to view the titanic. five people are on board. court documents reveal a former employer expressed safety concerns about the vessel. president zelensky tells the bbc that ukraine is likely to have f—16fighterjets in six months�* time. president biden warns of the risk from artificial intelligence during a meeting with experts in san francisco. hello, i'm sally bundock. time is running short in the race to save five people onboard a submersible missing in the north atlantic near the site of the titanic. on sunday, all contact was lost with the sub, about an hour and 45 minutes into its dive. the us coastguard said earlier that the vessel may have less than a day and a half

of breathable air left. the operation to find the missing tourist submersible is now expanding to include more resources with expertise in deep sea rescuing. our north america correspondent jessica parker reports. these are the last known photos of the titan submersible. they were taken on sunday morning, just before it began its descent. one hour and 45 minutes later, contact was lost. it's a five—man capsule. people crawl in. this was filmed by the bbc last year. it shows people being bolted in from the outside. the sub then plunges into the ocean's depths. the us coastguard has released a fresh estimate of how much oxygen may now be left on board. we know from the data

we were using as a starting point, it was 96 hours, and we know that we are approximately 40, 41 hours. is a deep sea rescue effort realistic, and what would that look like? i can't tell you exactly what it would look like, but we wouldn't be doing this, we wouldn't be searching and putting all effort out there. i think that if the sub is located, that is a question that then the experts will look at, what is the best course of action. those on the vessel are confirmed to be british billionaire hamish harding, shahzada dawood and his son, suleman, stockton rush, the chief executive of the expedition company oceangate and the pilot, paul—henry nargeolet. here is stockton rush in a documentary showing how

the sub was operated via a games console. people are informed that it is very dangerous down there. the sub was towed out to newfoundland before arriving at the site on sunday. it began its diving coordination with the mother ship, the polar prince. below 1000m, the sub will be in darkness. 3800 metres under the north atlantic, the titanic. the us coastguard has told us that they weren't notified about the missing vessel until around eight hours after that initial loss of contact between the sub and its mother ship. a loss of communication has happened on these expeditions before, but never like this or for so long. mike rees is one of the few people who have made the trip before. he describes reaching

the bottom of the ocean. when you touch bottom, you don't really know where you are, and again, the compass immediately stops working and is just spinning around, so we had to flail around blindly at the bottom of the ocean, knowing the titanic was somewhere there, but it is so pitch dark. in the murky reaches of the sea, this is what people pay nearly £200,000 to c. pay nearly £200,000 to see. 0ceangate expeditions says it is getting help from government agencies and deep sea companies, and it is praying for the crew's safe return. jessica parker, bbc news, in boston. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal is in newfoundland and she's just sent us this update. well, night has fallen here in boston.

visibility is incredibly low, it is so foggy, but the teams are continuing this race against time to try and find the missing submersible. just to remind you of the scale of it, the titanic wreckage is around 400 miles off the coast of newfoundland, and the area in which the search operation is taking place is 70 miles wide, so this is about the size of the state of connecticut. and diving experts will tell you that this depth of the ocean that they're trying to search is less explored than outer space. now, earlier i spoke to newfoundland's premier, andrew furey, and he said to me that this province is sadly used to maritime tragedies, given its history, given its location and given its relationship with the titanic. however, he said this doesn't make it any easier to fathom what has happened. he said to me that as a leader he is feeling

helpless but not hopeless, and that he is working with all the officials in us and canada, that that the province is doing that the province is doing whatever it can to try and help find the missing five. david marquet, a retired united states navy captain who served as a submarine commander, told us more about the problems the submarine could have faced. it seems like it's not on the surface of the ocean, which means it's most likely on the bottom in the vicinity of the titanic, cos that's where it would have been when contact was lost. it was right about the time when it would have been either approaching or at the site of the titanic. there was a story from several years ago where a similar visit with a similar—sized ship — not this particular ship — was approaching the titanic from the stern, so the big propellers for the titanic which were essentially dwarfing the ship, were there, and and they got caught by a current and were temporarily stuck, wedged into the propellers.

fortunately, they were able to get out. so that's a possibility, but that really doesn't explain why the communication would be lost. communication lost and being on the bottom, to me, leads me to think something like there was a fitting which broke and allowed water to come in, or there was a hull crack. what happens is, when the submarine compresses, this is very high pressure — this is 380 times the pressure we experience here in atmospheric. yeah, it seems like these guys were sort of infused with the innovative entrepreneurial spirit. they wanted to build something that could take people down — take researchers down — to the titanic for research, and they were funding it by getting these wealthy people to buy expensive $250,000 tickets on it. and, in doing so, sometimes we push the bounds and

the innovation gets ahead of where the regulations are. and i think... the sense i get from that document and from statements by the company is that they were sort of proud of this innovative spirit. and if you're just writing tech code, then you can just throw things out there and you test it and you have this very quick iteration cycle, and that's part of the culture. but when you're putting people down at 13,000 feet, the laws of mother nature are going to take over. so i think they might have gone a little too far. i...i admire the spirit, but we know from years of safe submarining what it takes to — all the discipline, the rigour, the operational testing, the operational risk mitigation that you have to do to maintain submarines safe. we will bring you any updates on the search here on bbc news, and we have continuing live coverage on the bbc news website and app — where our team is tracking every development — with full background and analysis.

ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has told the bbc he believes they will have f—16 fighter aircraft in action in six to seven months�* time. in a wide—ranging interview he told the bbc�*s yalda hakim that training on the f—16s will start in the summer. he also admitted it was difficult to measure the success of his country's counter—offensive against russia. his comments come as a major international donor conference to discuss ways to help ukraine recover from damage caused by russia's invasion gets under way in london later. president zelensky, thank you so much for your time. i'd like to begin by asking you about the counter—offensive. how is it going?

translation: not everything is easy. there are certain difficulties because, first of all, ourland is mined. we would definitely like to make bigger steps — they are a bit smaller than we want — but nevertheless, those who fight shall win. and to those who knock, the door shall be opened. that's why, by all means, we have confidence in the success of the counter—offensive actions. well, in ukraine, your deputy defence minister, has admitted that it will be difficult to win back land in this counter—offensive. translation: no counter—offensive operation can be easy. it's not easy, first of all, for those currently on the front line. last autumn we took counter—offensive actions, too, and it seemed like process was too slow. but then the moment came when everybody saw how quickly we began to advance. the same thing will happen here. i mean, russia has done everything in its power to stop this offensive.

translation: every day russia brings atrocious i tragedies to our land. sometimes it seems to me that they don't care in general whether it's the military or the civilian population. the fact that they are ready to commit horrors, cause great suffering and man—made disasters on a large scale, it is crystal clear. the americans have made clear how they measure the success of this — they want you to make as many gains on the battlefield so that you're in a stronger position when you get to the negotiating table. translation: for us, - it's very important to move forward because we have to motivate not only our army but also our western allies. aid can be slowed down or stepped up. to be honest, aid depends on us moving forward. a lot of things depend on that. but, for me, the most important success of our offensive lies

in motivating people. mr president, are you feeling the pressure from your partners, that they expect results and results quickly? translation: some wanted and expected very much. - some want some sort of a hollywood movie, but things don't really happen that way. the americans say that they will stay with ukraine till the very end. do you believe them? translation: is there any other option? - we believe them because, on the one hand, they are our partners. on the other hand, we need to understand that we have to count on ourselves. well, let's just look at some of the things you need. the f—16s, for example — the us officials are now saying it could take months for ukraine to get those f—16s. translation: there are certain bureaucratic things that i, - unfortunately, can't and am not willing to understand because we are at war and we need to get things done quickly.

the price is time. time means lives. i believe that we will start the training period this summer, as well. we will certainly continue to put pressure to bring the dates forward, but i believe it can be august. after this training begins, we want to believe that in six or seven months we'll have our first planes. mr president, i also want your reaction to the ukraine recovery conference in the uk. just your message to that conference. translation: huge thanks to the prime minister, - to the government, to the businesses of the uk and all the people for their support. part of such support are just saying not to recovery, but transformation of ukraine, and therefore anti—corruption reform — which is very important — to work on judiciary reform, to work with our partners to make ukraine attractive for investment after the war. that's what we need. ukraine will be

different, transformed. the only thing that will not change is the strength of our people. and you can watch yalda hakim s interview with president zelensky in full on the bbc news channel at 1700 bst on wednesday. palestinian gunmen have killed four israelis and wounded four more near a settlement in the occupied west bank. one of the gunmen was killed at the scene of the attack. it follows a string of violence across the palestinian territory in recent days. our middle east correspondent yolande knell sent this update. this is the most deadly attack targeting israelis that there has been in several months. the israeli military says two palestinian gunmen opened fire at an israeli petrol station and a hummus restaurant. both of them lie on a busy main road that cuts through the west bank. now, the two palestinians, one of them was shot at the scene.

the other one escaped. and we're told that israeli security forces tracked him and killed him. we understand that the two come from a village not far away to the north. both are said to have been affiliated with the islamist militant group hamas. and a hamas spokesman has come out linking what happened to an israeli military raid injenin a day ago, which killed six palestinians and wounded dozens more. now you've got far right israeli ministers coming out calling for a wider israeli military operation. you've got the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, saying that all options are open to respond. meanwhile, we're getting reports thatjewish settlers have attacked some palestinian property in a town nearby. this has really raised tensions in the west bank at a time when tensions were already running very high. president biden has told a meeting of experts in san francisco there was a need to address the risk

artificial intelligence poses to national security and the economy. he said we'll see more technological change in the next ten years than in the previous 50. in february president biden directed us federal agencies to promote balance in their use of new technologies, including ai. the same here today and i'm hearing directly from the experts, and the intersection of technology in society, we can provide a range of perspectives for us and it has enormous promise and it has risks. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing| you different stories from across the uk. borrowdale is idyllic, popular and parched. the river derwent here near rosthwaite has simply evaporated in a long, dry spell of hot weather. it's of huge concern to those whose job it is to

protect this special and vital ecological landscape. it's becoming more and more of a regular occurrence, we're getting lots of periods of dry weather with very little rainfall, and that's leading to rivers like this drying up. it can have a devastating impact on the wildlife — there's insects and fish that live here — and that'll have an impact on the whole of the ecosystem, so the otters and the birds that feed on them. and where there's no water, there will be no life. but what's to blame? a number of factors, says ruth mackay — climate change among them — but also the way the river has been deliberately modified over the years, now running straight through the valley. for more stories from across the uk, - head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. president biden�*s son, hunter biden has agreed to a deal with prosecutors that will see him plead guilty to three charges.

one is linked to gun possession, and two to failure to pay tax. the terms of the agreement are likely to keep him out ofjail. republicans have dismissed it as a "slap on the wrist". our north america editor sarah smith reports from washington. the president's troubled son has long been the focus of controversy. joe biden deliberately embraces him, while his republican opponents target hunter, hoping to harm the elder biden with corruption allegations against the younger. father and son travel together a lot. it's in their home state of delaware that hunter has agreed a plea deal which will see him admit guilt for minor tax crimes and admit he lied on a gun license application when he said he was not a drug user. his supporters describe a recovering addict who's taking responsibility for his mistakes. at a san francisco conference, president biden was asked if he had spoken to hunter today. i'm very proud of my son. republicans say there's

a double standard, comparing hunter biden to donald trump. if you were the president's leading political opponent, the doj tries to literally put you injail and give you prison time. if you are the president's son, you get a sweetheart deal. hunter biden has been under intense scrutiny since the contents of his notorious laptop were made public after he abandoned it in a computer repair shop. a republican—led congressional committee is investigating accusations of bribery and corruption. and the bidens themselves suppressed the story of hunter biden's laptop... why did a chinese energy company pay him almost $5 million? and was he paid a multimillion dollar bribe by a ukrainian energy firm? mr biden was asked about his business dealings by the bbc in 2021. my dad did nothing wrong, and i did nothing illegal or wrong. but you're right, i created a perception that was wielded against us in an incredibly wild and conspiratorial way. this plea deal marks the end

of hunter biden�*s legal case, but republicans will not let it stop there. their claim that there is an unfair two—tiered justice system in america, one that's persecuting donald trump while ignoring hunter biden�*s crimes — that's one they will pursue all the way to the next presidential election. sarah smith, bbc news, washington. now to saudi arabia, which 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—i9 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. yasmin 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. a 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. yemen airways came to an 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 have 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 a right of all citizens, but unfortunately, 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 from houthi—held areas have been taking long and arduous bus journeys to saudi arabia. but as progress beckons, there's hope that this restoration is just the start. yasmin khatun dewan, bbc news. it's more than 350 years since the dutch painter rembrandt died — and yet there is still a fascination for his life and his work. he's considered one of the finest portrait artists of all time. at the museum devoted to him in amsterdam people can get a rembrandt of their own — sort of. tim allman explains. he is considered one of the greatest painters of all time. rembrandt was a master of his craft, so his work would set you back a bob or two. what do you do then, if your purse strings don't

stretch far enough for an original series? well, how about this? here in what was once rembrandt�*s own home, a pop up tattoo parlor where you can get up close and personal with a dutch master, we give you a rembrandt that lets you, the rest of your days and only stays with you. it is more stable than the relationship, because tattoos last longer than romances. the event is called a poor man's rembrandt. although one of these tattoos could cost you nearly $300. they're trying to raise the profile of the rembrandt museum. so much so even the staff are getting into the swing of things. i'm totally amazed by this whole event because we really liked it, because hank is one of the most famous amsterdam tattoo artists, and he's worldwide famous. but i was amazed how many people already responded.

tickets for a poor man's rembrandt sold out in 15 minutes, although you can turn up on the day. the organisers say they are always looking for ways to make sure rembrandt stays alive. tim allman, bbc news. a new exhibition celebrating the divas of the showbiz world opens in london this week. the exhibition at the v&a museum showcases more than 250 items including fashion ensembles from the likes of lady gaga, rihanna and prince. it also traces the history of the diva from 19th century opera singers to some of the megastars of today. the diva in that image, the diva in their persona and the diva in identity is a very important part of the story. so from the early 19th century, singers where they commissioned their own couture gowns, to the kind of contemporary catwalk from the met gala to the stage,

the importance of the diva look and the diva expressing themselves through fashion is incredibly important. before we go let's leave you with these pictures of the summer solstice from stonehenge in south west england. today isjune 21st and is the longest day of the year. traditionally thousands of people gather at the historic site to watch the sun rise over the giant stones. some people say it is the start of summer, others say it is midsummer, others say our evenings are getting shorter. you can just about make out people's heads as they are gathering. i will be back with the business stories next. hello. june has certainly been a warm month for many of us and at times it has felt

like the middle of summer. talking of which, the 21st ofjune marks the first day of astronomical summer or the summer solstice, and it will be the longest day of the year. but let's get to the forecast, then. this is the satellite picture from the last day or so, and that's the weather front that brought the rain to many parts of the country in the last 24 hours. it will be moving away northwards. but in its wake, we'll see an area of high pressure developing towards the south and west, but we will also be brushed by weather systems over the next few days in north—western areas of the uk. but the high pressure to the south is also going to open up the doors to much warmer weather streaming our way from spain, portugal and france. so, it does look as though it's going to get hot towards the weekend. that's still to come. let's have a look at the forecast for wednesday then, and starting on a clear note for many of us. and temperatures will be on the mild side first

thing, between around 13 and 16 degrees celsius. so, a dry morning for most, but certainly not for everybody, right from the word go. a few showers possible across northern ireland and scotland, and showers will also develop across wales and other parts of england, but not too many of them further south. most of the showers will be further north and this is where the heaviest of the ones will be, possibly one or two thunderstorms across eastern scotland, maybe one or two in the borders as well. later in the afternoon, the weather's actually going to improve in northern ireland. the sun should come out for everybody, and across england and wales, just a scattering of showers here and there, and it'll be warmest in eastern parts of england with temperatures up to about 25 degrees celsius. that takes us into thursday. and thursday is also going to be another warm day with temperatures widely into the low or the mid 20s. and again, one or two scattered showers are possible on thursday, and it's going to be every bit as warm i think on friday too, with generally fine weather, at least across the bulk of the uk. however, in the north west of the country, as we head towards the weekend, we are going to be brushed by weather systems. so, there's always a chance of some rain across parts of scotland and

northern ireland. but further east and south, the weather will be drier and brighter. so here's the outlook into the weekend, and you can see these climbing temperatures to nearly 30 degrees celsius in the south by the time we get to sunday, mid 20s, for example, in cardiff. bye— bye.

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