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live from london. this is bbc news. grieving families 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. the oil producers�* cartel opec plus is to cut its daily oil production — which will lead to higher prices at the pump. hello. 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. hundreds of families
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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. himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brotherjust once? he keeps repeating. a student himself, 22 year old himanshu, even sold his phone to come find his brother. he's just one of the many families in their desperate search to find those missing. and at this makeshift morgue, every person is sifting through stacks
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of photos, hoping to find a familiarface. but not everyone yet has answers. ten members of mukul singh�*s family were on the train. eight found, one dead, and one still missing. his family spent £160, much beyond their means to come here. translation:. 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 the casualties to the capital city five hours away from here, but over 180 bodies still remain unidentified.
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officials have started posting the photos of dead bodies on government websites, and have said they'll start resorting to dna identification. these tracks that tell the story of loss are still being cleared. rail services yet to be restored, and questions on what led to the disaster still unanswered. what we have found is that there is... there is probability... of some kind of signalling, not even, i won't even call it a failure of signalling interference. it's now on the government whose flagship programme has been more high speed trains to deliver answers. archana shukla, bbc news balasore orissa. as we've heard, a lot of questions remain about exactly how the india train accident happened. the bbc verify team have been analysing what we know so far.
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jake hortonis in the newsroom with more. bbc verify had been looking at the circumstances surrounding the deadly rail crash in india. we've been looking at exactly how and why it happened on friday evening. the image behind me here shows the aftermath in odisha. and aerial footage taken today shows a sheer scale of destruction. three trains were involved and you can see several passenger carriages derailed and debris strewn across the tracks. this close up image shows the front of the coromandel express. this is the train which first collided. it hit a stationary freight train. and authorities have said today this freight train was full of iron ore, which meant it barely moved. and the passenger train seen behind me, took the full force of the collision. investigators have also said this was likely down to a signalling failure. so let's look a bit how this could have happened. there were two passenger trains involved. there was a coromandel express highlighted in red behind me here travelling south.
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and there was the howrah express highlighted in blue behind me here travelling north. investigators said both of these trains were travelling below the 130 kilometre hour speed limit. so this wasn't where the problem laid. the problem happened due to a signalfailure. this meant the coromandel express didn't continue along its expected route along the main line and instead deviated to a different loop line and then collided with the freight train highlighted in gray behind me here. this caused several of its carriages to derail. and as these carriages derailed, the horror express continued to travel past and its rear end was struck by them causing some of its carriages to derail as well. authorities said there will be a full investigation into exactly how this signal failure happened. but what we do know is the scenes of destruction seen on friday and through the weekend was india's worst train disaster in decades. 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 ten swimmers on wednesday. more than 200 people are understood to have attended sunnah�*s funeral, held by high wycombe mosques on saturday. 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. that's according to internal home office projections shared with the bbc. immigration minister robertjenrick defended the government's approach to migration, saying britain couldn't be a �*soft touch�*. here's our political correspondent, aruna iyengar. stop these boats now. turn back the boats. it's time to tackle the small boats.
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stop the boats. it's one of the government's top priorities. 16,000 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 say they believe the measures will be a deterrent to illegal entry. i will never put the interests of migrants above those of the british public. we also can't allow the uk to be perceived to be a soft touch. and i've just 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 countries deemed to be safe, such as rwanda. then there's the cost of actually accommodating these people, providing them with food and health
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care and all the other things, and then potentially also the cost associated with paying other countries to process claims as well. labour says the government's policy is flawed. all we've got is unworkable plans, and the costs are always getting worse and worse. and now, even the home office accepting what we've been warning about, that their latest plans are actually going to mean a big, big increase in cost to the taxpayer. this isjust total chaos. it's presently costing the government £6 million a day to house asylum seekers in the uk. many are put up in hotels. there's 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. the government wants to cut costs by reducing the need for hotels and to have three to four single men sharing a room. it's right that we get good value for money for the taxpayer. and so if single adult
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males can share a room and it's legal to do so, which will obviously depend on the size of the accommodation, then we'll ask people to do that. i think that's a completely fair and reasonable approach. the government's new bill has caused huge controversy and now the scrutiny over the costs. there's also no guarantee that the new proposals will make it through parliament. aruna iyengar, bbc news. now to the southern russian region of belgorod, that borders 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.
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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 — 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.
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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, 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. ministers from opec plus, a big group of oil producers that includes russia, saudi arabia and others, have agreed a cut in in their oil production targets of 1.4 million barrels per day. it will lead higher prices at the pump. they've also agreed to shift a portion of some members'
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quotas to other members. together opec plus delivers about 40% of global oil production, meaning its decisions can have huge influence on the market. oil producers are grappling with falling prices and high market volatility amid the russian invasion of ukraine. live now to independent energy analyst cornelia meyer who's been on the fringes of the opec+ meeting in vienna. hi cornelia. good to see you. just explain why this decision has been made and what impact it is likely to have.~ made and what impact it is likely to have. ~ , . , ., made and what impact it is likely to have. ~ , . made and what impact it is likely to have. , have. well, this decision has been made because _ have. well, this decision has been made because the _ have. well, this decision has been made because the opec _ have. well, this decision has been made because the opec plus - have. well, this decision has been - made because the opec plus members are very concerned about the state of the global economy. they look at rising interest rates and they look at the effect that will have in the demand. they have also seen deteriorating oil prices for some time now. it came slightly up as people started to thinking the clocks might be extended so that's why they took the cuts. it's a preventive measure for what they see as a weak economy. find
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preventive measure for what they see as a weak economy.— as a weak economy. and then also decided to — as a weak economy. and then also decided to move _ as a weak economy. and then also decided to move production, - as a weak economy. and then also l decided to move production, haven't they, from some countries to others. why and who is not going to impact? well, what i think they have done us two things. one they have seen that some countries were just not able for some time to fulfil the quotas. when you look at where the quota was and how much was actually produced there was an underperformance of more than 2 million barrels a day. so they shifted from the countries that could not produce to give a little bit more to some countries that could produce. and then another thing, it is now taken three independent sources such as plots such as mood mckenzie, to verify what the production is. so there is more transparency. so this is all intended to increase transparency in oil markets because they see that is actually quite important to
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determine what the right production levelers. , ~ , , determine what the right production levelers. , . , ., , ., levelers. opec plus controls of the orioles output. _ levelers. opec plus controls of the orioles output. western _ levelers. opec plus controls of the orioles output. western nations i levelers. opec plus controls of the i orioles output. western nations have accused them of manipulating prices, undermining the global economy through high energy cost. how justified are those accusations, and your view? justified are those accusations, and our view? .,, justified are those accusations, and ourview? ., ., , , your view? those activations in my view are not _ your view? those activations in my view are not justified _ your view? those activations in my view are notjustified because - your view? those activations in my| view are notjustified because when you look at that, we have an energy transition going on, so we shouldn't think that oil prices that are too low and encourage people to use more oil is a good thing from that sense. and also, when you look at these, there is not sufficient investment. there has not been sufficient investment for about ten years in the oil and gas sector. and if you look at what we think will be an increased demand over the next ten years or so, given that world population is growing, especially in emerging economies that will need more oil, and we need more production and we need more
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investment in order to meet the production. so in that sense, in terms of stability of the oil market, i think it is the right decision because also for consumers, when prices oscillate too much, it's very hard to make the right decisions, let's say, as an airline, in terms of what you want to do, planning becomes very difficult. {eek planning becomes very difficult. 0k cornelia, thank you for your analysis. cornelia, thank you for your analysis-_ 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.
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officials from turkey, and sweden will meet. in the week ofjune the 12th for further discussions on sweden's nato membership bid,which has been delayed due to objections from turkey and hungary. nato secretary—general jens stoltenberg made the announcement after meeting the turkish president tayyip erdogan in istanbul. 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. 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
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was rocked by allegations of harassment and sexual assault. with more on this, our business correspondent marc ashdown. and i think this week really is kind of make or break for 60 years, the cbi has been the kind of voice of british business really pushing interests at home and abroad. but i think if it loses this confidence vote on tuesday, there is a very real possibility it could be disbanded, broken up entirely. its new director, general, wayne newton smith, has been on the airwaves today. she said it's been a deep and painful crisis over these past few months. she said she's personally devastated that when she heard about this string of allegations of 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
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to this vote on tuesday and in terms of the future of the cbi, she says she's confident. she's laid out a strong vision for a fresh start. i've come back to fight for the organisation, to fight for the jobs and the people within that organisation, and i'm really determined to do it. but to do that we need the backing of of our members. and what we have set out is a whole programme of change so that we can show that we've got the right culture, that we're addressing any workplace misconduct, that people feel supported if they raise issues. the leader of hong kong's opposition league of social democrats party has been detained by police in hong kong on the 30 forth anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown. she was holding a candle and two 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". rana mitter, professor of the history and politics of modern china at oxford university, explains the parallels between present day and the time of a landmark moment in china's history, tiananmen square
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on the 4th ofjune, 1989. today, china has been in a crackdown situation certainly for the last 5 to six years or so in terms of civil society, free speech and so forth. it is worth noting that during the 90s, so in the years after tiananmen square, but let's say until about ten years ago, there was a relative opening up of some areas such as journalism and free speech on areas such as constitution, constitutional change and democracy. china was still an authoritarian communist state, but there was more space to talk broadly about some of these political issues in the last six to seven years. most of that space in public, at any rate, has disappeared. and it's not really possible to talk about anything that the communist party that rules china would see as undermining its own rule.
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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. our correspondent, james waterhouse, has the latest weeks of silence and explosion start to blend afterwhile but there's always a scene that pierces through the monotony. a drone reduced to this after a strike from above. every destroyed building comes with a unique tragedy. translation: ,, , translation: suddenly, the fridge fell onto me- _ translation: suddenly, the fridge fell onto me. it— translation: suddenly, the fridge fell onto me. it hit— translation: suddenly, the fridge fell onto me. it hit me _ translation: suddenly, the fridge fell onto me. it hit me on _ translation: suddenly, the fridge fell onto me. it hit me on my- translation: suddenly, the fridge fell onto me. it hit me on my lower| fell onto me. it hit me on my lower back _ fell onto me. it hit me on my lower back i_ fell onto me. it hit me on my lower back i was — fell onto me. it hit me on my lower back. i was watching how everything collapsed _ back. i was watching how everything collapsed i— back. i was watching how everything collapsed. i understood what was happening when i saw the open sky. russia _ happening when i saw the open sky. russia has— happening when i saw the open sky. russia has been squarely blamed. the pressure caused by its relentless targeting of ukrainian cities is being felt.
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translation: i being felt. translation: ., , ., ., translation: i was driving home and missed it by about _ translation: i was driving home and missed it by about 15 _ translation: i was driving home and missed it by about 15 minutes. - translation: i was driving home and missed it by about 15 minutes. so, - missed it by about 15 minutes. so, if i had _ missed it by about 15 minutes. so, if i had arrived _ missed it by about 15 minutes. so, if i had arrived earlier, _ missed it by about 15 minutes. so, if i had arrived earlier, the - missed it by about 15 minutes. so, if i had arrived earlier, the windowj if i had arrived earlier, the window was blown — if i had arrived earlier, the window was blown exactly _ if i had arrived earlier, the window was blown exactly where - if i had arrived earlier, the window was blown exactly where i - if i had arrived earlier, the window was blown exactly where i usuallyl was blown exactly where i usually eat out _ was blown exactly where i usually eat out. �* , , ., was blown exactly where i usually eat out. �*, , ., ., , eat out. it's been a 24 hours where sirens have — eat out. it's been a 24 hours where sirens have sounded _ eat out. it's been a 24 hours where sirens have sounded across - eat out. it's been a 24 hours where l sirens have sounded across ukraine. six russian missiles and five drones were launched, say officials. most were launched, say officials. most were shot down. here, but two—year—old girl was killed. her mother is in intensive care. translation:— mother is in intensive care. translation: ., ., , ., translation: imagine the tragedy of the father, translation: imagine the tragedy of the father. who _ translation: imagine the tragedy of the father, who was _ translation: imagine the tragedy of the father, who was working - translation: imagine the tragedy of the father, who was working when - translation: imagine the tragedy of the father, who was working when it | the father, who was working when it happened and came home to look for his daughter with his bare hands, dragging herfrom beneath the rubble. dragging her from beneath the rubble. , , ., ., , dragging her from beneath the rubble. , , . . , , dragging her from beneath the rubble. ,, . , , rubble. russia, as ever, is trying to ull rubble. russia, as ever, is trying to pull as — rubble. russia, as ever, is trying to pull as much _ rubble. russia, as ever, is trying to pull as much of _ rubble. russia, as ever, is trying to pull as much of ukraine - rubble. russia, as ever, is trying to pull as much of ukraine into i rubble. russia, as ever, is trying i to pull as much of ukraine into the grasps of its invasion. a cycle care of wants to break.
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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 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. to poland, as many as half a million people have been taking part in an anti—government rally in warsaw. they're protesting against a new law critics say could be used to target opposition politicians in an election.
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this voice will not be stopped. the giant has woken up. i'm proud that i can be here and say we will win. live now to bartosz wielinski, the deputy editor in chief and foreign editor of at gazeta wyborcza, a leading liberal daily newspaper in poland that is critical of the current government. it was amazing. i have never experienced such a crowd, half a million people on the streets of warsaw. the streets of warsaw were trying to contain all of those people. i was standing in a kind of
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trafficjam for hours in order to move forward. it was incredible, an incredible feeling of the democratic community in poland. there was an extreme powerful message to the government that the policy that aims to divide will decline. people want to divide will decline. people want to change and this is the beginning of the process of change, i believe in the next elections, that will be scheduled for october. the in the next elections, that will be scheduled for october.— in the next elections, that will be scheduled for october. the law that many people _ scheduled for october. the law that many people are — scheduled for october. the law that many people are protesting - scheduled for october. the law that many people are protesting about, | many people are protesting about, the government is saying it won't be used as a political tool. they say that it used as a political tool. they say thatitis used as a political tool. they say that it is a necessity to investigate russian influence in poland. they also say that this protest in itself is an election rally. protest in itself is an election rall . ~ ., protest in itself is an election rall. ., , rally. will of course, it was an election rally. _ rally. will of course, it was an election rally. there - rally. will of course, it was an election rally. there will -
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rally. will of course, it was an election rally. there will be i rally. will of course, it was an i election rally. there will be party organisers such as similar rally a few weeks ago in order to defend the memory of the. the number of participants was far lower than theirs. to look for russian influence among polish alliances, they have created a witchhunt which will definitely go after the opposition. they don't hide it that their objective is to prosecute them. the power of the prosecutor, could issue a verdict and we have no possibility, no way to appeal against it. this is undemocratic and resembles russian solutions. thank ou for resembles russian solutions. thank you forjoining _ resembles russian solutions. thank
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you forjoining us. _ resembles russian solutions. thank you forjoining us. that _ resembles russian solutions. thank you forjoining us. that is _ resembles russian solutions. thank you forjoining us. that is that - resembles russian solutions. thank you forjoining us. that is that for i you forjoining us. that is that for me for the moment. thanks for being with us. 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 as the week wears on.
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now we'll start to see our area of high pressure just gradually migrate its way further eastwards. this is storm oscar, 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. we join 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: 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 family of a 17—year—old boy who died off the coast of bournemouth beach have paid tribute to their �*wonderful son and brother�*. joe abbess got into difficulty in the water on wednesday. a separate 12—year—old girl, sunnah khan, also died in the incident, while eight others were injured. the victims were not known to each other. the oil producers�* cartel opec plus — which includes russia — is to extend its cut in daily oil production in a move to stop the further fall of the international price of oil, which will lead to higher prices at the pump.
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