for attacks responsible for cyber attacks that left data of 40 million that left the data of 40 million people risk. chris our people at risk. chris hope, our political editor, more . political editor, has more. >> beijing blasted for spying on millions of brits but is a uk government response strong enough .7 enough? >> and mps safety breach pro—palestinian activists rallied outside conservative mps constituency office in bradford, demanding his support for a ceasefire in gaza. that mp is our very own phillip davis and he joins us next to tell us what happened. >> 66 and sexy, why not? the former secretary of state, nadine dorries? she's a feisty woman, i can tell you. has revealed why men find her so sexy and desirable. well, those bridge pictures are amazing. >> they are amazing. they are . >> they are amazing. they are. >> they are amazing. they are. >> it's amazing. crumpled. it reminds me of when we were at school and we were in these

woodwork classes, people had woodwork classes, and people had to and put pressure to make bridges and put pressure on them to see quickly they on them to see how quickly they disintegrated. just disintegrated. it just disintegrated. it just disintegrated it. disintegrated. it. extraordinary. wouldn't extraordinary. you wouldn't think major us city think that in a major us city like baltimore, and it was hit by a cargo ship , which you would by a cargo ship, which you would presume could have happened by a cargo ship, which you would presunmanyld have happened by a cargo ship, which you would presun many timese happened by a cargo ship, which you would presun many times over)pened by a cargo ship, which you would presun many times over the red by a cargo ship, which you would presun many times over the years, many, many times over the years, what happened there? >> we will be bringing you live pictures and trying to work out quite what has happened and the emergency services, it makes you think, hang on, how many think, hey, hang on, how many bndges think, hey, hang on, how many bridges the bridges are not bridges are the bridges are not that quite right. get in that safe. quite right. get in touch with us this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com and i want to hear from you. if you've got a grandchild or a child of your own who isn't potty trained, by the time they go to school to reception at four and five years old this is a huge problem, and i believe it's a damning indictment on a dereliction of parenting duty, which to parenting duty, which seems to be sweeping across the country. first, though, your latest first, though, your very latest news sanchez.

news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth. thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. first to the scene in baltimore this morning where a bridge has collapsed after it was hit by a cargo ship. if you're watching us on television, you can see this video showing the moment of impact, which happened at around 130 in the morning . the 130 in the morning. the singapore flagged container ship is to the left of your screen. you can see it hit one of the bridge's foundations with the structure plummeting into the water. quite extraordinary scenes we can take. you live now to baltimore, where it's just after 430 in the morning. rescue efforts are continuing . reports efforts are continuing. reports suggest that some vehicles fell into the water. officials are now trying to locate up to 20 people. we'll bring you more on this developing story as we get it . britain and the united it. britain and the united states are accusing china of carrying out a global campaign of malicious cyber attacks. it's an unprecedented move, with britain publicly blaming china for targeting the electoral

commission watchdog and the email accounts of mps and peers. british intelligence services believe that chinese spies are likely to use hacked information to target critics of xi jinping's government. the united states charged seven of the alleged hackers yesterday. shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth told gb news a full review of china's relationship with britain is needed. we will in the labour party, always prioritise national security and prioritise our democratic integrity. >> we do believe that we need to continue to keep all of these matters under review. in fact, if we were elected, we would do a full audit of all uk china relations to fully understand our exposure to china and indeed give certainty to those businesses who trade with china. but we do support what the government announced yesterday. but we would continue to work on a cross—party basis with them to ensure that the right action is taken in response to any threat to our national security .

to our national security. >> the un security council has passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. it was passed after the us abstained from voting, a shift in its position on the conflict, which prompted israel to cancel a meeting in washington. it comes as the uk air drops food suppues comes as the uk air drops food supplies into gaza for the first time. part of international efforts to provide life saving assistance to civilians . for the assistance to civilians. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts now back to andrew and . bev. andrew and. bev. >> very good morning. it's 934. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. thank you for joining us. >> well, is it time get tough >> well, is it time to get tough on if it is, on china? because if it is, there no sign of from the there is no sign of it from the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden yesterday. deputy prime minister, oliver dowde kneed yesterday. deputy prime minister, oliver dowde kneed weak,erday. deputy prime minister, oliver dowde kneed weak, even knock kneed and weak, even though and the united though the uk. and the united states accused china of

states have accused china of launching call launching what they call prolific of prolific global campaign of spying and cyber attacks. >> that's right. they targeted the information the personal information of more than people. some of than 40 million people. some of it, course, is freely it, of course, is freely available on the electoral roll. but some people to stay but some people choose to stay private. i think our private. and i think our understanding has improved a understanding now has improved a little in last 24 hours little bit in the last 24 hours that people might that some people who might have wanted for wanted to remain private for security instance. security reasons, for instance. >> have access >> that's right. so have access to that. >> conservatives are >> some conservatives are criticising the government's feeble former feeble response. the former conservative party leader, iain duncan this in the duncan smith, said this in the house commons yesterday house of commons yesterday whilst i welcome these two sanctions from the government , sanctions from the government, it is a little bit this statement like an elephant giving birth to a mouse. >> the reality is that in those three years the chinese have trashed the sino—british agreement. they have been committing murder and slave labour and genocide in xinjiang. we have had churches broken and in hong kong, false court cases against jimmy lai. >> so eamonn holmes i think,

kind of hit the nail on the head at breakfast when he was interviewing jonathan ashworth and this is all about and said this is all about money, isn't it? nothing will change china for change because we need china for our financial commerce, for our our financial commerce, for our our trade with them . yeah. our trade with them. yeah. >> and for instance, they are the biggest supplier of electric cars in the world and they're about to build a factory here. and course, those cars could and of course, those cars could easily with devices . easily be fitted with devices. yeah.i easily be fitted with devices. yeah. i mean and think so what do we want. do we. do we not want china in creating thousands ofjobs want china in creating thousands of jobs in this country do of jobs in this country or do we? dilemma and it's one we? it's a dilemma and it's one that's not been resolved. of that's not been resolved. and of course, cameron, who's now course, david cameron, who's now foreign was part foreign secretary, he was part of that ludicrous move, in my view, called golden era of view, called the golden era of relations with china. remember, he took the chinese for he took the chinese premier for a in the pub at chequers? a drink in the pub at chequers? yeah. did more and yeah. and we did more and more business. allowed business. we even allowed chinese involved our chinese to get involved in our 56 with chinese to get involved in our 5g with huawei, have now 5g with huawei, which have now been stripped out. how could we have that was have ever thought that was a goodidea? have ever thought that was a good idea? the other thing that have ever thought that was a gthinkiea? the other thing that have ever thought that was a gthink is|? the other thing that have ever thought that was a gthink is missing her thing that have ever thought that was a gthink is missing from1ing that have ever thought that was a gthink is missing from thisthat i think is missing from this conversation bob conversation is actually and bob seely mp alluded to it yesterday, fact that yesterday, it's the fact that

some are a bit corruptible. some mps are a bit corruptible. >> quite corruptible. >> they're quite corruptible. and china will pay a and frankly, china will pay a lot of money to people to receive some information that's worrying and in itself. >> and are they still engaged in what we called the old fashioned honey traps? yeah >> so it is a bit of a mess and i feel like we are i feel the analogy that ian duncan smith used about an elephant giving birth a mouse. i think what birth to a mouse. i think what he about is you've he was talking about is you've got behemoth of got this sort of behemoth of china, us china, and you've got us pathetically scrambling pathetically sort of scrambling around something around trying to do something scampton because scampton much, either because they a lot. they do do a lot. >> course, you know, the >> but of course, you know, the trade deficit britain trade deficit between britain and ithey and china is £50 billion. i they flog all this stuff. we're flog us all this stuff. we're not selling to not selling much to them. >> it's good enough, is it? >> it's not good enough, is it? well, us now is our well, joining us now is our political editor, christopher hope. in hope. chris just just fill in any we've left there any gaps that we've left there in of what story is in terms of what this story is actually about . actually about. >> i think you've covered it really well . i think, yeah. the really well. i think, yeah. the concern in the commons chamber yesterday from ian duncan smith, who is personally being targeted by the chinese government for his criticism of the administration in beijing , is

administration in beijing, is passionate and, he wonders, is this all there is to people being sanctioned? i've been talking to senior labour figures today, in westminster. they they are also puzzling a lot of what we knew yesterday is shocking, of course electoral register, including those private details kept private for security reasons given that china got access to in that year, after 2021. a lot of this was raised in a report from the intelligence and security committee on china last year that very little is new. labour are puzzling about why was david cameron last night talking to backbench tory mps about this? not and why wasn't sir keir starmer other key players on labour's front bench given a privy council briefing? that didn't happen . is it a case of didn't happen. is it a case of party management? were they meant to be talking about rwanda this week, yesterday, today and tomorrow will be the three days tomorrow will be the three days to get the rwanda bill through. that happened despite the that hasn't happened despite the emergency so emergency about migration. so they're space with, they're filling the space with, worries they

worries about china. are they being driven by america? is the uk making a big fuss about china this week? because in america they haven't done it yet. so we're giving them some cover and equally other issues there in other five eyes countries maybe. and they want to raise that too. so other things at play so there's other things at play here. uk response is here. and the uk response is quite . just two quite limited. just two individuals being sanctioned right the cabinet has just right now. the cabinet has just started meeting in downing street, there's already talk of a of a doves hawk split. so you've got people like tom tugendhat , the security tugendhat, the security minister. wants see more minister. he wants to see more action against kevin action against china. kevin badenoch, concerned about chinese being chinese companies being sanctioned in the uk. she wants to make sure that's quite limited . the next space might be limited. the next space might be they go towards this foreign influence registration scheme, influence registration scheme, in would force all chinese in which would force all chinese companies register with the companies to register with the uk government and state what their that their business is, and that might be way of trying to might be a way of trying to limit business links in limit chinese business links in the uk. but as you both say correctly, we rely on chinese technology, certainly in electric cars and the like, and

we can't really cut off that, that requirement to rely on them. so yeah, there's some puzzlement amongst labour. certainly figures certainly senior labour figures about why the government's made such a big fuss this week and has so little show for it. has so little to show for it. >> thank you chris. we >> okay. thank you chris. we want to we're going to be bringing you any updates on this story and obviously the china situation, we also need situation, but we also need to go now baltimore. go live now to baltimore. extraordinary. this extraordinary. this is this is the that happened at 1:30 the event that happened at 1:30 am. local time in baltimore here. this is a bridge that was 2.6km long. it was hit by a cargo ship and it collapsed like a matchstick model, didn't it? into this crumpled . into this crumpled. >> and of course there were vehicles on the bridge at the time , mercifully at 130 in the time, mercifully at 130 in the morning. not rush hour, so not packed . but also there were packed. but also there were construction doing packed. but also there were constrwork1 doing packed. but also there were constrwork overnightdoing packed. but also there were constrwork overnight repair repair work overnight repair work on the bridge, a number of bodies , a number of vehicles are bodies, a number of vehicles are in the water and of course it's freezing temperatures. that's right. it's called the fear of

hypothermia . hypothermia. >> yeah, it's called the francis scott key bridge . it's in the scott key bridge. it's in the american state of maryland. of course , collided with a course, collided with a container ship, as andrew said, sending a number of vehicles into the water, the ship appeared to catch fire as part of the bridge . appeared to of the bridge. appeared to collapse upon it. loads of smoke as you can see there, to the left of the picture, the boat appears to burst into flames. on the impact of the bridge . the impact of the bridge. >> so there could be casualties on the boat as well. that's right on the ship. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> what? i mean, i'm. you just wouldn't have expected this to happenin wouldn't have expected this to happen in america because you'd expect it to have been a really solid, well built bridge. yeah, clearly for decades. clearly been there for decades. yeah. metal. it appears to yeah. it's metal. it appears to be metal. and if you've heard this had happened in chile, you'd think, oh, well, you know, sometimes these bridges don't get built quite the same way. correct corruption in, in a developing country, all that sort of stuff . this will become sort of stuff. this will become a political issue, i suspect.

>> well, describing it >> well, they're describing it as a mass casualty event at the moment . but, the director of moment. but, the director of communications, the baltimore fire department has said that there were several vehicles on there were several vehicles on the bridge at the time, one the size of a tractor trailer . so size of a tractor trailer. so huge vehicles. and they said that their focus right now is trying to rescue people still trying to rescue people still trying to rescue people still trying to recover people who might be in the water. and they're describing it as a developing mass casualty event. >> so that happened about sort of two and a half, three hours ago. you just think if they're still in the water, the chances of be of surviving because it will be hypothermic, that would be the problem because freezing problem because it's freezing cold the middle of cold grey. it's the middle of the night. >> of course was. the ship >> of course it was. the ship apparently is a almost metre apparently is a almost 300 metre high singapore flagged cargo ship hit the bridge. it's part of interstate 695. i don't know how familiar you are with the road network in baltimore, and it left baltimore. the boat at 1:00 in the morning was heading for the sri lankan capital of colombo . according to the colombo. according to the maritime data platform, marine .

maritime data platform, marine. >> you literally wonder, were they asleep at the wheel? i mean, how can you miss a bridge of that size? and it appeared to collide with one of the, supports. yeah. at the bridge . supports. yeah. at the bridge. >> it actually built in >> it was actually built in 1977. right. that bridge. so it had obviously been there a long time. apparently a vital time. it's apparently a vital route along the port. along with the port of baltimore. and it's a real hub. apparently this for the shipping on the us's east coast. and so that's been there nearly 50 years. huge. and it will be a catastrophic, disruption for that area for all of the transport in that area for months at least, we're going to we're going to hopefully talk to we're going to hopefully talk to an engineer to talk about how can a bridge just disintegrate like that? it does. it looks like that? it does. it looks like papier massive. yeah. >> it's extraordinary, let us know your thoughts this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com is the email as going as always. but next we're going to be talking to the conservative mp philip davis. you'll him gb news you'll know him gb news contributor and presenter as well. confronted

well. he was confronted by pro—palestine activists this week. he's going be the week. he's going to be in the studio with us to next respond to those claims. they're the to those claims. they're on the posters can see on the posters that you can see on the screen he is a terrorist. screen that he is a terrorist. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. very good morning. thank you for joining us. so, have we seen another breach of mps safety this week? pro—palestinian activist rallied outside the surgery of our very own tory mp , surgery of our very own tory mp, philip davies in shipley. he was. and the protesters there are urging that phil supports the cause for a ceasefire in gaza. >> so is this putting mps at risk or is this part of the job? well, philip's in the studio with us, philip. they can protest week, every protest every week, every saturday london. got saturday in london. we've got these people bringing these wretched people bringing these wretched people bringing the city grinding talk. but i defend their right to protest . defend their right to protest. is it fair game outside your constituency office where people are, your staff are trying to

work and people are trying to come to see you with their issues? >> f- f— e don't mind. i mean, >> yeah, i don't mind. i mean, to i did say to them that to be i did say to them that they could i didn't care whether there of them there were ten of them protesting 100 or 100,000, whether every whether they were there every day, every month. it day, every week, every month. it wouldn't change my opinion on anything. i'm not, i'm not. i don't change opinion on anything. i'm not, i'm not. i d

honest , if she sort of lied in, i mean, to be honest, if she said to me, i want to come and talk to you about palestine, i'd be perfectly happy to talk to you about say perfectly happy to talk to you ab0|wanted say perfectly happy to talk to you ab0|wanted to, say perfectly happy to talk to you ab0|wanted to, you say perfectly happy to talk to you ab0|wanted to, you know, say perfectly happy to talk to you ab0|wanted to, you know, shey she wanted to, you know, she didn't need that. but she didn't need to do that. but she did. then came in handed did. and then came in mob handed with other people, trying to sort what was going on. sort of video what was going on. so i of them out, so i sort of kicked them out, did kick them out or did you did you kick them out or did you have a conversation? >> no, had conversation. >> no, i had a conversation. then realised what they were then i realised what they were and i and kicked them and i and i and i kicked them out. i went outside see out. but i went outside to see the demonstrators. which was quite because were quite ironic because they were chanting philip davis, you can't hide. and i thought, well, i'm not i'm literally stood not hiding. i'm literally stood here, i think they'd rehearsed it . they'd rehearsed it, not it. they'd rehearsed it, not expected me to take to go outside see them, honey, but. outside to see them, honey, but. so think need to change so i think they need to change their for new rehearsal. their lines for new rehearsal. but mind . there were but but i don't mind. there were some people i recognised there from the constituency . there from the constituency. there was. there were a couple there who were perfectly reasonable. i could have a reasonable conversation with. but there could have a reasonable conve some n with. but there could have a reasonable conve some thatth. but there could have a reasonable conve some that were it there could have a reasonable conve some that were utterly, were some that were utterly, unrwa reasonable. but if they want to that, so be it.

want to do that, so be it. >> do they make you think about a ceasefire, when in a >> do they make you think about a ce thatre, when in a >> do they make you think about a ce that you when in a >> do they make you think about a ce that you might when in a >> do they make you think about a ce that you might noten in a >> do they make you think about a ce that you might not if in a >> do they make you think about a ce that you might not if they way that you might not if they weren't on your doorstep? >> doesn't change my >> no, it doesn't change my opinion anything at all, >> no, it doesn't change my op be>n anything at all, >> no, it doesn't change my op be perfectlyanything at all, >> no, it doesn't change my op be perfectly honest. at all, to be perfectly honest. obviously it's a really massive to be perfectly honest. obviortheses a really massive to be perfectly honest. obviortheses a thingsnassive to be perfectly honest. obviortheses a things that ve to be perfectly honest. obviortheses a things that we issue. these are things that we think the did think about all the time. i did make the point to them that they had all their placards up there. i didn't one of them. that i didn't see one of them. that was an anti hamas. never was an anti hamas. there never is, a bit more is, and i have a bit more respect they, if they were respect if they, if they were equally with anti—hamas equally armed with anti—hamas placards, were of placards, but there were none of them to be seen. >> if you raise that with them, what they say? what do they say? >> i mean, i'm afraid the >> oh, i mean, i'm afraid the fact is you can't fact of the matter is you can't have conversation have a rational conversation with they're fanatics with them. they're fanatics and you sensible debate you can't have a sensible debate . and that's the sad part. that's the sad part. >> do you think they were even your constituents? >> well, the person who the >> well, the person who made the appointment clearly was because she electorate. i she was on the electorate. i mean, check the electoral mean, we do check the electoral register make sure they were register to make sure they were real. all of real. and so, yes, not all of them, not of were. them, not not all of them were. but, some them but, yes, some of them i recognise a couple of them as labour party members who were there. so, oh, really? so i did nofice there. so, oh, really? so i did notice they were sort of just

obviously of joining obviously just sort of joining in of, what do you make in the sort of, what do you make of the un, mary of the fact now the un, mary crabb stadium, britain back to some form of unconditional ceasefire? >> i mean, can you just explain where we are now with the ceasefire in the united nations? >> well, i mean, i mean, i'm completely opposed to forcing israel into ceasefire because israel into a ceasefire because in effect, i mean, hamas don't want a ceasefire. they want to wipe off face of the wipe israel off the face of the earth. effect, a ceasefire is earth. in effect, a ceasefire is in effect, asking israel to unilaterally have a ceasefire to allow hamas to rearm, regroup, to launch new attacks into israel. that's completely unacceptable. we wouldn't allow that if people were if people had attacked us, we wouldn't be agreeing to that. and i don't see we should it. see why we should allow it. >> brutal . all the >> but it is brutal. all the shelling of people in palestine are children . are children. >> now, bev, war is a terrible thing. is terrible thing. thing. war is a terrible thing. there's there's no war where there's no there's no war where you civilian you don't have civilian casualties, unfortunately. what on earth are expected to on earth are israel expected to do when hamas launched that attack on them and still wants to keep launching those attacks

and proportionate now, surely that october the 7th was horrific, chilling. >> some of the most disturbing footage but footage i've ever watched. but this months later, to still this now, months later, to still be bombarding innocent people trapped in palestine. >> he does say he's going to go into rafah , which might be too into rafah, which might be too much for some people, because he says there's still a strong hamas enclave in rafah. >> know what people >> i don't know what people expect israel to do. to be perfectly honest, israel seems to be the only country in the world that gets attacked for being . and i world that gets attacked for being .and i don't being attacked. and i don't really what would other really what would any other country in the world do? >> but that's, i suppose, what do they want to do? because it looks at the moment like they just obliterate all just want to obliterate all residents of palestine. >> they want to >> i think they want to obliterate isn't obliterate hamas, isn't it? >> andrew andrew roberts, >> and andrew andrew roberts, who's of leading who's one of our leading historians, excellent historians, made an excellent speech in the house of lords where he said, even if you take hamas figures, ratio hamas figures, the ratio of deaths activists, deaths between activists, military of hamas and military activists of hamas and civilians is remarkably low given ian, it's such a built up area that gaza is , i think i

area that gaza is, i think i think all the evidence shows that israel have been doing their best to try and target military activists and not civilians , but of course, it's civilians, but of course, it's impossible. it's impossible to do that, particularly when hamas used civilians and children as human shields in order to protect their military infrastructure . let's do what i infrastructure. let's do what i say is this is on hamas. it's not on israel, and this is on and they haven't given up the hostages. no. >> let's do a massive gear change. if we can, your wonderful wife , esther mcvey, is wonderful wife, esther mcvey, is on of several on the front page of several papers what's she up to? papers today. what's she up to? she's to fill in she's trying to fill in the potholes. phil. good for her. >> she is. the government have given over £8 billion to local authorities out of scrapping hs2, where over £8 billion that has been given to fill in the potholes. esther has been getting that it getting frustrated that it hasn't getting done, so hasn't been getting done, so she's now started a pothole toun she's now started a pothole tour. started in leh tour. she started in leh yesterday and she got a helmet on and a high vis a high vis jacket, and there she was. she was actually getting she's filling them herself. she was

literally getting stuck in filling . filling them. >> thatcher said if you >> mrs. thatcher said if you want done, you want something done, you ask a woman, a woman. woman, ask a woman. >> exactly. so is very >> exactly. so esther is very determined she's very determined about the she's very exercised pothole exercised about this pothole situation. >> one last quick word is nadine dorries at 66 philip davis. dorries sexy at 66 philip davis. >> well, each their own isn't >> well, each to their own isn't it. i'm sure to many people it. and i'm sure to many people she is. >> but perhaps you. >> but perhaps not to you. >> but perhaps not to you. >> well perhaps to me. i'm >> well perhaps not to me. i'm i you know, i'm very happy with esther, and admire another esther, and i admire another woman being sexual. woman for being sexual. i married. well, i do, i probably do, but it probably wouldn't be nadine davis probably wouldn't be of my list. but be at the top of my list. but i'm sure i'm sure she's the i'm sure i'm sure she's at the top many people's list. top of many people's list. >> thank you so much. >> all right. thank you so much. >> all right. thank you so much. >> you be not surprised. >> you may be not surprised. yeah she was top of your list. do let us know. >> up next, find out why the isis bride, shamima begum received major blow yesterday received a major blow yesterday in of returning to this in terms of returning to this country. anywhere. this country. don't go anywhere. this is . gb news. is. gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

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turner and andrew pierce . turner and andrew pierce. >> extraordinary scenes in baltimore where a bridge has collapsed . the bridge in the us collapsed. the bridge in the us city of baltimore entirely disintegrated after being hit by a container ship. casualties in the water. >> that's right. we're looking at live pictures now in baltimore whilst the search operation goes on for at least seven people. as the sun starts to rise over there imminently, we're going to be talking to mark white, who will have the very latest and defeat for the isis bride . isis bride. >> why am i smiling? shamima begum has lost her latest attempt to challenge the removal begum has lost her latest atther)t to challenge the removal begum has lost her latest atther british allenge the removal begum has lost her latest atther british citizenship. removal begum has lost her latest atther british citizenship. she oval of her british citizenship. she wanted to the supreme wanted to take it to the supreme court. this the final good court. is this the final good riddance and toilet training failure? >> we're going to reveal how many children are turning up to school not knowing how to use the toilet. that's right. should children be banned from going to school if they still wear nappies, would that focus the minds of the parents? >> 66 and sexy? that's how the former secretary of state for

culture, nadine dorries, describes herself. she revealed she's told us why so many men find her sexy and desirable. do you? >> get in touch with us this morning, gbviews@gbnews.com. is the email address a lot more to get through between now and midday? first though, you're very headlines with very latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> beth thank you. first to the developing situation in baltimore where a state of emergency has now been declared after a bridge collapsed early this morning. if you're watching us on tv, you can see this video showing the moment a cargo ship crashed into the bridge. it happened at around 130 in the morning. the singapore flagged container ship is to the left of your screen. you can see it hit one of the bridge's foundations, with the structure plummeting

into the water. quite extraordinary scenes. we can take. you live now to baltimore, where it's just after 5:00 in the morning. rescue efforts are continuing . reports suggest that continuing. reports suggest that some vehicles fell into the water. officials are now trying to locate up to 20 people. we'll bnng to locate up to 20 people. we'll bring you more on this developing story as we get it . developing story as we get it. britain and the united states are accusing china of carrying out a global campaign of malicious cyber attacks. it's an unprecedented move , with britain unprecedented move, with britain publicly blaming china for targeting the electoral commission watchdog and the email accounts of mps and peers . email accounts of mps and peers. british intelligence services believe that chinese spies are likely to use hacked information to target critics of xi jinping's government. the united states charged seven of the alleged hackers yesterday. shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth told gb news a full review of china's relationship with britain is needed. >> we will in the labour party, always prioritise national

security and prioritise our democratic integrity . we do democratic integrity. we do believe that we need to continue to keep all of these matters under review. in fact, if we were elected, we would do a full audh were elected, we would do a full audit of all uk china relations to fully understand our exposure to fully understand our exposure to china and indeed give certainty to those businesses who trade with china. but we do support what the government announced yesterday, but we would continue to work on a cross—party basis with them to ensure that the right action is taken in response to any threat to our national security . to our national security. >> we, the un security council , >> we, the un security council, has passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. it was passed after the us abstained from voting, a shift in its position on the conflict, which prompted israel to cancel a meeting in washington. it comes as the uk air drops food suppues comes as the uk air drops food supplies into gaza for the first time. part of international efforts to provide life saving assistance to civilians . the

assistance to civilians. the education secretary says parents are having to fight for the right support for school children who have special needs. around 2 in 3 schools for children with special needs in england were at or over capacity in the last academic year, the department for education says. councils will benefit from an £850 million cash boost. unions say the plans don't appear to differ from previously announced commitments, but gillian keegan says the government's plan will see 60,000 more places made available for students and families . families. >> we a more workforce being trained as well educational psychologists, sencos etc. so there's a lot of things in the plan, but this specifically is looking at more places. but the council pressures we have increased this sort of high needs budget to pay for, for, for this part of their budget to 10.5 million. so that's actually gone up 60% in the last five years to cope with that increased demand. but we also do also have two programs to work

with, councils delivering better value and safety valve music mogul sean diddy combs, better known as puff daddy or p diddy, has had two of his properties raided by federal agents as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation. >> properties in the los angeles and miami were searched by officers yesterday after accusations made by his former partner, r&b singer cassandra ventura, better known as cassie. the 54 year old has been subject of several lawsuits in recent months, including for sexual assault. he's denied all of the allegations . the assault. he's denied all of the allegations. the high court is to decide whether julian assange can mount a final appeal challenging his extradition to the united states. it's over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following the publication of leaked documents relating to the afghanistan and iraq wars, protesters have been gathering over recent weeks in support of mr assange. a

decision is expected shortly , decision is expected shortly, and pizza chain papa john's has announced plans to downsize its business, closing 43 underperforming shops. the takeaway business has undergone a review into its profitability and plans to increase investment in research and technology. the company hasn't confirmed how many staff will be impacted by the closures . for the latest the closures. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. carmela now back to andrew and . bev. and. bev. >> it's 1006 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. you're looking at your screen there for this breaking news. >> extraordinary. the we're back to baltimore, where a bridge collapsed just a few hours ago after it was struck by a heavy cargo ship. it if you're listening, listening on the radio. i just it just

disintegrated like it was made of matches . extraordinary. this of matches. extraordinary. this is nothing like it. >> this is the footage here from 130 in the morning. maryland governor has declared a state of emergency, and the authorities say they're facing a race against time to rescue people in the water amid freezing temperatures in baltimore. let's talk now to marc white, our homeland security editor, who's bringing us with the latest. what more do we know from these shocking images, marc? >> , it's certainly clear >> well, it's certainly clear that there is terrible tragedy that there is a terrible tragedy that's unfolding in chesapeake bay, on the patapsco river, it was 130 in the morning when this container ship , the container container ship, the container ship dawley, which was going to be assigned to maersk on their route to sri lanka, had just left the container shipping port in baltimore for those who don't know, baltimore is a massive container port. there are lots of these huge vessels in and out of these huge vessels in and out of these huge vessels in and out of the patapsco river every day. this vessel had left. it was

about 30 miles, 30 minutes, i should say, out of port heading away from baltimore. there is some images that hopefully we'll be able to bring you, soon on that show. this container ship in the minutes before the collision with the central span of this bridge. the lights go out on the container ship. now, that might indicate a power failure . if it did suffer failure. if it did suffer a power failure, clearly its propulsion is going to go down. and then it's really , you know, and then it's really, you know, into the. yeah, absolutely . it's into the. yeah, absolutely. it's basically, then going to be carried by the currents on the river. and that may well have been what took it into that central span. but really , the central span. but really, the extraordinary images of the collision of this vessel, it is an enormous vessel, and it would have caused massive damage to that span. but then for the whole of the bridge, it seems to just lose its structural

integrity and collapse into the river. it'sjust integrity and collapse into the river. it's just incredible. normally you see a bridge struck. you might get a central span off the bridge that collapses into the river, and then vehicles on either side of that collapse are okay, but literally every vehicle that was on that bridge will have ended up in the water. >> and the talk of 20 people, they were they were apparently people were doing maintenance work when work on the bridge as well when the struck , have we ever the ship struck, have we ever seen collapse quite so seen a bridge collapse quite so quickly ? quickly? >> i've never heard of a whole bndge >> i've never heard of a whole bridge like this . bridge collapse like this. partial bridge collapses are not uncommon. ships colliding with bndges uncommon. ships colliding with bridges are not uncommon either. but to for it to end up in this kind of devastating result of complete loss of structural integrity is incredible. >> and it's been a landmark in baltimore for nearly 50 years. >> yes, absolutely. named after the man who composed the us national anthem, the stars and stripes, the key bridge. it's

known as locally, 1.6 miles long. so it's a massive bridge over this very busy, river, which is, as i say, a main shipping lane as well . and you shipping lane as well. and you mentioned they're construction workers. that's not uncommon, of course, for these massive big bndges course, for these massive big bridges anywhere around the world. at night when it's quieter, that's when you'll get construction workers going up onto bridges and carrying out the routine maintenance that needs to be carried out on a daily basis on these big structures. so 20, we believe the construction workers were up on the bridge and ended up in the river, which is nine nine degrees celsius in the river at the moment. you're not going to be in the river for long before you're suffering the effects of the cold hypothermia. it's pitch black, plunged, from quite a height into that river. the chances of survival are going to be, i would imagine, fairly slight, a mass casualty event. >> yeah. there are some,

speculation on social media at the moment that that baltimore has an infrastructure budget, which has been , massively which has been, massively underinvested in and that it has the lowest figure of any city in maryland. if that's the case, mark, there are going to be questions. >> there's going to be this is going to become a well, there is absolutely no doubt. >> i mean, structural engineers and those in authority will want to know on earth, the to know why on earth, the collision into a central, you know, a central, structure on the artery. yeah. that area on, on the bridge caused this complete collapse of the bridge and not just a partial collapse. we're told that the mayor, the governor of maryland, wes moore, has now declared a state of emergency, what they call mutual aid , which is emergency services aid, which is emergency services from all of the surrounding counties are being brought in to help. in particular, what they'll need is specialist water

rescue teams and the divers that can get in there , because in can get in there, because in addition to the 20 construction workers who we believe were on the bridge and ended up in the water, there were lots of vehicles on. okay, not as many vehicles on. okay, not as many vehicles as you would get during the day, but it's still a major artery route up to philadelphia to new york and new jersey. so even at 130 in the morning, there would have been multiple vehicles on that bridge. >> i'd have to check other bridges, which are dissimilar designs, structure designs, similar structure throughout the united states. >> yeah. i mean, if this is an inherent flaw or weakness in the design of these bridges, then clearly there's very significant implications for safety going forward. >> implications. yeah, i mean, this was built in 1977. so it's been a landmark for all that time. yeah. and you just wonder if was it an accident waiting to happen for a long time? >> well, we know that, you know, the safety of these vessels is enhanced by fact that on enhanced by the fact that on these busy shipping routes through rivers , you have

through the rivers, you have what are called pilots who are experienced skippers, effectively, who take over control of the vessel . and we're control of the vessel. and we're told that there were two pilots on this particular container ship. they know the river inside out. so they are never going to make the kind of mistake that ends up with that vessel hitting a major structure on that bridge. so i think this loss of power potential scenario seems to kind of ring true, especially if we can get the pictures at some point that show the lights on that vessel going out in the minutes before the collision. >> i'm sort of surprised to realise that you can lose the power on a boat like that and not be able to return it to human control. you think you would have something that that would have something that that would override it? i realise it's so. it's not as simple as turning the steering wheel, i get that, but yeah, it wouldn't be. but dependent be. but you are dependent therefore technology therefore on your technology systems you systems working at 100. you >> so you need the propellers on the, on the, the ship to propel

it forward. and that's what gives you the ability to steer. if you're on a river, especially if there is quite a fast moving current on a river, your power and propulsion stops. then you are just at the mercy of that river and where the current is taking you. it doesn't matter how you steer it, it's not like a car where you slam on the brakes. yeah, exactly. yeah. >> this is absolutely extraordinary. okay. >> you. mark we'll be >> thank you. mark we'll be bringing you more news from the ground there in baltimore as we get still to come this get it. still to come this morning though, begum morning though, shamima begum she resounding defeat she had a resounding defeat yesterday. you are delighted delighted. >> she's ghastly. and she should stay where she is. she's made herjihadi bed and she can lie in it. >> i see it slightly differently to that. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> 1018. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so shamima begum, remember her? the isis bride. she's had her? the isis bride. she's had her latest appeal to challenge the removal of her u.k. citizenship. rejected. >> she's hoping to go to the supreme court, but she's been blocked from doing that by appeal court judges. she can now apply but i but she's apply herself, but i but she's getting rebuffed at every step by the legal process. and frankly, i'm glad. would you want door to you ? want to living next door to you? >> i don't know, honestly. >> i don't know, honestly. >> she be de—radicalised? >> can she be de—radicalised? >> can she be de—radicalised? >> i don't know, i sort of it's too big a risk. the only too big a risk. then the only thing i think about this is i have got a 15 year old daughter and 15 year old girls think they know everything. a 15 year old girls don't know anything. and 15 year old girls are vulnerable and easy and open to abuse. and when went to isis, she was when she went to isis, she was 15. she was a baby, and so my feeling is, of course. did she do some hideous things out

there? yes are there questions over the death of her three babies? yes. i actually think there are, do we live in a there are, but do we live in a country which will have her back to face justice here? i think we do. >> well, that's what we should do. >> i just don't i just don't trust her. i don't think i could ever trust her. and if you remember when she was first interviewed by the times or was at found her in that at itn, we found her in that refugee she was refugee camp. she was unrepentant. changed her. refugee camp. she was unrepychanged changed her. refugee camp. she was unrepychanged her changed her. refugee camp. she was unrepychanged her storyged her. refugee camp. she was unrepychanged her story because she's changed her story because she now back to britain. >> well, i know most of you at home will agree with andrew on this, i'm sure of it, but i, i just wonder what's really happened here. >> and they would have to spend an absolute fortune keeping her under watch. under watch. 24 seven. absolute fortune. >> i'd like to see her in court, though. i want to hear what she's got to say. i want to hear what motivated her. i want to hear influenced her. i want hear who influenced her. i want to what was happening to hear what was happening in the classrooms schools the classrooms at the schools that she or was she on that she was in. or was she on the darknet, or she on the the darknet, or was she on the darknet? quite well. joining us the darknet, or was she on the darkist? quite well. joining us the darknet, or was she on the

darkis human�* well. joining us the darknet, or was she on the darkis human rights joining us the darknet, or was she on the darkis human rights lawyer us now is human rights lawyer shoaib , good morning now is human rights lawyer shoaib so , good morning now is human rights lawyer shoaib so obviouslynorning now is human rights lawyer shoaib so obviously this ing now is human rights lawyer shoaib so obviously this is] now is human rights lawyer shoaib so obviously this is the shoaib, so obviously this is the final hurdle. if we've understood this correctly, from a legal point of view for shamima begum, can she appeal this again or is that it? now? she will never have british citizenship again , hi. morning, citizenship again, hi. morning, yes, she can appeal it further. so i mean, obviously this is an appeal to the supreme court. she's trying to get supreme she's trying to get the supreme court hear a case. so the way court to hear a case. so the way it works in most legal it works is, as in most legal appeals the uk, you first go appeals in the uk, you first go to the court. who actually to the lower court. who actually made decision ? the decision to the lower court. who actually macwant decision ? the decision to the lower court. who actually macwant to acision ? the decision to the lower court. who actually macwant to appeal. the decision to the lower court. who actually macwant to appeal. you decision to the lower court. who actually macwant to appeal. you askision to the lower court. who actually macwant to appeal. you ask them you want to appeal. you ask them for appeal the for permission to appeal to the higher refuse, higher court. if they refuse, you directly the you can go directly to the higher court request them to higher court and request them to hear case. so it's the same hear your case. so it's the same thing happened here. thing that happened here. obviously, weeks ago, obviously, just a few weeks ago, the appeal dismissed the court of appeal dismissed her the her case, so she applied to the court can court of appeal asking, can i please to the supreme court? please go to the supreme court? the judges refused, the appeal judges refused, but now have a chance to, now she does have a chance to, approach supreme court approach the supreme court directly for permission directly and ask for permission to to them. to appeal to them. >> and on what basis has she had this appeal rejected, this latest appeal rejected, i mean, think i mean, it is

mean, i think i mean, it is going to have been a, you know, some very technical grounds , some very technical grounds, which is basically i think it's just the court of appeal judges saying we made the right decision. so obviously legal decision. so obviously any legal appeal on the basis that appeal is made on the basis that the judge or last panel the last judge or the last panel of made the decision, got of judges made the decision, got it obviously, if she went it wrong, obviously, if she went to that would to the supreme court that would be argument. but in this be her argument. but in this case, court appeal itself case, the court of appeal itself said looked our said no. we've looked at our judgement think it's judgement again. we think it's legally . we make the right legally sound. we make the right decision. we saw what decision. and as we saw what that basically said, that judgement basically said, it basically said, as with most matters relating to national security, public policy , and so security, public policy, and so on, and particularly counter—terror cases , and counter—terror cases, and specifically like in this case, decisions that the secretary of state has made herself or himself, judges are very , very himself, judges are very, very reluctant to interfere with that. judges basically defer to the government and say it's a matter of national security intelligence. you have all the intelligence. you have all the intelligence. you have all the intelligence. you know what's happening. you know, we're happening. so, you know, we're going defer you. going to have to defer to you. so what the so that's basically what the court said here court of appeal said here as well . well. >> and court of appeal >> and the court of appeal judges, were three judges, there were three of them. were unanimous in

them. they were unanimous in ruling should come, ruling that she should not come, that not not that she should not does not have a to come back here, have a case to come back here, yes, they were, but that's the thing. i mean, basically, like, i said, the main thing is they were deferring, as we have seen, you know, from the very first judgement this which judgement in this case, which was the special was to say the special immigration commission, immigration appeals commission, there judges, there as well, the judges, you know, most points, most know, most of the points, most of arguments she has been of the arguments she has been making lawyers been making or her lawyers have been making or her lawyers have been making says, making for the court just says, we this. is we can't deal with this. this is a matter national security , a matter of national security, pubuc a matter of national security, public and public policy and counter—terrorism, know, the counter—terrorism, you know, the intelligence services have all the information. we can't really interfere with that, which i think you know, it's wrong, think is, you know, it's wrong, either it's just wrong and it shouldn't be that way. or if that's way it's going to be, that's the way it's going to be, there's no of having legal there's no point of having legal appeals. judges just appeals. then if judges are just going say government has going to say the government has made decision, we can't made a decision, we can't interfere, the point interfere, then what's the point of are we spending so of why are we just spending so much this the much money doing this when the home at the time, the day he javid at the time, the day he signed documents saying you signed the documents saying you are british, that are no longer british, that should been then should have been it. then there's point dragging there's no point dragging it along. just year along. and judges, just year after we can't

after year, keep saying we can't interfere. we can't interfere. >> she's a threat to >> but if she's a threat to national security, she's a threat so threat to national security. so why would you think she why on earth would you think she should back britain? should come back to britain? would her next would you want her living next door you? door to you? >> personally, i would not mind her door to me. her living next door to me. i mean, i have no idea who wouldn't me. i'm sorry. wouldn't agree to me. i'm sorry. i your neighbours wouldn't i bet your neighbours wouldn't agree , well, some might not, but agree, well, some might not, but that's point, isn't that's the whole point, isn't it? why we're not it? and that's why we're not voting for that's matter voting for it. that's a matter of. that's the whole point, of. and that's the whole point, is making law, is we shouldn't be making law, changing applying law , changing law or applying law, according to each case. the whole point i disagree with whole point is i disagree with the of citizenship. the revocation of citizenship. you know, . think it's you know,. i think it's barbaric. i think it's some sort of medieval punishment where, you know, drive him to you know, people drive him to the end of the village or send him what does this him into exile. what does this even was british, born even mean? she was british, born in she might be in the uk. she might be conniving, cunning, a terrorist, a worst person a criminal, the worst person ever. a criminal, the worst person ever . but a criminal, the worst person ever. but she's a british conniving, cunning criminal. that's the whole point. she went there and she was. and she should be allowed back. >> she was trying to bring >> and she was trying to bring down country down everything this country stands is stands for by joining is a medieval, murderous cult. she

did terrible things when she was out there. when she was first interviewed, show showed interviewed, show she showed no repentance contrition repentance or contrition whatsoever . and she's repentance or contrition whatsoever. and she's changed her tune. now. she wants to get back and our prisons are full of such people. >> i mean, believe me when i say that lawyer, what we that as a lawyer, that's what we do. you know, that's do. i mean, you know, that's what are like. and what people are like. and there's so of we there's so many of them, we don't take their passport don't take away their passport and refugee and send them to refugee camp in syria. the whole syria. and that's the whole point. when she went point. you know, when she went there, british. she is there, she was british. she is still british. she should still be when when her be british. when the when her children was children were born, she was still the children still british. so the children were british. the whole point is, acted. those is, however she acted. those were children who were three british children who died point. we to died at some point. we have to be, you know, recognising this. she our responsibility. she she is our responsibility. she might be a terrorist, but she's a terrorist. a british terrorist. >> quickly , if she >> just very quickly, if she came back, could she go court came back, could she go to court here? and if so, what would she be charged with, so, i mean, that's a matter for the cps, obviously, but i think that's the whole problem because we all say things just like andrew was saying, you know, she's done some, some terrible things. saying, you know, she's done sonone some terrible things.

saying, you know, she's done sonone knows me terrible things. saying, you know, she's done sonone knows whaterrible things. saying, you know, she's done sonone knows what she's things. saying, you know, she's done sonone knows what she's actually no one knows what she's actually done. point. done. that's the whole point. how other in how do other than being in syria, know? and syria, what do we know? and that's the government is that's what the government is too actually find out. too lazy to actually find out. we've got intelligence there. we have know, criminal justice have, you know, criminal justice partners around partners in syria all around investing . find out what she did investing. find out what she did if you have the evidence prior. that's what we with worst criminals. >> all right. thank you. shabab good to hear from you as always. human rights lawyer shoaib khan there. >> he's got one last try to go to the supreme court. i guess if she that she could even she fails that she could even try go to european court. try to go to the european court. and european was and if the european court was to overturn, to let about that would the straw. would be the final straw. >> be honest, it is a >> and let's be honest, it is a political decision as well, because this conservative because if this conservative government allowed her come government allowed her to come home, outcry , absolute outcry. >> i remember keir starmer, the labour leader , has said before labour leader, has said before as a human rights lawyer that she should come back. i think she should come back. i think she can't be trusted, right? she can't de—radicalised and she can't be de—radicalised and she can't be de—radicalised and she can where she is. good, right? >> what do you think? vaiews@gbnews.com. let's go live if live now to baltimore, where if you're just tuning in a an enormous bridge to a 2.5km long,

it's the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. it collapsed earlier this morning. it was hit by a cargo ship , it was hit by a cargo ship, maryland governor has declared a state of emergency. or the authorities say they're facing a race against time to rescue people from the water amid the freezing temperatures in baltimore, this is the live footage here. we're going to be listening in to the press conference on the ground there in baltimore. here we go . all ri ghty. >> righty. >> okay. good morning. my name is chief james wallace. i'm the chief of the baltimore city fire department . i'm joined this department. i'm joined this morning by our mayor, brandon scott . council president mosby, scott. council president mosby, councilwoman porter county executive johnny olszewski, and baltimore county fire chief joe anne. ron our brief this morning will be an update on the search and rescue operation that's ongoing at this point. so at approximately 101 40 hours this morning, our 901 centre

dispatched a call to the baltimore city fire department for a report of a water rescue, in the patapsco river in the area of the key bridge. as units were responding, they began to receive numerous calls indicating multiple people in the water. at some point during that, that chain of events of calls , we began to receive calls, we began to receive indications that a, a ship may have struck the key bridge . we have struck the key bridge. we got further information through multiple calls that the key bridge, portions of the key bridge had actually collapsed at about, oh, one 50 hours. our first unit arrived on scene and reported, a complete collapse of the key bridge, we were also given information at that time that there were likely multiple people on the bridge at the time of the collapse, and that as a result, multiple people were in the water. we were able to remove, two people from the

water. one individual refused service and refused transport. essentially, that person was not injured. however, there was another individual that's been transported to a local trauma centre that is in very serious condition at this time. we have multiple air assets from the maryland state police as well as the baltimore police department, as well as multiple marine assets from around the region , assets from around the region, including baltimore city, anne arundel county , baltimore arundel county, baltimore county, as well as multiple local and state police, agencies, national resources police, bpd special ops units in here. maryland state police is here. maryland state police is here. we have multiple resources. we are still very much in an active search and rescue posture at this point, and we will continue to be for some time , we have a large area some time, we have a large area that we have to search. this

includes on the surface of the water subsurface as well as on the deck of the ship itself. we believe at this point we may be looking for . we may be looking looking for. we may be looking for upwards of seven individuals. that's the latest information we have. however, what i will say is, is the information that i'm giving you right now is as of right now. that's what we know right now, this is a very large incident. it involves a very large footprint. multiple agencies are operating, therefore our information is subject to change as we get more intel, and as our crews work through the morning , crews work through the morning, over the next 8 to 12 hours, you can expect to continue to see, our air and maritime assets functioning , out on the water functioning, out on the water and in the air above, we need to do damage assessment of, of the ship itself before we can board

that ship, and we need to continue to our subsurface search, which is including , search, which is including, different types of sonar. we have side scan sonar, we have other sonar capabilities here. we have underwater, uavs that we're working with. and throughout the night, we've also been working with, infrared technology, both from the air and on the water surface. so, i'm going to wrap up here with just saying this continues to be a search and rescue operation. it continues to be a very dynamic operation with multiple local, state and federal resources involved, with that, i'm going to turn it over to our mayor, mayor brandon scott, thank you. thank you. chief, everyone, this is a unthinkable tragedy, we have to first and foremost pray for all of those who are impacted, those families are pray for our first responders and thank them, all of them working together, city,

state, local to make sure that we are working through this, tragedy , this is an ongoing, tragedy, this is an ongoing, active , research, that we're active, research, that we're having right now . we're going to having right now. we're going to continue, as you heard from chief wallace to throughout as long as we have to be doing that, we will do it, but we have to be thinking about the families impacted , families and people impacted, folks who, have to try to folks who, we have to try to find and save. this is what our focus should be on, right now. and we're going to continue to work in partnership with every part of government to do everything that we to can get us through the other side of this tragedy. and with that, i'll turn it over to county executive olszewski . olszewski. >> thank you, mayor scott, i think we all awoke this morning to an unspeakable tragedy, as the mayor indicated, we know that there will be families and individuals impacted by this regardless of what happens the rest of the way out, so i would just echo , the mayor in lifting just echo, the mayor in lifting up prayers for those who were

impacted, but also ask that our residents pay pray for our first responders, you know, they have been scene since very early been on scene since very early in the morning, not only conducting initial search and rescue operations, but planning for additional ones as the sun comes up. and, you know, the work that they do cannot be understated. and i want to just thank them for all that they are doing and will do in the hours and days ahead, we know that we have a long road ahead, not just in the search and rescue, but in the fallout following this, i think we appropriately have our attention on the search and rescue efforts currently, and just here alongside our partners in the city, to say that they have our full support , just as have our full support, just as we want to thank, our state partners for the resources they've offered up, as well as they've offered up, as well as the federal partners who have already reached out, the mayor and i have talked to the governor. we've heard from the secretary of transportation , so secretary of transportation, so collectively, we thank everyone for thoughts , their well for their thoughts, their well wishes, but again, this is a

very active situation, and we want to just thank, the chief and our teams for all the great work they're doing. and with that, i'll turn things back over to chief. >> thank you, county executive olszewski, we'll do some q&a right now. >> and, we're just going to go around, have everyone present. one question. so let's start. >> chief, you tell us where >> chief, can you tell us where the crew of the ship is, you also mentioned to that two people were rescued who made the first 9/11 call, and there were reports that it was a crew on the deck of the ship working at that point. can you confirm any of that information? >> the latest information we have on the crew of the have on the on the crew of the ship is that they are still on board the ship, there's been comms the ship crew and comms between the ship crew and the coastguard. so as as part of the coastguard. so as as part of the overall operation, we communicate through the coastguard with the ship. and i'm sorry, your other questions there were two people taken who made the first 9/11 call? i don't know who who made that call yet. >> and then were there >> okay. and then were there other the of the

other workers on the deck of the ship the deck of the bridge? ship or the deck of the bridge? at this point, had heard that at this point, we had heard that information. you confirm information. can you confirm that we being told there that we were being told there were on the bridge? were workers on the bridge? >> yet to confirm that, >> we have yet to confirm that, we'll work mdta to , to you we'll work with mdta to, to you know, obviously to get that information about how many cars were on ship. were on that ship. >> last question, on on the >> last question, on the on the deck the bridge at the time deck of the bridge at the time it collapsed. >> don't have number. i >> you don't have a number. i can you. sonar has can tell you. our sonar has detected presence of detected the presence of vehicles in the water. vehicles submerged in the water. i don't have a count of that yet. thank you . thanks, chief, yet. thank you. thanks, chief, you mentioned upwards of seven individuals that you're looking for. >> we've heard reports of as many as 20 individuals. >> you just paint a more >> can you just paint a more clear picture of about many clear picture of about how many people fell into the people actually fell into the water? people you might people actually fell into the wa'looking people you might people actually fell into the wa' looking to people you might people actually fell into the wa'looking to rescue.yple you might be looking to rescue. >> and also, if you can give an idea many vehicles, idea of how many vehicles, although you might not the although you might not have the answer, just answer, but really just the search answer, but really just the saneah, i'll with >> yeah, i'll start with the last so don't know how last one. so i don't know how many vehicles yet. i know that we detected presence of we have detected the presence of vehicles as the number vehicles as far as the number between the seven and 20, that's been a dynamic throughout been a dynamic count, throughout the , just given the fact

the morning, just given the fact that we haven't yet nailed that number down, we do believe that at least seven are involved in that, at least seven at this point that fell into the water. >> yes, ma'am . yeah. >> yes, ma'am. yeah. >> and i know you said the crew was accounted for. according to the coastguard on deck. do we know if any of the crew members were part of these? >> at least seven people that may have been in the water. we do not sue holderness also, survivability in waters around those temperatures is not very long. >> at what point do you shift focus to become more of a salvage operation? >> so we'll be guided by by our dive teams. we will determine what the temperature of the water is. the other issue that we have out there is this water is current, influenced. so right now we think the tide is coming back in. that adds a bit of a challenge to us. also, we can certainly dive in these conditions, but we have to take a lot of factors into play, right? the fact that there may

be trauma involved, they have been water an extended been in the water an extended penod been in the water an extended period also period of time, but also remember, we're battling darkness . so, you know, it's darkness. so, you know, it's quite possible that we may have somebody there that we've not seen yet, and as they work closer to the debris field, you know, they'll, they'll obviously make those determinations , but make those determinations, but we're going to rely on the experts , which are our, our dive experts, which are our, our dive masters that are here. our dive team , to tell us when they team, to tell us when they believe we've reached that, that that non survivability point. thank you. >> yes, sir. jenny. chief wallace, was there any indication that there was a problem on the ship. was it led in by tugboats at any point dunng in by tugboats at any point during the day? like anything that can, so far early on point you to something went wrong. we do not have that information with regard to the investigation i >>i -- >> i would refer that to law enforcement. my focus since 140 this morning has been that rescue operation. >> so far there's been no indication of any kind of like an emergency dispatch came from

that ship beforehand . that ship beforehand. >> i have no information about that, ma'am. >> you you been able to >> are you have you been able to talk the pilot? talk to the pilot? >> the american pilot? on on that bridge . that bridge. >> on the vessel? >> the pilot on the vessel? yeah, have not talked to the yeah, we have not talked to the pilot on the vessel. the rescue personnel , the rescue operation. personnel, the rescue operation. we have not interacted with chief back over here. >> can you tell us about the victims that were pulled from the water, and then i don't have agent . sorry. again. i'm sorry. agent. sorry. again. i'm sorry. update on the condition as well . update on the condition as well. yeah, i don't i don't have age and gender on either. one patient refused service. right. it really they weren't injured. the second patient, however, was seriously injured and is at an area trauma centre. are you including them in the seven? >> at least seven people? >> at least seven people? >> we don't know yet. if they're part of that . seven the patient part of that. seven the patient is injured severely enough that we've not been able to debrief that patient. >> that's seven numbered that come from people witnessing cars going down. >> so if you're just joining us, the journalist at the press

conference here in baltimore are quizzing the fire chief on the casualty numbers as we were arriving on the scene. >> number and that number, >> that number and that number, again, said earlier, again, as i said earlier, has fluctuated right . but that that fluctuated right. but that that seven has been a consistent number. how many agencies are here assisting right now? >> how many agencies are assisting? >> that lady's just asked. >> that lady's just asked. >> yeah, dozens. i mean locally you know, fire department wise baltimore county is here. howard county is here. harford was here, ppg was here, anne arundel, of course, baltimore city and a lot of those agencies are here by virtue of the fact that they may have specialised equipment that we need during an incident like this. so, we're we're bringing in the equipment specific to the operation right now, and then even even law enforcement agencies have a lot of the same marine equipment as we do. so given the incident is so big, we try to force multiply and just bring as many resources

in as we can so that we can really blanket a large area for a search. what about the fuel spills are you bringing in to mitigate that? we don't. we've not been able to confirm that we actually have an active fuel spill from the vessel, we've had odours of diesel fuel . the odours of diesel fuel. the maryland department of the environment is here, as well as the coastguard. so they would take leads on that as well. we hope as the sun comes up a little bit with the air assets that are up to get a much better picture, if we do have a fuel spill. what impact has been spill. what the impact has been so , what about the other so far, what about the other assets that are obvious as the daylight up? daylight comes up? >> how is that going to impact that resources? that with those resources? >> maryland police >> yeah, maryland state police has foxtrot is also has been here, foxtrot is also working this there are two air resources right now. i don't know that we won't bring any more in, but right now , they're more in, but right now, they're the two primary, you know , air the two primary, you know, air reconnaissance on something on the open water is just. it's an invaluable resource. and we've been very fortunate to have it because as we put people out in

the dark on the water to conduct searches, they have that degree of overwatch from those assets. so invaluable so it's been an invaluable resource us, mayor. resource for us, mr mayor. >> mr executive we're talking about search and rescue i know that that's where the focus that and that's where the focus is right now, i awakened is right now, i was awakened with this news. we were all awakened to this news. i've seen the video. what what do you make of the totality of this incident? what? what you incident? what? what are you thinking about, what you've seen and what this community has experienced and what this community has experitalking about search and we're talking about search and rescue, they an rescue, but do they have an assessment of might have happened? >> is the mayor of >> this is the mayor of baltimore that we're looking at now, scott, you now, brandon scott, that you would see physically see the key bridge tumble down like that. >> looked like something >> it looked like something out of a action and you just of a action movie. and you just think most in portland , think about most in portland, which is what we all should be thinking now. thinking about right now. nothing but those and nothing but those families and people and people that are impacted and those people who are risking their lives right now from not just baltimore city and baltimore county, but all over this state to try to save lives, that should be our focus. the preservation of life, because no

one wants to see that happen , one wants to see that happen, let alone someone in their family, someone that they know , family, someone that they know, be injured in an incident like this . this. >> we'll take two more questions. your thoughts about what you've what this community is experiencing this morning . is experiencing this morning. >> look, i think that folks are stunned. i think folks are reeling . and i think that's reeling. and i think that's particularly true for people who are worried about their loved ones right now, i think there'll be plenty of time to talk about what this bridge means to the community, what it means for commerce. but at the end of the day, right now, this is about the humanity of people who are impacted and the men and women who are out there trying to save lives and recover off the bridge. >> so i think there'll be plenty of plenty of opportunity to talk about of plenty of opportunity to talk abo but really, of plenty of opportunity to talk abobut really, right of plenty of opportunity to talk abo but really, right now of plenty of opportunity to talk abobut really, right now and for >> but really, right now and for the foreseeable hours ahead, this about focusing on this is really about focusing on the search and rescue efforts. and want just thank and i want to just again, thank the for leadership and and i want to just again, thank the all for leadership and and i want to just again, thank the all of for leadership and and i want to just again, thank the all of the leadership and and i want to just again, thank the all of the affiliated;hip and for all of the affiliated partners working

partners that we have working on this chief, that this could have been intentional, that this could be some kind of act of terrorism, or whether this could have been intentional . have been intentional. >> that's not my focus here, ma'am. that's part of the law enforcement investigations . i enforcement investigations. i would defer to the would i would defer to the proper authorities that . yes. >> and, you know, i as we saw something similar to this, >> and, you know, i as we saw somethiin similar to this, >> and, you know, i as we saw somethiin phillyir to this, >> and, you know, i as we saw somethiin philly withthis, >> and, you know, i as we saw somethiin philly with not 95 happen in philly with not 95 came out of that came down. i know you said that you guys have spoken to secretary of transportation. >> i'm assuming. has he made any comment about the assistance of the song philly being rushed through to get this? no. >> take care of no. thank you. i spoke with secretary buttigieg directly, he and his team said that they're going to obviously work with us throughout this incident. and work with not just the city and county, but really the city and county, but really the of maryland , to make the state of maryland, to make sure that we have resource sure that we have every resource that he and the federal that that he and the federal government can provide. >> long is it going to take >> how long is it going to take to this mayor? to rebuild this mayor? >> think right now, sir. >> i think right now, sir. listen, we shouldn't even be

having that discussion right now. the discussion right now should be about people, the should be about the people, the souls , the lives that we're souls, the lives that we're trying there will be a trying to save, there will be a time to discuss about a bridge and how get a bridge back up. and how we get a bridge back up. but right now, there are people in water that we to get in the water that we have to get out. and that's the only thing we should be talking about . we should be talking about. >> to go back to the >> i want to go back to the question about the terrorism. there is absolutely no indication there's any indication that there's any terrorism, that this was done on purpose. our criminal el tel is working with the fbi and other federal and state agencies to get all the intel that we have, but there's absolutely no indication was indication that it was intentional . indication that it was intentional. thank you. everybody. i want to thank you all, i will be advising you, updating you on the next briefing . took me a couple hours. >> two hours. okay. so that draws the press conference to an end there. that was mayor brandon scott of baltimore. he's only 39 years old. democratic. >> he looked in a state of shock, a democrat mayor, absolutely huge. >> issue on his desk this morning. baltimore are four

hours behind us. so it's 644 in the morning. you could just see the morning. you could just see the sun start to come up there behind the trees in the background. and mark white is still us here. a of still with us here. a lot of emphasis there. despite the journalist questions. mark on the fact that the people and one of the contributors there used the word humanity. right now it's about the humanity of the people affected. one of the journalists how long journalists saying, how long will you to rebuild the will it take you to rebuild the bndge? will it take you to rebuild the bridge? bit premature. >> it is because what they're saying is at the moment, this is still search still an active search and rescue although rescue operation, although you've to really wonder what you've got to really wonder what the chances of anybody being in the chances of anybody being in the water at nine degrees celsius, lasting a particularly long period of time, would be it's possible because there are big, structures in the bridge, part of the bridge in the water and sticking out. have people been able to clamber onto that and get themselves out of the water around the columns , maybe water around the columns, maybe to get ashore. you just never know what.

>> sorry. the bit that really struck me there, 56m high. this bridge, one of the people that ended up in the water, presumably having fallen 56m, was able to walk away from the riverbank and didn't go and get hospital treatment , because hospital treatment, because another person as well, as you say, 56m, that other person who ended up in the water is seriously ill being treated for their injuries. they are working on the theory that seven people at the moment are in the water. we'd heard it could be as many as 20. they've revised that down, but with a caveat it could well increase again . and there's well increase again. and there's a little bit of uncertainty here, but we think the seven individuals in the water are not related to those that might have beenin related to those that might have been in vehicles , because there been in vehicles, because there are multiple vehicles that were on the bridge that ended up in the water as well. they've said that they've been able to deploy sonar into the river and they've detected multiple vehicles down

on the riverbed, which again, could mean the casualty rate could mean the casualty rate could multiply because they the likelihood is they're trapped . likelihood is they're trapped. >> they were trapped in the in the vehicle. >> if we look at this footage, mark, tell us what's happening here. mark, tell us what's happening heryou see the ship there. >> you can see the ship there. this been sped up, but for this has been sped up, but for a while, ship , the lights while, that ship, the lights went on that ship, and went out on that ship, and i think that really points to the possibility of there being a power failure on board the cargo vessel. power failure on board the cargo vessel . and then and again, the vessel. and then and again, the power goes out there and the smoke at the back. yeah. each time it does that, then obviously then the cargo ship, the container ship is just drifting on the currents of the river. and that obviously the currents have taken it towards that central column. there colliding with the column. this is a huge vessel. 300m long, packed with all of these containers . so a lot of weight containers. so a lot of weight behind that, that clearly demolished the column. and you can see the resulting effect was a complete loss in structural

integrity for this bridge, which resulted in the whole of the bndge resulted in the whole of the bridge collapsing. >> a monster of a bridge mark 1.6 miles long. now, if you could think about our own severn bridge, it takes us into wales. that's barely a mile long. yeah, this is a huge bridge. >> it's. it doesn't quite look the same, but it's a similar type of construction to the forth rail bridge, which is a similar length over the river forth in scotland. and that, as you say, is a similar length , so you say, is a similar length, so a similar design that was built in the 18 1882, 1882. yeah that's the only example of that in the uk of that type of bridge. but there are others around the world, and clearly structural engineers will be looking at these bridges now to see whether this is an inherent weakness in the design. yeah. >> my political antennae starts ticking immediately thinking, is there now going to be a major row over maintenance of the bndge? row over maintenance of the bridge? was are there reports warning that potential problems with the bridge. there were people working on the bridge

overnight may have been routine maintenance, of course. >> i think you're right. >> yeah, i think you're right. bev saying that there bev was saying before that there are issues around baltimore in particular and the budgets available them for available to them for maintenance as opposed to or compared to other cities in the united states. did that play a factor? was it , united states. did that play a factor? was it, maintained, to the, the, the level it should have been? we know there were construction workers on this bndge. construction workers on this bridge . that's not unusual. it bridge. that's not unusual. it happens on these big bridges all around the world that at night time, when there's fewer traffic on the bridge, then you get construction workers up there carrying out routine maintenance. >> remarkable as well that they, emergency responders there were saying that there are still crew on the boat on the dolly. there's still crews still on the ship. thank you. mark, no doubt we will bring you an update on that between now and midday . we will bring you an update on that between now and midday. but up next, labour say that they will achieve their net zero by 2030. or must they ? but just you 2030. or must they? but just you wait and see how much it's going to cost you. with

gb news. welcome back. if you're joining us, we are bringing you live pictures this morning from baltimore , where this is the baltimore, where this is the event that happened at 130 this morning. the sun has now risen. it 652 in baltimore, it is 652 in baltimore, maryland. this morning, a enormous bridge. the francis scott key bridge , 2.6km, or scott key bridge, 2.6km, or about one and a half miles long, was hit by a cargo ship, the dolly. it appears that there might have been a power shortage on that enormous cargo ship, about 300m long, that hit the bndge about 300m long, that hit the bridge and the bridge tumbled into the river as though it was made of matchsticks. we are looking at the live pictures now that the sun has risen. we heard just earlier, the maryland governor has declared a state of emergency. authorities say they're facing a race against time to rescue people in the

water amid the freezing temperatures . when we saw that temperatures. when we saw that press conference just previously , the chief fire, the chief of the fire department there , james the fire department there, james wallace, described this as being a complete collapse . he said a complete collapse. he said there are multiple casualties. they had removed two people from the water. two was the only number that they were able to confirm. one of those people. remarkably, andrew walked away from this. they must have fallen, presumably from the bridge, perhaps from could have been one of the workers could have been one of the workers and were able to walk away. they did not the other not need assistance. the other person injured person critically injured seriously injured, been taken to the trauma department locally and the head of the chief, the chief of the fire department said that that person was not in a state to be debriefed . he said a state to be debriefed. he said to talk about what might have happened. >> course, there's >> and of course, there's a number of vehicles submerged in the picked the water. they've been picked up which the up by sonar, which were on the bridge. have to imagine bridge. you just have to imagine this happened at 1:30 this hadn't happened at 1:30 am. happened at 1:30 pm. carnage. >> absolute carnage. carnage.

>> it's olute carnage. carnage. >> it's a ute carnage. carnage. >> it's a reallyrnage. carnage. >> it's a really busy. carnage. >> it's a really busy bridge and a really important waterway in baltimore. one and a half miles long. it's a monster of a bridge . well it's disintegrated. >> that's right. and we're looking at the remains there of the bridge in the daylight as the bridge in the daylight as the sun rises here over maryland, there are apparently multiple marine assets. there are state and local police agencies involved. it's an enormous area to search. the local mayor was saying mayor brandon scott , local mayor was saying mayor brandon scott, very young mayor, 39 years old, a democrat , brandon scott, very young mayor, 39 years old, a democrat, and they said there is surface and subsurface . this rescues subsurface. this rescues commencing at the moment. plus also the deck of the ship that we can see there . we can see there. >> it is like some what it's like we're watching a disaster movie. it is. >> and that's exactly what mayor brandon scott said. he said this looks something of looks like something out of a movie. yeah. and we unbelievable. it is unbelievable. it is unbelievable. and of course, the reason we've got such great shots, of course, is that , a shots, of course, is that, a vehicle, a transportation

network like that is always monitored by security cameras because it is such an important part of the infrastructure . a part of the infrastructure. a huge main artery, artery arterial road in that area, right. we're going to bring you that as it breaks , don't go that as it breaks, don't go anywhere, quick break for the weather. see you in a minute . weather. see you in a minute. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there will be some dry weather around today, but also a swathe of rain pushing its way northwards. and this morning have some this morning we do have some outbreaks rain across outbreaks of showery rain across parts scotland, bit of parts of scotland, with a bit of sleet snow the higher sleet or snow over the higher ground. brightest weather ground. the brightest weather this be across this morning will be across parts northern england, the parts of northern england, the midlands anglia, midlands and into east anglia, but it is going to turn but here it is going to turn cloudier as we go through the day, a bit of rain pushing day, with a bit of rain pushing in rain across in as this swathe of rain across southern makes

southern parts gradually makes its way northwards as we go through also, some through the day. also, some outbreaks rain across outbreaks of rain across parts of ireland, and of northern ireland, and temperatures will temperatures for many of us will be around or little bit below be around or a little bit below average the time year, average for the time of year, especially of especially across parts of scotland. bit a chilly feel scotland. a bit of a chilly feel here as we go through the end of the the wet weather across the day. the wet weather across much england feed much of england will feed further northwards, so pretty further northwards, so a pretty wet the day across wet end to the day across northern wet northern england and then a wet night much of scotland. and night for much of scotland. and as hits the high as that rain hits the high ground the highlands, ground over the highlands, the grampians, to see grampians, we are likely to see some hill snow. some further hill snow. something clearer something a bit clearer following behind . so following in behind. so temperatures taking bit of temperatures taking a bit of a dip, places falling to low dip, many places falling to low to mid single figures but quite a waking up to a few places waking up to a bright start on wednesday, particularly across central parts of england. however, towards western areas southwestern parts here we will have some heavy blustery

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26th of march. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. very good morning. >> has been a breaking >> so it has been a breaking news morning. baltimore bridge >> so it has been a breaking newcollapsed. baltimore bridge >> so it has been a breaking newcollapsed. bridge ore bridge >> so it has been a breaking newcollapsed. bridge in�* bridge >> so it has been a breaking newcollapsed. bridge in the dge >> so it has been a breaking newcollapsed. bridge in the us has collapsed. bridge in the us city of baltimore entirely collapsed after being hit by a container ship at 1:30 am. this morning, local time. we're looking at live pictures here. the, the operation is underway for at least seven people, and baltimore is four hours behind us. >> us. >> there are submerged vehicles in the water, two, and the rescue operation will continue . rescue operation will continue. of course, the water is freezing cold, and actually, i didn't realise, but the ship, it appears, is still in place. >> the cargo ship is still there , the wrought , embedded within the wrought iron debris from the iron collapsed debris from the bridge, and the crew still on board too. >> and of course, we talked about british farmers bringing chaos to westminster, where more than 100 tractors came to parliament lack of parliament over the lack of support government and support from the government and toilet training turmoil. >> that's right. we're going to reveal how many children are turning up to primary school,

not being able to use the toilet. that's right. for five six year olds wearing nappies, why ? why? >> what happened to potty training? and 66 and sexy? that's how the former secretary of state for culture, nadine dorries , describes herself. she dorries, describes herself. she says more and more men find her sexy desirable. you sexy and desirable. do you? >> get involved this morning. let us know your thoughts. vaiews@gbnews.com. we will be taking more live pictures from baltimore as the sun rises there and the true extent of the damage and the casualties becomes apparent in the morning light. >> is it truly like something you're watching? a disaster movie and there's going to be huge political ramifications because how can a bridge that's been there since 1977 disintegrate like a like a matchstick bridge ? that's what matchstick bridge? that's what it was like. >> okay, first, though, the very latest news with tatiana sanchez

i >> -- >> beth, thank you and good morning. the top stories a state of emergency has been declared in the us city of baltimore after a bridge collapsed early this morning. if after a bridge collapsed early this morning . if you're watching this morning. if you're watching on tv, you can see this video showing the moment a cargo ship crashed into the bridge. it happened at around 130 in the morning. we heard from the fire department moments ago that multiple people were on the bridge. at time . two people bridge. at the time. two people were recovered from the water. one is now in a serious condition. we can take you live now to baltimore, where it's just after in the morning. just after 7:00 in the morning. rescue efforts are continuing. officials than seven officials say more than seven people may still be unaccounted? 7 the mayor of baltimore, for. the mayor of baltimore, brandon scott, says now is the time to focus on all those who've been impacted. >> this is an unthinkable tragedy. we have to first and foremost pray for all of those who are impacted. those families are pray for our first

responders and thank them, all of them working together, city, state, local to make sure that we are working through this tragedy , this is an ongoing, tragedy, this is an ongoing, active, research, that we're having right now . we're going to having right now. we're going to continue, as you heard from chief wallace to throughout as long as we have to be doing that, we will do it, but we have to be thinking about the families people impacted . families and people impacted. >> to other news, the high court has wikileaks founder has ruled wikileaks founder juuan has ruled wikileaks founder julian assange can appeal against his extradition to the united states. us authorities have been asked to provide assurances on whether mr assange can rely on the first amendment, which provides a right to free speech, or whether he might face the death penalty. a further heanng the death penalty. a further hearing will now be held in may. it's over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information . following defence information. following the publication of leaked documents relating to the afghanistan and iraq wars ,

afghanistan and iraq wars, britain and the united states are accusing china of carrying out a global campaign of malicious cyber attacks. it's an unprecedented move with britain publicly blaming china for -—— the electoral targeting the electoral commission watchdog and the email accounts of mps and peers . email accounts of mps and peers. british intelligence services believe that chinese spies are likely to use hacked information to target critics of xi jinping's government. the shadow paymaster general, jonathan ashworth, told gb news a full review of china's relationship with britain is needed. >> we will in the labour party always prioritise national security and prioritise our democratic integrity. we do believe that that we need to continue to keep all of these matters under review . in fact, matters under review. in fact, if we were elected, we would do a full audit of all uk china relations to fully understand our exposure to china and indeed give certainty to those businesses who trade with china. but we do support what the government announced yesterday.

but we would continue to work on a cross—party basis with them to ensure that the right action is taken in response to any threat to our national security . to our national security. >> the un security council has passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. it was passed after the us abstained from voting, a shift in its position on the conflict, which prompted israel to cancel a meeting in washington. it comes as the uk airdrops food suppues comes as the uk airdrops food supplies into gaza for the first time. part of international efforts to provide life saving assistance to civilians . the assistance to civilians. the education secretary says parents are having to fight for the right to support for children who have special needs. around 2 in 3 schools for children with special needs in england were at or over capacity in the last academic year. the department for education says councils will benefit from an £850 million cash boost. the unions say the plans don't appear to differ from previously announced commitments, but gillian keegan

says the government's plan will see 60,000 more places made available for students and families . families. >> we a more workforce being trained as well educational psychologists, sencos etc. so there's a lot of things in the plan, but this specifically is looking at more places. but the council pressures we have increased this sort of high needs budget to pay for, for, for this part of their budget to 10.5 million. so that's actually gone up 60% in the last five years to cope with that increased demand. but we also do also have two programs, to work with councils delivering better value and safety valve . value and safety valve. >> and music mogul sean diddy combs, better known as puff daddy or p diddy, has had two of his properties raided by federal agents as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation. properties in los angeles and miami were searched by officers yesterday , ifs after accusations yesterday, ifs after accusations

made by his former partner, r&b singer cassandra ventura, better known as cassie. the 54 year old has been the subject of several lawsuits in recent months, including for sexual assault. he has denied all allegations as. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts. by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts. now back to andrew and . bev. back to andrew and. bev. >> around 1107, britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner going back to baltimore, where this extraordinary images emerge extraordinary images of emerge of the bridge collapsing early this morning after it was struck by cargo ship. by a major cargo ship. >> authorities have rescued two people the river. one in people from the river. one is in a critical condition. remarkably, the other one walked away though the away unscathed, even though the drop the bridge 50 56m. drop from the bridge 50 56m. unbelievable. when you the unbelievable. when you hit the water, it's like hitting concrete. >> it really is the emergency services say they are still

looking for at least seven others, but they expect that number to be revised upwards. obviously the sun has now risen there in baltimore. mark white joins us in the studio. now. these are the images we're looking at here. mark from 130 this what more we this morning. what more do we know now with being just know now with it being just coming up to 7:00 in the morning. >> well yeah as you say, absolutely extraordinary images for those that are on radio. it shows the cargo vessel colliding with a column of the bridge and leading to a complete loss of structural integrity and the whole of that bridge then collapses into the river. and there were vehicles on the bndge there were vehicles on the bridge at the time, we believe there were a number of construction workers at the moment. they're putting that figure about seven, but also vehicles in the water. the emergency services have said that they have deployed sonar and those sonar have been able to detect vehicles that are on

the riverbed. but the it's still according to the emergency services, an active search and rescue operation, because you can see from on the right of the screen there the daytime images. so although the bridge has collapsed , there's still a lot collapsed, there's still a lot of the structure of the bridge. that's sticking out of the river there, potentially any areas that anyone in the river would be able to cling to. so that needs to be properly searched . needs to be properly searched. it's possible as well that somebody may have been taken down the river by the current come ashore. you just never know. that's the hope anyway. but it's you know, very cold in that river at the moment. it's not a good prospect for anyone to be in there for a length of time scale of this bridge that so shocking to see it disintegrate so quickly. >> you carried 11.5 million vehicles every year. a major, major bridge one and a half miles wide and it just collapsed

like a box of matches. >> i think we can be thankful for the fact that this accident, if it was an accident that happened at 130 in the morning, so it would not have been nearly as busy as it is during the day, but it's still a major highway. up but it's still a major highway. up through towards philadelphia and new york and new jersey. so there certainly would have been multiple vehicles on that one and a half miles of bridge at that time. >> so you say if it was an accident, is one of the questions that the press conference was, could it have been sabotage? i can't i didn't catch the answer the they've catch the answer of the they've said they don't believe so and they've completely ruled out terrorism as a cause. >> and i think that will have been because those on board the ship will have radioed the coast guard. they spoke the emergency services at that press conference about the fact that the ship's crew were in touch with the coastguard and what we saw as well. and i don't know if

we still have that vision, some, some vision that was taken, that speeded up, that shows the cargo vessel, the container ship heading towards that central column of the bridge and the lights on the container ship go out a couple of times, which seemed to suggest a power failure on board that container ship. so it would, i think, be very possible that the crew were radioing the coastguard, saying that they've had a loss of power, that they're drifting towards the bridge. so that would i would think , why would be, i would think, why they've been able to rule out terrorism a cause this stage. >> that river very well on that bridge. yeah. there were two pilots on board. >> that happens in any >> now that happens in any stretch you've busy stretch where you've got busy shipping you get what are shipping lanes. you get what are called pilots that are trained skippers effectively, that can take control of the bridge of a ship. they know the river, or stretch of water intimately . stretch of water intimately. they know where the sandbanks are, the course that they need to steer to ensure that the ship

doesn't run aground , doesn't doesn't run aground, doesn't strike the bridge or whatever other obstacles might be in the way. and they operate this route all of the time. so i think it was always unlikely that it would be some kind of error on the part of the pilots, but i think a power loss does seem to be a logical explanation at this stage. >> it's a six was a six lane bndge >> it's a six was a six lane bridge mark. there are nearly nine miles of approach roadways coming up to this bridge. if this had happened in the middle of the day, it would have that the death toll would have been significantly higher than we expect it to be. >> well, yeah. if you're talking one and a half miles off a bndge one and a half miles off a bridge with six lanes, there would have been, without a doubt, hundreds, potentially thousands of vehicles on that bndge thousands of vehicles on that bridge at this time. now, how many were on at 130 in the morning? we don't know. but multiple vehicles they say they've detected on the river bed through their sonar. and

sadly, because you're plunging from 56m, i think you said before, bev, in terms of the height of this bridge , you're height of this bridge, you're going to smack that river, at a very significant impact that may have rendered him unconscious. they might not have been able to get out of the vehicle if it buckled the, the vehicle itself, they might not have been able to open the doors or the windows, and we don't know how many passengers, you know. was it just a driver in each of the vehicles? you would hope so. maybe at 130 in the morning that you be seeing families you wouldn't be seeing families heading off a but still heading off in a car, but still multiple vehicles. at least one person in every vehicle, a multiple casualties. yeah, without a doubt. they've described it as a mass casualty event. >> yeah. it's, i mean, looking at this, it looks like a sort of metal bridge, but apparently it's a reinforced concrete arch bridge, there will be a huge amount of clear up as well to

do, mark, in terms of retrieving any of the debris from the potomac river itself . potomac river itself. >> yes, indeed. it's a truss bridge, which , you know, there bridge, which, you know, there are numbers of them around the world. notable examples, the forth rail bridge, in scotland and the quebec bridge in canada, the quebec bridge , incidentally, the quebec bridge, incidentally, did suffer a partial collapse , a did suffer a partial collapse, a few years back as well. so whether that does point to a sort of an inherent weakness in this design, certainly, you know, clearly there's a weakness in the fact that we know that this container ship is a massive ship, 300m long. and because all these containers were on board, it would have had a very significant tonnage. so that's a huge impact on the central column. it obviously demolished a badly damaged that central column. but to bring the whole 1.5m at sea, one and a half miles , off this truss bridge miles, off this truss bridge down, it's just incredible. >> the white house has just put

out a statement saying there is no evidence of any nefarious intent. so no, it clearly does look your mark, look like your theory, mark, that was catastrophic that there was some catastrophic power ship. yeah, power failure on the ship. yeah, thatis power failure on the ship. yeah, that is incredible footage. >> we're looking out for those on radio. we just, will explain that on the right of our screen showing the container ship there with part of that bridge still collapsed onto the superstructure of that container ship. there were 22 crew members on board the container ship as it was drifting towards that bndge it was drifting towards that bridge at the time . bridge at the time. >> chockablock with containers. i mean, it must have packed quite a punch. yeah. >> and the container ship has been damaged. whether it sustained damage of any significance to the hull, we don't know, but that would be another issue. and of course, while this bridge has collapsed right across this river, that's going to make the journeys in and out of what is a massive

container port in baltimore, impossible for the foreseeable . impossible for the foreseeable. so that's going to have a very significant impact. clearly on the traffic that uses this container port, they're going to have to reroute to other ports in the region. >> they're going to have all sorts of knock effects, isn't sorts of knock on effects, isn't it? trade and shipping, food it? on trade and shipping, food and sorts of things. and all sorts of things. extraordinary. again i've said it before. it just was like watching an emergency, a disaster movie. you couldn't really believe it's jaw really believe it. it's jaw dropping. these are >> these are these are fascinating daytime images to see. the first proper sort of it's obviously taken on board a boat. it's a bit shaky at times, but that gives you an indication at one end there appears to be part of the bridge , the bridge part of the bridge, the bridge that's still standing. but i think of the superstructure think most of the superstructure of that bridge is clearly gone . of that bridge is clearly gone. >> helicopters circling in the sky. now, of course , looking, sky. now, of course, looking, i imagine, for debris and also for survivors . survivors. >> but i mean, what hope, mark, because the temperature i think you allude to was nine degrees

celsius. they've been it's been in the water for hours, within minutes at nine degrees celsius you're going to start to suffer hypothermia, and then it's very difficult to really do anything meaningful. you lose all grip and strength when you're in very cold water. so actually being able to swim and hold on to something would be very difficult in itself . the hope is difficult in itself. the hope is that there are parts of the superstructure still above the water level there that maybe people have been able to get to them and clamber on board. but so far we know of two survivors, one person who were remarkably wasn't injured badly at all. declined medical attention has got to tell because they can recount what happened, how they when you hit the water, you imagine you hit it. >> it's like hitting a brick wall at that height, 56m. >> absolutely. and another person, because they did hit the water at 56m, are in a very serious condition in hospital.

>> so we've got a statement from the white house now this morning and that reads our hearts go out to families of the missing, the white house says it is closely monitoring the situation. it's hard to go out to the families of those who are missing , they of those who are missing, they say after the horrific incident. in a statement, said the in a statement, they've said the us coastguard conducting in a statement, they've said the us coa and ard conducting in a statement, they've said the us coa and rescue :onducting in a statement, they've said the us coa and rescue foriuctingwho search and rescue for those who remain unaccounted for as a result of the bridge collapse. senior white house officials are in touch with the governor and the mayor to offer any federal assistance they and there assistance they need, and there is indication of any is no indication of any nefarious intent. i mean, we're looking at the image here, mark of it genuinely is like something out of a movie where you see, you know, the road , you see, you know, the road, bending off to the right and then clearly that would have continued on over the bridge. and it is just a sheer drop. >> yeah. and it gives an indication , as you were saying, indication, as you were saying, that's taken from quite a distance. but you can see that is a six lane road, three lanes in each side. and it's rising up as you see, to the point where

it would have, because these bndges it would have, because these bridges have to allow very big vessels to get underneath. it has to rise up 56m above the river to allow that to happen. so that's what's happened . but so that's what's happened. but it's no distance at all really , it's no distance at all really, out into the river. and that collapses happened , so if you collapses happened, so if you are just joining us this morning, let us bring you up to speed with what has been happening. 1:30 am. local time in baltimore, there for hours behind us here, the francis scott key bridge going over the river. patapsco in maryland, in baltimore, baltimore and maryland, collapsed . it was hit maryland, collapsed. it was hit by a ship, wasn't it? mark, what do we know about what? the ship. >> what was it carrying? >> what was it carrying? >> it's a container ship . so it >> it's a container ship. so it was carrying lots of containers. what was inside them ? we don't what was inside them? we don't know, but, it, it was, singapore flagged vessel. so we're told that the singapore maritime and port authority is now in contact

and liaising with the us coastguard to offer whatever advice and assistance they can. the crew, we believe, are still aboard this vessel at this time. >> so we're looking this is fresh pictures here mark. so this is the aerial shot. we can see the ship still there. the dolly as you say. the singaporean cargo ship still wedged within the remaining metalwork of the bridge. and i think that must be the north side of the bridge, which is intact , perhaps. and this side of the bridge, which is intact, perhaps. and this is the south side, i'm afraid my geography knowledge of the baltimore harbour isn't entirely. >> yeah. you and me both , but we >> yeah. you and me both, but we can see where it's hit the bndge can see where it's hit the bridge , and it almost has taken bridge, and it almost has taken it down almost halfway along, perhaps a little bit more, in one direction, one section still standing and the rest of it just in pieces, like it has just been snapped into, 6 or 7 large sections. yeah. >> one end looks about maybe 100m or so off the bridge is

still intact, but the rest of it, from what we can see in these images, is completely gone. that's the bow of this container ship with the superstructure of this bridge collapsed and split in two on top of the bow of the container ship. what damage to the container ship itself, ship. what damage to the container ship itself , the container ship itself, the superstructure of the ship and the hull is. we don't know because that is obviously going to factor into what the rescue services do as well about removing that container ship if it has been compromised in terms of the hull, it potentially could be in danger of sinking. >> and again, no, no, investigators have gone on board yet because they it's still not clear how safe it is. of course, the crew are still on board. >> look at that shot now as it's widening out. you can see actually that a very significant part of the bridge has indeed collapsed. you've got 100m or so either side that it seems , is,

either side that it seems, is, you know, the, the roadway is still intact, and then it just shears off that main section. the bulk of the bridge over the river has just gone . collapsed river has just gone. collapsed straight into, that river itself. >> the search and rescue is underway. we heard earlier a press conference from james wallace, the chief of the local fire department. there and he was saying how there are multiple agencies involved in the rescue effort, multiple marine assets, state, local police agencies. i think we're going to cross live now to baltimore for an update. >> here we go . >> here we go. >> here we go. >> the bridge at the time of the collapse, working on the bridge contractors for us, our partners from the coastguard will from the us coastguard will provide some more information momentarily in terms of traffic , momentarily in terms of traffic, drivers should avoid i—695 southeast corridor and use i one, i—95 and i—895 as alternatives. i—695 is being detoured southbound at exit 43. the peninsula expressway , and

the peninsula expressway, and northbound at exit two. route ten vessel traffic into and out of the port of baltimore suspended until further notice, but the port is still open for truck transit transactions . truck transit transactions. obviously, we're very thankful for the first responders who are carrying out their efforts in these rescues and that they're that they're doing this all through the night and today. and we're praying, obviously, for everyone's return . we'll everyone's safe return. we'll continue to provide updates to you, the next one being approximately 930 with that, with that , i will turn it over with that, i will turn it over to lieutenant colonel palmer from the us coastguard >> good morning. my name is lieutenant commander aaron palmer from coastguard sector, maryland, national capital region . i'm the current acting region. i'm the current acting chief of response for the sector. the coast guard's primary mission right now is search and rescue. looking for any survivors in the water on scene. we currently have three small boats. we also have coastguard cutter mako and 87 foot patrol boat. we have a

helicopter from air station atlantic city and we're working with numerous federal, state and local partners on scene on these search and rescue efforts. thank you . you. >> are you going to take any questions you have at this time ? questions you have at this time? >> what role is the fbi playing in the investigation at this time ? time? >> fbi has basically to see if there's any terrorism connection, which there is not any confirmed deaths , no any confirmed deaths, no confirmed fatalities, any recovered from the water alive, that's still under i'm still the rescue mission is still active. do you have any sense of what happened to the actual cargo ship? >> there was some reports that it suffered some major power outages just before it crashed into the. >> too early in the investigation. >> what is the island operating ? >> what is the island operating? >> what is the island operating? >> the ship coming in and out of the it a port the port. was it a port authorised or was it, the authorised pilot or was it, the captain of ship? captain of the ship? >> no pilots , move ships in and >> no pilots, move ships in and out port of baltimore. out of the port of baltimore. what's pilots move of what's happening? pilots move of ships in and out of what's happening other ships happening to all the other ships that waiting to back up that are waiting to back up at this point.

>> are you navigating that? >> how are you navigating that? >> how are you navigating that? >> we're >> basically, we're we're communicating they communicating with them. they obviously the obviously understand the situation we'll we'll deal situation and we'll we'll deal with logistics of later with the logistics of that later . the of being evacuated . the crew of being evacuated from ship . from the ship. >> and has the coastguard been able to make contact with the pilot on the ship? >> that's being right >> that's all being done right now, don't know the exact now, i don't know the exact details of where they are, details of where they all are, but yes, obviously we're contacting them. being contacting them. it's being investigated if at investigated as suspicious if at any type of incident like this, the fbi would be engaged just to make sure. and that's what they did right here. >> how many vehicles are in the water? can you can you, just any idea how could this happen? this bndge idea how could this happen? this bridge early could not have bridge too early could not have collapsed this. collapsed like this. >> investigation. okay. >> how long will port be closed? >> how deep water there >> how deep the water is there and this area where it and sort of. this area where it happened, the conditions approximately 50ft. 50ft. how many people are you looking for? >> how many people were rescued? >> how many people were rescued? >> how many were pulled from the water? how many are still searching for that is still that is doing, we're we're is what we're doing, we're we're

basically searching for everyone that was potentially on the bridge. as you can imagine, it's the middle of the night. you know. you know, what type of traffic was there, how many workers were there? workers. you know, they obviously come to a project, but other workers show up so that's what up sometimes. so that's what we're right now. we're investigating right now. is this unprecedented? >> like this ever happened? >> not in baltimore. sir. can you talk more about the workers on the bridge, what was going on, and how many vehicles you think might actually be in the water? there were. they were basically doing some concrete deck repair. we don't have the number vehicles who they number of the vehicles who they work for, i don't have that right hand. how long will right off hand. how long will the port be closed to? early the port be closed to? too early to determine. >> are still looking for >> are you still looking for seven people, a number of people. that's that's the one number that we've had. but obviously we're going to we're researching to see if anyone else was on bridge. can you else was on that bridge. can you speak some of the challenges? speak to some of the challenges? >> water, the >> the freaking water, the current, darkness. current, the darkness. this morning searching morning as you were searching for individuals, all the for individuals, all all the above, frank , you know, above, to be frank, you know, we're very, very tough

situation. >> one, you know, 1 am. in the morning, very little information even at that time. you know, it happened instantaneously , as happened instantaneously, as you've seen. >> so it's been a number of hours at this point. >> what can you tell family members who might be watching about hope you will about any hope that you will still recover survivors? >> set up a >> we actually have set up a facility any members. facility for any family members. we mental health we have a mental health professionals there as well. so we are dealing with that. and are you ruling out any kind of intentional, motive ? we don't intentional, motive? we don't see anything that that relates to that at this time. it's an open investigation , but there's open investigation, but there's nothing that points to that in any direction. >> can you first call after the incident, come in directly from the ship ? the ship? >> when when the ship hit >> when the when the ship hit there, was the who were the there, who was the who were the first ones to make the 911 calls to kind of alert you? >> i don't know, i don't have that information. you have that information. do you have any whether the ship any indication whether the ship lost early. lost power, it's too early. >> i just clarification. lost power, it's too early. >> ijust clarification. i'm >> i just for clarification. i'm sorry. last question. please. court closed . except for court is closed. except for trucks moving transport. right?

right. okay, we'll be back. right. okay okay, we'll be back. >> we'll be back shortly. about 930. sorry. the nine took 930. i'm sorry. the nine took about five years to construct it, right? >> any idea what we can expect from the forward? >> i mean, to early. >> i mean, to early. >> obviously, we reached out to a number of engineering companies , and so obviously we companies, and so obviously we have a long road in front of us to get to that point. okay. thank you much. you . thank you so much. thank you. can you tell us where members are supposed to meet up ? are supposed to meet up? >> so we don't know the name of that gentleman, clearly that gentleman, but it's clearly one investigator as one of the chief investigator as of this unfolding situation . i of this unfolding situation. i did like his rather curt manner taciturn, taciturn, at least . taciturn, taciturn, at least. paul wiedefeld, transportation secretary , we are being told in secretary, we are being told in maryland, mark, as he said there, his answer to most of the questions was too early , too questions was too early, too early to know. >> and of course, but he did give some, important information, i think, with regard to who was on the bridge in terms of those. we think that ended up in the water. they're talking about seven. he's saying

that those were construction workers who were involved in concrete , repairs or resurfacing concrete, repairs or resurfacing activities on the bridge itself. he also said that, you know, there was a number of those construction workers on. but what they don't know is sometimes you get other construction workers that show up that take over at certain points. so there still to bottom out exactly how many were on the bndge out exactly how many were on the bridge at that time and therefore how many potentially ended up in the water. the other question of significance that was asked is how many vehicles were on the bridge at this time in the morning. he doesn't know. they don't know as yet, but we do know from the earlier news conference that the sonar that have been brought in by the emergency services, the marine units who are searching that area, have detected vehicles on the bottom of the river and the riverbed . and, we heard from the riverbed. and, we heard from the coastguard there, a coast guard

spokeswoman who said that there are three coastguard small boats and a coastguard cutter that are involved, a larger cutter vessel that are involved along with the coastguard helicopter. so that's their assets. but add to that, police , marine unit, fire police, marine unit, fire service, marine units, not just from the baltimore area, but from the baltimore area, but from surrounding counties because mutual aid has been called in. >> they did say they're still looking for survivors. >> it's still very much an active search and rescue, even though, you know, hope with every minute that passes has got to diminish. >> we're looking at the live pictures here as the sun rises over the river patapsco. and what occurs to me, mark, as i'm looking at this, is actually that's a very dangerous area to conduct a search and rescue in. we have no idea about the stability of the remaining trusses, which are still there, existing from the bridge. i wouldn't want to be in a life guard. coast. coast guard boat.

right. driving amongst that. so they will have to take that into consideration. yeah. >> 100. right. and the patapsco river huge river as well. it's a huge river. it's a tidal river. so you know, and i think they were saying before, about an hour ago , the tide was changing. so tide is coming back in again every time you've got tidal flows, that's an extra hazard for those crews who are working down there in amongst some pretty precarious wreckage that is now over that cargo vessel that is now in the water as well. so they're working in and around that, dealing with the natural flow combined with the tidal flow combined with the tidal flow of the river, the, in very cold and unpredictable conditions, so very dangerous. >> and we can see some very small boats nearby, whether they are part of the search and rescue or the recovery operation, or are they media or are they people just having a knows there will be a media exclusion zone?

>> without a doubt. so i would imagine that the media are not going to be allowed anywhere near on the water. no, the activities that are going on there, which is why you've got there, which is why you've got the media helicopters which are providing these invaluable shots that can show the bridge that can show us that the bridge on the far side of each bank is intact for about 100m or so from the river bank, but then that big central section of the bndgeis big central section of the bridge is completely collapsed onto the container ship and onto the river itself. some of the superstar picture of the bridge still visible above the river itself, but lots of the boats. there will indeed be the coastguard and police , marine coastguard and police, marine and fire marine rescue vessels that are in the area with the dive teams. so there are dive teams that will be going down. i don't know how deep , the don't know how deep, the patapsco river is , but i would patapsco river is, but i would imagine it's quite a deep river

because it's a it's a huge container port. you've got very big vessels going in and out. so there needs to be a significant room for the draft of these vessels so as not to run aground, isn't it? it will be deep. we've been talking. >> i'm just looking here. the river cuts a gorge to 200ft. >> 200ft? >> 200ft? >> we've been talking so much about cyber attacks and the impact technological impact that technological shortages or outages can cause . shortages or outages can cause. as we heard there, as we said , as we heard there, as we said, from one of the chief investigators and he was asked, could there be a terrorism connection? he said, no . he said connection? he said, no. he said the fbi were involved in looking at it. but he did then almost slightly backtrack and say it's an open investigation and it's too early to say , but why might too early to say, but why might that be something to look into? mark in terms of what happened to the power on this ship? >> i think you make a very good point about the vulnerability of modern infrastructure and technology. now to hacking and cyber attacks. there's no, we

must add, no indication that that's what's happened here. but it is a vulnerability in systems from power stations , to, you from power stations, to, you know, big hospital complexes to vessels and other traffic that use the roads, shipping lanes, the railways there are open potentially not just to hacking, but just to technical faults. yeah. clearly at the very least, there's been some kind of technical issue with this container ship where we saw from other footage, i don't know if we still have that available now that we speeded up footage at night time, where you could see the container ship lose its lights on two occasions as it was drifting towards that bridge, getting ever closer to the bridge, the lights were going out and that's why people are now inferring that there was are now inferring that there was a power loss on at least a couple of occasions here. we can see that footage now for our

radio listeners. we'll just describe it to you. it's actually night time footage that has been speeded up and looking at the cargo vessel now, the lights were out. they've just gone back on, and then in a second or two again, the lights go out on the container ship again and that's it. they've just gone out again. so at those moments when the ship is without power, it is therefore without propulsion on. and if you don't have propulsion, you have no means of accurately steering the vessel. so you are at the mercy of the tidal flow of that river. and if that's pushing you towards a central column on that bridge, there is nothing you can do about it. >> and just the multiple vehicles which were on the bridge, one of them was the size of a tractor trailer. >> the amazing thing for me, in fact, was that as we saw then from that latest press conference with coastguard, conference with the coastguard, there , no confirmed there no, no confirmed fatalities, no confirmed fatalities, no confirmed fatalities , we would expect that fatalities, we would expect that to change. you would imagine, as

the day goes on here in gb news. but that's quite extraordinary . mark. >> i don't think it is too extraordinary in the sense that the fatalities will have drowned later . they'll be at the bottom later. they'll be at the bottom of the river there, in there, or the bodies will have floated down the river. so it's a 39 mile long river. exactly. that probably explains why we're not seeing bodies. we got one person pulled from the water who was seriously injured, but the others walked out of the water. very, very lucky indeed. yeah, but i think if they're in vehicles, there are sadly , vehicles, there are sadly, potentially at the bottom of the. >> i'd also presumed that the people on the cargo ship, the crew of that ship might have been more badly affected. but when we're looking these when we're looking at these pictures could be that pictures here, it could be that there aren't any human casualties because it's just the bow , isn't it? bow, isn't it? >> yeah, you wouldn't expect >> and yeah, you wouldn't expect crew be at that point on a crew to be at that point on a 130 in the morning. >> the crew would have been in, in the wheelhouse down in the engine places like that on engine room. places like that on a a container anyway, a on a container ship. anyway, you its

you don't set off on its journey. you don't tend to get people about on the people wandering about on the upper decks container ship, upper decks of a container ship, because the available because all of the available space there is packed out with containers. what we're told is there were 22 crew members on board, in the board, and they are in the process of evacuating the crew from that container ship now. >> all right. >> all right. >> and it looks a very dangerous structure. >> it does. we're going to be bringing you the latest on this breaking story all day here on gb news. but don't go anywhere. this

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images here, it's hard to see, mark white has joined us back in the street. it's hard to tell whether this is on a vessel that is moving or that is the speed of the river, because, as you said, it is tidal. that is going to make the rescue operation very difficult. it will indeed. >> andrew made fascinating >> and andrew made a fascinating point, ago point, just a few minutes ago about they will be about the fact that they will be searching for people up and down this river because there is the natural flow of the river out to sea, but there's also the tide to take into consider station as well. so in addition to the boats that we're seeing there around the superstructure of that bridge , there will be, that bridge, there will be, searches that are going on in the river itself. further down the river itself. further down the river itself. further down the river and up the river, depending on the tidal situation. and on the river banks on both sides looking for the potential for people that were swept down the river and they and off to the banks. >> i think they're looking for seven, but it could be a lot more. >> well, this was this was even more, you know, there was a construction that were construction crew that were relaying concrete on the bridge.

but what they of the main but what they one of the main investigators said there is that, you know, these crews are often supplemented at times dunng often supplemented at times during the night. so they don't know whether other individuals got onto bridge. that have got onto the bridge. that have been unaccounted for that they don't know about. at this stage . don't know about. at this stage. and then there's the other issue, which is, you know, the great unknown at this stage is how vehicles were on this how many vehicles were on this bndge how many vehicles were on this bridge you mentioned before, andrew, 11 million vehicles a yeah andrew, 11 million vehicles a year. use this bridge . that year. use this bridge. that gives you an indication of just what a phenomenally busy bridge this is, because it's one of the main highways up to, philadelphia and new york and new jersey. and even at 130 in the morning, there will have been multiple vehicles, without a doubt, on this bridge . how a doubt, on this bridge. how many, though, is, as i say, unknown this stage , but the unknown at this stage, but the marine rescue units that are on scene , some of them have sonar. scene, some of them have sonar. they have been, according to the rescue services, been able to detect vehicles on the bottom of

the river at this stage. but clearly anybody inside now , i clearly anybody inside now, i think there's very little hope that they would be, found alive inside a vehicle so difficult for families of people who may have been working on that on that bridge, or wonder if they're somebody they know and love was driving over that bridge. i think the one hope, obviously, is that the vehicles that were on the bridge may be limited to just one person in the vehicle, a driver, because 130 in the morning, it's not necessarily the time type of day you would expect a family outing or a school bus or something like that going up there. so but at least one person in each vehicle with obviously driving the yeah. we've seen a the vehicle. yeah. we've seen a couple of press conferences this morning if you're just joining us, earlier on, we heard from the chief of the fire department in baltimore, james wallace. >> he described this as a complete collapse of the bridge. he said there were multiple

casualties that they had removed two people the water, one two people from the water, one of them seriously injured. one of them seriously injured. one of them seriously injured. one of them able to walk away. astonishingly that there are multiple marine assets at work here in this picture. this is actually the footage we're seeing, obviously, from 130 this morning when the when the bridge collapsed for the first time and the state and local police agencies have been, working very hard since 130 in the morning, they said there's a very large area to search. there are surface investigations and subsurface investigations and also that they were also looking at the deck of the ship because, of course , it could be that of course, it could be that there are cars which fell from there are cars which fell from the bridge onto the deck of the ship. yeah. we heard from the mayor there, brandon scott, 39 years old, a democrat mayor. he was very keen to point out that at this stage, all of the focus should be on the humanity of the

people affected. he was at pains to say when asked questions such as, well, how long will it be until the bridge is rebuilt? >> extraordinary question . >> extraordinary question. >> extraordinary question. >> it is extraordinary. but i guess what that question is pointing towards is the enormous disruption event like disruption that an event like this will cause to that region mark a very busy harbour , busy mark a very busy harbour, busy arterial roads connecting major cities and they've suspended all port traffic for the duration. >> yes , probably that could be >> yes, probably that could be the case for days, because the bigger vessels, the only way, under the bridge is the central section, which is the highest section, which is the highest section, 56m above the river, which allows enough clearance for a large container ship like this to get under the either side. >> the bits of the bridge that are still intact. there are two low level. you can't get the bigger ships under them, and actually the river banks probably a bit shallower at that point as well. >> pictures emerging actually ,

>> pictures emerging actually, of cars which are being found on the river banks. we will bring you those if we can. but still to come this morning we're going to come this morning we're going to you latest from to bring you the latest from that situation baltimore. that situation in baltimore. a bndge that situation in baltimore. a bridge six times the length of the bridge collapse after the severn bridge collapse after being hit by a cargo ship. don't

gb news. >> interesting. text in here from ian, who says hi. i've been over that bridge when i worked near baltimore. you mentioned that you were surprised the bndge that you were surprised the bridge like that. bridge collapsed like that. the us has problem with the us has a problem with the structural many structural integrity of many bndges structural integrity of many bridges country. bridges across the country. because of maintenance because a lack of maintenance over i'm absolutely over the years, i'm absolutely convinced is convinced this is why this is going incredibly going to become an incredibly political story in the end, mark. because is issues mark. because if there is issues over maintenance and cutting corners, there'll be a very big political price to pay because this is going to cause huge economic damage to this state. >> yeah. i mean, at some point when they get to the loss of life. yeah, when get to

life. yeah, when they get to examining the structural integrity of that bridge and whether weak points, whether there were weak points, you're right. it is shown you're right. if, if it is shown that actually there are some real inherent weaknesses in the, in the design of the maintenance of this bridge, then there could be some very serious fallout from that. we're nowhere near that stage at the moment. we're still very much in an active search and rescue scenario. i think one of the interesting things for me is, is what kind of state this container ship is in, because you were mentioning to me just during the break, andrew, that it was probably around about 95 to 100,000 tons. i mean, massively heavy ship. >> what a punch. >> what a punch. >> 300m long, striking a concrete superstructure that's embedded to the riverbed, that's going will have damaged the hull of this vessel, without a doubt . of this vessel, without a doubt. it may well have, you know, some kind of watertight integrity at the moment as it's pushed

against the, the, the, the column of the bridge which could be keeping it up. remove it. yeah. what happens to the ship then. >> yeah . they'll have to have so >> yeah. they'll have to have so many tugs to tow it in case it sinks. >> well, one of our viewers, william. good morning. william has where were the escort has said where were the escort tugs? vessel of that tugs? normally a vessel of that size have a tug at the size would have a tug at the front and one at the back specifically this type of emergency. >> well, maybe they maybe they were of the. were at the beginning of the. >> do often get that in and >> you do often get that in and out port. yeah. you'll get out of port. yeah. you'll get tugs help, ships because out of port. yeah. you'll get tugs basically, ships because out of port. yeah. you'll get tugs basically theyis because out of port. yeah. you'll get tugs basically they help :ause they basically they help them manoeuvre the in and out of the tight spaces that they berth in a port, so that you'll always see tugs on hand to, to do that. but once they're under their own steam , the tugs are away and steam, the tugs are away and it's heading down a main river channel. so you've got pilots on board who are skippers, effectively with local knowledge, who take over the controls of the vessel while it's in the river, because it's not just avoiding the bridge, or at least the columns on the

bridge, but any river channel is going to have sort of deeper and shallower parts where there may be sand banks and things like that. so they know the channels, they know where to position the vessel. it's unlikely, i think, to have been any kind of, issue. it seems in terms of the pilot, you know, not realising he was going into the column of a bridge. but i think the images that have shown this vessel with the power failing twice is, it seems with the lights going out . seems with the lights going out. but then again, one of your, viewers who emailed in i thought was fascinating. i didn't know this, but he said that normally these big vessels would have two independent power supply so that if one goes down, another can be immediately swung into action. when you're in those critical stages of entering and leaving port. >> an extraordinary if that's the case, that both failed.

>> well, if that's if that's what happened, certainly . or >> well, if that's if that's what happened, certainly. or did it actually get underway with only one power supply, which if that email is correct, then that may well have been an infringement. we've come to the end of our show for this morning, where we'll be handing you over to very capable you over to the very capable hands of tom and emily. >> mark be here as >> no doubt mark will be here as well remainder of the well for the remainder of the afternoon. see you afternoon. we will see you tomorrow afternoon. we will see you tonthat's right. bev, we'll have >> that's right. bev, we'll have continued of continued coverage of the shocking scenes in baltimore and asking question , how asking the question, how precisely did this happen? could it happen here? >> and closer to home, the uk border force at manchester airport have been accused of anti—semitism. the home office have opened an investigation, this after two israeli victims or near victims of the hamas attacks, accused them of anti semitism . semitism. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of whether on gb news.

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gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on tuesday, the 26th of march. >> a huge search and rescue mission is now underway after a cargo ship crashes into a bridge

in baltimore, sending cars and people plunging into the river below. we'll bring you updates and ask, how did such a tragedy happen? >> and two israeli survivors of the october 7th hamas attack have accused uk border staff of anti—semitism after they were allegedly detained for hours and subjected to aggressive questioning . a home office questioning. a home office investigation is now underway and war of russia's air. >> the russian soldier who severed the ear of one of the alleged isis terrorists, is auctioning the knife he used to cut it. bids are reportedly flooding in. it comes as putin is accused of brutal treatment of the suspects. >> now, what questions do you have regarding the baltimore bridge collapse? it is astonishing that in the richest

country in the