is announced by ministers — after a public inquiry says patients were repeatedly failed. could water bills go up 90% over the next five years? companies say they need the money to improve infrastructure. and who's in and who's out for euro 24? england manager gareth southgate reveals all. and coming up on bbc news, scotland women's europe qualifier against israel will be played from behind closed doors at hampden. it's after the sfa said they'd been alerted to planned disruptions. good evening. this was the chaotic scene

inside the cabin of flight 50321 from london to singapore, after it hit extreme turbulence in the skies over myanmar. it led to the death of a british passenger in his 70s who had a suspected heart attack — and more than 50 other people on the singapore airlines flight were injured, seven of them critically. and just look at this graph that shows the altitude of the plane over several hours — you can see how the plane plummeted by around 6,000 feet in just a few minutes. not everyone had a seat belt on, and objects and passengers were hurled around the cabin by the turbulence. the plane then made an emergency diversion to bangkok in thailand, from where our south—east asia correspondent jonathan head joins us. here at bangkok airport they have sent a special flight to pick up those passengers who did not need medical treatment to help but get on

to their ultimate destination in singapore but we believe more than 70 people needed to be treated in hospital here in thailand. some of those were very seriously injured by the severe drop the plane went through. it was for all of them completely unexpected and completely terrifying. shaken by their terrifying ordeal, the passengers were met by several ambulances as they landed in bangkok. they'd been eating their breakfast when the boeing airliner plunged without warning. jerry was travelling with six other family members to a wedding in australia. bit of turbulence, and then suddenly the plane plunged...i don't know how far, but they said 6,000 feet. it didn't seem like 6,000 feet. but it was a long way. so sudden, there was no warning at all, and i ended up hitting my head on the ceiling, my wife did. some poor people who were walking around ended up doing somersaults. it was instantaneous. it really was.

and horrible. the aircraft was over thailand, on the last stage of a 12—hour flight from london to singapore, when it dropped a staggering 6,000 feet, experts believe, throwing any passengers not wearing seat belts into the ceiling. the pilot then declared an emergency and asked to land at bangkok, the closest airport. translation: we currently have seven cases of critical injuries, _ 23 cases of medium injuries, including a flight attendant. the rest are minor injuries. 0ccasional air turbulence is a risk people know comes with modern—day flying, but the singapore airlines crew told passengers that this was the worst turbulence they had ever experienced. it will take an investigation now to find out whether this was something that came out of the blue or whether there were other factors involved. images from inside the aircraft show

just how powerful the forces were that the passengers were subjected to — a rare occurrence, certainly, but a frightening one too. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. let's go straight to changi airport in singapore where families are waiting anxiously for their relatives to arrive — and monica miller is there for us now. there is a highly secured room where relatives as well as friends who came to pick up their loved ones is that almost seven hours ago, when that almost seven hours ago, when that fight was expected to land, are now waiting for word on any information they can get. as we heard from that report, there is expected to be applied that singapore airlines has just for the passengers who are well enough to get on that flight, to get to their final destination, however it is unclear when it will take off and

when it will land. we had seen one relative who was here earlier. she was clearly visibly upset, but what singapore airlines has offered them is comfort and even some mental help, officials here are to help them guide them through this process because as you can imagine, you came to pick up your loved ones at the airport and you hear about an emergency landing in bangkok and some of these harrowing stories about people who are critically injured, it is hard to assess exactly what is going on and this has been an incredibly stressful couple of hours. we do understand as well that singapore officials have gone to bangkok to ruby do an assessment of what happened on this flight. any information here is welcome for those family members who were waiting. welcome for those family members who were waitinu. . ~ welcome for those family members who were waiting-— 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin, is here. it is worth stressing that turbulence of this extreme quality is rare. , ., , turbulence of this extreme quality israre. , .,, , _ is rare. yes, to put it simply turbulence _ is rare. yes, to put it simply turbulence is _

is rare. yes, to put it simply turbulence is when - is rare. yes, to put it simply turbulence is when a - is rare. yes, to put it simply turbulence is when a plane l is rare. yes, to put it simply i turbulence is when a plane has is rare. yes, to put it simply - turbulence is when a plane has grown into a patch of air that has become disturbed, and there are several different types, including something called clear air turbulence. that can be harder to predict. but at milder levels turbulence is very common and passengers will notice some bum venus but it does nothing to worry about. more severe turbulence is less prone to it than others and it can pick be much more serious. this incident sounds pretty exceptional in its intensity and the airline has described it as sudden and extreme has up it has resulted in clearly a terrifying experience for everyone involved, lots of injuries, and clearly sadly a man has died as... severe turbulence is happening more often as a result of change and turbulence is the reason people are advised to keep their seat fastened as i can during the flight. seat fastened as i can during the fliuht. . ~ ,, seat fastened as i can during the fliuht. . ~ ., , seat fastened as i can during the fliuht. . . , ~ , the government has outlined what it's described

as a comprehensive plan to compensate those affected by the nhs blood scandal. at least 30,000 people were given blood products infected with hiv and hepatitis c between the 1970s and early 90s — 3,000 have died. as our health editor hugh pym reports, interim payments of £210,000 will be paid within 90 days for the most urgent cases. hopeful anticipation, waiting for the government's statement, four boys and their loved ones who were at the special school treloar�*s in hampshire. i would like to make a statement following the final report of the infected blood inquiry. they're haemophiliacs who were subjected to trials without consent and were infected with hiv and hepatitis c. the whole community's bravery through immense suffering is what has enabled justice today. of the 122 haemophiliacs who attended the school, 75 have already died from their infections. with our firm commitment

to compensate those touched by the scandal, the infected blood community knows that their cries forjustice have been heard. in a moment of unity, the opposition benches agreed. and i repeat our commitment to work on a cross—party basis to help deliver the compensation scheme and get the money, the final money to victims, as soon as possible. so who will get compensation? there'll be payments to those infected or their estate if they've died, also to those affected partners, family and friends looking after a loved one. payments will be exempt from tax and not means—tested. the final payment will be made by the end of the year. there'll be interim payouts of 210,000 within 90 days to those infected. this follows a first interim payment in 2022. it'll be run by a new body led by sir robert francis, who's already drawn up compensation plans for the inquiry.

so what did the treloar students think? very pleased to hear that sir robert francis will be chairing it, looking across this for us, because, as they say, his report was everything we could have wanted and more. the devil's in the detail. it's all words at the moment. there's nothing concrete, is there? speed is of the essence to us. we were hoping for the commitment | that this would be done and dusted | before the next election. i think the best thing is that they've said that they're going to include everyone. so that's families, children, siblings. dina and her husband dave were at the commons to hear the statement. she contracted hepatitis c through a blood transfusion. she's reserving finaljudgment. it's a step forward, but i'm probably going to put it away to save until we know exactly what the full compensation package is going to be. still concerned, hopeful. at least there's some progress now.

i mean, they've been stonewalling. now, for over 12 months, they've had the final report on compensation. it's emerged that some victims might get a total, including interim compensation, of £2.5 million. but right now, they feel cautious and needing more reassurance about what will happen. hugh pym, bbc news. one of those directly affected isjo vincent. in 2013 she had tests that showed a malfunctioning liver — two years later she found out she had hepatitis c. the blood in the transfusion she was given in 1988 after the birth of her daughter was infected. these are her thoughts on today's announcement. when i walked into the house of commons this morning, i felt really good. we'd had a good day. the report gave us everything that we wanted. rishi had made a heartfelt apology, and then itjust kind of went downhill really rapidly.

i can't get life insurance. health insurance. it's a struggle to live. it's a struggle to... to be. because you always have this knowledge. that today could be the day that you get the liver cancer. and i've seen so many people die. how many recommendations have been made over the years by different inquiries that still haven't been fulfilled? that is what we're up against now. this will be forgotten soon. snooze today. we won't. i will live because this is not going to be forgotten. i'm not going to let this be forgotten. jo vincent there — reacting to today's government announcement about compensation. water companies in england and wales want customers' bills to increase by between 2a and 91% over the next

five years, according to figures compiled by the consumer watchdog. our business editor, simonjack, is here with more. there is a huge range in the increases to annual average bills that the different companies are asking the regulator to approve — these numbers include inflation of 2% per year. at the top, southern water with a rise from £479 a year now to £915 a year in 2030 — an eye—watering 91% rise. south staffs water, asking for a rise from £178 a year to £221 — a rise of only 24%. often the companies with the biggest problems like southern and thames need the most investment, so the angriest customers may see the biggest rises, which won't sit well. i don't think people are prepared for the magnitude of what we're seeing proposed here. people do want to see improvements. they do understand that that takes investment.

but i think the scale of what's being proposed here is going to come as a real shock. and this is why water companies have to double down their efforts to explain what people are getting for their money. water companies say the regulator's focus for years has been on keeping bills low, which has meant less investment. they say bills need to rise if they are to fund £100 billion in planned spending on improving the water system over the next five years in england and wales. the water industry is publicly owned in scotland and northern ireland. water companies are not expected to get everything they asked for. we already know that 0fwat has told thames water it won't get the 59% it's asking for — prompting its owners, big domestic and foreign pension and investment funds, to withdraw a planned cash injection of £3 billion, prompting fears for its future. but the bbc understands they will approve over half what companies are asking for — in some cases much more than half. but one thing seems certain —

bills are going up faster than they have for many years. 0fwat will publish its preliminary ruling on bill rises onjune 12th. you can take a longer look and find what your water company wants to charge by going to the bbc business website. a woman, named locally as angeline mahal, has died after she was attacked by her two xl bully dogs at a house in east london. ms mahal, who was in her 50s, was treated by paramedics at her home in hornchurch, but died at the scene yesterday afternoon. the two dogs — which had been registered — were seized by armed officers after being contained in a room. an attempt by the government to give the police more powers to restrict public protests has been ruled unlawful by the high court. laws brought in last year by the then home secretary suella braverman gave the police more leeway to intervene in demonstrations. but the campaign group liberty brought the action against the home office after the new rules were brought in.

here's our deputy political editor vicki young. the right to protest. an important part of life in this country, but there are fierce arguments about what powers police should have a two step in. in what powers police should have a two ste in. . , ., , step in. in recent years environmental - step in. in recent years environmental activists step in. in recent years - environmental activists have step in. in recent years _ environmental activists have caused disruption on major roads, damaged property and interrupted sporting events. last year ministers made it easierfor events. last year ministers made it easier for police to break up protests. the high court ruled today that was unlawful. civil liberties groups say it is a significant judgment. it groups say it is a significant judgment-— groups say it is a significant 'udument. , ., . judgment. it has been an incessant run of legislation, _ judgment. it has been an incessant run of legislation, anti-protest - run of legislation, anti—protest legislation from this government. what this does, effectively, we have one. the government is appealing and we will see them in court and what we will see them in court and what we are saying to the polices we are calling on them to stop using these powers which have been deemed on lawful, so it is a significant

milestone in ourfight lawful, so it is a significant milestone in our fight to protect the right to protest. the government sa s it will the right to protest. the government says it will appeal — the right to protest. the government says it will appeal today's _ the right to protest. the government says it will appeal today's decision i says it will appeal today's decision but is running out of parliamentary time before a general election. it probably wasn't a coincidence it chose today to publish a long—awaited report by its adviser into political violence who thinks the police should have more powers. for organisations that absolutely deliberately choose criminality, to stop them being able to organise and fund raising and advertising on social media. the current level of deterrent, that they might be charge and eventually brought to court for their actions, and eventually brought to court for theiractions, is and eventually brought to court for their actions, is not proving sufficient, so we need to do more. violence in the middle east has added to tensions on the streets here as thousands of pro—palestinian protesters marched in favour of a ceasefire. some members of the jewish community said it made them feel unsafe. today the prime

minister promised to consider recommendations in the report. extremism has no place on our streets. — extremism has no place on our streets, threatening or intimidating behaviour_ streets, threatening or intimidating behaviour is not the british way and it's important the police have our full support and backing with the powers _ full support and backing with the powers they need to climb down. today's _ powers they need to climb down. today's report warns that some protest movements are becoming an unacceptable threat to our democracy and it was time for the political world to wake up and take action. the time is 6:18pm. our top story this evening. terror at 37,000 feet when extreme turbulence hit a passenger plane — a british man onboard has died. and still to come... gaelic. why gaelic is thriving in schools despite the number of native speakers declining. coming up on bbc news, manchester united's marcus rashford misses out on an england call—up, as manager gareth southgate names his provisional squad ahead of this summer's euros in germany.

it's less than a month till the start of euro 2024 — and england's manager gareth southgate named his provisional 33—man squad — with some big names missing. amongst them are manchester united's marcus rashford and ajax starjordan henderson. southgate will have to whittle his team down further before kick—off. our sports editor, dan roan, has been talking to him. gareth southgate's become known for his loyalty to some of his established england stars, but today that changed. and it is rashford! manchester united striker marcus rashford, a mainstay for his country, axed from a provisional 33—man squad for this summer's euros, as he paid the price for recent form. and he wasn't the only eye—catching omission. vastly experienced jordan henderson also left out after an injury—hit spell at ajax, following a short stint in saudi arabia. the manager telling me how they'd taken the news. i think they know, over

a long period of time, that we've been very supportive when we've needed to be. they're not pleasant calls for the boys to receive, so i fully understand that, but they were both very mature. of course you need stability, you need experience, but we also have to evolve the team and go with players that are in form as well. those include an array of new faces — crystal palace midfielder adam wharton, who only made his premier league debut three months ago, liverpool star curtis jones and everton defender jarrad branthwaite among five uncapped players in the squad, which has to be trimmed to 26 players before the tournament. these players might be for now or they might be for the future with england, but i think it's a great opportunity for us to have a look at them, to work with them, for them to get a feel of the camp, and if they do well, they can force their way into the squad. but england have a major headache at the back — luke shaw, the only specialist left—back in the squad, among several defenders still recovering from injury. we've got a lot of

complications at the back. we've got players that have either finished the season injured or have had injuries and have just got back playing, but that's the situation we are in and we've picked the players that we think physically, over the next couple of weeks, can get to where they need to be. there's foden! england have reached the latter stages of all three major tournaments since southgate took charge, and with a host of world—class talents at his disposal, many believe the euros are the team's best chance to end the long wait for silverware. when we took this over eight years ago, there wasn't a lot of enthusiasm for the team, there wasn't huge excitement about going to russia for the world cup. now there is. it's brilliant, and we want to embrace that. we're looking forward to it ourselves. how would you rate your squad's chances at this tournament? i think that's hard to say. but we're one of the teams that can win. we know that. we're excited about the prospects. if you were to do this and bring home that trophy,

would that make it more, do you think, or less likely that you would stay on as england manager? i think it would be more likely that i'd disappear somewhere for about six months and sit on a beach! laughter this is being seen as gareth southgate's most ruthless day as england manager and it represents something of a changing of the guard. he knows he has almost an embarrassment of riches up front but in defence there are genuine injury concerns and he must now hope they do not get any worse over the coming weeks. england play two friendly matches before travelling to germany in three weeks' time. the high court in london has ruled that prince harry and a group of fellow claimants cannot broaden legal action against news group newspapers to include new allegations against rupert murdoch. the group claimed that mr murdoch knew of unlawful hacking as early as 2004, but "turned a blind eye" to it. but the judge said the claims added "nothing material" to the case. news group newspapers has

welcomed thejudgement. a second woman who worked at a nursery in stockport where a nine—month—old baby was killed has been charged with neglect. rebecca gregory from stockport has been charged in relation to alleged offences at tiny toes nursery in april 2022. greater manchester police said the four charges of child neglect were not related to the death of genevieve meehan in may 2022. thousands of iranians have gathered on the streets of tabriz to follow a funeral procession for president ebrahim raisi. president raisi and seven others were killed when a helicopter they were travelling in crashed in a mountainous area of iran on sunday. despite the huge crowds, not all iranians supported the president and many celebrated his death on social media. the parliament ofjersey is debating proposals to allow assisted dying. the measures could go further than those being voted

on in the isle of man, where assisted dying is to be restricted to the terminally ill. injersey, politicians could extend it to adults facing unbearable suffering from a physical condition. our medical editor, fergus walsh, reports. among jersey's 100,000 strong population, there are passionately held views for and against assisted dying. lorna is terminally ill with advanced breast cancer. she wants the comfort of knowing she could get help to die if she was in pain. there is no purpose to forcing somebody to endure torture towards the end of their life. you know, i do have to consider, do i save up for dignitas or if scotland enacts a similar law beforejersey, do i make sure i'm back home in time that i would be eligible there? so you are having to think about your death when really you should be living.

in 2021, jersey's parliament approved assisted dying in principle and is now looking at who might be eligible if a law was introduced. the 49 members of the states assembly will have two options to vote on this week — whether to restrict assisted dying to the terminally ill or whether also to extend it to those who are not dying but are facing unbearable physical suffering. jersey's health minister supports both options. these proposals set out what some might consider to be an unnecessary or potentially terrifying step into the unknown. but the reality is that hundreds of millions of people across almost 30 jurisdictions already have access to some form of similar service.

just show you the room. when she passed away, this was her bedroom. but rob is among those who strongly oppose assisted dying. he says his daughter rachel was repeatedly written off by doctors because of her severe physical and learning disabilities. rachel was perceived by some in the medical profession as having no quality of life, purely because she was in a wheelchair. going forward, i think doctors will see this as an easy way out. some people's lives will be put at risk purely because they have the disability and seen as having no value. a beacon of hope or an erosion of vital safeguards? assisted dying remains one of the most contentious issues facing society. fergus walsh, bbc news, jersey. the number of people who speak gaelic in scotland has increased. figures from the 2021 census show that there were nearly 70 thousand gaelic speakers compared to nearly 58,000 in 2011. but the data also suggests that the number of speakers in the gaelic heartlands, the western isles, has fallen significantly and it is now

a minority language. alexandra mackenzie reports. whistle blows. shouts in gaelic. holding a pen, a pencil or a shinty stick, these children are speaking gaelic on the pitch and in the classroom. teacher speaks gaelic. learning gaelic from a young age has become increasingly popular. the glasgow gaelic school educates children from nursery age through primary and secondary school. this is the only full immersion gaelic school that is a high - school in the world. i think that it also affords you a kind of more... a bigger connection to the cultural traditions of scotland and keeps our heritage alive. i think we just need more exposure to it, because i think we rarely see it outside of the school. you're most likely to hear a gaelic conversation in places

like here on the isle of skye, or over on lewis or harris. but even in these strongholds they've seen a decline in the use of the language over many years. and this academic fears for its future. continuing with current circumstances, we will be faced with the position where we have no native speaking communities of gaelic left by the end of this decade, except for exceptional, isolated speakers of it in different communities. but that does not equate with a community of speakers. but others are more upbeat at rehearsals for a concert on skye. i think it definitely does have a bright future — brighter than it was, definitely. i think the focus should be on, like, the places where it's - still strong enough that you can bring it back to a point - of everyone speaking gaelic. so a language flourishing yet fragile, deeply rooted in scotland's past, its future less certain.

alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, on the isle of skye. now before we go to the weather. here's a look ahead to a special report from myanmar you can watch on this evening's news at 10. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera journalist darren conway, have spent a month with rebel forces who are fighting an intense battle against myanmar�*s military regime, which seized power in a coup three years ago. it's a slow and ferocious conflict. explosion. the kndf are used to sneak attacks, but this is unexpected. let's go. let's get out of range. go, go, go. directly ahead of us, a fresh mortar strike. they're narrowing in on the vehicles.

that's another one just slightly behind us. just drive fast as you can. here's sarah keith—lucas. most of us have cloud and rain today but there has been some blue sky like here in county antrim and further west across northern ireland the clouds are produced heavy showers and thunderstorms, so this is where we have seen the showery rain and thunderstorms, particularly across northern ireland, wales and the south—west. those thunderstorms will be easing the way in the next few hours but we will keep this big area of rain affecting much of central and northern england into the east of wales and elsewhere tonight, a lot of low cloud, mist and murk and a mild night with temperatures in double figures but through the day the area of rain will be slow moving and bring

persistent and heavy rain to parts of the midlands, northern england into central and southern scotland and wales as well. by the end of the day knocking on the door of northern ireland but further south and west you should see a little bit of sunshine, a few showers but it will feel cooler than recent days with highs around 14 up to 19 degrees. the rain will continue to mount up in areas that will continue to see rain on wednesday and into thursday particularly for parts of northern and eastern scotland and into northern england and north wales. this area of low pressure brings all the wet weather and will still be with us for thursday so by this stage in the week we could see flooding problems in the north but the rain will be a bit more showery in nature by the timing to thursday and not as heavy or persistent in the best of dry weather towards the west and parts of southern england and a little bit of brightness but look at the temperatures, 11 or 12 in all scotland, 16 or 17 further south. and there is of course a bank holiday weekend looming and some better news as things look drier and

brighter. there will be a few