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that collided with a military helicopter as it was coming in to land in washington dc. transportation safety board. be issued in 30 days. it's still much too soon to speculate about the cause of the collision. 67 people died in the country's worst air disaster normally, two people manage air traffic control for helicopters and aeroplanes flying in the area — one of but only one person was on duty on wednesday at the time of the crash. that's according to sources cited by the bbc�*s diversity employment policies for the crash. in his remarks, the president specifically blamed

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and thereby knowingly allow the afd to gain a majority in a vote." like, for many displaced families, the search our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford ..a message of reassurance and love. from parents to a daughter separated by russia's

she shows me her phone, full of memories of a couple, full of energy and life. forfour months, she had no information at all. then russian soldiers dumped her mother at a hospital in a coma. she died without ever coming round. they did to her and why. my mom was 51.

it will kill me. when the russian army took over her town, many ukrainians there protested. as the russians began rounding up those suspected of siding with kyiv. this officer didn't want to be identified, but he did recognition software to try to find some of the missing. and they have her father's photograph

the pro—russian or the russian authorities might post something online, and that might be one way offinding him. but there's been no trace at all of him. he showed up in hospital — his body evidence of what he'd been through. for a whole year. he's now facing trial in russia, accused of taking

he said, "when i was a kid, you used to talk i was in hell." sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. we are to speak to our correspondent at washington reagan 77 reagan international qatjgrgl reagan international. will the decision for airport. will the decision for come under the it both come under the ntsb? it remains be seen which both come under the ntsb? it remains be will1 which both come under the ntsb? it remains be will be hich both come under the ntsb? it remains be will be issuing official bodies will be issuing the reports, but we know the will issue a preliminary ntsb will issue a preliminary report in 30 days. that is still a long way to for many

still a long way to go for many of those who are seeking answers to this fatal crash and tragedy that this tragedy that has taken place. for now, the operation has been paused conditions have because the conditions have been too difficult to just . a: a??? just to remind you, work in. just to remind you, it's incredibly and it's incredibly cold, and looking out at the icy, black river of the potomac, it is freezing conditions they 7:2 we have 5 7 777w? ray; is}; 7 7 7 777w? i359; page: 7 7 7 777w7§ i359; hear7d7of7 eh; 7 that eifiieett conditions that the ff ff f ff ff f ff f f ff have oiffieott conditions that the ff ff f ff ff f ff f f ff have been oiffieott eonoitions that the ff ff f ff ff f ff f f ff have been working on. from the 7 from the president of the firefighters' association here in dc, who talked about the scenes that has diverse graphic scenes that has diverse of ink and during their efforts. he even recovery efforts. he even described, their wet suits by degree of the being out by thedegfeeof the is reminder that 777 there is a lot oft-he wreckage and 7 there is a lot oft-he wreckage and is 7 there is a lot oft-he wreckage and is something left, and it is something that the recovery operation and the givers look to the recovery operation and the divers look to be the recovery operation and the givers look to be working divers will look to be working on work through to salvage on and work through to salvage some of aircraft and some

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speculation — be focus on the families. from speculation . fact, _ be focus on the families. from speculation . fact, there - be focus on the families. from speculation . fact, there have speculation to fact, there have be.“ of speculation to fact, there have been of other near been reports of other near misses around airport. can lee—ea 7am, any about that? hasbeen 7 has been a 77ha7s77be7er717a7 l7ot77 7 7777 hasbeena [310+ there has been a lot of speculation, and once a tragedy has been happened, people are has been haeeeneot eeeeleae ffef—ffefffffefffe has been haeeeneet eeeeteare ff ff ff f to see has been habbeneet beeeteare ff ff ff f to see what can be done has been habbeneet beeeteare ff ff ff f stop to see what can be done has been habbeneet beeeteare ff ff ff f stop it» see what can be done has been habbeneet beeeteare ff ff ff f stop it happening :an be done has been habbeneet beeeteare ff ff ff f stop it happening again. done are at7the7 safety they are looking at the safety measures around the sector, it is held as a place where those safety are incredibly safety standards are incredibly good, but they are looking to good. belt theyare looking to how good. but theyare looking to how this good. but theglare looking to how this has happened. this ask how this has happened. this area around dc is area arobncinc isfincreoibly the airspace congested. the airspace involves commercial and “weleee eehrhreff'ela ea 7 airlines. that is military airlines. that is a and common sight to see. normal and common sightto see. are still asking, and we are still asking, and investigators continue in �* efforts to find out the their efforts tofino out the to what exactly answers to what exactly happened in this fatal crash. thank you much.

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i wore it for a week, plus an n95 mask. robbed a 7—eleven. let's go live to los angeles — and our correspondent, i assume the concert is still ongoing. i wanted to know, has there been an estimate of how rebuilding of the much rebuilding of the palisades cost? much rebuilding of the palisades - cost? much rebuilding of the palisades for | cost? much rebuilding of the palisades for the it? much rebuilding of the palisades for the rebuilding, estimate for the rebuilding, the total estimate of the cost the total estimate of the cost the is running into of the damage is running into .. .. a concert like this billions. a concert like this is going to raise money in the millions, so you could say almost a drop the ocean in almost a drop in the ocean in terms of total cost. it is still relatively days still relatively early days in terms of the rebuilding, the state they are at now simply state they are at now is simply removing a lot of the toxic debris from what remains of people's comms. the 72: z bricks and 7 m bricks and morta — will come (s and morta e will come in and morta e will come in the morta e will come in the months , that will come in the months some people fear that ahead. some people fear that costs may well as time costs may well escalate as time goes it going to a goes on. it is going to be a tremendous amount of money. the

of this concert was to as much money as possible raise as much money as possible to help people with those d a lot or a lot of attention efforts, and a lot of attention on the rich people, rich and poor have suffered as result poor have suffered as a result this, i think money is poor have suffered as a result this, needed 1oney is poor have suffered as a result this, needed in eey is desperately needed in some quarters more than it is in ooarters more than it it ire two "we”... the ooarters more than it it in”, , ,,, . , , the other reason others. the other reason to raise money is to look to the future and the possibility, the real possibility that fires real possibility thathireaf f fef f a. these real possibility thathiresf f fef f a. these could happen again, again spread 7 7 again spread quickly. 7 7 again spread quickly. 7we 7 and again spread quickly. we know change is a the spread7more quickly factor. the spread more quickly than they ever have before. some measures to hopefully curb those fires in the future. tineee fires in the fete’re; youindeed tineee fires in the fete’re; you indeed for that. at the age of 78. the career of the grammy nominated artist who rose to fame in the 1960s was, at times, overshadowed

by drugs and controversy. 0ur reporter leigh milner takes a look back at her life. # it is the evening of the day.# 1965 and an angel—faced, convent—educated teenager by the rolling stones. within a year she had married, had a baby, beginning with one of himself and faithfull from 1967, of marianne faithfull. she was a wonderful friend, beautifulsinger, and a great actress. she will always be remembered." also paid tribute.

to their sessions too, a lot, i was learning. it was exactly the period i would have been in university. but instead of going to university, i went down # when the evening sun turns gently on...# given the chance to restart her singing career, deeper, emotionally raw. it led to a grammy award nomination and decades more

i was working with pj harvey at the time i was asked to co—write some music with marianne, and so she brought me in on that. the rest of the time i worked with her, was always, oh, wow. shivers down the spine. the singer and actress, marianne faithfull, who's died at the age of 78. before we leave you, let'sjust before we leave you, let's 'ust remind you �* before we leave you, let's 'ust remind you offi before we leave you, let's 'ust remind you of. seen h before we leave you, let'sjust remind you of. seen live i before we leave you, let'sjust remind you of. seen live in | remind you of the seen live in washington, dc, where recovery washihgteht all; where reeotery will fleei�*iifigififig be; beef? reeoeery will start fleei�*iifigififig be; beef? reeatery will start once efforts will start once again as soon as daylight breaks in

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after britain left the eu. stay us on bbc news. hello. compared with some of the rather turbulent weather that clearing, though, to leave some sunny spells, so we've got this frontal system pushing its way tending to clear away. for a good part of the day, and we will keep a fair bit but there will be some sunny spells. northern ireland. around 6—10 degrees.

across central and eastern parts of england. there could be some mist and murk around as well, and another zone of cloud pushing in towards northern ireland later in the night. to freezing or a touch below, so there could be a frost for the weekend. of cloud across the central and eastern parts of england, some misty conditions for a time as well. then we will see some sunshine, but all the while out towards the west cloud will be rolling its way in as this area of high pressure. so watch as we go through saturday night and on into and so what will be left with for sunday is, yes, but nothing too significant.

for example, northwest scotland, also central and in that sunshine, temperatures like these seven, eight, nine degrees will not feel too bad. as we look ahead to next week, a decent amount of dry weather around once again. decent spells of sunshinea , 1 11,

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