hello. welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines. the whole bridge fell down! police in baltimore say six people are presumed dead after a bridge collapsed and are moving to a recovery effort. these are like pictures of the port in baltimore. we will have the latest from our correspondence on the scene. meanwhile, the bombardment continues in gaza and israel recalls negotiators from mediation talks in doha — despite a un resolution calling for a ceasefire. and do you know your katsu from your donburi? we'll look at some of the japanese words making their way into the english dictionary.

it's 9am in the morning here in singapore, and 9pm in the evening in baltimore, where six people are now presumed to have died, after a container ship struck a bridge, bringing it crashing down. so far, only two people have been rescued. this is the scene live in baltimore, where the search and rescue operation has now been suspended and it will now be moving to a recovery mission. it's thought the ship lost power, and the crew on board were helpless as it headed towards the supports of the frances scott key bridge. this is the moment the huge container ship struck the bridge. as you can see, it triggered a reaction with several of the spans falling into the water. the crew had been able to send a warning ahead of the collision, meaning vehicles were barred from entering the bridge, potentially saving dozens of lives. the us coast guard shared this

update a short while ago. there is an announcement tonight that based on the length of time that have gone into the search, the extensive search efforts we have put into it, the water temperature, that at this point we do not believe that we are going to find any of these individuals still alive. this evening at about 7:30pm we're going to suspend the active search and rescue efforts. the coastguard isn't going away. none of our are going away. none of our are going away. none of our are going away. but we're just going away. but we're just going to transition to a different phase. maryland state police shed light on why the search for the bodies has been suspended. the changing conditions out there have made it dangerous for the first responders. the divers in the water. we will still have surface ships out overnight. at 4pm tomorrow, we have hoping to put divers in the water and begin a more detailed search and do our best

to recover those six innocent people. our correspondent gary o'donoghue sent this report from baltimore. it'sjust before 1:30am in the morning and the 985—foot darley container ship is heading for the open sea port. all traffic on the key bridge. there's a ship approaching that's just lost their steering. so until you get under control, we've got to stop all traffic. the ship had lost power and was veering straight into one of the bridge�*s pylons. securite business. the whole premise just fell down. sta rt. whoever. everybody. the whole bridge just collapsed. incredibly, the crew on the ship, realising something was wrong, managed to issue a mayday before hitting the bridge, allowing authorities on land to prevent more vehicles

from going on the bridge and questionably saving lives. local residents were woken in their beds by the sound of the crash, devastated by the sheer scale of the destruction. my husband does that kind of work, like road work. i know what could have been his friends. it's scary and it sucks. it's the key bridge. it's a symbol of america. apologies, we lost our picture for a moment. will vernon is our correspondent currently at the scene and he gave me this update. desperately sad news for the families, of course, of those six men that were on the bridge when it collapsed and found themselves in the water. they are still missing. you heard from the us coastguard that the surgeon rescue mission that until a short while ago was taking place behind me has now been suspended. that has been

transition to a recovery mission. from the us coastguard, they spoke about the desperately difficult conditions in which they have had to undertake this search and rescue mission. the water here is very cold, very deep, they are extremely fast currents, too. the visibility of the water is very poor. of course, it is full ofjagged metalfrom course, it is full ofjagged metal from the course, it is full ofjagged metalfrom the bridge course, it is full ofjagged metal from the bridge that collapsed, meaning the conditions for rescuers were very difficult indeed. the fbi, the coastguard, a number of other agencies, the fire department, alljoining in on the frantic search for those men, those construction workers that were repairing potholes on the bridge when it collapsed. and those agencies, tomorrow morning, so they will regroup in order to recalibrate their efforts to continue the search for the six men. but, as i say, in a recovery mode, a recovery

situation, and not in a search and rescue. terribly sad news for the families of those men. our thoughts go out to them, well. can you tell us about those presumed to be dead? we don't those presumed to be dead? - don't know many details about those men. what we do know is two of them are guatemalan nationals. this area has a high — are high number of hispanic people. we are completely sure about the nationalities of the other men, but there were reports in us media that they are of hispanic origin. but, you know, it was a miracle, really, that there weren't more people who ended up in the water, because, you know, when this container ship struck the bridge at about 1:50am local time this morning, there was only minutes in order to shut the bridge and that is exactly what the police managed to do.

they managed to stop any more traffic going onto the bridge. but unfortunately they were unable to remove, to get the message to the construction workers, in time, so they, too, could leave the bridge. we had a recording earlier of the police, you know, what they were doing in those last minutes, saying that the container ship had lost propulsion, that it was heading for the bridge. it struck one of the support towers, causing the bridge to collapse, but incredible efforts by the police to stop anyone going onto the bridge before it collapsed. will vernon there in baltimore. with me now is my colleague and business reporter sura njana tiwari. we know that the dali is a singapore flag vessel. what more can you tell us about it? ships are often registered around the world to countries

they have nothing to do with. it is a process of administration. when incidents like this happen authorities can go in and do their own investigations and find out what happens and there is a set of safety procedures, security procedures, that are involved as well. singapore's maritime port authority has put out a statement and has said that it is sending people to help investigate in baltimore, maryland, along with some other government organisations. ships around the world, as i mentioned, are registered to different countries, including marshall islands, panama. this ship happens to be registered to singapore. but shipping is a big industry here. the port is one of the biggest of the world. safety is top of mind. i'm sure the maritime port authority will conduct an investigation in a very robust way. a few things that we know about the ship. we do know, it has emerged, that the ship, the dali, had another incident back

in antwerp in 2016. it is thought that is unrelated to this incident. these are big vehicles, likely to have those types of incidents. but a report in chile last year found there were some propulsion and auxiliary issues. hearing there was a power issue and propulsion issue in this incident, they may look back at that report and try to investigate what went wrong. scrutiny will be immense on this dali ship, now. these kinds of vessels have been getting bigger and bigger over the years. could that have contributed because make during a pandemic there was high demand for goods to be shipped. 0f demand for goods to be shipped. of that shipping demand went up as well. most american ports on the east coast of the us are actually river ports. they aren't used to dealing with

such big cargo ships. in fact, the bridge that collapsed was probably built years ago when cargo ships were much smaller. the dali was actually an average size container ship, not too big, but certainly bigger than what the bridge would have been built for. on the one problem with this collision, aside from the very sad news that people are presumed dead, is that baltimore, which is a very busy port, has now been closed. and that will affect supply chains around the world. it is estimated that around 75,000 vehicles travelled through the baltimore port in the last year, and automakers have already said there is likely to be quite a bit of disruption to their operations.— be quite a bit of disruption to their operations. thank you for aaivin us their operations. thank you for giving us all — their operations. thank you for giving us all that _ their operations. thank you for giving us all that context, - giving us all that context, surjana. surjana tiwari in singapore. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are live with bbc news. fighting is continuing in gaza, despite calls for an immediate ceasefire from the united nations. earlier, israel recalled its negotiators from mediation talks in doha, claiming discussions with hamas are "at a dead end". hamas is demanding a complete withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza before any hostage release negotiations can begin — something israel has branded "delusional". 0ur international dditor jeremy bowen reports. this was gaza, the morning after the un security council voted for a ceasefire. israel's military released this video and said it pounded gaza with 60 more airstrikes on what it always calls terror targets. and more palestinians were killed — civilians, according to the survivors who came to the hospital in rafah to say their last goodbyes. they went to bed hoping

for a ceasefire, says alaa abdul latif. she lists the names of nine dead children. the oldest was eight. in the night, everyone she cared about, 30 close family were killed. mahmoud shahab says "what security council? "what will they do? "massacres, one after the other, no matter what they say." they prayed for the family, for the dead children, some of the bodies reduced to fragments of flesh and bone. injerusalem, vigils continue for israelis missing from family dinner tables since hamas took them hostage on the seventh of october. the people taken and killed by hamas dominate minds and the news in israel. i asked israelis outside their parliament about america's decision not to block the ceasefire resolution, starting with yehudit and esther. it's the same for the jewish. israel and america is friends.

and we... they don't support us. we think that they leave us alone. they had a brief disagreement with katia. like many israelis, she blames prime minister netanyahu, known here as bibi. bibi, he's the one that he... he provoked biden all the time. biden is ourfriend. i like him very, very much. and he helped us. this is bibi's resolution. bibi decided. bibi decided to provoke biden until the us will not — how do you call this? a vote ? a vote against. they abstained. abstained, yeah. this is what bibi wanted to do. so you feel more alone here? ifeel much more alone in here, yes, ifeel much more alone. israelis overwhelmingly support the war and the way it's being fought. many don't believe

gazans are starving. but a big majority is fed up with prime minister netanyahu, who they believe puts his own career ahead of their security. israel is fighting this war against the background of a severe domestic political crisis, a growing sense of international isolation and significant damage to its most important alliance with the united states. now, israel's wars are usually short and sharp, and mostly victorious. so far, this war is not. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. meanwhile, the bbc has spoken to a senior member of hamas, who's currently in qatar. they have said that they are ready to release all the hostages, including soldiers, if there is a solid ceasefire. they also say that maybe 70 of them have been killed by israeli bombardments or starvation. there's been more legal news for donald trump today just. more legal news for donald trump todayjust. a link to his forthcoming trial over alleged

has 20 payments made to an aduu has 20 payments made to an adult film actress. the judge in the case has imposed a partial gag order on the former president. it comes after prosecutors asked for the measure and it meant he could be fined if he speaks publicly about witnesses or staff working in the court. it isn't the first time such an order has been imposed on donald trump. he has said they are politically based attacks on his freedom of speech. donald trump denies the charges and the trial is set to start in just three weeks. an american journalist who was arrested in russia just a year ago on charges of espionage has had his detention extended as he waits for his trial. evan gershkovich, a reporterfor the wall streetjournal, is the first western journalist to face such charges since the fall of the soviet union. 0utside fall of the soviet union. outside the court the us ambassador in moscow called the accusations against him categorically untrue and fiction. steve rosenberg reports. we won't allowed into the moscow city courthouse. nothing

personal — orjournals were being kept up. instead, the court released its own video, just six seconds of evan gershkovich. ajudge ruled he must stay injail. gershkovich. ajudge ruled he must stay in jail. this week marks one year since the wall street journal marks one year since the wall streetjournal reporter marks one year since the wall street journal reporter was arrested in russia was not evan gershkovich, the first us journalist here since the cold war to be charged with spying. he and his employer insist he is innocent. so does the us government. it's demanding that russia let him go. the government. it's demanding that russia let him go.— russia let him go. the message is release _ russia let him go. the message is release him, _ russia let him go. the message is release him, release - russia let him go. the message is release him, release him - is release him, release him now. he was and is a journalist who was doing his job. now. he was and is a journalist who was doing hisjob. doing nothing wrong. the insinuations that he was somehow engaging in some kind of criminal activity is just flat out wrong. false.

last month, vladimir putin hinted that evan gershkovich could be freed in a prisoner swap. in return, the kremlin is thought to want the release of a fsb officer who is serving a life sentence for murder in germany. no deal yet. life sentence for murder in germany. no dealyet. if convicted, the usjournalist faces up to 20 years in prison. russian officials no longer hide the fact that evan gershkovich is a bargaining chip, someone they would, in theory, be willing to exchange for one of their own in prison in the west. his fate has attracted worldwide attention. but he is by no means the only american behind bars in russia. former us marine paul whelan is serving a 16 year sentence for espionage. america insists he is innocent. anotherjournalist told dominic holds us and russian citizenships and has

been accused of spreading false information about the russian army. as for evan gershkovich, those who know him welljust want him home. we those who know him well 'ust want him homei those who know him well 'ust want him home. we all miss, you know, want him home. we all miss, you know. our— want him home. we all miss, you know, our best _ want him home. we all miss, you know, our best friend, _ want him home. we all miss, you know, our best friend, we - know, our best friend, we missed talking to him all the time. all his friends feel the same way. there is some part of their lives where there is this big hole, this big absence. evan gershkovich is a journalist who loves russia and loves reporting on russia but remains in a russianjail. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. us federal agents have raided two properties in la and miami belonging to the rapper sean �*diddy�* combs. the hip—hop star and grammy winner has broken his silence, describing them as a gross overuse of military level force. he is facing a number of allegations of misconduct, which he has denied. emma viney has more. he is one of hip—hop's most influential and richest figures, originally known as

puff daddy, later pdd, as well it is musical achievements, he is credited with launching female careers. ——p diddy. he was accused of abuse by his ex—girlfriend. they settled out of court but three others came forward, bringing courses for sexual misconduct. now his properties in la and miami have been served by federal officers. the department of homeland security simply because it was part of an ongoing investigation. the rates at this mention in this exclusive neighbourhood near beverly hills followed months of accusations. some victims claimed they were drugged and coerced into having sex. the question now is whether the civil lawsuits develop into criminal charges. sean �*diddy�* combs posted on social media last year that the allegations were sickening and he would fight to clear his name. the

federal government - fight to clear his name. tue: federal government is fight to clear his name. tte: federal government is very deliberate in when they bring criminal charges. for them to be executing this warrant now, i imagine investigation has been going on for months or longer and they usually do not indict someone, especially someone of this kind of public magnitude, without having all the ducks already lined up. so i imagine it is a very serious case. , . ., i imagine it is a very serious case. , , i imagine it is a very serious case, , . ., , ., i imagine it is a very serious case. , ., ., ., case. this could be a moment of reckoning _ case. this could be a moment of reckoning for — case. this could be a moment of reckoning for an _ case. this could be a moment of reckoning for an icon _ case. this could be a moment of reckoning for an icon of - case. this could be a moment of reckoning for an icon of the - reckoning for an icon of the hip—hop world who made his name as a self—styled bad boy in the industry. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. let's look at some other stories in the headlines. farmers have staged more protests in the belgian capital of brussels and head of a meeting of eu agriculture ministers. they are calling for increased prices for their crops and produce an amendment to cheap imports of food. fires were set and menu are spread on the ground by police used water cannon and tear gas. the russian emergency services have released images of the burnt

out crocus city hall where gunmen killed at least 137 people last friday. but if has acknowledged that radical islamists responsible, but has linked them to ukraine, which keogh has denied. the us supreme court appeared typical of restricting access to a commonly used abortion drug, mr preston. several embers of the court questioned whether it was an appropriate challenge of the drug's federal approval. the japanese language has long been a rich source of loanwords for english and, this month, even more examples during the hundreds already recorded in the oxford english dictionary. you know it has more. —— meghan 0wen has more. many of the japanese words have been added this year will sound pretty familiar. let's start with food. now, katsu, is seafood, meat or vegetables wrapped up in panko breadcrumbs and deep fried. it's a popular dish, but it's also a boomerang word, which is an example of japanese—english reborrowing. now, tonkotsu is also on the list this year. it's a savoury broth

made from pork, bone and ramen noodles. together with donburi, which is rice topped with seafood, meat and vegetables. but aside from food, there's also a number of words in the arts and crafts sector now. kirigami is the art of sculpting or meticulously crafting paper into 3d designs. mangaka is also in the dictionary from this year, and this is a designer of manga, which is a japanese style of cartoon or comic, which is also becoming more and more popular around the world. and finally, this is one of my favourites is kintsugi. now, this is the art of repairing broken pottery. and the idea is to emphasise the cracks in an effort to embrace imperfection. so there we have it. there are some of the new japanese words in the oxford english dictionary,

all the way from anime to zen. meghan 0wen there. let's bring you a story of mistaken identity. take a look at this picture. a wildlife rescue took in what was thought to be a baby hedgehog before realising it was caring for a bobble from a hat. it was brought to it nature reserve and wildlife hospital by a well—meaning citizen mostly. it was then discovered to be a faux furry friend. they then showed a real hedgehog. the rescue posted on social media a photo of the decorative ball showing it nestled in a box beside a bowl of food. 0k. let's move onto some other news now. whales have to qualify for this summer's european football championship. their match with poland went to a penalty

shootout after the game ended in a goalless draw. the shootout went to the wire with both teams scoring all spot kicks before danjames had his say. ukraine and georgia where the winners in their other games, and will have more on all those matches in sportsday in a few moments' time. you have been watching newsday. before we go, let's remind you of our main headline this hour. authorities in the us state city of baltimore has said the six people missing after a bridge collapse are presumed dead and have suspended the search for them. they will now move to a recovery operation to salvage their bodies. these are live pictures of reported baltimore with the local time is coming up to half past nine in the evening. we will keep you fully up to date with any developments here in bbc news, including details of the recovery operation when it begins. ——0f recovery operation when it begins. ——of the port in

baltimore where the local time is coming up to 9:30pm in the evening. hello. the weather is going to throw just about everything at us over the next couple of days. certainly for wednesday — lots of heavy thundery downpours, albeit with some spells of sunshine in between, also quite windy out there. all driven by low pressure centred to the west of the uk. rain and hill snow pushing northwards across scotland. some really heavy rain for a time across eastern counties of northern ireland. that will take a while to clear. and then for england and wales, yes, there will be some spells of sunshine, but also some heavy, thundery downpours with hail thrown in for good measure, some sunny spells in between. pretty windy, particularly in the south, but also up towards the north of scotland and temperatures north to south between seven and 11, maybe 12 degrees celsius in parts of eastern england. now through wednesday night, we will see further showers or longer spells of rain. this clump of wet weather drifting across southern england into the midlands. if that gets far enough, west into wales, well over high ground, that could give a little bit of snow because it

will be quite cold to take us into thursday morning. although probably too windy for most places to see a frost. and then into thursday, while this area of low pressure firmly in charge. this low has been named by the spanish weather service. it's been named storm nelson because of the impacts it is going to have in spain, but pretty close to us on thursday. close enough to give some very strong winds, gales around coasts in the south and the southwest. but windy weather even further north across england and wales, very strong winds even inland. some outbreaks of rain — northern scotland perhaps seeing the best of the dry weather, but they'll even here be some showers. and temperatures around nine, ten or 11 degrees. now as we get into friday, good friday, of course, it is not going to be completely dry, but i am hopeful there will be fewer showers. more in the way of dry gaps in between. it won't be as windy and it will feel a little bit warmer. and that certainly is the theme for the start of the easter weekend. 0ur area of low pressure

loosening its grip and so not as many showers more in the way of dry weather. however, there is a lot of uncertainty about the second half of the weekend. there's an area of low pressure that some computer weather models keep well to the south of us, it's this one here. but other computer models push that a lot further north, giving us the chance for some rain. so a lot of uncertainty about the second half of the easter weekend. there will be some rain at times, some spells of sunshine, not as chilly as it has been.

collision in baltimore. authorities say they are suspending search operations and that the six missing people are presumed dead. and a windfall for former us president donald trump — find out why later on the programme. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. we begin with the collapse of a major bridge in the us city of baltimore after a container ship crashed into it. authorities have just said they've suspended search operations and six missing people are presumed dead. baltimore port — one of the east coast's busiest ports — is closed and us carmakers general motors and ford have said they will have to re—route some shipments. tinglong dai is a professor from thejohns hopkins carey business school.

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