harding this is bbc news. search teams race to find a tourist sub missing on a dive to the wreck of the titanic. five people are on board the vessel. hunter biden has agreed to plead guilty to three federal charges. olaf scholz says it is more important than ever to hold discussions with china after the chinese president chooses germany for his first foreign visit. regular

napping during the day could help preserve brain health. we will speak to scientists who have done that fascinating research. now we can go to the bbc sport centre. update on the final day of the first ashes test match between england and australia at edgbaston. play started after a lengthy rain delay. it has started. england have just taken the wicket of travis head for 16. australia started the day needed 174 more runs to chase down the target of 281. england took the wicket of scott boland. they have now lost travis head. he was out

caught behind. you can keep up—to—date with that on the website. developing story, in france, french police searching the headquarters of the organisers of the paris 2024 olympic games, officials say the raid part of corruption investigations and the bbc understands the probes are in connection with the awarding of building contracts connected with the games. the organising committee said the body is committing fully with the investigation. steve clarke believes there's more to come from his scotland side as they target a best ever start to a qualification campaign. they maintained their 100% start to euro 2024 qualifying with a 2-1 start to euro 2024 qualifying with a 2—1 victory away start to euro 2024 qualifying with a 2—1victory away at norway on saturday giving them nine points but he says this match against georgia will be the toughest so far.

it will be difficult. i said at the start we have the toughest group and georgia are the toughest pot four team with one defeat in about 14 matches, so they will feel good about themselves. good away win at cyprus, some good players, organised, good shape to their team, so a tough game. a win would be good and we spoke about capitalising on the home win against spain and we did that, albeit late on against norway, and there is a feel—good factor on the back of those results, but we know, and football has a habit of biting you if you do not respect the game, so we respect our opponent and we will try to get another three points against georgia. cristiano ronaldo is set to become the first men's player to reach 200 international caps when he leads out portugal against iceland in reykjavik. it will also be looking to add to his record 122 international goals. the former manchester united captain gary neville has told the bbc the current uncertainty over the ownership structure is embarrassing. the united owners were discussing x

—— exclusivity with potential qatari owners but now they say talks are continuing. gary neville says supporters need more clarity because the current situation is not good enough. i the current situation is not good enou:h. ~ , the current situation is not good enou:h. ~' , enough. i think it is embarrassing but it is what _ enough. i think it is embarrassing but it is what they _ enough. i think it is embarrassing but it is what they have _ enough. i think it is embarrassing but it is what they have done. - enough. i think it is embarrassing l but it is what they have done. they drag everything out. always in their best interests and not in the best interests of the club. the idea of manchester united with its millions of fans around the world not being updated by their owners in respect of an ownership sale is quite frankly not good enough. but fitting with the glazers ownership and how they have operated. the grass court tennis season is here — the second day of the queen's club championships in london has resumed, with world number two carlos alcaraz on court and five—time queen's winner andy murray due to be in action. the danish beat the american maxime

cressy in the opening match. coming through 7—6, 7—6. former world no 2 anett kontaveit will be retiring with a back condition. she stated that the problem does not allow for full—scale training or continued competition and she said the third grand slam of the year would be her final ever tournament. she is 27 and has won six wta titles and her best grand slam result was at the australian open in 2020 where she made the quarterfinals. australia 144—5. the wicket of travis head falling just a few moments ago, bowled by moeen ali. studio: very tight at edgbaston. now back to the main story.

a misty shot of stjohn�*s bay. the french authorities have confirmed they are sending a robot equipped ship tojoin the they are sending a robot equipped ship to join the search. it was in the vicinity. they have diverted it to that area and it will get there in about 2—3 hours' time so more hardware being thrown at the search and rescue operation. one of the five people missing has been confirmed by the french authorities. in terms of the search and rescue operation, ships and planes are

scouring the ocean around 640 kilometres off the coast of newfoundland. dropping sonar buoys to detect any underwater activity. the titanic sinking back in 1912 and it lies many 4000 metres beneath the surface. or contact with the submersible was last about one hour and 45 minutes into the dive —— all contact. we spoke to a deep sea ship wreck recovery company and he told us about how he expects the mission will unfold. fix, us about how he expects the mission will unfold. �* u, , us about how he expects the mission will unfold. ~ _, , ., ' will unfold. a couple of different searches, eight _ will unfold. a couple of different searches, eight surface - will unfold. a couple of different searches, eight surface search l will unfold. a couple of different | searches, eight surface search in case the submersible was able to come to the surface and it could be a search led mainly bite ships and aircraft —— a surface search. the

boston coastguard are leading it. that is mostly a visual search but also using radar and trying to visually find the submersible, but the problem is if it is on the surface it is now moving and it is no longer fixed, surface it is now moving and it is no longerfixed, and again, time is of the essence before it moves far away. there could be a sub sea search underwater. it is 3800 metres deep and they were descending when whatever happened happened, when they lost communications. the latest news, in the last hour, is that another commercial vessel, a very capable vessel, modern ship, with a lot of capabilities, is over the

site now, and we are hoping that it has the capabilities to reach those kind of gaps, 3800 metres, search for the submersible and have the ability to recover it. there is some hope that could happen. dairid hope that could happen. david talkin: hope that could happen. david talking about _ hope that could happen. david talking about the _ hope that could happen. david talking about the mechanics i hope that could happen. david j talking about the mechanics of hope that could happen. david talking about the mechanics of any search and rescue operation but he is also a friend of two of the men trapped in the vessel and he spoke about the impact of having that personal connection to some of the people and the operation itself. it brings it home personally, this is also my field. ,, ., . ., , it home personally, this is also my field. ,, ., , ~ field. search and recovery. but when it is involved — field. search and recovery. but when it is involved with _ field. search and recovery. but when it is involved with people _ field. search and recovery. but when it is involved with people that - field. search and recovery. but when it is involved with people that you i it is involved with people that you know personally, the impact is bigger, so when i found out, initially that hamish harding was on board, that was very upsetting, and then later in the day i found out who else was with him, that was

almost atypical thing to expect, they would have got on very well, these characters —— almost a typical thing. that made the day a lot worse. ~ u, thing. that made the day a lot worse. ~ ., ~ thing. that made the day a lot worse. ., ~ ., thing. that made the day a lot worse, ~ u, ., " ., ., thing. that made the day a lot worse. ~ ., ~ ., ., ,. . worse. we can talk to our science correspondent. _ worse. we can talk to our science correspondent. hearing _ worse. we can talk to our science correspondent. hearing some - worse. we can talk to our science correspondent. hearing some of. worse. we can talk to our science i correspondent. hearing some of the details about the search. in terms of potentially where the submersible is, we do not have any confirmation, and it could be on the surface? but most likely on the sea deck. we have a lot of questions, _ most likely on the sea deck. we have a lot of questions, that _ most likely on the sea deck. we have a lot of questions, that is _ most likely on the sea deck. we have a lot of questions, that is all - most likely on the sea deck. we have a lot of questions, that is all we - a lot of questions, that is all we have at the moment, a lot of questions are not many answers. we heard that contact was lost about one hour and 45 minutes into the dive and people who are experts in the field so that is insufficient time for a vessel at the dive rate they operate at to have got down to 4000 metres, the depth of titanic,

so whatever befell this vessel, likely happened somewhere in the water column. one of the other questions is what happened to the various modes of communication, so you don't havejust various modes of communication, so you don't have just one various modes of communication, so you don't havejust one mode various modes of communication, so you don't have just one mode of communication, you will know that gps does not work underwater, but the sub knows where it is going because it has a link to the ship. the ship knows where the vessel is relative to itself and it can direct the sub to the titanic. so what happened to that link? i also would have had a short message system, a bit like text messaging on a cell phone, did both of the systems go down? at the same time? what does that mean? did something happen to the power system? what happened to the power system? what happened to the fail—safe, the last measure, the

last resort? when they designed these vessels, if it all goes wrong, basically, automatically, they dump weight and come back to the surface. when it comes back to the surface there should be an antenna to send out a distress signal which they should be able to pick up. we don't know the answers to these questions but these are the questions we are asking. g but these are the questions we are askinu. �* ., ., ., i. but these are the questions we are askinu. �* ., ., ., ., ., asking. a lot of what you have gone throu . h is asking. a lot of what you have gone through is to _ asking. a lot of what you have gone through is to do _ asking. a lot of what you have gone through is to do with _ asking. a lot of what you have gone through is to do with your _ through is to do with your medication systems and we have heard from other people who have done this kind of trip, that sometimes it has failed for a time and then come back, and the other thing potentially that could have happened is some sort of structural failure. we have seen this in submarines, admittedly bigger submarines in the past. the argentinian submarine was last of the argentinian coast in 2017. they knew that had suffered

because of the intense pressure, a catastrophic failure of its whole, and there was a hydrophone on the other side of the atlantic, underwater microphone, which picked up underwater microphone, which picked up the acoustic anomaly. there will be a hydrophone is in the area because the global internet from europe to america comes across the region so you can bet the us navy has got hydrophones and they will be trawling the data looking for acoustic anomalies which may hint at the integrity of the ship but this is all speculation.— the integrity of the ship but this is all speculation. jonathan, i know ou are is all speculation. jonathan, i know you are going _ is all speculation. jonathan, i know you are going to — is all speculation. jonathan, i know you are going to stay _ is all speculation. jonathan, i know you are going to stay with - is all speculation. jonathan, i know you are going to stay with us - is all speculation. jonathan, i know you are going to stay with us and i is all speculation. jonathan, i know. you are going to stay with us and we are hoping to get an update from the us and canadian coastguards. thanks for taking us through the many questions. verify has been looking

at this and monitoring the ship's tracking websites. hundreds of miles of coast of newfoundland where all the shipping is now centred upon. we now have this update. irate the shipping is now centred upon. we now have this update.— now have this update. we have been monitorin: now have this update. we have been monitoring search _ now have this update. we have been monitoring search efforts _ now have this update. we have been monitoring search efforts for - now have this update. we have been monitoring search efforts for the - monitoring search efforts for the submersible which you can see behind me and it arrived around sunday morning at the wreckage of the titanic and it was launched by this vessel, the polar prince, and communication was lost after about one hour and three quarters after the submersible made its dive and we are not sure when it exactly called for help but we note the us coast guard is coordinating relief efforts. rescuers have a huge area to travel as you can see, and this is where the wreckage of the titanic is, 600 kilometres, around 370 miles off the coast of newfoundland in canada. a huge area. let's look to

see what is going on. this is a ship tracking website and these green dots are at the last known locations of ships. we have the polar prince here and there is only one ship close to it at the moment, the deep energy, and the owners of deep energy, and the owners of deep energy have been speaking to us and they have confirmed their vessel is involved in search efforts. this ship is typically used to lay undersea pipes and also has a couple of submersible vehicles capable of travelling up to 3000 metres. another ship is on the way and should be in the area tomorrow. several aircraft have been deployed since the start of the operation including a canadian maritime search plane. the biggest factor is that we have got through a few days —— the

biggest factor is that there is a few days left of oxygen on the submersible. so time is imperative. the french are sending a ship to join the massive rescue operation. on that in the next little while. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. this is a celebration with a difference. it is charlotte's seventh birthday and she is spending it in the place where she feels closest to her mother. charlotte's mother died at the hospice last year and they cared for her in her final few months. she and they cared for her in her final few months-— and they cared for her in her final few months. ,, ., , , , , few months. she was very very funny. she was your — few months. she was very very funny. she was your best _ few months. she was very very funny. she was your best mate? _ few months. she was very very funny. she was your best mate? she - few months. she was very very funny. she was your best mate? she loves i she was your best mate? she loves you very _ she was your best mate? she loves you very much. she was your best mate? she loves you very much-— she was your best mate? she loves you very much. charlotte and her dad and her family _ you very much. charlotte and her dad and her family have _ you very much. charlotte and her dad and her family have spent _ you very much. charlotte and her dad and her family have spent the - you very much. charlotte and her dad and her family have spent the last - and her family have spent the last several weeks raising money for the hospice that brought them so much joy-

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and now — china's premier — lee kchang — has been meeting with the german chancellor — olaf scholz — in berlin. the two men discussed the global political and economic situation — as well as the war in ukraine. mr scholz said, he'd asked the chinese to exert their influence over russia to end the war. what does china want with a meeting like this and what does germany want from a meeting like this? filter? from a meeting like this? very interesting _ from a meeting like this? very interesting time _ from a meeting like this? very interesting time for _ from a meeting like this? very interesting time for china - from a meeting like this? - interesting time for china to meet germany and as you mentioned, antony blinken ended his two—day visit to beijing, and xijinping flew blinken ended his two—day visit to beijing, and xi jinping flew to germany to show that germany is an important economic partner for china. you will have noticed that olaf scholz has been emphasising a multipolar world and we have seen different positions are emerging from china and differences between the us and germany although their alliance is very tight, about how they handle china. interesting time in terms of scheduling this alongside the visit of antony blinken. �* .,, ,,., ,

alongside the visit of antony blinken. �* , ., blinken. almost mixed messages from the germans. — blinken. almost mixed messages from the germans, they _ blinken. almost mixed messages from the germans, they put _ blinken. almost mixed messages from the germans, they put out _ blinken. almost mixed messages from the germans, they put out the - the germans, they put out the statement describing beijing as a systemic rival but the policy of engagement is one they have had for a while so what is actually happening?— a while so what is actually haueninu? , , ., , happening? very good question. this has been around _ happening? very good question. this has been around for _ happening? very good question. this has been around for a _ happening? very good question. this has been around for a couple - happening? very good question. this has been around for a couple of - has been around for a couple of years leading to this kind of labelling of china as a strategic rival and it is emerging especially in the eu with the issues around technology and chinese investments in germany around sensitive issues around robotics which triggered the way for investments to become something which is a eu wide thing but this emerged from germany. germany is strategically balancing the engagement in the sense that trade is very important for both

parties. china is stagnant economically after the covid lockdown so this kind of economic activity is important. they are trying to have a clever balancing act. ., ., ._ , ., act. you heard me say the german chancellor — act. you heard me say the german chancellor is _ act. you heard me say the german chancellor is urging _ act. you heard me say the german chancellor is urging the _ act. you heard me say the german chancellor is urging the chinese i act. you heard me say the german chancellor is urging the chinese to j chancellor is urging the chinese to use their influence over russia to enter the war in ukraine. is there any realistic likelihood of anything like that? —— to end the war in ukraine. like that? -- to end the war in ukraine. . , . like that? -- to end the war in ukraine-— like that? -- to end the war in ukraine. that is a very difficult auestion ukraine. that is a very difficult question to — ukraine. that is a very difficult question to answer _ ukraine. that is a very difficult question to answer but - ukraine. that is a very difficult question to answer but we - ukraine. that is a very difficult l question to answer but we know ukraine. that is a very difficult - question to answer but we know china has become more active in terms of being a mediator. in terms of the policy documents of china, they have become more proactive in becoming a mediator and more active on the global stage and they sent an envoy to ukraine, russia and ukraine, so in that sense you are seeing things emerge, but is a chinese solution

going to be one which is satisfactory for all parties? germany has vested interests in its proximity to russia and having the war and for various reasons. —— end. thanks forjoining us. prosecutors have charged the controversial influencer andrew tate. he has been charged with rape, human trafficking, and forming an organised crime group to exploit women. two associates of the brothers have also been charged. andrew tate was first arrested at his home in bucharest in december. prosecutors allege that the four defendants formed an organised criminal group to commit human trafficking in romania and other countries including the united states and britain. researchers found that people who

nap had brains which were 15 cubic centimetres larger. that is fascinating. let's talk to dr victoria garfield. thanks for joining us. it is significant and exciting but tell me more about what you actually found?— you actually found? thank you for havin: you actually found? thank you for having me- _ you actually found? thank you for having me- we — you actually found? thank you for having me. we were _ you actually found? thank you for having me. we were looking - you actually found? thank you for having me. we were looking to i having me. we were looking to understand if there is a correlation between having a regular daytime nap and the size of your brain in mid—to—late life and also cognitive function. our main striking finding is essentially that being a habitual napper seems to be strongly linked to having a larger brain in adults aged between 40—69 in the study we looked at. this was about 35,000 people who had both dna and a brain

scan as well, so we think it forms part of the complex puzzle in terms of adding to that list of things that might contribute to dementia prevention. that might contribute to dementia revention. , ._ ., , prevention. delaying ageing between three and six — prevention. delaying ageing between three and six years, _ prevention. delaying ageing between three and six years, as _ prevention. delaying ageing between three and six years, as well, - prevention. delaying ageing between three and six years, as well, that - three and six years, as well, that is so significant in terms of a chunk of time. how important is the length of sleep, is that important? yes. we think so. previous studies showed you can sleep 41—2 hours and that can benefit your cognitive function but we are the first to look at this in relation to brain size and how people's brain scan, so we are thinking of a power nap between five and 50 minutes and for those people who want to sleep for longer, who need a bit longer, up to 30 minutes in the day —— power nap between five and 15 minutes. not much longer than that because people have said they report waking up

feeling groggy and that is the reason why. feeling groggy and that is the reason why-— feeling groggy and that is the reason wh . .. , ., , ., reason why. scientifically, what you think is going _ reason why. scientifically, what you think is going on — reason why. scientifically, what you think is going on in _ reason why. scientifically, what you think is going on in the _ reason why. scientifically, what you think is going on in the brain - reason why. scientifically, what you think is going on in the brain to - think is going on in the brain to actually trigger what you are finding with the naps? difficult cuestion. finding with the naps? difficult question. there _ finding with the naps? difficult question. there is _ finding with the naps? difficult question. there is a _ finding with the naps? difficult question. there is a lot - finding with the naps? difficult question. there is a lot of - finding with the naps? difficult| question. there is a lot of open questions. we were only able to look at the frequency of napping so we have only answered one small chunk of the puzzle, so people were only askedif of the puzzle, so people were only asked if they took a daytime nap and they answered how frequently it was, so we need to look at other things like duration and how long people have been taking naps and different ages, is this across the whole of the life course or not? and other questions around genetic ancestries. it's a complex thing and we think it adds to the puzzle because as you probably know, there are other things going on in the brain, if you have diabetes or hypertension or you have diabetes or hypertension or you have had a heart attack, there is

damage there as well, so we think it is something else that is slightly more positive but we do not know exactly what the mechanisms are from this study and a lot more research is needed. . ., ., ., , , is needed. victoria, absolutely fascinating. — is needed. victoria, absolutely fascinating, and _ is needed. victoria, absolutely fascinating, and i'm _ is needed. victoria, absolutely fascinating, and i'm glad - is needed. victoria, absolutely fascinating, and i'm glad you l is needed. victoria, absolutely - fascinating, and i'm glad you have been on the programme explaining more of your research. thanks for joining us. we are about to take a short break but back now to the live pictures from newfoundland. this is stjohn's bay and this is where the coordination for the rescue effort is going on for the submersible that has gone missing close to the wreckage of the titanic. we will get the latest from our correspondent in boston and we will keep a close eye on the various movements. plenty more on our main story in a moment. hello.

good afternoon. well, there's plenty of dry and indeed sunny weather to come in the forecast as we head through the rest of the week for most of us, but it's been rather unsettled so far today. heavy rain in central southern england earlier this morning and some thunderstorms breaking out. a lovely weather watcher picture here from north uist in the western isles. there could be some more heavy, thundery showers breaking out for many of us as we head through the rest of today. there are localised weather warnings in place, but also some sunny spells too and it will still be feeling warm. earlier on, we saw this feature just move its way northwards, currently across north—eastern areas of england and north—eastern scotland too, where it's likely to linger on for much of the rest of the day, eventually pulling out into the north sea. watch out for some thunderstorms across western scotland and northern ireland. also possibly some heavy, thundery showers across south—west england and south wales forming in lines, but further east it's largely dry. temperatures here peaking in the mid—20s in celsius. overnight tonight, the thunderstorms are likely to rumble

on across western scotland and northern ireland, but for most they will fade away where we see them to leave us with a dry night, feeling slightly fresher and a little more comfortable for sleeping, but still warm into tomorrow morning with some areas of mist, especially in the south. on wednesday, there will still be some showers forming in lines, perhaps for south—west england and for wales. across much of scotland we could see some more thunderstorms break out, frequent lightning across eastern scotland, maybe some thunderstorms across northern ireland too. temperatures coming up slightly. towards the east it should stay largely dry and it will still feel warm here at 23 to 25 degrees. then high pressure starts to build in from the south—west as we head through the middle of the week. it's quite firmly established by the time we get to the weekend, but on thursday there will still be a few showers around. the air is more stable, so the showers shouldn't be as heavy as they've been in recent days and there will be some sunny spells too.

temperatures for most will peak in the low 20s in celsius. starting to rise, but maybe 26 or 27 degrees celsius in south—east england and east anglia. that high pressure becomes quite firmly established across the south of the uk as we head through the weekend. temperatures will be rising, the humidity levels too. weather fronts pushing into the north and the west.

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