiest days of they say one of the busiest days of the year for coach travel. clearly, the year for coach travel. clearly, the strike dates are not helping or exacerbating the situation. either way, if you re faced a six hour wait with a coach full of kids after a long week away, that s not the best time to be dealing with doc we re is quite triggering. his getting any better? at the moment p and o quite triggering. his getting any better? at the moment p and 0 say the q better? at the moment p and 0 say the 0 weight is still around six hours. the peoplejust got the 0 weight is still around six hours. the people just got through about seven. the peak travel for these coaches coming through tends to be at lunchtime, mid afternoon to around now. we should expect things to esau. as i say, massive