the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the families. the announcement brings to an end an international search effort for the five missing passengers and raises questions over the safety of deep—sea tourism. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for 15 years, in the latest attempt to bring down the cost of living. plus, india's leader meets president biden in washington. the focus was on trade and democracy, but critics question whether narendra modi deserved the red—carpet treatment. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday.

hello and welcome to the programme — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with the news that the search for the oceangate submersible in the north atlantic is over. the us coast guard has confirmed that the vessel suffered a catastrophic loss of pressure and there are no survivors. the five people on board were on a mission to view the wreck of the titanic. rescue experts say that the tail cone of the vessel has been spotted on the sea bed, not far from the wreck. much of the rescue effort was coordinated in boston, where we can join our correspondent carl nasman. carl, thank you so much forjoining us on the show. we are starting to hear some other developments coming out of the navy. what have they had to say? we are, these are developments that might help us piece together the timing of when this catastrophe might have

taken place. this is being reported by our partners in cbs news and they say the us navy detected, quote, an acoustic anomaly consistent with an implosion shortly after the titan lost contact with its mother ship, that would have been of course on sunday morning. this fits with some other clues including the location of where that debris was found today, only about 1600 feet, or around 500 metres from the bow of that titanic shipwreck. this all suggests that something may have gone seriously wrong on board the titan, only a few hours into its dive. my corresponded john sudworth has more. it was hope of a miracle that drove the intense media interest. now the us coast guard has confirmed all hope has gone. this morning, an rov, a remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible

approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the pieces of the titan was found scattered across a large debris field, and the press were told that next of kin have been immediately informed. it's a very difficult question to ask, but it will be an important one for the families, of course — what are the prospects of recovering the bodies of the missing crew? this is an incredibly unforgiving environment down there on the sea floor and the debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel, and so we'll continue to work and continue to search the area down there, but i don't have an answer for prospects at this time. the wreckage lies under the deep, remote waters of the mid—atlantic, found by high—tech underwater robots, part of what was,

to the end, a still growing, yet increasingly desperate search effort. this video, shot by a mexican youtuber, shows it on a previous dive to the titanic, when questions were already being asked about the uncertified vessel's safety. with a limited air supply, the passengers are bolted in from the outside. the footage, taken last year, shows the communications were temporarily lost. no. yeah, what's weird is i'm getting the pressures. and paul—henri nargeolet, the former french navy diver, can also be seen — one of those now lost on this latest, disastrous voyage, along with three british passengers, the billionaire explorer hamish harding, businessman shahzada dawood and his son suleman and the american captain stockton rush. this shouldn't be allowed to happen again. we need to make sure that

submersibles which carry fee—paying passengers are super safe and properly tested, down to greater depth than they need to experience. for $250,000 a seat, this was high—end tourism combined with extreme risk. this far down on the site of a wreck now synonymous with maritime tragedy, the odds were always stacked against the possibility of a rescue. jon sudworth, bbc news, boston. for now, some of those many vessels and aeroplanes that have been there to assist in the search effort are beginning to leave the area, but the us coast guard did say there were a couple of these remotely operated vehicles that will remain there and continue to search in the debris for more clues of what might have happened. clues of what might have happened-— clues of what might have happened. clues of what might have ha ened. ., . , happened. you have been in boston for — happened. you have been in boston for most _ happened. you have been in boston for most of - happened. you have been in boston for most of this - happened. you have been in i boston for most of this search. how has that mood changed? it

has changed drastically and it has changed drastically and it has changed drastically by the day. it's been an interesting mood here because everybody has been waiting for news throughout these four or five days because we knew of the time pressure that we thought was hanging in the balance here in terms of these 96 hours of life support on the vessel. at the same time we had to remain patient, waiting for any clues or details of the condition of that vessel. we had some help yesterday of course, hearing that there might have been some sounds detected by canadian aeroplanes and the sonar buoys but today getting that news is that in the end this was a tragic end for that vessel, an implosion underneath the ocean. the nation and the world's media have been here and of course for family media have been here and of course forfamily and media have been here and of course for family and friends of those on board, this is a tragic ending and not the one that would help for. ilari that would help for. carl nasman. _ that would help for. carl nasman, thank- that would help for. carl nasman, thank you - that would help for. carl nasman, thank you for l that would help for. carl nasman, thank you for your coverage. i spoke with salvatore mercogliano, associate professor of maritime history at campbell university in north carolina, and i got

his initial thoughts on the implosion of the vessel. one of the aspects that they're going to be trying to do is determine when the implosion took place. and that's going to be really an analysis of the debris field. if this happened during the descent down, you would have a much larger debris field on the bottom of the ocean. if it happened close to the bottom, then it'll be more compact. but i think one of the aspects they're going to be doing right now is trying to recover key components from the submersible, to see what exactly caused the fatal flaw that led to the death of these five passengers on board. the question that has been raised during all of this — has this been just irresponsible to take on a venture like this? well, you know, you look at what the rules and regulations were and 0ceangate operated really in a grey area, out in international waters, where there wasn't a requirement for their submersible to be classified and to have set provisions. and the irony of all this

is it was titanic in 1912 that led to the decision to create a convention, what was known as the safety of life at sea convention — solas — which really governs rescue operations, the requirement to have lifeboats and life jackets on ships and emergency distress and radio beacons. i have to wonder if a few years from now, the loss of titan will lead to a change in solas, much like the loss of titanic created solas. i mean, the difference between the titanic is it was a ship where hundreds, if not thousands of people would take those, where this is a unique device that allows you to go that deep down into the ocean. you know, in terms of this type of exploration, is there something lost that will probably prohibit people from seeing what's to explore under there? it sounded fascinating. one person said, "we know more about space than we do about the ocean right here on our own planet." well, i think if you look at what's happening in space exploration right now,

right now, you see that with spacex and a variety of companies that are operating out of the united states and open it up for a select few to go into space. but that industry is being regulated. there are rules and provisions put in place by the united states' federal aviation administration. that doesn't exist in the deep ocean. and i do think what we're seeing right now is very much akin to the early aviation industry, where it was the purview of governments, of corporations and of the rich. today, nobody thinks twice about boarding an aircraft and flying 30,000 feet above the air. i think there's going to be a moment in time where we won't think twice about getting on a submersible and going down 13,000 feet. we're just not there yet. the authorities in pakistan say they've identified more than 200 citizens who were on the overloaded migrant boat which sank off the coast of greece last week. the boat went down about 50 miles south—west of pylos last wednesday morning. so far, 82 people have been confirmed dead,

but the un estimates up to 500 people were on board the vessel. pakistan's federal investigation agency says it's managed to gather names by contacting the victims�* families in the part of kashmir controlled by pakistan. bbc urdu's umer nangiana has travelled to the region. woman cries preparing herself for the worst. this woman's son was on the migrant boat that capsized more than a week ago. he was trapped in libya for seven months before making the journey to italy. translation: what can i say? they subjected him to worse torture. he had not eaten for eight days when he boarded the ship. he told me he was hungry. they had kept him handcuffed. 28 men from this village went in search of a better life.

only two of them were rescued. most of the men from this village who made this risky journey had to pay hefty amounts to the human traffickers. for example, one of them had to pledge his house to take a loan. his family behind has no idea how they would pay this loan back. translation: he had pledged his house as a guarantee, - and go look at that house now — i have been living in it with my two daughters. almost everyone here has a story to tell. this man's son and four nephews are missing. his son sent him this video from libya shortly before he boarded the ship. translation: i saw them all huddled together - in a small room like sheep. i tried everything to bring him

back from that, but human traffickers said no. they said, "we have taken the money, these men will go forward." all five cousins boarded the boat the next day. here, 26 families of missing men are desperately waiting for news. initially, they had hope. now, they want closure. umer nangiana, bbc news, in pakistan—administered kashmir. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing| you different stories from across the uk. for these women the current system isn't working. hundreds of parents came together in london today to protest including jessica from abingdon.— including jessica from abinudon. g , . abingdon. my son is autistic, he is six years _ abingdon. my son is autistic, he is six years old, _ abingdon. my son is autistic, he is six years old, he - abingdon. my son is autistic, he is six years old, he is - he is six years old, he is nonverbal, and he is in a mainstream school. he has been on in and placed registerfor nearly a year now. for

on in and placed register for nearly a year now. for some parents, _ nearly a year now. for some parents, the _ nearly a year now. for some parents, the prospect - nearly a year now. for some parents, the prospect of- nearly a year now. for some l parents, the prospect of their child starting at a mainstream school is concerning. his s - eech school is concerning. his speech and _ school is concerning. his speech and language is eight months — speech and language is eight months to two years and his nearly— months to two years and his nearly five. he is expected to id nearly five. he is expected to go into— nearly five. he is expected to go into a _ nearly five. he is expected to go into a mainstream school and he just— go into a mainstream school and he just won't thrive. the department _ he just won't thrive. the department for - he just won't thrive. tie: department for education says it is putting significant investment into the high needs budget which it says will be worth £10.1 billion in the current academic year, a rise of over 50% overfour current academic year, a rise of over 50% over four years. but for some, it could be too late. for more servers across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. president biden has given the indian prime minister, narendra modi, a lavish welcome at the white house. mr biden told mr modi it was his belief that the ties between their countries would be one of the most defining relationships of the 21st century. mr biden is keen to win india over to his side, as russia

pursues its war in ukraine. speaking to a joint session of congress, mr modi pointed to the shared ties between the two nations. i can relate to the battles of passion, persuasion and policy. i can understand the debate of ideas and ideology. but i'm delighted to see you come together today to celebrate the bond between the world's two great democracies, india and the united states. applause i'm joined now by aparna pande, a research fellow at hudson institute in washington. she has been following mr

modi's trip to the united states. thank you forjoining us again here on the programme. we heard mr modi talk about democracy and joe biden said this is something that they share, but there has been a lot of criticism about mr modi's human rights record, particularly how the muslim opposition is treated in india. do you think this is contradictory? i do you think this is contradictory? do you think this is contradicto ? ., �* ~' contradictory? i don't think it is contradictory. _ contradictory? i don't think it is contradictory. the - contradictory? i don't think it | is contradictory. the country's foreign policies are based both on values and interests and it is the usa's national security imperative that it has better relationships with india both an economic and the defence run but since the two are democracies and both leaders care about democracy, they will have those conversations. president biden said that and i believe they will have it. they will not have it in public, it will not have it in public, it will happen in private, but the two countries will have a composition on issues of values as well. , ., , , ., ~

as well. there is a big steak dinner that _ as well. there is a big steak dinner that is _ as well. there is a big steak dinner that is happening - as well. there is a big steakl dinner that is happening right now as we speak, and usually the guest of honour gets to choose who he toasted fossil —— state dinner. who are you looking that he may have a private corner with during this dinner? i private corner with during this dinner? , dinner? i believe prime minister _ dinner? i believe prime minister modi - dinner? i believe prime minister modi will - dinner? i believe prime l minister modi will choose dinner? i believe prime - minister modi will choose a ceo, maybe a tech ceo, somebody who will invest in india, i believe that is the person who would like to have a conversation with. i would like to have a conversation with. ., ., ., conversation with. i do want to talk about _ conversation with. i do want to talk about the _ conversation with. i do want to talk about the american - conversation with. i do want to talk about the american indian j talk about the american indian diaspora community, it is huge and very politically active, but has this been a divisive moment among the community? 50. moment among the community? so, the community is moment among the community? s513, the community is polarised just as indian society is polarised, or american society is polarised. and as of now, the majority of indian americans are democratic or liberals. the

division and polarisation was evident yesterday and today. in new york there were protests outside the un, today there were protests outside the white housein were protests outside the white house in the morning when they welcome ceremony took place, and outside the congress and most likely outside the white house when the dinner is going on. but that is the code of democracy, you have the right to protest, so the people —— the state allows you to do so. 0ne the state allows you to do so. one of the main reasons for this visit, at least the us is hoping to achieve, is to garner more support from india in terms of the ukraine work. will they be successful? 50 terms of the ukraine work. will they be successful?— they be successful? so the us has understood _ they be successful? so the us has understood that _ they be successful? so the us has understood that india - they be successful? so the us has understood that india is l has understood that india is not going to openly criticise russia except for saying that this is not an acceptable war.

it will be easier for the us to get support vis—a—vis china and the chinese aggression because india views china and has viewed china as a rival for decades now. so it will be easier to get support in the indo—pacific vis—a—vis china that it will be for russia. indo-pacific vis-a-vis china that it will be for russia. how is this visit _ that it will be for russia. how is this visit being _ that it will be for russia. how is this visit being viewed - that it will be for russia. how is this visit being viewed back in india? ., , ., , ., in india? so, indians are proud of their prime _ in india? so, indians are proud of their prime minister - in india? so, indians are proud of their prime minister that - in india? so, indians are proud of their prime minister that he | of their prime minister that he has received an official state visit and all the pomp and spectacle, they all love it. but there is also, you know, there are substantive achievements on the technology side, and the defence cooperation, space cooperation, economic investment, so it will, some indians don't like it but for the modi government, it but for the modi government, it will help them and it will also help mr modi protect himself as a leader on the global stage and within india

and for the elections next year. and for the elections next ear. , ., . , ., ~ year. -- pro'ect himself. thank ou so year. -- project himself. thank you so much — year. -- project himself. thank you so much for— year. -- project himself. thank you so much forjoining - year. -- project himself. thank you so much forjoining us. - in the uk, the bank of england is the latest central bank to put up interest rates. they've gone up by half a percentage point, to 5%. that's the highest rate for 15 years. the bank of england, like most central banks around the world, is tackling high inflation and trying to curb prices. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports. my monthly mortgage repayments will increase by £270. £680 more per month for next two years. a scary, petrifying experience. several hundred pounds. i don't sleep very well at night. i'm distraught. helpless. i'm cutting costs everywhere. i can't print the money, basically, to satisfy what is expected of me. very stressed at the moment, because obviously there's very limited options we've got here. there are a couple of - things that traders need. one of them is - foreign exchange...

outside the bank of england, history lessons as rates return to their historic norms. so today, more rate rises, more than expected, and possibly more to come, as the bank tries to deal more aggressively with stronger inflation by draining spending power enough to risk a downturn. we're not expecting, we're not desiring a recession, but we will do what is necessary to bring inflation down to target. we cannot continue to have the current level of wage increases, and we can't have companies seeking to rebuild profit margins, which means prices continue to go up at their current rates. the bank is trying to hose down some very hot british inflation numbers, but also, again, trying to persuade workers and companies politely to temper both wage demands and price rises. the immediate question is, for the bank of england, where do rates go from here? the markets did seem to gain confidence in the bank of england's ability to deal with this high and sticky inflation after today's surprise decision. but there are some

concerns that changes in the mortgage market, changing in the structure of the economy, have altered the ability of the bank to control where the economy goes. one of the changes contributing to higher inflationary pressure is a workforce shortage caused by long term illness, among other things. andrew in shrewsbury, a former ultra marathon runner, one of the many thousands unable to work because of long covid. so not only am i not able to work, i can't function round the house, i can barely care for myself at my absolute worst. but his household hit by rising prices and now the mortgage shock too. i've got two children, i've got a mortgage. interest rates have gone up. i've actually got an interest rate, it's going to change, probably double, in the next couple of weeks. but despite all the interest rate and mortgage pain, the property market is in a holding pattern, says this chester estate agent. i personally don't think there's going to be a collapse. we're in a sort of no man's land. as you've said, everybody's

waiting to see what happens. it might be that rate rises aren't reaching homeowners largely on fixed rates quite so quickly these days. but that means they may have to go higher and stay there for longer too. faisal islam, bbc news. a court in moscow has rejected an appeal by the wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich, against the extension of his pre—trial detention. mr gershkovich — a us citizen — was arrested at the end of march, accused of espionage, a charge he and his employer categorically reject. he is the first american journalist to be accused of spying in russia since the cold war. it's 12 weeks since evan gershkovich was arrested in russia, and charged with espionage. today, the usjournalist appeared in a moscow court to appeal against the extension of his pre—trial detention. it's 12 weeks since evan gershkovich was arrested in russia, and charged with espionage. today, the usjournalist appeared in a moscow court to appeal against the extension of his pre—trial detention. we were only allowed into the courtroom for a minute

orso, to film evan, before the start of the hearing. what was my impression? well, he seems to be holding up, to be bearing up 0k, in what must be a very stressful and difficult situation for him. his parents were in the courtroom. they were able to speak to him at least through the glass of the dock where he was standing. his appeal was rejected. and this was the reaction from the us ambassador to moscow. he is an innocentjournalist, who was carrying out journalistic activities. and he has been wrongly detained. such hostage diplomacy is unacceptable, and we call on the russian federation to release him, as well as paul whalen, another us citizen who has been wrongfully detained. and we call for that release to occur immediately. now, evan gershkovich and his employer, the wall streetjournal, vehemently rejects the accusation that he was spying.

because he has been classified by the us government as wrongfully detained, that means his case has been taken up by the us special envoy for hostage affairs. it will now try to secure his release. easier said than done though. relations between america and russia are bad, and getting worse. america supports ukraine, the country that russia has invaded. so, the geopolitical background to this is not really conducive to an early release for mr gershkovich, or for paul whelan, the other american who is injail right now in russia. he is a former us marine, convicted in 2020 of spying, and sentenced to 16 years in prison, also classified by the us government as wrongfully detained. events have taken place to mark 75 years since the first group of the windrush generation arrived in the uk. the king attended a service in windsor and a carnival procession took place in brixton, in south london.

the celebrations have been described as "bittersweet" because of the scandal when many of the windrush generation were threatened with deportation. a recap of our top story, the us coast guard has confirmed that the vessel titan suffered a catastrophic loss of pressure and there are no survivors. five people on board the mission were to view the wreck of the titanic and rescue experts say the tail cone of the vessel has been spotted on the vessel has been spotted on the sea floor. that's all for now, thanks for watching. hello. thursday turned into another very warm june day, and we've had no shortage of those recently. temperatures in the sunniest spots in the south—east got up to 29 celsius. and over the next few days,

with this feed of very warm and increasingly humid air working across the uk, those temperatures could get even higherfor some, up to 30 or 31 degrees by sunday. in the short term, this is friday morning. with cloud and outbreaks of rain across parts of northern ireland, western scotland, some of that rain splashing into northern england, parts of wales. further south and east, largely dry, a bit more cloud in the mix and just the odd shower there for east anglia. but there will be some sunshine and a little bit of brightness at times in the north—east of scotland, which should lift temperatures quite nicely here. but the highest values will be towards the south—east of england at 26 or 27 degrees with an increasingly humid feel. and we take that humidity with us into friday nights with a lot of clouds, some mist and murk for coasts and hills and some outbreaks of rain, especially moving across scotland. these are the overnight lows, 1a, 15, 16 degrees. so a little uncomfortable for sleeping, i suspect. and then into saturday, we start on that humid, muggy note with some areas of low clouds and mist and fog.

a little bit of rain around, particularly across scotland, we'll keep some showery rain in north—west scotland, maybe north—western parts of northern ireland. further south and east, where we see the best of the sunshine breaking through, temperatures really will climb, up to 28 or maybe 29 celsius. now, into the second half of the weekend, high pressure tends to retreat eastwards and we see this frontal system swinging in from the west. ahead of it, the breeze will strengthen — a southerly breeze, so it will still be bringing some very warm and humid air — but we see this band of rain pushing in from the west and some of this will be heavy and thundery. and behind that, a change in the wind direction to a westerly wind, and so it will start to feel a little bit fresher. but ahead of that rain band, in the south—east corner, highs of 30 or 31 degrees. so for the weekend, we can sum things up like this. it will be very warm, the nights will be particularly humid and we will see that risk of thundery downpours, particularly on sunday. and then into next week, quite a change. it's going to be

much more unsettled. some outbreaks of rain at times and not quite as warm as it has been. as warm as it has been.

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