the headlines. a rescue operation is under way to search for a submersible taking people to see the wreck of the titanic. eyes to the right, 354. the noes — eyes to the right, 354. the noes to— eyes to the right, 354. the noes to the left, seven. mps overwhelmingly approve the report that found borisjohnson had deliberately misled the british parliament. over gatherings during the pandemic. the first high—level meeting between china and the usa in five years — with a pledge to stabilise relations. and the bbc reports from the front line aun a un report describes the situation for women there as gender apartheid. live from our studio in singapore —

this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the us coastguard has launched a search and rescue operation, after a sub—mersible used to take tourists to view the wreck of the titanic went missing in the atlantic ocean. the vessel — with five people on board — lost contact about one hour and 45 minutes into a dive to the wreck. the titanic, which sank in 1912, lies nearly 4,000 metres beneath the surface, around 600 kilometres off the coast of newfoundland in canada.from boston , our correspondent jessica parker reports. designed to plunge the depths of the ocean, this is the titan submersible, now missing in the north atlantic after contact with the vessel was lost. it sparked a frantic but complicated search. 0n the bottom, particularly very deep, it's going to be difficult to rescue it.

none of the conventional submarine rescue methods, which are designed mainly for naval submarines, would be able to operate down at the depth of the titanic. even if it could get down there, the hatches would not make onto submersible. a ship carrying the sub left newfoundland and arrived at the wreck site on sunday, where it then began itsjourney towards the sea bed, but after an hour and 45 minutes contact was lost. the sub itself is seven metres long and can carry up to five people, typically a mix of crew and paying passengers. there's said to be enough oxygen four days. it is a challenge to conduct a search in that remote area, but we are deploying all available assets to make sure that we can locate the craft and rescue the people on board.

in a statement, 0ceangate said it's exploring all options to bring everyone back safely. the british businessmen and explorer hamish harding is believed to be among those on board. slow down, he isjust in front of us. this is what people pay the company, 0ceangate expeditions, nearly £200,000 for — a rare and extraordinary view of the titanic, which has sat nearly 4,000 metres beneath the ocean's surface for more than 100 years. now an expedition to find this hidden history has itself gone missing. jessica parker, bbc news in boston. jessica parker has been giving us the latest from boston. oxygen supply is really one of the concerns which is why there is a lot of pressure in terms of time on this operation. of course commits being conducted

in extremely remote areas, hundreds of miles off this coast. we are in boston because the boston coastguard are leading this operation. to give you the sense of the magnitude of it, it is now in international operation. canadian officials involved us officials involved, what we are told is that aircraft are going told is that aircraft are going to the area, using sonar technology because what they are trying to do is to find this vessel, whether it made its way back up to the surface of the ocean, and they won't know exactly where that is, or whether it might still be under water. and as we have been hearing in my report quite how deep it might have gotten, that will be highly significant, and the deeper it goes, the more challenging this operation is going to be. challenging this operation is going to be-_ challenging this operation is going to bo— challenging this operation is hoin to be,. ., going to be. what can you tell us about the _ going to be. what can you tell us about the passengers - going to be. what can you tell us about the passengers on i us about the passengers on board? ~ . �* ., ., , board? well, we haven't had any --eole board? well, we haven't had any people publicly _ board? well, we haven't had any people publicly named _ board? well, we haven't had any people publicly named by - people publicly named by officials at the moment, what we are told is that the focus is on finding the vessel, keeping in touch with the

families as well. we are told that one pilot was on board, and then four mission specialists. it seems to be a pattern in these types of expeditions is that you have people who might be huge titanic enthusiasts or people who really want to pay for this kind of incredible and rare experience. one person we do know who is believed to be on board is a british man, hamish harding, he is a businessman, he is an explorer. he is believed to be the chair of an aviation company. he has taken part in sky dives before. he is seen as something as an explorer. he is the only person we need to be on board who has been to some extent named. he hasn't been officially named at the moment, but clearly details will keep coming over the coming days. jessica parker in boston. in the uk — mps have voted to approve a report which found former prime minister boris

johnson deliberately misled mps about parties which occurred at downing street during the covid—19 lockdown. for more than five hours, mps debated the report — which recommended a 90 day suspension for mrjohnson if he was still an mp, and found the former prime minister repeatedly lied to parliament. about what he knew about the lockdown gatherings. this was the moment when the result of the vote was announced in the house of commons. the ayes to the right, 354. the noes to the left, seven.- noes to the left, seven. who are you? _ noes to the left, seven. who are you? the _ noes to the left, seven. who are you? the ayes _ noes to the left, seven. who are you? the ayes to - noes to the left, seven. who are you? the ayes to the - noes to the left, seven. who i are you? the ayes to the right, 354 _ are you? the ayes to the right, 354 the — are you? the ayes to the right, 354. the noes to the left, seven _ 354. the noes to the left, seven. the ayes have it, the eyes — seven. the ayes have it, the eyes have _ seven. the ayes have it, the eyes have it. unlock! we're joined now by ione wells.

the 90 day suspension that the report had recommended is essentiallyjust report had recommended is essentially just symbolic. report had recommended is essentiallyjust symbolic. he essentially just symbolic. he won't essentiallyjust symbolic. he won't be suspended having already stopped being a member of parliament. the report data also recommend that he should not get an xmp pass, which is something that often form mps can get so they can still access parliament. he won't be getting one of those as a result of this report, recommendations being backed. ink largely tonight's vote was described in westminster as symbolic. it was a chance for mps to express their views on its findings and we saw at a moments, points of unity between conservative mps joining with opposition mps to condemn the behaviour of boris johnson and support the committee in their findings. johnson and support the committee in theirfindings. we did hearfrom a handful of supporters of borisjohnson still supporters of boris johnson still defending supporters of borisjohnson still defending them despite the findings of this report. i think for many this was a sort of cathartic moment for them to express how they felt and show

their support for it. you express how they felt and show their support for it.— their support for it. you know, we heard _ their support for it. you know, we heard from _ their support for it. you know, we heard from victims - their support for it. you know, | we heard from victims families throughout all of this who said that they are —— there are consequences for not obeying those rules. could mrjohnson face criminal charges?- face criminal charges? well, this wasn't _ face criminal charges? well, this wasn't an _ face criminal charges? well, this wasn't an investigation l this wasn't an investigation into some of the covid rule breaking itself. it was into whether boris johnson breaking itself. it was into whether borisjohnson misled mps about what he knew about covid rule breaking in government during this period. borisjohnson has already faced boris johnson has already faced fines from the police for being at some of these events himself. it doesn't look like some of these events are going to be reopened. certainly not the ones which he was at their other events being left out stale, still the question mike about whether police could take further action towards people at some of these events. this investigation was primarily focused on whether or not boris johnson had told the truth to

fellow mps. this report found that he deliberately misled them as well as misleading the committee that was investigating him. china and the united states have agreed to keep working on improving relations. the agreement was announced during a visit to beijing by the us secretary of state , antony blinken. he's been meeting president xi , in what's been billed as highly symbolic meeting , as our correspondent stephen mcdonell reports. good afternoon. first a handshake, then a meeting which carried great hopes. that collapsing superpower relations could be restored or at least stabilised. at the great hall of the people, china's leader told the us secretary of state they owed it to the world to try and get along. translation: state to state interactions should _ always be based on mutual respect and sincerity. i hope that through this visit, mr secretary, you will make more positive contributions

to stabilising china—us relations. because china—us relations have been so toxic, even modest progress is being celebrated. i would expect additional visits by senior us officials to china over the coming weeks. and we welcome further visits by chinese officials to the united states. their previous cooperation on trade, climate change and cross—border crime has all disappeared because of geopolitical rivalry. most crucially, many military to military communication channels have stopped operating. there have been some near misses as the aircraft of china and the us challenge one another in contested waters of the south china sea. analysts say the possibility of war is no longer remote. translation: china is actually becoming more powerful. - under such circumstances, it's an increasingly dangerous situtation in which china and the us could have conflicts and it is possible that war could happen. if it did, nothing good would come of it for both countries and for the region.

leaders often say they've had frank discussions but officials associated with these talks said that antony blinken and his chinese counterparts really spoke their minds in meetings which went hours longer than expected. there is much at stake for the whole world if relations between beijing and washington continue to collapse, and these governments know it. yet, while the us and china are talking up the best, they're also preparing for the worst. stephen mcdonald, bbc news, beijing. has progress been made on the us china friend? to explain, i'm joined by the co—founder and principal of the marathon initiative who lives in washington, dc. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme. much forjoining us on the programme-— much forjoining us on the programme. great to be with

ou. it programme. great to be with you. it wasn't _ programme. great to be with you. it wasn't expected - programme. great to be with you. it wasn't expected that l you. it wasn't expected that the chinese _ you. it wasn't expected that the chinese president - you. it wasn't expected that j the chinese president would meet with the secretary of state, is this real progress? i think no, actually, and much more sceptical, actually, and i'm sceptical, i think what's important to bear in mind is that essentially nothing has changed and that chinese point of view as part as we can tell an secretary blinken's meeting with the foreign minister a couple of days ago, the readout was that china sort of school that him and the americans for being the cause of this. so i think as far as i can tell, so far, largely optical. i think one of the interviewees said the causes of this are structural and great power rivalry in a sense and they are not going to go away. i think the big question is less whether there was a positive tone in the meeting, but really what is the substance, and so far we have seen very little. and as a reporter indicated, the military to military communications launch has not

been reopened. {line communications launch has not been reopened.— communications launch has not been reopened. one of the main issues is really _ been reopened. one of the main issues is really about _ been reopened. one of the main issues is really about taiwan. . issues is really about taiwan. the us has given its recommitment to a one china policy. what message does that send to taiwan? has policy. what message does that send to taiwan?— send to taiwan? as far as i could tell _ send to taiwan? as far as i could tell from _ send to taiwan? as far as i could tell from secretary . could tell from secretary lincoln simply reiterated the us one china policy which is different from beijing's one china principle. ithink different from beijing's one china principle. i think the chinese have been very clear about that. i was in singapore with the chinese defence minister, a pretty tough and clear direct speech that included specifics on the taiwan issue in beijing's adamantine will unyielding wheel to resolve this issue in its favour. i don't see a meeting of the mines there. asian because my concern is we can tell as far as we can tellers taiwan is drifting out of its orbit stops i think it's appropriate that the united states reiterated opposition and so forth, but i don't think this issue has been solved at all. . ~ , .,

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one applies the definition of apartheid, which at the moment is for race, to the situation in afghanistan and use sex instead of race. there seem to be strong indications pointing towards that. we speak to the director of learning afghanistan. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. just for our audience to get a better understanding, what exactly is gender apartheid? understanding, what exactly is genderapartheid? for understanding, what exactly is gender apartheid? for starters, if ou gender apartheid? for starters, if you look— gender apartheid? for starters, if you look at — gender apartheid? for starters, if you look at the _ gender apartheid? for starters, if you look at the situation, - if you look at the situation, thatis if you look at the situation, that is what gender apartheid means. women from public eyes, removing women from public spaces. no access to school, no access to facilities that demand note would normally have is a gender apartheid. it’s demand note would normally have is a gender apartheid.— is a gender apartheid. it's one thin for is a gender apartheid. it's one thing for the _ is a gender apartheid. it's one thing for the un _ is a gender apartheid. it's one thing for the un to _ is a gender apartheid. it's one thing for the un to condemn l thing for the un to condemn gender apartheid. thing for the un to condemn genderapartheid. is

thing for the un to condemn gender apartheid. is the taliban listening? the taliban have never— taliban listening? the taliban have never been _ taliban listening? the taliban have never been listening. i taliban listening? the taliban| have never been listening. we have never been listening. we have been stopping whitewashing them when the west was calling for them and making offers for them. and when the western countries where, we kept seeing the same thing. the taliban and were listening, they would listen to you, they are not, they do not care.— listen to you, they are not, they do not care. what can you tell us about _ they do not care. what can you tell us about the _ they do not care. what can you tell us about the situation - they do not care. what can you tell us about the situation in i tell us about the situation in afghanistan currently. you have fled there in 2021. tell us a little bit about your story. well, i am a political rights activist. i run free schools in afghanistan, which normally, and 2019 or before 2021, august, it would have been illegal activity for me to go to work, for me to study, for me to be in those spaces, and post august 2021, although spaces became illegal. you cannot go to your office and work with your co—workers. you cannot go to university, which

was closed. your sister cannot go to school. girls from grade seven to 12 are not able to go to school. the mechanicalfor undergraduate studies. they cannot lead without an escort leaving the country. you need an escort to move to another province. and most importantly they cannot work. so you are not just they cannot work. so you are notjust stopping them from learning, but you're stopping them from earning and moving, socialising, mobilising. basically letting then breed. when you do speak to friends and family back in afghanistan, women and girls, how are they surviving? i women and girls, how are they surviving?— surviving? i remember talking to one of _ surviving? i remember talking to one of my _ surviving? i remember talking to one of my friends _ surviving? i remember talking to one of my friends and - surviving? i remember talking to one of my friends and she i to one of my friends and she told me this is not anything i recognise any more, not the country i used to know. at a strip for the whole country. they know the sort of mechanisms, the way it is being removed from the public. we are

banned, the way we are exiled, and the way the whole world is ok with that in a sense like going back to afghanistan and taking pictures and the whole world as i the country is at peace. many bomb blasts are happening right now because my company people are being targeted? how many people are fleeing, how many people are refugees, just because you don't hear something doesn't mean the country is at peace, doesn't mean the country is progressing. it is going in a very south direction. the human rights abuses are on the rise. women are not able to go to school. women are not able to go to work. in the economy is dropping. go to work. in the economy is dropping-— go to work. in the economy is dronina. �* ., ., , dropping. before we go, is the situation unique _ dropping. before we go, is the situation unique to _ situation unique to afghanistan?- situation unique to afuhanistan? �* , afghanistan? it's unique because _ afghanistan? it's unique because it _ afghanistan? it's unique because it has _ afghanistan? it's unique because it has happen i afghanistan? it's unique i because it has happen from afghanistan? it's unique - because it has happen from time to time in the international community has failed us time after time. and nowi community has failed us time after time. and now i think it's really important for us to recognise that we need to take action and and let them sit on

the side rather than decide for us ourfuture. the side rather than decide for us our future.— us our future. thank you very much for _ us our future. thank you very much for sharing _ us our future. thank you very much for sharing your - us our future. thank you very much for sharing your story l much for sharing your story with us. one of the most severe marine heatwaves anywhere in the world, has developed off the coast of britain and ireland. the european space agency, says in some areas, water temperatures are as high as three to four degrees celsius, above the average for this time of year. our climate editor, justin rowlatt has more. the exceptionally warm sea temperatures in the waters around the uk have been developing over the last few weeks. just take a look at this. the darker colours in this graphic show, how much warmer it is than the long term average. and as you can see, the waters around the entire british isles are warmer than usual. look at this. the sea off the east coast from durham all the way up to aberdeen is significantly warmer, as is the the water

off the west coast of ireland. now, marine heatwaves like this can kill sea life, sometimes on a massive scale and are also associated with more intense storms. in fact, the entire north atlantic is seeing exceptionally high temperatures. so why is that? well, scientists say there are a number of factors. changes in wind patterns may have allowed the surface of the ocean to build up more heat. less dust has been blown into the atmosphere from the sahara desert. now dust particles reflect light and heat back into space. another factor is thought to be changes to the rules for fuels for ships they now produce less pollution and particulate pollution like dust can have a cooling effect. but the big one in all of this is climate change that underpins everything. as we continue to pump vast quantities of planet warming co2

into the atmosphere, global temperatures will continue to rise. and look at this sea temperatures globally are at record highs. the red line shows how much higher than the long term average they are. in the coming months and are predicting next year 2024 could well be the hottest ever recorded. in the uk, the royal mint is unveiling a new coin marking 75 years since the arrival of the empire windrush, one of the first ships to bring large groups of west indian immigrants to britain after the second world war. the new coin depicts two people from the windrush generation against a backdrop of the union flag, greg mckenzie reports. these are the first pictures of the new 50p piece, which pays tribute to the many british, caribbean and commonwealth citizens who arrived in the uk on board the empire windrush between 1948 and 1973. archive: arrivals at tilbury. the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaicans. i many are ex—servicemen who know england. - they served this country well. injamaica, they. couldn't find work. discouraged, but full of hope, they sailed for britain. - citizens of the british empire coming to the mother- country with good intent.

it was multi—disciplinary artist bristol based valda jackson, who was chosen to design the windrush 75th anniversary coin. she arrived in the uk from jamaica at the age of five. it's quite an honour, really, and a privilege to be given the opportunity to represent us and the generation before us in this way. it is quite a... it's a big deal. valda started work on the image almost two years ago and spent months perfecting it. i want them to be obviously representing the group, the windrush group, the people who are most likely to suffer from prejudicial behaviour. once valda had finished her artwork, it was sent to the royal mint, who used specialist 3d software to turn the paper drawing into a coin.

only then was it ready to be approved by his royal highness king charles himself. there's privy council meetings. obviously, we've released quite a lot of coins a year, ——now, in terms of that silver coin, there are only 1948 of them in existence because that number marks the year of the first voyage of the empire windrush back in 1948. there are three coins available, all of which go on sale today ahead of thursday's official windrush day. two are limited edition collectibles in gold and silver. the third is a commemorative coin. greg mckenzie, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news.

hello. once again, some of you, thundery downpours on the way for tuesday. not a wash—out of a day, there will be some brighter moments too, but especially for england and wales, that thundery rain comes from what was some of these clouds of the bay of biscay on monday edging their way northwards. and by the end of the night, into the start of the day, that rain will have set in across parts of wales and southern england. another humid start here in particular, tiny bit fresher further north, but temperatures in double figures. isolated shower for much of scotland, northern ireland, northern england. start the day dry with some sunshine, but spells of heavy, thundery rain work their way northwards and eastwards across much of england and wales. the worst of the overnight rain clearing the south west quite quickly, but some intense downpours in amonst that. but further east, east anglia, southeast, rainfall amounts will vary quite widely, some say not much at all. that heavy, thundery rain moves across northern england during the morning and early afternoon, affecting some eastern fringes of scotland as well. west of scotland, northern ireland, another

day of sunny spells, but also some, well, scattered, heavy and thundery showers. and across england and wales, while skies will brighten into the afternoon, some slow moving thunderstorms possible here, not too many, but some of those could be close to edgbaston on what will be another reasonably warm day. the rain to the far east of scotland to finish the day clears northwards as we go into wednesday night. most will then have a dry night, a few isolated showers out into the far northwest, but temperatures 11—14 celsius with a little less humidity out there. it should feel a touch more comfortable for some of you for sleeping. but there is a change for wednesday in that whilst we've also got low pressure close by to the north, which will be prone to bringing showers northern half the country, the winds will be westerly. so showers will develop, but they'll move through across the skies quite quickly. so it'll be a chopping and changing day for scotland, northern ireland and northern england, some of the showers heavy and thundery. further south, though, fewer showers and more of you will be dry. and with some longer sunny spells, temperatures should lift a little bit across the south, up to 25—26 celsius. for the end of the week, brief ridge of high pressure tries to push its way

into southern eastern areas. weather fronts always close by to the west, so it does look like we will still see some rain at times, especially across the western half of the country. but in the sunnier moments, it's going to turn increasingly humid. 29 celius possible this weekend in the london area, but not completely without the rain. and with lots of events going on through this week and weekend, check the latest details for where you're heading on the bbc weather app. take care.

chinese premier germany where chinese premier has kicked off his first official trip abroad. mr lee is on a two nation visit and it comes at a time when beijing is looking to expand relations with european