on a deep dive to the titanic have been recovered and brought back to shore. and the us coast guard says presumed human remains have also been discovered inside the debris. us medical officials will conduct a formal analysis and testing of the remains. these are the first images of the wreckage covered in tarps arriving in st john's, canada. five people died aboard the titan when it broke apart, less than two hours after it had began its dive. joining me now in studio is the bbc�*s carl nasman who has been covering this story closely. human remains have been discovered. what more do we know? , , ., know? this is coming from the us coast guard, _ know? this is coming from the us coast guard, they _ know? this is coming from the us coast guard, they say - know? this is coming from the us coast guard, they say that l us coast guard, they say that presumed human remains have been discovered. they will be brought ashore and medical professionals will take a look. investigators have been conducting, there's a search among the debris on the bottom

of the ocean very carefully, just in case they did find human debris. speaking with experts earlier, and last week as well, they said it was actually unlikely. they didn't know if we would ever recover any kind of remains from this disaster, just due to the depths and the pressure there. 2.5 miles underneath the surface of the ocean. there were five people on board the titan. this is another difficult day for family and friend of the victims on board. they have been recovering actual pieces of the submersible. what are vectors —— investigators looking for? these are some pretty big pieces. we believe this is the nodes of the submersible, there's some titanium pieces. machinery, electronics. the crucial bits will be the pieces made with carbon fibre, that's

a controversial material used by oceangate. they're trying to see what caused the implosion. many people doubted if that was the right material to be using, and a cylinder shape was the right approach. what the late ceo called an innovative approach, these are all questions they'll be looking at. ., , questions they'll be looking at. , at. those recovery efforts continue- _ at. those recovery efforts continue. what _ at. those recovery efforts continue. what happens l at. those recovery efforts - continue. what happens next? there's two investigative teams. there's a canadian team, a us team, and they have put their highest level of inquiry into this investigation. it's called a marine board of investigation. they want to not only determine the cause of what happened, but questions of negligence, if any potential criminal acts were committed here. this is a pretty high level inquiry. they'll be looking at all kinds of questions. on the canadian

side, they'll be conducting in—person interviews, they'll be collecting other evidence as well. they all say this could take some time, this could be a drawn out process. they'll be looking at all kind of things and examining the debris that was found and taken out of the ocean. . ~' was found and taken out of the ocean. . ~ ,, was found and taken out of the ocean. ., ~ i. ., was found and taken out of the ocean. . ~' i” ., .,, ocean. thank you for those updates- — now to ukraine — where a russian missile strike on a popular restaurant in kramatorsk leaves 11 dead and 60 wounded. rescue efforts are still under way as the search for survivors continue. mayenijones has more on the strike. at the moment the officials think the rescue operation is ongoing. we have heard the death toll has gone up to ii death toll has gone up to 11 people. this includes three children, unfortunately, including the two teenage girls you mentioned. that is because, as andrew mentioned in his dispatch from the field, it was a restaurant that was very popular with journalists, with

families, with members of the armed forces, and it was struck at a particularly busy time. president zelensky condemned the attack. he has over the past few days reached out to nato members about the need for more equipment. i suspect one thing that may become a new point of conversation following this latest attack is the need for further air defences. this latest attack is the need forfurther air defences. one of the reasons why casualty figures have been so low in recent months in ukraine is that a lot of cities have received much stronger air defence systems from nato donations, from donations from other western countries, it's really helped reduce the civilian toll caused by air strikes. as the latest strike has shown, it's not fool proof, it doesn't always stop all the missiles. these missiles were very hard to intercept by air defence systems, they're not fool proof, they're encouraging

people to listen to air raids, alarms, go to shelters, and not ignore them. it's very difficult in a place like donetsk where you regularly hear alarms and people need to get on with their live, but this latest incident will have scared a lot of people here. the wall streetjournal is reporting that two russian military chiefs were targets of a foiled plot by wagner group leader, yevgeny prigozhin, during his attempted mutiny last weekend. the wagner group's leader originally planned to capture russia's defense minister sergei shoigu and valery gerasimov, the chief of russia's general staff, during a visit to a southern region that borders ukraine. according to western officials, prigozhin plans were foiled after russia's intelligence agency learned of the plot two days before, forcing prigozhin to improvise and move early with his mutiny plans. russia has relied heavily on wagner mercenaries in its war in ukraine since 2014, when the group supported pro—russian separatist forces in eastern ukraine. but wagner's notoriety stretches well beyond europe, and into the middle east and africa, where it

promotes russian interests through a combination of influence and violence. the wagner group worked in africa for almost a decade, providing security services in the central african republic, mali, sudan and libya. on monday, russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov was quick to clarify that the attempted mutiny wouldn't impact the group's activities on the continent. translation: in the conditions when they were left face to face with the bandits, they contacted wagner pmc with a request to ensure the safety of their authorities, request to ensure the safety of theirauthorities, in request to ensure the safety of their authorities, in addition to relations with this pmc, the governments of the central african republic and mali have official contacts with our leadership. several hundred military personnel are working in the car as instructors. this will continue. live now tojohn lechner, an author and journalist reporting from the central african region. he has an upcoming book on the wagner group.

it's good to see you. thank you forjoining us. i want to start with mali, we got the news the un's peacekeeping mission is set to end onjune 30. is wagner in a position there to combat militants together with mali's army, especially if you look at the fact the leader, yevgeniy prigozhin, and some fighters, are in belarus. thank ou for fighters, are in belarus. thank you for having _ fighters, are in belarus. thank you for having me. _ fighters, are in belarus. thank you for having me. it's - fighters, are in belarus. thank you for having me. it's a - you for having me. it's a difficult question to answer right now. i think for wagner and mali itself, they've been having a difficult time combatting the various jihadi groups in mali. but at the same time, i'm not sure that their mission necessarily was to retake control of territory from these jihadi groups. retake control of territory from thesejihadi groups. at the same time, i think their most important role was to protect the malian government and bamako. forthat

protect the malian government and bamako. for that mission, they're still succeeding. although the current events in moscow is causing quite a bit of worry, i would say, in mali, at the moment, both within the malian government and probably quite a bit of confusion among wagner themselves.— wagner themselves. what is exactly wagner's _ wagner themselves. what is exactly wagner's mission - wagner themselves. what is exactly wagner's mission in | exactly wagner's mission in mali? i exactly wagner's mission in mali? ., mali? i would say the most important _ mali? i would say the most important - _ mali? i would say the most important - probably - mali? i would say the most l important - probably mission mali? i would say the most - important - probably mission - important — probably mission — for wagner group in mali is the protection of the regime. and to have a partner that can help the malian military get to places it wasn't necessarily able to go. to think that 2,000 contractors would be able to just retake the vast swathes of territory from these jihadi groups, i don't think that necessarily was in the minds of the malian military at the time. ~ ., ., , the malian military at the time. ~ . ., , , the malian military at the time. ~ . , ., time. wagner has built a significant _ time. wagner has built a significant presence - time. wagner has built a significant presence in i time. wagner has built a - significant presence in sudan, also the central african republic, libya, why is the

wagner group in africa? i think for a number _ wagner group in africa? i think for a number of _ wagner group in africa? i think for a number of reasons. - wagner group in africa? i think for a number of reasons. i - for a number of reasons. i think first and foremost we have to remember that as a profit driven organisation as well any company that provides security protection or private military company services has to be in africa. this is the largest market, probably, for any type of pmcs, wagner included. i think first and foremost we need to remember that mercenary and pmcs in general, they're a symptom of conflict. a symptom of the illness but not necessarily the illness but not necessarily the illness itself. they will chase conflicts where they see it, because that's the best place to offer their services. as another aside, they're able to frame the services they offer within, i would say, the kremlin's preferred foreign policy narrative, which is that russia is a great power returning to the world stage. you said the wagner group essentially is able to chase

conflicts in what is a lucrative region for them. but how does this really serve the kremlin's interests?— kremlin's interests? well, i think contractors _ kremlin's interests? well, i think contractors are - kremlin's interests? well, i think contractors are useful| think contractors are useful for a number of governments. the united states included. for africa, we see that a lot of national governments would rather put contractors on the ground than their actual troops. there's a number of reasons for that. unfortunately the first and foremost is the continent is not a national security priority for most major governments. and its public to not like to see the loss of soldiers themselves. any government who wants to have a footprint will probably not want to report troop losses to the public. so contractors are particularly useful in this regard. are particularly useful in this retard. ~ ., are particularly useful in this retard.~ . ., ,, , regard. what happens next with priuozhin regard. what happens next with prigozhin in _ regard. what happens next with prigozhin in exile? _ regard. what happens next with prigozhin in exile? it's - regard. what happens next with prigozhin in exile? it's a - prigozhin in exile? it's a treat prigozhin in exile? it's a great question. - prigozhin in exile? it's a great question. i - prigozhin in exile? it's a great question. i wish . prigozhin in exile? it's a great question. i wish i | prigozhin in exile? it's a - great question. i wish i knew the answer to that tonight. it would certainly help me writing

my book. but i think the answer is probably prigozhin himself is probably prigozhin himself is also unaware exactly where this is all going to go. i think what we're looking for right now is to what extent we're going to see any type of management change within africa, we've had lavrov say there will be continuity. to what extent the russian government will try and take control of those operations, whether it's through personnel changes on the ground, or sending minders to watch after wagner, or other methods of leverage, it's still a bit too early to tell.— leverage, it's still a bit too early to tell. what about his osition early to tell. what about his position at _ early to tell. what about his position at the _ early to tell. what about his position at the moment? i early to tell. what about his l position at the moment? how many fighters he still has with him. the russian government essentially said that wagner fighters could go to belarus. do you think we could see prigozhin move against putin again? i prigozhin move against putin auain? ., prigozhin move against putin auain? ~ ., �* , prigozhin move against putin auain? ~ ., �*, ~ , again? i think that's unlikely. i think again? i think that's unlikely. i think what _ again? i think that's unlikely. i think what we _ again? i think that's unlikely. i think what we saw - again? i think that's unlikely. i think what we saw over - again? i think that's unlikely. i think what we saw over the | i think what we saw over the weekend was much more an appeal

to authority, albeit in a very dramatic and naked show of force, but nonetheless not — not necessarily a coup. i don't think that prigozhin was trying to oust putin. i think he was trying to show his own importance and dangerousness to putin to oust his internal rivals, as your team has stated earlier, shoigu and gerasimov. i think that events got out of control and ahead of what prigozhin himself was expecting. i'm not sure that either he or his — those who serve under him, would be up necessarily for another go at it from belarus.— necessarily for another go at it from belarus. john lechner, thank you _ it from belarus. john lechner, thank you so _ it from belarus. john lechner, thank you so much _ it from belarus. john lechner, thank you so much for- thank you so much for speaking with us tonight.— with us tonight. thanks for havin: with us tonight. thanks for having me- _ to france now, where president macron calls the fatal shooting of a 17—year—old in by police in paris unforgivable. the teenager, identified as nahel m, was killed last night after failing to stop when ordered by police. his death has sparked protests

and clashes with dozens of cars set ablaze. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. last night one spark set nanterre alight. it ignited the long cold war between french suburbs and french state. the police traffic check was caught on camera. a brief discussion at gunpoint. then, as nahel drives off, the officer appears to shoot him through the window, at point blank range. his mother said in an online video they had taken her baby away. translation: he was still a child. he needed his mother. he kissed me goodbye in the morning and said, "i love you,

mum." an hour later i was told that someone shot my son. what shall i do? he was my life. he was everything to me. the death of young people at the hands of police here in the paris suburbs has sparked rage and riots against the state before. what's adding to the anger this time are initial claims by police that nahel drove into officers before he was shot. a narrative that's contradicted ijy narrative that's contradicted by the video that's emerged. president macron and his government have come out strongly against the police actions. translation: �* ., ., , translation: a teenager has been killed. _ translation: a teenager has been killed. this _ translation: a teenager has been killed. this is _ been killed. this is inexplicable and inexcusable. france's star footballer, kylian mbappe, was among those reacting on social media, saying his france was hurting for the little angle nahel, who

left much too soon. france's national assembly held a minute's silence today as the country held its breath. parliament and suburbs, the two sides of france, marking the death of a teenager in their own very different ways. lucy williamson, bbc news, nanterre. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. the whirlwind, the plain a0 miles an hour faster than the spitfire but found it harder to get off the ground because of its high maintenance costs. unlike the spit file, no well when fighters exist. well, until now. ben smith from lancashire has spent eight hours a day, six days a week for the past two years making this one. , , ,., this one. every single part we have had _ this one. every single part we have had to — this one. every single part we have had to re-engineer, - have had to re—engineer, reverse engineerfrom

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the pandemic was raging and our economy was reeling. supply chains were broken, millions of people unemployed, hundreds of thousands of small businesses on the verge of closing after some that are close. literally hundreds of thousands on the verge of closing. today, the us has the highest economic growth rate leading the world economy since the pandemic. the highest in the world. shortly after that speech, my colleague helena humphrey spoke with congresswoman haley stevens, a democratic representative from michigan. the speech of the president was all about touting his achievements of what others and the president himself have now called bidenomics. if you look at recent polling, 57% of people disapprove of his handling of the economy and if you compare that to 38% of people who approve of his handling of the economy. why do you think that

the voters feel this way? look, it's that point in what is soon to be the heat of a presidential election cycle, where people are paying attention in different ways. one thing we know here in michigan is that we have some of the lowest unemployment we have ever had in this state. the city of detroit, famously known as the epitome of the rust belt, is now booming, it's full of innovation, and the city of detroit as its lowest unemployment since the 19705 so it's absolutely remarkable and sure, we can credit this to president biden's leadership and his investment, is shepherding obvious country through the passage a bipartisan infrastructure bill that is fixing our roads, modernising our systems, and we can also look at, now we are actually competing with china in real—time, investing electric vehicle battery manufacturing production, investing in chips and chip only fracture.

but what else would you like to see the president do to actually get through to all voters? what he's doing in this 3—week tour, and i love that he kicked it off in the midwest. i love that he is getting out on the road, and also think it is going to be talking to everyday americans stop think about how many people were at that speech. how many people listened to what was said at that speech, hearing his passion. that's what he needs to do, is go and talk to people, and he is doing just that and it's going to work. you mentioned china. you are on the select committee for competitiveness with china, the new york times reporting the biden administration may impose greater restriction on china's ability to build high—end chips, the power ai. how should they handle this?

we've got to look at where we are strong in technology investments from the university level to the private sector. we've obviously seen some amazing contributions made from microsoft, mr sam altmann's company, which is now chatgpt but we know there are global indicators that show china is leading in 27 out of 3a critical technology areas. 5g is a great example of how we fell behind. i'm here in the automotive capital of the united states in america, in michigan, we are racing to catch up on electric vehicles, racing to catch up on chips. how do we not fall behind on quantum and ai in particular. we've got to do autonomous vehicle technology. on that point, the president has been touting the chips act which includes billions of dollars investment into us technology into manufacturing. it will likely take some time before we see the chips act pay—off, like after 202a.

too late? i don't think so because you are hearing of the investments coming in, you are hearing about other positive situations, for example, investments from arizona, and the congress secretary said, you are right, from 2030, we will see from the design to production and shipment of chips, the only country of the world that has that full suite of activities but you are hearing about those investments today. it's turning heads, it's pleasing our supply chain and its meeting the manufacturing charge of what we need to do to succeed. i want to return to ukraine because of course you will have seen those ramped up attacks on civilian targets by russia, still managing

to break through. is more us support needed so that ukraine can continue to defend civilian areas? i agree with president biden that we are going to continue to support our democratic ally in ukraine and make sure they have what they need to push back on this evil and malicious and illegal war that was started by russia. the attack on the restaurant. it is weak man activities, putin's classic playbook. he deals with his own up riding, uprising from the wagner group and attacks innocent people dining out in ukraine and it's not acceptable that it's taken place in the united states will continue to invest in support. we must. your constituent is paul whelan, the former marine in a russian prison right now. what does that mean

for efforts under way to secure his release? it has been, since the beginning, an unbelievable situation with paul whelan and it was lawlessness and frankly an example of what we call canary in the coal mine of what mr putin was going to partake in the global stage with illegal activities. as we knew that this war was going to start and when it started, the concern for paul's well being increased, and he does still have counsellor access but it is very touchy, the leveraged points that we have to see him return home. there is something about his profile and the fact that he is a former marine, that is just let him stuck in this russian prison

for far too long but as is brother david recently said, we believe and we know we're not going to give up hope that he will come home, i am working day in and day out and i was so pleased to see every democrat, every republican support unanimously a resolution in the congress, calling on the russian federation to release him, calling out the russian federation for their illegal kidnapping and imprisonment of mr whelan. canada is experiencing its worst wildfire season in modern history, surpassing its record for the largest area burned in a single year. there are currently nearly 500 wildfires burning across the country. the blazes have burned more than 20 million acres or 8.1 hectares — 21 times above the average over the last decade. the wildfires are also bringing record—breaking air pollution to the us. with air quality alerts in effect in parts of 17 states, covering nearly a third of the population.

that is our show at this hour. download our bbc app. you'll find live updates, analysis, video, and reports from our correspondents around the world. stay with us here on bbc news. i'm sumi somaskanda in washington. hello there. much of the country, particularly england and wales, was very warm and muggy on wednesday, but a band of rain pushing in off the atlantic has introduced much fresher air. and for thursday, most of us will be in that cooler, fresher air mass, but it will be bright with sunny spells and scattered showers. there's that rain bound, then slow to clear from the southeast through this morning. so it'll start off rather grey, cloudy with further outbreaks of rain free standing in the southeast, eventually clearing away as we reach lunchtime and that willjoin in to the bright skies that

most of the country will start the day with. into the afternoon a bit of cloud bubbling up, allowing one or two showers. most of these will be across the north and the west of scotland. they'll be more of a breeze here, too, but it'll be a cooler day across the board, 15 to 21 or 22 degrees across the south and feel noticeably fresher across southern areas. then as we move through thursday night and the clear skies, temperatures fall away, but we'll see further cloud and showers across northern and western scotland and thicker cloud pushing into northern ireland later on. but a cooler night to come out of towns and cities will be in single digits. so this is the picture then for friday, we start off dry across eastern areas, but this next low pressure system and its weather fronts will continue to push into northern and western areas through the day. so a nice, bright but cool start to central and eastern parts of the country. soon the clouds will tend to build in and spread to all areas and it turns wetter for scotland, northern ireland. then some rain getting into northern and western england and wales, but tending to stay dry across eastern england until after dark. mostly cloudy though, limited brightness temperatures again mid to high teens in the north, high teens low 20s in the south. that rain band clears right across the country during the course

of friday night. the rain clears in the southeast saturday morning, and then it's bright but breezy. plenty of sunshine, low pressure sitting to the north of scotland will bring windy weather to scotland with showers or longer spells of rain here and again, temperatures around orjust below the seasonal norm. but we could be up to 23 or 2a in the southeast with a lot of sunshine here. sunday, low pressure shifting to the north of the uk again stays windy across scotland with outbreaks of rain or showers. some of these heavy in the west of scotland, fewer showers the further south that you are on some areas in the southeast staying completely dry with sunny spells, but quite a noticeable breeze. and again, temperatures will range from around 15 to 22 celsius.

hey, i am zoph with the catch up. tonight, queen's uni and their marking boycott. celebrations for eid take place around the world. and a wholesome chimpanzee moment. a committee that monitors the government's action on climate change says the uk is no longer a world leader on climate issues. in 2019, the uk set a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, meaning it would no longer add

any additional greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.