this is bbc news the headlines at eight. hospitals in india struggle with overwhelming demand for beds, ventilators and oxygen — as the country records the world's highest—ever daily rise in coronavirus infections for the third day in a row. once there is no bed here, no physical space we can put another trolley, what can we do? we can only do that much. labour has called for the government to publish full details of how work on borisjohnson�*s official flat was paid for, following allegations by his former chief advisor, dominic cummings. if there's nothing to see here, whether it's the refurb of number ten, whether it's the dodgy contracts, privileged access.

if there's nothing to see, publish everything, have a full enquiry, because that, you know, sunlight is the best disinfectant. the public have been told to stay away from the mourne mountains in northern ireland amid warnings more fires may break out this weekend. indonesian rescue teams recover debris that is believed to be from the submarine that went missing off the coast of bali on wednesday. and coming up shortly, we'll speak to an astro—physicist about the latest space—x mission that sent four astronauts to the international space station. good evening. india, which is facing a rapidly

accelerating second covid wave, has registered the highest number of daily cases anywhere in the world for a third consecutive day. with the healthcare system close to collapse in some areas, the government says it's waiving customs duties on imported oxygen, and deploying the airforce to transport supplies. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan�*s report contains images you may find upsetting. patients as far as the eye can see but oxygen remains scarce. the situation here is critical and out of control. this video was filmed inside a crowded delhi hospital. he took a family member to casualty. the staff is really cooperative. due to overcrowding, of the main hospital, it is difficult to provide treatment to all the patients. that is why i cannot get inside.

it is the same outside. every day as cases rise, families face a never—ending search and a terrifying wait. this 17—year—old is taking care of his grandfather. he has been here before. his father died as he waited here just a day before. my father was struggling and begging me to help him but i could not give him anything he said. imagine how i feel when my father is crying and begging me to save his life. patients have died because of the supply shortage. doctors have been left in a desperate situation. patients and many people have been coming to emergency, they want only bets. we have no beds or oxygen. there is a deficiency of a huge amount of oxygen.

as the crisis unfolds, the prime minister is under pressure and chaired an emergency meeting to look at ways to boost oxygen supplies. many say it is too little too late. across the country, relatives continue to que for supplies as thousands continue to die. for every family who gets a canister, there are countless others who want to. who will not. earlier i spoke to the former deputy chair of the bma — dr kailash chand, who told me that he believes the pandemic has shone a light on the inadequacies of the indian health system. as we have listen to so many people, the situation is very, very dire. dire in the form of dance, oxygen, ventilators, the doctors, nurses are falling ill because there is no support. and in my view that the coronavirus has shown a light on the inadequacy of indian health system.

just remember, we also, we acted brilliantly. and just wasn't there to take care of us. it's just taking us out of that huge problems we had with the pandemic and i with this vaccine rollout, i think we should be proud of nhs. regardless of what happened in india, india after 73 years of independence now perhaps the sixth and largest economy in the world still spends 2% of gdp on healthcare. so what we are seeing is not something happened yesterday. it's been going on, nobody has taken care of or developed a health care system in india. and now we are seeing that we don't have enough beds, enough oxygen, we don't have ventilators. so i think as nhs and my clinics said in nh almost 60,000 are from indian origin. and they are

certainly angry but as we all say, it's the a global problem. and we've got to list as a global pandemic, nobody is safe until everybody say. so we've got to go as fast as we can to start with i think, the most important thing is to deliver oxygen. and borisjohnson has talked about helping india but i think his work to be converted into action. just to interrupt you, i know that germany and the united arab have already sent liquid oxygen, haven't they to india? why is your understanding that the uk has an? is not something that we could do fairly quickly?— not something that we could do fairly quickly? yes, i think so. we should do it _ fairly quickly? yes, i think so. we should do it immediately. - fairly quickly? yes, i think so. we should do it immediately. in - fairly quickly? yes, i think so. we should do it immediately. in factl fairly quickly? yes, i think so. we | should do it immediately. in fact if we don't do it immediately things can go from bad to worse. what we are seeing is the tip of the iceberg. i know many states in india where not taken that into account

and things are worsening by the day. and if we don't take immediate action by british government i think things could be pretty bad. the latest coronavirus figures here show there were a little over 2,000 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period 2,462 new cases were reported on average per day in the last week 1,781 people are in hospital with coronavirus, 32 that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. on average in the past week, 23 deaths were announced every day. the total number of deaths is now 127,417. as for vaccinations, just under 120,000 people have had their first dose in the latest 2a hour period, meaning over

33.5 million have now had theirfirst dose. the take up for the second jab remains high with just over 4118 thousand in the latest 2a hour period, meaning just over 12 million are now fully vaccinated. the prime minister is being urged to explain how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for, following allegations from his former chief advisor. dominic cummings has claimed borisjohnson had considered what he called "possibly illegal" plans to have tory donors fund the work. downing street says mrjohnson paid for the work himself, and that nothing improper took place but labour has demanded an inquiry. this report from iain watson contains flashing images from the start. out but not down, borisjohnson�*s

closest adviser left downing street in november but now dominic cummings has not only denied he leaked some of the prime minister's text messages but he has also opened a pandora's box of accusations against his former boss. the most serious is that the funding of last year's renovation of the downing street flat where the prime minister lives with his fiancee carrie symonds was not above board, amid reports that costs were spiralling out of control. in a blog dominic cummings said. and this former conservative law officer and long—standing critic of borisjohnson has now entered the fray. my impression is that there has been a constant wriggling about the source of the money for this refurbishment and that is just one illustration of the chaos that mrjohnson seems to bring in his wake. and the reason for that is because he is a vacuum of integrity.

the government says the prime minister is paying for the works himself and no codes of conduct or electoral law were broken. the electoral commission is looking into whether there were any undeclared donations. number ten says all donations that need to be reported have been. but labour is accusing the government of not playing fair. they want to know if any conservative donor was initially involved in the funding and called for more transparency and an inquiry. publish the details, have the full inquiry. if there is nothing to see here, whether it is the refurb of ten, whether it is the dodgy contracts, privileged access, if there is nothing to see, publish everything, have a full inquiry because sunlight is the best disinfectant. but a former adviser on standards in government thinks more information rather than a new inquiry is what is needed. we have probably got enough enquiries going on, it is actual concrete hard evidence

which demonstrates where things have gone wrong that is critical now and cummings mightjust be able to provide some of that. dominic cummings has a means of communicating what he knows. next month he will be able to give evidence publicly to a joint committee of mps on the government's handling of the pandemic. the prime minister's former adviser clearly believes the best form of defence is attack. he is now questioning borisjohnson�*s competence and his integrity and dominic cummings says he is happy to have every e—mail he sent and received during his time here at number ten published. dominic cummings is showing no signs of getting back in his box and that could be bad news for his former boss. iain watson, bbc news. earlier my colleague martine croxall spoke to alistair campbell, the former director of communications for number 10 under labour prime minister tony blair. he said it was crucial that all the facts are unearthed. i think there is more here and i think that one of the reasons thatjohnson keeps smashing the norms and

the conventions is because he's basically trying to get away with as much as he can. and i hope that a combination of yes, fair play, the bbc with the dyson story and the sunday times and the financial times have really gone after the greensill story and now cummings, i hope that people understand that this does matter, it is serious, people should care and i hope that you are still going to be looking at this and don't go for the next big thing that comes along because we are nowhere near the bottom of this story and we are nowhere near yet the full truth. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are personal finance journalist anne ashworth & the independent�*s economics editor ben chu. detectives have arrested three teenagers following the fatal stabbing of a 14—year—old in east

london yesterday. fares maatou was killed with what police believed to be "a large bladed item" outside a pizza restaurant in newham. two boys, aged 1a and 15, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. another 15—year—old boy was arrested in connection with the incident. an ambulance technician has died after an object struck the vehicle's windscreen as it was responding to a 999 call in herefordshire. west midlands ambulance service has said the incident took place earlier this morning, to the north of hereford. the victim, who was the front passenger, was confirmed dead at the scene. firefighters have stepped up their attempts to tackle a major blaze spreading across the mourne mountains in northern ireland. people are being urged to stay away from the area, amid warnings that further fires could break out this weekend. catherine morrison reports.

halfway up the ground is still a light. flames fanned by a steady easterly wind spread quickly across a tender drive mountain. this is more than 2a hours after the fire started in the battle continues to put it out. these flames on top of the quarry will push right around the quarry will push right around the mountain by strong winds last night. but the firefighters that have spoken to say they are not too worried about this fire, it will burn itself out. what they are trying to do is prevent fire breaks from stopping the flames into the forest. last night a ring of fire circling the mountain could be seen from up to 20 miles away. a site usually associated with the california mountainside not county down. the one point the fire came close to some properties.- down. the one point the fire came close to some properties. around one o'clock this morning _ close to some properties. around one o'clock this morning there _ close to some properties. around one o'clock this morning there was - close to some properties. around one o'clock this morning there was a - o'clock this morning there was a good change of the win and we seen it developed quickly. we came down into the forest here, the ymca

centre and one propertyjust come down in the road. wejust knocked on doors, wejust down in the road. wejust knocked on doors, we just want to prepare them and get them readyjust in case. thankfully with the wind down is a guy down in the middle of the night it took a change of direction and we didn't have to evacuate. this it took a change of direction and we didn't have to evacuate.— didn't have to evacuate. this is a designated _ didn't have to evacuate. this is a designated special _ didn't have to evacuate. this is a designated special area - didn't have to evacuate. this is a designated special area of- designated special area of conservation. hundreds of factors have been burnt and there are fears for the flora and fauna and the wildlife who live here.- for the flora and fauna and the wildlife who live here. were going to save the _ wildlife who live here. were going to save the forest, _ wildlife who live here. were going to save the forest, i'm _ wildlife who live here. were going to save the forest, i'm fairly - to save the forest, i'm fairly confident— to save the forest, i'm fairly confident of that. you could see the scale _ confident of that. you could see the scale of— confident of that. you could see the scale of the — confident of that. you could see the scale of the fire burly fleet not burning — scale of the fire burly fleet not burning a _ scale of the fire burly fleet not burning a ring right around. one of ourground— burning a ring right around. one of our ground nesting birds are going to he _ our ground nesting birds are going to be affected. this is the time of year when — to be affected. this is the time of year when they have laid their eggs and they— year when they have laid their eggs and they are going to be hatching very soon — and they are going to be hatching very soon. it�*s and they are going to be hatching ve soon. �* , , and they are going to be hatching ve soon. 2 , . ., ., very soon. it's still unclear at the fire was started _ very soon. it's still unclear at the fire was started accidentally - very soon. it's still unclear at the fire was started accidentally or i fire was started accidentally or deliberately. forthose fire was started accidentally or deliberately. for those fighting economic conditions are challenging. you're either travelling for an hour, hourand a half you're either travelling for an hour, hour and a half out in the equipment, can't get water to the scene of the fire. effectively you

were taken leaders to up there working small pumps in rivers in areas where we can find small pockets of water and sprayers to address some of that. predominantly it's a physical hard job up there. members of the public were asked to stay away today. a warning most seem to have heated. but the fire isn't out yet, the fire service expects to be here to tonight and again tomorrow. a little earlier dermot rooney — area commander at the northern ireland fire and rescue service — updated us on the situation yes, this is probably one of the biggest incidents we've had for a number of years. ijust biggest incidents we've had for a number of years. i just said biggest incidents we've had for a number of years. ijust said in the introduction where the incident which is in the mountains actually the highest peak in northern ireland for that the incident is running over many miles. it started in the early hours of friday morning and we've been working sense. especially

during the hours of daylight. we have 12, up to 1a that at present we have 12, up to 1a that at present we have 12, up to 1a that at present we have 12 working with about a hundred firefighters plus supporting. it's very, very difficult to rein in. we've had some assistance from both the irish coast guard and seas coast guard was up and to get firefighters up. generally involves walking over long distances to the scene of operations. that's what scampering us. we've been able to contain and extinguish some of it. we've done quite a good job of stopping and getting into the forest. but it's very, very difficult terrain and in warm weather it's very hard. were under investigation forjust warm weather it's very hard. were under investigation for just to remind people when they're out in the countryside to be careful with discarding cigarettes and be careful, don't be using barbecues or setting open fires in the countryside. don't leave gas bottles or anything lying around in the

open. take it home because sometimes i can because wildfire such as this. if anyone sees a fire with ask them to call us on 999. if you see anyone setting fires deliberately you should speak to police. the headlines on bbc news... hospitals in india struggle with overwhelming demand for beds, ventilators and oxygen — as the country records the world's highest—ever daily rise in coronavirus infections for the third day in a row. labour has called for the government to publish full details of how work on borisjohnson�*s official flat was paid for following allegations by his former chief advisor, dominic cummings. the public have been told to stay away from the mourne mountains in northern ireland — amid warnings more fires may break out this weekend. us presidentjoe biden has formally said that the 1915 massacres of armenians

in the ottoman empire constituted genocide. his words come on the day marking the anniversary of the massacre. it's a break away from decades of carefully calibrated language from the white house but turkey has accused the united states of trying to rewrite history. 0ur washington correspondent, jane 0'brien has the latest. this is a hugely significant and symbolic act by america, but also the fulfilment of a personal pledge made byjoe biden when he was campaigning for the democratic nomination. it also follows a letter written by 38 republican and democratic senators saying that he should acknowledge the truth, and that by doing so this would also help prevent any future genocides. now, it could have a detrimental effect on turkey and us relations. they have been frayed over

the last few years already. partly because turkey bought a russian defence system that many nations, including america, felt could compromise its membership of nato. there has also been great concern over turkish attacks on kurds in northern syria after us troops withdrew from there. in fact, that infuriated lawmakers, who, in 2019, passed their own legislation designating the killings of armenians in 1915 as a genocide. so, in many respects, this is a logical progression from actions that america had already been taking. nevertheless, joe biden, by using this language twice, calling this a genocide twice in his statement on armenian remembrance day, is a huge departure for any us president. he is the first president to actually use the term and officially acknowledge

that the events of 1915 were, in fact, a genocide. the indonesian navy says a submarine that went missing with 53 sailors on board has sunk — and that debris from the vessel has been found. it follows an extensive search of an area north of bali, where the vessel went missing earlier this week. here's richard galpin. this submarine, the nanggala 402, disappeared four days ago. on board, 53 crew members taking part in a torpedo exercise off the coast of bali. contact was lost after the crew asked for permission to dive. a major operation to find the stricken submarine was launched, with malaysia and australian ships amongst those helping. today it became clear all was lost. the indonesian navy chief

yudo margono told a news conference the submarine had sunk 850 metres down from the surface. but the hull could only withstand the pressure at 500 metres. as a result he said, the hull cracked. he also announced that some items from the stricken submarine had been recovered, including a piece of the torpedo system and a prayer mat. the navy insists the submarine was seaworthy but it was 40 years old. the search continues to find the bodies of the 53 submariners. richard galpin, bbc news. four astronauts on board elon musk s spacex crew dragon spacecraft have successfully docked at the international space station for a six—month mission. it is the third launch in less than a year for nasa s commercial crew programme, which relies on private sector companies operating from the us. 11 astronauts are now

on board the station — the highest number for several years. angus crawford reports. we start to see the detail on dragon there as it is closing in. docking just moments away. but endeavour�*s been here before. this its second mission to the international space station. metre by metre, the gap closes. until... dragon spacex on the big loop, soft capture confirmed. the four astronauts blasted off on friday from the kennedy space center in florida. the first to use a rocket booster recycled from a previous flight. checks complete between space station and capsule, time to meet their crewmates for the next six months. confirmation that the crew is go... making a total of 11 astronauts now on the station. it has not been this busy for years.

it is really unbelievable to be here on the space station. the space station has changed quite a bit since last time i was here. i have never seen so many astronauts on board. different spacecraft on board. i think it is a tribute to how strong our programme is going. a new era in space, then. thanks in part to a recycled rocket. station, this is houston, are you ready for the event? angus crawford, bbc news. martin barstow is a professor of astro physics and space science at the university of leicester — and also a director at the institute of space and earth 0bvservation. evening to you. good evening. tell me what in your view is the significance of this latest mission. it's part of the continuing programme of moving more and more space activity into commercial area. it's the role of government but actually bring in private enterprise

into developing space vehicles and providing services to apply to places like the space station is crucial for developing human access to space. i think importantly lowering the cost of that. it's been a very expensive business for a long time. and to make it more democratic and more accessible we have to bring the cost down. and space is all pervasive. it covers all our lives at the moment from weather forecast to satellite navigation in our cars and even watching agriculture from space. it’s and even watching agriculture from sace. �* , , and even watching agriculture from sace. h , ., ., space. it's hugely important to humans. space. it's hugely important to humans- is _ space. it's hugely important to humans. is it— space. it's hugely important to humans. is it fair— space. it's hugely important to humans. is it fair to _ space. it's hugely important to humans. is it fair to say - space. it's hugely important to humans. is it fair to say we - space. it's hugely important to j humans. is it fair to say we are space. it's hugely important to - humans. is it fair to say we are now in the airof humans. is it fair to say we are now in the air of commercial american space exploration? i in the air of commercial american space exploration?— in the air of commercial american space exploration? i think we are in a transition — space exploration? i think we are in a transition phase, _ space exploration? i think we are in a transition phase, at _ space exploration? i think we are in a transition phase, at the _ space exploration? i think we are in a transition phase, at the moment. | a transition phase, at the moment. so the air has started but we are still taking the first few steps along that road. as you heard in the clip, this is the first time the capsule has been reused to travel to international space station. and reusing the hardware is an important

part of bringing those costs down. but of course, using twice is one thing but using it ten maybe 15 or 20 times and turning it into a routine operation is a big step forward. . �* , routine operation is a big step forward. . v , routine operation is a big step forward. ., �*, , ., , .,~ forward. that's still to be taken. how do you _ forward. that's still to be taken. how do you reuse _ forward. that's still to be taken. how do you reuse the _ forward. that's still to be taken. | how do you reuse the hardware? forward. that's still to be taken. - how do you reuse the hardware? how does the recycling actually work? if you design it properly then you can take things in and out quite easily. it's what we call modular systems. it's what we call modular systems. it's always good to be the case that something may well get old and has to be replaced in these things. and when a capsule comes back to earth it will be thoroughly inspected and it will be thoroughly inspected and it will be tested. and things that are passed their useful life will be taken out and new put in. but the main infrastructure, the structure of the cast late—night capsule will be used time and time again. just the same way as the space shuttle has been used in the past few

decades. . ,. . ~ �* has been used in the past few decades. ., ,. ., . �* ., ., decades. fascinating. we've got all these astronauts _ decades. fascinating. we've got all these astronauts on _ decades. fascinating. we've got all these astronauts on the _ these astronauts on the international space station, 11 at the moment. it's crowded up they are. i know they're not all staying there for the few weeks but there a lot, what will they be doing? there is a lot of work _ lot, what will they be doing? there is a lot of work to _ lot, what will they be doing? there is a lot of work to do. _ lot, what will they be doing? there is a lot of work to do. there - lot, what will they be doing? there is a lot of work to do. there are - lot, what will they be doing? there is a lot of work to do. there are a l is a lot of work to do. there are a lot of science experience being carried out up there all the time. the international space station is a platform for doing work in low gravity conditions. there aren't many things that you can't do on earth because gravity stops you from doing it. for example, if you want to grow a very complex structure it's easier to do in space because you don't have gravity tearing things apart when you are trying to build for example, complicated crystals. also there is the human space flight element. we want to understand how people live and work in space. and indeed survive in space for long periods. because there are ultimate goals to send people back to the moon and

eventually to mars. which is a long journey. it's about a two year round trip to go to mars and back again. you've got to understand how human physiology can survive that trip. and two of the humans who are now up they are eight european and a japanese astronaut. tell us why that is important. it’s japanese astronaut. tell us why that is important-— is important. it's the first time that eight _ is important. it's the first time that eight european _ is important. it's the first time that eight european or - is important. it's the first time that eight european or a - is important. it's the first time i that eight european or a japanese astronaut have been flown on a commercial vehicle. the previous ones have carried just americans. 0bviously elon musk is a american that whole operation is based in the united states by the international space station is what it says, it's international. in those participation from europe, russia, japan and many other countries around the world including places like the united arab emirates. so it's really important to see the astronauts from the other countries carried up through this new method of getting to the space station. it could be you next time. i would l

of getting to the space station. it i could be you next time. i would like it to be but — could be you next time. i would like it to be but i — could be you next time. i would like it to be but i suspect _ could be you next time. i would like it to be but i suspect not. _ could be you next time. i would like it to be but i suspect not. i - could be you next time. i would like it to be but i suspect not. i don't . it to be but i suspect not. i don't think i'll make it through the astronaut selection bit. thank you so much for _ astronaut selection bit. thank you so much forjoining _ astronaut selection bit. thank you so much forjoining us. _ now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah. plenty of sunshine today and a lot on the way tomorrow. although evening compared but today it won't do it not will feel a little cooler. it is a dry clear night the calm temperatures dipping away after dark to allow another touch of frost in many places. as we go into the morning for some it will be rather patchy these temperatures in town city centres more likely in the countryside parts of northeast scotland down to —3 as we start the day with a little patchy cloud here and there for sunday morning. a lot of what has developed overnight will disappear. but some will continue to impact parts of eastern england with the chance of light shower. late on maybe the odd heavy shower in scotland and a few spots of rain into shetland. the vast majority

will stay dry, sunny for another day with a fairly custody easterly wind especially in the channel islands and into southwest england. it will feel quite cool in that wind along the north sea coast. in the sunny parts of the west in the warm response here to 17 may 18 degrees.