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in to land in washington dc. from the us national transportation safety board. be issued in 30 days. it's still much too soon to speculate about 67 people died in the country's worst air disaster in more than 20 years. normally, two people manage air traffic control for helicopters the most controlled airspaces in the world — of the crash, that's according to sources cited by the bbc�*s us partner, cbs news.

transportation secretary. more from washington. in the aftermath of the disaster, people are desperately searching for answers. we're here to assure the american people of this entire tragedy. looking at the facts. a large number of people from the figure skating community. spencer lane, a 16—year—old figure skaterfrom rhode island, and his mother, christine lane, tojust go, whether he was

in his home club in boston, was just loved by everyone, from the adults running are, you know, competing for a shot at the olympics. they alljust adored him. of one of the pilots of the american radio chatter. traffic control may have

been short staffed. hires for the fatal crash without providing any evidence. we want the most competent people. we want the most competent people, especially in those positions. his critics have accused him of politicising a moment of national tragedy. for now, communities are grieving what is one of the deadliest air crashes in recent us history. this is the live in the river, where recovery potomac river, where recovery efforts have been caused because conditions so hard

bear. water, dark to bear. freezing water, dark as well. 67 people have died in divers are this accident. divers are their search and pausing their search and efforts because it is recovery efforts because it is simply too to simply too dangerous to at the we will continue at the moment. we will be live in washington injust be live in washington in just a few minutes' time. presidential memorandum... thousands have been protesting after friedrich merz who leads deutschland. that broke a serious taboo in germany. now today he's set to table new migratien legislatien; if that passes with support from the afd, a furious row translation: we have had immigration for -

almost exclusively goes into the social security systems. correspondent damian mcguiness. good to - you. tell us more good to you. tell us more about this goodto aboutthi ., ., , about this move, and white is so controversial. _ about this move, and white is so controversial. -- - about this move, and white is so controversial. -- why - about this move, and white is so controversial. -- why it. so controversial. -- why it is so controversial. -- why it is so controversial. _ so controversial. -- why it is so controversial. it - so controversial. -- why it is so controversial. it is - so controversial. it is because of the collaboration, almost, as critics would describe it of the conservatives with the far a fd party. we saw the

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the second world war. church gro formere out, even the second world war. church gro formere ol angela the former chancellor, angela merkel, was the �* of merkel, who was the leader of the conservative has the conservative party, has criticised successor saying criticised her successor saying she views this as wrong. what we are seeing really is huge we are seeing really is a huge row over this, and that row will only get today. will only get bigger today. on wednesday, it was a non—binding motion. j motion. today, 77 parliamentary motion. today, they will vote on a law which thevmll-e�*e en e 'et-s' "be“ thevmll-e�*e en e 'et-s' "be“ the conservatives could e— 77 for support from the afd look for support from the afd to through parliament. it te posh threodh element tt — — ——— . ——~ w— all to posh threoqh panama"! gt)” . -- 7 - ..- .7 all about is all about limiting in itself is 7 topic, butrbeyond controversial topic, but beyond migration, it about this 7 together 77 together the afd, working together with the afd, which is really shaking up about? 7 about? is 7 about: is going about? is going to debate about who is going to lead the next government in 3.5 weeks' as you we face elections on february 23, so things are suddenly got parliament and we expect fiery date of debate

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why ye: process been so big is why the process been so big this week. this week. this time, in the elections in 3.5 weeks' time, if the polls are correct, friedrich merz could be the chancellor, but the question is who will he work with? his potential left—wing partners, the greens, the social democrats, they are outraged by what they are saying are the political tactics of collaborating, as they would say, with the far right, and they are now saying they cannot trust him and don't want to work with them. we see the whole idea of cooperating within this german coalition building system breaking down. it is also leading to a very clear election fight. you have a very strong right wing, a very strong left—wing, and we

more now on the aircraft crash dc. let's get more now on the aircraft crash from dc. let's get more now on the aircraft crash from our dc. let's get more now on the aircraft crash from our correspondent. more from our correspondent. what more do we know the and about the investigation, and about the victims? , _, , victims? yes, the recovery operations _ victims? yes, the recovery operations have _ victims? yes, the recovery operations have been - victims? yes, the recovery i operations have been passed because of the conditions, which been deemed too to operate in. i am out over the icy river, 7 river, and 7 77 river, and it 5 77 river, and it is potomac river, and it is freezing and difficult for the recovery very difficult for the recovery to operate in. they operations to operate in. they . . passed operations to ooerate in. they . . passed for ooerations to ooerate in. they . . passed for the moment. have passed for the moment. overnight, there will be boats which secure and will which secure the site and will be there for a purely security there will be low surface -|m level, surface searches, but the actual divers will pause their and we also the actual divers will pause their us and we also the actual divers will pause their us the and we also the actual divers will pause their us the difficulties so heard us on the difficulties that the have been that the divers have been contending with. the that the divers have been

co the iding with. the rte ref—nt— that the divers have been co the iding with. association t— of the firefighters association here in dc described some of the wreckage the the wreckage that the divers have been contending with and how graphic the scenes they have been across have he said 77 he said the wet suits been. he said the wet suits of his divers have been some them, by the debris that of them, by the debris that remains in the potomac that where this is bein- focused on is being focused on and effort is being focused on and thatis effort is being focused on and that is where the main plane thatis where themain plane happened. that is what crash happened. that is what are with. we they are contending with. we know they have also know they have recovered two black boxes from the passenger airline, and that is passenger airline. and that is cockpit recorder as the cockpit voice recorder as well as flight data well as the flight data recorder. those will provide with some investigators with'son�*le clues to what and what asto whathappenedand what this crash. those data boxes being safety boa rd ' 7 ,,, "ié'éifggih’gf ’ w is ongoing, and thatgprocessing is ongoing. and- will be a preliminary there will be a preliminary report. pieces of the puzzle are coming but lots

are coming together. but lots . questions still swirling of questions still swirling around. ., ~ of them thai nationals. israel still lists 82 captives in gaza, of whom around 45 of more than 100 palestinians from israeli prisons, officials called unnaceptable and chaotic scenes at who's injerusalem. welcome to you. bring us up to date on what's to happen today possum}... :::e* ”157 possibly more 5 possibly more hostages j was spggested by the new us envoy more hostages stop possibly more hostages released in the coming hours? stop possibly more hostages released in the coming hours? we are expecting to get the we are expecting to get the names of more hostages names of more hostages that released. we are will be released. we are will be released. we are expecting three to be released expecting three to be released eapectlgg three'to' he'released that tomorrow. that is the eypectlgg three'to' he'released that is the tomorrow. that is the expectation and how this expectation and how this has been working. it process has been working. it

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let's speak to dr mohammed abu mughaiseeb, deputy he's in khan younis. good to you on the programme. thousands of people have been returning to the homes of the last few weeks. tell us what the messages situation in khan younis is? in situation in khan younis is? in khan situation in khan younis is? in khan younis, there is a lot of ehéhtfiehis} eh??? ii é lit if because people are on the 7°}; th7e7hu7ndre7d7s777 7 7 7 7 7°}; th7e7hu7ndre7d7s7o7f 7 7 focpsmge" the bonded; of who went back to thodsandswhowentfback to the and gaza city. there are north and gaza city. there are people from younis, from 777777andthe77 777777 7 777777andthe7south7,7777 777777 7 and thesouthand 777777 7 777777and the7south77and7they7 7777 7 rafah and the south, and they are not able to go the are notable to go withthe ”ww“ "ww” are notable to go withthe ”ww“ "ww” a lot are notable to go withthe ' ” ' " a lot of them are not able to go withthe ' ” ' " a lot of them are ceasefire, a lot of them are not able to go back to rafah,

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