live from london, this is bbc news. the us coastguards is six peoples are still missing after a road bridge collapsed into a river in the city of baltimore are now presumed dead. more tough words from washington as a deepening rift between the us and israel over the war in gaza deepens. as mps prepare to vote on a landmark bill, could thailand become the first southeast asian nation to legalise same—sex marriage? hello. a very warm welcome to the programme. i am sally bundock. we begin in baltimore where the six people still missing after container ship broke a key bridge in the city are now presumed dead. the coastguards that it has

suspended its search—and—rescue suspended its sea rch—and—rescue operation suspended its search—and—rescue operation and now will focus on a recovery mission. these other live pictures from the scene now where poor visibility and debris from the bridge in the water are making the recovery efforts extremely challenging. meanwhile, the singapore port authority said the ship which was flagged in the territory had passed two inspections last year. the container vessel lost power after departing from baltimore's port, calling it to crash into the bridge. the six missing were construction workers who are working on the bridge of the time of its collapse. speaking at a news conference rear admiral shannon gill rita said it is unlikely the victims are alive. i would like to announce _ the victims are alive. i would like to announce tonight - the victims are alive. i would l like to announce tonight based on the length of time that has gone on in the search, the extensive search efforts that we've put into it, the water temperature, that at this point we do not believe that we're going to find any of individuals still alive, so at

about half past seven we are going to suspend the active search—and—rescue efforts. sea rch—and—rescue efforts. coastguards are search—and—rescue efforts. coastguards are going away and none of our partners are going away. we are transitioning to a different face.— different face. marilyn state olice different face. marilyn state police shed _ different face. marilyn state police shed light _ different face. marilyn state police shed light on - different face. marilyn state police shed light on why - different face. marilyn state police shed light on why the search for the bodies has been suspended. the search for the bodies has been summed-— suspended. the changing conditions _ suspended. the changing conditions out _ suspended. the changing conditions out there - suspended. the changing conditions out there have suspended. the changing - conditions out there have made it dangerous for the first responders. the divers in the water. we will still have ships out overnight, at six o'clock tomorrow morning we hope to have divers in the water for a more detailed search to do our very best to recover the six missing people.— very best to recover the six missing people. let's go live to baltimore _ missing people. let's go live to baltimore and _ missing people. let's go live to baltimore and speak - missing people. let's go live to baltimore and speak to i missing people. let's go livel to baltimore and speak to our correspondent, will burn in. what more can you tell us? desperately tragic news for the families of those six missing man. the us coastguard cutter maui as you mentioned, announced the search—and—rescue announced the sea rch—and—rescue

mission announced the search—and—rescue mission that was going on just behind me has now been suspended and next will be a recovery mission. many different agencies that were involved in that search all day here yesterday with helicopters, boats, sonar equipment, they will be getting together about later to start the next phase of that operation. earlier yesterday authorities were talking about the extremely difficult conditions in which rescuers had to work. the water here is incredibly cold. it is very deep. the visibility is poor. and the river is full ofjagged metalfrom and the river is full ofjagged metal from that and the river is full ofjagged metalfrom that bridge and the river is full ofjagged metal from that bridge that collapsed into the water. but now that the search—and—rescue operation has been suspended, focus now will turn to the work of investigators. there is a team here on site from the national transportation safety board who are very keen to get on board that stricken container ship. they want to

get their hands on the data recorders, so container ships like aircraft have recorders on their which are sometimes called like boxes with aircraft, and i hope the data recorders will perhaps hold the answers to some of the many questions surrounding this incident. most importantly of all is why did that container ship suffer what appeared to be a catastrophic power outage shortly before impact. president biden has said he will travel to baltimore as soon as he can, talking about the federal help that will be provided in the rebuild, the search, rescue, etc.- search, rescue, etc. that's ri . ht. search, rescue, etc. that's right. president _ search, rescue, etc. that's right. president biden - right. president biden yesterday saying that the authorities he will be given all the factual assistance that they require and also that federal money will pay for a complete rebuild of the bridge which will happen as soon as

possible. this bridge was a major artery, a vital transport link and also a local landmark. locals here have been telling me with affection how they felt about this bridge, named after the composer of the star—spangled banner, so this was a big shock to the local community. obviously, it is a huge tragedy for those six presumed dead construction workers. ., ~ , ., presumed dead construction workers. ., ~' ~ presumed dead construction workers. ., ~ ~ ., workers. thank you, will vernon and baltimore _ workers. thank you, will vernon and baltimore for _ workers. thank you, will vernon and baltimore for us. _ workers. thank you, will vernon and baltimore for us. the - workers. thank you, will vernon and baltimore for us. the mall. and baltimore for us. the mall and baltimore for us. the mall and why the ship and of course and why the ship and of course and also why the huge bridge came crashing down so quickly, here is rebecca morelle who has building another sequence of events. —— looking at the sequence. well, what do we know about what action happened in baltimore? data analysed by bbc verify shows the ship set off from the port at a quarter to 1am local time.

the dali is a 300m—long container ship, and on board were two pilots. mariners from the local port with specialist knowledge to guide the vessel out to sea. now, it was heading towards the central section of the bridge, which is wide enough and high enough for the vessel, the ship, to pass through, but it veered off course, crashing into this support column. so what happened 7 well, in this video, you can see the ship is nearing the bridge, but at 1:24am, the lights on it go out, suddenly, suggesting a major technicalfault. that happened, and 1:25am, a minute later, the lights come back on. three minutes after this, you start to see black smoke billowing from the ship, and there at the circle you can see the work vehiclesw here the team are fixing potholes on the bridge. a mayday call went out.

moments later, at 1:28am, the ship collided with the bridge and caused it to collapse. if you lose power while manoeuvring, there's a possibility you could lose steering of the vessel momentarily. there are regulations on how quickly you have to be able to regain that control. but obviously, if that does happen, in such a confined area, the seconds or minutes could make the difference. why did such a large part of the bridge collapse? the bridge opened in 1977, and at its centre is a continuous section which is 366 metres long, and there are four support columns underneath it. bridges are tested for impacts, but we don't know if the tests would have included a vessel of this size. ships are a lot bigger now than they were in the �*70s and the head—on collision took out an entire loadbearing structure. protective reinforcements can be added to these but it is not clear if they were here. rebecca rhine morale reporting there. as you've been hearing,

this port is a key port in the united states, one of the busiest, it has a big implications for some of the us�*s big carmakers for example in terms of transportation vehicles. we will look at that in more detail in our business coverage later. let's turn to the middle east. the us defence secretary has reiterated washington's message to israel at the number of civilian casualties in gaza is far too high as he met his israeli counterpart at the pentagon. in some of his strongest comments some of his strongest comments so far lloyd austin said humanitarian catastrophe in gaza was intensifying. in gaza toda the gaza was intensifying. in gaza today the number _ gaza was intensifying. in gaza today the number of - gaza was intensifying. in gaza today the number of civilian i today the number of civilian casualties is far too high. the amount of humanitarian aid is far too low. gaza is suffering a humanitarian catastrophe. and the situation is getting even worse. we need immediate increases and assistance to avert famine. worked over temporary humanitarian quarter

by sea will help the key is still expanding a by land. the biden administration is also disputed israeli government's claims that washington's refusal at at security council veto had emboldened hamas. speaking in a news briefing matthew millar, the spokesman for the us state department, said israel is wrong. statement which i believe _ said israel is wrong. statement which i believe said _ said israel is wrong. statement which i believe said that - said israel is wrong. statement j which i believe said that hamas pulled out of the hostage talks or hamas rejected the most recent proposal because of the united nations security council resolution, that is an accurate and it almost every respect and it is unfair to the hostages and theirfamilies. for it is unfair to the hostages and their families. for more analysis. — and their families. for more analysis. i'm _ and their families. for more analysis, i'mjoined - and their families. for more analysis, i'mjoined by - and their families. for more | analysis, i'mjoined by doctor analysis, i'm joined by doctor benjamin rice, seniorfellow benjamin rice, senior fellow with benjamin rice, seniorfellow with the accent of international relations, a lecturer at ucla. good to see you again on bbc news. clearly the relationship between the us and israel right now is pretty fractious. took us through the latest developments. i

fractious. took us through the latest developments.- latest developments. i think the sm accommodation - latest developments. i think the sm accommodation per| latest developments. i think- the sm accommodation per weeks of frustration in a personal relationship between president biden and prime minister netanyahu stemming in large part from as the reporter stated the amount of civilian casualties, humanitarian situation in gaza and situation where there is no ceasefire on the horizon and hostages are still not free. it the horizon and hostages are still not free.— still not free. it is very difficult _ still not free. it is very difficult times. - still not free. it is very difficult times. how i still not free. it is very| difficult times. how do still not free. it is very - difficult times. how do we move forward from this because both israel and the us are keen for progress as is everyone within gaza. where do you see this going out?— going out? what is going to complement _ going out? what is going to complement is _ going out? what is going to complement is the - going out? what is going to complement is the time - going out? what is going to i complement is the time being going out? what is going to - complement is the time being in the immediate future is the local situation and the united states and we have a liberal progressive flag of the democratic party that has been very much clinical of the biden administration support of netanyahu and israel's policy on conducting a war in gaza.

that pressure is something president biden and his team have had to address and deal with as he has been going around the country meeting and giving speeches and meeting with those who have been opposed to the war. in some part this is a way to alleviate that pressure and address concerns of those photos, that specific part of his constituent base. in the meantime we have a situation where a republican party united states is taking a very much more aggressive position to support netanyahu's plant in gaza we have seen other senators respond essentially involved in what the israelis are doing. the point i'm making is the domestic legal situation in the united states is impacting what biden is doing and saying with regards to the administration of israel policy. ii administration of israel oli . ., , administration of israel oli. ., policy. if israel does move into rafah _ policy. if israel does move into rafah in _ policy. if israel does move into rafah in a _ policy. if israel does move into rafah in a military- into rafah in a military operation, how will that impact where we are out? it operation, how will that impact where we are out?— operation, how will that impact where we are out? it seems like now that the _ where we are out? it seems like now that the recent _ now that the recent negotiations for a ceasefire have all but collapsed entirely, at this point

netanyahu monetary masses, neta nyahu monetary masses, tremendous netanyahu monetary masses, tremendous pressure to release hostages and pursue the remaining members of the hamas leadership which the idf believes is located in the tunnels and rafah. at this point it seems that will proceed, any pressure by the united states to brought to bear to sustain netanyahu's had is unlikely to have a fact and the question becomes what the fallout will be from any further incursion into rafah with the civilian casualties. and what are the players, other participants in this conflict and other mediators can do to help relieve the suffering and mitigate the impact on the civilian population. ben'amin radd, civilian population. ben'amin redd, thankfi civilian population. ben'amin radd, thank you i civilian population. ben'amin radd, thank you again h civilian population. benjamin radd, thank you again for i civilian population. benjamin l radd, thank you again for your thoughts and analysis on what's happening there. that's bring you other news. thousands have much in the hungary capital of budapest demanded the resignation of ernesto viktor orban. perform official peter zappia led the marchers from the main courthouse to parliament. earlier he handed

over what he said was a secretly recorded phone call which allegedly implicates ministers in corruption scandal. france and brazil have announced an investment programme worth more than $1 billion aim to protect the amazon rainforest. the plan was unveiled by the visiting french president emmanuel macron alongside his brazilian counterpart lula da silva in the city of bell and which will host next yea r�*s the city of bell and which will host next year's un climate summit. the us supreme court appears sceptical of an effort to restrict access to a commonly used abortion drug, mifepristone. several members of the court questioned whether it was an appropriate challenge of the drug's federal approval. it's them as difficult abortion case before amara carr's tom end of the national right abortion injune 2022. new details have emerged about how the collapse chemical attack abdul as edie gained a silent

in the uk despite being a defender. he attacked a woman and two children in the street with the corrosive substance in january but it was later found on the river thames, from attending a police manhunt. this corresponded daniel sandford reports. in the aftermath of his savage attack on a mother and, he fled across london. the corrosive substance he used also scarred his own face. in hours he had jumped into the terms of chelsea bridge. his body emerged almost three weeks later. until now we really be able to report sketchy details of multiple attempts to claim asylum and his sexual offending history. but now the request of the bbc and other media companies immigration tribunal has released this a detailed case. the dossier shows a ezedi arrived from afghanistan in

2016 an initial asylum claim was turned down very quickly at his appeal refused the next year. with the judge saying his story was a massive inconsistency but he was not removed from the uk. 2019 he made submissions, this time including these photographs showing him being baptised at grange road baptist church in jarrow. again, he was turned down. by now he had been convicted of sexual assault and was on the sex offenders register. so the church made him sign this safeguarding contract. in it he agreed he only entered the church when accompanied by unnamed male member of the congregation. but at his appeal in october 2020 the former ministerfrom at his appeal in october 2020 the former minister from the church gave evidence saying ezedi's conversion was genuine and thejudge granted him asylum next month. so seven years after arriving and after multiple refusals of asylum, ezedi had one and were still in the uk this year to carry out the uk this year to carry out the attack. in an ironic twist

in the tail, when abdul a ezedi with very a fortnight ago, is it exclusive pictures given to the bbc show, it was a muslim ceremony at the request of his friends and family. daniel sandford, bbc news. around a lot across the uk, you are with bbc news. —— around the world and.

now to thailand where the lower house of parliament is expected to approve a new marital rights to approve a new marital rights to all couples regardless of gender. the law is now almost certain to be enacted before the end of the year, making thailand the first in southeast asia to recognise same—sex marriage. for more, let's go livejonathan head who is in bangkok. took us through today. todayis bangkok. took us through today. today is getting towards the

end of a very long process. this bill was early last year with a broad consensus in thai politics and the country as a whole that should happen same—sex couples should have same—sex couples should have same right but it did not get through before the election was held last year. the new government made it a priority and there is cross party support and we are now the last reading of the bill. they've basically amalgamated for proposed bills they came from civil society groups and other parties, put them all together, and mps are looking at that now i'm going through a final reading and expected to vote in the next two hours. once that is done at needs approval by the upper house of the senate but that's more or less a formality and the law would come into effect 120 days after that. by everyone passing expectations this will be well by the end of year. same—sex couples will be able to have their marriages recognised and they will enter all the other rights that go with that. the

rights that go with that. the rights to be parents, adopt children, inherit property, all these things along with being married. the gender definitions in the legal status of marriage have been changed to marriage is notified as a partnership between individuals, not between individuals, not between a man and wife at all gender definitions have been changed to ensure it is typically neutral.- changed to ensure it is typically neutral. this is significant _ typically neutral. this is significant and - typically neutral. this is significant and are i typically neutral. this is significant and are part| typically neutral. this is i significant and are part of the world were many countries still criminalise same—sex relationships. criminalise same-sex relationships.- criminalise same-sex relationships. criminalise same-sex relationshis. , ., ~ relationships. yes and i think thailand hopes _ relationships. yes and i think thailand hopes that - relationships. yes and i think thailand hopes that that i relationships. yes and i think thailand hopes that that was| thailand hopes that that was sort of burnish its international reputation, is not really known as a very accommodating and welcoming place for lgbtiq+ couples and others, all kinds. it is a tolerant place. but also it does stand out when you think that for example still officially criminalise in malaysia, certainly in the muslim part of southeast asia openly gay relationships are

difficult and there is a degree of intolerance of those. there are still criminal laws and places that date back to british dominant british colonial times so thailand is leading the charge and its possible other countries that don't have the same religious barriers to this in the region may follow. it's been a movement and vietnam which is not at this stage. it hopes to make tile an attractive place not just for tourists but make tile an attractive place notjust for tourists but many people who want to live here. we've met couples from china, same—sex couples, because they cannot get official admission or tolerance in china but they say thailand is an ideal place. there were coming even before the law changes at once it does i think that high will expect a whole for the people coming here to get married and get that much along for legal recognition.— recognition. thank you. jonathan _ recognition. thank you. jonathan had _ recognition. thank you. jonathan had in - recognition. thank you. i jonathan had in bangkok. us media network nbc news as it will drop the former chairwoman

of the republican national committee ronna mcdaniel as a political contributor after hiring was widely criticised by staff. the news of her departure isjust staff. the news of her departure is just two days after she made her debut on nbc sunday morning show meet the press in which she claimed without giving evidence that there were problems in the 2020 election. the network had booked out $300,000 to bring her on board at a time when it is cutting front line journalists. in north america corresponded david willis has more details. it's not for former political insiders or party officials to land a lucrative second gig, providing analysis to american television networks. such is the revolving door between the two worlds. there is even a name for it called the politics to punditry pipeline. why then did the appointment by nbc of the

former chair of the republican national committee ronna mcdaniel prove so controversial? herappointment was announced last and caught manny tsigas journalists at the network by surprise. they had not been consulted, they do not like the idea and many of them took to the airwaves not publicly excoriated their own bosses but to call for ronna mcdaniel�*s contract to be cancelled. the argument was that as a chair of the rnc, ronna mcdaniel had promoted what became known as the big lie. donald trump's contention thatjoe biden was not the legitimate winner of the 2020 presidential election. that of course proved to be false. nbc journalists argued that the fact that ronna mcdaniel promoted such alignment that

she was untrustworthy and like credibility as a political analyst on the american tv network. now the head of nbc universal�*s newsgroup has issued an email to all staff apologising for the confusion and the row over ronna mcdaniel�*s appointment and confirming that her contract has now been cancelled. ms mcdaniel herself, who left the job as chair of the rncjust two weeks ago after falling out of favour with donald trump is now reported to be considering her legal options, having of course been terminated by nbc. david willis. the japanese language has long been original sauzon word words english and this month even more examples are jointly hundreds already recorded in the oxford english dictionary. as logan owen reports. many of

the japanese words to have been added this year will sound pretty familiar. let's start with food. katsu a seafood, meat or vegetables wrapped in tango breadcrumbs and deep—fried. it is a popular dish but also a boomerang word which is an example of a japanese english remarrying. tonkotsu is also ominous, savoury froth in fogbow and nettles. together with rice topped with seafood, meat and vegetables. aside from food, there are a number of words in there are a number of words in the arts and crafts sector. kirigami is the art of sculpting or meticulously crafting paper into three designs. is a dictionary from this year, designer of manga, japanese style of cartoon or comic which is also becoming more and more popular around

the world. finally, this is one of my favourites, kintsugi, the art of repairing broken pottery. the idea is emphasising the cracks in an effort to embrace imperfection. there we have it, some of the new japanese there we have it, some of the newjapanese words there we have it, some of the new japanese words in the oxford english dictionary all the way from anime to. megan owen. flying car might be heading east after the european firm which built and successfully flew the vehicle has sold the tax which powder to the chinese company. the car drives like a normal vehicle but in the space of two minutes can unfold a set of two minutes can unfold a set of wings. if we had 35 minutes between two airports and the larger and 2021 driving on and off the runway at either end. it is amazing, isn't it? could we be in those in the future? i'll be back with top business stories and next on bbc news. we will have more on what is

happening in baltimore. see you a moment. 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 7—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. our 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.

this is bbc news. ultimate bridge collapsed, we take a look at the impact on shipping as the major cargo port closes. from which to richard, donald trump network skyrockets thanks to the stock market debut of the media from behind truth social. and shelling out more for your chocolate treats as cocoa prices hit record highs this week. hello, if you havejust joined us i am sally bundock with the top business toys and we start in baltimore and a warning of a significant ripple effect on supply chains following the collapse of the baltimore bridge after it was hit by a container ship on tuesday. the warning comes from

the institute of export and