welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines. maryland police recover the bodies of two missing people who went into the water after a ship crashed into a bridge in baltimore. divers recovered to victims of this tragedy trapped within the vehicle. the un high commissioner for human rights says israel is significantly to blame for the appalling humanitarian situation in gaza, where famine is looming. the collective punishment that was declared was the siege and indeed amounts to a war crime and needs to be dealt as such. and confusion in slovakia. was the bear which was shot dead after this rampage really the one which was responsible? this is bbc news. it is

newsday. it's 9:00 in the morning in singapore, and 9:00 in the evening in baltimore where officials say there is no longer any hope of finding survivors after a bridge collapsed when it was struck by a container ship. it's been confirmed that two bodies have been recovered. they've been identified as construction workers 26 and 35 years of age, who were filling pot holes in the structure when the container ship dali struck it. the search for four of their missing colleagues, also thought to be migrant workers from central america, has since been suspended because of bad weather conditions. the ship remains remains lodged in the wreckage of the bridge, which means the port of baltimore will remain closed for what officials say is an indefinite amount of time. that will hit global trade, by some measures, it's the 11th biggest port in the us, and last year, $50 billion of goods, including

nearly 850,000 vehicles, went through it. a few moments ago an investigation team from the us national transportation safety board finished a news conference in baltimore. they say the entire investigation may take between 12 and 2a months. their chairjennifer homendy gave more details about who and what were onboard the dali. we were able to confirm they were 21 crew members on board the vessel at the time of this accident. class two pilots. 21 crew members plus two pilots for a total of 23 individuals on board the vessel at the time of the accident. they also were able to obtain the target manifest. the cargo manifest we brought in one of seven investigators today to look at the cargo and the cargo manifest. he was able to

identify 56 containers of hazardous materials, 764 tons of hazardous materials, mostly corrosives, flammables and some miscellaneous hazardous materials, class nine hazardous materials, class nine hazardous material that would include lithium iron batteries. ms homendy then gave more details of the investigation, including plans to conduct interviews with the pilots of the ship. the operations and engineering group was able to board the vessel last night and they did a walk—through of the vessel including the breach and engine room, they were looking for other electronic components, any sort of downloadable recorders, any sort of cameras, any sort of cctv, they did not find any of those things. that search continues. they also

requested documents, number of documents including maintenance inspection history. as we speak, conducting interviews on board the vessel. those interviews began at 1pm this afternoon and those are with crewmembers on board the vessel. before that, it was confirmed that two of the victims had now been recovered and formally identified. the maryland state police along with the underwater recovery team is supported by state, local and federal partners made a tragic finding. shortly before 10am, divers located a red pickup truck submerged in approximately 25 feet of water in the area of the middle span of the bridge. divers recovered to victims of this tragedy trapped within the vehicle. the

victims were identified as alejandra hernandez, 35 years old of baltimore. family members were notified over an hour ago in person. you members were notified over an hour ago in person.— hour ago in person. you can find extensive _ hour ago in person. you can find extensive coverage - hour ago in person. you can find extensive coverage on | hour ago in person. you can i find extensive coverage on our website. there is a live page with a summary of what transpired in the news conference earlier. to the war in gaza now and the united nation's most senior human rights official says there is a plausible case that israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. volker turk says if proven, that would amount to a war crime. humanitarian agencies are calling for an immediate ceasefire and large deliveries of aid. israel insists it's letting in all the humanitarian aid that's needed. from jerusalem, here's our international editorjeremy

bowen, we should warn you, his report contains images some viewers may find distressing. gaza is no place to be ill. noura mohammed had lung and liver problems before the war. now, after months of starvation and without the right medical care, she is deteriorating fast. "my daughter can't move," says her mother. "she's anaemic, always sleeping and there's nothing nutritious to eat." there is plenty to eat only a few miles away in the lorries that are backed up on the egyptian side of the border, and much more that could come from israel — if the israelis let it into gaza. from geneva, volker turk, the un's most senior human rights official, told me there is plausible evidence that israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. look, when it comes to humanitarian assistance, let's be clear.

israel is an occupying power and has an obligation to provide humanitarian assistance. and if that humanitarian assistance does not come in, in the scale, speed and predictability that is required, yes, very serious questions are raised. so let's get it very clear. israel's to blame? israel is to blame in a significant way, yes. you're aware, of course, that israel says they're not to blame at all, that they give as much aid as is possible. that if anyone's to blame, it's the un and it's particularly hamas. it is absolutely clear what happened on the seventh and the eighth of october by hamas and some of the other armed groups is unconscionable. these are flagrant violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights. at the same time, the brutality of the attack by israel and the method of warfare, it begs the question of the proportionality of the response. you're saying "questions". you say there is no

doubt about hamas. are there any doubts about israel? you always have to prove the intent. but as i said, collective punishment, the collective punishment that was declared with the siege indeed amounts to a war crime, and it needs to be dealt as such. 0n social media, false claims circulate that famine in gaza is a lie. the hebrew caption says there's more shawarma in gaza than in israeli haifa, and israel's government dismisses the un's accusations. total nonsense, total irresponsible thing to say. israel is accepting all the aid that the us and the world is giving to gazan innocent people, which a lot of it goes to extend the war. how many innocent people are in gaza, in your opinion? that's not. . .. i'm not going to any number. i'm basically saying that over 70% of gazans support 0ctober seven massacre. so they're not innocent? people that are supporting

hamas, they have a different thought. they're an enemy. i thank our friends around the world for supporting our strategic goal. and i'm telling you... but they don't like the way you're doing it, do they? that's tough. we're going to finish the war. we'll do everything we can to kill the hamas terrorists and to minimise collateral damage as much as we can. the evidence of gaza's humanitarian catastrophe is overwhelming, and it is deepening international pressure on israel. swollenjoints, wasted limbs and dermatitis are classic symptoms of acute malnutrition. these children reached hospital. most ofjust over1 million gazans considered to be in acute need will not have that option. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. let's turn to the uk now where the vast majority of the public think the national health service

is not working. a survey last autumn showed satisfaction with the nhs has dropped to a record low. just a quarter of those asked said they were happy with it. our health editor, hugh pym, has the details. this is the gold standard survey to measure public satisfaction in the nhs. it is measured every year, but this year, in the lead up to a general election, clearly, it is being poured over. 24% of the public were satisfied with the nhs last year, 25% down from what it was in 2020, and a long way down from 70% recorded in 2010. next came those who said more stuffing and mini was required, some thought there was too much waste in the nhs. what is the reality for patients? samuel

samuel is struggling with pain and mobility problems that were complications after two hip replacements. he needs follow up surgery and is frustrated at waiting with no news on when it might happen. i feel upset and angry. it's a whole mixture of emotions. there are days when you feel depressed, when you just feel worthless. it's just you just think, what's the point of getting out of bed? it really is a horrible feeling. long waits for patients and backlogs to clear for hospitals. there are no easy answers for the nhs. the experts behind the latest survey have called for more money and a radical rethink of how the service works. we need reform to ensure that the health service can treat the huge demand. we can look at how we digitise patient records, how we rebalance our system with more focus on prevention and early diagnosis. but ultimately, we will have to think about the resources that we give. but ultimately, we will have

to think about the resources that we give the service to. health is a devolved issue, with different administrations run by different political parties in england, scotland and wales. ministers say there is more investment in improving services, but the survey team say this is a wake up call to political leaders ahead of the general election. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. myanmar�*sjunta has held its annual armed forces day parade in a show of force as it struggles to contain a growing armed resistance. it's been just over three years since the army seized power from the civilian government in a coup. let's get more now from our southeast asia correspondent jonathan head. let's start with the timing of the event, normally this happens during the day, but this time it was held in the evening? i have been to a few of these

armed forces day parade for and they all start early in the morning. it they all start early in the morning-— they all start early in the morning. they all start early in the mornin:. ., , ., morning. it has not been moved to the evening _ morning. it has not been moved to the evening in _ morning. it has not been moved to the evening in living - to the evening in living memory. they say it was because of the heat. usually have to get up in the unwanted to get there. it started because it is there. it started because it is the coolest time of day. i don't think anyone thinks that is the reason. it could be superstition but could very well be fear of some kind of attack. the effectiveness of the armed opposition has grown to the point where even in the military zone citadel and capital they have their own special military zone. they may not have a secure particular with a more effective use of drones by various opposition groups. it was also notably low—key parade compared to others. usually they put on a big display of all their equipment, you get a flight path by helicopter gunships and fighterjets, ofarmoured fighter jets, of armoured vehicles, fighterjets, ofarmoured vehicles, rocket launchers, intimate all that was missing yesterday, just marching troops and the speech online also felt

weary, repeated a whole load of things he said in the past. when it came to actually standing tough, he did not sound as divine as he has in previous years, he did blame the opposition groups accusing them of being terrorists. he once again promised an election at some point but there is no timeframe. it felt as though they did not have an awful lot to offer and this comes against the backdrop with the military suffered unprecedented defeat and loss of territory in recent months and still retreating and has now resorted to force the conscription to try and make up the numbers in its ranks. as we watched it we understood it is a very bad at and many times demoralised armed forces. {siege demoralised armed forces. give us a reminder— demoralised armed forces. give us a reminder of— demoralised armed forces. give us a reminder of those _ demoralised armed forces. give us a reminder of those that may not be up to speed, it has been three years since they gained several controls on the trip but there has been widespread

resistance across the country? resistance started pretty much immediately but took the form in the first months after the coup of a peaceful civil disobedience movement. people across the country refusing to co—operate. that was crushed with extreme brutality. 0ver with extreme brutality. over the months people resorted to armed resistance but had no access to weapons, no experience. it has taken the opposition a long time to become more effective. what we are seeing is the aunt insurgencies benefit active for many decades are often not day—to—day fighting with military and joined forces with these other volunteer opposition fighters. we have seen the military lose huge amounts of territory in the northern state, losing much of its border with china and currently about control of most of the western border with bangladesh. these are very humiliating defeats for the true leader and we believe he

is probably under some pressure. armed forces day is notjust pressure. armed forces day is not just a pressure. armed forces day is notjust a parade, it is when the military reminded the bromine population of the outside role, the centrality of the military and grammys life and that is at the heart of the ideological battle the opposition is fighting for that they say they want to get the military out of power but more than that, and the role of the military and get the military out of political life are good. so when people want armed forces day, they are watching ideological battle over the future of myanmar playing out on their screens.— do you ever throw out food that you've not got round to cooking or eating? well, a new un report has found we are wasting about one fifth of the food we are producing, this at a time when almost 800 million people around the world are facing chronic hunger. researchers looked at data from more than 100 countries, and concluded that food waste is a global problem,

affecting poor countries as well as rich ones. sofia bettiza is in the newsroom with more. the new report by the un shows that every year each of us wastes about 79 kilograms of food. now that's a lot. that is about one billion meals that are thrown away every single day. so who is responsible for all this waste? well, the report, which looked at data from 2022, says that food services like restaurant canteens and hotels are responsible for about 28% of food waste. and the biggest culprits are households. they account for about 60% of food waste. and that is about 631 million tonnes of food that are wasted every year. people simply buy too much food. they misjudge portion sizes or they just don't eat leftovers.

now, the un is calling this a global tragedy. they say that millions will go hungry as food is wasted across the world. and there's another worrying element about all this. food waste is a big contributor to climate change, and it accounts for 10% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. essentially, if food waste was a country, it would come third after the us and china when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. so the question is, what can we do about all this? well, the un says that there are some countries that are actually taking the right steps, especially mexico, the uk, indonesia, japan and australia. so the un is urging other countries across the world to learn from these countries that over the past year have cut food waste significantly.

a new image has been released of king charles, taken during the recording of his audio message for his royal maundy service which is due to take place on thursday, ahead of easter. the undated image was taken at buckingham palace has been released by the royal household. in his message he is expected to praise those who "extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need". let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. provisional results from the west african nation of senegal show that the opposition leader, bassirou diomaye faye, has won the presidential vote. his share was more than 54%. mr diomaye, who was only freed from prison ten days before the election, has said he wants to reform the current political system. the former us vice—presidential candidate, joe lieberman, has died, at the age of 82. he also served as a senator during a long political career. his most prominent moment came when he was al gore's running mate, on the unsuccessful

democratic ticket in 2000. in thailand, the senate will be asked to consider recognising same sex marriage, after the parliament voted to approve the measure. a full change to the law is still several months away, at least. if the law does pass, thailand will become the first country in southeast asia to back same sex marriage. in the uk, 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. 0ur environment correspondent jonah fisher has put on his waders and he stepped into the water to explain just why the levels of sewage discharge have been going up. well, the big difference

between 2023 and 2022 in many ways was simply because it rained a lot more in 2023 than it did in the previous year. and the way the sewage system works here is that sewage from people's homes mixes with rainwater, storm water in the pipes when it heads towards treatment plant. so if there is a lot of rain as there was last year, it means the system can't cope. and instead of it backing up into people's homes, there are effectively release valves. a bit like this, this overflow behind me, which basically allow the raw sewage, the storm water, to come out and flow out into rivers, streams, the sea to stop it, backing up into people's homes. and that's the data which we've had today. effectively, all of the overflows like this now have monitors fitted onto them, which report back to the water companies and indeed ultimately to the environment agency here, how many times they spilt and for how long for. and so that data that has been published today from all the water companies in england shows a doubling of the hours effectively in which these these overflows spilt and a big increase in the number of spills taking place as well.

let's go to the central european nation, slovakia now, where there's a growing row over whether a dangerous bear really has been shot dead. a brown bear was caught on video rampaging through a town, and while hunters say they have now killed it, not everyone believes the right bear was targeted. with the story, here's graham satchell. it was a terrifying sight — a bear on the rampage in northern slovakia last week. it attacked five people, leaving them with bite wounds and scratches. while others cowered in their cars. today, slovakia's environment minister said hunters had found the bear and killed it. "i can confirm that a bear was shot last night," he said. "it was 69 kilograms, it was three years old, "it was female. "they were monitoring it with drones." the announcement has caused something of a storm in slovakia. 0pposition mps have accused the minister of telling

a barefaced lie. why? because most experts believe the bear in these pictures is male and much heavier than 69 kilograms. what to do about aggressive bears has become high politics here. there have been several attacks in recent years and there are presidential elections in slovakia in the coming weeks. it may be that the fate of one bear could swing the balance of power in slovakia. graham satchell, bbc news. and, staying with an animal theme. let's go underwater in the netherlands where special measures are being put in place to help migrating fish. the problem, much of the country is below sea level, but it still needs rivers to flow out into the ocean. that means a series of locks, pumping stations and dams, putting a series of barriers in the way of the, to help, around the city of utrecht, officials set up an underwater web cam, which streams live pictures on youtube, and added an interactive doorbell. so every time the public sees the fish they press the �*fish doorbell�* which prompts the worker in utrecht to open

the canal lock allowing the waiting fish to pass unscathed. the man behind the idea is ecologist, mark van hookeloom. it takes a lot of time to open the lock and sometimes takes almost an hour. it has been opened once or twice a day which is already a lot. to get a feeling we have about 35,000 times the people present the doorbell. i times the people present the doorbell. ., , times the people present the doorbell. . , , ., doorbell. i am sure you are cufious doorbell. i am sure you are curious to _ doorbell. i am sure you are curious to know _ doorbell. i am sure you are curious to know what - doorbell. i am sure you are curious to know what this l doorbell. i am sure you are - curious to know what this looks like. especially right now as we live on air. let's show you what this website looks like. pretty murky at the moment but it is two o'clock in the morning and any self—respecting fish should be asleep. the doorbell is that button on the right if you are wondering. thank you forjoining us, back with more tomorrow. bye for now.

hello. well, let's see how the weather is looking. and yes, more rain on the way. it's been raining for such a long time now — i know some of us are starting to complain. it's so soggy out there and further rain clouds heading away. in fact, the north atlantic and much of europe, dominated by a huge area of low pressure with smaller area of low pressures, is embedded within it. and look at all these weather fronts circling this big low, which is approaching us right now. and in fact, some very strong winds on the way for a time on thursday, particularly across southern areas of the uk. so through the early hours we will have had some rain from southern parts of the uk through merseyside, the irish sea into northern ireland. temperatures early in the morning, three, four, five degrees celsuis, maybe colder in some spots where skies will have cleared. but on those winds in the south —

exposed areas could see 60 to 65 mile an hour gusts at times. inland, central southern counties there, 50 miles an hour. very windy in london, very windy in the midlands, east anglia, too, so a very blustery day. so through the morning, one where the front moves northwards. so outbreaks of rain through yorkshire into northern ireland and then this circulation here with those very strong winds buffeting the south and the southwest and those heavy showers that have sunshine in between, but also thunderstorms and hail. a really turbulent day. the temperatures quite disappointing, nine to 10 degrees celsius. now into friday then, so the area of low pressure is still very much with us. look how big it is. it's absolutely huge. it's dominating a really large chunk of the planet really here. and we'll see further showers sweeping across the uk. i don't think the winds are going to be quite as strong on friday, but still enough of a breeze out there and certainly pushing those showers along. again, hail and thunder possible, but some sunshine, too. so that's good friday. also a little milder, maybe 10 to 13 degrees celsius. if you're wondering where the warmth is, it's actually across more eastern parts of europe in excess of 20 degrees celsius. are we going to get any of that? well, it does look as though with this area of low pressure, we are going to see some changes in the wind direction

as we head into sunday. more of a southerly breeze developing — still very changeable on the weather front — but that southerly breeze will mean that those temperatures will recover at least somewhat. so perhaps the mid—teens, but changeable weather across the south. still disappointing in the north, closer to nine degrees celsius. that's it for me. bye— bye.

the national economy and the world economy depends on the port of baltimore. as search operations are suspended in baltimore, officials say tuesday's collision and bridge collapse could lead to a global crisis. plus more bad energy between the world's two largest economies. we'll have all the details later on the programme. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. officials in the us city of baltimore say they've recovered two bodies. a bridge collapsed on tuesday when a container ship crashed into it, after losing power. the ship was leaving the port of baltimore — one of america's largest. it has been closed since causing havoc on the movement of goods. it's thought 8000 jobs have been affected by the collapse