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this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. at least 32 people are killed and dozens more are injured after two trains collide in greece. nigeria's governing party candidate, bola tinubu, it was chaos, tumbling over, cables hanging, broken windows, people screaming, people trapped. nigeria's governing party candidate, bola tinubu, is declared the winner of saturday's disputed presidential election. a massive police search in southern england for a missing baby whose parents are under arrest on suspicion of manslaughter. an official complaint is lodged as youtube is accused of collecting the viewing data
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of children aged under 13. and take a seat. the 700—year—old chair that'll be the centrepiece of king charles�* coronation. hello and welcome. fire officials in greece say at least 32 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa in the thessaly region. conditions for the rescuers are described as very difficult. the army has been mobilised to help and dozens of fire and ambulance staff are at the scene. stephanie prentice reports.
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it's been described by local authorities as a powerful collision and a terrible scene. passengers said the crash felt like being in an earthquake. we heard a like being in an earthquake. - heard a big bang, it was ten nightmarish seconds, we were turning over in the wake until it fell on the sides and the commotion stop. then there was panic, cables everywhere, fire, the fire was immediate as we were turning over we were being burnt, fire was right and left. as rescue teams work their way through these dark and smoky carriages the death toll keeps rising. after a high—speed collision on the night between a cargo train and a passenger train. hundreds of passengers had been evacuated by rescue teams some dragged to safety after crawling through upside down carriages. it
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after crawling through upside down carriages.— after crawling through upside down carriages. it was chaos, tumbling _ down carriages. it was chaos, tumbling over, _ down carriages. it was chaos, tumbling over, fires, - down carriages. it was chaos, tumbling over, fires, cables l tumbling over, fires, cables hanging, broken windows, people screaming, people trapped. these people are the lucky ones, fire officials say the first two carriages of the train completely disintegrated in the crash. the next two derailed entirely. how to train is travelling in opposite directions came to directly collide will be the next issue officials will tackle. for now the focus is on recovery and as morning breaks increase the hope is the light will bring survivors with it. stephanie prentice has been following this for us and joins me now. the priority right now is to find any survivors.- find any survivors. this is alive rescue _
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find any survivors. this is alive rescue and - find any survivors. this is alive rescue and details l find any survivors. this is - alive rescue and details coming in by the hour, challenging scene for people on site, the first carriages were crushed entirely and very difficult to get inside and see if anyone there is still alive. that is there is still alive. that is the focus we have seen pictures coming injust now and the scene does look like it's getting lighter, that will make it easierfor getting lighter, that will make it easier for rescuers to see if anyone is alive and pull them out from that, right now thatis them out from that, right now that is very much the focus for teams there.— teams there. eventually then questions — teams there. eventually then questions will _ teams there. eventually then questions will have _ teams there. eventually then questions will have to - teams there. eventually then questions will have to be - questions will have to be answered as to why this happened, how this could happen, this deadly crash? we had two happen, this deadly crash? - had two trains travelling at high speeds in opposite directions that managed to collide, we expect a press conference later in the morning that could answer some of those questions for us.— questions for us. thank you so much stephanie, _ questions for us. thank you so much stephanie, those - questions for us. thank you so much stephanie, those are - questions for us. thank you so | much stephanie, those are like as we are receiving from the scene of the crash in greece. the nigerian electoral commission has announced the governing party candidate, bola tinubu, as the winner of saturday's disputed
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presidential election. he won with almost nine million votes, ahead of his main rival, atiku abubakar who had nearly seven million. our west africa correspondent mayeni jones has been closely following the results. after several days of waiting nigerians now have a clearer picture of who then ex—president might be, bola tinubu the candidate of the ruling progressive congress appears to have one the most amount of boats on these presidential elections. this result comes amid a lot of controversy surrounding the boat with the opposition party saying they had got evident the new electronic voting system that was used on saturday was faulty, there were issues with some of the machines that were deployed to polling stations around the country and they ask the electoral commission to do a re—election. the commission says there is a channel for
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which these parties can go if they have any issues they can go through the courts once the announcement has been made, now it is sticking with the result. there has been a lot of confusion among the voting public in nigeria, walking through lagos a lot of people questioning why it has taken so long to get results, results coming in on saturday but did not really come out until 24—hour is just off that has led to a lot of suspicion in a country that has a big history of boat buying and boat rigging. four men arrested in connection with the shooting of an off duty police officer in county tyrone have been released. two men — one aged 71, the other 47 — are still being questioned about the attack on detective chief inspector, john caldwell in omagh a week ago. he remains critically ill in hospital. a massive police search is under way in the uk for a missing baby whose
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parents have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. constance marten and mark gordon were found after being spotted in brighton by a member of the public. police have now launched an urgent search for the baby, who is not thought to have received any medical attention since birth. vincent mcaviney reports. monday night in north brighton, after 53 days on the run constance marten and mark gordon spotted on cctv, walking down a residential street. while shopping in this convenience store they were spotted by a member of the public who called 999. shortly after they were filmed again officers arrested the couple without their baby walking towards an allotment site and golf course leading to the south downs. despite finally having the couple in custody they have not provided any further information about the condition or whereabouts of the
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child. police fear could have been abandoned in freezing conditions. they are now being held on suspicion of grossly injured lynch manslaughter. 200 officers from sussex and the london metro police have worked around the clock to try to find the baby. the sex is unknown and it is believed to have never had medical treatment. drones, helicopterand never had medical treatment. drones, helicopter and sniffer dogs all deployed to assist. in the daylight officers work their way slowly through the large allotment the couple with to be heading towards, every shed and greenhouse been checked, the temperature is close to zero. 35—year—old constance marten comes from a hugely wealthy family with close ties to the royal family, she grew up in this country estate in dorset, and was at drama school in 2016 when she first met 48—year—old mark gordon. gordon a registered sex offender who was deported to britain from the united states
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in 2010 after spending 20 years in 2010 after spending 20 years in prison for a rape he committed aged 1a. ever since they have led an isolated life, in september when constance marten was well into her pregnancy they began moving around rental lights. police believe the baby was born on the back of a car in early january, the couple came onto the police radar onjanuary five when a car was found on fire on the side of the m61 near bolton. from there they took a taxi to liverpool, then another to harwich, arriving on the morning of six january. by lunchtime on sevenjanuary the morning of six january. by lunchtime on seven january they were in east london where they bought a blue tent from argos and abandoned the pushchair. then there were more taxi journeys including a final one to the port of new haven. since then they have used a large amount of cash to the off grid and evade detection until monday night. injanuary the father of constance marten made this appeal to his daughter.
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darling constance, even though we remain estranged at the moment, i stand we remain estranged at the moment, istand by we remain estranged at the moment, i stand by as i have always done and as the family has always done, to do whatever is necessary for your safe return to us.— is necessary for your safe return to us. ~ ~ , return to us. while detectives ho -e the return to us. while detectives hepe the baby _ return to us. while detectives hope the baby is _ return to us. while detectives hope the baby is alive, - return to us. while detectives. hope the baby is alive, perhaps being looked after by someone else, they are becoming increasing the consent, constance marten�*s mother says while he is relieved she has been found he is worried about his missing grandchild they hope to finally meet. but after another night of freezing weather that hope here is fading. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. police in israel say that all israeli suspects detained over rioting against palestinians in the occupied west bank on sunday night have been released. eight people were detained over the rampage in which houses and cars were set alight. a police spokesman said that three of those released remained under house arrest.
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at least 650 schoolgirls have been poisoned by toxic gas in iran since november in what many believe is a deliberate attempt to force their schools to shut. iran's authorities have opened an investigation. no girls have died, but dozens have been admitted to hospital with respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. youtube has been accused of collecting the viewing data of children aged under 13, in breach of a uk data privacy code designed to protect them. an official complaint has been lodged with the information commissioner's officer. youtube says it has already bolstered children's privacy on the platform. our technology editor zoe kleinman reports. what are our children watching online and who knows about it? 89 of three to 17—year—old �*s
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watch youtube according to the regulator despite being aimed at children aged 13 and above. youtube gathers data about what users are watching so it can show them more videos they might like. looks at where they are watching and what they are watching on, children aren't supposed to be part of this but lots of them use parents devices and accounts and that means their data gets gathered as well. campaign and father of three duncan mccann says he believes youtube is breaching industry standards by doing this is neither the children nor parents have consented and he has taken his complaint to the information commissioner office. it has a children's internet code designed to protect children's data privacy. protect children's data privacy-— protect children's data riva . y , ., privacy. my preferred reform youtube should _ privacy. my preferred reform youtube should actually - privacy. my preferred reform | youtube should actually when you enter youtube they don't collect any unnecessary or processed any unnecessary information and the best way to ensure they are only collecting the data of adults who are properly consenting would be to
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have a process where adults can sign in to the tracking recommendation system, profiling targeted ads. in a statement _ profiling targeted ads. in a statement youtube - profiling targeted ads. in a statement youtube said... including more dedicated settings and a supervised experience which needs parental consent. the ico said they will consider this complaint carefully. many technological firms make money from compiling data about users and using it to sell ads but children are supposed to be protected from this. action in the us led you to paying a multibillion—dollar pound fine and changing its practices. it pound fine and changing its practices-— pound fine and changing its ractices. , . , , ., , ., practices. it is assumed anyone watchin: practices. it is assumed anyone watching children's _ practices. it is assumed anyone watching children's content - watching children's content would be potentially under the age of 13 and so it clicks far less data that type of content and doesn't send personalised ads to people watching their content. it ads to people watching their content. , ., , , . ads to people watching their content. , ., ,, . content. it shows big tech can make changes _ content. it shows big tech can make changes when - content. it shows big tech can make changes when it - content. it shows big tech can make changes when it needs l content. it shows big tech can i
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make changes when it needs to. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: sniffing out the smugglers. the labradors from london fighting animal—trafficking in thailand. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these . marches are their rights as citizens i of the united states, - and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out so that they don't get their heads i
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broken and are sent to hospital. - this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up? oh, it worries me, yes, but i hope everything'll be all right at the end of the day. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: at least 32 people are killed and dozens more are injured after two trains collide in greece. nigeria's governing party candidate, bola tinubu, is declared the winner of saturday's disputed presidential election. the us supreme court has been hearing arguments over the legitimacy of president biden�*s plan to give loan relief to millions of students. six republican—controlled states say mr biden exceeded his powers when he promised to cancel $430 billion worth worth of loans. our north america correspondent
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peter bowes reports. ona on a mission to make sure the highest court in the land gets the message. many of these students say they are thousands of dollars in debt. cancelling her loans would make a huge difference to their lives. you cannot live _ difference to their lives. you cannot live in _ difference to their lives. you cannot live in america - difference to their lives. you. cannot live in america and have bad credit and have access and so what we see now is this issue affects more than just your economics, it affects your opportunity to live.— opportunity to live. when we have this _ opportunity to live. when we have this dead _ opportunity to live. when we have this dead it _ opportunity to live. when we have this dead it is _ opportunity to live. when we have this dead it is hard - opportunity to live. when we have this dead it is hard to l have this dead it is hard to think— have this dead it is hard to think through all the bills in front— think through all the bills in front of— think through all the bills in front of us so we need to make that_ front of us so we need to make that indebtedness go away. it is a form _ that indebtedness go away. it is a form of economic enslavement. it is a form of economic enslavement.- is a form of economic enslavement. it is but is president _ enslavement. it is but is president biden - enslavement. it is but is president biden 's - enslavement. it is but is president biden 's fair i enslavement. it is but is| president biden 's fair or enslavement. it is but is - president biden 's fair or even president biden �*s fair or even legal. he bears it —— he believes it is based on an law past 20 years ago where the government has the power to waive or modify law prove
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detrimental loan provisions to affect borrowers affected by a national emergency, in this case the pandemic. the supreme court chiefjustice expressed doubt. ~ �* ., ., "f doubt. we're about half $1 trillion and _ doubt. we're about half $1 trillion and 43 _ doubt. we're about half $1 trillion and 43 million - trillion and 43 million americans. how does that fit under a normal understanding of modifying? the under a normal understanding of modifying?— modifying? the biden administration - modifying? the biden administration says i modifying? the biden - administration says almost 20 million people are eligible to have their entire student loan balances cancelled. the whole oint of balances cancelled. the whole point of the — balances cancelled. the whole point of the statute, _ balances cancelled. the whole point of the statute, its - point of the statute, its central mission and function is to ensure that in the face of a national emergency that causes financial harm to borrowers that the secretary can do something. he can alter the student loan programme to ensure they are not worse off. outside the court of final appeal to the justices for a politician who is hugely popular with students. today we sa that popular with students. today we say that the _ popular with students. today we say that the supreme _ popular with students. today we say that the supreme court - say that the supreme court listen to the needs of millions of struggling people. people who want a middle—class life and are buried in debt. do the
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right thing, support biden's proposal and cancel student debt. thank you all very much. millions of borrowers are currently in limbo as the court, which has a 6—3 conservative majority deliberates the motion. it will make a final decision injune. peter bowes, bbc news. time now for all the sport. i'm marc edwards with the sports news. we start with football — and in a tale of two cities, phil foden fired manchester city into the fa cup quarterfinals. his double helped see off championship side bristol city 3—0 to reach the last eight of the world's oldest football competition. pep guardiola has always taken the domestic cups seriously and that continued with a strong starting line—up. foden scored twice and kevin de bruyne added a third from 25 yards late on — treble—chasing manchester city easing into the next round. from my experience here in
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england, the fa cup with ligue 1 teams and champions teams, all have their moments to do it. and they are fast and impressed with the few players they have and it is an honour just to be there. we did it and we can go to the next round. erik ten hag says there is lots more work to do this season as manchester united return to action on wednesday for the first time since winning the league cup in england. united host west ham in the fa cup fifth round at old trafford, three days after securing a first trophy in six years. united are third in the premier league and are also in the europa league last 16. players were still ecstatic and they had to celebrate this momentum but yesterday after we
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settled down and we got back to work and that is what we had to do. there was recovery and the ones who played less had a training session. from me and the team, that's all your sport. it's been the centrepiece of coronations for more than 700 years — the medieval chair that kings and queens sit on as the crown is placed upon their head. for four months conservationists have been working to restore the chair ahead of the coronation of king charles iii at westminster abbey in may, but there's still work to be done to ensure it's fit for royalty. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. just over nine weeks to go now until the coronation and westminster abbey is still busy with tourists. the physical preparation of the abbey has barely begun. but in one of the
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abby�*s side chapels, one of the key components of the coronation is being made ready. this is the coronation chair. the 700—year—old chair made in the year 1300 and used it every coronation since then. the late queen, elizabeth, was seated on the coronation chair for her grounding in 1953just as her namesake, elizabeth the first had been four centuries earlier and henry viii and others before that. the chair bears the marks of the centuries. graffiti from the 1800s when visitors were able to carve their initials into it. it can servitors say, all in all it is in remarkably sound condition. there were initials and some names, some have been identified to go on to become girls or barons. it is made from oak and it is gilded, it would have originally had painted and gilded glass workers well so it would have looked like a metallic object.
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it is decorated with punch work which is small tiny dots that we used to create images so there are birds and figures of saints and kings and there is a lot of foliage as well and because so little survives of english art from that time it really is an exquisite example of the quality of craftsmanship that does not survive anymore. by that does not survive anymore. by coronation day the chairs preparation will be complete. there will be no attempt to restore its original gold leaf gilding, the significance of this chair is rooted in its age and the centuries of history that it embodies. there is one vital part of this historic chair which is still to be added. the stone of scone, the ancient slab of sandstone on which scottish kings used to be crowned which on coronation day will restjust here underneath the seat on which king charles will be crowned. the stone of
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scone all this turn of destiny as it is sometimes known in scotland will be brought at some point from edinburgh over the coming weeks to beach placed under the chair which was originally designed to hold it. at that point the chair will be ready. on coronation day itself a stage, a platform will have been built in that area in front of the high altar. in the coronation chair will be there, the centre of attention, facing the high altarfor the most solemn part of the service, the crowning and the anointing. it will be the coronation of the british king, a religious service tailored in some respects to modern times but honouring the centuries of tradition represented by the chair which will be its centrepiece. nicholas twitchell, bbc news, westminster abbey. pangolins are one of the most sought—after animals on earth. they�* re mostly wanted for their meat and their scales which can be used in traditional chinese medicine. there's been a global ban on trafficking them since 2017
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and now london's met police is doing its bit to combat this illegal trade — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. meet bess and her best friend, buster. the latest weapons in the fight against the illegal trafficking of animals in asia. these two labradors have been trained by london's metropolitan police. their next stop thailand. and a new life sniffing out crime — one pangolin at the time. live animals, critically endangered and, indeed, one of the most trafficked animals in the world. we reckon one is poached every five minutes. so, really horrific numbers they are being trafficked in. by one estimate, nearly 3 million of them are poached each year. and there's not that many of them left. there are eight types of pangolin, and all of them are on the so—called red list of endangered species
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at risk of extinction. their meat is regarded as a delicacy in parts of asia, and their skills are said to have powerful medicinal qualities. bess and buster will be used airports, ports and along thailand's road network, and this is a lifetime commitment for the pair of them. they'll have a working life of about seven to eight years, and then they'll be retired and cared for in thailand. so, yeah, we're going to sunnier climes. the world wildlife fund says that the pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world. if all goes according to plan, bess and buster would have something to say about that. tim allman, bbc news. we have plenty more for you here on bbc news. we will be looking at the agreement, the new dealfor northern looking at the agreement, the new deal for northern ireland, the windsor framework as it is known. if you look online you
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can see many analysis there but basically we will hear from the federation of small businesses, the chair for northern ireland and he will be on this programme in a moment. good morning. not a lot happening in any great hurry in terms of the weather across the uk in the days ahead. a big area of high pressure centred to the north of scotland has been with us so far this week and it stays with us right the way too into the weekend. you can see it wobbles about a bit in the next few days. but to the changes really that that will bring about are going to be very subtle in the next couple of days, very much like it's been just start the week. there'll be a lot of cloud across the uk, but it will bear very little in the way of rain. it's the wind directions, if anything, that will shift about. and that could just bring about some changes where we see the showers. a northeasterly, again this wednesday favours the northeast of england, parts of the midlands, maybe south wales picking up some showers, a few
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for east anglia to the far south east of england, maybe a bit more brightness than we saw on tuesday. again, some decent sunshine, i think for western scotland. temperatures on the thermometer, 8, 9 degrees. but in that northeasterly wind, it's going to feel closer to five or six. plenty of cloud drifting around again overnight, wednesday into thursday, perhaps the skies becoming a little clearer towards the southeast across southern counties of england, greater chance of catching a frost here and also again, clearer skies for western scotland, allowing it to turn chillier. but any breaks where we've got some shelter could mean we catch a frost for first thing on thursday. subtle change for thursday. well, there's the high picture. doesn't look too different, does it? but those ice bars are further apart. further apart, they get the lighter our winds become. and lighter winds for us on thursday may mean itjust feels slightly less chilly. so our temperatures will feel closer to the figures that we'd read on the thermometer. feeling around the nine or ten degree mark is an improvement by three or four degrees really from earlier in the week. still a lot of cloud drifting around, perhaps a little more
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in the way of sunshine on thursday, friday into saturday. the high wriggles a little bit further westwards, though. and look how those parallel lines start to track from north to south. that's the indicator that towards the end of the week and into the weekend, we could well be pulling in some arctic air. so, yes, it's felt chilly with the breeze off the north sea recently, but come the weekend, we could be pulling in some much colder air. and later on in the weekend, into the start of next week, signs it might become a little bit more unsettled as well. so there's just the possibility of something a little bit more wintry in our outlook.
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