than 1,000 have been injured. the incident took place in the eastern state of odisha, and it's thought some 2,000 passengers were on board the two passenger trains involved. 0ur south asia correspondent archana shukla has visited a hospital where some of the victims are being sent. every 30 minutes, an ambulance like this comes into this hospital here in cuttack, which is the state's biggest hospital, ferrying in critically injured passengers from the accident site. this is still three hours�* drive from the accident site where last night three trains, two passenger trains and a goods train, were involved in a crash that led to more than 1,000 passengers being injured and many hundreds and dozens dying. we are told since last night, nearly about 200 critically injured passengers have been brought into this hospital. this site here is one of despair, distress and of chaos. there are people here looking

for their family members, some of them distressed, not knowing the conditions of those who are already here. this is one of the deadliest train accidents that india has seen in decades. and the numbers are only on the rise, both on the casualty side and of those injured. and a lot of questions that the government and the central ministry will have to answer. indian prime minister narendra modi visited the scene and a local hospital and met some of the victims. here's what he had to say. translation: this incident is very serious for the government. orders for carrying out a thorough investigation have been given, and whoever is found guilty will get the strictest punishment. that person will not be spared. 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, also then derailed. the government has said in total 17 coaches from the two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged. anubav das, who survived the derailment, told the bbc that he feels fortunate to have survived the crash without injuries. i was seated in the very

last coach of the train, and behind me wasjust the security guards coach. so i was pretty much far away from the accident that occurred in the front. the train that i was on, that is the one that derailed. the only thing that we heard just at the moment of the incident was that — it was around 630 in the evening. so, we heard a loud bang noise, and after that we experienced a very jerk—like breaking. and this lasted for about 30, a0 seconds and suddenly the train came to a halt. now, at this moment, we knew that something had happened, some kind of an incident had happened. and we started to get down the train to find out what exactly had happened, because there was some smoke coming out, some smell of something burning. and when we got out, we first saw three different coaches that were derailed. three coaches that were derailed, besides our train, on the opposite train track. now, at this point of time, we thought that these three

coaches were a part of our train that we were travelling in or were part of some other train. after talking to those people who were coming out of their coaches, we got to know that those three coaches that we saw were part of another train. so at this point of time, we understood that there were two trains that were involved in this incident. the first reaction was definitely fear, because fear of the unknown, not understanding what is happening. then we went down, we tried to help those people who were coming out of these derailed coaches. and after about 15, 20 minutes, we thought that, let's see what exactly has happened to our train, the train that we were on. about 10 to 12 of us, we started walking towards the front of the train. this was late evening and it was really, really dark as well. night had set in, so we used the flashlights on our phone. we were travelling to the front. after passing about two to three coaches in front

of our coach that we were sitting in, we found out that the majority of the accident, the brunt of the mishap, was actually borne by our train. this is when we found out that this whole incident involved three different trains. and earlier today, one of the rescuers shared a harrowing account of what he saw at the crash site. just a warning — some viewers may find the details upsetting. translation: there was a small child amongst them whose - parents were killed. he was crying, and eventually died. many people were there asking desperately for water. i offered water to each and every one of them. lots of people, including women from my village, came out to help. there were many injured people at the accident site. we successfully rescued many of them and escorted them to the bus stop. they expressed immense gratitude towards us, referring to our aid

as a godsend. witnessing the scene of the accident caused my mind to go numb. i was completely covered all over in blood. 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 an historic run—off election. after mr erdogan took the oath of office, he promised to serve "impartially" and called for unity following a hostile campaign. the turkish president also unveiled a new cabinet line—up during a ceremony where his supporters gave him a minute—long standing ovation after his swearing in. entering his twentieth year in power, turkey's longest—serving leader has survived mass protests, a corruption scandal and a failed coup attempt, but now faces immediate challenges, including a slowing economy and tensions with the west. what do you think another five years of erdogan looks like for turkey?

hi, helena. this has been an interesting day. the swearing in ceremony, i think, gave us an indication of what turkey is aspiring to be. you had leaders from all around the world except the west, but from africa, from central asia, all really applauding erodgan. and i think president erodgan will now be thinking of his legacy. but he has five years ahead of him to deal with some of the more fundamental issues, including the economy, but it won'tjust be that. i think in his mind, president erodgan really wants to see the rebirth of the turkish empire, whether we call it an empire or turkish republic, erodgan 3.0 will be all about the rising turkey, which has been the theme throughout his campaign. he says the 21st century

will be the century of turkey. i think the sort of swearing in ceremony is an indication of that, with african leaders, with central asian leaders, with leaders from former automan territory, really celebrating his election. i think that will be important, but he will also have to deal with some of the difficult issues ahead of turkish society. lets touch on his cabinet — a lot of speculation as to whether he would change his economic policy, amid a cost of living crisis. he named mehmet simsek to the treasury. what kind of finance minister will he be? oh, this was very interesting. all along, his pick for foreign minister, deputy president, a former finance person, coming very much from the market.

a market friendly person, someone who was actually long argued that the turkish will return to a rules—based understanding of the economy, do away with some of the more eccentric theories on the economy and interest rates that president erodgan has had. i think it shows us that erodgan is surprisingly in touch with reality. he understands that after this campaign, despite narrative on rising turkey, the turkish economy is bankrupt, he has brought, again, surprisingly moderate, and to build both on the foreign—policy side on the economy side, to move for a reconstruction effort. so potentially a change of course, domestically speaking, at least when it comes to economic policy. but i do want to touch on foreign policy and what we can understand, what we can glean from who attended that swearing in ceremony, in terms of some of those international leaders. there has been a lot

of speculation as to whether erodgan would continue to walk that diplomatic tight rope he's been doing between countries like russia and the west. what's your assessment, taking a look at that guest list? i think that president erodgan will try to continue the balancing act between russia and the west, but this is not a pro—russia or eurasian cabinet. it is a cabinet, to me, the fact that he has moderates and people like his former intel chief which he has now made the foreign minister, the fact that he has people like him is probably a signal that he wants to establish better relations, a more stable relationship with the west. he is known as someone who has worked well with his western counterparts. i would say again, somewhat cautiously optimistic in the sense that it is a more moderate cabinet. more hardliners, hardliner figures like his former interior minister.

to me, this signals a better set of, an improved relationship with western countries in europe. taking a look at the presidential runoff, the fact that it even went to a runoff seems to signal that there is some polarisation going on. the opposition supporters, they had about a week to come to terms with the idea of their defeat. where do you think they go in the next five years, the next year ahead ? as you have said, the country is really divided. in his victory speech on the night of elections, erodgan was not very magnanimous. he continued on with a more combative narrative that he has had throughout the election campaign. today, he talked about reconciliation, which was of course important. i think it would be very important for both the incumbent president erodgan

and his team, and the opposition leaders, to take the lessons they need to take from this election. for the opposition, it probably means starting to think of change of leadership, starting to think of why they haven't got the majority despite the fact that the country basically has hyperinflation. there will be some reluctance, but i think it would be very important for the opposition leaders to also come up with accountability, as you have in your country and in many other countries. if you lose an election, you have to start questioning yourself. for president erodgan, he has to rule with the knowledge, that almost half the country has not voted for him. i think that the hope of the turn of reconciliation today continues over the next three months. well, we are still months away

from the iowa caucuses and the start of the us presidential primaries, but the 2024 campaign season is already getting revved—up. several republican contenders descending on iowa this saturday for the annual "roast and ride" event. it's part motorcyle rally and part barbecue. and as you can see, that's former vice president mike pence riding a motorcyle. pence, along with former newjersey governor chris christie, are expected to formerly launch their presidential campaigns next week. other top republican candidates also in attendence but not on motorcycles include florida governor ron desantis, and former south carolina governor nikki haley. 0ne conspicusous absence: the republican frontrunner, former president donald trump. joining me now from iowa is galen bacharier, a politics reporter for the des moines register newspaper. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. you have

been out there covering this roast and ride event. who was there, what have they been saying and doing because mark as you mentioned, this was one of the first what we call cattle call offence here in this caucus. candidates always coming at once, pitching themselves to a crowd of iowans, and this kicks over a dinner of barbecue, outlining there came pains. like you said, one conspicuous missing cam did it and that was president donald trump at all of his major challenges with air, florida governor desantis, who entered the race, this was his first catechol event where he appeared with vice president mike has, mickey haley, essentially all the major candidates spoke in a row, pitch themselves as the future of the republican party in 2024. what kind of reception have the candidates been getting there in iowa... and besides trump is there a favourite among the republicans?

i think ithinka i think a lot of folks have, republic of folks were involved in activists and a grassroots level and a lot of those folks were there to see, desantis is a strong challenger. 0bviously a strong challenger. obviously there is a long way to go but he got a standing ovation when he took the stage. he got a lot of applause for his lines. former vice president mike pence has strong ties to the community and not place a significant role and iowa politics. he got a warm reception as well. all of the candidates are different parts of their speeches that really resonated with folks. a lot of their speech was dedicated to, especially those who are pulling a little lower right now, outlining themselves, who they are, what they stand for, and what the centre of their campaigns. so i think folks who really have their minds open have a lot to like through the candidate. for many international viewers they might be new to this, how important is it to be out there, shaking hands,

holding babies and so on, in terms of a national presidential race? the reason this is reportable as i was the first state in the republican party to hold the carcass. it's the first in the primary calendar. so if you are able to win and do well in this race that can really set you up and give you momentum for the rest of the primary calendar. so for donald trump, as the front runner, that means if he wins this that gives him a strong showing, he can continue to coast on that momentum for him to gain the nomination. for her challenges, it is crucial to do well in iowa in a way to show that you can, in fact, win over voters and put up a strong showing against the former president and show that you can perform well among a community that really values retail politics. it really value shaking hands, having a personal conversation with you, getting to know you want a more personal level, where you stand for, what you like about iowa, do you know everything about i

were there is to know, you are familiar with the stables. we saw a lot of that today, governor understand just trying some cotton candy flavoured ice cream, shaking hands with folks, talking about where they were from, a lot of that, so it's were from, a lot of that, so its retail politics which is what we call it, that style happening here.- what we call it, that style happening here. what we call it, that style ha enin: here. , i. happening here. one person you mentioned _ happening here. one person you mentioned there _ happening here. one person you mentioned there conspicuous . happening here. one person you mentioned there conspicuous by| mentioned there conspicuous by his absence, of course, the former president donald trump. what you think that tells us about how he feels in this campaign, and were other candidates they are going after the front runner because mark president trump was here early this week. he took some stops early thursday and i followed him around there, and judging by his confidence he is still exceptionally confident in his ability to when the state and seal up the first date and when the caucus as again, he said there is no way we lose iowa when he spoke on thursday to supporters in urbandale, which is suburban of des moines. he is suburban of des moines. he is very confident. in terms of its challengers, this is an

event where a lot of them stayed on message in terms of going afterjoe biden, going after democrats, going after what they call weakness, talking policies that they disagree with. not a lot of really direct knocks on president trump who is the front runner of this race. there were a couple of subtle comments, desantis indicated that he wouldn't make any final promises and what he got into office he would do what he wanted. nikki haley mentioned that i'm notjust going to do a rally and leave you and sort of knocked on his style of campaigning. most of the time. so the long and short of it is that president trump still feels exceptionally safe in iowa and right now his challengers are trying to bank on the way to really chip away from that support in the long run and eventually start to gain on him.— run and eventually start to gain on him. great to talk to ou. gain on him. great to talk to yon thanks _ gain on him. great to talk to you. thanks so _ gain on him. great to talk to you. thanks so much. - gain on him. great to talk to | you. thanks so much. thanks gain on him. great to talk to - you. thanks so much. thanks for having me- _ to the world of fashion, and

british vogue editor—in—chief edward enninful is stepping down from his role after six years at the top magazine. the ghanian—british creative is the first black man to hold the title and will now move into a newly created role aimed at growing the brand globally. 0ur reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. 51—year—old edward enninful is the first man to hold the top job at british vogue. he was born in ghana and moved to the uk. his fashion career began when he was aged just 16 after being talent spotted by a model scout in london. now, back in 2017, just before his first magazine was published, he spoke to the bbc and we asked him what his british vogue would be. my vogue is about sort of being inclusive. it's about diversity, sort of showing different women, different body shapes, different races, class, sort of tackling gender. i mean, before i got thejob, i spoke to certain women, and they felt that they were not represented

by the magazine. so, i wanted to create a magazine that was sort of open and friendly. over the past six years, he's certainly lived up to those promises, breaking creative boundaries. for example, last month, he featured five disabled cover stars, something he called one of the proudest moments of his career. but there have been other firsts. for example, in october 2022, timothee chalamet became the first male cover star of british vogue. in 2020, damejudi dench was the oldest cover star aged 85, whilst in 2019, meghan, duchess of sussex, edited a special edition of the magazine. this also made headlines during the covid pandemic, when three front line workers were put on the cover. now away from the magazine, edward has also spoken about his struggles with racism and being a black gay man. in 2020, he said he was even racially profiled at vogue's offices after being told to use the loading bay by a security guard as he entered work.

i'm a black man in this world. it's not the first time i've been, you know, pigeonholed in that way. it won't be the last time i'll be profiled. here he is last month at king charles�*s coronation with katy perry. he's worked with the king's charity, the prince's trust in africa and is a global ambassadorfor it. now, moving forward, he's going to be vogue's global creative and cultural adviser. in a memo to staff, he thanked legendary editor—in—chief anna wintour. he has long been tipped as her possible successor. in england, rail services across the country came to a halt amid the third strike this week on railways. that caused major disruption for passengers, including people hoping to get to big 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. the head of the union,

mick whelan, called on the government to take action and warned about future industrial action, saying... the government says it had offered a fair and reasonable pay offer. 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. it took me two days to get there or get back out so we wouldn't have made any difference. i mean, it's difficult because if you're picking a strike, you're going to pick a day that's going to have maximum impact, aren't you? for some, that meant desperate measures, even car sharing between rival united and city fans. that's a little pit - stop putting your life to the services. plenty of blue, red, and - everyone getting along for now. lead station, one of many

picket lines across the rail network today as 12,000 drivers at the aslaug union walked out for the second time this week. it meantjust 40% of rail services were running. now there are 15 rail companies involved in this dispute and they negotiate together via the rail delivery group. now, 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. now, so far, aslef has rejected the deal and right now there's 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 do not want to be losing money and do not want to be out on strike. we want a resolution, but not resolution at all costs. the department for transport said the deal is fair and reasonable, but of course this comes just a day after rail workers at the rmt union staged their latest walk—out. tourists at euston today face 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 platforms closed. so we're just trying to get to manchester, had to rent a 1300 dollars car to drive to manchester to catch a flight. 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. mark ashton, bbc news. to the us now, and after months of debate, the political saga over the us debt ceiling has ended — with the stroke of a pen. on saturday, presidentjoe biden signing a bill that suspends the debt limit for two years and cuts back on some federal spending. it comes just days before

the deadline ofjune 5, avoiding a potential catestrophic default. earlier this week, lawmakers in the house and senate had passed with deal with bipartisan support. in a primetime oval office address on friday, biden said the comprimise meant "no one got everything they wanted, but the american people got what they needed." stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. this fine, settled, dry and sunny spell set to continue throughout this weekend and indeed into much of next week as well. so, largely dry and settled thanks to high pressure. always warmest and sunniest out towards the west. little bit cool and cloudy at times. closer to the north sea coast, but many places will stay dry. bar the odd shower. the center of our high pressure system sitting out towards the northwest of the uk so we will always have this east northeasterly airflow which will be fresh over the next few days across the south east corner. and it will continue to drag in low cloud into eastern england and the midlands for the early part of sunday. northern and eastern scotland also cloudier, but clearer skies further west, temperatures four to nine degrees.

so sunday morning, we start off a little bit gray. central and eastern areas, the cloud should burn back to the coast. elsewhere, plenty of sunshine, just the chance of an afternoon shower developing across scotland, northern ireland, very isolated. mind you, most places will stay dry. and again, the best of the temperatures towards the north and the west, bit cooler along north sea coast. and then through sunday night with that breeze in place across south east england we will drag that low cloud back westwards across much of central, southern and eastern england. also northern and eastern scotland, clear skies out towards the west, and temperatures again ranging from around four to nine degrees for many of us. we do it all again to start the new weekm monday. a bit of a grey start central east now as that cloud slowly burning back to the coast, a bit more breezy again across the south east, just packing temperatures back, the chance of an isolated shower again for scotland, northern ireland, but very isolated, most places dry, top temperatures again up to close to the mid 20s, but generally the low 20s here, cooler along north sea coast. same too for tuesday,

a bit more cloud across eastern scotland, eastern england with more of a breeze here. best of the sunshine towards the south and the west again, the low 20s at best, but low to mid or high teens along some north sea coast. then some subtle changes towards the end of the week, this area of low pressure will hurtle towards our shores, throwing up some showers to southern and western areas. but with a change in wind direction coming in from the south or southeast, we could import some warmer air off the near continent for the end of the week. certainly across parts of england, so many places will be dry, but showers could increase across southern and western areas towards the end of the week, but it'll be noticeably warming up.

hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go take a look at what's on the show. what do we want? trans rights! when do we want it? now! transgender people and their struggle in the workplace. as pride month kicks off around the world, we're going to ask why many don't come out, and what happens at work when they do. could including more trans people in the workplace add billions a year to our economies? i'm going to be discussing all of that with these two, there they are.

jill zucker, author of a landmark report