hello. i'm ros atkins here on "bbc world news." our lead story is that indonesian officials have confirmed that debris spotted by search teams is from the missing airasia plane. at least 40 bodies have been pulled from the sea. 162 people were onboard when the plane vanished. in other news two albanian seamen have died while trying to secure the ferry that caught fire in the adriatic sea. the first person diagnosed with ebola while in the uk was taken to a london hospital for specialist treatment.

a big story in the cricketing world. the indian captain ms dhoni says he's retiring from test cricket. in the last few minutes, it has been confirmed in indonesia that the debris seen in the java sea is from the missing airasia plane. search and rescue teams say they've recovered 40 bodies, which were found floating near the wreckage. the flight disappeared on sunday while heading from surabaya in indonesia to singapore, 162 people onboard. the box here on the map shows the search area, and this is the part of the sea from which the wreckage has been recovered. these are some of the images of debris, which have been found there. analysts say they are the size

and the shape that you would expect if they had come from an aircraft. their color also appears to be consistent with airasia's livery. let's go live now to surabaya and the bbc's clive myrie. >> reporter: a press conference is just about to begin involving the president of indonesia, joko widodo, and we understand tony fernandez, the boss of airasia. in the last literally 15 minutes, 20 minutes or so, confirming that search teams have now made it clear that the debris found in the java sea is that of that missing airasia plane. let's just hear what is going on. >> translator: hello, citizens

all across indonesia. at just about two hours ago, i just come back from the location and from the military. i was close to the location. and have got the information. i can see myself. there were three ships on location. and all the ships this evening and tonight will go to the location. and tomorrow morning, ships and

helicopters from navy and air force will be all deployed to the area. i've instructed joint operation. to find out the plane or the passengers and the crews. i've instructed all the team to focus, to find the passengers

and crews, and secondly, i want to thank in appreciation to the team, military, police, and volunteers and all communities for their support given to us to find the missing plane and all the passengers and all the crews. and thank you to all countries who helped us to find the plane from singapore, malaysia, australia.

and for the families of passengers once again. i can share your feelings. we pray all the families and the passengers and crews be strong. to face this difficult moment. that's all that i can say at this moment. that's all i can say tonight. we will focus on the evacuation.

we will focus on the evacuation of the passengers and all the crews. we will be focusing on the evacuation of passengers and all the crews. we will try to finish evacuation as soon as possible. continuing the location, which

is hazy and strong wave, with two or three meters high, i think that's enough for now, thank you. for more technical things will be explained by the official from the national search and rescue agency. >> the president of indonesia there, joko widodo summing up the feelings of a nation in saying that he knows what a difficult time this has been for

the families of those onboard. that they need to be strong at this difficult moment. he said the overriding aim now was to find all the passengers and crew and recover their bodies. he said that he wanted to thank all the agencies involved in the search. >> apologies for the difficulties with the line to clive myrie there in surabaya. let me run you to some of the things that the president of indonesia said.

it wasn't a long press conference, but there were some important details. first of all, the confirmation that we knew was coming, that the missing airasia flight has crashed into the java sea off the coast. much of the debris and the bodies that have been found are southwest of the location, the last location that the plane had contact with air traffic control. tomorrow, once the sun is up, ships and helicopters will continue the search. president widodo made mention of singapore, malaysia, and australia, and all the other countries who have helped in this search. the families of the crew and the passengers who are aboard the flight, he said be strong when facing this difficult moment. there was absolutely no discussion of the cause of the crash. he repeatedly said that is all i can say tonight. he did mention that in the area where the debris is found, there have been two to three meter-high waves. suggesting that they could hamper efforts to collect both the bodies of those onboard and also the wreckage. and he promised more technical details, to use his phrase, from the national search and rescue agency in indonesia when they have it.

that was what the indonesian president had to say. you can follow this story online as you watch us here on "bbc world news." you'll find our live page on the story at bbc.com/news. let's turn our attention now to the ferry disaster in the adriatic sea. authorities in albania are saying that two sailors have been killed while trying to secure that ferry, which caught fire while sailing from greece to italy. the two sailors were hit by a cable they were trying to attach to the vessel. in other developments, officials say they've now completed the evacuation of the boat. but there's still an awful lot of uncertainty about exactly who was onboard. let me run you through what we know and what we don't know. we know that ten people lost their lives and that the rescue operation was hampered by strong winds and high waves. so we don't know if the weather contributed to the fire. we know 437 people were rescued from the ferry, some by helicopter, many more by ships that happened to be in the area. but this is when it gets confusing. the list of people onboard that

vessel has 478 names on it. clearly, that leaves a substantial number of people who are unaccounted for, and as if that weren't confusing enough, listen to this. some of those who survived were not on the passenger list. well, our correspondent james reynolds has been leading our coverage of this story. he's in the italian port of brindisi and he's been looking at the numerical challenges facing the authorities. >> reporter: it's a puzzle for them and a headache, because the numbers, the way they stand at the moment, just don't add up. they don't make sense. the passenger manifest, the official list of passengers who are onboard the ferry compiled by the ferry company, has changed several times in recent days. the most accurate number we seem to have been given is 478. the trouble is this. that number, 478 does not match italy's final tally from the rescue, which stands at 437, including ten people who died. they're trying to work out why on earth there is a discrepancy of 41 names.

there could be several reasons for this. it may simply be that the original manifest was wrong. it might be people booked the trip and didn't show up. it might be that people's names are written twice. it might also be that when the ship made a first stop on a greek island, some people got on, some people got off and numbers were not properly updated. but the reason why the italian authorities have taken this very, very seriously is that they need those numbers to match, to make sure that there are no bodies missing on the ferry. now, we have a number of stories developing at the moment. let me bring you up to date on news coming in from state television in greece, which is reporting that a ship off greek island of corfu has sent a distress signal saying there are suspected armed people onboard. state tv has given no further details except to say that illegal immigrants were involved in the situation on the ship. that's all we have at the moment. as and when we get more information, we'll bring it to you here on the bbc.

and another story that we're trying to get more details on are unconfirmed reports coming in from gambia of a possible attempted coup. heavy gunfire is being reported overnight in the capital with some reports saying the coup has been foiled. let's try to work out what's going on with richard hamilton, our africa editor from the bbc world service. we've been following this the last couple of hours. there's an awful lot of unqualified information out there. what can you tell us? >> yeah, i'm afraid we're still having to piece things together, because state media is saying one thing, saying that an attempted coup has been foiled. whereas opposition media, which is mainly outside the country, are talking about a mutiny that attacked the presidential palace and had some success. so it's really too early to say whether there's even been a coup attempt. back in 2006, there were allegations of a coup attempt

and the heads of the army and navy were put on trial. but critics were saying that the allegations were trumped up in order for the president to get rid of his opponents. so it may never be clear whether this was a coup attempt or not. >> we know that the president's not there, is that right? >> that's right. he's out of the country. he was in france, but the latest reports suggest that he may have flown either to senegal, a neighboring country, or maybe in dubai. so even that's not completely clear. but he was out of the country when this alleged coup attempt happened. and he himself came to power 20 years ago in our military coup. >> okay, thank you very much for the update. as and when we get clearer information here on that story, you'll hear it on "bbc world news." now let's turn to iraq, because government security forces are saying that the army and tribal allies have recaptured a town northeast of baghdad and killed nearly 300 islamic state militants. we've got no independent confirmation of these reports,

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three and a half years is the length. his brother was also tried, also sentenced for the same period, but the difference is the brother served his time behind bars. this is alexei navalny. he's been a vocal and fierce critic of president putin. he says the russian government is involved in widespread corruption and he maintains his innocence in this case. he says all the charges are politically motivated. he wants his supporters to go out on to the streets to demonstrate, although in the last few minutes, police in moscow said they will prevent any illegal protests. our correspondent steve rosenberg was outside the courthouse as alexei navalny emerged. >> reporter: what happened this morning at this moscow courthouse was quite unexpected. on trial here was alexei navalny, russia's most prominent opposition activist, and the man the kremlin fears most, and his brother, oleg, both men accused of fraud and money laundering, a case widely believed to be politically motivated. and because the verdict had been

brought forward by two weeks at short notice, most people were expecting guilty verdicts and prison sentences. as you can see, a large crowd of journalists outside waiting to speak to the prosecutor, who's about to come out. but when the verdict was given, the judge found, yes, both men guilty. but it was oleg navalny, alexei's brother that was sent to jail. alexei was given a suspended sentence, and that confirms his belief that his family members are being held hostage because of his political activities. on leaving the courthouse a few minutes ago, alexei navalny called on his supporters to come on to the streets of moscow this evening to register their opposition to this verdict. >> thanks to steve for that update. the uk is dealing with the

first case of ebola to be diagnosed in the country. the victim, whose identity has so far not been revealed, is a volunteer nurse who had been caring for people in west africa. her trip back to the uk began in freetown in sierra leone. she had a brief stop in casablanca in morocco changed planes and flew to london before taking an internal flight to glasgow. her journey finished on sunday evening just before midnight, and it was on monday she developed a fever and took herself to hospital. she's since been placed in isolation and has been transferred to a specialist unit at the royal free hospital here in london. here are more details. >> reporter: arriving in an raf ambulance for specialist treatment. it's here at the royal free hospital in north london that the patient will receive care in a high level isolation unit. earlier at glasgow airport, she had been transferred in a quarantine tent for the flight to raf northholt. everything geared to containing the virus and minimizing the risk to anyone else. this sealed tent is where the health care worker will be treated.

nurses and doctors reach through the side so there's no direct contact. staff at the royal free have already successfully treated one case. now they hope to help another volunteer fight the virus. >> our procedures and our protocols for all the other nhs workers who are working at the moment in sierra leone alongside colleagues from the department for international development and the foreign office, they are doing a very, very brave job under very challenging circumstances. >> reporter: the nhs has been preparing for this. a handful of cases in the uk were always likely. this morning, news that a second patient in scotland is also being tested for ebola after returning from west africa. and a third is being assessed in hospital in cornwall. hundreds of nhs staff have volunteered to help in sierra leone. many working here at a hospital in kerrytown. the latest figures from the world health organization show

more than 20,000 people have been infected with ebola and there have been at least 7,000 deaths. the real figure is likely to be higher. this latest case, a reminder that even with the best precautions, wherever people travel, viruses do, too. now, let's talk about ms dhoni, an indian cricketing legend. the team's test cricket captain until, well, a few hours ago. he's decided to retire from test cricket. he made his debut back in 2005. he was captain for 60 of his 90 tests, an incredible record. let's go live now to delhi and we can speak to our correspondent. this man goes beyond being a player, he's almost a statesman, isn't he? >> well, yes. ms dhoni, as expected and has been his style over the years, he's been a huge surprise for not only fans but also cricket analysts throughout the world. that's been a hallmark of his

cricketing career for about a decade playing for india. there's no doubt about the fact that he will definitely go down in history as one of the most successful captains ever in international cricket. more so for india, because under his captaincy, the cricket world cup in 2011 after a gap of 28 years, and he also led india to victory in the inaugural world cup. and yes, his styles, his moves and his strategy has been questioned all along the last seven, eight years that he's been captain. but the fact remains that he had success in all forms of the game, and that's why he actually grew in stature. >> the thing we've got to emphasize here is that while he won't be playing the five-day version of cricket, it's not like we're going to see him in action. he's staying around for a few years yet.

>> yes, he's staying around for a few years. and his fans may see him very soon in the cricket world cup, which is going to happen in australia and new zealand very soon in a month's time from now. and he has no intention of retiring from the t-20 format either, which means that he's also going to be playing in the rich indian premier league. so he has plenty of cricket left in him. as per analysts. and this is what he's decided to focus more on, the shorter formats, rather than the daunting task of playing a five-day test match and leading the team. india have not been doing very well either in test cricket. >> good to speak to you life from delhi. just before we wrap up this half an hour of "bbc world news," let me remind you that in this half an hour, the president of indonesia joko widodo, who you can see here, has given a statement on the missing airasia plane.

he confirmed what his search and rescue colleagues said a few minutes earlier, that the debris found in the java sea is from the plane and that it's feared all 162 people onboard have lost their lives. you can get further coverage of this online, bbc.com/news. i'll be back in half an hour with any more updates as they come into us here at bbc. ♪ ♪ ♪ break the ice, with breath freshening cooling crystals. ice breakers.

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