submarine carrying five people to the wreck of the titanic went missing in the mid—atlantic. in the uk, mps overwhelmingly backed a report which found borisjohnson deliberately misled parliament over lockdown breaking parties. a bbc investigation uncovered details of a sadistic global network of monkey torture. people paying for videos of animals being abused and sometimes it kills in indonesia. —— sometimes killed. hello, i'm sally bundock. a search operation is under way in the waters of the north atlantic for a submersible with five people on board that went missing on a trip to explore the wreck of the titanic. ships and planes from the us and canada are involved.

one of those on board is the british billionaire and explorer hamish harding. the titanic, which sank in 1912, lies nearly 4,000 metres beneath the surface, around 600 kilometres off the coast of newfoundland in canada. nickjohnson has the latest. small, with barely enough room to sit — this is the titan submersible. tasked with diving to depths few other vessels can reach, now missing in the middle of the north atlantic. it's got one button, and that's it. the dive had been organised by the tour firm 0ceangate. its boss speaking to the bbc last year, and describing how titan is steered. it's basically a sony playstation—style controller. if you want to go forward, you press forward. if you want to go back, you press back. you want to turn to the left, it's like that. the right, you turn to the right.

the polar prince — the ship carrying the sub — left stjohn's in newfoundland, arriving near the wreck site on sunday. the sub then began its descent to the sea bed — a journey thought to take around four hours. but after one hour and 45 minutes, contact was lost. the sub is around seven metres long, and can carry up to five people. there's said to be enough oxygen for four days. the us coast guard in boston says it's coordinating the operation, with help from other us and canadian agencies. 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. this is what it's all about — catching a glimpse of the world's most famous shipwreck. images circulated to tv screens around the world for decades.

nearly £200,000 for an expedition with 0ceangate to see it with your own eyes. the wreck lies more than 300 miles from the nearest coastline, and two and a half miles below the sea surface. as you go down into the ocean, light only penetrates for a couple of hundred metres, and at that point, it's almost pitch black. and after you get one kilometre down, there's absolutely no light any more. which means that if it's at great depth, then they're going to be operating in complete darkness. in a post on social media, the family of british billionaire and explorer hamish harding has confirmed he's on board. posting on facebook over the weekend, mr harding described feeling proud that he would be on board the expedition, and referred to the calibre of the other explorers taking part. in a statement, 0ceangate said it's exploring all options to bring everyone back safely, and that its entire focus is on the crew members and theirfamilies.

nickjohnson, bbc news. live now to oregon, and we can speak to professor don walsh — a former us navy captain who, in 1960, alongside the swiss oceanographerjacques piccard, reached the deepest—known part of the ocean, the challenger deep, in the mariana trench. it is very good have you on the programme. of course, the and rescue continues and time is of the essence, isn't it? == rescue continues and time is of the essence, isn't it?— the essence, isn't it? -- the search and _ the essence, isn't it? -- the search and rescue. - the essence, isn't it? -- the search and rescue. it - the essence, isn't it? -- the i search and rescue. it certainly is. 96 hours of live support on board is pretty much standard for all manners submersibles throughout the world. it is set “p throughout the world. it is set up by throughout the world. it is set up by a set of international regulations —— manned submersibles. doubtful they would carry more than that on this sub. ~ . would carry more than that on thissub. ., , ., ., , this sub. what considerations are there _ this sub. what considerations are there when _ this sub. what considerations are there when it _ this sub. what considerations are there when it comes - this sub. what considerations are there when it comes to i this sub. what considerations are there when it comes to a | are there when it comes to a dive of this depth?—

are there when it comes to a dive of this depth? well, it is a little bit — dive of this depth? well, it is a little bit like _ dive of this depth? well, it is a little bit like flying - dive of this depth? well, it is a little bit like flying an - a little bit like flying an aeroplane. you do a lot of preparation. well, let's talk about automotive racing. the saying is it's preparation. so getting ready for the dive, of course, you have to make sure that the sea state, how rough the sea is and what the weather forecasters. because i think 0ceangate was saying it is not an eight hour dive. so as we all know, over eight hours, the weather can change a bit. so you have to think about that, what the weather is going to be when you launch. and if it is too rough, you can't launch. and what is it going to be when you come back up? if it is too rough, you are going to have a problem leaving —— even bringing the sub back up on your launch platform. and then of course, carefully checking all of the equipment. doing

your pre—dive checkouts with the electronics, making sure your life support system is all loaded on board for the 96 hours that you want to have as a back—up. it is many things. depending on what your mission is. scientific mission is all equipment working, the instruments and the senses. have you briefed your guests, if you will? because you usually have one pilot, sometimes you have a co—pilot with things technical. but everyone else is pretty new to this, so you have to make sure they understand what to do in case of emergency. what buttons or what things to say on the underwater telephone. it is a carefully choreographed - underwater telephone. it is a i carefully choreographed ritual. what you think may have happened in this situation? well, since they have lost all communication, i think i read that somewhere in one of the reports, that would suggest that they had a problem while

submerged. 0f that they had a problem while submerged. of course, that doesn't mean that it is a terminal problem, if you say, a disaster. it could be that it is simply the electron is concerned with the underwater telephone were not working and therefore, they are not able to speak. but it also could be that the sub had some very hard, difficult problems, very critical problems that happened. and they are not going to come back up. we have to think about it that way. everybody hopes that they will be found somewhere. and then if it did,, if somehow it got back to the surface and because of an electronic problem, it couldn't radio. because you have underwater beacons, if you will come an acoustic beacon. you can send out a noise tone and the mothership can pick up

that noise. 0nce and the mothership can pick up that noise. once you are on the surface, you have strobe lights and you have a way most likely to transmit your position, emergency beacon goes to a satellite and back down the mothership and they know where you are. but that could easily be rendered moot if, in fact, you had an electronic or electrical problem. if you lose battery power, for example, then you can't see and you can't hear and you can't talk. however, that doesn't mean the integrity of the sub is corrupted. you drop weight and all of these subs operate on a buoyancy system. you get heavy and you sink, you get late and you come back up. so they have a drop way. some even use a large wheel from a railway carriage, real—world carriage, something heavy like that that you can throw away. —— railroad

carriage. you work that into your calculations for diving. so it will go down at a good rate, but not too fast. professor, we really appreciate your expertise on this and experience as far as this is concerned. thank you so much for talking to us on the bbc. let's bring in our north america correspondent who has looked at the latest on the rescue, what can you tell us? well, we haven't had an official update now for several hours, but we do know that this is an absolutely enormous search that is going on involving the us coast guard, the canadian coastguard, the canadian air force as well. and of course, it is a search by air and of course, it is a search by airand in ocean of course, it is a search by air and in ocean as well and they have been scouring this vast area of atlantic ocean. so far, we understand, with no results at all on hope initially had been this vessel would somehow come bobbing back up would somehow come bobbing back up to the surface. that clearly hasn't happened, at least in

the parts of the ocean they have been searching. so the real challenge is to try to find it very, very deep down, perhaps close to the titanic wreckage. that is where it had been heading to. and that in itself poses enormous problems, evenif itself poses enormous problems, even if they are able to find it at such depths of 30 800m, the physicality involved getting people out of that vessel safety. they are vessel safety. they a re actually vessel safety. they are actually belted inside. it is not a matter of even if it did come to the surface ofjust pepping come to the surface ofjust popping open the doors, they are bolted in so they need a team on the outside to get people out. all sorts of incredibly difficult technical problems to tackle. and it is a search that is clearly going on throughout the night.- throughout the night. yes, as ou sa . throughout the night. yes, as you say- and _ throughout the night. yes, as you say. and as _ throughout the night. yes, as you say. and as of _ throughout the night. yes, as you say. and as of monday i you say. and as of monday afternoon local time, it was thought the crew and those on board had roughly four days worth of oxygen left. so it really is critical now, isn't

it? , , really is critical now, isn't it? y really is critical now, isn't it? , ., it? exactly. they said from the beginning _ it? exactly. they said from the beginning they _ it? exactly. they said from the beginning they probably - it? exactly. they said from the beginning they probably had i beginning they probably had about four days worth of emergency oxygen. the dive started on sunday morning. so we are approaching the halfway point in terms of the usage of that oxygen. so clearly, speed is of the essence. and an almighty task ahead for the rescue was just trying initially to locate this vessel come really knowing what has happened to it, whether it has been letting in water, whether it has imploded. all scenarios are still on the table. but ultimately, it is a race against time.- ultimately, it is a race against time. ultimately, it is a race auainst time. ., ~ against time. 0k, peter, thank ou so against time. 0k, peter, thank you so much- _ against time. ok, peter, thank you so much. peter— against time. 0k, peter, thank you so much. peter bowes, - against time. 0k, peter, thank| you so much. peter bowes, our north america correspondent. here, mps have voted overwhelmingly to approve a report which found that former british prime minister borisjohnson deliberately misled parliament over lockdown—breaking parties during covid. 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 that he 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. who are you? the ayes to the right, 354. the noes to the left, seven. the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock! 0ur politics correspondent rob watson has this analysis of the events in parliament. borisjohnson's parliamentary downfall and disgrace is now complete, with the overwhelming majority of mps who bothered to turn up and vote agreeing with the report — the damning report that borisjohnson had repeatedly misled them, misled parliament, and misled the country.

now, many 0pposition mps also used it as an opportunity to target borisjohnson, to say that he had been a liar, that he had brought a sort of trump—like, post—truth politics to britain. many conservative mps were less personal in their attacks on theirformer leader, but they joined in that sort of sense that parliamentary sovereignty had to be reasserted, and people's faith in politicians telling the truth and parliament being able to hold the government to account. now, one thing that was striking was that rishi sunak — the current prime minister — and many other senior conservatives from the government didn't bother to attend the vote, or to attend the debate or to vote in the end. now, that has drawn criticism of mr sunak for being weak, and people saying, "well, how on earth could he want — how can he succeed in his aim of distancing himself from mrjohnson if he's not prepared to condemn the former prime minister?"

a handful of conservative party loyalists stuck by, stood by mrjohnson, saying in the end, they didn't believe that the evidence that he had misled parliament was convincing, but they were in a majority. and overall, the most powerful impression from this impassioned and passionate debate was that essentially, you were seeing the departure from parliament, the downfall of a man — borisjohnson — who had once so completely and utterly dominated british politics. rob watson. let's get some of the day's other news now. police in uganda have arrested 20 people suspected of collaborating with islamist miliants thought to have carried out a deadly attack on a school last friday. they include the head teacher and the school's director. 42 people — mostly students — were killed at the secondary school in western uganda. four people have been injured in new zealand's largest city, auckland, after a man reportedly entered several chinese restaurants, wielding an axe. new zealand police say a 24—year—old man is due to appear in court later today. three people remain in hospital

in a stable condition. for the first time in almost 500 years, clergy in the church of england have submitted a formal pay rise claim. a union representing more than 2,000 vicars wants almost 10% more in next year's salary — to help cover the rising cost of living. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing| you different stories from across the uk. oh, well done, girls. sunny school days exploring the outdoors. these pupils in west yorkshire are on a nature trail and know how important it is to apply suncream. you can't go to school without having sun cream on, and it protects you. but according to the charity melanoma focus, one in ten people are not wearing suncream because it's so expensive. it's hugely concerning.

we don't... we strongly believe this is not a luxury item. this is something that prevents melanomas, prevents deaths. melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, and the number of cases are increasing in the uk. charities are calling on the government to help make this life—saving product more affordable. there have been conversations about removing vat. for more stories from across the uk, head l to the bbc news website. you are live with bbc news. the us and china have pledged to continue working on improving ties — that was the outcome of a visit by us secretary of state antony blinken. he met with china's president xijinping and both agreed on the need to stabilise their relationship, especially amid extreme tensions between the two countries. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. 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've 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 say that antony blinken and his chinese counterparts really spoke their minds, in meetings which went hours longer than expected. there's 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 both preparing for the worst. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. president putin's most prominent critic inside russia, alexei navalny, has gone on trial again facing a series of charges, including extremism. the case, like others against him on previous occasions, is being seen as overtly politically motivated, as our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. on trial again. the jailed kremlin critic alexei navalny in the dock, in prison. we were allowed into the penal colony to watch, but only on a video screen. he's facing multiple charges, including extremism, that could keep him locked up for decades. on paper, at least, it is a moscow court which is hearing this case,

and yet, this trial is taking place here, 150 miles from the russian capital, in a makeshift courtroom, in a penal colony. and that suggests the russian authorities want to limit the publicity that would inevitably come from transporting russia's most high—profile prisoner back to moscow. but the prison picture show didn't last long. the judge decided the trial should be behind closed doors. the press had to leave, and mr navalny�*s parents. his father anatoly�*s reaction... "they have no shame." a protest leader and anti—corruption campaigner, alexei navalny has long clashed with the kremlin. i remember this five years ago. alexei navalny is russia's most prominent opposition figure and president putin's most vocal critic. he's been barred from running in the presidential election.

he's now being arrested by police. in 2020, in siberia, he was poisoned by a nerve agent and airlifted to germany for life—saving treatment. he claims it was the kremlin that tried to kill him. the russian authorities deny it. in 2021, he returned to russia. he was arrested on arrival. he's been behind bars ever since. russians are told by the state media here that mr navalny is a dangerous extremist. in the town of melekhovo, where the prison colony is, that messaging seems to be working. "if they've put him in prison," anna says, "he must have done something wrong." locked away here, alexei navalny�*s message that russia needs change is harder

to get out. steve rosenberg, bbc news, melekhovo, russia. a bbc investigation has revealed how people in the uk and the us are paying for monkeys in south—east asia to be tortured on video. several arrests have been made in connection with the abuse, and two men in indonesia have beenjailed. our correspondent rebecca henschke went undercover to find out more. her film contains descriptions of torture which you may find upsetting. these are just some of the thousands of videos we found on youtube of baby monkeys being abused. at the heart of this shocking torture ring was mini. the people who wanted to do something to mini were part of a global online community. they found each other on youtube and then formed private groups on the messaging app telegram. here, they brainstormed and crowdfunded videos of baby

monkeys being tortured. we spent months undercover, trying to identify the people involved, and track down one of the ringleaders in the us. i'm the man. you want to see monkeys get messed up, i can bring it to you, but everything comes at a price. you ran one of the biggest groups in this community. correct. i'm not proud of that. did you think about the monkeys, the pain? not at that point. all i thought about at that point was money. he's one of 25 people the us authorities are investigating. you want to see the mini? yeah. posing as a potential buyer, we hunted down mini's torturer in indonesia. when you hit them, do you... do you like?

we tipped off the indonesian police, who moved in to arrest him. mini, and another monkey we're calling milo, were rescued. in the uk, wejoined a police raid to arrest one of the women accused of being involved in this community. i think she's going to have a little bit of a shock this morning when she gets a knock on the door, to be fair. why baby monkeys? she was one of three women arrested under the obscene publications act. what was going through your mind? so these will go into a locker. activists want to strengthen the law to force social media companies to remove animal abuse. the online safety bill does not include animal torture as a specific area of concern, and i think anyone would be astonished that it's not included. there are still many active monkey—torture groups on social media.

youtube turned down an interview request, but said there is no place for animal abuse on their platform. telegram also declined to talk to us, but said it's committed to protecting user privacy. now in a sanctuary in indonesia, mini has a good chance of being released back into the wild. you're beautiful. sorry for all you've been through. rebecca henschke, bbc news. if you are in the uk, the monkey haters is available to watch on bbc iplayer, or you can listen on bbc sounds. so do take a look if you wish to have more detail on that story. next, all the top business stories. we will look at china and germany, their relationship in particular as it is on the agenda today. i will see you in a moment.

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 over 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. a 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 amongst that. but further east, east anglia, the south—east, 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 degrees, 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 to the northern half of 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 or 26 celsius. for the end of the week, a 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 degrees 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.

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