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at its parent company conde nast. hello. rescue efforts have ended at the site of india's worst rail crash this century. at the site of india's worst 288 people are now known to have died and more than a thousand have been injured. officials say no—one else is left trapped inside the compartments of the three trains involved in the incident in the eastern state of odisha. indian prime minister narendra modi said "stringent punishment" will be handed down to those found to be responsible. our south asia correspondent archana shukla reports from the scene. daylight revealed the scale of the disaster. this wreckage, now intertwined, belonged to three trains. there are conflicting accounts of how the crash occurred, leaving a pile—up not seen in decades.
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some railway workers have told the bbc the coromandel express going from kolkata in the east to chennai collided with a stationary freight train on the same track, the coach is overturned and were hit by another passenger train coming in the opposite direction. but officials dispute this saying all three trains were on different tracks and they are still investigating why the coromandel express derailed. rescue efforts went on nonstop for over 2a hours. even slicing through the mangled coaches to pull out those trapped. this man survived the crash. translation: when i came out of the train i saw a lot of people | had reached the site. i have lost everything. we sat down. those seriously injured were brought
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out so i had to wait. through the day, ambulances have been rushing passengers for critical medical care. since last night, every 30 minutes an ambulance has been ferrying critically—injured passengers from the accident site to this trauma centre in this hospital. but still a three hour drive from the accident. we understand since last night hundreds of critically injured passengers had been brought here and given medical care but the scenes outside are one of distress and chaos. many people outside still looking for theirfamily members who were passengers, not knowing if they had been brought to this hospital or some other. india's prime minister narendra modi visited the site. his government promising an inquiry into what went wrong. as the rescue work wraps up, a big priority is restarting train services by clearing the tracks. the wreckage and lost hopes leaving
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many tough questions to answer. well, as you've just seen, archana shukla has been at the scene of the crash and sent this update a short time ago. what you can see it behind me as a relic carriages that were overturned by the accident which are now trying to be moved off the tracks. claiming the tax is now a priority and that is what is happening behind me because about 58 trains have been cancelled and scores of other trains have been disrupted, services have been disrupted and that is becoming a priority now that the rescue operations are over at the south. there are many disaster relief operation workers are still at the site here who are standing by, although officially the operations of pulling out the passengers is over, they are still waiting by, but
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questions on how this really happened is something that will haunt the inter—rail system. while india has a larger train network, accidents have been happening but the severity has been reducing, but the severity has been reducing, but the scale of this accident calls questions back on the automated signalling system and railway safety the government has been promising to put in place. there are varying accounts of how this happened, including questions about which train derailed first. the exact sequence of events is still under investigation but bbc teams have been trying to piece it together. we know the accident involved three trains. the coromandel express, seen here in red, was heading south to chennai. the howrah superfast express, which is in blue, was heading north. there was also a stationary goods train which you can see here in grey. there are varying accounts of which train derailed first. but a railway spokesperson said it was the coromandel express. it somehow ended up on a loop line and hit the goods train.
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the derailed carriages — which you can see in red here — then collided with the howrah superfast express which was travelling along a different line. some of the superfast express carriages, which you can see in blue, are also then derailed. the government has said in total 17 coaches from the two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged. live now to debabrata mohanty, senior assistant editor at hindustan times who was at the crash site earlier today. hello, thank you for talking to us. what did you see when you were there? , ., there? yes, i saw the moment i arrived there _ there? yes, i saw the moment i arrived there i _ there? yes, i saw the moment i arrived there i saw _ there? yes, i saw the moment i arrived there i saw it _ there? yes, i saw the moment i arrived there i saw it was - there? yes, i saw the moment i arrived there i saw it was a - arrived there i saw it was a horrific sight. the train coaches were lying all around the crash site, too many bodies lined up and
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the rescuers had a difficult time to get the bodies out of the coaches. it was like a war zone.— it was like a war zone. there is so much material _ it was like a war zone. there is so much material to _ it was like a war zone. there is so much material to have _ it was like a war zone. there is so much material to have to - it was like a war zone. there is so much material to have to get - much material to have to get through, we have seen them a try to cut through the carriages to try to reach people. did you speak to people who had been on the trains at the time and what did they tell you? yes, i spoke to people at the hospital, people who survived, people who survived with minor injuries, people being treated for major injuries, and also the relatives of the near and dear of the people who died. and people who survived, they did not know what happened. they bought a ticket and somebody was going on vacation,
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someone was going to theirjob, and suddenly this happened and they do not know what is in store and suddenly it is too many dead bodies. yes, and in terms of the hospitals, how are they coping? because there are so many people to have to deal with. it are so many people to have to deal with. , ' . , w with. it is difficult. the place where it happened, - with. it is difficult. the place where it happened, those i with. it is difficult. the place - where it happened, those places are very major monetary, small health centres. —— very rudimentary. normally there would be three or four doctors, and only 100 patients at a time but yesterday niaid there were many with many different
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injuries and the trauma, the passengers, all these people who are injured in the accident. —— yesterday at night. injured in the accident. -- yesterday at night.- injured in the accident. -- yesterday at night. thank you for talkin: to yesterday at night. thank you for talking to us- _ the turkish leader, recep tayyip erdogan, has been sworn in for his third term as president. the ceremony in parliament in ankara was held nearly a week after winning a historic run—off election. mr erdogan has dominated turkish politics for 20 years, first as prime minister, then as president. earlier, berk esen, professor of political science at sabanci university in istanbul, told me what we might expect from turkey's leader. he hasn't necessarily done a very good job in managing the economy, especially over the past two years. and considering the fact that turkey was hit by a series of devastating earthquakes in early february, and that there will be a huge economic toll coming from this public disaster,
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i think it is going to be a very difficult situation for him to manage the turkish economy within the next five years. it could very well be the case that, in order to deal with the economic situation, erdogan may be compelled to adopt some orthodox measures. there has been some rumour that he might back mehmet simsek, a former cabinet minister, an economist who is known to have a technocratic background and he's been negotiating with erdogan for the past few weeks, and i think he will be appointed as minister in charge of the turkish economy. and in terms of inflation being at around 40% now, isn't it? last year it was even higher, above 80%. he has said previously, and seems to believe, that high inflation is due to high interest rates, doesn't he, and his way of dealing with it is to try and reduce interest rates? yes, indeed that has been the case and in fact the real interest rate
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was probably substantially higher than 80% last year. 80% was the official rate, but of course, turkey having an authoritarian syrian regime whatever they want becomes the official line. —— an authoritarian regime. this year inflation decreased a bit but it is still high. president erdogan�*s policy of trying to reduce interest rates artificially, below the inflation rate, has really backfired, which is why the dollarisation of the turkish economy has been under way for the past year and this is not really a sustainable situation. probably he will need to adopt some new policies. but there is a political dilemma for erdogan. this economic policy, however irrational it may be from an economic perspective, has actually worked out well for him
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in the political arena. he just won an election. keeping interest rates low increases the consumption levels and keeps unemployment rates fairly low, which of course helps his constituency. there are local elections coming up in ten months' time, and i don't and i don't know if erdogan can revert to a very tight monetary policy. i think that would be an interesting situation to watch for the next ten months. we can cross live to ankara, to the turkish parliament, because president erdogan is just announcing his cabinet ministers, he has been going through a list of who will serve in his government and it will be interesting to see what this means in terms of whether we will see any change in economic policy or any change in terms of his foreign policy, so that is going on right now, he is announcing his cabinet ministers and we will of course are
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key because all that is going on there in ankara and let you know what is going on. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzie greenwood hughes. manchester city are still on course for a treble of trophies, after beating rivals manchester united 2—1 to win the fa cup. the premier league champions' opening goal was the fastest in fa cup history. 0ur correspondent natalie pirks was watching at wembley. bleary eyed after early starts, the two halves of manchester| wandered into the wembley sunshine. united fans were looking to protect a legacy, city fans were on the search for a treble. friendships were about to be tested. if we can do it, i would put us above that 1999 winning treble team. i have a nice feeling inside, sorry! wembley looked regal in the sunshine. but united knew they would need to weather a storm. they weren't banking on a hurricane.
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there's a good try! incredible! ilkay gundogan. the fastest goal in fa cup final history at just 12 seconds. city'sjoy was united's pain. they knew their claim to english football's only treble was in peril. united needed to stay calm. they were handed a lifeline. penalty manchester united, they have a way back. city came out for the second half with that grudge to settle and when fred dumped kevin de bruyne on the turf, he responded in the only way he knows how. gundogan, he got it. gundogan showing just why he is worth another contract. but more questions asked of united's keeper. any chances united had came and went. they almost nicked an equaliser in the dying seconds. but united's scrambled efforts were no match for city's well—oiled machine.
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this was always worth more to them than just beating their local rivals. they have done the double and will now go for the treble next weekend in what could be a defining moment for manchester city's history. natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. celtic have won the scottish cup to seal their 5th domestic treble in seven years. they beat championship side inverness. another treble for celtic, in what could be manager ange postecoglou's final game in charge. it was also the women's champions league final today — and there was a stunning comeback from barcelona to beat wolfsberg. the la liga champions were 2 goals to nil down at half time in eindhoven, but they fought back to beat german giants wolfsberg 3—2 —
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patri scoring two goals in two minutes and then fridolina rolfo scoring the winning goal. the result means barca defender lucy bronze becomes the first english woman to win the champions league with two different clubs. real madrid have confirmed that eden hazard will leave the club — his contract terminated by mutual agreement. the belgian internationaljoined from chelsea in 2019 but has really struggled with injuries — playing 76 times in all competitions for the club. hazard has only featured six times in la liga this season. at the french open, defending champion iga swiantek has delivered delivered the dreaded double bagel to wang xinyu. the world number one thrashed the chinese player 6—0 6—0, to ease into the fourth round at roland garros. she'll next face either fellow us open winner bianca andreescu or ukraine's lesia tsurenko. and coco gauff overcame the 16—year—old russian
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mirra andreeva, but needed 3 sets to do so. she won in 3 sets to reach the last 16. this cross—court winner won the match for last year's runner—up. she'll play anna karolina schmiedlova or fellow american kayla day in the next round. qualifying for the spanish grand prix was dramatic but world champion max verstappen is still the man to beat on sunday after taking pole. the dutch driver, who has a commanding lead in the drivers' championship, qualified nearly half a second quicker than spaniard carlos sainz. britain's lewis hamilton will start from fifth place, despite this collision with team—mate george russell, who's 12th on the grid. now cricket, and on the day england named their men's ashes squad, the same players eased past ireland in a one—off test at lord's. after starting day three 255 runs ahead, england weren't expecting to have to bat again — but a sprited irish second innings left them needing 11 runs to win,
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which opener zak crawley knocked—off with just four balls for a 10 wicket victory. the series against australia starts in just under a fortnight�*s time. the world's most famous flat race — the epsom derby — went ahead, despite a protestor being removed from the track whilst it was under way. a man was tackled by police near the finish line and more than 30 arrests were made. auguste rodin went—on to win after a late dash for the line. it was a third derby victory forjockey ryan moore and a record—equalling ninth for irish trainer aiden 0'brien. but it meant there was no fairy tale final ride in the race for frankie dettori, who finished tenth. and that's all the sport for now. well, let's stick with events at the epsom derby, where police say they've arrested a total of 31 protesters. that includes 19 people arrested pre—emptively in connection with plans to disrupt the horse race. and one man managed to run onto the track just as the race began. animal rights campaigners had been threatening to defy a court order, banning disruptive protests.
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chris phillips, former head of the uk national counter terrorism security office, said how difficult the epsom derby event can be to police. epsom is actually a public space. so, the areas around it are all a normal part of society and you can drive down the roads, etc. and whenever you have anything like this, individuals or groups of people that want to jump onto the racecourse, very, very difficult for police to prevent. and really, this is something the police shouldn't have to be doing. you know, this is something that really we shouldn't be expecting people to do simply because they don't agree with horse racing, that they put not only the jockeys and the horses in danger, but also themselves and the stewards and the police. but they did know it was coming, ijust mentioned there the preemptive arrests, and they said they knew that there were plans to disrupt it, and we were just looking at images in charlotte's piece just
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there of police really lining the length of the course — and yet somebody still managed to get on the track. yeah, it's really, really difficult. this is a huge site, it's about a mile and a half round, and of course, it's got two sides as well. so people can get on, it's almost impossible to stop that. what you have to do is, once they're on, to bring them off very quickly. now, what i would say is surrey police don't have an awful lot of police officers. so, all those streets around guildford, reigate, epsom town centre, etc today would have gone short of police officers because these idiots wanted to put themselves and horses and people in danger. it's a crazy situation. the campaign group animal rising have accused the police of heavy handedness and intimidation tactics. we've had a lot of criticism also of the met police, didn't we, during the time of the coronation and what some people call these pre—emptive arrests?
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do you have any concerns at all about what's going on around protesting at the moment? no, i don't. there's plenty of opportunities to protest. there are protests happening across london on a daily basis. you know, i've policed many, many protests without too many problems. this sort of protest is not acceptable, to put yourself and others in harm's way. the editor in chief at british vogue, edward enninful, is stepping down after six years of running the fashion magazine. the 51—year—old will stay on as an editorial adviser to the uk title, while moving into a new global position at the group. mr enninful was the first black man to hold thejob and broke boundaries throughout his tenure, including putting the first man on the cover, and producing an edition focusing on disabled people. live now to our guest, basma khalifa, who is a cultural commentator and film—maker.
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very briefly described what he is known for there, but there is a whole lot more, isn't there? talk us through what his legacy is. i whole lot more, isn't there? talk us through what his legacy is.— through what his legacy is. i mean, first, nice through what his legacy is. i mean, first. nice to _ through what his legacy is. i mean, first, nice to me _ through what his legacy is. i mean, first, nice to me to. _ through what his legacy is. i mean, first, nice to me to. edward - through what his legacy is. i mean, first, nice to me to. edward is, - first, nice to me to. edward is, gosh, notjust a legacy of what he did but he broke boundaries. vogue changed so dramatically over the last few years, it is diversity and disabilities, age, gender, he really did something that is so powerful and so needed for the passion industry because british vogue is the leader as well as american vogue of the fashion industry so when they do something the world reacts and what he was able to do is say everyone is welcome and that was so neededin everyone is welcome and that was so needed in the industry. find everyone is welcome and that was so needed in the industry.— needed in the industry. and to do it in a way that _ needed in the industry. and to do it in a way that does _ needed in the industry. and to do it in a way that does not _ needed in the industry. and to do it in a way that does not lose - needed in the industry. and to do it in a way that does not lose the - in a way that does not lose the people dedicated to the magazine and may be bringing new people, did he manage to walk that balance as it were? it manage to walk that balance as it were? ., , , ~ manage to walk that balance as it were? . , , . . manage to walk that balance as it
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were? , . ., ., manage to walk that balance as it were? . ., ., ._ were? it was such a hard balance, ou are were? it was such a hard balance, you are trying _ were? it was such a hard balance, you are trying to _ were? it was such a hard balance, you are trying to appease - were? it was such a hard balance, you are trying to appease the - you are trying to appease the customers they already have and bring in new customers, but in some way, somehow, he managed to do that, i think at the beginning it was her why are we doing this and that, but when people realised change was good for the whole industry, he managed to get people on side and he did it so well and as someone who works in the fashion industry, i am so proud to do what happened. —— to see what happened. did to do what happened. -- to see what ha ened. , ,, ., ~' to do what happened. -- to see what ha ened. , ,, ., ~ ., to do what happened. -- to see what ha ened. , i. ., ~ ., ., happened. did you work for him at the time? no, _ happened. did you work for him at the time? no, i— happened. did you work for him at the time? no, i worked _ happened. did you work for him at the time? no, i worked for - happened. did you work for him at the time? no, i worked for his - the time? no, i worked for his predecessor. _ the time? no, i worked for his predecessor, maybe _ the time? no, i worked for his predecessor, maybe nine - the time? no, i worked for his - predecessor, maybe nine years ago, and i completely understood what he was walking into, and it was fierce, it is not an easy welcome at his see he has most to do that and excel in that position, i commend him. but
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our that position, i commend him. but your paths — that position, i commend him. but your paths have crossed? at - that position, i commend him. but. your paths have crossed? at events, but it is funny _ your paths have crossed? at events, but it is funny that _ your paths have crossed? at events, but it is funny that is _ your paths have crossed? at events, but it is funny that is because - your paths have crossed? at events, but it is funny that is because i - your paths have crossed? at events, but it is funny that is because i do i but it is funny that is because i do not think when i was in the industry my passwords have crossed with anyone else in the fashion industry from british vogue, but it did not feel as elitist because he broke thatis feel as elitist because he broke that is elitism that british vogue almost kind of had. he that is elitism that british vogue almost kind of had.— that is elitism that british vogue almost kind of had. he talked about bein: a almost kind of had. he talked about being a victim _ almost kind of had. he talked about being a victim of _ almost kind of had. he talked about being a victim of racial— almost kind of had. he talked about being a victim of racial profiling - being a victim of racial profiling himself while he was there and in charge, i think he said he was told to use a loading bay entrance or something by a security guard on his way into work. how did you feel when you heard about that coming from him? i you heard about that coming from him? ., you heard about that coming from him? . ., ., ., ., him? i am not going to lie, i have been to vogue — him? i am not going to lie, i have been to vogue and _ him? i am not going to lie, i have been to vogue and had _ him? i am not going to lie, i have been to vogue and had that - been to vogue and had that experience, not exactly that but i have had experiences like that and notjust have had experiences like that and not just vogue have had experiences like that and notjust vogue but other magazines as well. the industry is not that kind to people of colour and people from different backgrounds, so for him to speak out about it, i felt
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really seen and someone is saying something, i did not know we were talking about the things we were actually going through, so for him to say it and sit proudly and say this is not ok, is standing up for himself and in turn standing up for all of us. ., ~ i. himself and in turn standing up for all of us. ., ~' ,, himself and in turn standing up for all of us. ., ~ i. . let's just bring you some pictures from romania, where king charles is on his first albeit informal overseas visit since the coronation a month ago. we've been used to seeing those clips of him in his robe wearing the crown, but the king could've almost gone unnoticed in transylvania. he's travelling without queen camilla in what's being described as a private visit. he told locals how much he likes the region, which he described as being in his blood. the king owns a home there and has described transylvania as "the last unspoilt, untouched area". that is all from me for now. there is plenty more on our website of all
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the stories we are covering. you can get me on twitter as well if you like. thank you very much for watching, do not go away. hello there. good evening. for the vast majority of us across the uk, it's been a beautiful day of weather with plenty of blue sky and sunshine, some of the best of it again across wales. here's denbighshire as recorded by our weather watcher, and it even brightened up for east anglia too where it's been cool and cloudy with a northeasterly wind for much of the week. but here is diss in norfolkjust basking in all of that sunshine. and there is a lot more to come as we head through tomorrow. and indeed, for much of next week, high pressure is set to keep us dry and settled. we're keeping the easterly wind, though, for most of us. so always towards north sea facing coast it's going to be feeling cooler. 0vernight tonight, some of that wind could blow us in some more areas of cloud, i think towards eastern coastal areas.
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further west, then, we'll see clear skies but mist developing into tomorrow morning but it's not so chilly a start, temperatures in mid to high single figures at this time so a milder start to sunday morning than it was earlier on this morning. and that cloud will once again just burn back towards the coast. could be some cloud lingering for eastern areas of scotland. it's a sunnier day, i think, for the western and the northern isles on sunday than it was today. just the small chance of a shower or two popping up across northern ireland and the south west of scotland. but even here, temperatures will peak in the late 20s in celsius. the sunshine, higher temperatures the further west you are. don't forget the sunshine is strong at this time of year. the uv levels will be high and the grass pollen levels are high too and will remain so into next week. now into monday and not a lot is set to change. high pressure keeps us dry and settled. we do still have that northeasterly wind and it's likely to blow in some cloud. we're starting off with cloudy conditions, but the cloud again burning back towards the coast as the sunshine gets to work, always breezy towards those north sea facing coasts. the highest temperatures and the most sunshine the further west you are on monday.
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the same is also true on tuesday when it could be quite a cloudy start for many of us across the south of the uk. as the week wears on, the area of high pressure, keeping us dry and settled will gradually drift its way further eastwards, introducing more of a south easterly wind into southeastern areas of england in particular. so here the temperatures could start to climb and there's a depression out in the atlantic that could give a few showers to the south west of england, too, and possibly a bit more in the way of high cloud. but here's the outlook for our capital cities. as you can see, for the vast majority of us, the sunshine continues and temperatures will start to rise.
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this is bbc news — the headlines: officials in india say more than 280 people have died and over 1000 have been injured in a train crash — the country's deadliest rail disaster this century. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has visited the crash site and vowed to "punish" those responsible. turkey's president erdogan has been sworn in for a third time at a ceremony in ankara — he won a run—off race last week amid allegations the election was neitherfree norfair due to his control of the media. supporters gave a minute—long standing ovation at the ceremony, but many opposition mps refused to stand. police have arrested 31 people in connection with plans to disrupt the epsom derby — officers said 19 people were arrested before the festival began, while 12 others were detained on the grounds. one man was arrested for attempting to run across the track
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before the race began.

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