live from london. this is bbc news. at least 30 people are dead and more than 100 injured after an express train derailed in southern pakistan. a russian—installed official in crimea says ukrainian missiles have struck two bridges linking ukraine to the occupied crimean peninsula. this unverified video is from the russian state tass news agency. a deadline set by west african leaders for the military junta in niger to step down and reinstate the country's president — is due to expire in one hour's time. and sweden make it through to the women's world cup quarter finals after they knock out the two—time defending champions, the usa, in a match decided by penalties. hello. at least 30 passengers have been

killed after an express train derailed in southern pakistan. a police officer supervising the rescue operation said more than a hundred people had been injured in the incident. the casualty figure is expected to rise. the hazara express came off the rails near nawabshah in sindh province, as it travelled from karachi to abbottabad. it's not immediately clear what caused the derailment. these are the latest pictures from the scene, in a remote area. emergency workers are battling to rescue passengers trapped in at least five overturned carriages, with more rescue teams deployed to the scene. an emergency has been declared in nearby hospitals — including this one in nawabshah where casualties have been arriving. our correspondent tarhub asghar is following developments from lahore. well, a rescue operation is still going on. and according to the chief minister, he said that 30 people have been killed in this incident and 84 people are injured. and according to the officials,

approximately 17 bodies have reached the nawabshah hospital and 13 were received by another hospital. so the rescue operation is still going on. army officials are there, rangers are there. so they're trying to clear the operation, but still operation is under way. we know that it's a remote scene, don't we? and difficulties with getting the heavy lifting equipment needed. i mean, we're looking at pictures of the huge pieces of metal that are all twisted and how they're going to manage to get people out of there, is it any clearer? well, yes, that was a remote area. so what they have done, they asked different districts to send cranes and machinery that can help in cutting the crane that is damaged and in which people are still stuck. it is getting dark as well. so definitely it is getting difficult for rescue people as well

to do the operation. but they have received the machinery that is working on the spot, and work is still going on, and they're aiming to get it finished as soon as possible. what are the authorities saying about the possible causes of this accident? well, according to the officials, they're saying that it might look some technical issue that will be, you know, looking after the rescue operation will be finished. and they said that we're definitely going to investigate it. before that, they were saying that it might be a technical issue, or maybe someone has created a field, intentionally created this field, for this accident. but now they are saying that it looks like it is a technical issue due to which the derailing of the train happened. the information minister of sindh, sharjeel memon, gave us more details about the crash.

this train was going from karachi and that accident happened between district sindh and nawabshah. this train was going to punjab, so it is an unfortunate accident. definitely the top priority of government is the rescue work which we are totally focusing on. all the hospitals of the suburb, the nearby area, are on standby and the government has put emergency workers and some of the patients are sent to another district and some of the patients have been set to district sindh. there are some more critical patients, the government will take them to different districts, if it is required, we will send them to the best hospital. the chief minister of sindh announced that we will give them the best treatment, either in private hospitals or government hospitals.

let's turn to the war in ukraine. there have been reports that two bridges, which connect mainland ukraine with crimea — were damaged by a ukrainian missile strikes. one is the bridge next to chonhar and the other one — near henichesk in the southerm ukraine. ukraine previously struck the same bridge in chonhar, one of a handful of links between the peninsula and mainland ukraine, injune. this is unverified video from the russian state agency tass showing henichesk bridge on fire. russian puppet authoroties claim that the gas pipeline nearby was also damaged and one person has been killed. sergei goryashko is from the bbc russian service. he gave me the latest on this story. there are reports coming from the authorities that the russian authorities have annexed the peninsula, they are saying that basically, to maine road bridges have been damaged by the attack and

now there are issues with the road crossing from the occupied peninsula to the occupied part of the kherson region. the significant thing is those bridges, one of them was where president putin had paid a visit recently and it is also very important military road for the russian army. so, this is clearly a strike damaging russian military infrastructure. and the russians meanwhile are blaming the ukrainian army, what are the ukrainian saying? they aren't. the ukrainians are not officially taking responsibility for the attack. but we don't see that they are... blatantly denying it. media reports are coming saying that it is a revenge attack, still on the level of military authority of ukraine, they have not claimed

responsibility for it yet. here in the uk — the plan to house asylum seeks on a boat is moving ahead. the immigration minister, robertjenrick, says the first group of asylum seekers will be moved to the bibby stockholm barge, in dorset, in the "coming days". social media companies are also set to crack down on posts by people smugglers that encourage asylum seekers to cross the english channel. platforms like facebook and tiktok will work with the national crime agency to take down messages that "lure" people into paying gangs to make the dangerous voyage in small boats. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent jonathan blake and started by asking him how the social media crackdown on people smugglers would work. it has been described as a voluntary partnership between the government and media firms. matter, facebook

and media firms. matter, facebook and instagram and tick—tock as well. the they worked alongside the national crime agency to not only find and remove posts which are in some cases pursing initial offers of faith documents to cross the channel in small boats. but discourage people and guide away from that material, presenting it as disinformation or inappropriate in the way that certain content around extremism or eating disorders is managed. some of this work is already going on and it seems it is an effort by the government to get these companies on board and redouble their efforts along those at the national crime agency and the home office and elsewhere to attempt to target posts on social media which are one big way in which people are finding themselves smuggled across the channel. in

trade that the prime minister has described as vile and the scourge of ministers who have vowed to crack down on it. indeed it is one of the prime minister's five priority. stop the boats as he puts it. but large numbers of people continue to come illegally in that way. the numbers of people continue to come illegally in that way.— illegally in that way. the story behind you — illegally in that way. the story behind you is _ illegally in that way. the story behind you is about _ illegally in that way. the story behind you is about bibby - illegally in that way. the story - behind you is about bibby stockholm which will house asylum seekers in dorset. when will that be operational?— dorset. when will that be operational? dorset. when will that be oerational? ~ ., , ., ~ operational? we have been talking about it for a _ operational? we have been talking about it for a while _ operational? we have been talking about it for a while now— operational? we have been talking about it for a while now but - operational? we have been talking about it for a while now but it - about it for a while now but it seemed the expectation in government is that the first men will be moved onto that barge moored in dorset tomorrow. it was expected to beat last week, there were concerns over fire safety and health and safety regulations as well. there have been delays but now it seems around 50 men will be moved onto that accommodation which has proved controversial with many people in

the local area objecting to it and human rights groups and others criticising the government's approach to use this accommodation. it looks like now the first people will be moved on board tomorrow. that is according to a government source. immigration minister robert jenrick this morning talking to sky news saying it will happen in the coming days. meanwhile, saudi arabia is hosting talks to try to find a peaceful settlement to russia s war in ukraine. senior officials from some a0 countries, including china, are attending. russia, though, has not been invited. 0ur middle east correspondent, sameer hashmi, is following developments from dubai. the talks started on saturday and it continues on day two, but the real objective of these talks is not to find any solution but rather to build a consensus around ukraine's ten point peace formula which has been presented by president zelensky. what is interesting from ukraine's

point of view or rather a objective of these talks is not to find any solution but rather to what is interesting from ukraine's point of view or rather a positive thing for them is that this meeting is being attended even by those countries which until now had offered a neutral stance on this war or have close ties with russia. countries like saudi arabia, india, turkey and china. and they have decided to come and be part of this discussion. so, what eventually ukrainian officials are hoping is that by the end of the meeting, there would be some consensus where all the parties would agree and then president zelensky is hoping to host world leaders later this year. and these points that are agreed upon can be discussed further. so, this is a step towards arriving at some sort of a consensus or peace solution. but i don't think anyone is expecting that there would be a solution that would come out of these talks incidentally. donald trump says he will be asking thejudge in his election fraud case to step aside, claiming that he would not get a fair trial unless she does. the former president took to his social media platform, truth social, to attack the lead

prosecutor, thejudge, tania chutkan, and the department ofjustice, which he described as "highly partisan and very corrupt". 0ur correspondent sean dilley has more on this from washington. this would appear to relate specifically to an attempt by the defence to have more times, to argue against a prosecution application. what the prosecution would like is the court to make an order to protect any of the confidential evidence once it is disclosed to donald trump. they say they are concerned that mr trump may make public very confidential information including grand jury transcripts, he is arguing in his motion that witnesses are essentially and those involved need to be essentially protected. the judge did not give the prosecution what they wanted which was an immediate order, she set a date for monday, they said actually, can we have untilthursday, please? and thejudge has said no. the are republicans who have

criticised the judge, she has tried many of the january six attackers, those who stormed the capitol building in 2021, she has been highly critical of them. in the past, she has released documents to congress that donald trump did not want to be released, so he would see her as being not necessarily a donald trump fan, so he said that she needs to step aside and the venue needs to be outside of washington, dc. has there been much of a reaction? not really, it is within the last hour he has made the post, but there are some interesting things here at the moment, his lawyer has been doing the rounds with the media, making it very clear that he is setting up the former president's defence strategy. he is saying, what he has done might be wrong, but he is arguing it is not criminal, he hasjust lobbied the vice president mike pence. a very puzzling comment made by the lawyer on us networks, quite

a number of them, he said if mike pence, donald trump old vice president was called and he would be the star witness. the defence attorney has the ability to subpoena witnesses, so that was a slightly puzzling one. a poll looks into what people's perceptions are in terms of whether mr trump tried to stay on in the white house using illegal means. more than half said they thought he did do that. republicans generally as you can imagine, say he has been the victim of a witch hunt scenario, as he has previously said himself. of people all voters, and suggesting it is an attempt to stop people from voting for donald trump. a deadline for the militaryjunta

in niger, to step down, is nowjust over an hour away. the west african regional bloc of ecowas, gave the coup leaders a week to reinstate the ousted president, mohamed bazoum — and threatened military intervention if its demands were not met. there've been reports of sporadic shows of support for the junta on the streets of the capital, niamey — but overall the city is said to be calm. some neighbouring countries including — mali, burkina faso and guinea — have voiced support for the coup leaders. and algeria which borders niger to the north has said it is categorically against armed intervention. france says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger's elected president. niger s prime minister was in paris on saturday ? meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the country's embassy. he has dismissed pro—coup protests taking place in his country. a lot of western nations will be keeping

a key eye on events and that deadline later — in niger. 0ur reporter nicky schiller has been looking at why. why is niger so important? first of all, geographically it is the largest country in west africa. it is also part of a key strip of land known as the server help which runs from the red sea through to the atlantic ocean. secondly politically. until recently it was seen as relative democratic stability, especially as its neighbours mali and burkina faso had had military coups. while president mohamed bazoum is seen as a key partner of some european countries who have been trying to stop migrants from getting across the mediterranean sea. he has also cracked down on human trafficking. next, strategically. niger hosts both us and french military bases. and was seen as a key partner in the fight against islamist militants. indeed, the us state department said it was important as a linchpin for stability in the sahel. adding that it was a reliable counterterrorism partner

in the fight against those insurgents linked to islamic state and also al-qaeda. as well as the insurgents, the wagner mercenaries have also been seen as having a malign influence in niger. you may have seen these pictures during recent protests by supporters of the coup, they were holding russian flags as well as flying the flag of niger. economically, the country is rich in uranium indeed, it is one of the worlds biggest producers. it provides around 5% of global uranium supplies. the radioactive metal is so important that one of the main the capital is named after it. but it is also worth remembering that the people of niger consistently rank among the poorest in terms of living standards anywhere in the world. italian coastguards have recovered the bodies of an african

woman and her child after two boats carrying ninety migrants sunk off the island of lampedusa. more than 30 others are still missing. survivors told italian media that the boats had set off from the tunisian port of sfax. more than 2,000 migrants have arrived in lampedusa in the past few days. today marks six months since a huge earthquake hit turkey and syria, killing over 50 thousand people and leaving many more homeless. but amidst the tragedy there were stories of hope, such as baby afraa who was born beneath the rubble of her collapsed home before being rescued. the bbc has caught up with her and herfamily. hanan razek reports. it was seen as a miracle, a moment of hope. following the earthquake in syria and turkey the baby was rescued after being born beneath the

rubble of a building. all over her family were killed. but now she has a new life. adopted by her uncle the man who pulled herfrom a new life. adopted by her uncle the man who pulled her from the a new life. adopted by her uncle the man who pulled herfrom the rubble. i started i man who pulled her from the rubble. i starte: , ., ., , i started i started to dig with my hands and _ i started i started to dig with my hands and i _ i started i started to dig with my hands and i thank _ i started i started to dig with my hands and i thank god _ i started i started to dig with my hands and i thank god that - i started i started to dig with my hands and i thank god that she i i started i started to dig with my - hands and i thank god that she came to my hands. she was still attached with your vocal chord when i found her. ., ., ,. her. the video of her rescue went viral around _ her. the video of her rescue went viral around the _ her. the video of her rescue went viral around the world. _ her. the video of her rescue went viral around the world. the - viral around the world. the attention was intense and offers to adopt her flooded attention was intense and offers to adopt herflooded in. her attention was intense and offers to adopt her flooded in. her relatives were worried about her safety, even in hospital. after a dna test proved the family were related, they were able to leave with her. the home was destroyed so for two months they moved to this camp with their seven

children. thanks to help from well—wishers they have been able to rent this house but they say it is very expensive and they don't know how much longer they will be able to stay here. i how much longer they will be able to sta here. ., , , how much longer they will be able to sta here. .,, , ., , stay here. i lost everything, it was like auoin stay here. i lost everything, it was like going back — stay here. i lost everything, it was like going back to _ stay here. i lost everything, it was like going back to square - stay here. i lost everything, it was like going back to square one. - stay here. i lost everything, it was like going back to square one. i i like going back to square one. i can't even afford to send my kids to school but there are people in the worst conditions. the school but there are people in the worst conditions.— worst conditions. the road ahead miaht be worst conditions. the road ahead might be difficult _ worst conditions. the road ahead might be difficult but _ worst conditions. the road ahead might be difficult but the - worst conditions. the road ahead might be difficult but the family. might be difficult but the family are gratefulfor the might be difficult but the family are grateful for the chance for a new start. following a disaster which killed 4000 people in north—west syria alone. a world cup swimming marathon in paris has been cancelled because the seine was deemed to be too dirty. it was meant to be a test event ahead of next year's olympics and paralympics. world aquatics said it called off the open water swimming world cup because of concerns for swimmers' health due to the pollution. it said the water quality

in the seine remained below acceptable standards and the french authorities had to do more to ensure contingency plans were in place ahead of paris 2024. staying with sport — and the women's world cup — the defending champions usa have crashed out after being defeated on penalty kicks by sweden in dramatic fashion after the match ended nil—nil after 90 minutes and extra time. sweden won the penalty shoot—out 5 — 4. earlier the netherlands won 2 — nil against south africa. they set up a quarterfinal with spain — who also made it through to the final 16 — after thrashing switzerland 5 — i. japan have also qualified — beating norway 3 — i. as you can see , much to the delight of fans who travelled to new zealand to watch the game. our correspondent shaimaa khalil describes the usa being knocked out as one of the biggest shocks of the world cup so far. the reigning champions who were going for a record third woke up i

now out of the world cup. the united states could not get into the quarterfinals, they were knocked out by sweden. i don't think you can over plate the enormity of this moment for the united states team and for theirfans. this is moment for the united states team and for their fans. this is a moment for the united states team and for theirfans. this is a team that has dominated the game internationally for years, it has produced legends some of whom were playing today on the pitch. to date they wear their fearsome selves, they wear their fearsome selves, they played aggressively but they could not score. sweden's defence and their goalkeeper who was the woman of the match did not allow them to score. it came down to penalties, and what a penalty shoot—out that was. sweden won by the narrowest of margins by the end. 0ne the narrowest of margins by the end. one of the players missed a penalty and what a note to go out on. there will be many questions about their

performance in this tournament, why they didn't gel and play as a unit. but i think right now the united states team and millions of fans who've been watching here and across the world will have to sit with the fact that the reigning champions, the defending champions are now out of the world cup. this tournament has been described as the world cup of surprises, of unpredictability. for us fans this has ended with the worst of surprises for them. pope francis is on his way back to rome afterfive days in portugal for world youth day , the largest of all roman catholic events earlier today he attended a mass at a riverside park in the portuguese capital the mass was concelebrated by 700 bishops and 10,000 priests, who distributed communion to the huge crowd. many of the faithful slept outdoors, having attending a vigil

there on saturday night, and they gathered in sweltering heat. 0ur correspondent, alison roberts has been watching events in lisbon. i think he properly thinks he's done quite well, at the moment his meeting with around 20,000 volunteers and organisers of this mass event. at any other time that would be a large gathering but after today's more than 1 would be a large gathering but after today's more than1 million pilgrims attending the mass with the pope at especially built venue, more than a million people came for the vigil as well. they have been large gatherings in lisbon, perhaps more than people expected. the organisers always said it could be around a million people. many people in lisbon who were not thinking of attending the event have left the capital, it has ground to a halt.

from the view of the catholic church and the pope who sees youth as a vehicle for bringing change to the catholic church, he will think it has been a big success.- catholic church, he will think it has been a big success. what you make of the _ has been a big success. what you make of the fact _ has been a big success. what you make of the fact that _ has been a big success. what you make of the fact that so - has been a big success. what you make of the fact that so many - has been a big success. what you i make of the fact that so many young people have turned out to show their support and see the pope? this people have turned out to show their support and see the pope?— support and see the pope? this was an event that _ support and see the pope? this was an event that was _ support and see the pope? this was an event that was instituted - support and see the pope? this was an event that was instituted by - support and see the pope? this was an event that was instituted by john | an event that was instituted byjohn paul ii several decades ago. he was a pope who had a strong bond with young catholics at that time. that has been carried on now by this pope and the cry that has been heard is that this is the use of the pope. in spanish and in portuguese. people here want to express that bond they feel with this particular pope and the change that he is bringing. plenty more on the pope's visit on our website or you can download the bbc news app. that's it from me you

can reach me on twitter. see you soon. there have been some hefty showers but on the whole it has been a drier, brighterand but on the whole it has been a drier, brighter and calmer day than yesterday. it was because this storm antoni has been easing away. clear skies follow behind with a speckling of shower, most of those showers using. some will continue across parts of scotland, maybe coastal parts of scotland, maybe coastal parts of scotland, maybe coastal parts of northern ireland and north wales. 0therwise dry with clear skies, the odd mist patch and actually quite a chilly night for the time of year. 6 degrees for aberdeen, nine for birmingham and cardiff and some parts of the countryside will get chillier than that. underthis countryside will get chillier than that. under this ridge of high pressure and a bright start to sunday, a sum showers popping up but

they shouldn't be quite as many as there have been today. this weather system running from the west will bring more cloud into the far south—west of england and wales. misty conditions developing and some rain very late in the day. temperatures, 16—21 in most places. monday night, this system pushes eastwards and bringing some rain with it, not a huge amount of rain but there will be misty and murky conditions for coasts and hills. put northern ireland and scotland it is mainly dry and sunny albeit with a brisk breeze in north scotland making it feel rather cool. 18 — 20 degrees in the south. as we move into wednesday, we will see humid air spreading from the west, that will give rise to sea fog, wales and the south—west of england. some sunny spells but those computers beginning to climb. that process will continue into thursday. high

pressure will be to the east of us, low pressure to from the west, that will bring the flow of winds from the south bringing warmer air across our shores. you can see the orange colours spreading across the map before thursday. quite widely we will be in the middle 20 celsius, some places could get up to 28 celsius. it may not last that long, we will see more unsettled weather returning towards the weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines: at least 30 people are dead and more than 100 injured after an express train came off the tracks in southern pakistan. the train was heading for karachi when several carriages overturned. the country's railway minister says at least 1,000 people were on board. a russian—installed official in crimea says ukrainian missiles have struck two bridges linking ukraine to the occupied crimean peninsula. this unverified video is from the russian state tass news agency. in the uk — the rule which deducted prison living costs from compensation paid to wrongly convicted people has been scrapped by the government. it follows the case of andrew malkinson who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit.