his comments come amid growing cells for him to resign over the accident. rescue efforts have now ended. officials in odisha state have now revised downwards the number of dead to 275. it's thought around 2,000 people were on board the two trains involved in the crash. railways minister ashwini vaishnaw says despite the initial findings they had to wait for the final investigation report. translation: it is about the machine and the chains interlocking which caused this accident and whoever did it and whatever other reasons will be known after the investigation. as train lines reopen, families are queueing outside balasore hospitals, anxiously searching for loved ones. bbc�*s archana shukla reports from the district hospital where the injured have been brought. more than a0 hours have passed since the train accident on friday

evening, and many of the people have still not found their family members and relatives who were travelling in the train. not sure whether they are dead or alive even. since train services on the tracks in this region were affected, many families from far off places like in behind the state of bihar or in chennai could not reach balasore in time. they're only coming in to the morning and trying to find their relatives. we are here in this hospital in balasore, just 25 minutes away from the accident site, which is where most of the injured and dead bodies were brought in yesterday morning in the initial few hours of the train accident. but now we understand from government sources and health officials that most of the dead bodies are now being transported to the bigger capital city of bhubaneshwar, which has better morgue facilities, better resources and capacity to store dead bodies till the time family members

come and identify them. so while most families are coming here and it's adding to their distress, they are trying to seek information and then will have to make a four—hour travel ordeal again to travel from balasore to the capital city of bhubaneshwar. and this is adding to distress. it's adding to a lot of questions that family members want to ask the government. how did an accident of this scale happen when the government has been investing millions of pounds in strengthening railway safety, signalling infrastructure, while prime minister narendra modi's government is launching bullet trains and vande bharat express and it's been a flagship scheme of the government, how come then that after so many years, a train accident of such severity could occur? we can bring you some of the latest

pictures coming out of the east indian state of 0disha. you see the tracks are still being cleared and you can see the extent of the devastation and the wreckage. as we have just heard, the devastation and the wreckage. as we havejust heard, the indian railway minister saying the cause of the accident has now been established and those responsible but at the moment they are in the preliminary investigation stage and there was some talk about being a mechanical failure that could have been the cause of the terrible crash and also developing news that we had, the death toll has been revised downwards, 275 people, still a terrible death toll of course. the worst train crash in india in a century. ukraine has been hit

by a series of air strikes overnight — with attacks reported on the capital, kyiv, and cities in the north and east of the country. at least 20 people were injured when a residential building in the southern city of dnipro was destroyed — which was described by ukraine's president as a deliberate russian attack. an official said five of the victims were children and that a man had been pulled from the rubble. pride celebrations are taking place in thailand today with parades held under the theme �*door to equal asia'. thailand is open to lgbtq+ communities but has never passed the same sex marriage law. however, the winner of the recent election, the move forward party, says adopting this law is part of its main agenda. 0ur south east asia correspondentjonathan head is at a march in bangkok welcome to bangkok pride 2023 and as you would expect, this is a spectacular show. there is a spectacular show. there is a spectacular series of events this month, and everyone knows thailand

is lgbtq friendly, but it has legal obstacles that has to be overcome for full equality. obstacles that has to be overcome forfull equality. 0ne obstacles that has to be overcome forfull equality. one of obstacles that has to be overcome for full equality. one of the slogans they are using here about this march is that it is a gate to an equal asia because the situation is not the same in many of thailand's neighbours, countries like malaysia, indonesia, nothing like malaysia, indonesia, nothing like as many opportunities or as much recognition of the rights of lgbtq people and i think they are hoping spectacular events like this will push the agendas in those countries and perhaps the reason for a lot of the excitement you see here is this extraordinary election result we saw earlier this month, in the middle of last month, a young progressive party, move forward party, did spectacularly well including and its raft of wide reaching reform policy is a commitment to equal marriage and equal recognition of gender. that's a big dealfor the lgbtq community

and unfortunate to bejoined by the policy campaign manager for move forward party. first of all, how important is this issue to your party of getting full and equal recognition for the lgbtq community? it is a very important issue. this event _ it is a very important issue. this event is — it is a very important issue. this event is an— it is a very important issue. this event is an annual event which is exciting — event is an annual event which is exciting but the timing of the event this year— exciting but the timing of the event this veer is— exciting but the timing of the event this year is particularly exciting because — this year is particularly exciting because it is being held at a time when _ because it is being held at a time when people are anticipating the passage — when people are anticipating the passage of a marriage equality bill fitch was — passage of a marriage equality bill fitch was stuck since the last parliamentary term. it started a second — parliamentary term. it started a second reading before parliament was dissolved _ second reading before parliament was dissolved so the interval, but we are proposing is a simple but fundamental proposal which is that every— fundamental proposal which is that every couple regardless of gender or sexual— every couple regardless of gender or sexual orientation should have an equal— sexual orientation should have an equal right to marry one another and on one _ equal right to marry one another and on one level— equal right to marry one another and on one level it means every love is

respected — on one level it means every love is respected and supported by the state but on _ respected and supported by the state but on another level the right to marry— but on another level the right to marry leads to other rights and benefits — marry leads to other rights and benefits as well, whether adoption, tax deduction, inheritance. why has it taken so long _ tax deduction, inheritance. why has it taken so long in _ tax deduction, inheritance. why has it taken so long in thailand - tax deduction, inheritance. why has it taken so long in thailand because| it taken so long in thailand because everyone knows this is a country excepting of lgbtq lifestyles. if excepting of lgbtq lifestyles. if you look at the issue of equal marriage _ you look at the issue of equal marriage in talent politics in general, _ marriage in talent politics in general, i think society here is in a tug _ general, i think society here is in a tug between an increasingly progressive society and a regressive set of _ progressive society and a regressive set of laws — progressive society and a regressive set of laws and political system. and i_ set of laws and political system. and i think part of the agenda of move _ and i think part of the agenda of move forward party has been to amend the regressive laws and systems and ensure _ the regressive laws and systems and ensure it _ the regressive laws and systems and ensure it catches up with an increasingly progressive society in order— increasingly progressive society in order to _ increasingly progressive society in order to move thailand to a country that is— order to move thailand to a country that is free — order to move thailand to a country that is free and fair and respects evervone — that is free and fair and respects everyone equally and embraces

diversity— everyone equally and embraces diversity as a core strength of societv~ — diversity as a core strength of society. part of that is the equal marriage — society. part of that is the equal marriage bill and we are seeing signing — marriage bill and we are seeing signing of— marriage bill and we are seeing signing of a memorandum of understanding between various parties — understanding between various parties and there are 23 policies that the — parties and there are 23 policies that the parties will push as a joint — that the parties will push as a joint agenda and one that is equal marriage — joint agenda and one that is equal marriage but it goes beyond marriage, it's ensuring we have a society— marriage, it's ensuring we have a society inclusive of all groups, that we — society inclusive of all groups, that we democratise the country and demilitarise politics, we decentralise and de—monopolise to ensure _ decentralise and de—monopolise to ensure there is free and their competition.— ensure there is free and their cometition. ., ,, , ., , . competition. thank you very much. eve hinu competition. thank you very much. everything depends _ competition. thank you very much. everything depends on _ competition. thank you very much. everything depends on move - competition. thank you very much. l everything depends on move forward party getting into government, it's complicated and there are some ways to go but the atmosphere at this march tells you how positive people feel that it's notjust the lgbtq community here, so many people coming from all walks of life to celebrate this and everyone hopes thailand will continue on its march

to be one of the best places for the lgbtq community to be accepted. china's defence minister has told asia's largest security conference in singapore that his country "won't hesitate for a second" — to use force in defence of its claims over taiwan, a day after his american counterpart criticised him for refusing a meeting. general li shangfu blamed what he called a resurgence of a cold war mentality for increased tension in the asia—pacific region. beijing regards the self—governing island as a breakaway province which should be returned to its control. the general warned other countries not to interfere. translation: we will strive for the prospect of peace and reunification with greatest efforts and we make no promise to renounce the use of force. if anyone dares to separate taiwan from china chinese military will not hesitate for a second, we will not hesitate for a second, we will fear no opponent and resolutely safeguard territorial integrity

regardless any cost. 0ur correspondent, monica miller, reports now from the summit in singapore. the two countries disagree on many things, including taiwan, trade, and the territory in the south china sea. china's defence minister has warned of a cold war mentality and said that mutual respect needs to prevail over bullying and hegemony. the us defense secretary has said that partnerships will make the region grow even closer and that these alliances will keep peace and prosperity. but they do agree on one thing — they need to open a line of dialogue in order to avoid a confrontation. however, some analysts here are saying that's going to be tricky until the us lifts sanctions on general li which have been in place since 2018. the defense minister will be in this position for the next five years. just imagine during the five years without lifting sanctions, he cannot go to visit the united states and he cannot invite lloyd austin to come

because otherwise how can lloyd austin come because he has to be invited? and then about a hotline, i think minister li is a man that would talk most of this hotline and how can they talk to each other? so this would be very, very difficult. and this actually should not be very difficult for the united states because the sanction is an executive order. that means the biden administration can actually lift it. now, outwardly speaking, it may not seem like much progress has been made here at the dialogue. and the people here are taking rather a realistic tone. they know they have their work cut out for them. but there have been many meetings taking place behind closed doors that are ironing out a roadmap to try to diffuse this situation. general li said that he has met with other defence ministers from other countries, including australia, south korea and japan, which are key allies of the united states.

going back now to our top story, the devastating rail crash in india. the indian railway minister has said in the last hour the cause and people responsible for that crash have been identified. officials in the state of odisha have downwardly revised the number of dead, 275. joining me now is a local journalist. what are your reactions to the comments of the railway minister? and we seem to be having a few problems connecting with sandy. let me try and ask that question againjust to check let me try and ask that question again just to check whether you can hear us. what are your thoughts on the comments from the railway

minister who says the cause and those responsible for the crash in the eastern state of odisha have been identified? it comes as there are calls for him to resign over this? , ., , , this? the preliminary findings apparently-u _ this? the preliminary findings apparently... the _ this? the preliminary findings apparently... the railway - this? the preliminary findings - apparently... the railway minister had said the preliminary findings suggest it was a signalling error that has led to this massive mishap which has killed more than 275 people. of course the final report is yet to come. the initial reports, the preliminary inquiry reports suggest it was a signalling error which in that case it means it was a failure on the part of the railway department to ensure the safety of

the passengers leading to this massive mishap and the railway minister has to take action for the people responsible. the prime minister yesterday assured people the strongest possible action will be taken against those found to be responsible for this error and we hope action is taken and real action is taken to ensure such things and errors do not happen in the future. what about the cause for the railway minister himself to step down? we have heard from the opposition congress party making those calls and there are a lot of people in india who say he needs to be held responsible as the railway minister? of course, of course he has to be answerable for this mishap, one of the worst in this century. definitely, it is a major mishap and

so many lives have been lost and the railway ministry should take moral responsibility and resign but when he was asked the question yesterday he was asked the question yesterday he said that demand is fine but the priority now is to ensure the injured people get the best possible treatment and the services which have been disrupted for more than two days now are restored at the earliest opportunity but yes, i would certainly say the railway minister has to take moral responsibility for the failure which led to this mishap. he has been talking about good bullet trains and trains which run very fast but the priority should only be the safety of the passengers, that is my view. let me ask you about that. you talk

about high—speed trains in india, india has one of the largest railway networks in the world on one of the things the government has been trying to do is increase the number of high—speed trains and yesterday prime minister narendra modi was supposed to inaugurate a new high—speed train route but there have been some reports suggesting in order to get the high—speed trains, safety has been compromised? definitely, safety should take priority over bullet trains and all of that, the safety of the passengers is paramount and there is absolutely no question that fast trains, bullet trains, can wait but the safety of the passengers must be the safety of the passengers must be the utmost priority of the rugby department and such mishaps happen taking place much too frequently, although the toll had not been so high in all of the mishaps, but

these have been occurring with frightening regularity and the department must give top priority to safety measures that will ensure such accidents do not happen again and lives are not lost. the priorities are all skewed, i believe. the priority should be the safety of the passengers, the comfort of the passengers should be the top priority rather than bullet trains and fast trains. let the top priority rather than bullet trains and fast trains.— trains and fast trains. let me ask ou, trains and fast trains. let me ask you. what _ trains and fast trains. let me ask you. what is _ trains and fast trains. let me ask you, what is the _ trains and fast trains. let me ask you, what is the situation - trains and fast trains. let me ask you, what is the situation at - trains and fast trains. let me ask you, what is the situation at the l you, what is the situation at the moment, we are hearing reports of mass marks, so many bodies with no effort to preserve them until families arrive? what are you hearing? i families arrive? what are you hearin: ? . , families arrive? what are you hearin: ? .,, ., _ families arrive? what are you hearin? ., _ hearing? i was told by the officials resent on hearing? i was told by the officials present on the _ hearing? i was told by the officials present on the ground _ hearing? i was told by the officials present on the ground that - hearing? i was told by the officials present on the ground that 170 - present on the ground that 170 bodies which were recovered

yesterday were removed late in the night because more facilities are not available and adequate conditions so they were sent to the state capital and there are better facilities there. there are still bodies being recovered. i saw five bodies being recovered. i saw five bodies recovered this morning that was more than 36 hours after the accident. they were lined up in a school building, even as i was looking at the bodies, the mobile phone inside one of the victims started ringing and there was nobody to respond to the call. it was obviously a worried relative was eager and anxious to get in touch with the relative without quite knowing that he is already dead. that was a very horrifying scene, glad splattered all over the place, and the bodies have started to stink

because it was more than 36 hours as i told you after the accident and they were removed. one miraculous thing happened which is one of the people injured, who was stuck in the mangled remains of the train was recovered and rescued alive this morning and she was rushed to hospital right before my eyes in an ambulance. that was a miraculous image because most people believed there were no more people alive any more but i was witness to this scene where the person was still alive but critically injured, they were recovered and rescued today and shipped to hospital. that recovered and rescued today and shipped to hospital.— recovered and rescued today and shipped to hospital. that is one of those stories _ shipped to hospital. that is one of those stories when _ shipped to hospital. that is one of those stories when you _ shipped to hospital. that is one of those stories when you report - shipped to hospital. that is one of those stories when you report on | those stories when you report on these things that you want to hear of those medical rescues and sadly they will be few and far between especially when we look at the picture of the wreckage site. have

been speaking to families so what else have they been saying? one of the challengers was that families were not able to get to the crash site because so many trains were cancelled and the tracks were not repaired? i cancelled and the tracks were not re aired? , cancelled and the tracks were not reaired? , , ,., cancelled and the tracks were not re aired? , , ,., ., cancelled and the tracks were not reaired? , , ., ., repaired? i met this person who had come all the — repaired? i met this person who had come all the way _ repaired? i met this person who had come all the way from _ repaired? i met this person who had come all the way from br _ repaired? i met this person who had come all the way from br to - repaired? i met this person who had come all the way from br to look. repaired? i met this person who had| come all the way from br to look for his nephew who had gone missing and he was very angry with the officials because he was not getting any information about his nephew who had gone missing. —— bihar. he visited one hospital and then went from one hospital to another, he did the rounds without quite getting to know anything about his relative and he was very distraught, worried and angry. was very distraught, worried and an. _ ,,., , was very distraught, worried and an . , ., " was very distraught, worried and an _ , ., " . angry. sandeep, thank you so much for “oininu angry. sandeep, thank you so much forjoining us— angry. sandeep, thank you so much forjoining us and _ angry. sandeep, thank you so much forjoining us and bringing - angry. sandeep, thank you so much forjoining us and bringing us - angry. sandeep, thank you so much forjoining us and bringing us the i forjoining us and bringing us the very latest from the scene and that

means that actually overnight, according to sandeep, a local journalist, that they have actually been able to find someone alive in the wreckage of that crash in india. you are watching bbc news. we are not going to bring you a story from the uk. the bbc understands the cost of detaining and people arriving in the uk on small boats under planned legislation could reach £6 billion over the next two years. the illegal migration bill, which is currently going through parliment, would give the power to remove anyone arriving to the uk illegally and stop them claiming asylum here. with more on this we have aruna iyengar in the newsroom. just on that story about the cost of

detaining and deporting people, what more can you tell us? the government here is under— more can you tell us? the government here is under huge _ more can you tell us? the government here is under huge political— here is under huge political pressure to get down the numbers of illegal immigrants coming to the uk. last year 16,000 illegal migrants tried to cross the english channel by boat and that is a huge number, big rise on the year before and it's been rising over the past 5—10 years so the government has brought in this new act, the illegal migration bill which is going through parliament but it could be stopped at the european court of rights, the court of appeal, and it might even not get through the house of lords. the bill, government officials have said the costs of implementing the bill might reach £2 billion over two years. the bill really is saying that what is going to happen to these migrants is that they will be held in the uk for 21 days while processed and then those people are

sent back to their homes in the countries they came from or to a safe country such as rwanda for example. where the british government has set up accommodation facilities to receive these migrants so the cost of that policy as we understand would be £2 billion over two years. at the moment housing those illegal migrants in the uk costs around £6 million every day so the question is whether this will be an extra charge on top or whether in fact the costs are roughly around the same? we are not quite sure and we are going to get clarification. robertjenrick, the immigration minister, has been talking about the policy with laura kuenssberg today. we cannot be reliant on hotels, we have _ we cannot be reliant on hotels, we have to _ we cannot be reliant on hotels, we have to use — we cannot be reliant on hotels, we have to use things like barges or disused — have to use things like barges or disused army bases. we also cannot allow— disused army bases. we also cannot allow the _ disused army bases. we also cannot allow the uk to scene to be a soft touch _ allow the uk to scene to be a soft touch and — allow the uk to scene to be a soft touch and i— allow the uk to scene to be a soft touch and i have spent the last week

visiting _ touch and i have spent the last week visiting european countries, france, italv. _ visiting european countries, france, italv. those — visiting european countries, france, italy, those further upstream in north— italy, those further upstream in north africa under european countries are grappling with the same _ countries are grappling with the same challenge, how to accommodate very large _ same challenge, how to accommodate very large numbers of mostly economic— very large numbers of mostly economic migrants, how to deal with their cases _ economic migrants, how to deal with their cases in an efficient manner. the asvlum — their cases in an efficient manner. the asylum system is riddled with abuse. _ the asylum system is riddled with abuse. we — the asylum system is riddled with abuse, we have be honest. you have been in charge _ abuse, we have be honest. you have been in charge of— abuse, we have be honest. you have been in charge of it _ abuse, we have be honest. you have been in charge of it for _ abuse, we have be honest. you have been in charge of it for 13 _ abuse, we have be honest. you have been in charge of it for 13 years. - been in charge of it for 13 years. we have — been in charge of it for 13 years. we have to _ been in charge of it for 13 years. we have to be _ been in charge of it for 13 years. we have to be honest— been in charge of it for 13 years. we have to be honest with - been in charge of it for 13 years. we have to be honest with the i been in charge of it for 13 years. - we have to be honest with the public on my— we have to be honest with the public on my way— we have to be honest with the public on my way of doing that is changing fundamentally the way we handle asvlum _ fundamentally the way we handle asylum and that is what we are dealing — asylum and that is what we are dealing with the illegal migration bill. ., dealing with the illegal migration bill. . g bill. that was robert jenrick s-ueakin bill. that was robert jenrick speaking about _ bill. that was robert jenrick speaking about the - bill. that was robert jenrick speaking about the illegal. bill. that was robert jenrick - speaking about the illegal migration bill currently in the house of lords and being considered by parliamentarians in the uk. you are watchin: parliamentarians in the uk. you are watching the _ parliamentarians in the uk. you are watching the latest _ parliamentarians in the uk. you are watching the latest news. _ parliamentarians in the uk. you are watching the latest news. thank - parliamentarians in the uk. you are| watching the latest news. thank you forjoining us. more news throughout the day. get all the latest updates on the bbc news website.

hello. it is fairly straightforward weather today, settled, sunny sunday for most of us. we had sunshine from the word go in the west again, this is porth beach near newquay in cornwall, lots of sunshine and the cloud cover across lincolnshire was fragmented. in fact it is starting to ease, the satellite picture over the last few hours, you see the cloud across the east midlands lingering for a time across eastern scotland and it may linger for much of the day into the northern isles. an outside chance of an isolated shower with the heat of the day throughout north—west scotland and a brisk breeze running through the dover strait but further west, the

best of the sunshine. that is where we see the best of the warmth, temperatures peaking in the mid 20s. no surprises that the uv index is high today across the country and if you are outside for any length of time please bear that in mind. if you have plans with friends and family outside this evening it will be perfect. once again overnight cloud rolls in from the north sea, we could see patchy mist and fog developing in the west, the early birds will see that and that will lift readily. the cloud will take its time to ease, eventually the sunshine burning it back to the north sea although it might linger in some spots and that will impact the feel of the weather but generally story dry, settled and settled and sunny and still pleasantly warm especially with any shelter in the west. moving into tuesday, high pressure will start to drift steadily north and east, there is the potential for this low

pressure to perhaps bring some showers, maybe thursday and friday in the south—west, but we will keep an eye on that. more importantly the wind direction will change to a south—easterly driving in warm and dry aerosol areas that have been cool and cloudy of late will improve, cambridgeshire perhaps temperatures into the mid 20s, similarfor perth as temperatures into the mid 20s, similar for perth as well. looking ahead, it is a dry start to the week with sunny weather continuing in the west but by the end of the way, temperatures will rise but we could see some sharp showers.

this is bbc news. the headlines: india's railways minister says the cause and those responsible for the country's worst train crash in decades have been identified. rescue efforts have now ended. 275 people are known to have died and more than 1,000 injured. the bbc understands the cost of detaining and deporting people illegally arriving in the uk under the planned new legislation could reach £6 billion over the next two years. the illegal migration bill, which is currently going through parliament, would give the power to remove anyone arriving to the uk illegally and stop them claiming asylum here. china's minister of defence, tells asia's largest security conference, that his country "won't hesitate "for a second", to use force in defence of its claims over taiwan. general li shang—fu reiterated, it's china's territory —

and warned other countries not to interfere.