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at indian prime minister narendra modi hasjust visited the site where at least 260 people have been killed, in a train crash in the eastern state of odisha. here are the latest pictures of the prime minister, arriving at the crash site, holding his hands in prayer. officials are warning that the number of dead is expected to rise. more than 1,000 people have been injured. it is already the country's worst train crash this century. three trains were involved in the collision, which all began when a passenger train derailed. 0ur south asia correspondent, yogita limaye, reports.
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daylight reveal the scale of the disaster. 0n on friday evening, the coromandel express, ferrying more than 1000 passengers, crashed into a freight train standing on the same track. its coaches overturned, hitting another sleeper coming in from the opposite side, leaving a pile up not seenin opposite side, leaving a pile up not seen in decades. through the night, rescue teams had worked, pulling out people. give him oxygen, they shouted, carrying one of the survivors to an ambulance. it took hours to get through to those trapped inside. this man survived the crash, but his friend was killed. translation: he was sitting in his seat and i was only by the door. when the collision happened, i
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thought he would have escaped but he got crushed. i pulled him out but he didn't survive. got crushed. i pulled him out but he didn't survive-— didn't survive. many of the seriously _ didn't survive. many of the seriously injured _ didn't survive. many of the seriously injured were - didn't survive. many of the - seriously injured were brought to this hospital about three hours away. this hospital about three hours awa . ~ . . this hospital about three hours awa .~ . . ' :: this hospital about three hours awa. . ., away. we have admitted 150 people and there are _ away. we have admitted 150 people and there are people _ away. we have admitted 150 people and there are people when - away. we have admitted 150 people and there are people when i - away. we have admitted 150 people and there are people when i see - away. we have admitted 150 people| and there are people when i see you and there are people when i see you and we _ and there are people when i see you and we are _ and there are people when i see you and we are putting about effort but it is so _ and we are putting about effort but it is so unfortunate that semi people — it is so unfortunate that semi people have lost their life. india's railwa s people have lost their life. india's railways minister _ people have lost their life. india's railways minister visited - people have lost their life. india's railways minister visited the - people have lost their life. india's railways minister visited the site | railways minister visited the site and has promised an inquiry into what went wrong. there are many tough questions to answer. india's prime minister has now been visiting the crash site in the eastern indian
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state of odisha. he has been inspecting the wreckage and we will show you some pictures of him walking around that devastating state. once he had spoken to people at the crash site, he is expected to go to some of the local hospitals. the latest figures say that around 1000 people have been injured and there are real fears that the death toll which is already above 260 could rise even further through the course of the day and there we have those pictures we were talking about about indian prime minister, who has arrived in the east indian state of odisha. i mentioned earlier about the hospitals and he is meant to visit some of the hospitals in the early area. bbc bengali reporter amitabha bhattasali is at the district hospital in balasore, where many of the dead and injured have been taken. i'm standing at the district hospital balasore, which is around 200 kilometres from bhubaneshwar,
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the state capital of the eastern indian city of odisha. last night's accident took place around 35 kilometres from here, and the victims were brought to these hospitals in this town. this is the hospital where most of the victims and the dead bodies and injured people were brought in. and behind me, this is the postmortem centre where doctors have been performing postmortems of this deadly train accident since last night. many of the bodies have already been identified and have been handed over to the families, but some are yet to be identified. most of the injured people in this hospital are being treated in the orthopaedic department and the surgery department. the medical staff in this hospital was not enough to deal with such a rush of patients, so outside help have been brought in. nurses and doctors were called in to help the people in this hospital.
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british prime minister rishi sunak has also been paying his respects to the victims of that train crash. a short while ago an eyewitness and a passenger on board the derailed train, shared their harrowing account, shedding a light on the events as they unfolded. translation: when the train got | derailed, my brother was caughtl inside while i managed to get out. when i realised, i dragged him out and also saved a small child. i informed the police and the hospital. it took more than an hour and a half for help to reach is. my brother was all right until then, but then he went into a coma. the doctor asked me to wait outside and then informed me later that my brother had passed away. translation: we faced some l
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difficulty because they were just too many injured people. as soon as the police came we got some help, and once the police team arrived, we could start pulling out one person after another. this rescue work continued throughout the night. i don't know what to say. i am still traumatised. some breaking news now and the israeli army has said that two of its soldiers were killed this morning in an incident near the southern border with egypt. the army says there was a further exchange of fire in the area several hours later in which the suspected gunman was killed. an israeli army spokesman has said the two soldiers — one male and one female — began a guard shift at an army post on the border late on friday night. after they could not be contacted an officer went looking for them found them dead at the scene. turkish president tayyip erdogan has about to take his oath of office in parliament after winning the presidential election runoff last weekend.
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a ceremony at the presidential palace will take place later, followed by a dinner with foreign heads of state. we can bring you some of the pretties things right now. —— proceedings. live now to berza simsek from our turkish service. a momentous day for turkey. in many ways, take some time to get here because the wasn't a slam dunk for mr erdogan and it took a second run for him to get that vote?—
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for him to get that vote? that's correct, erdogan _ for him to get that vote? that's correct, erdogan won _ for him to get that vote? that's correct, erdogan won the - for him to get that vote? that's - correct, erdogan won the presidency in the second round and the opposition had high hopes, they thought that they would be winning the election but it seems that erdogan is going to have another term as president. his role has entered the third decade so we can see erdogan in the political scene of turkey for the past 20 years, you can see how influential he has been. why influential but also controversial, you might say. figs why influential but also controversial, you might say. as we are looking — controversial, you might say. as we are looking at _ controversial, you might say. as we are looking at these _ controversial, you might say. as we are looking at these pictures - controversial, you might say. as we are looking at these pictures of- controversial, you might say. as we are looking at these pictures of the | are looking at these pictures of the ceremony as we speak, there are a lot of question marks about how free and fair those elections were and above present erdogan�*s control of the media in the country? but above present erdogan's control of the media in the country?- the media in the country? but is very true- _ the media in the country? but is very true- 9096 _ the media in the country? but is very true. 9096 of _ the media in the country? but is very true. 9096 of the _ the media in the country? but is very true. 9096 of the media - the media in the country? but isj very true. 9096 of the media has
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the media in the country? but is - very true. 9096 of the media has been very true. 90% of the media has been controlled by those connected to erdogan. it is difficult to talk about free media these days in turkey. even international observers have said that although there were three elections, they were not fair because the media is controlled by the government and through those media, lies about the opposition have been spread. we saw misinformation, fake news has been spread through the media. he has beenin spread through the media. he has been in powerfor the last spread through the media. he has been in power for the last 20 years so erdogan and his party also used the state's resources to win the election so it was a free election but not a fair election according to the observers. this but not a fair election according to the observers-_ but not a fair election according to the observers. this election came at a difficult time _ the observers. this election came at a difficult time for _ the observers. this election came at a difficult time for turkey, _ the observers. this election came at a difficult time for turkey, in - the observers. this election came at a difficult time for turkey, in the - a difficult time for turkey, in the wake of that devastating earthquake and in the middle of a huge economic
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crisis? . , , crisis? that is very true. in february. _ crisis? that is very true. in february, there _ crisis? that is very true. in february, there was - crisis? that is very true. in february, there was a - crisis? that is very true. in | february, there was a huge earthquake in turkey that killed more than 50,000 people, cities were demolished to bits and pieces and especially in the first couple of days, the government couldn't manage the rescue operation and because of that, there was a reaction towards the state but also after the first couple of days, they started going to the region that turkey needs $100 billion in order to build their cities again. we are talking about an area that is affecting 13 million people and where turkey will be finding this money is a question and on the economic front, turkey is not doing well either. inflation is very
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high, the currency has plummeted in recent years and avalon is insisting on keeping the interest rates in approach to the economy, so we will see how this government will be dealing with it economic crisis, where they will be finding money to build their cities. just where they will be finding money to build their cities.— build their cities. just looking at those pictures _ build their cities. just looking at those pictures and _ build their cities. just looking at those pictures and that - build their cities. just looking at those pictures and that oath - build their cities. just looking at those pictures and that oath ofl those pictures and that oath of office, looks like it is wrapping up. aside from domestic politics in turkey, mr erdogan plays a important role in being a broker between russia and the west. how are things going to move forward now he is taking office again?— taking office again? erdogan is a leader who _ taking office again? erdogan is a leader who can _ taking office again? erdogan is a leader who can talk _ taking office again? erdogan is a leader who can talk to _ taking office again? erdogan is a leader who can talk to russia's l leader who can talk to russia's president putin and to the west at the same time so on one hand, the west sees this as a fact that turkey is shifting towards russia and china
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but on the other hand, it proves that it could be useful because for example, the deal has been negotiated by turkey, the negotiations between russia and ukraine went through the help of turkey so in that case, it is going to be very useful. i don't expect much change in this approach, one thing that i think i need to mention is that nato's general secretary will be joining the is that nato's general secretary will bejoining the dinner in the evening which is showing that's nato support everyone, turkey is a important ally of turkey counts nato. recently, turkey was against nato. recently, turkey was against
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nato membership of finland, it is still negotiating whether it will approve sweden's membership. i think it is a challenging relationship between erdogan and the west but it can also be useful from time to time. ., ~' ,, , . can also be useful from time to time. ., ~ ,, , . ., time. thank you very much for “oininr time. thank you very much for joining us _ time. thank you very much for joining us and _ time. thank you very much for joining us and just _ time. thank you very much for joining us and just to - time. thank you very much for joining us and just to remind l time. thank you very much for- joining us andjust to remind people joining us and just to remind people of that breaking news, press that erdogan has been sworn in after the second round of elections that concluded last week in turkey. now it's time for a look at today's sport. there is so much going on this weekend wherever you look. we've got the scottish fa cup final, where celtic have the chance to complete the treble if they beat inverness caledonian thistle, and the first cricket test between england and ireland could be over within three days. but first up, it's the english fa cup final, and one of the biggest ever manchester derbies. it's the first time the local rivals have come up against each
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otherfor a major trophy. manchester city are chasing the treble, but their neighbours manchester united will be looking to upset the party. nesta mcgregorjoins us now, from wembley. iam and i am and it is safe to say that we have all the ingredients for what promises to be a memorable fa cup final. forthe promises to be a memorable fa cup final. for the first time ever, the two manchester clubs and its. the fountain started to arrive now. way more than 90,000 fans are expected here today and speaking to them, save to say manchester city fans are very confident, some even calling the second leg of the treble. having secured the premier league, today's fa cup and the premier league next week will put pep guardiola and his team among legends of football let alone english football. the only team that can stop them doing that as the neighbours, the bedside of
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manchester and manchester united. the sun is out, this is the oldest cup competition in the world. the first fa cup match played more than 150 years ago. it is divided the city, i bumped into a family where the mum and daughter are red and the dad and son are blue. and because of the train strikes, they have had to do a ten hour carjourney and they said they had to put a partition up so that they didn't speak to one another because it has already began. a trophy is up for grabs but bragging rights as well. erling haaland has been brought in, they truly think that if manchester city turn up and play the best football thenit turn up and play the best football then it is simple as. bruno fernandes, the manchester united captain said they could score the treble but this is about doing their
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own domestic double, having secured the league cup. so much to play for, so much pride is at stake. the first time ever, we know that before a ball has been kicked, there is a name etched on the trophy, the name is manchester, it could be city for united. the wimbledon champion elena rybakina has pulled out of the french open ahead of her third round match with spaniard sara sorribes tormo. the kazakhstani withdrew with a fever. sorribes tormo progresses to the last 16 by virtue of a walkover. in the men's draw 11th seed casper ruud has beaten china's zhang zhizen to reach round 4. the norwegian dropped the first set but came through in 4. meanwhile holger rune is in action right now. the 20 year—old dane is up against argentine genaro alberto olivieri, the world number 231.
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england are closing in on victory, within 3 days of the first test england have named their squad for this summer's ashes series against australia. it is unchanged from that which is closing in on victory, within 3 days of the first test against ireland at lords. ireland resumed on 97—3 in their second innings, still trailing by 255 runs. england have taken a handful of wicktes in saturday's morning session. josh tongue has taken 4 — ireland now on 215 for 6 — still trailing by 137 runs at lunch. you can follow all of those stories and more — including the latest from the epsom derby — across the bbc including the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. 19 people have been arrested in connection with plans to disrupt the epsom derby festival on saturday.
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animal rights campaigners have been threatening to defy a court order, banning disruptive protests. surrey police say 11 arrests were made at addresses in mitcham & byfleet in the early hours, following warrants based on intelligence received ahead of the epsom derby festival. earlier i spoke to our correspondent charlotte gallagher who was at the derby for us. we know in the early hours of this morning, 11 people were arrested at addresses in london and surrey. and thenjust a few addresses in london and surrey. and then just a few hours ago, quite close to the race in a nearby village, vehicle was stopped and eight people inside that vehicle were arrested and objects were removed from that vehicle which presumably they were going to be using to protest. security is very tight here and the police presence is visible. people often were top hats to these kind of events and they are being asked to take on the top hats when they go into the racecourse so stewards can check
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they aren't hiding anything underneath and police are all over the enclosure, behind me, on the track as well. there are seven dogs, the jockey club that owns this racecourse have taken security incredibly seriously, they have also got an injunction from the high court which aims to stop people going onto the track here, throwing things onto the track, however, animal rights activists, some of them have said they are willing to break the law in order to get their point across and they want to cancel the epsom derby or severely delay it. however, what they have said is they won't go onto the track if there are horses, jockeys, they don't want to injure any horses or jockeys or spectators because thousands and thousands of people have come here today. because this is a huge event in horse racing, this essential is the flat equivalent of the grand national so
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thousands watching it here, thousands watching it here, thousands watching it here, thousands watching at home and it is a big day for one of the biggest names in british racing, frankie dettori. the famous jockey, names in british racing, frankie dettori. the famousjockey, it names in british racing, frankie dettori. the famous jockey, it is at last epsom derby after a very long career, he is retiring at the end of the flat season. he has won it twice, he is aiming for his third when anne currently has horse, arrest, is the favourite. let's get some of the day's other news now. youtube says it will stop deleting videos that make false claims of fraud in past us elections. the policy was introduced shortly after the 2020 presidential poll, when donald trump repeatedly claimed — without evidence — that he had been cheated. youtube said its clampdown had had a potentially chilling effect on free speech, and had not meaningfully reduced the risk of violence. the un has led international appeals for calm amid continuing unrest in senegal, over the sentencing of the opposition leader, ousmane sonko, for immoral behaviour. he rejects the charges. a tenth death was reported on friday, following riots in the country.
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british vogue editor—in—chief edward enninful will be stepping down from his role after six years at the top fashion magazine. the 51—year—old will remain as an editorial advisor to the uk title but move into a newly—created job next year aimed at growing the brand globally. we start in india with a developing story this morning, as indian prime minister narendra modi has just visited the site where at least 260 people have been killed, in a train crash in the eastern state of odisha. here are the latest pictures of the prime minister, arriving at the crash site, holding his hands in prayer. officials are warning that the number of dead is expected to rise. our news correspondent divya arya is in delhi. we have got pictures from various news agencies, showing that the prime minister has indeed reached the disaster site.
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he has taken stock of the situation there, with the railways minister by his side. he has left in a helicopter to visit some of the hospitals. he hasn't spoken to the media as yet, so we will be waiting for that to happen to get any more information about how the government plans to proceed on the investigation of the accident. if you were to go on social media there is a lot of anger, especially because we have been hearing a lot of claims by the government about running superfast trains, about being self—reliant in the manufacture and running of trains. even privatisation of the indian railways, and now there are a lot of questions about whether there was a signalling failure, whether there was communication failure between the driver of both the trains, because one accident would have been averted if the driver of the second passenger train had information about the derailment that had already taken place with the first passenger train colliding with the stationary freight train, but that, of course, didn't happen.
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there are also questions about the system which is meant to prevent collisions, it is anti— collision mechanism that was developed over the last few years, but hasn't been put in place in most of the railway network, including this part of the railway line, this part of the railway tracks in south—eastern railway, so questions are being raised about the delay in that roll—out, too. but mostly questions. everyone is waiting for some answers. the mother of the television presenter caroline flack has criticised the way itv handled the departure of phillip schofield — saying the broadcaster had not appeared to learn the lessons from her daughter's suicide. the former host of this morning apologised after he admitted lying about an affair with a younger male colleague, and said he understood how caroline flack felt in the face of utterly "relentless" news coverage. christine flack has been speaking to bbc newsnight, saying she was worried about both mr schofield and the young man he was involved with.
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they treat them as commodities and i know it is a lovelyjob. but they are not commodities, they are people and they are employed and if my employed and take care of me, there would be all how to pay. just employed and take care of me, there would be all how to pay.— would be all how to pay. just before we to, we would be all how to pay. just before we go. we will _ would be all how to pay. just before we go, we will bring _ would be all how to pay. just before we go, we will bring you _ would be all how to pay. just before we go, we will bring you some - would be all how to pay. just before we go, we will bring you some live i we go, we will bring you some live pictures from ankara, turkish president erdogan has just taken pictures from ankara, turkish president erdogan hasjust taken his oath of office in ankara and we can see pictures there in the city. not much happening at the moment but we expect to see his convoy coming past here shortly. and that comes after a run north in the turkish election last sunday. some critics
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questioning how free and fair those elections were. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. good afternoon. well, the weather is very unlikely to ruin your outdoor plans this weekend because for the vast majority of us, it's dry and fine. there's a lot of blue sky and sunshine around, such as here in denbighshire in wales, the highest temperatures for wales in the south west of england, and even some sunshine across east anglia where it's been quite cloudy for much of the week. cloudy and cold. this is in norfolk and the outlook, well, high pressure just set to continue. so there's a lot more sunshine to come to. now, this is the satellite picture from earlier on today. you can see just how much blue sky we've got. the cloud towards northern areas of scotland likely to persist. some breaks in the cloud emerging across shetland and i think we'll see some of that cloud
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towards the channel islands break up too, some convective cloud may be developing over the high ground of scotland and we do still have that rather brisk onshore breeze towards parts of east anglia and coastal areas of kent, gusts of around 30 miles an hour. temperatures will peak in the mid 20s in celsius for the vast majority of us, again cooler towards eastern coast. and don't forget that the sunshine is strong at this time of year. the uv levels will be high. the pollen levels today also high. now, overnight tonight, it will feel a bit milder than it did last night. not quite so chilly. some areas of mist developing, lots of clear skies. again, more cloud just moving in from the north sea. this is how we'll start off sunday morning. now that cloud towards eastern coastal areas, east anglia and lincolnshire should gradually burn back towards the coast at once more. it's always going to feel cooler, of course, towards those eastern coasts again with the onshore breeze, a lot of sunshine around, perhaps just one or two light showers breaking out across northern ireland and south west of scotland, where we'll still see highs of around 23 degrees celsius. and it's much of a muchness on monday.
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rinse and repeat again. some more clouds moving in from the north sea through the night and into monday morning. then it should gradually burn back towards the coast again. temperatures will peak in the low 20s in celsius yet again, possibly a bit more cloud across eastern areas of scotland. now, as we head through next week, high pressure still dominates, it's still dry and settled, but the area of high pressure just gradually migrates further eastwards, drawing in a southeasterly wind, some warmer feeling air for the far south east of england, possibly one or two showers for the southwest, but they won't last. here's the outlook for our capital cities. the sunshine set to continue, temperatures rising, especially in london.
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this is bbc news. the headlines... officials in india say more than 260 people have died and over a thousand have been injured in a trash crash — one of the worst since independence in 19117. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has visited the crash site in the past hour and says he is �*distressed' by what happened. police report that 19 people have been arrested in connection with plans to disrupt the epsom derby festival on saturday. officers said 11 people were arrested in the early hours of the morning following warrants based on intelligence received ahead of the festival. all were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit public nuisance and remain in police custody.
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rail services across england have come to a halt as 12,000 train

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