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into tomorrow, we start off with a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, on a dive to the wreck but showers really will get of the titanic. going across northern ireland, scotland and northern england, where once again they could be five people are on board the vessel, including pakistani businessman heavy and thundery, interspersed with some sunshine. shahzada dawood and his son, come south and we're looking at sunshine and showers, as well, and british billionaire, hamish harding. but perhaps just not as many. sea breezes developing in the south—west, with temperatures up to about 25. if you're off to glastonbury, it might be a little bit wet a bbc investigation uncovers a underfoot on wednesday, network of people paying for animals but there will be a lot of dry to be abused. weather in the forecast, even up to sunday. it is going to increasingly turn warmer and also more humid. for thursday, we do have this ridge we start in the north atlantic, where more ships of high pressure building across us arejoining the search settling things down, for a submersible with but you can see weather fronts waiting in the wings that five people on board are going to be coming our way that's gone missing on a a bit later. trip to explore the so a lot of dry weather. wreck of the titanic. any mist and fog that's formed ships and planes are scouring overnight quickly dispersing and then we'll see a few showers the ocean around 640km develop, mostly in the west, or 400 miles, off the coast but we will have a weak weather of newfoundland in canadam front in the south—east, so here we could catch and dropping sonar buoys one or two showers. to detect under water activity. temperatures 15 to about 26 degrees, the titanic, which sank so you can see, just slowly, in 1912, lies nearly these temperatures creeping up. 4,000 metres beneath the surface.
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thursday into friday, this is the latest on what we eventually we do see the clutch of weather fronts coming into the west, introducing some rain know about the search. across some western areas. the trip is run by a same on saturday too, company called 0ceangate it's the west that's more 0verall, five people likely to see the rain. for the rest of us it are thought to have been on board the submersible. will be a bit more settled. contact has not been so we've got the rain on friday, re—established with but as we move through the weekend, submersible, which is now although there'll be some showers unable to communicate. in the forecast, it is it's thought the vessel going to turn warmer. has around three days worth of oxygen left, at best. here is a moving picture of the submersible at sea. as you can see, it is a pretty small vessel and not clearly not designed for long periods underwater. earlier, cbs correspondent jared hill gave us this update on the search for the missing vessel. there is still this search ongoing for this submersible that went to go and explore the titanic. as of now, there is not yet any knowledge on whether that is still under the water, if it has surfaced somewhere. we do know there are a number of aircraft, as well as a submarine and
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sonar buoys that help trying to find it from above, and also try to see into the water, to see if this thing can be found. 0ne into the water, to see if this thing can be found. one of the big questions here is, if this is toward the bottom of the ocean, remember the bottom of the ocean, remember the titanic is about 13,000 feet down, the question then becomes, if there is enough equipment, proper equipment that would be able to bring this up, then efforts are being made by both government officials, as well as this company, 0ceangate, that runs this mini submarine and they are trying to figure out exactly what kind of equipment would be needed to rescue the individuals who are inside. let's take a closer look at five people we believe were on board when contact with the submersible was lost. as we mentioned, one is the british businessman and explorer hamish harding. two people from pakistan are also on the craft — businessman shahzada dawood, a uk—based board member of the prince's trust charity, and his son suleman.
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widely reported to be on the vessel is stockton rush, the ceo and founder of 0ceangate expeditions, the company that organised the mission to the wreck of the titanic. also widely reported to be on board is the 73—year—old french explorer paul—henry nargeolet. mike reese did the same trip last year with 0ceangate. he gave us his thoughts on the experience. it's a beautifully designed and run vessel. the building the war after the war but it is an adventure, this is not a tourist trip, could cost $400 billion. powering up up and away — we get the lowdown on the laetst it's not a fun thing and it's not for thrill—seekers, like skydiving. this is a very serious expedition to go down there and much of the vessel is taken up with scientists doing research. but it was obviously very exciting, the trip of a lifetime.
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it was described, i heard, as small, and yet it's very comfortable, it's a beautifully designed thing. it's about the size of a minivan with the seats taken out. so, there are five of us in there, just sitting on the floor of it. it's designed almost spa—like. it's very relaxing and quiet, and i actually fell asleep on the way down, it was that relaxing. but everyone should know, we're all aware of the dangers going into this, that this is not a lark, and you sign a waiver before you get on that mentions death three different times on page one. and you have to know that they're learning as they go along. this isn't like a coach holiday, things go wrong.
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i've taken three different dives with this company, one to the titanic and two others, and you almost always lost communication. you're at the mercy of weather and that kind of thing. but it's beautiful, it's a beautiful, moving experience to do this. the first thing to remember it as it takes 2.5 hours to get down there, the sub sinks like a stone under its own weight. it gets darker and darker and colder and colder and then when you arrive there — which i have have not done personally — the sea bed is soft mud and there's a lot of wreckage all around.
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everything from heavy boilers to very lightweight things like knives and forks scattered all over the sea bed, and then nearby will be the huge wall of steel which is in fact the bow of the titanic. and i guess all that wreckage will make it harder to pinpoint the sub and pinpoint what is the titanic and what is potentially the submarine? that's true. you can't see a hand in front of your face because it's so dark down there, you rely on sonar. 0ne risk at the moment is there are very few submersibles that can actually reach those depths, and there is no chance it seems to me to try and ship people from one sub on the sea bed to another, so the only hope is that the sub would be able to drop its weights and come to the surface or that it's indeed bobbing on the surface now and waiting for a helicopter to spot it. the titanic sank the best part
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of 100 years ago, 1912, why does it still garnered so much interest and attention? because there were so many people on it, 1500 people died and they all have relatives that echoed through the years spent the other thing is that it was a bit of a microcosm of society, you had the rich on it, the poor, everyone looking for a new life in the new world, and it shocked the world very much this tragedy, because it was before the horrors of the first world war and things like that. the tragedy that's unfolding today as we worry about these explorers missing at the moment, is slightly reminiscent of when the tragedy happened. people knew the titanic had sunk but not who had died or who had survived. we are seeing some of the pictures of the titanic under the water, there's a lot of visible wreck
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there. i presume it will decay and no longer be in the state we find it, that must add to the intrigue for people to see it while they still can? that's right. for people who it fascinates, they would take the risk. it is a risk. this is pushing the envelope of technology, it's a little bit like going into outer space. although it's only two miles under the sea, the pressure is 400 times the atmosphere pressure that you and i experience every day. i believe that the windows of the sub are actually convex and the pressure pushes them flat. a day after china's president met the us secretary of state, beijing's diplomacy with the west continues. german chancellor 0laf scholz has just received chinese prime minister li qiang ahead of a meeting in berlin. despite the welcome, germany has concerns about china. its first ever national security strategy, published just days ago, calls china a partner, competitor and systemic rival. 0ur correspondent in berlin,
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damien mcguinness, gave me his analysis on how berlin can strike a balance between seeing beijing as a rival and a partner. well, it's almost impossible. 0n the one hand, china is germany �*s most important trade partner. germany is now in a technical recession, could go into full blown recession, so germany really needs china comes to trade. a lot of exports have gone down and the german car industry relies on china as well. at the same time, imports from china have gone up time, imports from china have gone up to germany. this is a problem potentially because the idea of being a rival, on the one hand a partner but on the other hand a rival, is because there are worries about too much dependence, really, on goods from china. what's happened over the last few years, and particularly since the invasion by russia of ukraine, is the idea that germany used to have, that you could win over and make non—democratic
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countries are democratic to a trade has been jettisoned countries are democratic to a trade has beenjettisoned because it didn't work with russia, and now berlin is clear, 0k, didn't work with russia, and now berlin is clear, ok, you can trade with partners who are non—democratic, but there has to be limits because you could put your security of your own country at risk, and you could end up with a situation like germany had with russia with the energy imports like we saw last year, and it's then hard to pivot away. so that as a background of this idea of trying to get the balance between partner and rival. how you do that is very difficult. you want to keep trading, but on the other hand, definitive lines have to be drawn which would be things like making more, for example, semiconductor chips in germany rather than in asia. reducing reliance on certain technologies from china. making sure that chinese com please don't buy too much into german companies. that's a difficult balance. —— chinese companies. so china was here
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to boost trade with germany so how you get the balance is the challenge. almost impossible, but something they have to try to do. what do expect to see from the pair over the next few hours and days? that's a big question. what we are not going to see is a joint declaration because i think this is such a difficult balancing act, and there are so many sensitivities around that. if chancellor schultz comes across as too consolatory towards china he will get slammed here in germany by the press and by voters. china �*s alleged human rights abuses are very well known here and a very controversial. even within the government, the german green minister has been opposed to what china does in china when it comes to human rights abuses. that's one thing. chancellor schulte has to be very careful what he says when it comes to too many links to china —— mike schultz. pivoting away from some kind of big declaration of friendship. they will be warm words. injust over an hour or two, they
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will talk to the press. it is not clear whether they will be any questions, so i think what will happen, they will show that these are friendly countries and there are partners but there will be definite lines of that corporation. both sides need to be careful especially the german chancellor. a lot of commentators here would say that what china is trying to do in germany, and also later this week potentially in france, is to spot divisions within the western alliance between the eu and washington, and to try and pick off countries in order to trade with them because then china would have more leveraged. it is a big temptation for germany because they would get a lot of money that way, but it is a political risk. that's what we are going to see the german chancellor not doing, he will have to say we are the western alliance and if you want to talk to germany about trade, you have to talk at an eu level. that's what he has to do, otherwise they will get criticised by many people here in germany. a former rwandan police officer, fulgence kayishema, who is wanted
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internationally for suspected participation in rwanda's 1994 a former rwandan police officer, fulgence kayishema, who is wanted genocide, is due in court later. he's accused of ordering the killing of some 2,000 tutsis who were seeking refuge in a church during the 1994 genocide. i spoke to our correspondent nomsa maseko about the charges fulgence kayishema is facing. mr kayishema is accused of being part of the genocide in 1994 in rwanda in which more than 800,000 people were killed, but he is particularly facing charges in which he is alleged to have orchestrated an attack in a catholic church in rwanda where refugees who were mostly tutsis had been hiding, and it is said they tried to set the church on fire and when they did not succeed, they then bulldozed the building, which led to the death of the 2,000 people that had been hiding in the church. he has been on the run for quite some time now.
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he was arrested here in south africa, on a farm on the western cape, just over a month ago. here in south africa, he is facing fraud charges because he's accused of having applied for refugee status using a fake identity and also by breaking the refugee laws here in this country and also the immigration laws. so he is facing lesser charges here in south africa but also much more serious charges back home in rwanda. the inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic in england and wales has heard from a former government minister, so 0liver letwin. he told the inquiry that he kept coming across officials who knew less than he did as an amateur because they had been imposed on such a short time. iii had been imposed on such a short time. , ., . had been imposed on such a short time. ,, . . had been imposed on such a short time. ., ., ~ , time. if you are a minister responsible _ time. if you are a minister
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responsible for— time. if you are a minister responsible for anything i time. if you are a minister - responsible for anything comic anything even important things like health and defence, for six months, you could have training for the first two months but by the time you have finished training you have practically finished yourjob. if practically finished your job. if you practically finished yourjob. if you are an official that does a job thatis you are an official that does a job that is related to the crucial interests of the united kingdom for 18 months, and you have training, which usually takes six months to arrange and six months to conduct, again, by the time you know, you are off. by the end of my time working on these things the five years, with the exception of one or two people in the civil contingency secretariat who are continuing their role there and you are an awful lot, i kept on coming across officials who knew less than i did as an amateur. me as the arbiter. they had actually been imposed for next to no time whatsoever. so it is notjust a question of training, is a question
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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.
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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 0bscene 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 0nline safety bill does not
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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. breaking news now. prosecutors in romania have filed formal charges against the controversial influencer, andrew tait, his brother
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triston, and two romanian associates. the charges include rape, human trafficking, and forming an organised crime group, as well as illegally accessing a computer system, and violence against one of the alleged victims. the indictment deposited with the bucharest court says that at the beginning of 2021, the four defendants formed an organise kernel group to commit human trafficking in romania but also in other countries, such as the united states of america and great britain. it names several alleged britons who it says were recruited by the tates through false promises of love and marriage. saudi arabia is set to host two million pilgrims for the annual hajj this year, the islamic pilgrimage has faced restrictions for three years due to the covid—19 pandemic, but for neighbouring yemen it's not just the pandemic that's been a barrier for travel — the final of four flights from sanaa tojeddah departs today. the bbc�*s yasmin
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khatun dewan has more. the pilgrims seen here leaving the yemeni capital sana'a to perform the annual hajj in mecca have now arrived into saudi arabia. the flight, carrying almost 300 passengers, was the first since 2016, when war broke out in yemen. a saudi—led military coalition has been controlling yemen's airspace since the iran—allied houthi movement took over sana'a and ousted the yemeni government in 2014. yemeni airways came to understanding with saudi arabia to operate four flights during the hajj season. translation: when sana'a airport reopened we felt like _ we were part of the world. all people across the world need and benefit from air travel, we've been deprived of it for several years. we feel relieved and praise be to god always. translation: travelling for - pilgrimage through sana'a airport directly to jeddah is the right of all citizens but unfortunately,
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due to the political problems and divisions between arabs, the airport was shut. for the pilgrims making theirjourney to mecca and readying to perform the hajj, it's the completion of a pillar of the islamic faith. thousands of pilgrims in houthi—held areas travel by bus to saudi arabia but as progress beckons, at there's hope that this restoration is just the start. let's turn to asia now as the continent faces the direct impact of climate change. scientists have warned that glaciers in the hindu kush and himalaya mountains are melting faster than ever before as a result of global warming. a study found the ice shrank 65% faster in the past ten years than in the previous decade. if the trend continues, the glaciers could lose three quarters of their volume by the end of the century, threatening hundreds
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of millions of people with floods and water shortages. the warning comes as hundreds of people have died from a heatwave in northern india, according to local media. red alerts have been issued in the states of uttar pradesh and bihar. the elderly and those with health conditions have been warned to stay indoors. temperatures have reached 45 celsius in some places, although there's hope the extreme temperatures may soon ease. earlier, i spoke about the situation with the world service environment here's some good news for those of us who like to take a cheeky 40 winks. regular napping during the day could help to preserve brain health. researchers at university college london found that nappers' brains were 15 cubic centimetres larger than those who don't indulge in a daytime snooze, which is equivalent to delaying ageing by three to six years. just reminding you of our breaking
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news. prosecutors in romania have filed for charges against the controversial influencer andrew tate, his brother triston and two other associates. the charges include rape, human trafficking, forming an organised crime group, as well as illegally accessing a computer system, and violence against one alleged victim. that indictment has been deposited with the bucharest court and it says that at the beginning of 2021, the four defendants formed an organised criminal group to commit to trafficking in romania, as well as the us and in great britain. we will follow those of elements closely hit on bbc news, and on the bbc news website. thank you for watching. do stay with us.
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hello, again. the weather today has been pretty unsettled this morning. we've had heavy rain pushing up from the south. it's continuing to journey northwards and eastwards through the rest of the day. it's courtesy of this weather front here, which eventually will push away into the north sea. behind it, we're looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers, but still some heavy bursts of rain before it does move away and around the showers we'll have gusty winds, some large hail, but, of course, we won't all catch a shower — many of us having a dry day with some sunshine. temperatures fresher in the north — 16 degrees in lerwick, but up to 24 or 25 as we sweep down towards the south—east. through this evening and overnight, eventually a lot of the showers will fade. we'll hang onto some in the west and under clear skies there will be some patchy mist and fog forming. 00:26:49,641 --> 2147483051:50:09,535 it's going to be another 2147483051:50:09,535 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 humid night, as well,
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