we re 15—year—old and 16—year—olds were killed in a stabbing attack by a group of people in bristol in the south—west of england. police say they are looking for further suspects. france has become the latest government to suspend payments to the un agency for palestinian refugees, despite a plea from the un chief for countries to continue funding. and reports from paris say an israeli delegation has arrived for talks about a gaza ceasefire with representatives from the us, egypt and qatar. us negotiators are said to be cautiously optimistic that a deal is within reach. i will be back with a full bulletin of news at the top of the hour. now, disappeared: mexico's missing 43.

september 26. 43 male students from a teaching college visited the city of iguala and guerrero, mexico and went missing. how do you disappear 43 people? it helps if the government tasked with investigating that disappearance is involved in carrying out the disappearance. 43 were abducted, according to the attorney— 43 were abducted, according to the attorney general's office, by members of the municipal policing iguala _ members of the municipal policing iguala. they were members of the dru- iguala. they were members of the drug cartel.

we - drug cartel. we had work in a number of drug cartel. — we had work in a number of cases in mexico where forensic evidence had been tampered with and you are constantly asking yourself, what part of the evidence can you trust? the mexican government was officially stating that the guerreros unidos were simply a local gang, and we knew that not to be the case at all. the case has sparked huge demonstrations in a country where 98% of— demonstrations in a country where 98% of murders last year went unsolved~ _

this is the mass in that area where the students were attacked. in the beginning, i think we couldn't really understand what was happening with the missing students of iguala. it was like another story about violence. my name isjose manuel jimenez. i'm a journalist, and violence. my name isjose manuel jimenez. i'm ajournalist, and i violence. my name isjose manuel jimenez. i'm a journalist, and i do photography, i do video. as a journalist, we learn a lot from investigations. we learn how they move and manipulate evidence. corruption has become a normality for us. we are very suspicious about everything that the government says.

the 2018 morning was interesting, because now we have a lot of soldiers, a lot of marines patrolling the area. when we arrived to the dam, they closed the road. they didn't allow us to cross this point. they told us, get out of here, you don't have anything to do here. this is private. i said, no, no, no, you can't keep me out. i'm a journalist. i have a right to be here. they started to arrange a convoy with members of the marines. it looks weird, the whole thing. so it looks weird, the whole thing. so i started to use my camera in the long distance. and i started to follow them. and they came into the reservoir, and they came into the reservoir, and they started to look for something.

my they started to look for something. my journalist's they started to look for something. myjournalist�*s instinct told me to stay here, do not move, because something is going to happen here. at the same time, this man flies with one of the detainees who has confessed to one of the killings.

the search at the river on the 28th of october would become a contested part of the government's investigation.

this is the afternoon of that day, the 28th. it was like one, two hours after they had left the scene. we saw the forensic team making an inspection in the river, like, picking up small things and putting in forensic bags of evidence. at that point, the forensic argentinian— at that point, the forensic argentinian at that point, the forensic aruentinian ., , ., ., argentinian group arrived, and i thou~ht argentinian group arrived, and i thought that — argentinian group arrived, and i thought that the _ argentinian group arrived, and i thought that the guys _ argentinian group arrived, and i thought that the guys with - argentinian group arrived, and i thought that the guys with the l argentinian group arrived, and i - thought that the guys with the white suits were working with the argentinians. later, i knew that the argentinians. later, i knew that the argentinians didn't have any idea at all what was happening just a couple

of metres below them. and it was obvious that they were having an argument. it we came down from the garbage dump— it we came down from the garbage dump a _ it we came down from the garbage dump a little earlier. we were stormed — dump a little earlier. we were stopped at the road in aa dam that actually— stopped at the road in aa dam that actually borders the river. —— the road _ actually borders the river. —— the road in _ actually borders the river. —— the road in cocula. one of them blocked our way— road in cocula. one of them blocked our way and — road in cocula. one of them blocked ourway and said, road in cocula. one of them blocked our way and said, you cannot pass right— our way and said, you cannot pass right now — our way and said, you cannot pass right now. there is an operation going _ right now. there is an operation going on— right now. there is an operation going on and you cannot continue. we were like. _ going on and you cannot continue. we were like, what on earth is going on here, _ were like, what on earth is going on here, you _ were like, what on earth is going on here, you know? at this time, we didnt— here, you know? at this time, we didn't suspect much, so we waited in the car_ didn't suspect much, so we waited in the car is _ didn't suspect much, so we waited in the car is for— didn't suspect much, so we waited in the car is for a while, and then they— the car is for a while, and then they let — the car is for a while, and then they let us _ the car is for a while, and then they let us past, and that was it. the next day, on october the 29th,

one of the federal prosecutors came to the _ one of the federal prosecutors came to the garbage dump and said, we have another site, you should come now _ have another site, you should come now and _ have another site, you should come now. and that is when they took us to the _ now. and that is when they took us to the rio — now. and that is when they took us to the rio sanjuan. we realised when _ to the rio sanjuan. we realised when they— to the rio sanjuan. we realised when they took as there that that was close — when they took as there that that was close to the same spot we had been _ was close to the same spot we had been stopped the day before. there were already forensic experts next to the _ were already forensic experts next to the river~ — were already forensic experts next to the river. they were extracting from _ to the river. they were extracting from the — to the river. they were extracting from the river a plastic bag, like a garbage _ from the river a plastic bag, like a garbage one. they told us that bag had been _ garbage one. they told us that bag had been recovered by scuba divers that were _ had been recovered by scuba divers that were inspecting the river. and then _ that were inspecting the river. and then i _ that were inspecting the river. and then i saw one fragment of bone that was, _ and then i saw one fragment of bone that was, you know, considerably larger— that was, you know, considerably larger than — that was, you know, considerably larger than what we were seeing at the garbage dump in cocula, and almost _ the garbage dump in cocula, and almost not damaged by fire, and sol thought. _ almost not damaged by fire, and sol thought, well, if there are more remains — thought, well, if there are more remains like this, we might at least

be able _ remains like this, we might at least be able to— remains like this, we might at least be able to extract dna and compare it against— be able to extract dna and compare it against the dna of the families. by it against the dna of the families. by then, _ it against the dna of the families. by then, we had worked in a number of cases— by then, we had worked in a number of cases in— by then, we had worked in a number of cases in mexico where forensic evidence — of cases in mexico where forensic evidence had been tampered with and you are _ evidence had been tampered with and you are constantly asking yourself, what part _ you are constantly asking yourself, what part of the evidence can you trust? _ what part of the evidence can you trust? and — what part of the evidence can you trust? and so when we went to the rio san— trust? and so when we went to the rio sanjuan and so trust? and so when we went to the rio san juan and so this fragment that was— rio san juan and so this fragment that was much larger and almost not burned, _ that was much larger and almost not burned, we — that was much larger and almost not burned, we thought, this is very different— burned, we thought, this is very different from what we have seen. we were not— different from what we have seen. we were not there when the bag was allegedly— were not there when the bag was allegedly taken out of the river, and we — allegedly taken out of the river, and we were not there when that specific— and we were not there when that specific fragment was allegedly taken _ specific fragment was allegedly taken out from that bag.

my my name is omar gomez, and i am the former prosecutor. in the months after the boys went

missing, civil unrest grew. in december, 100,000 people marched through mexico city to protest their disappearance.

injanuary in january 2015, the attorney

general announced they had found a dna sample that matched one of the missing students. the government said their case was closed and that the dna from the bonein closed and that the dna from the bone in the river matched missing student alexander mora valencio, confirming their account, which they described as the historical truth.

in this official version, the students left the iguala bus terminal in four buses. corrupt police working for the mayor and local drug cartel had attacked them and detained a group of 43. cartel gunmen murdered them, burning their bodies at the dump and throwing their bodies into the river san juan.

where i think there is no authentic evidence _ where i think there is no authentic evidence to — where i think there is no authentic evidence to establish the official story, _ evidence to establish the official story, whoever knows where that fragment — story, whoever knows where that fragment is coming from knows something about where the remains of the rest _ something about where the remains of the rest of— something about where the remains of the rest of the students may be, you know? _ the rest of the students may be, you know? it _ the rest of the students may be, you know? it holds the key to a lot of information, yeah.

in april 2015, omar gomezjoins the team of independent experts as their local assistant.

the story of this fifth bus becomes central to the whole story, because it is such an central to the whole story, because it is such . ., ., ., , , central to the whole story, because it is such . ., ., . , , , it is such an anomaly. this is the only buzz — it is such an anomaly. this is the only buzz that — it is such an anomaly. this is the only buzz that wasn't _ it is such an anomaly. this is the only buzz that wasn't shot - it is such an anomaly. this is the only buzz that wasn't shot at, . it is such an anomaly. this is the | only buzz that wasn't shot at, and it's the only of the five buses that the students were on that will leave the students were on that will leave the city that night. it is also a boss that the federal government will lie about constantly. —— a bus.

we knew with certainty whether we had cracked into a major criminal organisation with direct ties to iguaia — organisation with direct ties to iguala guerrero.

hello there. we did expect it to get a bit warmer today, but it may well turn out to be a record—breaking day. with some sunshine and a southerly wind ahead of a band of rain in highland scotland, temperatures reached close to 20 degrees earlier on, and that would smash the previousjanuary on, and that would smash the previous january temperature record in the uk. the winds are dropping, actually, and the temperatures will drop too. this band of rain moving to scotland and northern ireland is heading in the northern parts of england and way is, and following on from that in the light winds, we are getting into colder air, so much so that in northern parts of scotland, there is likely to be a frost overnight tonight, whereas ahead of the rain in england and wales, it is still a mile starts on monday. but this rain will hang around in northern england and wales. heavy over the hills, particularly in the north west of england. much of scotland and northern ireland likely to be dry with some sunshine, lighter winds, to be dry with some sunshine, lighterwinds, but to be dry with some sunshine, lighter winds, but much colder than today. temperatures typically 7—8,

whereas where it is dry across the midlands and southern england, it is still mild, temperatures of 14, maybe 15. it is notjust rain we will see on monday. after dark, there could be some snow in the southern uplands, leading to icy conditions by tuesday morning, by which point that area of low pressure will have taken the wet weather away, and we are left with a cloudy start for england and wales. some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland will push southward through the day. that very mild air will get pushed away, but 12 degrees still possible in the south—east. for many of the afternoon, it will be nearer eight or so, so turning chillierfrom the north. if we be nearer eight or so, so turning chillier from the north. if we look to the north by the middle of the week, more isobars and weather fronts. it is turning wet and windy, particularly in scotland. widespread gales here on wednesday, and across northern ireland, northernmost parts of england. the really strong winds are in the far north of scotland, but over the highlands this time, we could see a couple of inches of rain. that wet and windy weather in scotland will sink down into

northern ireland. england and wales looking dry, the wind is much lighter further south, and some sunshine, temperatures of ten or ii. the weather front bringing that rain will move southwards overnight. the rain peters out, chilly weather for a while, but then the wind direction changes by thursday, bringing in a milder air and also mcleod. —— more cloud. live from london, this is bbc news. three american soldiers are killed in a drone attack near the jordan—syria border. more than 20 others were injured. the white house said the attack had been carried out by an iranian—backed militant group. president biden promises to retaliate. knife crime in the uk... two people are arrested after a 15 and 16—year—old are killed in a stabbing attack by a group of people in bristol. police say they are looking

for futher suspects. france has become the latest government to suspend payments to the un agency for palestinian refugees, despite a plea from the un chief for countries to continue funding. israel says negotiations in paris over the release of hostages in gaza, and a possible new ceasefire, were "constructive" but "gaps remain". we start this hour with the breaking news that three us have troops have been killed in a drone attack on an american base near the jordan—syria border. us officials say more than 20 other personnel were injured. president biden said the the attack had been carried out by an iranian—backed militant group operating in syria and iraq and vowed reprisals. as yet, no group has claimed it was behind the attack, and we have had no word from iran.