grants and other assistance. at heathrow airport — as she tries to kick—start economic growth. hello, i'm tanya beckett. we start the programme in india, where a crush

at least a dozen people. which is a key ritual for the tens of millions prime minister modi has offered his condolences. our south asia correspondent, samira hussain, whistles blast. to form human chains. i see shoes.

now, what witnesses have told us is that there were just hundreds and hundreds of people sleeping here wants to take a dip in the holy waters. this way, and as ever in this kind of a crowd, one person someone in the crush. that was the last time she saw her. "i fell in the crush

of people," says this woman. a festival to celebrate faith has instead left many grieving. reporters have been talking to some of the people who were say distressing. there was a huge mm there was a huge crowd of --eole cathered _ there was a huge crowd of people gathered for- crowd of people gathered for paving, and they started climbing over paving, and they started climbin: over climbing over each other a climbing over each ether a massive climbing aver each ether a massive crowd, climbing over each other a massive crowd, those to the ritual going to the—ritualbathranet m going to the—ritual bath, and returning. in the midst those returning. in the midst of the — those returning. in the midst of the pushing and shoving, those returning. in the midst of the crowd g and shoving, those returning. in the midst of the crowd fellid shoving, those returning. in the midst of the crowd fell upon »ving, those returning. in the midst

of the crowd fell upon me, , entire crowd fell open—me ewe—”emf as it entire crowd fell. open—me; _ as it moved forward. trampling as it moved for. . - the trampling as it moved mm -m_ trampling as it moved forward the crowd surged, elderly when the crowd surged, elderly people — when the crowd surged, elderly people and were came forward to we were slee-cin at t7? around midnight :-—§ :_—§ the police came 5 the police came and e - the police came and beat six comic sticks, us to -o and 2 to go fieve telling us to go and behave _just- telling us to go and behave _just then, i telling us to go and behave _just then, a i telling us to go and behave - _just then, a large sur-ed forward, and - surgeforward, and the i - surg(y rward, and the i - surg(y sister—in—law e i mac chaos, my sister—in—law - her— mac chaos, my sister—in—law - her life _ mac chaos, my sister—in—law - herlife -- _ mac chaos, my sister—in—law - her life. —— - in - mac chaos, my sister—in—law - her life. —— - in the i lost her life. —— and in the chaos _ samira hussain who's at the scene in prayagraj, are now in place. and it was actually being monitored in one central area.

where i am right now, just behind me is where but it extends all the way down right over this way, that area is really particularly holy. and that is where you had that real crush of people and what can you tell us about where the injured people are being taken? right, so the injured have been taken to local hospitals nearby. in to go and speak with the with there,

in to go and speak with their loved ones but of course, getting a real sense of numbers from an official standpoint. the crush this morning. with the festival itself. you had this crush of people, and clearly feared dead. but once that entire area was cleared away, you actually itjust gives you a sense ofjust, you know,

determined they are. remember, this is a religious festival. when you think... i mean, it's really hard to sort which is how many people that the organisers to come on this particular day. but it's just this really massive crowd, and no matter what way you cut it, that's a lot of people coming to a particular area.

now this entire mela area is about a0 square km where all the action is, is really all right over here. "anti—woke" executive orders — but direct payments benefits would continue. so what does this pause mean? it means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness

taxpayer dollars. that is the position of the white house. review, if you like, of the way that the american government spends its money — how does it spend the billions and is it spending that money on programmes that are consistent with donald trump's agenda? that's the key part here. so in an attempt to discover the answer to that question,

what i think will happen here is that we will see by congress for the intended use, and now donald trump

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it is. the latest we are hearing united nations hearing from the united nations that more than 370,000 is that more than 370,000 palestinians have made palestin'fians have made that the palestinians�*have made that the south the journey from the south to the north in just the last 48 hours, eversince north in just the last 48 hours, ever since they were hours. ever since they were permission to across hours. ever since they were permissi and . across hours. ever since they were permissi andi acrt on 'ourney. journey. as you? if” 1 thatjourney. as you are saying, a lot people now saying, a lot of people now going back to their former 7 7 streets streets where neighbourhoods, streets where they used live, and finding they used to live, and finding many cases that houses have me we knew been destroyed. we knew the extent �*the e:— but people are now damage. bot'peepte are new for damage. bat'peepte are new for themselves. damage. bdt’peepte are new forthemselves. i damage. bdt’peepte are new for themselves. i think seeing for themaetves; 'i think: just how seeing for themsetves; 'i think just how much this underscores just how much needed this aid supply is into man northern -art of the as well as the rest of strip, as well as the rest of the at the same as you are saying, we 7:5: 2 _zs thisrprospect tonforrow have this prospect tomorrow of big in down the a big change in aid down the line, because israel passed a big change in aid down the line law :ause israel passed a big change in aid down the line law :ause saidl passed a big change in aid down the line law :ause said that sed united agency for the united nations agency for::::: w : : : refugees, the united nations agency forww: w : : : refugees, has the united nations agency forww: w : : : forjgees, has the united nations agency forww: w : : : for about has the united nations agency forww: w : : : for about 70 has the united nations agency forww: w : : : for about 70 years 5 been going forabootem years �* so, been going forabootem years �*so, but it would be able to

m soil. we are operate on israeli soil. we are hearing from a witlhaviei ’ witlhaviei bigfifi will have big impact, a this will have a big impact, a effect in knock—on effect in gaza specifically, say that specifically, they say that could be big problems. israel says the has been says the organisation has been by hamas, something infiltrated by hamas, something unrwa always and is simply j is simply not case. said is simply not the case. and this is a reminder the and this is a reminder that the process is extremely delicate. is, and we are on the it is, and we are on the cusp eta eve of the next round of of the eve of the next round of the hostages released. the hostages being released. what we see �* will be women released, arbel =-z who 6 people were yahud. who many people were . to be released last expecting to be released last and it caused a delay �* the �*the palace going the of the palace going from the south to 11, of gaza, south to the north of gaza, that was expected to happen last weekend, but it was delayed of that. delayed because of that. she will be released another and another man who n and another man'who has woman and another man who has not been what'll happen not been named. what'll happen is will be released from

is they will be released from hamas we have hamas captivity, and we have seen this choreography of the last couple of weeks or so, we see that dozens of see that prisoners palestinians prisoners are from prisons. released from israeli prisons. thank much. let's get some of the day's other news now. warning that a halt to funding could lead to rises to continue his country's nuclear programme "indefinitely". nuclear power. stood down following months

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she's been promising since labour came for heathrow airport. is the chancellor herself.

biggest of all, a third runway at heathrow — and economic growth go hand—in—hand. climate campaigners are not convinced. around old trafford is also on the drawing board, which gets a thumbs up from business owners and the council. there's a huge potential here for more housing, as well as the potential for a bigger stadium. the chancellor will be in 0xfordshire to dust off

academia, innovation and commerce closer together. carefully planned to ensure its financially sustainable, support the people coming in to develop that that these plans go fast enough

to provide the growth boost she needs to avoid having to raise taxes again. simon jack, bbc news. let's speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. it appears that rachel reeves 7: airport expansion and has put airport expansion and very centre of her plan for the very centre of her plan for economic growth. is that the or is it simply case, or is it simply must eye—catching aspect of it? i we can't think we can't really know until we hear the speech, but it is both ilinggfinjtely both very and very important and very eye—catching. we are expecting reeves to give her rachel reeves to give her to a third at in her t in her speech today. i the in her speech today. i the phraserspeech today. i the phrase give ech today. i the phrase give hertoday. i use the phrase give her backing, because is not a 6 application. it life planning application. it been talked about for has been talked about for years, they first voted for a third runway at heathrow in the —= e.:. m of 16 ago house of commons 16 years ago which speaks to the yesterday, which: speaks to the �*pace yesterday; ”which: speaks to the �* pace infrastructure happen in this country.

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increased risks — 17 members of the multinational 0ur senior africa correspondent anne soy has the latest from nairobi. trying their best to secure these weapons, as well as those

by angola and kenya. so what does the president make of the intervention of marco rubio? congo, and they should stop their support for m23 rebels.

stay with us on bbc hello, there. days are looking dry. area of low pressure. but it will bring a windy, cloudy, wet day to the extreme single digits for most.

but with skies clearing overnight, cold air mass, likely to see frost develop, and that will greet us still a few showers and strong breeze across the north its way in from the west. and there's your thursday temperatures. the sunshine to compensate. so it's likely most of it will be of rain, but we could

figures across the board. so i think most of the rain will stay out west both take care.

at a huge hindu religious festival in northern india. ajudge in the us blocks donald trump's freeze britain's chancellor is expected to back a new runway at heathrow airport — as she tries to kick—start economic growth. of knife crime. could fall on dozens of britain's local theatres. at london's heathrow airport.