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live from london. this is bbc news. grieving familes search for loved ones after a possible signalling fault causes one of india's deadliest train crashes — claiming at least 275 lives. a 17—year—old boy who died off the coast of bournemouth beach has been named asjoe abbess. a signalling fault looks to be the most likely cause of india's deadliest train crash in more than a generation. at least 275 people were killed.
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hundreds of families are still scouring hospitals and morgues for missing relatives and authorities are struggling to identify the bodies. it happened when three trains collided near balasore, in the eastern state of odisha, as our india correspondent, archana shukla reports from the scene. inconsolable and traumatised. his brother was on the train that crashed. have you seen my brother? just once? he keeps repeating. the student himself, he sold his farm to confine his brother. he isjust one of the many families with a desperate search to find those
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missing. but not everyone yet has answers. ten members of his family were on the train. eight found, one dad, and one still missing. his family spent £450, one still missing. his family spent £160, much beyond their means to come here. these photos are unrecognisable. how can we find him in this? i had never thought this would happen. just a day before, we had so much fun, he told me. many families arriving at the accident site, only to find their relatives being moved elsewhere. with limited resources to manage the dead, government has now shifted all of the casualties five hours away from
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here. but over 180 body still remain unidentified. 0fficials here. but over 180 body still remain unidentified. officials have started posted the photos of their bodies on government websites and said they are starting to result to dna identification. these tracks that tell the story of loss are still being cleared. train services yet to being cleared. train services yet to be restored. and questions on what led to the disaster still unanswered.— led to the disaster still unanswered. ~ . ., ., , unanswered. what we have found is that there is — unanswered. what we have found is that there is operability _ unanswered. what we have found is that there is operability of - unanswered. what we have found is that there is operability of some - that there is operability of some kind of a signalling, not even a failure, i wouldn't call it a failure, i wouldn't call it a failure, of signal interference. it's now in the government, whose flagship programme has been more high—speed prunes, to deliver answers. live now to new york where we can speak to journalist anisha dutta, former political correspondent at the indian express news organisation who's been reporting
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on the indian railways. very warm welcome to you. thank you for being with us. we heard what we think of some kind of explanation into the cause of this as being interference on the signalling system. what's your assessment of what were hearing so far about what went wrong here?— went wrong here? thank you for havin: went wrong here? thank you for having me- _ went wrong here? thank you for having me. firstly, _ went wrong here? thank you for having me. firstly, there - went wrong here? thank you for having me. firstly, there was i went wrong here? thank you for having me. firstly, there was al went wrong here? thank you for. having me. firstly, there was a pro that was conducted by the senior supervisors. there was a similar assessment that the minister has said also about a potential failure in the signal system. what's more shocking here is that these, worm raised months before, warnings by the officials mentioning there have to be some why maintenance was not up to be some why maintenance was not up to the mark. 0fficials to be some why maintenance was not up to the mark. officials also warned of these letters, even in
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maintaining the technical aspects of the signalling system. it is maintaining the technical aspects of the signalling system.— the signalling system. it is a huge s stem, the signalling system. it is a huge system. isn't _ the signalling system. it is a huge system, isn't it? _ the signalling system. it is a huge system, isn't it? the _ the signalling system. it is a huge system, isn't it? the world - system, isn't it? the world fourth—largest rail network carrying 21 million people every single day. it seems, and your research, that there are many decades, perhaps, of failures for the system. yes. there are many decades, perhaps, of failures for the system.— failures for the system. yes. the last accident happened _ failures for the system. yes. the last accident happened in - failures for the system. yes. the last accident happened in india i failures for the system. yes. the | last accident happened in india in 2016. we had more than 150 casualties. in a similar case, there was a probe with the railways and the indian government also handed over the probe to the national investigator agency. after four years, indian railways found that there was actually an error of corrosion in welding and the railway tracks. so again, as we can see, in
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this case as well, they will hand over the probe to the central bureau of investigation which has traditionally investigated criminal angle in such cases. i traditionally investigated criminal angle in such cases.— traditionally investigated criminal angle in such cases. i was going to sa is i angle in such cases. i was going to say is i guess _ angle in such cases. i was going to say is i guess what _ angle in such cases. i was going to say is i guess what people - angle in such cases. i was going to say is i guess what people want. say is i guess what people want to know, what difference will it make? criticism has been that the network is so large and under such pressure, it's very difficult to actually maintain it while it is in such constant use. {iii maintain it while it is in such constant use.— maintain it while it is in such constant use. of course. it's a mammoth — constant use. of course. it's a mammoth network, _ constant use. of course. it's a mammoth network, you - constant use. of course. it's a. mammoth network, you know? constant use. of course. it's a . mammoth network, you know? it constant use. of course. it's a - mammoth network, you know? it caters to over 22 million passengers. 0f to over 22 million passengers. of course it requires a huge manpower and as we pointed out before, the railways is facing a shortage of manpower as well and maintaining infrastructure, station masters, these are people required for the safety of the tracks. another issue is also of course at the same time the government has been very bullish on modernising its fleet, on getting new trains,. i'm new modern fleet of
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trains. so the issue is of course of maintaining the infrastructure, but we also see that another issue is of actually not adhering to these warnings that have been raised by the officials in the past before. thank you forjoining us and for your analysis. a 17—year—old boy who got into difficulty off the coast of bournemouth beach has been named asjoe abbess. a 17—year—old boy who died off bournemouth beach on wednesday has been named. police sayjoe abbess, from southampton died after getting into difficulty in the water. his family say they are "heartbroken and devastated" at the loss
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of a "fabulous young man" and "talented trainee chef" who was enjoying a day at the beach when he died. it comes as a funeral has been held for a 12—year—old girl who also died in the incident. sunnah khan, from high wycombe, buckinghamshire, was named locally after the incident involving 10 swimmers on wednesday. more than 200 people are understood to have attended sunnah's funeral, held by high wycombe mosques on saturday. the bbc understands that the cost of detaining and deporting people arriving in the uk on small boats under proposals in the government's illegal migration bill could reach £6 billion over the next two years. the immigration minister, robertjenrick, defended the government's approach, saying britain couldn't be a �*soft touch'. here's our political correspondent, aruna iyengar. stop these boats now. turn back the boats. time to tackle the small boats. stop the boats. it's 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. ministers so far have not discussed these costs but they say they believe the measures will be a deterrent to illegal entry. we will never put the interests of migrants above those
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of the british public. you also cannot allow the uk to be perceived to be a soft touch and i have spent the last week visiting european countries like france and italy and those further upstream in north africa and all european countries are grappling with the same challenge. the illegal migration bill, if it passes legal hurdles, will mean anyone arriving illegally by boat will be detained and removed to their home country, or other country deemed to be safe such as rwanda. then there is the cost of actually accommodating the people, providing them with food and health care and all the other things, and potentially also the cost associated with paying other countries to process claims as well. it is presently costing the government £6 million a day to house asylum seekers in the uk. many are put up in hotels. there is a huge backlog in processing cases, leading to greater accommodation costs. only in the last week, a0 migrants in a hotel in central london protested against having to share rooms.
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the government wants to cut costs by reducing the need for hotels and to have three to four single men sharing a room. it is right we get good value for money for the taxpayer. so if single adult males can share a room and it is legal to do so, which will obviously depend on the size of accommodation, we will ask people to do that. i think that is a completely fair and reasonable approach. labour says the government has lost control of immigration and there's no guarantee the plans will get through parliament. the former uk prime minister boris johnson has been warned that he could lose legal funding if he undermines the coronavirus inquiry set up by the government. in extracts of a cabinet office letter published by the sunday times, mrjohnson is told he will have to submit any statements to officials so redactions can be applied. the government has begun legal action to challenge the inquiry�*s
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demand to see all of the former prime minister's unredacted whatsapp messages and notebooks. he says he'll give them to the investigation directly. now to the southern russian region of belgorod, that borders with ukraine. the region has come under heavy fire in recent days, and last night saw more heavy shelling. in the latest development, a group of ukraine—based russian paramilitaries say they've crossed the border into russia, and captured two russian soldiers. in a video, the paramilitaries said they would hand the soldiers back if the governor came to meet them, something the governor says he would do. earlier, belgorod's governor urged all those still living along the ukrainian border to urgently move away in order to avoid the constant cross—border shelling. he said more than 4,000 people had already evacuated and been relocated to temporary accommodation. translation: i urged the villagers, first the shebekino district _ that has been shelled, to listen to the position of the authorities and leave —
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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 4,000 people in temporary accommodation centres. all necessary assistance is provided. sergei goryashko from bbc russian spoke to me earlier about the shelling. it seems like it's just another day of heavy fighting in belgrorod region, and with a surprising silence from the kremlin. the situation when it reached a village on the border, is now under fighting. and there are reports that members of russian volunteer corps are now fighting with russian military there in this village. there are some videos emerging from... supposed to be from that village,
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but they are not confirmed yet. however, the governor has confirmed that there is fighting there and he claims that those russian volunteer corps members who offered him a meeting with an exchange of soldiers, that they are fighting there with russian military now. the confederation of british industry faces a battle for survival this week with the result of a vote among members on proposed reforms due on tuesday. it comes after the business group was rocked by allegations of harrassment and sexual assault. with more on this is our business correspondent, marc ashdown. it's been a pretty tough few months for the cbi. just explain what is going on now. it’s for the cbi. just explain what is going on nova— for the cbi. just explain what is anoinon now. 3 , ., , , , going on now. it's been a bit breezy over the past _ going on now. it's been a bit breezy over the past couple _ going on now. it's been a bit breezy over the past couple of— going on now. it's been a bit breezy over the past couple of months - going on now. it's been a bit breezy| over the past couple of months and i think this week is really make or break. for 60 years the cbi has been a voice of business british freely, pushing interests at home and abroad. but i think it looses this
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confidence vote on tuesday, there is a very real possibility it could be disbanded, broken up entirely. it's new director general has been on the airways today. she said it has been airways today. she said it has been a deep and painful crisis over these past few months. she says she is personally devastated that we should have heard about the string of allegations, sexual harassment, bullying, drug taking, even allegations of two rapes which date back some years now. the police are investigating some of those allegations. but she did say looking ahead to this vote on tuesday, in terms of the future of the cbi, she said she is confident. that she has laid out a strong vision for a fresh shark. start. come back to fight for the organisation, to fight for the jobs and the people within the organisation, and i am really determined to do it. but to do that we need the backing up of our members and what we have
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set out is a whole programme of change so that we can show that we've got the right culture, that we are addressing any workplace misconduct, that people feel supported if they raise issues. mark, how a business has reacted? well if you remember back to a few months ago on this verse broke, thousands of really big names decided to sanitise cbi. many others suspended or paused their membership or they waited to see how the cbi would deal with this crisis. they of course get a vote on tuesday. today there has been a bit of a charm offensive started up early, a letter seen by the bbc has been put out really aimed at other businesses. it was put together by some pretty big names, the likes of esso, microsoft, they have all signed it, and a dozen orso they have all signed it, and a dozen or so have signed it so far, and they said this letter they are shocked and concerned, of course, at those allegations. they said their sympathies go out to those involved in justice needs to sympathies go out to those involved injustice needs to be sympathies go out to those involved in justice needs to be done sympathies go out to those involved injustice needs to be done but in justice needs to be done but they added they feel it is such a crucial time, it is essential a refocus, effective cbi reestablishes its ties with government. become that voice
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again which british business really needs. and i did speak today to a lot of these companies that terminated their ties with them and they said look, if this quote to the right way and the cbi has a fresh start, will they look to be getting back involved? they've been very tight—lipped. back involved? they've been very tight-tipped-_ back involved? they've been very tight-tipped-— tight-lipped. mark, interesting. thank you- _ ministers from 0pec plus, a big group of oil producers that includes russia, saudi arabia and others, have agreed a cut in oil production of 1.4 million barrels per day. it will lead higher prices at the pump. they've also agreed to change shift a portion of some members' quotas to other members. and saudi arabia has agreed to an ongoing volutary cut in its own production of 500,000 barrels per day. together 0pec plus delivers about 40% of global oil production, meaning its decisions can have huge influence on the market.
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to poland, as many as half a million people have been taking part in an antigovernment rally in warsaw. they're protesting against a new law critics say could be used to target opposition politicians in an election year, in the polish government refuted allegations that their actions are democratic and stress that in their view today's protest is an election rally as the country will head to the polls later on this year. the host of today's march, the mayor of warsaw, gave the bbc and exclusive interview earlier. let's hearfrom him. well, it was incredible. half a million people, we haven't seen such crowds on the streets of warsaw for the past 30 years. and people just wanted to demonstrate that they have enough of this populace government, that they want a poland which is tolerant, which is open, which is european and also, yes, in protest to some of the measures taken
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by the populist government. they've introduced this law whereby there will be this parliamentary commission which could actually bar some opposition leaders from participating in political life because of alleged russian influences, which is, of course, all a huge lie. and people were just startled by that and they wanted to demonstrate their opposition. i heard the prime minister saying that they were just a bunch of apparatchiks. but if we have half a million apparatchiks in poland, that means that we are really growing strong. of course that's not true. there were people from all around poland. from all walks of life wanting to demonstrate that they're against this oppressive government, which is trying to stifle democracy in poland. and poland is still a democracy only because our civil society is so incredibly strong, which has been also demonstrated by this incredible solidarity towards our ukrainian friends. and that's why it is very important that people demonstrate, because it gives us this incredible boost of power, mobilises us, and it makes me sure that we will win the next elections and say goodbye to the populist.
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the united states has accused the commander of a chinese warship of navigating in "an unsafe manner" after a near miss incident between the ship and an american destroyer in the taiwan strait. here, the chinese ship can be seen approaching from the port side of the us ship, passing less than 150 metres in front. the us described the approach as a contravention of the maritime "rules of the road" and said it's ship was forced to slow down to prevent a collision. the united states described its journey through the strait as routine, but china has accused the us of deliberately provoking risk in the region. a2 a 2 euros girl was killed and 22 people were wounded when the residential building was destroyed which was described as a deliberate
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russia track. russia has stepped up attacks in may, especially at night, in an attempt to damage morale. 0ur correspondent has more from key. keith. 0fficials officials who are now considering moving once more, eitherfurther west or even abroad. and what usually happens is you have air raid sirens at night, you have would have proved to be highly effective air defence systems, attempt to take out missiles, they create explosions, and then you soon see piercing images of some that have been worst
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hit. and today, it comes in the form of the city here were a two—year—old girl has been killed after a residential building was hit. but to give you a sense of scale of this area of onslaught. there were six missiles launched overnight. that is relatively low and forward taken out by officials. but intelligence close to the russian border or near the lethal river which forms part part of the front line,, it is sustained by the russian forces. what ukraine is going to be hoping to do is to try and release some of that pressure by launching a much anticipated counteroffensive. james waterhouse in keefe there. the leader of hong kong's opposition league of social democrats party has been detained by police in hong kong on the thirty forth anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown. she was holding a candle and two
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flowers in the causeway bay shopping district, when authorities surrounded her and forced her to a police van. a number of other arrests were also made, including the prominent democracy activist alexandra wong — who is known as "grandma wong". a 33—year—old man has been charged after being arrested during the fa cup final yesterday at wembley stadium in london. james white was charged with displaying threatening or abusive writing likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. police say he was wearing a shirt with an offensive reference to the hillsborough tragedy — the 1989 football stadium crush that killed 97 people. a uk ticket—holder has come forward to claim the 111.7 seven million pound jackpot from friday's euromillions draw. lottery operator camelot said it had received a claim which would now go through a process of validation. if verified, this winner will become the 18th uk player to win more than £100 million in a euromillions jackpot.
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so, how does this jackpot stack up against the world's top lottery prizes? the lucky winner is set to be worth more than to a leaper, worth about £75 million, and even richer than harry potter superstar daniel radcliffe who has worked about £92 million according to the sunday times. so definitely a tidy sum. actually, the record holderfor the uk your millions jackpot holder was just last year when an anonymous ticket holder in the uk written about £195 million. now, the record holders before that were joe and jess, a couple from gloucester, who you can see here celebrating their when a couple of years ago of £181; million. and they had modest goals for their winnings. they said they opted to take the kids on holiday
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and buy a new car. so all of this prize money actually pales in comparison to some of the bigger global lottery prizes out there. the worlds biggestjackpot actually takes place in spain. it's known as el gordo, orthe takes place in spain. it's known as el gordo, or the fat one, and it happens every christmas. it's a jackpot worth $2.5 billion. but it is shared among multiple winners so no single person is raking in those billions. however, in the us, a man in california broke the record for a single lotteryjackpot in california broke the record for a single lottery jackpot when in california broke the record for a single lotteryjackpot when he won more than 2 billion us dollars in the powerball last year. now, he chose to receive those earnings in a single lump sum, which is a reduced payment, instead of receiving the entire amount subsidised over several years. entire amount subsidised over severalyears. but entire amount subsidised over several years. but he still raked in about 997 million us dollars. which was enough to fund this mansion in hollywood, a multi—million dollar
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mansion, and other lavish purchases. however, that winter is now being sued by another man who claims he still has lottery ticket, which just goes to show there is sometimes trouble in paradise. before we go would like to show you this scene line in vienna. this is a big group of oil producers they have agreed to the past hour or so to a cut of oil production, a 1.4 million barrels per day. that will inevitably lead to higher prices at the pump. it is expected the pump prices will go up. they have also agreed to change some quotas to other members. saudi arabia has agreed to a production of its own production of 500,000 barrels per day. 0pec has been accused of manipulating oil prices and manipulating oil prices and manipulating the global economy through high energy cost. we will be
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live in vienna with more not in the next hour. in the meantime, that's it for me. thanks for watching. hello there. good evening. more blue sky and sunshine for the vast majority of us across the uk again today, always cooler and breezier towards the south coast. here's hastings in east sussex. the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures again in the west county. down in northern ireland, seeing plenty of blue sky and some lenticular clouds as spotted by one of our weather watchers in the north west of england over the higher ground of the lake district. now, next week, not a lot is set to change. it's dry and it's settled. there will be a lot more sunshine to come in the forecast. again, always best out in the west. there will be some more low cloud moving in from the north sea. plenty of moisture there overnight tonight. the cloud a little more extensive. it's got a head start. of course, it didn't clear for some spots all day, moving into parts of eastern wales and across the south of england, also the central belt. but it's mild underneath that cloud.
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temperatures in high single figures, clear skies further west, perhaps a bit of mist forming into tomorrow morning, but it won't take too long to lift and clear. and of course, that low cloud is set to burn its way back towards the coast, maybe a few spots of drizzle, but otherwise dry underneath that cloud. and the cloud could lingerfor some time, perhaps across the wash, perhaps parts of lincolnshire as well, where temperatures will be lower with that onshore breeze. high values out towards the west, south west of scotland, maybe parts of northern ireland, 23 or 24 degrees celsius. don't forget, the sun is strong at this time of year and the uv levels will be high, will remain high. the grass pollen levels are also high. now, as we head through tuesday, we see the same thing all over again. perhaps that low cloud more extensive, though, through the morning. again, we are expecting to burn back towards the coast, perhaps producing a few spots of drizzle here and there. some of that cloud lingering again, cooler on the coast, warmer further west, which is where we'll see the best of the day's sunshine yet again, 22 to 24 degrees celsius, maybe for some spots. but things do start to change
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as the week wears on. now we'll start to see our area of high pressure just gradually migrate its way further eastwards. this is storm 0scar, as named by the spanish met service. it's moving its way northwards. it could produce one or two showers and probably throw some high cloud towards the south west of england in particular, maybe a few showers across the south. willjoin a southeasterly wind across south eastern areas of england, just bringing some much warmer air our way. so across london, for example, through the weekend, we could see highs of 28 degrees.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: the governor of russia's belgorod region has offered to meet paramilitaries who have seized two russian soldiers from the region. it comes after all the villages running down its border with ukraine were evacuated due to heavy shelling. 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 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
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