after interest rates rise to 5%. and glastonbury festival bosses confirm the arctic monkeys will play, despite frontman alex turner contracting laryngitis. we'll have all that and more with our music correspondent mark savage in the next hour. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the united states and the safety questions surrounding the deaths of five men on the titan subsmersible. the co—founder of oceangate, the firm that built and operated the sub, has rejected claims that it cut corners. guillermo sohnlein, who left the firm ten years ago, told the bbc that the craft was 1a years in development and went through rigorous safety checks. tributes have been paid to those who died.

among them were the former french navy diver and renowned explorer paul—henri nargeolet and the ceo of oceangate, stockton rush. the family of the british explorer hamish harding said he was a loving husband, a dedicated father and a legend who lived for his next adventure. relatives of the british businessman shahzada dawood and his 19—year—old son suleman described their unimaginable loss. the us navy has said it detected sounds consistent with an implosion shortly after the sub lost contact. search teams found debris from the sub, thousands of metres below the surface. the discovery ended an international five—day search for the submersible which had been on a voyage to the wreck of the titanic. the director of the 1997 film titanic, james cameron, who has completed more than 30 dives to the wreck, has joined the chorus of experts questioning

the safety of the titan. he's been speaking to our science editor rebecca morelle. you've been down to the titanic wreck site many times. i mean, you've been even deeper. you did the first solo dive to the bottom of the mariana trench. you came out and saw my sub before i made that dive, and i took you through the whole... you even sat inside it. so you kind of know what it feels like to be inside. and that sub went to three times titanic depth, quite literally. safely, i'd like to point out. you know, when people go down to a place like titanic as, let's call it a citizen explorer, right? i don't like "tourist". i think somebody that's willing to spend that kind of money and do that kind of preparation and devote weeks of their life, they're a citizen explorer. they shouldn't have to worry about the vehicle that they're in. worry about titanic

because it's a dangerous site for entanglement and collapse, you could have a structural collapse on the sub and it's a very dangerous site. but understand the risks. agree to those risks. but don't be in a situation where you haven't been told about the risks of the actual platform that you're diving in. in the 21st century, there shouldn't be any risk. we've managed to make it through 60 years, from 1960 until today, 63 years without a fatality. and most people don't know this. no fatalities, no major accidents in deep submergence. there were a couple of fatalities with very shallow operating subs in the late �*60s. but that's longer ago than the time from the wright brothers at kitty hawk to the first 747s flying. so you can imagine there's been a lot of development in between. so, you know, one of the saddest aspects

of this is how preventable it really was, you know, and that to me is the greatest heartbreak of the whole thing. well, as we've been hearing, the co—founder of oceangate, the firm that built and operated the titan submersible, has rejected claims that it cut corners on safety. guillermo sonhelm left oceangate ten years ago. i don't think it that's necessarily case, oftentimes the innovations outpace regulation and the people innovative technology are best placed to understand the and minimise them. that's why, from what i remember of the technology development programme, it underwent a rigorous test programme, perhaps even greater than any classification agency would have required.

our science correspondent jonathan amos has more now on what the investigators will be looking at. we have some idea now of the debris and what was seen on the ocean floor close to the titanic, about 500m get of that old ship. this is the titans sub, about 7m long. it has a pointy end, they found a part of that. they found their slanting structure which enables it to sit on a flat surface when any workshop like this, and they also found the titanium endcap that has the porthole, there are two of these. in the middle is where the focus of the investigation will probably be, because the cylinder is made of carbon fibre, not the usual material that they construct such

subs out of. they normally have titanium end capsjoined together. i take you live to the northwest atlantic, this is satellite tracking at, we can see the ships still on site here. we have the horizon arctic, the one that sent down the rov which found the debris yesterday. a coastguard ship and here the french ship which has another very capable rov. it's going to be important to photograph the debris on the sea floor, then bring as much of it up to the surface as they can, that will allow engineers to reverse engineer what happened and maybe even pinpoint where on the sub the failure occurred which led to that particular implosion. now, at this map is quite interesting, this is the global internet. all the cables and had to come across from europe to the united states, they

can pass here, strategically a very important place in the us navy clearly have a lot of hydrophones, and we've learned now that the us navy picked up an acoustic anomaly on sunday which we think can be tied to that implosion. we will hear more from our security correspondent a little later. from our security correspondent a little later-— there are growing international warnings over violence in the occupied west bank, with at least ia palestinians and four israelis killed since the start of the week. israeli settlers attacked dozens of palestinian homes, in a town where most residents are palestinian—americans, following a deadly gun attack targeting israelis. meanwhile, israel's military action in the territory has escalated sharply, with some members of its hardline government calling for a full—scale operation. here's our middle east correspondent, tom bateman. the west bank has been burning this week and the embers here never

take long to reignite. in the town of turmus aya, mobs of israeli settlers went on the rampage. they torched palestinian homes and attacked residents. they wanted to come in and hurt people. bullets shattered the windows of the shalabi family home. they tell me how they rushed the kids upstairs, only to find the house filling with smoke. translation: the boys - and the girls were all crying, asking, "grandma, are they going to shoot us?" isaid, "no, no, don't cry." i can't describe to you the fear me and the kids felt. they raised the flags in mourning. a palestinian man was killed as men from the town tried to push the settlers back and were confronted by israeli forces. many in this town are palestinian americans and say they feel betrayed by us support for israel. what i saw yesterday

was terrorism against us. and like i said, we have nothing to defend ourselves with. 0ur bodies and the rocks that we have, that's our defence. they have m—16s, they have drones. they have everything in there. you know, anything they want, they can use against us. the sense you get here when you walk these streets is just the intensity of these attacks. cars are melted into the streets, just how long all of this went on. it was brazen. and for people here, it was unchecked and without accountability. it is a symptom of the current crisis of violence engulfing the west bank. the attacks were an apparent reprisal. in a nearby israeli settlement, the funeral had taken place of a 17—year—old, one of four israelis shot dead the day before by gunmen from the palestinian militant group hamas. after months of growing violence, it sparked calls from pro—settler ministers on the far right for a full

scale military operation. israel's leader didn't commit, but the rhetoric is ramping up. translation: anyone who harms us will either be in the grave - or in prison. i want to tell all those who seek to harm us that all options are on the table. we will continue to fight terrorism with full force and we will overcome it. earlier this week, israel used an apache attack helicopter to fire missiles at militants. they'd targeted troops with explosives. it was yet another raid into the city ofjenin, killing seven palestinians and injuring several israeli troops. by wednesday, israel's first confirmed use in the west bank of a killer drone — hitting three militants in their car. the damage is spreading and the anger surges too. many fear this crisis in the

west bank can only escalate. 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 southwest of pylos last wednesday morning according to the greek coastguard. 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 bbc urdu's umer nan—gana 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

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 riskyjourney had to pay hefty amounts to the human traffickers. for example, at least 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. | that shocked me. 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. this is bbc news. lets take a look at some other stories making headlines across the uk. junior doctors in england are to strike for five days from the 13th ofjuly as part of their long—running row with the government over pay.

the the british medical association says the walk—out will be the longest single period of industrial action in the history of the health service. the electoral commission says data from last month's local elections in england shows that around ia,000 people did not vote because they were unable to provide an accepted form of photo identification. it was the first time voters in great britain have had to show id. warmer weather in may has helped push up retail sales. the office for national statistics says they rose by 0.3%. online sales of summer clothing and garden furniture went up as the weather improved. garden centres and diy stores also saw growth. fuel sales also rose compared to april, but people bought less food as prices continued to rise. you're live with bbc news.

we return to the end of the search for that sub, to tighten, which were endedin for that sub, to tighten, which were ended in tragic circumstances with all five passengers are dying in a catastrophic implosion. we cross to our cbs correspondent who has been tracking the story from new york. what more now can we know about how the submersible imploded and what happened? the submersible imploded and what ha ened? ., v the submersible imploded and what ha ened? . �*, , the submersible imploded and what hauened? . �*, , , ., happened? that's big question. one ofthe happened? that's big question. one of the reasons _ happened? that's big question. one of the reasons it's _ happened? that's big question. one of the reasons it's such _ happened? that's big question. one of the reasons it's such a _ happened? that's big question. one of the reasons it's such a big - of the reasons it's such a big question is there is still an effort that needs to happen to collect as much of the debris as possible. yesterday, the coastguard was mentioning there are five pieces of the titan that were found underwater by this robot. the goal is to try and collect as much of that as possible put back together as much of this submersible as they can with

these pieces to see what went wrong. there are a number of hypotheses from experts in this field but the real question as to exactly what went wrong here is yet to be seen. this is obviously heartbreaking for the families of those who have died in this incident is, what have they been saying in the past few hours? fit, been saying in the past few hours? couple of different things. you have to remember, that are five people, four different families involved in this. on one hand, from the british billionaire hamish harding, there has been condemnation when it comes to the company ocean gates and some of the practices there. there's the question about whether there was notification to the authorities soon enough after there was this loss of communication with the titan once it went down. we also heard a lot of the families expressing how sad they

are that all of this happened when we rang again, there are five people who died in this situation, a lot of questions also remain over who if anyone was responsible here. we've been hearing — anyone was responsible here. we've been hearing from _ anyone was responsible here. we've been hearing from the _ anyone was responsible here. we've been hearing from the us _ anyone was responsible here. we've been hearing from the us navy - anyone was responsible here. we've been hearing from the us navy that at some point on sunday, using their own technology, they heard some sort of implosion in the ocean in that area, what more do we know about this and why were we or at least the coastguard who were searching for thursday is not told about it before the? �* , ., ., ., thursday is not told about it before the? �*, ., ., ., , ., , the? there's a lot of questions around that — the? there's a lot of questions around that as _ the? there's a lot of questions around that as well. _ the? there's a lot of questions around that as well. it - the? there's a lot of questions around that as well. it appearsj the? there's a lot of questions l around that as well. it appears it was not not necessarily that the navy was listening for this implosion but they have essentially microphones in the ocean that are listening to everything, monitoring what's happening, and something was picked up that seems abnormal. it appears that after the fact as the search was happening, they went back

through, listened and were able to say, this sounds like it likely was the implosion that happened in this space. there has been a criticism from within american politicians within congress saying that it seems as though the coastguards, both in us and canada, didn't act quickly enough and some of the information they had, it didn't put down these rovers quickly enough to see what was on the ocean floor. a lot of questions will remain unanswered over the next few days as the data pieces are collected and whatever agency that spearheads the investigation does that work bag event because this is happening in international waters, it's not really clear who is responsible for the investigation as well as who will foot the bill for all that this as well. . ~ will foot the bill for all that this as well. ., ~ , .,

here in the uk, banks and building societies have been meeting chancellorjeremy hunt to discuss the upheaval in the mortgage market. interest rates have risen to 5% and thatis interest rates have risen to 5% and that is putting pressure on people paying mortgages. i'm joined from westminster by our political correspondent, leila nathoo. what to expect to be discussed today? what to expect to be discussed toda ? , , , , ., , today? this is being billed as the chancellor meeting _ today? this is being billed as the chancellor meeting mortgage - chancellor meeting mortgage providers, banks and building societies. they already had a meeting back in december and this is a to that. it is not expected to go any mandatory action from mortgage lenders and banks, more of an instruction and conversation about what they can do. there has been a huge amount of concern about the

impact on peoples mortgages. going back since we had that budget onto the last conservative administration under liz truss, where mortgage rates went up after that, now we have a further interest rate rise and there are starting to be talks within the conservative party about whether mortgage holders should be supported. the government has explicitly ruled out for now any intervention to help people who hold mortgages with any kind of government support package, it saying they do not know it want to do anything that in itself would be inflationary, so interest rates don't have to control inflation. the mortgage providers will look at whether they can extend terms for mortgages or move on to interest only mortgages. this is putting the ball into the court of people who hold mortgages but the government will be looking to provide reassurance to people that, for

example, the credit ratings won't be affected if they try to have conversations with banks or extend terms. this is what's being discussed this morning but the clear message from downing street and the treasury is that they are not going to do anything more substantial in the way of government support. thank ou. let's talk now to sophie hale, principal economist at the resolution foundation. therthere here is that these higher interest rates then feed onto higher mortgage rates and they target specific group of people? there's a stron: specific group of people? there's a strong generational— specific group of people? there's a strong generational angle - specific group of people? there's a strong generational angle today . specific group of people? there's a strong generational angle today so | strong generational angle today so it's clear first time buyers will be hit by this, they are now borrowing 3.5 times their income to get on the

housing ladder meaning that young homeowners are going to be facing a particularly high increase in the cost of their mortgages relative to their incomes and making it particularly difficult for them to afford additional payment. around a third of 25 to 30—year—old is old a mortgage and this is a decent proportion of that population. on the other hand, older age groups, 65 or more, are more likely to already owned outright and less likely to have a mortgage, so they are less exposed to the high interest rates feeding into higher mortgage costs and instead may benefit from higher returns on their wider savings. mitt; returns on their wider savings. why is it that, if — returns on their wider savings. why is it that, if you _ returns on their wider savings. why is it that, if you look at the younger generations, they are obviously harder hit by what's going on with the mortgage market — why do you think that in itself brings pressure onto the economy? that group has been struggling already, even before these

additional costs. we did some research before that showed the low financial resilience of the younger age group, meaning they were already struggling with cost of living pressures. they have much less savings in their accounts, there are less able to weather these economic shocks they now face. and this additional mortgage cost is just an extra boomer on that additional cost they are already facing.— they are already facing. what's the answer to all _ they are already facing. what's the answer to all those? _ they are already facing. what's the answer to all those? the _ they are already facing. what's the answer to all those? the economy| answer to all those? the economy needs to be under control, particularly inflation. do you think using interest rates to try and bring inflation down is a blunt instrument that's developing more losers than winners?— instrument that's developing more losers than winners? monetary policy needs to do — losers than winners? monetary policy needs to do what _ losers than winners? monetary policy needs to do what its _ losers than winners? monetary policy needs to do what its core _ losers than winners? monetary policy needs to do what its core objective i needs to do what its core objective is, to bring down inflation, fiscal policy has been the tool used to try and support the most vulnerable in society, particularly those on low and middle incomes who are now facing really difficult cost

pressures and difficult decisions around whether they can afford food, rent and necessary products. what rent and necessary products. what are --eole rent and necessary products. what are people saying _ rent and necessary products. what are people saying to _ rent and necessary products. what are people saying to you _ rent and necessary products. what are people saying to you about the difficulties they are facing now and they are difficulties moving forwards?— they are difficulties moving forwards? ~ �* . ., forwards? we're curing from the service that _ forwards? we're curing from the service that we _ forwards? we're curing from the service that we are _ forwards? we're curing from the service that we are doing - forwards? we're curing from the service that we are doing that i forwards? we're curing from the i service that we are doing that there are lots of pressure is, particularly low income households that are struggling to pay for food and showing signs of food insecurity thatis and showing signs of food insecurity that is a really big concern for us. thank you. we are receiving lines regarding the controversial influencer andrew tate who has been charged in romania with a number of offences, including rape, human trafficking and forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women. we are getting news that the romanian court now know it

says it plans to keep andrew tate under house arrest for another 30 days from the end ofjune, pending a trial on those charges of human trafficking is. he is going to be continuing his house arrest. he and his brother appeared in court for the first time on wednesday, a technical appearance ahead of the trial, which should be happening in the nearfuture. he was put under house arrest for the first time in december, sorry, he was arrested in his home and put under house arrest in march. more on that story here on the bbc. stay with us for more of this after the break. hello. we've got some weather changes around at the moment and then we've got a bit of wet weather. but this weekend we have still got some heat and humidity to contend with, notjust by day but by night as well. and it will all culminate on sunday

with some particularly potent and thundery downpours. out there today, though, thunder is not really the risk but a rain or drizzle coming and going across parts of scotland, northwest england, north—west wales and indeed northern ireland for the rest of the day. the odd heavier burst. but while it will be particularly grey around these western areas, south and east and the channel islands the sun shines out, a hot day here. 27-28. and in shetland it will be another sunny day. highs here of around 16. but humidity levels are rising. they will rise further through tonight. southerly wind, plenty of cloud around, further rain at times in scotland, northern ireland — and quite misty and murky with some drizzle in the air across some western coasts and hills. but note the temperatures into tomorrow morning. not dropping lower than around 15 or 16 degrees. many will spend much of the night with temperatures in the high teens or low 20s. so a pretty warm start to saturday. a fair bit of cloud around, especially in the west. light rain or drizzle. scotland, the odd heavier shower to contend with, pushing their way north eastwards. during saturday afternoon, the cloud brings up a bit more readily with more sunshine around. you really will feel the heat.

with that humidity, it is going to be quite a stifling afternoon. temperatures — 26 around the moray firth, 29 or 30 towards the south—east of england. another very warm night will follow. still drawing air in from the south around this area of high pressure. pressure conditions trying to work in off the atlantic and a dividing line is this by the front which will bring some heavy thundery downpours late in the night and into the start of sunday across ireland. and through sunday, that will spread into many western parts of the uk. it could get close to glastonbury, and then later in the day very close to edgbaston, too. not too much rain across southern counties, and some eastern areas will stay dry throughout. here, the highest of the temperatures. the heat, humidity still in place. 30 degrees across the south—east compares to 18 or 19 in northern ireland. and that fresher air will push eastwards with those thundery downpours during sunday night. and then into next week, we have got high pressure to the south of us, the air coming off of the atlantic. so a slightly different week. it won't be a cold week but we will see some further rain at times, especially across the north and the west. the further south and east you are,

always are set to be that little bit drier with some sunshine at times. and in the sunshine, we will see the temperatures lift up once again into the mid 20s. and that is how it is looking. goodbye for now.

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