missing on a trip to the wreck of the titanic. the search area is expanded, as the coastguard says it's in a race against time to find the vessel. world leaders gather in paris for talks on helping poorer countries hit by climate change. also the sour, the bank of england decides whether to increase interest rates again to help control inflation. —— also this hour. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. we start in the north atlantic, where the search operation for the missing submersible with five people on board has entered a critical phase. the us coastguard says the vessel's oxygen supply may run out in hours. more underwater noises have been heard in the search, but it remains unclear what they are. the submersible was on its way to the site of the titanic wreck, which lies some 12,500 feet under the surface. the international rescue operation

is being coordinated in boston. ships and planes are scanning thousands of square miles of ocean for any signs of the sub. from newfoundland, our north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent this report. everything possible is being used to try and find the missing submersible. these are the first images of the complicated international hunt unfolding in the atlantic ocean, more than 400 miles from the coast. it's now entered its most critical day. the sub, which is the size of a minivan, needs to be found before oxygen runs out for the men on board. but there is some hope — more noises have been heard. when you're in the middle of a search and rescue case, you always have hope. that's why we're 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. at that depth, radio and radar signals won't work, so the rescue operation has been dropping sonobuoys in the water. they either use passive detection — that's listening for sounds produced by propellers and machinery, which could also include the crew making noise — or what's called active detection, by bouncing a sonar ping off the surface of the vessel and listening for a returning echo. trapped inside are british citizens hamish harding, shahzada dawood, and his teenage son suleman. shahzada 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 is a french veteran diver, paul—henry nargeolet, and stockton rush, the head of the firm behind the expedition to the bottom of the sea. more vessels and more equipment is arriving here to be sent

all the way out to sea to assist with the international operation. 0fficials here still consider this a search and rescue mission, but there's less than half a day's worth of oxygen left inside that vessel, and so there are fears this could turn from rescue to recovery. the head of the company that owns the polar prince, which launched the submersible over the weekend, has spoken for the first time since it went missing. we are very aware of the time sensitivity around this mission. 0ur 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. but overall, the reality of what could happen isn't lost on people here. as one expert put it, it's like trying to find a missing spaceship on the far side of the moon.

even if the sub is found in time, rescuers then have to somehow get the men out to safety. nomia iqbal, bbc news, stjohn�*s in newfoundland. 0ur science correspondent jonathan amos is tracking every development — and hejoins us from the newsroom now. new ships are arriving all the time, i have some ship tracking software, and i counted seven are in position in the early hours of uk time bst or gmt. 0ne ship i was quite interested to look at is a french research vessel, which has a very capable remotely operated vehicle. five individuals inside, but once search

they want to do is with these remotely operated vehicles. because if you're searching for an object like this, about six or seven metres long, if you just use sonar to look for an object on the sea floor from the seat surface, you're really not going to see something small as this. ships carry what i call echo sounders on the wholes, and they can observe the shape of the sea floor and they will have a resolution of four kilometres deep, probably the best, so you need to put our over thesin best, so you need to put our over thes in the vehicle with active sonar thing on the sea floor. so the front of the some of it is now on site in the last two hours, its mothership hasjoined site in the last two hours, its mothership has joined the six or seven surface vessels plastered over the titanic, and we have news also of a british submarine, it is still

in the channel islands and is waiting for a plane to take it out, it is on the runway and should listen. unfortunately, it is going to be about 50, 60, 70 hours before the special is on the site. and as we know, time is precious now. we have been talking the last few days about the amount of breathable oxygen claim they have the titan. 96 hours of the specification, which went into thursday. let me stress, went into thursday. let me stress, we don't know how long that accident is going to last. we don't know the conditions inside that submersible,, carbon dioxide build—up as well, although difficult, time is of the essence. , ., . . although difficult, time is of the essence. ., ., ~ ., ~ although difficult, time is of the essence. . ., ~ ., ~ essence. jonathan amos, thank you ve much essence. jonathan amos, thank you very much for— essence. jonathan amos, thank you very much forjoining _ essence. jonathan amos, thank you very much forjoining us _ essence. jonathan amos, thank you very much forjoining us with - essence. jonathan amos, thank you very much forjoining us with the . very much forjoining us with the

latest. some live pictures from jersey, these are showing you that it sub from a uk company is currently being loaded, and another correspondence is there, i don't think you can hear, but in the background, that in fact it is a sub from a uk company. it is currently being loaded onto a plane atjersey airport. that sub is being used to join the search in the south atlantic. it recently scantily titanic wreck, producing a 3d view of the entire ship. we willjoin our reporter once he is finished doing what i he is doing there with someone else, but that is an interesting development there. just to bring that to you, a sub from a

uk company is currently being loaded onto a plane atjersey airport to join in the search in the north atlantic. if you want any more rolling coverage on this, you can go to our ddc website or the app, live stream that they are showing pictures of this, of course lots of analysis and other information there. i think they may now taking to a former director of undersea medicine and radiation health for the us navy. thank you very much for joining us. first of all, one of the many questions people want to know, with that limited supply of oxygen in a very confined space, what kind of health conditions would those five men who are on board be facing

right now? fine five men who are on board be facing riaht now? ., _, . , right now? one of the concerns, especially _ right now? one of the concerns, especially the — right now? one of the concerns, especially the temperature - right now? one of the concerns, especially the temperature of i right now? one of the concerns, | especially the temperature of the ocean water and fat depth, is around 40 ocean water and fat depth, is around a0 celsius on average, so hypothermia is a real concern. —— the temperature at that depth. many people talk about the level of oxygen in the first match, but the actual life limiting factor is the amount of carbon dioxide. so when humans are in a confined or close space, airtight space, the rising level of carbon dioxide is lethal before they so hypothermia, you have a functioning life—support system,

the level of carbon dioxide is concerned, and also they took very little water, this from what i have been able to learn that, so dehydration is also a major concern. would they have taken extra carbon dioxide? is that something people do take on these missions? the dioxide? is that something people do take on these missions?— take on these missions? the carbon dioxide scrubbers, _ take on these missions? the carbon dioxide scrubbers, because - take on these missions? the carbon| dioxide scrubbers, because humans, we breathe in oxygen, we could just carbon dioxide, something we want removed from the atmosphere, generally those scrubbers are powered by electricity, so as long as they have electricity, and the scrubbers are functioning, they should be able to take up the site and have a breathable and is there. sorry, that is what i meant, the radio to remove it? if the five men

are found, what kind of medical conditions in the first thing you can expect that you need to be treated for closer manner? probably some dehydration _ treated for closer manner? probably some dehydration and _ treated for closer manner? probably some dehydration and hypothermia. j some dehydration and hypothermia. there was a somewhat similar incident back in 1973, eight submersible was trapped on the bottom, only at about 1500 feet of water, and they were razed to the surface after three days, and they were suffering from dehydration and mild hypothermia, so as long as the life—support system is continuing to function properly, i would imagine, if this submersible is brought to the surface, we would be doing with the surface, we would be doing with the sins of the measures with the screw. ~ . . , ., screw. what are the usual standard kind of health —

screw. what are the usual standard kind of health procedures _ screw. what are the usual standard kind of health procedures or - kind of health procedures or emergency protocols that people going on this sort of mission would be taken through before they go on that? ., ., ., , ., ., , be taken through before they go on that? ., ., ., ., ., ,. that? you mean as far as screening for medical— that? you mean as far as screening for medical conditions? _ that? you mean as far as screening for medical conditions? what - that? you mean as far as screening for medical conditions? what kind l for medical conditions? what kind of thins are for medical conditions? what kind of things are you _ for medical conditions? what kind of things are you told _ for medical conditions? what kind of things are you told to _ for medical conditions? what kind of things are you told to do _ for medical conditions? what kind of things are you told to do in - for medical conditions? what kind of things are you told to do in case - for medical conditions? what kind of things are you told to do in case of l things are you told to do in case of an emergency? 0f things are you told to do in case of an emergency? of course you will take a first aid kit, that thing, but are there any things they will be told to do in the way that they breed perhaps, and that kind of thing? breed perhaps, and that kind of thin ? ., ., breed perhaps, and that kind of thin? ., ., ., , breed perhaps, and that kind of thin ? ., ., ., , ., , thing? no, not really. certainlyl assume you're — thing? no, not really. certainlyl assume you're talking _ thing? no, not really. certainlyl assume you're talking about - thing? no, not really. certainlyl assume you're talking about the | assume you're talking about the responders of the people are actually inside the submersible and what their emergency recently have been? ~ ., what their emergency recently have been? a, ., what their emergency recently have been? ., , i, . ., been? dale mole, former physician in the us navy — been? dale mole, former physician in the us navy for _ been? dale mole, former physician in the us navy for 30 _ been? dale mole, former physician in the us navy for 30 years, _ been? dale mole, former physician in the us navy for 30 years, ten - been? dale mole, former physician in the us navy for 30 years, ten of- the us navy for 30 years, ten of those years working in saponins, thank you very much for sharing some of your insight with us.

more picturesjust more pictures just coming to us from jersey, a sub from a uk company is currently being loaded onto a plane atjersey airport. you can see pictures of the airport here, and this is on its way to join that search in the north atlantic. this sub actually has some experience of this kind of work, because it recently scanned the titanic wreck, producing a 3d view of the entire ship, so that is a significant development. it can also shows as well that this is very much an active mission, it is intensifying, discontinuing, and there is help on its way from around the world. we talked over here on bbc news about a

remote operating vehicle which had made its way from france as well. on the way to that search mission. and that vehicles particularly of unknown, because it can go to arsenal is around a000 metres sea level. that is significant because the titanic wreck is at 3800. so there are of course hopes that it can be very useful in that search for the missing sub. just to remind people, if you'rejustjoining us, these pictures here showing you a plane that is going to be taking a sub from a british company to be north atlantic tojoin sub from a british company to be north atlantic to join that search. the key thing is it is going to take

about a8 hours to get to the site, and of course, time is running out. we have heard from the us coast guard that they understand that there is only a number of hours left of oxygen for the five passengers who are on board that sub. 0f of oxygen for the five passengers who are on board that sub. of course we will continue to bring you developing coverage on that story. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. abc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. growing up, frankie was taught to suppress his feelings. when he lost his baby daughter and then discovered her organs retained in a hospital scandal, he did not know how to grieve. the suicide of his brother years later made him decide to take his own life.

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it's trying to curb rising prices after figures on wednesday showed that inflation was unchanged last month at 8—point—7 %. the official interest rate, which currently stands at a—and—a—half %, underpins the cost of variable—rate mortgages and other loans. ben boulos reports. the theory is that rising interest rates make it more expensive to borrow money, meaning people have less to spend, and so bringing down demand and therefore easing price rises. what's your name, please? but this brighton mortgage broker says people are already accepting extraordinary changes to the length of their terms to keep monthly costs down. lenders are coming up with different ways of helping clients. they are looking at extending mortgage terms for a longer period of time. so some lenders will go up to the age of 80. it's all lender specific. new analysis by age and region shows that people in their 20s and 30s are most affected by rising mortgage costs. they face a £300 to £360 a month hike. those in london and the south—east, where house prices and mortgages are the highest, face a bigger hit. people such as ewan,

a management consultant, having to find an extra £a00 a month. i remember speaking to a friend of mine who, we bought roughly at the same time, and he locked into a five—year mortgage. and i rememberwe both kind of laughed saying, oh, we'll see who ends up on the better end of the spectrum in a couple of years' time. and he's the one laughing and i'm certainly the one paying the price. eight out of ten mortgage customers hold a fixed rate mortgage. their monthly payments may not change immediately, but house buyers, or anyone seeking to remortgage, face a sharp rise in repayments when they move onto a new deal. we will bring you full coverage of the decision from the bank and at the decision from the bank and at the top of the hour. world leaders are in paris for talks aimed at tackling poverty and climate change.

some a0 leaders are taking part. the negotiations are aimed at boosting finance for lower income countries. debt repayments and changes to lending agreements are under discussion. there was this poignant moment as the talks got under way, from youth climate activist vanessa nakate. she led a moment of silence for all victims of climate change. un secretary general antonio guterres joined the calls for urgent action: i have no illusions. this is a question of power and political will and change will not happen overnight. but as we work for the deep reforms that are needed, we can take urgent action today to meet the urgent needs of developing and emerging economies. an agreement in the talks could see poorer countries gain access to hundreds of billions of pounds to tackle climate change. the proposal is the result of a campaign by the prime minister of barbados, mia mottley.

we don't need a lot more words today. and quite honestly, i don't know that i have it in me to give more words. as i speak to you, my country, that of st vincent and the grenadines and others in the caribbean, in the eastern caribbean, are under a tropical storm watch for tropical storm bret, literally. yesterday, i had to decide whether to stay or to go, and i chose to stay because it is important that we move to action. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt is in paris for us now. these talks are the brainchild of

the bahamas president. this is the old stock exchange, where the talks are going to be held. french president emmanuel macron jointly hosting them with the female prime minister of barbados, who has this vision for restructuring financial institutions to allow them to deliver more cash for climate action in developing countries. at the heart, she says is a problem at the rate of interest they pay. developing countries tend to pay more interest. she says it makes lots of climate action unaffordable, and she says therefore we need a major modernisation of the imf, the world bank, these big financial institutions, she says they need to be changed. just institutions, she says they need to be changed-— be changed. just in, many talked about ways _ be changed. just in, many talked about ways for _ be changed. just in, many talked about ways for the _ be changed. just in, many talked about ways for the west - be changed. just in, many talked about ways for the west to - be changed. just in, many talked about ways for the west to do - about ways for the west to do more, one thing on the table is perhaps a

tax on fossilfuels, one thing on the table is perhaps a tax on fossil fuels, for example. what used on that is something quite different, she is saying we need to change the way that these institutions lend, change the focus from giving money actually to be driven developing countries that set them up at the end of the second world war. she says 80 years on, what we need to see is a new focus, a focus on the new big penalty well faces, which is climate change. that means getting cash to developing countries which will need to switch away from fossil fuels and build resilience and adapt their countries to the impact of climate change. that will take a lot of cash. if we can lower the interest rates on loans, guaranteed loans so that private sector businesses bring in hundreds of billions of dollars of money, we can make a real difference. and we think she is hinting that she thinks she will have a big announcement at the end of this conference here in paris. they think they'll be able to say that $100 billion of assets have been transferred basically from developed countries, they will be

passed on to developing countries for climate action, so a very significant change, giving a sense ofjust how much difference this could make. remember, getting climate finance has always been the big sticking point. we have these big sticking point. we have these big meetings every year all around the world, the nations of the world get together to talk about what to do. the big problem at the end of the all as developing nations particularly say, where is the cash? we might have an answer to that question, very exciting here in paris. let's return to that earlier story, a sub from a uk company is currently being loaded onto a plane atjersey airport tojoin currently being loaded onto a plane atjersey airport to join the search in the north atlantic. tell us more about this sub. you in the north atlantic. tell us more about this sub.—

in the north atlantic. tell us more about this sub. you can see behind me the plane. _ about this sub. you can see behind me the plane, american _ about this sub. you can see behind me the plane, american early - about this sub. you can see behind me the plane, american early this| me the plane, american early this morning, and you could probablyjust catch a glimpse of the edge of the art own the aircraft. the company who it are based in guernsey, but, and they are deep thematic specialists. just last summer, they did a 3d scan of the wreck of the titanic, so they have a lot of experience in selling cameras and a lot vehicles into difficult to reach areas, the hope is that there is are we can play an important role in helping to find that missing sub. we are expecting another two points like us to arrive injersey later today to carry more equipment, and also to carry equipment for the

american military.— also to carry equipment for the american military. thank you much. in either american military. thank you much. in either of— american military. thank you much. in either of our— american military. thank you much. in either of our top _ american military. thank you much. in either of our top story, _ american military. thank you much. in either of our top story, the - in either of our top story, the search and rescue operation in the north atlantic ocean for that missing submersible, which has five people on board, continues. it has a new stage of urgency, as the us coast guard says the vessel probably has enough oxygen to last for the next few hours, the us coast guard has confirmed that more tapping noises were picked up by a canadian team overnight, locating results of that still extremely difficult. we have continuing coverage on the bbc news website, and the bbc news app.

a few showers cropping up, the focus will central and eastern england, slow—moving thundery showers are possible as we go through later into the day. many still avoiding and quite humid and eastern areas, to date a little fresh in the north and west but still pleasant in the sunshine. he meant to at trent bridge, the risk of showers and storms nearby through the afternoon, but they could be nearby and mist the ground altogether. fingers crossed. any storms that do fall will actually fade away through tonight, some are mist close to some eastern coasts, and turning damper towards ireland, west of scotland, maybe western parts of wales by the time we had tomorrow morning. quite a humid start across western areas. cloudy weather with rain and drizzle, some heavier bursts as well working across northern ireland, scotland, north wales in particular and into north west england. away from that, cool air, a few showers

later across eastern parts of scotland and north—east england. much of southern and eastern england dry and pretty warm again, she made across the country. dry and sunny towards shetland. a humid night will follow through friday night into saturday, and a very sticky day, even with lots of low cloud around to begin with. some light rain or drizzle in the west, still a few showers into the afternoon, but increasing amounts of sunshine, and when that comes out, temperatures shoot up. 25 degrees around the moray firth, 28 to 30 celsius in the south—east corner. humid air has been brought up from iberia and france ahead of these weather fronts, which separately air from something fresher out in the north atlantic. that will dry to push its way in. the dividing line will be some live downpours on sunday, some rumbles of thunder with it, some intense rain at times, particularly for the northern half of the country, is that moves east. further south, fewer showers, some will stay dry throughout the day and still holding onto the hot and humid air dry throughout the day and still holding onto the hot and humid air in the south—east corner, 2728 in the south—east

celsius compared to 17 or 18 in the northern ireland. if you are at or heading to glastonbury, there's the chance of a few showers on sunday, but overall, one of dry weather to come this weekend.

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