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deadliest train crash in more than a generation. at least 275 people were killed. hundreds of families are still scouring hospitals and morgues for missing relatives and authorities are struggling to identify the bodies. it happened when 3 trains collided near balasore, in the eastern state of odisha, as our south asia correspondent, archana shukla reports from the scene. hours have passed but not the pain. the struggle to find those missing continues. this is the last picture this woman has of her 21—year—old son taken when he boarded the train. a 30 hourjourney to reach the accident site. translation: ~ ., .,
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accident site. translation: ., ., ., translation: we have looked at all hositals translation: we have looked at all hospitals and — translation: we have looked at all hospitals and morgues _ translation: we have looked at all hospitals and morgues say _ translation: we have looked at all hospitals and morgues say that - translation: we have looked at all hospitals and morgues say that we i hospitals and morgues say that we can't find him. at the morgue, we even asked to see the photos of dead bodies over and over. eight even asked to see the photos of dead bodies over and over.— bodies over and over. eight other members of _ bodies over and over. eight other members of her _ bodies over and over. eight other members of her family _ bodies over and over. eight other members of her family on - bodies over and over. eight other members of her family on the - bodies over and over. eight other i members of her family on the same train were found but with no sign of her son, she breaks down. many others are shuttling between centres, scanning photos, hoping to get some news. and there's the sweltering heat and limited resources to manage the dead here, the administration has shifted all the administration has shifted all the dead bodies to the capital city. it is a five hour drive from the train accident site. that has added to the ordeal as many families of the passages are still trying to make their way into the city of ballas. the wreckage is still being cured, track inspections are all along some stretches but what led to
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the disaster is not yet clear. what the disaster is not yet clear. what we have found _ the disaster is not yet clear. what we have found is _ the disaster is not yet clear. what we have found is that _ the disaster is not yet clear. what we have found is that there - the disaster is not yet clear. w�*ué�*ii we have found is that there is probability of some kind of signalling, i wouldn't call it a failure, of signalling interference. these families are _ signalling interference. these families are looking _ signalling interference. these families are looking for- signalling interference. these i families are looking for different answers. we can bring you live pictures of the scene in 0disha. the rescue teams, the worker teams, the rescue teams, the worker teams, the rescue operation itself has now ended, you can see pictures. you can see the tracks there, it is now
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evening in india, in the eastern state of 0disha and authorities have revised the death toll to 275 lives lost in that train accident and well over 1000 people injured as well, according to the authorities and the efforts now are to clear the track, get any evidence that might help with that ongoing investigation and also allow that chap to reopen and one on the challenges that we saw in that report is having a railway line in that area opens that some of the families can actually reach the area and found out more about their relatives who have been injured or may have died. 0ur correspondent vineet khare is at the scene of the crash. we are just a few hundred meters from the point of the crash. access to that place has been restricted only only a few vehicles or vips. ministers are being allowed beyond this point. and as you can see in the distance,
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efforts are on to restore this route, which had been impacted because of the crash. many trains, dozens of train had had to be cancelled because of what happened here on friday. in this town, we have spoken to many people and they continue to ask what exactly led to the crash? was it the human element or was there a was there a technical glitch that led to the deaths of more than more than 250 people here? in the midst of ongoing rescue operations at the crash site, a glimmer of hope has emerged. 0ne survivor has been discovered alive after being trapped in the wreckage for more than 20 hours. earlier i spoke to the journalist and author sandeep sahu, who witnessed the remarkable scene earlier today. i was told by the officials present at the ground that about 170 bodies which were recovered yesterday
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were removed late in the night because facilities are not available in adequate quantities here. so they were shifted to the state capital, where there are better facilities and there are still bodies being recovered. i saw five bodies recovered this morning. that was more than 36 hours after the accident. and they were lined up in a school building. and 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 who was eager and anxious to get in touch with his relative without quite knowing that he is already dead. that was a very horrifying scene. that was blood splattered all over the place and it was stinking. the bodies had started stinking because it was more than 36 hours,
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as i told you, after the accident. and they were removed. and one miraculous thing happened, which is one of the people injured stuck in the mangled remains of the train, was recovered, rescued alive this morning and rushed to a hospital right before my eyes in an ambulance. that was a miracle of sorts because most people believed there were no more people alive anymore. but i was witness to the scene where the person was still alive but critically injured. he was recovered, rescued today and shipped to the hospital. the leader of hong kong's opposition league of social democrats party has been detained by police in hong kong
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on the 34th anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown. a number of other arrests were also made, including the prominent democracy activist alexandra wong — who is known as "grandma wong." she was carrying flowers in hong kong's causeway bay shopping district, when the authorities surrounded her and escorted her to a police van. some breaking news from officials in russia's belgorod region. they have urged those living in towns and villages along the ukrainian border to evacuate to avoid cross—border shelling. the governor of the region, vyacheslav gladkov, said last night saw more heavy shelling. he says more than 4,000 people have already been relocated to temporary accommodation in the region, which borders ukraine to its south and west. translation: i urge for the villagers, first of all the district that has been
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shelled, to listen to the position of the authorities and leave, temporarily leave, their homes in order to safeguard what is important. your life and the lives of your loved ones. today, we have more than 4000 people in temporary accommodation centres. all necessary assistance is provided. 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. in dnipro, a 2—year—old girl was killed and 22 people were wounded when a residential building was destroyed — which was described by ukraine's president as a deliberate russian attack. russia has stepped up regular attacks on kyiv since may, especially at night, in what officials say is an attempt to damage morale. let's speak to our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse who's in kyiv for us. lets start with what is going on where you are in keith. reports of
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new air strikes? it where you are in keith. reports of new air strikes?— where you are in keith. reports of new air strikes? it has become part of daily routine _ new air strikes? it has become part of daily routine for _ new air strikes? it has become part of daily routine for so many - new air strikes? it has become part| of daily routine for so many people. it is clear that russia is trying to affect morale by continuing to launch widespread missile and drone strikes on cities across ukraine. they are creating a pressure that is being felt. there are ukrainians that may have moved back after the initial full scale invasion last year who are now considering moving once more, eitherfurther west or even abroad. what usually happens is that you have an air raid sirens that you have an air raid sirens that night, what has proved to be highly effective and array defence systems, they create explosions and then you see in of somewhere that has been worst hit and today, it comes in the form of the city where a two—year—old girl has been killed after a residential building was
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hit. there were six miles launched overnight, there it relatively low, but in settlements close to the russian border, these are places that are shelled hundreds of times on occasions overnight and it is sustained by the russian forces. what ukraine is going to be hoping to do it to try and release some of that pressure by launching a mass. we have had breaking news, urging people living on the border with ukraine to evacuate to avoid cross—border shelling. what has been the reaction you create that knees? ukrainian officials are keen to point out that this is caused by
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russian fighting, it is nothing to do with us they say. privately, there will be ministers taking a great deal of private satisfaction in this because last week, we saw a major incursion by militants, made up major incursion by militants, made up of russian nationals who are anti—kremlin essentially. they came in and that has been continued violence for the past three days and we are seeing the site of russian citizens being evacuated. it is a very rare, very strange mirror image we are starting to see whether conflict is spilling over. it will be destabilising for russia to a degree, it will, ukraine well privately be taking a bit of delight from this but there will be nervous quarters are messed russian allies who have long remained teams in this context remain within the borders of
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ukraine to prevent world war iii, in the words of president biden. to poland, where thousands are taking part in an anti government rally, in warsaw. demonstrating against a new law critics say could be used to target opposition politicians in an election year. 0ur europe regional editor danny aeberhard joins us now from the newsroom. tell us why people are taking to the streets in such large numbers? this was originally _ streets in such large numbers? ti 3 was originally built as streets in such large numbers? t1151 was originally built as an opposition rally i had reactions can elections in october or november this year. they were doing this in favour of a free, pro—europe poland. but the support has really been galvanised by a new law that has
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been signed in to effect this week, that's law looks at a russian influence from 2007 and they are trying to identify if people take undue influence and whether that affects the influence of the polish state. they also have the power to prevent people from using public funds in effect, barring them from public office for up to ten years. so that is the background to this. 0stensibly, something that would be that you root out what the governing party sees at the agents of the kremlin. critics say it could be used against the opposition. those are credit for them poland but also critics in washington, as say the european commission and they say it
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could affect, if people are banned from holding office, it could affect people such as donald tusk who was the prime minister of poland in 2007 when this period started which the commission will be examining. he was also subsequently the president of the european council so a significant figure who has since re—entered polish politics and is expected to challenge the prime minister of the law and justice party later this year.— minister of the law and justice party later this year. thank you very much _ party later this year. thank you very much for— party later this year. thank you very much forjoining _ party later this year. thank you very much forjoining us. - party later this year. thank you very much forjoining us. we i party later this year. thank you i very much forjoining us. we have just had an update from that rally from donald tusk, he has addressed those protesters and you can see the huge crowd in that box next to me. he said they were showing they would not let themselves be broken or intimidated and he also then went on to introduce the former polish
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president who brought democracy to poland and mr tusk said there are thousands of us, people with poland in the hearts and we will bring you more on events from warsaw throughout the course of the day. now it's time for a look at today's sport. let's start with the french open — with place in the quarter finals to play for on both the men's and women's singles. novak djokovic is up next, on the main phillip chatrier court. currently on court in the men's — lorenzo sonego is a set up against karen khachanov. 6—1 he won the first set. in the evening game — aryna sabalenka, the women's second seed, is in action against sloane stephens. real madrid have announced their captain karim benzema is leaving the club. the french striker has been at the bernabeu for 1h years sincejoining from lyon, having won five champions leagues,
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and four la liga titles. the ballon d'0r winner for this season had a year left on his contract, abd is set to move to saudi arabia. formula one world champion max verstappen will be the man to beat in the spanish grand prix — which gets underway in the next hour. the dutch driver, who has a commanding lead in the drivers' championship, qualified fastest — ahead of spain's carlos sainz and britain's lando norris. despite qualifiying in fifth, seven—time champion lewis hamilton will start in fourth after pierre gasly recieved a 6—point penalty. charles leclerc will start from the pits over problems with his car in qualifying. my last lap wasn't the dream lap. i was second basically all the way until turn ten, i had a snap and lost. so once i got it on the other side, i'm just really grateful to be up there and be up in the fight and have that pace, so the team did really well to improve the car and we've just got to push hard tomorrow for the result. australian fast bowler josh hazlewood has been ruled out of the world test championship final against india. with the ashes against england getting underway
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injust 12 days time. hazlewood has been managing a left achilles issue — along with a side injury that flared up during his stint in the indian premier league. he took 20 wickets during the 2019 ashes series in england. michael neser has been called up as a replacement. manchester city will be fully focused on saturday's champions league final against inter milan — after they completed their domestic double with an fa cup win over rivals manchester united at wembley. moments to remember, ilkay gundogan's goal after just 12 seconds, the fastest in fa cup final history. united equalised from the spot, before gundogan got his second. a special day for them, after a long season and they'll be looking to make history, going for a first ever champions league title. with the premier league secured, a treble's very much on the cards for pep guardiola's side, as they look to emulate their neighbour's achievement nearly 25 years ago. at the end, we have to win it. i know how it works. we will give more, more, more, credit what you have
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done this many years. it has been so fun, we have done many good things but i said to the players, you have to put the pressure yourself. to recognise something good, you have to win europe. and the team were greeted by a special guest on their return to manchester. eltonjohn! he'd been performing at the city's a0 arena. after flying back from the match in london, city's squad were seen in high spirits, bumping into elton on the airport runway. phil foden not missing the chance for a selfie. rory mcilroy has given himself a chance of a first win on the pga tour since october 2022, after a 2—under par 3rd round. the northern irishman's round at the memorial tournament in ohio on saturday saw him climb six places on the leaderboard. he shares the lead with american david lipsky and south korea's kim si—woo on 6—under.
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world number three mcilroy said he's sticking to the plan in the hope for the win. and that's all the sport for now. we can bring you some the latest pictures that have been coming in to the building after that arrest. live now to our reporter martin yip from our chinese service who is in hong kong for us with the latest. tell us more about what exactly has happened? 50 tell us more about what exactly has ha ened? ., ., , , happened? so far we have been seeing --eole u- happened? so far we have been seeing peeple up to — happened? so far we have been seeing peeple up to peeple — happened? so far we have been seeing people up to people being _ happened? so far we have been seeing people up to people being arrested -
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people up to people being arrested around the area, if your member in the past year, the national security law in beijing, that place has been a focal point for memory activities for the 1989 crackdown in beijing. this evening, there are thousands of police being deployed, we have seen people being taken away, the head of legal social democrats, much more well—known activists and also we have reports of the former chair lady, we don't know what happened to her at this moment but also the
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similar thing happened to alexander wong, and well—known prominent protester who always shows waving the unionjack. this is quite a tense evening in hong kong and there are police officers all over the area. the government did say that they would arrest people if they thought they were breaking laws. we will bring you more on that developing story throughout the day. the bbc understands that the cost of detaining and deporting people arriving in the uk on small boats — under proposals in the government's
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�*illegal migration bill�* — should it is one of the government's top priorities. 115,000 people arrived in small boats across the english channel last year but the cost of the new proposals could reach £6 billion over the next two years. ministerso reach £6 billion over the next two years. minister so far have not discussed these costs but say they believe the measures will be a deterrent to illegal entry. we will never ut deterrent to illegal entry. we will never put the _ deterrent to illegal entry. we will never put the interests _ deterrent to illegal entry. we will never put the interests of - deterrent to illegal entry. we will i never put the interests of migrants above those of the british public. we also can't allow the uk to be a soft touch, i had to spend the last week european countries and all european countries are grappling with the same challenge. the illegal
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miaration with the same challenge. the illegal migration bill. _ with the same challenge. the illegal migration bill, if— with the same challenge. the illegal migration bill, if it— with the same challenge. the illegal migration bill, if it passes _ with the same challenge. the illegal migration bill, if it passes legal- migration bill, if it passes legal hurdles will mean anyone arriving illegally by boat will be detained back their country or any other country to determine to be safe. providing them with food and health care and _ providing them with food and health care and other things and the cost of associating with paying other countries — of associating with paying other countries to process claims as well. it is presently because in the government £6 million a day, many are pets in hotels. there is a huge backlog leading to larger costs. the government wants to cut costs by reducing the need for hotels and to have three to four single men sharing a room. it have three to four single men sharing a room.— have three to four single men sharing a room. it is right that we aet aood sharing a room. it is right that we get good value — sharing a room. it is right that we get good value for— sharing a room. it is right that we get good value for money - sharing a room. it is right that we get good value for money so - sharing a room. it is right that we get good value for money so if. sharing a room. it is right that we i get good value for money so if there are adult medals that can sharer
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room and it is legal to do so, then we will ask people to do that. i think that is a completely fair and reasonable approach.— think that is a completely fair and reasonable approach. labour say the government — reasonable approach. labour say the government has _ reasonable approach. labour say the government has lost _ reasonable approach. labour say the government has lost control - reasonable approach. labour say the government has lost control of - government has lost control of emigration and there is no guarantee that the plans will go through government. a reminder of our top story. india's railway minister say the cause and those responsible for the cause and those responsible for the country's worst train crash in that case had been identified. these are live pictures of the crash. the tracks are still being repaired there. there are still lots of activities and you can see the remains of one of the train carriages there as well. there have been calls for the railway minister to resign over this accident which was the worst india has seen in a century. we will leave you with these pictures but you can find more
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on this breaking story on the bbc news website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good afternoon. well, it's fine and dry for the vast majority of us again today with plenty of blue sky and sunshine, including here in hastings in east sussex, although always breezier towards the south coast, particularly across parts of kent and essex. of course, with that onshore wind, lots of blue sky and sunshine again across northern ireland. it's here and in western wales where we could see some of the highest temperatures in the uk over the next couple of days or so. but we're still plagued by this north sea cloud shown here on the satellite picture. it is slowly burning back towards the coast, really from lincolnshire northwards towards eastern coastal areas. it could linger for much of the day. some convective cloud two this afternoon across the high ground of scotland, also cumbria and northern ireland, where we could possibly see one or two light showers develop, but otherwise dry temperatures in the low 20s, maybe 23
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or 2a degrees celsius out towards the west. don't forget, the sunshine is strong at this time of year. the uv levels are high and the pollen levels are also high will remain so as we head through it next week. now, overnight tonight, of course, that cloud towards the east has got a bit more of a head start. so it's going to be more extensive, pushing its way further westwards into east and wales and across the south of the uk, across the central belt too into tomorrow morning, temperatures milder underneath that cloud, clearer skies further west. watch out for a few mist patches developing into the start of the new week. this is how we're kicking off monday morning. again, that cloud will slowly burn back towards the coast. it could linger perhaps across the wash in east anglia, the lincolnshire coastline for a while, where it's always going to be feeling cooler highs. temperatures best of the sunshine out towards the west, 23 or 2a degrees. now there will be a few changes as we head through the middle of the week and the end of the week with this depression just moving its way further northwards, could throw us more high cloud out towards the south west and maybe one
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or two showers later on, too. also, as the high pressure migrates further eastwards, a south easterly wind just pushing this warm continental air our way, particularly into the south east of england, where we could see temperatures rise by the time we get to friday and saturday in the mid to the high 20s in celsius. remember, it has been quite cool here of late. so in summary then it's a dry start to the week. it's always sunny in the west, cloudier further east, but by the end of the week, temperatures could be rising, a few showers possible.
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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 1000 injured. the governor of russia's belgorod region urges those still living along the ukrainian border to evacuate to avoid cross—border shelling. he says last night the area saw more heavy shelling last night, and nearly 5,000 people have already been resettled deeper inside russia. the bbc understands the cost of detaining and deporting people illegally arriving in the uk under the planned new legislation could reach £6 billion
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over the next two years.

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