hello i'm lucy gray. rescue efforts have ended at the site of india's worst rail crash this century. 288 people are now known to have died and more than a thousand have been injured. officials say noone 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. some railway workers have told the bbc that the coromandel express going from kolkata in the east to the southern city of chennai collided with a stationary freight train on the same track.

its coaches then 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 lost everything. we sat down. those who were seriously injured were brought 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. this is the biggest hospital in the state of odisha, but it is still a three—hour drive from where the accident happened. we understand since last night hundreds of critically injured passengers have been brought in here and given medical care but the scenes outside are one of despair, distress and of chaos. many people outside still looking for theirfamily members who were passengers, not knowing if they have been brought to this hospital or some other. india's prime minister narendra modi visited the accident 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 many tough questions to answer. archana shukla, bbc news. and we'll be live there at the scene in a few minutes.

but as we heard, there are varying accounts of how this train crash 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. 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. we spoke to debabrata mohanty from the hindustan times who was at the crash site earlier today. yes, i saw the moment i arrived there i saw it was a horrific sight. the train coaches were lying all around the entire crash site, too many bodies piled up and the rescuers had a difficult time to get the bodies out of the mangled coaches. i mean, it was like a war zone. an absolute nightmare, this experience. there is so much material to have to get through, we have been seeing them 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 who had been treated for major injuries, and also the relatives, the near and dear of the people who died next to them. and people who survived, they did not know what happened. i mean, they bought a ticket and somebody was going to buy something, somebody was going to vacation, somebody was going to his job, and suddenly this happened and theyjust do not know what is in store, and suddenly it is too many dead bodies and just totally bewildered. yeah, and in terms of the hospitals, how are they coping so many people to have to deal with? it is difficult. i mean, the place where it happened, those places are very rudimentary, like small primary health centres. there would be one or two doctors.

even in the place in the nearby town, there are 15, 20 doctors normally. i mean, normally, when this happened in night, there would be three or four doctors, and they can treat not more than 100 patients at a time, but yesterday night almost 500 people came. and they had all various injuries. somebody had a head injury, somebody had a broken arm, broken rib cages, and all of them suffering trauma. it was very difficult for all these people, passengers, all these people who were injured in the accident. live now to our bbc correspondent, archana shukla from the scene. such horrendous details coming out about what happened they are. what more can you tell us?— more can you tell us? well, as of now, we more can you tell us? well, as of now. we are _

more can you tell us? well, as of now. we are at — more can you tell us? well, as of now, we are at the _ more can you tell us? well, as of now, we are at the accident - now, we are at the accident site here. rescue operations have all concluded in the evening. what is happening now is clearing up of the tracks and maintenance workers, scores of them here, trying to clear up scores of them here, trying to clear up the wreckage, the debris, and got the train services started. more than 58 trains have been cancelled and scores of others that have been diverted, and that's why the priority right now for the workers here and for the railways is to get these services started. but like you pointed out, this is the deadliest train crash that india has seen in over many decades. a lot of questions on how, despite the government spending millions of pounds on strengthening the signalling system and on railway safety, how a crash of this severity could happen in india. and those of the questions that the government would need to ancestor. the prime minister has said they would be bringing in a full high—level probe

to find out what really went wrong, but it may take a few days. in the meantime, it is the families of those who have lost their relatives and those who have lost their livelihoods and lives are the ones who would be wanting some more answers. we who would be wanting some more answers. ~ . ., ., , , answers. we have heard obviously already got _ answers. we have heard obviously already got the — answers. we have heard obviously already got the rescue _ answers. we have heard obviously already got the rescue operation l answers. we have heard obviously| already got the rescue operation is complete now. are they suggesting that there are no more bodies left are trapped in the wreckage? the are trapped in the wreckage? tue: government officials are trapped in the wreckage? tta: government officials and are trapped in the wreckage? tt2 government officials and the national disaster relief teams that were here, and we spoke to some of the officials in the evening we came there. they said that according to them, almost all the bodies that were trapped under the debris have all been removed and the rescue operations have been closed. however, the number of casualties is something that is still debated, with locals putting a higher number to the official figure of 288 that

has come on the official track. while the debris is being cleared, some of the locals here who have been here since last night, helping the passengers in the initial round, even before the disaster relief teams could come in, they say that while the debris is being cleared, we are not sure if we may find something. but official say it has been completed.— something. but official say it has been completed. thank you. live at the scene at — been completed. thank you. live at the scene at the _ been completed. thank you. live at the scene at the crash. _ in the us, presidentjoe biden on saturday signed a bill that suspends the us government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first—ever default. he posted this video of him on twitter signing the document reached by bipartisan agreement ahead of tuesday's deadline. let's get some of the day's other news now. in turkey, recep tayyip erdogan has been sworn in as president for a third term. he also appointed his top team, including a traditional economist

as his finance minister, signalling a possible change in approach to his country's economic crisis. several rights activists have been detained by police in hong kong on the eve of the thirty—fourth anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre in beijing. the activists were stopped near a key location where vigils used to be held for the pro—democracy protesters who were killed by the military in 1989. such vigils have now been banned after china imposed a national security law on the territory. wildfires in canada have forced 10,000 to evacuate their homes in northern quebec. hundreds of fires have been burning across the country, many out of control. canada has had once of the worst starts to the annual wildfire season. three israeli soldiers have been killed in two separate incidents, near the country's southern border with egypt. the israeli military said an egyptian policeman was responsible and that he'd been shot dead. egypt's military said the officer had crossed a checkpoint

while chasing drug traffickers. here in the uk, a woman in her 70s has died after being attacked by a dog in bedworth in warwickshire yesterday afternoon. a 52—year—old man and a 49—year—old woman were arrested on suspicion of owning a banned breed of dog, and having a dog dangerously out of control. the arrested woman was taken to hospitalfor an injury caused by the animal, the man was released on bail. warwickshire police say the dog has been siezed. over 30 protestors have been arrested at the epsom derby. police say that includes 19 people who were arrested before the horse race, in connection with plans to disrupt it. and one protestor ran onto the course as the derby got underway. 0ur correspondent charlotte gallagher was there and followed the day's events. great to see you. like the outfits. thanks for coming. enjoy the derby! the sun was out and so were the crowds... ..and then those who weren't

there to have fun. an extra £150,000 was spent on security for this event. today wasn't just about runners and riders. it was about protest, too. organizers were so fearful there could be large scale disruption from animal rights activists they were granted an injunction to try to stop them entering the racecourse. even men wearing top hats were searched as they entered to make sure nothing was being hidden underneath them. but this protester did make it onto the track and was tackled to the ground as the epsom derby was already underway. activists from the group animal rising say officials started the race aware someone was on the track. one person was arrested after getting onto the track,

and that is what his aim was. commentator: and king of steel takes over! - but the owners of the racecourse say he threatened the safety of people and horses. the race had very clearly started when he went on the course, and what's more, the broadcasters footage and timings can prove that — and we will prove that. so we utterly condemn that reckless and illegal behaviour. today was a final farewell to the epsom derby from frankie dettori. he's retiring this year and was hoping to claim another derby victory, but it wasn't to be. auguste rodin secured a third win for the jockey ryan moore, from frankie dettori. he's retiring this year and was hoping to claim another derby victory, but it wasn't to be. auguste rodin secured a third win for the jockey ryan moore, and a record ninth for the trainer aidan o'brien. obviously, you're always hoping, you're never confident but you always hope. but there's so many things in these races that can go against you. we were lucky. the horse was in great order. everyone had him in great

order and ryan gave him an incredible ride. the winners are taking home just under £900,000 in prize money — definitely a reason to celebrate. charlotte gallagher, bbc news, epsom. borisjohnson has been warned that he could lose legal funding if he undermines the government's covid inquiry. in a letter sent by officials, the former prime minister was asked to submit supporting evidence to the cabinet office for security clearance —— before being passed on to the inquiry. extracts of this letter were published by the times newspaper. with more on this is our political correspondent helen catt. tell us a little bit about more of what this letter says.— tell us a little bit about more of what this letter says. boris johnson is havin: what this letter says. boris johnson is having his _ what this letter says. boris johnson is having his legal _ what this letter says. boris johnson is having his legal representation . is having his legal representation at the cove an inquiry paid for out of public funds. what this was was a letter from the cabinet office to mr johnson about that. we don't have the full letter but we have some extract set are been published by the sunday times in one of those it says that the funding effort will cease to be available to mrjohnson if he knowingly seeks to frustrate or undermine the governments position in relation to the inquiry and less there is a clear conflict

of interest, it's ours. the paper also says that later on in the letter he is told that he has to send any witness statement or exhibit which he intends to provide to the inquiry to the capitol office first so that it can be security checked and the hunt he needs to make any necessary reductions that they say before submitting it to the inquiry as part of the terms of keeping the public money for his legal advice. you keeping the public money for his legal advice-— keeping the public money for his leual advice. ., , , legal advice. you better 'ust remind us to the background _ legal advice. you better 'ust remind us to the background of_ legal advice. you betterjust remind us to the background of this, - legal advice. you betterjust remind| us to the background of this, helen, as well. , , ., as well. so, there is been quite a lot of run — as well. so, there is been quite a lot of run up _ as well. so, there is been quite a lot of run up and _ as well. so, there is been quite a lot of run up and arrived - as well. so, there is been quite a lot of run up and arrived to this. | lot of run up and arrived to this. in the first place, borisjohnson was originally being represented at the covid inquiry by government lawyers but he decided he would no longer work with them. he refused to work with them after information that he passed to the government to go to the inquiry in his diary was pastor police to look at potential breaches of covid the rules in downing street. after that he said he had lost trust in the cabinet office and he wanted to appoint his

own lawyers. since then there has been a separate row involving the inquiry and some of borisjohnson�*s what apps and notebooks. the chair of the inquiry has demanded that the government handles over unredacted, with nothing blocked out in it. the government has said it won't do that. it has mounted a legal challenge, it says that it is on the grounds of it would be an invasion of privacy. the expectations of privacy that ministers have. and that would have an impact on the working of government. boris johnson, though, this week said he doesn't want his whatsapp and his notebooks to be used as a test case. he's perfectly happy for the inquiry to have them info and he is going to have them and to the inquiry. he's also promised to handle messages before march 2021, which are on a mobile phone that he is no longer allowed to access for security he says. he's trying to get that looked at to see if they can access those. i understand that is still under way, we are still working out with

the cabinet office how they can get that phone and had a hand that over, so there has been this ongoing row and this is the latest development in that. i should say that the cabinet officers that this letter was written by officials, it was intended to protect public funds, and it shows that in no way prevents mrjohnson from providing whatever evidence he wants to.— here, today has seen the third strike this week on the railways, causing more disruption for passengers, including people hoping to get to major sporting events like the men's fa cup final. 12,000 train drivers belonging to the aslef union walked out in their continuing row about pay and conditions. our business correspondent marc ashdown has the latest. long queues, packed coaches. with trains not an option, football fans in manchester faced a dash south for the cup final.

if it had taken me two days to get there and back, i'd still have been going, it wouldn't have made any difference. it's difficult. if you are picking a strike, you will pick a day that will have maximum impact. for some that meant desperate measures, even car sharing between rival united and city fans. had a little pit stop. plenty of life to the services, j plenty of blue, plenty of red. everyone getting along for now. leeds station, one of many picket lines across the rail network today, as 12,000 drivers at the aslef union walked out for the second time this week. it meantjust 40% of rail services were running. there are 15 rail companies involved in this dispute and they are negotiating together via the rail delivery group. so far, the offer on the table is for a 4% pay rise last year, and another 4% for this year. but both conditional on the union agreeing to some changes to the way drivers work. so far, aslef has rejected the deal.

and right now there is no real sign of a breakthrough. i haven't seen the transport minister since before christmas. i don't want to be doing this. and my members don't want to be losing money, they do not want to be out on strike. we want a resolution, but not a resolution at all costs. the department for transport said the deal is fair and reasonable. of course, this comes a day after rail workers at the rmt union staged their latest walk—out. they have now been 30 days of strikes between the two unions in the past 12 months. tourists at euston today faced travel problems as the uk's leisure and tourism industries took yet another hit. we tried to go to the concert of coldplay in manchester. . and no train is going there. so we got here with all the luggage to find out the platform is closed. we're just trying to get to manchester, and had to rent a $1300 car to drive to manchester to catch a flight, hopefully. the good news is there are no more

strike dates in the diary. but with no fresh talks planned either, a solution to these long—running and bitter disputes still looks some way off. marc ashdown, bbc news. 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. i wasjoined earlier by cultural commentator and film—maker, basma khalifa. and asked what kind of legacy enninful is leaving at brisish vogue. gosh, it's notjust a legacy that he did, but what he did is he broke boundaries. vogue changed so dramatically over the last six years. it's notjust diversity

and ethnicity. it's diversity in disabilities. it's diversity in age, it's diversity in gender. he really did something that was so, so powerful and also so needed for the fashion industry, because british vogue is the leader. it's a leader in the fashion industry as well as american vogue. so when they do something, the world reacts. and what he was able to do was to say everyone's welcome and it was so needed in the industry. and to do it in a way that doesn't lose the people who are dedicated to the magazine and maybe bring in new people. did he manage to walk that balance, as it were? do you know what? it was such a hard balance to bridge, like, you know, you're like you're trying to appease the customers that they already have and then you're trying to bring new customers in. but in some way, somehow he managed to sort of do that. i think at the beginning there was sort of like, oh, this is an all african cover, why are we doing this? and there was, why are we doing that? why are we doing this? and then slowly — i think people no one likes change, but then when they realise

the change is good for the greater good of the whole industry, he managed to get people on side and he did it so well. and you know, as someone who works in the fashion industry, i'm so proud to see what's happened. i actually worked for his predecessor, alison shulman. i was an intern at british vogue back in the day, gosh, maybe like nine years ago. and so i completely understood what he was walking into, which was... it was fierce. it's not an easy world. so to see that he's managed to do that and then also managed to excel in that position, i commend him. but your paths have crossed over the years. they have at parties, events. i can't say that we were like, definitely crossed, but it's even funny that because i don't think when i was in the industry, my paths would have ever crossed with anyone else in the fashion industry from british vogue. but because he's been so in the community and so part of the community, we always felt like he was part of us. and with us, and it didn't feel as elitist because what he did is he broke that elitism, that sort of british vogue always kind of had. he's also talked about being a victim of racial profiling himself while he was there and in charge.

i think he said that he was told to use the 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 mean, i'm not going to lie. i've been to vogue and i've had that experience, not exactly that experience, but i've had microaggression, experiences like that, and notjust vogue, other magazines as well. the industry isn't that kind to people of colour or people from different backgrounds. so for him to speak out about it, i personally felt really seen. i was like, "wow, someone's actually saying something." i didn't know we were talking about the things that we were actually going through. so for him to actually say it and say it proudly and be like, this isn't ok. he's standing up for himself and in turn standing up for all of us. people have reported seeing orcas targeting boats off the coast of gibraltar. this video was taken by a man who was in a small boat when a pod approached — we can see here the orcas appeared

to work together to try to ram the vessel. although more commonly known as killer whales, orcas are part of the dolphin family and can weigh up to six tonnes. 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." before we go ijust want to draw your attention to the bbc news website where you can get the latest on all our stories, but also this published in the last few minutes.

twenty people have been injured — and it is feared that others are trapped — after an alleged russian strike in ukraine's central city of dnipro. stay with us here on bbc news. 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. overnight tonight, some of that wind could blow us in some more areas of cloud, i think towards eastern coastal areas 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.

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.

this is bbc news, the headlines officials in india say at least 288 people have died and over a thousand have been injured in the country's deadliest train crash in two decades. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has visited the crash site as well as a local hospital and vowed to �*punish' those responsible. 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 before the race began. in turkey, recep tayyip erdogan has been sworn in as president for a third term. he also appointed his top team

including a traditional economist as his finance minister, signalling a possible