officials in the united states have recovered the data recorder from the ship that destroyed a bridge in baltimore amidst angerfrom israel, a un rights expert accuses the country of acts of genocide in gaza. my report finds that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating that israel is committing the crime of genocide against the palestinians as a group in gaza has been met. and check your passport — the message to millions of britons planning a trip to europe to avoid being caught out by a ten—year rule. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction.

we start this hour in the us city of baltimore where crews have now found the data recorder of the ship which crashed into a major bridge yesterday causing it to collapse. officials are looking into whether dirty fuel may have caused the vessel to lose power. six missing construction workers who were on the francis scott key bridge at the time are now presumed dead and rescue efforts have turned into a recovery operation. these are live pictures from the scene — where it is 9am local time. as well as the recovery operation, the other focus is the investigation into what went wrong. the vessel, the dali, is registered in singapore and the port authority there says it passed two inspections last year. the container vessel lost power after departing from baltimore's port, causing it to crash into the bridge. the governor of maryland has been speaking in the last hour and says it's imperative that the bridge is rebuilt

to support the us economy — but his current focus is the recovery efforts. the top priority for me right now is recovery, we have to bring these families closure. i promised to these families that i would instruct every the authorities knew he was at risk, and so he was taken into care shortly after birth. for his first nine months, he thrived. he was safe and looked after. he died on christmas day 2020, just weeks after being returned to the care of his parents, stephen boden and shannon marsden. he had suffered 130 separate injuries. in court, they were described as monsters. the pair were living in squalor and cared more about buying drugs than their son. many agencies were involved in their supervision, but the system failed the boy who should have been among the most protected. a lot of what is in this 50—page report i've seen before in previous safeguarding reviews concerning the deaths of other children. a lack of professional curiosity, poor information sharing,

for instance. but in finley�*s case, there was another major factor, too, and that was the pandemic. lockdowns meant the couple were able to evade scrutiny. contact with the authorities was made remotely and not in person. meetings were missed and reports not shared. they pretended everything was ok and no—one knew differently. if you're working with children, the worst possible thing is for a child to die. it's absolutely tragic. are you confident now that, if there were another finley out there, things would be done differently? so our systems and our process have much strengthened. that has been robustly tested during our recent ofsted inspection. so i'm more confident. as you rightly say, we can never say never in these cases. last year, marsden and boden were convicted of murder and jailed for life at derby crown court. they will have to serve at least 27 and 29 years respectively. the judge said they subjected finley to unimaginable cruelty. marsden was a heavy drug user. boden had 32 previous convictions.

and yet it was deemed safe to allow them to care for their son. today's report recommends many changes. this is about making sure that what didn't happen and should have happened will happen and is happening into the future. as i have said, we owe that to finley to ensure that we move forward and make the improvements necessary. one relative described him as a beautiful ray of sunlight. it's hoped those improvements will be part of finley�*s legacy. phil mackie, bbc news, derbyshire. i was just i wasjust reading i was just reading back through the notes i took during the sentencing hearing last may. these were from the victims�* personal statement read out by the family of finley. they talked about shedding tears, our world has been shed upside down. finley will always be remembered and always be loved. it was a very emotional day in court, remember. i am not sure what they will think of

this report today, but it does make for difficult reading for all of the agencies involved, although all of them have put up their hands today and said they have made mistakes and that they will learn from this, and that they will learn from this, and that they will do their best to make sure these things do not happen again. but as i said in the report, i have reported on similar cases in the past, and it does feel often that, whilst less in our land locally, they might not be learned nationally, and also because of the pandemic they might have to be extra rules put in a case you are in that position again to protect the most vulnerable children like finley boden. —— whilst lessons are learned locally. the amount of sewage dumped into rivers and seas in england has increased dramatically. according to the environment agency, there were 3.6 million hours of spills last year. that�*s more than double the previous year�*s number. here�*s our environment correspondentjonah fisher.

it�*s covered in raw, untreated sewage. welcome to one of the many rather smelly front lines in england�*s war on sewage. i mean, the smell here is very much poo rather than chemicals, isn�*t it? yes, the reason for that reflects the fact that we�*ve had overflows of sewage. the latest data shows that, particularly when it rains, it�*s a battle that�*s being lost. we�*ve seen, you know, solids floating past. turds. yeah, turds. we�*re outside a sewage treatment works in surrey. simon, a geography teacher, is showing us a video he filmed of sewage spilling through the fence onto the public footpath. what happens here, there�*s a problem at this sewage works at hawley, where the storm tanks don�*t discharge into the river — they simply fill up and overtop, as you can see, across and out of the sewage works into the public realm where people are walking, dogs, children are playing, and it�*s very close to the houses directly opposite us there.

does this happen often? well, it�*s happened at least ten times this year. the latest figures show this site spilled 80 times last year for more than 1,200 hours. thames water told us it�*s planning to upgrade it next year. across england, the figures are as grim as the water by the footpath, with the number of hours of spills doubling to 3.6 million. these figures are unacceptable, and they are _ these figures are unacceptable, and they are sadly the result of a lack of investment in the system. our system _ of investment in the system. our system combines waste water and rainwaten — system combines waste water and rainwater. it needs upgrading urgently, which is why we have a plan _ urgently, which is why we have a plan to— urgently, which is why we have a plan to sort_ urgently, which is why we have a plan to sort it out. it is with the regulator— plan to sort it out. it is with the regulator at the moment and we are very keen _ regulator at the moment and we are very keen to— regulator at the moment and we are very keen to get the green light so that we _ very keen to get the green light so that we can bring these numbers down _ part of the reason why records have been broken is because last year was just so wet. but the underlying problem

is a lack of investment. for years, keeping bills down and making profits has been more of a priority than building the infrastructure to reduce the number of sewage bills. ——sewage spills. this is probably the single biggest step forward since the bazalgette system was built in the 1860s. in east london today, the final pieces were being put in place on a £5 billion tunnel, a super—sewer to stop sewage flowing into the thames. but the man who�*s overseen it says there needs to be a fundamental change in how we manage our waste water. it has been habit to mix rainwater into the sewage, and systems get overloaded. we simply have to do a betterjob of dealing with rainwater. separating it from the sewage? separating it from the sewage. the water industry says, in order to cut the number of spills,

they need to invest billions of pounds, with customers paying for it through higher bills. there are about ia,000 outflows in england. this behind me as one of them. and today�*s data, we can see that it spilled 60 times last year for more than 300 hours. this is a stream just at the top of a park. there has also been some political reaction today took this data. the labour party have called for an immediate ban on bonuses for bosses of companies that pollute the water. the lib dems called on the government to declare a national emergency and to look into the impact of sewage spills on people�*s health. the green party said it was a sign of that dividends that have been paid over the last 30 years should have been invested instead. the government has also been responding, of course, the water minister called the spills unacceptable and said that water

companies must go further and faster to tackle storm overflows. jonah, thank you very much. jonah fisher reporting there. six construction workers who fell into the water when a bridge in baltimore collapsed yesterday are now presumed dead. the search and rescue operation has been called off. the bridge was hit by a container ship which had suffered a power failure, possibly caused by dirty fuel. here�*s our correspondent graham satchell. as the sun rose in baltimore, this tragedy moved into a new phase. after searching the icy waters of the patapsco river for more than ia hours, emergency services are now in a recovery mission looking for bodies. a team of construction workers were on the bridge at the time of the collision. two were rescued, but six are missing feared dead. one of them has been named as miguel luna. originally from el salvador, he had three children.

his wife said, "we are devastated, our heart is broken." a second man has been named as maynor suazo. local officials have now met all the families of the missing. we had the chance to pray with them. we had a chance to pray for them. and we want to let them know that we are going to keep on praying for them. and notjust us, but they have got 6.3 million people and they have a whole country and a whole world praying for their peace. we now have a clearer picture of the timeline that led to this tragedy. add 1.24 in the morning, the container ship the dali is heading towards the bridge when the lights go out. the ship has lost propulsion. a minute later, the lights briefly return and the pilot issues a mayday call. at 1.28, black smoke is seen coming from the ship�*s chimney and you can see work vehicles still on the bridge. just seconds later,

the moment of impact. the whole bridge just fell down. start, whoever, everybody, the whole bridge just collapsed. investigators have now boarded the vessel and recovered the data recorder. it should help piece together exactly what went wrong. for now, the focus is on recovering the dead before the huge task of clearing the debris and reconstruction can begin. graham satchell, bbc news. in germany, at least five people have been killed after a coach overturned on a motorway. the accident happened near the eastern city of leipzig and closed the route in both directions. 53 passengers and two drivers were on board. the number of migrants who have arrived in the uk so far in 2024 after crossing the channel has reached a new record high for the first three months of a calendar year. according to provisional home office figures, 338 people arrived in seven boats yesterday, taking the total for the year to date to 4,644.

only a quarter of the public think the health service is working. that�*s according to a survey which shows that satisfaction with the nhs has dropped to a record low. the british social attitudes survey questioned members of the public in england, scotland, and wales last autumn. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here and has been looking at the survey results, and it�*s a pretty grim picture as far as the nhs is concerned? yes, and we should remember this is a very authoritative survey, seen as the gold standard of public opinion on issues like the nhs going right back to 1983. let�*s take a look at the headlines from this latest survey carried out at the end of last year. the survey into british social attitudes suggests that satisfaction with the nhs hit a record low of 24% last year. issues raised included long waits for gp appointments, hospital

appointments, some say more money should be raised and some the nhs should be raised and some the nhs should be raised and some the nhs should be less wasteful. that�*s compared to 53% in 2020, so it�*s more than halved since the start of the pandemic. the other thing that comes across from this survey is a consistently high level of support for the current model of nhs care. when asked about the model of care for the nhs, 91% percent of those who respondended said they think the nhs should be free at the point of use, funded largely by taxation. we should remember this is england, scotland and wales, with different administrations in charge of the nhs in the three nations. the time is 1.15. our top story this afternoon —

a safeguarding review into the death of finley boden says he was failed by authorities in derbyshire, when he should have been one of the most protected children in the area. and still to come — seen for the first time, the footage of ira members attacking british forces at the height of the troubles. coming up on bbc news, what next for wales after they miss out on qualification for the european championships? we reflect on a campaign that felljust championships? we reflect on a campaign that fell just short. millions of uk citizens are being urged to check their passports or risk being turned away from holiday destinations across the european union. since brexit, eu countries won�*t accept passports issued more than ten years ago. that rule catches people out because if you renewed your passport before september 2018, up to nine months from your old document could be added to the new one,

making the expiry date longer than ten years. and there�*s one other potential headache — uk passports must be valid for at least three months from the date of your return from the eu. here�*s our business correspondent marc ashdown. it�*s the moment we all dream of. after the planning, the packing and saying goodbye to work for a few weeks, it�*s time to check in for that well—earned holiday. but for some people, this is as far as they get. paramedic nathan barnes was on his way to limoges in france with his fiancee to visit family. despite checking in for their flight online, then making their way through luggage drop security and passport control, at the boarding gate, they were in for a surprise. so i had ten years plus extra months on the passport, which i didn�*t think would be a problem. he fell foul of the ten—year rule. nathan�*s passport was issued more than ten years before the date they were travelling, which meant he would be refused entry into any eu country. they were very matter of fact about it. theyjust said, yeah, sorry, you�*re not coming on,

off you, pop. off you pop. so at that moment they told you you couldn�*t board, how did you feel? 0h, gutted, really. i mean, we were surprised more than anything. we checked online, we thought it was fine and then only to be told at the gate. this is a problem that continues to catch people out. what�*s really important is that you check your passport — validity and expiry date — when you�*re going to book your holiday, not when you go to check in and certainly not when you travel to the airport, because that�*s where people are continually finding that their passport is out of date and it�*s often then too expensive, too complicated to save your holiday. and i was one of them. a few weeks ago, instead of being able to jet off with my family on holiday, i was turned away right here at the check—in gates because my passport had been issued more than ten years before, even though i�*d been able to check in online and had a boarding pass. the traveljournalist simon calder has been urging airlines to find a better way of prompting people way before they get to the airport. i reckon there�*s easily a couple of hundred people

a day who are turned away from their flights. so across the year, you could easily find that there�*s over 100,000 people who lose their holidays as a result of these rules. i�*ve written to the airlines. i keep saying to them please, can you do more? particularly if someone�*s checking in a month ahead. airlines uk told us there�*s no guarantee potentially invalid passport details will be picked up in advance and said airlines do provide reminders and links, which is up to passengers to check. the home office also said it provides up—to—date information on requirements on its website that�*s under constant review. so if you�*re dreaming of a getaway to sunnier climes, the strong advice is to dig out your passport and check your dates well before trying to travel. marc ashdown, bbc news. good advice. two former bankers found guilty of rigging key interest rates have had their appeal against their convictions dismissed by the court of appeal.

tom hayes and carlo palombo were among 37 city traders prosecuted for manipulating rate benchmarks, libor and euribor. both men spent time in prison before being released in 2021. for children with special educational needs and disabilities, having access to free transport to and from school is vital. but councils say the costs are becoming unsustainable. the amount of money spent on transport by local authorities in england has almost doubled in the last five years — partly because of an increase in demand and a rise in costs per child. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. hello. say hello. at the end of the school day, there�*s a taxi waiting to take 11—year—old shakira home. she was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was a year old. see you tomorrow.

now her medical needs mean constant care. shakira�*s journey to and from school takes an hour each way. her carer is with her constantly. want to help me? good. more and more children with special educational needs and disabilities are requiring transport like this to get them to and from schools which meet their needs but are often miles from home. it�*s paid for by local councils. for herfamily, for her family, it for herfamily, it is invaluable. her mum said with her and her husband working full—time, they could not manage the two hour round trip twice a day. if shakira didn't have the transport like so many other children,

she wouldn't go to school. she's of statutory school age. she's entitled to an education. she has had to fight for support, navigating a complex system often under strain. the navigating a complex system often under strain-— navigating a complex system often under strain. . ,, under strain. the children with send exceed those _ under strain. the children with send exceed those cuts _ under strain. the children with send exceed those cuts first. _ under strain. the children with send exceed those cuts first. it _ under strain. the children with send exceed those cuts first. it has - under strain. the children with send exceed those cuts first. it has an - exceed those cuts first. it has an impact _ exceed those cuts first. it has an impact on — exceed those cuts first. it has an impact on the family. shakira was end-of-tife — impact on the family. shakira was end—of—life but we were trying to -et end—of—life but we were trying to get her _ end—of—life but we were trying to get her into school. that is important to families in order for them _ important to families in order for them to— important to families in order for them to have a normal life for their chitd~ _ this kind of transport is costing councils in england almost double what it did five years ago. as well as inflation, demand is growing. cases are complex. journeys can be long and, in some cases, cost hundreds of pounds a day. council leaders say it�*s piling pressure on their budgets and there needs to be a conversation about whether some parents who can afford to should pay. it may well be that some parents would be prepared to contribute or to pay, but, at the end of the day,

we are in a situation where the current system is not affordable. it will not be popular because it is another cost and at the moment that is a challenge but i think we need to have the conversation. the government says it has no plans to change the law around free transport, but is increasing funding and creating 60,000 new school places to meet demand and shorten journeys, though not everyone is convinced. two thirds of our special schools are at capacity or full, which is why councils are having to transport children out of area. the solution to that is to make sure that we are building and providing that specialist provision in the local area. and then they do not have to send those children out. from our perspective, the whole send system is on its knees. what is fundamental, children should not have to travel 50 miles, and our�*s journey to get to school.

there should be specialist provision near there should be specialist provision hear to— there should be specialist provision near to where they live. back at shakira�*s house in surrey, her mum says she understands services are under pressure, but this is a family that doesn�*t give up. they didn�*t think she would make it to the age of three or to the age of five. a little scientific miracle is what they call her. all they want is the support shakira�*s entitled to to help her achieve everything she can. alex forsyth, bbc news, surrey. the lower house of thailand�*s parliament has approved a draft law giving equal marriage rights to all couples, regardless of gender. under the law, same—sex couples can have their marriages legally recognised and will get the same parental rights as everyone else. the law is now almost certain to be enacted before the end of this year, making thailand the first country in south east asia to recognise same—sex marriage. a new bbc investigation tells for the first time the story of a lost american documentary

filmed inside the irish republican army in 1972, the bloodiest year of the conflict known as the troubles. ira leaders and rank—and—file members were filmed planning, preparing and carrying out bomb and gun attacks. the ira hoped the film would boost their support in america. but, almost as soon as it was made, the film disappeared, as darragh macintyre now reports. the uncredited star of a strange lost film. this is 21—year—old ira leader martin mcguinness handling guns. before he died in 2017, he became one of the most important figures in northern ireland�*s peace process. but here he is in 1972, helping to make a car bomb that would wreck the centre of his hometown.

as we dug into how and why this film was made, the story only became more mysterious — like how it disappeared for almost 50 years. look at the rust on that. but inside, this looks 0k. all our operations are carried out from inside the bogside and creggan. the american crew was able to film alongside the ira, openly carrying out attacks — here, firing on british soldiers in londonderry. ira members who took part in the film hoped it would be a propaganda triumph. do you remember that day, tony? i do. sure. what actually happened was ten or 12 of our creggan volunteers had set up an ambush behind these houses. how did the camera crew behave? no matter where we went, they were there.

these seasoned guerrillas who relied so much on secrecy, went before the cameras and, in effect, put their heads on the block. it will explode. the ira thought they were in control of the film, even threatening the crew to prevent potentially incriminating pictures from going astray. they said if any separate parts of the film were attempted to be taken separately to america that we would be all shot at the airport — we�*re going to kill you. thompson submachine gun. in fact, it�*s now clear that the ira left themselves exposed to intelligence agencies. cia, top secret, department of defence — top secret again. a bunch of teenagers in the bogside — mossad, the cia, m15. that�*s alljames bond kind of stuff. despite all the risks the ira took, the film was only ever seen

by a handful of private audiences, which raises the question more than 50 years later — why was it ever made in the first place? darragh macintyre, bbc news. and darragh�*s film on that story, the secret army, is available on iplayer now. football and wales manager rob page has described it as a cruel game after his side just missed out on the chance to go to this summer�*s euro championship by the narrowest of margins. they lost 5—4 on penalties to poland in cardiff after the playoff game ended in a goalless draw. 0ur wales correspondent, tomos morgan, is in cardiff for us this lunchtime. tomos, such heartache for wales. yes. after decades of hurt, more recent times have been a golden era on the whole for welsh football fans. they qualified for a world cup

and two euro championship since 2016 but a third consecutive euros was out of grasp and they failed to do things the easy way and lost to armenia and a draw meant they could not qualify via group stages so had to go via the back—up route and to miss out on another major tournament is disappointing but to do so and missing out on the play—offs is hard to take. and missing out on penalties. beyond another level. as hen wlad fy nhadau rang out a cappella last night, a nation waited, hoped and prayed for their team. as ever, the red wall did their best to carry wales and they had the better of poland for most of the evening. as time wore on, things became closer. and then time wore out. we go to penalties. so it was penalties.

and it all came down to this, the last of ten spot kicks. it has been saved. it was not to be for wales. heartbreak at the final hurdle. the head coach defiant in defeat and of his position as their manager. we are a team in transition and while we are in the transition, we were one penalty kick away from qualifying. so we have games injune, we have nations league in autumn and then the start of the world cup qualifying campaign. so that is my full focus, on building what we have already started and the transition in which we are in at this moment. for the aspiring footballers at the future at an easter camp, there was admiration for their team�*s efforts. everyone is saying we got robbed but in my opinion, i reckon both teams played really well. but they are all blaming itjames, who like missed it, but i reckon he was just unlucky. it was a very good save by the keeper. yeah, but i was really sad after it.

i felt sad and it was very nervous when we lost, when danjames was taking his penalty. everyone thought he was going to score, but, sadly, he missed. i feel very sad about it and a bit down, but i would give - a big round of applause. | they tried their best and they did| well to play in the game like that. a young side with plenty of glimmers of potential all playing regular football. it is what any welsh manager has always wanted and this is what coach rob page had. but this has been a campaign marked by missed opportunities and marred by continuing questions over his role in thejob. so when the disappointment subsides, come the autumn and nations league, will he still be in post? tomas morgan, bbc news, cardiff. the queen is visiting market traders in the town of shrewsbury today. queen camilla has been given a tour of the farmers�* market and she�*s now visiting the flaxmill maltings,

meeting volunteers working with refugees, and a localfoodbank.