tv The Daily Global BBC News June 23, 2023 7:00pm-7:30pm BST
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dau border agency says the greek government ignored is offered to send a plane to monitor the migrant boat that sank with hundreds of people on board —— the eu border agency. we hearfrom of survivor. translation: a huge ship came to us in the night, . but they did not help rescue us. they only gave us water. we kept screaming for help, but they did not respond. hello. i'm virginia fight and -- rajini —— rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to the daily global. we start with the death of five men in the subersible which went missing in the north atlantic on sunday. warnings over the safety of the titan sub were repeatedly dismissed by the ceo of the company,
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according to email exchanges seen by the bbc. leading deep sea exploration specialist rob mccallum told oceangate ceo stockton rush that clients could be at risk and urged him to stop using the sub until it had been classified by an independent body. in an email sent in 2018, rob maccallum warned stockton rush... he went on to say... a few days later, oceangate's stockton rush replied... he told rob mccallum...
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the next day, rob mccallum replied in the starkest terms... oceangate's lawyers then contacted rob mccallum and threatened legal action. today, we've contacted them again and they say they have no additional information. rob mccallum maintains that no—one should have gone in this submersible. no—one should have gone let's get more on this from carl nasman, our correspondent in boston, where the search was coordinated. over to you, carl. family members today have — over to you, carl. family members today have called _ over to you, carl. family members today have called for _ over to you, carl. family members today have called for a _ over to you, carl. family members today have called for a full - today have called for a full investigation into exactly what happened on that titan submersible post up these are family members of
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one of the british passengers on board. meanwhile, today, recovery efforts continue. about 900 miles from a rear sending efforts continue. about 900 miles from a rearsending in efforts continue. about 900 miles from a rear sending in boston, searching for more debris on the bottom of the ocean —— from where we are standing. here's our correspondentjohn sudworth. the investigation into what went wrong on board will be hugely complex. with its shattered hull now lying on the bottom of the mid atlantic ocean, navy robots are continuing to photograph and map the wreckage. but, however difficult, relatives of those lost on board say getting answers is vital. there should be a full investigation into why it happened, what exactly went wrong. and... ..oceangate maybe should be sued. the timeline of the disaster is becoming clearer. on sunday at midday, the titan submersible starts what should be a two—hour descent. less than two hours later, communications with it are lost.
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by seven o'clock, the submersible is scheduled to return to the surface, but it fails to appear. on monday, us and canadian ships and planes are swarming the area, some dropping sonar buoys that can monitor to a depth of 13,000 feet. on tuesday, sounds are detected by canadian maritime aircraft, using equipment to trace submarines. last night, there is news that debris containing pieces of the submersible has been found near the wreckage of the titanic. officials say it's consistent with a sudden loss of pressure and an implosion. and today we found out that an analysis of acoustic data shows that on sunday, at around 13:45 gmt, the us navy detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion in the general vicinity of where the titan submersible was operating when communications were lost. along with the billionaire
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explorer hamish harding, the others on board were british businessman shahzada dawood and his son suleman, the french explorer paul—henri nargeolet, and the subs us captain, stockton rush. every time i dive, i see something i've never seen before. deep sea experts had raised concerns about safety, according to the director of the movie titanic, james cameron, who has completed 33 dives to the wreck. i would submit that there's a terrible irony here. here we have, at the wreck of titanic, we now have another wreck that is based on, unfortunately, the same principles of not heeding warnings. any expert who weighs in on this, including mr cameron, will also admit that they were not there for the design of the sub, the engineering of the sub, the building of the sub, and certainly not for the rigorous test programme that the sub went through.
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at these depths, pinpointing the exact cause of the disaster won't be easy. john sudworth, bbc news, boston. any investigation of course is likely to be a slow one. this could take days, weeks or even months, and there's a chance that we might not ever find out what led to this tragedy. ever find out what led to this tra . ed . ., ., , ever find out what led to this traced . ., ., , ., tragedy. carl, right now, there is a white house _ tragedy. carl, right now, there is a white house press _ tragedy. carl, right now, there is a white house press briefing, - tragedy. carl, right now, there is a white house press briefing, and i white house press briefing, and questions are being asked about who knew what as that rescue mission unfolded in the last few days. what more do you know about that? yet. more do you know about that? yet, there is going _ more do you know about that? yet, there is going to — more do you know about that? yet, there is going to be _ more do you know about that? yet there is going to be some questions, because what we heard yesterday and got confirmation today directly to bbc news was that the us navy was aware of essentially a loud underwater noise that took place right around the time that this titan vessel lost contact with its mothership back on sunday morning. they detected that noise, and what they think is that it is consistent at least with what could have been the implosion of the vessel. this
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information was passed on to us coast guard and the search and rescue operation continued. what we have heard is that this was not a definitive sign that the vessel had imploded at the same, they wanted to hold out hope and use any ebony they could to locate the vessel and save the people on board, but this is information that will continue to come out and there are questions raised by some about whether the operation should have continued, given that important information, and why the media and other important organisations may not ability until recently. a first window family members and friends had a bit more access to information than we did, a very plugged in group of exports, but this shows how many high—tech operations really are in the north atlantic for either way, what the coastguard is telling us is they wanted to hold out hope and continue their operation as long as they did have that exact —— didn't
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have that exact confirmation of what had taken place. {iii have that exact confirmation of what had taken place-— had taken place. of course, five --eole had taken place. of course, five people died _ had taken place. of course, five people died in _ had taken place. of course, five people died in the _ had taken place. of course, five people died in the tragedy, - had taken place. of course, five people died in the tragedy, of. people died in the tragedy, of antifamily numbers of some of those have been calling for a thorough investigation as to what kind of investigation as to what kind of investigation might take place and who might be conducting that was --? those are questions we don't have great _ --? those are questions we don't have great answers _ --? those are questions we don't have great answers for, _ --? those are questions we don't have great answers for, because l --? those are questions we don't i have great answers for, because this took place in international waters, it was involving multiple different agencies and multiple countries in terms of the search efforts, and there were multiple nationalities on board as well, the rate we do know is the us coast guard is continuing to search and look for answers on the bottom of the ocean floor. there are a couple of rovs continuing to look for clues, especially in those five key pieces of the vessel that had already been detected, as well as the debris fields they found, but in terms of broader investigation, we will have to wait and see which agency grabbed the reins here and who will see this through, but as i
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mentioned earlier, it is likely to take some time. this could be a long process. take some time. this could be a long rocess. ., ., ., , ., �* ., process. para neasman in boston, thank ou process. para neasman in boston, thank you very — process. para neasman in boston, thank you very much _ process. para neasman in boston, thank you very much for _ process. para neasman in boston, thank you very much for updating l process. para neasman in boston, i thank you very much for updating us with the latest —— carl nasman. we are running a live page on our website. here in the uk, the chancellor jeremy hunt says the largest banks have agreed to be more flexible with customers who are struggling to pay their mortgages because of rising interest rates. yesterday, the bank of england increased its main rate to 5%. after a meeting with the bosses of major lenders, mr hunt said they'd agreed to make it easier for people to move to interest—only payments. this all comes as people struggle with the cost of living full—time the supermarket industry has hit back after the prime minister ward they had to price barely. our business correspondent marc ashdown reports.
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food prices have been rising and rising, but with inflation seeming to have peaked, should supermarkets be doing more to bring prices down? in a letter to the governor of the bank of england, the chancellor said there were indications that some were rebuilding profit margins rather than passing on savings to shoppers. why are you blaming supermarkets for prices going up? isn't this to do with your mismanagement of the economy? well, we are looking at everything that we can do to bring down high inflation caused by the aftermath of the pandemic, by putin's aggressive, illegal war in ukraine, but that doesn't mean, as a government, that we're not going to do anything and that's why we put big support packages in place. the supermarkets are hitting back, saying pricing is competitive, margins wafer—thin and they do all they can to absorb cost pressures and reduce prices. supermarket margins are incredibly slim. they're 2—3% and they're very large, complex businesses. when retailers can reduce their prices, they will, and we're seeing costs of essentials starting to fall now. food prices have been a main driver
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of the overall inflation picture. even today, prices are rising by 18.3% year on year. that is down a tiny bit on last month, though. what we're paying at the checkout does seem to reflect this. let's take two pints of semi skim milk. back in april last year, it cost about 95p. today, it's £1.25 — 5p cheaper, though, than last month. eggs too. six of them cost about 95p last april. now, that'll set you back £1.45. and fresh veg like carrots, they've gone from 4p each to about 9p each, more than double. and a block of cheddar cheese increasing in price from £1.60 to £2.25 at least today. shoppers in birmingham today say they have been tightening their belts. definitely shopping more carefully, yeah. i'm still buying treats and stuff, but it's less often. quality is important, but i think cost as well, also very important.
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sometimes it's cheaperl to buy things en masse, rather than buying smaller- quantities of things, but, yes, definitely increased recently. the government has ruled out introducing price caps on some of our shopping basket essentials but confirmed that the regulator is actively investigating food pricing and will report back injuly. let's talk more about those changes that the banks have agreed to. helping home owners struggle with their mortgages. robert sinclair is chief executive of the association of mortgage intermediaries and hejoins us now. thanks forjoining us here on bbc news. first of all, what your reaction to what the chancellor has announced today? it is reaction to what the chancellor has announced today?— announced today? it is positive in the extent _ announced today? it is positive in the extent that _ announced today? it is positive in the extent that it _ announced today? it is positive in the extent that it will _ announced today? it is positive in the extent that it will help - announced today? it is positive in the extent that it will help some l the extent that it will help some consumers under significant financial pressure as interest rates continue to escalate. i think the biggs positive is the 12 month ban on repossessions, because i think
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that will help most people if they get into desperate difficulty and give them time to thing about what they have to do in order to get to they have to do in order to get to the best outcome, because they were thing that can happen is a lender taking possession of the property and making a full sail, giving time for a customer to think about what they can do, take advice, and to the right answers is positive for some the other areas they brought in, talking about the option to move to either interest only or extend the term for six month period, that impacting on the —— without impacting on the —— without impacting on the —— without impacting on their credit score, probably less helpful. while it wills done at will give space to reduce month because, —— wally will reduce month because, —— wally will reduce monthly cost... what would you suggest be don? the what would you suggest be don? ire: chancellor is what would you suggest be don? ii2 chancellor is in a tough spot, because inflation is the major enemy here, a war the government wants to win. it brings significant damage to
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individuals, therefore all the government can do is apply this kind of sticking plaster to a gaping wound. what we have is the desire to drive costs up for individuals and consumers in order to squeeze inflation out, which therefore is go to have pain for individuals. what the government is trying do is make sure in doing that, people don't lose their property and they are not prepared to throw money at this at this point in time because that would be inflationary and run counter to what the bank of england is trying to achieve. find counter to what the bank of england is trying to achieve.— is trying to achieve. and how do you think this is — is trying to achieve. and how do you think this is going _ is trying to achieve. and how do you think this is going to _ is trying to achieve. and how do you think this is going to affect - is trying to achieve. and how do you think this is going to affect the - think this is going to affect the housing market? there have been fears that many people from physically first—time buyers, are going to be even further priced out of the market —— particularly first—time buyers. all the while, rents increase as well. i first-time buyers. all the while, rents increase as well.— first-time buyers. all the while, rents increase as well. i think one ofthe rents increase as well. i think one of the big challenges _ rents increase as well. i think one of the big challenges we - rents increase as well. i think one of the big challenges we have - rents increase as well. i think one of the big challenges we have in l rents increase as well. i think one l of the big challenges we have in the uk society is... have not been building upfora uk society is... have not been building up for a long time and with net migration still being at numbers way above our ability to grow new properties, it still given underpin to property prices that probably
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keeps first—time buyers out of the market, and when rent increases, it becomes harder and harder to say for a deposit without the benefit of the bank of mum and dad or the bank of grandmom and granddad. that makes thins grandmom and granddad. that makes things harder- — grandmom and granddad. that makes things harder. one _ grandmom and granddad. that makes things harder. one of _ grandmom and granddad. that makes things harder. one of the _ grandmom and granddad. that makes things harder. one of the challenges. things harder. one of the challenges is --eole things harder. one of the challenges is people who _ things harder. one of the challenges is people who could _ things harder. one of the challenges is people who could afford _ things harder. one of the challenges is people who could afford the - is people who could afford the mortgage, less than the cost of rent, beginning over the social barriers and major barrier people face, and raising interest rates do not help in that. therefore getting inflation down, getting control of the economy is fundamental to getting people onto the housing ladder and therefore this pain we're going to go through for the next period of time is probably essential in order to move us forward any longer—term. in order to move us forward any longer-term— in order to move us forward any lonrer-term. .,, ,, . ., . longer-term. robert sinclair, chief executive of _ longer-term. robert sinclair, chief executive of the _ longer-term. robert sinclair, chief executive of the association - longer-term. robert sinclair, chief executive of the association of - executive of the association of mortgage intermediaries, thanks very much for sharing your insight. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the
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other stories here in 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 overpaid. the british medical association says the walk—out will be the longest single period of industrial action in the history of the health service. security workers at heathrow airport have accepted an improved pay offer, ending a long running dispute. members of the unite union had been planning a strike that would have the unite union says workers will get an increase of 17.9%. 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.
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you're live with bbc news. the eu border agency says he received no reply from greek officials after it offered to send a plane to monitor the migrant boat which later it sank in the mediterranean last week, with huge loss of life. the un refugee agency says up to 750 people, mostly from egypt, pakistan and syria, were crammed onto the vessel, which set off from libya and heading for italy. the official death toll remains at 82, but many more are believed to have drowned. the greek authorities face mounting questions about whether they did enough to prevent the tragedy. one survivor from pakistan told the bbc that everyone on board was trying to raise the alarm with another boat nearby. translation: b, another boat nearby. translation: �* , , ., another boat nearby. translation: �* , ., , translation: a huge ship came to us in the night. — translation: a huge ship came to us in the night. but _ translation: a huge ship came to us in the night, but they _ translation: a huge ship came to us in the night, but they did _ translation: a huge ship came to us in the night, but they did not _ translation: a huge ship came to us in the night, but they did not help - in the night, but they did not help rescue us. they only give us water. we kept screaming for help, but they
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did not responses to everyone begged them to rescue us, but theyjust ignored us. then we collided with them. earlier in the day, another ship had and provided with food and water but it was this ship that came in the night with which we collided. he was speaking to a reporter with the bbc�*s urdu service. he sent us this update. the bbc's urdu service. he sent us this update-— this update. this neighbourhood in downtown athens _ this update. this neighbourhood in downtown athens has _ this update. this neighbourhood in downtown athens has become - this update. this neighbourhood in downtown athens has become a i this update. this neighbourhood in i downtown athens has become a centre, a hub for pakistanis. this neighbourhood has a large, thriving migrant community, including a large pakistani diaspora. this street could easily be confused or one in pakistan, and it is here the pakistanis from all over europe are coming looking for information, any clue, anything that can help them find their loved ones. it was here that i met mohammed hamza. he was one of the survivors of the recent boat disaster. he said to me, the
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conditions on the boat were terrible, they were being beaten badly. he also told me that there were nearly 350 pakistanis on that boat. sadly, for many of those who are coming here, looking for their loved ones, the news is not very good. there are only 12 pakistani survivors. but that hasn't stopped many from coming here. i met many people here last night who brought pictures of their loved ones on their phones, showing them to people around here of asking if anybody had any information. similarly, lots of people came today. the pattern was similar. they had pictures of their loved ones on their phones, asking for information for but for a lot of these people who have come here, hope is fading fast of them returning. some said they want at least some information that the loved ones were on board. they want to find the bodies of their loved ones, so they can have some closure, but this tragedy has taken that
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right away from them. to grieve properly. well, the disaster in greece is one of a number of fatal boat crossings in recent days in europe. yesterday, more than 30 people — including women and children — were thought to have died off the coast of the canary islands. at least 227 were rescued according to local charities. the canary islands are part of spain but are off africa's west coast, and many people travel there in the hope of reaching mainland europe. some say they're fleeing poverty and persecution. the western africa atlantic migration route is considered one of the world's deadliest, and at least 543 people died or went missing making the journey in 2022, according to the un's international organisation for migration. a report by the ngo the global initiative says in the ten years to 2020, around 9,500 migrants made that journey. compare that to the more than 60,000 who travelled the route in just the two years that followed.
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joining me now is esther mamadou, from implementation team of the decade, a human rights grassroot organisation based in spain that tackles forced migration. esther, it is very good to have you with us. what is your reaction to the news of these two different tragedies in the last week or so? the reaction is the same reaction that we have been having for the last two decades. we have been calling on the states of the european union to comply with their other location under human rights law. more than 27,000 people have died in the mediterranean, which is the deadliest migration route so far, and the mediterranean sea has become a graveyard of europe, at the doorstep of europe.— doorstep of europe. authorities in many countries _
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doorstep of europe. authorities in many countries say _ doorstep of europe. authorities in many countries say that _ doorstep of europe. authorities in many countries say that people i doorstep of europe. authorities in i many countries say that people need to be deterred from making these routes in the first place. what would you say to them? the people, we are talking _ would you say to them? the people, we are talking about _ would you say to them? the people, we are talking about non-european i we are talking about non—european citizens fleeing war, persecution, human rights violations, climate change, instability, and the european union and also the rest of the member states have obligations under human rights law to protect and prevent human rights violation the stub it is an obligation to search and rescue people that are crossing borders, when they are in distress. there's also the geneva convention of 1951, that obliges states to comply with their human rights obligation towards everyone thatis rights obligation towards everyone that is seeking international protection. we are talking about people that need international protection and we are talking about non—european citizens from different regions, north africa, central
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africa, middle east. it has been more than 20 years we have seen that and this violence has been normalised and the objective of in —— instead of trying to turn something which is natural, flying danger when there is a danger, we need to find a safe routes and find a strategy to avoid this kind of tragedy in the mentoring and see. esther, in the last hour or so, we've just been reporting that the eu border agency said it received no reply from greek officials after it offered to send a plane to monitor that boat —— this kind of tragedy in the mediterranean sea. the greek coastguard has not directly commented on that claim, but what is your reaction to that? there different testimonies of people who have survived, saying they have been prevented to move and to leave the refugee camp near
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athens, being prevented chuck to journalists, expect would happen in the search and rescue operation. the greek authorities, the spanish authorities, the italian authorities, the italian authorities, and we've seen that for many years, don't really comply with their human rights obligations and put the responsibility on smugglers or the responsibility on people fleeing persecution, which is a nonsense, because states have international obligation. and nonsense, because states have international obligation. and on the route that we _ international obligation. and on the route that we were _ international obligation. and on the route that we were talking - international obligation. and on the route that we were talking about i route that we were talking about from west africa, to the canary islands, we are seeing an increase in people making thatjourney despite the fact that it is incredibly dangerous. despite the fact that it is incredibl dancerous. . . incredibly dangerous. yes, but the increases also _ incredibly dangerous. yes, but the increases also because _ incredibly dangerous. yes, but the increases also because of- incredibly dangerous. yes, but the increases also because of the i increases also because of the weather, because in summer, normally every receipt increase in people taking these riskyjourneys, it is a
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pattern —— normally we see an increase. the question is, how can we prevent people from fleeing persecution when we don't address the human rights violation occurring in the country? how do we prevent palestinians wanting to flee territory that is occupied? how can we prevent sudanese people fleeing from or in sudan? how can we prevent people in west africa wanted to flee climate change? we have to address the roots and the causes of people fleeing, taking these risky journeys, instead of focusing on criminalising them and deterring them from crusting.— criminalising them and deterring them from crusting. esther, going to have to stop — them from crusting. esther, going to have to stop you _ them from crusting. esther, going to have to stop you there _ them from crusting. esther, going to have to stop you there because i them from crusting. esther, going to have to stop you there because we . have to stop you there because we run out of time, but thank you for sharing your thoughts here on bbc news. hello there. friday's sunshine has been a little bit more limited. and even then, at times, it was a veil of high cloud you can see quite clearly from this weather watcher from weymouth, dorset. we've also seen some rain today, some of it heavy first thing this
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morning in western scotland. some rain across the lake district, leaden—looking skies from time to time throughout the day as well. and there's more rain to come through the night. so this has been the story, then. we've seen that cloud and rain easing away, becoming light and patch, but there's some more significant rain which will gradually drift its way across scotland during the early hours of saturday morning. with a south—westerly flow driving in quite a lot of low cloud, it's going to be misty and drizzly at times along those west—facing coasts, but it will be warm — temperatures sitting at around 15 or 16 degrees. so a mild and increasingly humid start to the weekend. that cloud will tend to lingerfor a time, particularly on west coasts, and we could see a few scattered showers. but eventually the sunshine's strong, it'll punch holes through the cloud. and with that, temperatures will start to respond as we go through the day. so we're expecting highs of around 29, possibly 30 degrees by the middle of saturday afternoon. a warmer day for all of us.
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now, as we move through saturday night, however, those temperatures are not going to fall away at all. we lose the russet tones, but nevertheless, temperatures are still likely to sit into the mid to high teens potentially first thing on sunday morning, so a pretty uncomfortable night for getting a good night's sleep. a humid start to sunday morning, and with high pressure drifting east, we tap into that humidity from the near continent. but at the same time, with a weather front pushing in from the atlantic, where the two are likely to meet, we could start to see some sharp, thundery downpours developing on sunday. so we need to keep a close eye on that. not everyone will see them, but some of them really could be quite heavy, torrential rain. but at the same time, we still got that heat and humidity. again, temperatures potentially peaking at around 30 degrees. now, as we move out of sunday into the early half of next week, as that frontal system eases away, it's going to introduce fresher conditions and more frontal systems pushing in from the west. so with this westerly feed of air, it will be cooler at times, a little fresher anyway. showers or longer
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