maybe six crew members, that stayed on board the whole time of the war. in 2020, there was actually a flooding of the engine room that could have brought the safer down at that time. but they sounded the alarm and some local divers did come in to put patches below water, and sealed it off so it wouldn't sink. so that was actually very heroic and nobody knows about it, really. since 2015, anxiety began building that a failure to fund an operation could result — whether by leak or explosion — in potentially history's worst oil spill, into the red sea's emerald waters, home to some of the world's richest coral reefs, devastating local livelihoods and blocking the key artery of food imports to the north of yemen. the fishing industry, it will be stopped.

the seaport would be locked, and no commercial ships can go there and pick up all the food. supply will be stopped. we calculated over 200,000 families would be affected, losing their livelihood, probably for a generation, 25 years. the clean—up would have cost $20 billion, that's the best estimate that we received. in 1989, the exxon valdez spill leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude into the gulf of alaska, a slick that covered over 1,000 miles of coastline. even now, pockets of oil are still being discovered. yet on yemen's fso safer, four times as much oil. this is big. and i looked at the first price tag of, how are we going to raise $141; million? in the end, after two years and between 23 countries, private companies and even the general public, enough funds were raised to launch an operation to transfer the oil. an elementary school in bethesda, maryland.

kids, six, seven, eight years old, heard about this and went out and raised... they sold lemonade or whatever they could to raise a few hundred dollars for us. this is a good—news story — a disaster averted. and i shouldn't dampen the mood, some big energy companies did put their hands in their pocket, as did yemen's red sea neighbour, saudi arabia. but it has to be said, it seems absurd to hold a slow whip—round involving schoolchildren in america, knowing the billions in profits made by energy companies who've worked in yemen and the hundreds of millions of dollars thrown around in sports deals in saudi arabia.

so, yes, this is a good—news story, but it's also a reminder of what our priorities are, how organised we can be when it comes to profiting from natural resources and how absent we can be when it comes to protecting them. the oil has been transferred, but the story now continues, with the un again sending round the collection plate for a last $20 million to safely break up the boat. but in yemen, relief, and time for cheer. they are very happy and they celebrate. now they can feel that they will have a good future for their family, for their kids. it would have been an economic and humanitarian and shipping disaster of huge magnitude that i don't think the world really fully absorbed just how bad it could have been. the story isn't over, but the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands have been saved, alongside the irreplaceable marine life of the red sea, thanks to the crew that remained, the local divers and the maryland schoolchildren. that's all from us tonight. kirsty�*s back tomorrow. goodnight.

at this hospital in the capital, dhaka, mums are taking part in a healthy eating workshop. but with the price of a potato now up by 75% on last year, basics they could once afford are now luxuries. and at the ward, we see just how bad things can get when children aren't fed a proper diet. bed after bed, young patients severely malnourished. yassin's nearly two. he has stunted growth and is very sick. translation: doctors |

advised me to give more nutritious food to my son, but i can't afford nutritious food. so how does my baby boy get nutrition? life nowadays is really hard for people like me. a few days later, and yassin's doing a little better. but once home, he'll return to a life of hunger and hardship. it's a cycle of desperation. in the cost of living crisis in bangladesh, the youngest are paying a high price. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, dhaka. spanish football player, jenni hermoso, has filed a legal complaint against the head of the country's football federation, after he kissed her following the spanish team's victory in the women's world cup. ms hermoso alleges that luis rubiales's kiss on her lips was unsolicited — something he contests. 0ur correspondent in

madrid guy hedgecoe sent this update on what the development might mean. jenni hermoso, the spanish football player who was kissed on the lips by spain's football federation president luis rubiales at the end of the world cup final has now registered a legal complaint against mr rubiales for alleged sexual assault. now that follows the opening of a preliminary investigation by prosecutors last week, where they started to probe to see whether there was enough evidence to bring a case against mr rubiales for sexual assault. now, with ms hermoso's decision to register her own complaint, it would seem that that case can now proceed against mr rubiales, and it could potentially arrive at a courtroom where he could face charges of sexual assault. now, this is just one front that mr

rubiales is facing at the moment. he's under pressure from a series of fronts. besides that one, also the world football governing body fifa has suspended him while it carries out its own investigation into his behaviour at the world cup final. and spain's own national sports tribunal is also carrying out a probe into mr rubiales. yesterday, the federation of spain's football federation without mr rubiales there because he has been suspended, of course, but the federation took the decision to sack the coach vilda, who led the women's team to that world cup triumph. and the feeling was that sacking that coach who was seen as a close ally of mr rubiales, was a way of trying to turn the page on this whole affair. even though mr rubiales remains clinging to his post. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news.

in the uk, parts of the country have hit 32 degrees celsius, as an unseasonal heatwave sweeps across the country. usually september marks the start of autumn and cooler weather but forecasters say the mercury could hit levels higher than the middle of summer. heat—health alerts have been upgraded to amber for most of england. a former adviser to birmingham city council has said the hosting of the commonwealth games was a mistake, given its legacy of financial problems. max caller said last summer's event had been a "challenge too far" for the council. urgent talks are taking place following tuesday's announcement that the labour—run council is effectively bankrupt. the fifty—two wilko shops due to close next week because of the chain's collapse have been named. administrators pwc said 2a shops would close next tuesday, with a further 28 to shut a week tomorrow. more than a thousand staff are being made redundant, as hopes of a rescue deal

for the business hang in the balance. you're live with bbc news. extra checks are being carried out at british ports and airports after a man remanded on terror charges escaped a london prison. 21—year—old daniel khalife escaped by strapping himself to the bottom of a delivery van. he's accused of carrying out a bomb hoax at a military base. in the last hour, the wandsworth prison service has issued a statement saying — and i quote, "an internal investigation is under way and thejustice secretary is working to understand from operational colleagues this evening both the categorisation decision and the situation that led to the escape, what protocols were in place and if they were followed." daniel sandford reports. the austere facade of wandsworth prison tonight, at the jail at the centre of one of the most embarrassing escapes since the 1990s. after a former soldier facing

serious charges of threats to the state broke out by simply hitching a ride underneath a food delivery van. he is 21—year—old daniel khalife, who is accused of a bomb hoax and collecting information for a hostile state. this morning he was working in the kitchen at wandsworth prison when at 7:50am he escaped through the main gate by hanging onto the underside of a food delivery van. a nationwide manhunt began immediately but at 15:30pm, counterterrorism detectives decided they needed to go public, appealing for help in tracking him down. he was at the time of his escape wearing red and white checked trousers, white t—shirt and brown boots, he is a 62" male, slim build with dark brown hair so we appeal to the public to look out for him and call us on 999 if there are any sightings of him. daniel khalifejoined the army in 2019 and in 2022 he became the focus

of a counterterrorism investigation. he is accused of being involved in a bomb hoax on the 2nd ofjanuary this year and on the 26th of january he was arrested. the charges he faced include preparing an act of terrorism and collecting information useful to an enemy, believed to be a hostile state. this is a very serious breach of security and it throws up a number of questions. firstly, what was this man doing wandsworth prison? wandsworth a category b reception present so it's not an obvious place for somebody who is being charged under terrorism offences who is a potential national security risk. counterterrorism detectives here at scotland yard are keen to stress that they do not believe daniel khalife poses a particular threat to the public. the charges he faced did not relate to something like a knife or bomb attack but they are advising people that if they see him, that should not approach him, rather they should dial 999.

nonetheless, the public were affected by the all ports and airports alert which lead to extra checks. this, in turn can lead to huge queues building up at airports including stansted, gatwick, heathrow, manchester and glasgow. wansworth was at the centre of one of the most famous prison break up when the great train robber ronnie biggs scaled the wall with a rope ladder in 1965 and started a new life in rio de janeiro. 1994 saw the last escape by inmates linked to terrorism when ira members broke out of whitemoor prison. the red and white checked trousers and white shirt that khalife was wearing when he staged the embarrassing escape were one of the cooked's uniforms at the prison. he must have been very distinctive when he first broke out before he managed to change clothes. and to another manhunt — this time in the us. a convicted murderer is still at large, nearly a week after he escaped

from prison in pennsylvaia. danelo souza cavalcante was sentenced last week to life in prison for killing his ex—girlfriend, but he managed to escape from prison and is still on the run. he's been spotted on security cameras, and schools have been closed in the area he's suspected to be hiding for two days. and from one legendary band, to a legendary artist — the late queen star, freddie mercury. 1,400 items that he once sold have begun going up for auction in london. amongst them this baby grand piano that he used to compose many of the band's greatest hits including don't stop me now and somebody to love. mercury bought it in 1975. bidding on it started at £40,000 — or £50,000. but it went for a lot more. this is the moment it was sold at sotherby�*s. let me know camera, quickly at 1,400,000. here it is, a 1.4 million. do you want to come in at 1,400,000? no? and selling it here at sotheby�*s for the baby grand,

it's £1.4 million. the hammer is up. i'm selling it here. final warning at 1,400,000. sold to you. applause thank you very, very much indeed. so with all the fees that added up to £1.7 million or $2.1 million. another item to fetch a lot was this — the original music manuscript for the song bohemian rhapsody. the 15—page handwritten document contains all of freddie mercury's notes in ballpoint pen and pencil. they reveal the hit was originally called "mongolian rhapsody". there was a gasp when the auctioneer, who called it a "modern cultural icon", started bidding at £500,000, but no surprise it went for more than double that. which with fees was a total of £1.3 million or $1.7 million. you can find more on our website. that's all for now —

stay with bbc news. hello there. i've got a couple of interesting sunsets to show you. the first of these shows, well, rather subdued colors in the skies in norfolk. and that was because we've got thick layers of saharan dust in the sky and all saharan dust is good for is well blocking out some of the sun's light. whereas in the much cleaner skies and cleaner air that we've had in scotland, some really spectacular sunsets as all of the sun's light can come flooding across the sky. now, looking at the weather pattern at the moment, we've got more of our september heat wave to come thanks to this blocked weather pattern in the jet stream, a ridge of high pressure in north—west europe is bringing us hot and sunny weather. but in contrast to that, this trough in the eastern mediterranean is what is responsible for storm daniel. and of course, that's been bringing some catastrophic floods to parts

of south—east europe over recent days. now, looking at the weather picture as we go through the next few hours. for the vast majority, we're looking at dry conditions with just a bit of low cloud, and mist and fog patches forming primarily around some of the north sea coast in east scotland, eastern areas of england. and so that's how we start the day on thursday. some of that will be quite slow to clear away, but eventually most of us will see sunshine. there'll be a bit more high cloud across the north and west of the uk, so that will make the sunshine a little bit on the hazy side here. but it's another hot and sunny day. temperatures in scotland and northern ireland widely around 24 to 27. but for england, wales we're looking at quite widely the high 20s to low 30s. so we're going to be quite close again to seeing the highest temperature of the year, 32 degrees recorded on wednesday, probably similar for thursday. now for friday, it's another dry day. probably a little bit more in the way of mist and fog patches around both the north sea coast and also through some of our irish sea coasts. but for the bulk, it's hot and it's sunny once again.

we've got more of this to come as well as we get into the weekend. although there's a tendency for the weather to start turning a little bit cloudier and breezier across the north—west of scotland with some showers moving in here. and this really is the first sign of a breakdown in the weather patterns with that slightly cooler air working into parts of western scotland. but for most, saturday is another september scorcher, with highs up to 32. 32.2 is the highest temperature we've seen so far this year. so we're not far away from that. the change in the weather patterns, though, will come through next week. temperatures getting closer to normal and there'll be a bit of rain around as well.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur, today on the shores of lake como in northern italy at the annual ambrosetti forum, where power brokers from across the world gather to talk geopolitics. in this era of great power rivalries, there is much focus on political uncertainty in the united states, with a presidential election looming next year. my guest is republican senator lindsey graham — an ally of donald trump. is the seemingly never—ending trump soap opera about to

plunge the us into turmoil? senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. senator, you are one of the strongest republican supporters of ukraine and of us military assistance to ukraine. right. would you acknowledge that, right now, the war isn't going the way you wanted it to, or indeed the way you expected it to just a few months ago? not at all. i think it's going exceedingly well. i just got back from ukraine last wednesday. there's major breakthroughs in the south. the land mine situation was incredible. i could not be more proud of how they've used the military equipment provided by our countries. they're putting pressure,

they've broken through the first defensive line.