But some won t get away at all. easyjet has cancelled more than 200 flights over the next ten days. rob gore and his three children boarded their tui flight to turkey only for it to be cancelled. he faces missing a family wedding. they ve been heartbroken, and when the news was announced on the plane by the pilot, the kids just burst into tears. notjust ours, but every other kid on there. airlines, airports, ports and ferry companies are apologising for the disruption, but are warning there may be more difficult days ahead. simonjones, bbc news, dover. tha cannes film festival awards have been announced. sweden s ruben ostlund has won the top prize, the palme d or, with triangle of sadness. the film is about a cruise for the super rich that sinks leaving survivors trapped on an island. that s it. this is bbc world news. thanks forjoining us.
Ports and ferry companies are apologising for the disruption, but are warning there may be more difficult days ahead. simonjones, bbc news, dover. president biden has urged americans to make their voices heard as he renewed his appeal for tighter gun controls. it follows the massacre at a school in texas, in which 19 children and two teachers died. meanwhile, the former us president, donald trump, and other leading republicans have dismissed calls for gun reform, saying the shooting was a reason to arm, not disarm. 0ur north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports. just days ago, children cowered on the floor in this school as a killer armed with assault rifles stalked their classroom. the latest victims of a uniquely american tragedy. president biden addressed the parents heartbreak at a speech at a graduation ceremony. he will be visiting the town tomorrow. those parents are literally preparing to bury their children. in the united states of america, to bury their childr
The kids just burst into tears. notjust ours, but every other kid on there. airlines, airports, ports and ferry companies are apologising for the disruption, but are warning there may be more difficult days ahead. simonjones, bbc news, dover. and we ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow s front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are the broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford and ali miraj columnist at the article. i hope you canjoin us for i hope you can join us for that.
Enough. there could also be a brexit freedoms bill to give the government new powers to scrap eu laws still in force here. possibly a bill to give british ports the power to punish ferry companies who don t pay the minimum wage. but there s unlikely to include any mention of a one off windfall tax on the big energy companies something opposition parties have called for. shaun ley is at westminster. takeit take it away. for the last seven decades of the state opening of parliament the start term for politics, if you like it s been called the queen s speech. today it will be delivered, for the first time in this long reign, by another royal charles. he is the heir to the throne but symbolically that throne will be empty. instead prince charles will read the speech in front of where the queen usually sits. that s the ceremonial. what s the politics? it s through the queen s speech
To scrap eu laws still in force here. possibly a bill to give british ports the power to punish ferry companies who don t pay the minimum wage(ani)but there s ferry companies who don t pay the minimum wage. but there s unlikely to include any mention of a one off windfall tax on the big energy companies something opposition parties have called for. shaun ley is at westminster. good morning again, thank you very much. for the last seven decades of the state opening of parliament the start term for politics, if you like it s been called the queen s speech. it has been delivered by the queen. today it will be delivered, for the first time in this long reign, by another royal charles. he is the heir to the throne but symbolically that throne will be empty. instead prince charles will read the speech in front of where the queen usually sits. he will be flanking the throne with his son, the duke of cambridge, on