we need to have hope, right? but i can't tell you with the noises are. when i can tell you, and i think this is the most important point, we are searching where the noises are and that is all we can do at this point. the indian prime minister narendra modi arrives in the us for a state visit. what are both sides hoping to achieve? president zelensky addresses world leaders, gathered in london, to discuss ukraine's economic future. he's also been speaking exclusively to the bbc about his desire for nato protection. and the bbc uncovers evidence that hundreds of sick and mentally ill people from the windrush generation were wrongly deported from the uk and returned to the carribean.

hello and welcome to the programme. coastguards are intensifying the search for a missing submersible near the wreck of the titanic in the north atlantic, as estimates suggest the five men on board could run out of oxygen in less than 20 hours. more surface vessels and remotely operated submarines arejoining in and the rescue area has widened. our news correspondent carl nasman is in boston and has been telling me about the search. it's taking shape and it's taking on some new urgency as well with that confirmation that we are getting that some sort of noise or sounds were detected by canadian search teams. this was on tuesday, even into wednesday morning. we still don't know exactly what or who were making

these sounds or even the exact location. but what it's also doing is giving these search teams a glimmer of hope. my colleaguejohn sudworth has more. every available asset is being thrown at one of the most difficult sea searches ever undertaken. these are the latest images from the scene around 400 miles from the nearest point of land. it's been three days since the titan vanished without a trace, and there's thought to be less than 24 hours of air supply left. but a glimmer of hope has come from the us coast guard with the confirmation that banging noises have been detected in the search area. when you're in the middle . of a search and rescue case, you always have hope. that's why we're i doing what we do. with respect to the noises specifically,| we don't know what they are. to be frank with you, -

the good news is what i can tell you is we're searching . in the area where the noises were detected and we'll continue to do so. - with the sub lost in water more than two miles deep. the search aircraft have been dropping sonar buoys into the water. they either listen for sounds produced by propellers and machinery, which could also include the crew making noise. or they can use active detection by bouncing a sonar ping off the surface of the vessel and listening for a returning echo. on board the missing sub are three british citizens billionaire explorer hamish harding and businessman shahzad dawood and his teenage son suleyman. shahzad is someone who's got an uncommon zest for life. - he has a real sense of adventure. - of exploration. in fact, he has a passion for exploration. - also on board are the us captain stockton rush and an experienced

french navy diver, who experts say would know what to do to be found. protocol for trying to alert searching forces. - and that is in the navy an 61 , ., ., ., and the half hour you bang like hell for 3 minutes. - the titan has no escape hatch and its occupants are bolted in. so even if it has managed to surface, finding it within the time limit is critical. if they are still trapped under water, this deep sea robot submersible on board a french research ship seems to offer the best hope at present of reaching them. but the scale of the task is clear for all involved. sean leet is the co—founder of the company that owns the subs mothership, the polar prince. we are very aware of the time sensitivity around this mission. our crews and onshore team are experts in their fields, and we'll continue to support this effort in every way we can. we remain focused on contributing to the search for the titan crew and continue

to hold out hope that they will be located and brought home safely. it's being described as the deepest search and rescue mission ever attempted. first, the teams have to find the titan, and if they do, somehow get the men trapped inside to safety. so, karl, iwe're wondering a little bit about the conditions. we saw some real treacherous ones yesterday out of newfoundland, but have they improved recently over the past couple of hours? the conditions around that side were a little bit difficult in the past couple of days. there was a a thick haze of fog hanging over the area of ocean where searchers were looking. and that made those sorts of aerial searches fairly difficult. we understand now that the weather conditions have improved, that the seas are fairly calm, that that fog has lifted. anything like that will at least give these search and rescue teams a bit of an edge as they continue to comb these waters. and as we heard, it's now even becoming a much bigger area that they're searching.

yesterday we heard that it was the size of the us state of connecticut. now it's twice the size of the us state of connecticut. this is a large area. part of that as well has to do with the the currents in the ocean. even underwater currents have the ability to move something like this vessel along the ocean floor, potentially expanding the search not only above the water but below it as well. even before this latest mission, there were concerns over safety about the vessel. a former employee of the company flagged those worries five years ago. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has more. oceangate's deep sea submersible, the titan has some unusual features. its hull — the part where the passengers sit, is made from carbon fiber with titanium caps at each end. carbon fibre is used in aeroplanes and yachts, but not

for deep sea vessels. it's extremely strong, but questions have been raised about its reliability under extreme pressures . the shape of the sub is also different. most have spherical hulls, so there's the same pressure all the way around, but the titan is tube shaped. this is so it can fit five people inside, but it means the pressure isn't equally distributed. in 2018, safety issues were raised by an employee of oceangate, david lockridge, an experienced submersible pilot. in american court documents, he said the structural integrity of the titan had not been properly tested, and this could subject passengers to potential extreme danger in an experimental submersible. concerns were also raised by engineers from the marine technology society over the experimental approach adopted by oceangate that could result in negative outcomes from minor to catastrophic. an oceangate spokesman told us they couldn't provide any information at this time. experts have said this incident should lead to changes. it's a wake up call for us.

and that's why i think a really thorough, rigorous investigation should be done and shared with the community and lessons will be learned. and whether — you whichever side of the fence you are on in terms of sub design, you will learn something from this. subs that carry passengers can go through independent safety assessments by specialist organisations, but the titan was not certified by any external agency. in a blog post in 2019, the company said its design fell outside the accepted system and that simply focusing on closing the vessel does not address ——classing the operational risks. so is this unusual? any sub that dives 4,000 metres or beyond is a one off vehicle, but it doesn't mean it can't be independently classified. this sub, called the limited factor, has repeatedly been to the deepest place in the oceans, the mariana trench, nearly 11 kilometres down. nothing is more unique or cutting

edge, but the team behind it worked with assessors and the limiting factor has full certification. no one knows what's happened to the titan, but it may be a turning point for how this industry is regulated. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines. a large explosion in a historic part of central paris has injured more than thirty people. a building on the rue saintjacques, which runs through the french capital's latin quarter, was consumed in flames and has partially collapsed. it stands next to the 17th century val de grace church. witnesses said there had been a strong smell of gas just before the blast. police have arrested a man after two people were stabbed at central middlesex hospital in west london. the suspect is also being treated for critical injuries, which are said to be self—inflicted. the incident is not being

treated as terror related. a large police presence remains in the area. the uk chancellorjeremy hunt has given evidence at the uk's covid response investigation. he said too much stress had been placed on planning for a flu pandemic and the uk was unprepared for the different virus that struck in early 2020. mr hunt served as the health secretary between 2012 and 2018. the indian prime minister has begun a three—day visit to the us. mr modi has led the international yoga day celebrations in new york ahead of his meetings with president biden, in washington dc. he's also due to give a speech to the us congress and will be given a state dinner. mr modi's trip is important for both countries, as the two presidents will try to build their political and economic relations.

to find out more on what the two leaders are expected to discuss, we are joined now by professorjoseph siracusa, dean of global futures at curtin university. thank you forjoining us. why is the us rolling out the red carpet for mr modi and why now? in red carpet for mr modi and why now? , . , ., now? in the state dinners are of course _ now? in the state dinners are of course very _ now? in the state dinners are of course very attractive - now? in the state dinners are of course very attractive and l of course very attractive and people cannot resist going to a state dinner in the white house. what washington wants, what president biden once from the indians is not quite the same things that the indians went from the united states. the indian government, president modi want investments and access to technology and defence and that sort of thing. i understand elon musk is already talked to him about ships and cars in the rest of it. what president biden of course once from the indian government is they want to

cultivate them, they want them to choose between beijing and washington. it is simple. the indians play a terrific hand, since 1961 they pioneered the nonalignment movement and know how to navigate these borders in very few people in america understands that india also belongs to brics and the shanghai organisation and they said at the table with china and russia and they kind of do their own thing so i am sort of enjoying this president modi who is getting the rock star treatment in the united states. i think he was at madison square garden. yet to be a boxer or a boxer to get there. some of these trips have a superficial. i rememberwhen superficial. i remember when one superficial. i rememberwhen one went to disney when —— disneyland and having major conferences later on but it is a major effort on the bite in a ministration to rope the sky in

but at some cost. the number of people in the biden administration typically the state department were critical of modi's human rights policies particularly the effects of virulent hindu nationalism and a lot of people get hurt some maybe get killed. so they are very disappointed with the president for extending this kind of treatment. so the president has to kind of lower his guard here versus on the other hand. it is the most populous _ on the other hand. it is the most populous moxie - on the other hand. it is the most populous moxie in i on the other hand. it is the | most populous moxie in the world, they have nucleus weapons and are perfectly placed to be into lockers between pressure and china and get a cease—fire with russia. with the ukraine. that would be useful. so neither side will get exactly what they want but i think modi will make the best of it. i i think modi will make the best of it. , , ., i think modi will make the best ofit. , , ., of it. ijust been to ask you because — of it. ijust been to ask you because you _ of it. ijust been to ask you because you covered - of it. ijust been to ask you because you covered a - of it. ijust been to ask you because you covered a lotl of it. ijust been to ask you | because you covered a lot of ground there, what did the chinese make of all of this? you paint a picture of india being rather neutral between the us and china which have a

very tense relationship right now so what do you think they are seeing as he is at the white house with president biden? i white house with president biden? ~ �* , biden? i think bei'ing will be lookin: biden? i think bei'ing will be looking at h biden? i think bei'ing will be looking at every _ biden? i think beijing will be looking at every gesture, - looking at every gesture, examining every word that the chinese foreign ministry is terrific at trying to interpret everything that was set into oven even body language. so they will be looking for any tilt in that direction. they know because they sit at other tables with india that the world of the future is multipolar and india is already set that we need new kinds of formations to solve problems. so they will be hoping that they don't tilt too much stop on the other hand, they are very cool about it, they can sit back and watch the show. in the meantime, modi will be, there is a 5 million community from indian community, diaspora

and the united states, many very wealthy and influential so he will enjoy that tilt but i think the chinese are watching us very closely and are watching every word and even when the president call someone a dictator under his breath, the chinese are very alert to everything that is going on and they will make of it what they will at the end. i don't think modi will disappoint them. professorjoseph at syracuse thank you for your insights. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. the currency during community replete with pubs, caf s but what this town no longer has is a bank. barclays was the last french open here until it closed in april. that has made local people and businesses very angry. there are a lot _ businesses very angry. there are a lot of — businesses very angry. there are a lot of people _

businesses very angry. there are a lot of people still- businesses very angry. there are a lot of people still don't| are a lot of people still don't have online banking. like myself, i don't.— have online banking. like myself, i don't. barclays is the closure _ myself, i don't. barclays is the closure was _ myself, i don't. barclays is the closure was a - myself, i don't. barclays isj the closure was a response myself, i don't. barclays is. the closure was a response to changing customer behaviour. with fewer people are relying on the branch and more banking online. so with many other banks closed or closing, is this part of the answer? fix, this part of the answer? a banking hub. if you cannot use online — banking hub. if you cannot use online banking, that service is really— online banking, that service is really important in particular in communities like this that are cash_ in communities like this that are cash heavy and do not use internet — are cash heavy and do not use internet banking. but are cash heavy and do not use internet banking.— internet banking. but with so many internet, _ internet banking. but with so many internet, many - internet banking. but with so many internet, many left - many internet, many left feeling short—changed. for more stores across the uk had to the bbc news you're live with bbc news. president zelensky has urged those attending an international conference on rebuilding ukraine to aim for the country's transformation, not just its reconstruction. he said plans needed to include measures to tackle corruption and reform thejudiciary to make ukraine attractive for investment.

political and business leaders are meeting in london to plan for the reconstruction. in a wide ranging interview with my colleague yalda hakim he admitted that it is difficult to measure how well the current counter offensive against russia is going. mr president, the nato secretary generaljan stoltenberg said that ukraine will not be invited to join the nato alliance at the summit, your reaction to that. translation: ., ., . ., translation: negative reaction. he knows my _ translation: negative reaction. he knows my position. _ translation: negative reaction. he knows my position. we - translation: negative reaction. he knows my position. we have . he knows my position. we have told him numerous times, do not kick ourfoundations told him numerous times, do not kick our foundations from under our feet. kick our foundations from under ourfeet. nato motivates us. the fact that we will be invited to join is the foundation on which we stand. this invitation is just foundation on which we stand. this invitation isjust words. we are not beggars. it is not about going cap in hand. it is about going cap in hand. it is

about us making nato stronger and everyone knows perfectly that we will be the most powerful member on the eastern flank. we have proven that already in terms of nato standards, having a powerful army and the resilience of our people. we have proven all of that and notjust people. we have proven all of that and not just with people. we have proven all of that and notjust with blah, blah, blah, not with words but with blood. but if we are offered safety guarantees instead of nato, this is not fair. that is what i'm saying. this is not an alternative and will never be an alternative for us. otherwise by finland, why sweden? why were they quickly excepted into nato after they started talking aboutjoining nato? why do i react to nato with that? what i am saying is if you do not see us in nato you willjust have to say it and admit it and then ukraine and the population of ukraine and the population of ukraine will understand that. we will have to live differently. but even when we

win even when this war is over, we will face the high risk of war happening again. pare we will face the high risk of war happening again. are you worried that _ war happening again. are you worried that if _ war happening again. are you worried that if putin - war happening again. are you worried that if putin is - war happening again. are you worried that if putin is too - worried that if putin is too far corner at the back it also becomes dangerous, that he could use nuclear weapons, for example? translation: ., , , translation: putin has been dangerous _ translation: putin has been dangerous for _ translation: putin has been dangerous for us _ translation: putin has been dangerous for us since - translation: putin has been dangerous for us since 2014 i dangerous for us since 2014 when he occupied the first of our territories. when he occupied the first of ourterritories. he when he occupied the first of our territories. he became even more dangerous on the 24th of february because he started the full—scale war. if he talks about the use of nuclear weapons, no one can make 100% confident forecasts there. i do not think he is ready to do it today because he is worried about his life. he loves it a lot. at least that is how it seems to me. but there is no way i want to be a guarantor for a person with no ties to reality who in the 21st century

launched a full—scale war against their neighbour. launched a full-scale war against their neighbour. putin against their neighbour. putin a few days — against their neighbour. putin a few days ago _ against their neighbour. putin a few days ago described - against their neighbour. putin a few days ago described you as a few days ago described you as a disgrace to thejewish people. how do you respond to those sorts of comments? translation: it those sorts of comments? translation:— those sorts of comments? translation: it is difficult to react to that. _ translation: it is difficult to react to that. i _ translation: it is difficult to react to that. i think— translation: it is difficult to react to that. i think the - react to that. i think the person saying that is either uneducated or does not fully understand that his words have information residents because today, i'm sorry, he will be the second king of anti—semitism after hitler. i believe that this is not even at the level of a modern person. not to mention that this is the president speaking. i think even ordinary people say such things today. —— do not say such things. civilised world cannot speak that way but it is important to hear the reaction of the world. i am grateful for its support.

the bbc has uncovered evidence, showing that hundreds of chronically sick and mentally ill people, who came to the uk as part of the windrush generation, were sent back to the caribbean — in what the government has admitted was a case of �*historic injustice'. legal experts have told the bbc... that the practice of sending patients back to their countries of birth during the 1950s, 60s and 70s may have been unlawful. families are now demanding an investigation, as our correspondent nav—tej jo—hal reports. i never had a father. i never had a father figure in my life. i couldn't say the word love. it's taken me years, years to really use that word. the trauma of what happened to these women as children has never left them. nearly 60 years on, this

is the first time they've spoken about it publicly. i did feel, and i still do, we was abandoned. we were left. in 1966, 12 years after he arrived in britain from the caribbean island of st kitts, june's father, joseph armatrading, was repatriated after being hospitalised due to a mental illness. his wife and five daughters never saw him again. really sad because... oh, sorry. but it's only in the course of our researching this story thatjune has learned the truth about what happened to him, including that he wanted to return to his family and that mistakes were made in his case by the uk government. how dare they? this was a vulnerable man. you're supposed to look after your vulnerable people. and they didn't, theyjust left him. they abandoned him. marcia's mother, another member of the windrush generation, was also sent back from britain on mental health grounds

around the same time. it meant marcia was taken into care and didn't see her again for nearly 20 years. her being sent back to jamaica in that institution, where we don't know what was going on, that robbed me of a mother. these cases weren't the only ones of their kind. using documents stored in the national archives, for the first time we can show the extent of how many of the windrush generation were repatriated in the 1950s, �*60s and �*70s. our findings show more than 400 chronically sick and mentally ill patients were sent back to the caribbean. and evidence suggests it wasn't always for their benefit. government documents from the 1960s show that people likejune and marcia's parents should only have been repatriated if they wanted to return, if their doctorfelt it would benefit their health, and if there were resources there to look after them. but this letterfrom

the jamaican high commission says hospital authorities were trying to send patients back largely due to pressure on beds, giving the impression that this was being done regardless of whether adequate treatment was available. lawyerjacqueline mckenzie has represented hundreds of victims of the windrush scandal. she and other legal experts we've spoken to questioned the legality of the practice. i think this is worse than the windrush scandal, insofar as... well, it's part of the windrush scandal, but it's the most egregious element of it. the state now owes it to the descendants of people who were affected to provide them with answers and some sort of redress. in a statement, a government spokesperson said it recognised the campaigning of families seeking to address the historic injustice faced by their loved ones and were committed to righting the wrongs faced by those in the

windrush generation. the law has changed since the time of these cases. now an independent tribunal has to agree that any repatriation would be in the best interests of the patient. meanwhile, june and marcia's search for answers continues. navteonhal, bbc news. thousands of music fans have been arriving at glastonbury for this year's festival. the music itself doesn't start on the main stages until friday and saturday, but that hasn't stopped the fans pitching their tents a couple of days early. the music bill across the long weekend includes sir eltonjohn, lana del rey, lewis capaldi and guns n' roses. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. wednesday brought plenty of summer warmth and sunshine. but there were some showers, too, not least in the north of scotland. take a look at what happened in wick.

these thunderstorms really lined up and delivered 58 millimetres of rain. that is more rain than wick would normally expect to see in the whole of a typicaljune. now for thursday — high pressure is going to be building its way in across the uk. you might think that that would mean completely dry weather. well, actually, in spite of that building area of high pressure, there will still be some scattered showers, but this time mostly across england and wales. and in between the showers, some very warm sunshine. many places will spend the day dry and certainly most will start the day dry. there'll be some early mist which will clear away some spells of sunshine, but we will see showers developing, particularly across england and wales. and with light winds, those showers are likely to be quite slow moving, not as many showers for northern ireland and the bulk of scotland will stay completely dry. temperatures north to south, 15 to maybe 28 degrees celsius. and then through thursday night, we'll see

increasing humidity, more cloud and some rain splashing its way and particularly to northern ireland, perhaps western parts of scotland as well by the end of the night. those higher temperatures, ten to 15 degrees, an increasingly muggy feel, which certainly will continue to be the case into friday. more cloud across the north and the west of the uk with some outbreaks of rain even down towards the south—east, a bit more cloud in the mix. still some spells of sunshine, but with that extra cloud, temperatures a little bit lower, 20 to 25 degrees, a very warm and muggy nights on friday nights. and on saturday, we will start the day with a fair amount of cloud, perhaps some mist and murk here and there, some spots of drizzle. things should brighten up as the day wears on some spells of sunshine. and if you get enough sunshine, it will feel very warm indeed, perhaps up to 28 or 29 degrees in the south east, but glasgow, belfast, still up to 24. that wedge, a very warm and humid air. but between these weather fronts here. but as this cold front swings its way eastwards as we get into sunday, well, that will change things. the timing is a little bit

uncertain, but it looks like that cold front will bring some quite heavy and perhaps thundery rain eastwards across the uk. so that wet weather sweeping its way eastwards and with it some cooler, fresher conditions.

a hawkish tone from the us but did not reserve more rate hikes might be on the horizon. the indian prime minister continues his whirlwind tour of the us as he looks to court investors to the country. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm monica miller. our top story this morning, more interest rate hikes might be on the horizon. that's according to the chair of the us federal reserve who made his comments at a congressional hearing on wednesday. the american central bank paused its aggressive hiking cycle last