in washington dc. as the investigation begins — questions are being asked about the number of air traffic controllers who were on duty. a charity concert takes place welcome to the programme. box data recorders from the american airlines plane

orange so they can be easily found — being examined by experts from the us national transportation safety board. the cause of the collision. in more than 20 years. the most controlled airspaces in the world — us partner, cbs news. and, president trump has faced criticism for blaming in his remarks, the president specifically blamed

he called the president's remarks "despicable". nationals and two russian figure skating stars. more from washington. in the aftermath of the disaster, people are desperately searching for answers. we're here to assure the american people we are going to conduct

a thorough investigation spencer lane, a 16—year—old figure skaterfrom rhode who was 49 years old, were among those killed. his father, douglas lane, spoke to local media. for a shot at the olympics. they alljust adored him. and vadim naumov were both coaches from the community and victims of the crash. 28—year—old sam lilley has

been identified as one airlines flight. "my heart is breaking," he wrote in a facebook post. audio recording of the moment there have been multiple reports in us media that air investigators say they are looking into multiple potential factors into the crash and don't yet know the cause. hires for the fatal crash without providing any evidence. we want the most competent people. in those positions. and if they don't have a great

brain, a great power merlyn thomas, bbc news, washington. let's speak to terry tozer, former airline pilot. terry, do you think more 24 terry, do you think more 2a on might have than 2a hours on might have happened? than 24 hours on might have happened? _ happened? i think it looks re happened? i think it looks pretty clear _ happened? i think it looks pretty clear that _ happened? i think it looks pretty clear that the - are??? def that the ' " crew took helicopter crew took responsibility for the separation from the airliner and clearly failed to achieve that. there might be multiple why thet. there'might'be multiple why that happened. i �*we go back to the think if we go back to the basics, the of having

basics, the idea of having mixed instrument traffic and visual traffic at night in a very complex, busy environment like this is highly we now seem to e-= z= the air traffic think the air traffic was doing controller was perhaps doing more work than he normally should be doing. it is not only a blatant breach of their rules but also ru| ifciut also ru| ifc on also ru| ifc on this the lie. the us. just explain, you the us.: a st explain, you the us.: a visuallain, you the us.: a visual and you the us. a visual and other talk about a visual and other means, explain the mien? te gel?“ the 7, "’ " '* for people meefie te eee�*efi the 7, "’ " '* for people who don't what the plane would understand what the plane would have had versus what the would . . would have: mq'ia'hsié’had. helicopter would have had. when ou are helicopter would have had. when you are - a — helicopter would have had. when you are - a commercial - helicopter would have had. when you are - a commercialjet i eeu ere tleihe e tfimfieemeliet " a busier control you intoa busier control space you normally be by would normally be separated by the radar control. you'd be the raderconttru. you'd be from theraderconttol. you'd be from all other traffic all traffic would be but all traffic would be controlled. for if you

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traffic control. confirmation that the will be closed until week. will be closed until next week. that's the runway the was due to land. we will plane was due to land. we will get more on that on the bbc 7 website website or 77 website or app. 7 website orapp. to 7 website or app. to germany news website or app. to germany where the man tipped to be the . . leader has proposed a next leader has proposed a tighter immigration laws but reliance on eaters far right tea has caused uproar. critics of friedrich merz of the conservative cdu, once led by angela merkel, have staged protests outside the party's headquaters. with the far—right. now today he's set to table new migration legislation. is expected to erupt.

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germany. doing the right thing for germany-— doing the right thing for german ., ,, ., ~ germany. jessica parker, live in berlin. _ germany. jessica parker, live in berlin, thank _ germany. jessica parker, live in berlin, thank you. - to the middle east now. we're expecting to hear later the names of the next israeli first phase of the ceasefire and hostage release deal. three of them israeli and five of them thai nationals. they are now recovering in hospital. of more than 100 palestinians from israeli prisons, injerusalem. so we're expecting more names, but concern about the chaotic there is concern about those chaotic scenes we yesterday. ??

mm yesterday. ?? chaotic. when you see the pictures from above can see swarming “7 ”7 swarming the huge crowds swarming around the people, the israeli people, the two israeli hostages and five thai hostages who were being taken hamas who were being taken by harnas we believe, fighters, we believe, to waiting cars of the international committee of the cross. when you see how 7—7 done, you can that was done, you can understand why there was real concern their safety as a concern for their safety as a consequence of that. it was in efifiifidufififi fit that !t fleai ifi; contrast to the efifiifidufifiefi fit that !t fifiai ifi; contrast to the scenes stark contrast to the scenes that we saw at the start of the day when soldier day when israeli soldier hostage was released, the last of the group was released. ofthg group that was released. it was 91th; group that was released. it was she there it was stage—managed, she literally standing a a 7 7 ”a certificate at the stage with a certificate at the end of her release. it was end of her release. but it was the one whether such the second one whether such anger here. words �*criticism anger here. words of criticism from the international of the red cross from the international actually the red cross from the international actually the red these don't actually organise these but they facilitated the they said needs release. they said they needs to be better security in place. it ; ; to a delay to be better security in place. it ;; to a delay in it did teed te a delay in. the *""*"”'”'”’ the it did teed te a delay in. the "

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with this investigation that , airlines crew was the american airlines crew was also told to change it runway here -l here at reagan international iahere'at eedddfit thtematienal before airport right before landing before the crash happened. {lil eaters the eraah haeeenedi ”ww” eaters the eraah haeeenedi' ' we are eetere the eraah haeeenedi' ' we are now beginning to course. we are now beginning to more about the victims learn more about the victims who were in the themselves who were in the plane and the helicopter. just siml plane and the helicopter. just simply tragic _ plane and the helicopter. just simply tragic. we _ plane and the helicopter. jut simply tragic. we have learned that number of figure skaters that a number of figure skaters both us figure skaters and also ww . ttfigdre www , — figure were on russian figure skaters were on board that travelling board that plane travelling from wichita, kansas. they back from wichita, kansas. they were for a competition were training for a competition in a camp. a number of in a training camp. a number of really young promising figure skaters. their parents were fi-ure figure skating communities globally mourning this loss. as well as many t ttton tiié'iiizntet, sew others on the plane, a law professor in the washington, dc mums, the t

mums, the militarty crew area, mums, the military crew chief on board that helicopter 7 |-7 just old, he was just 29 years old, he leaves behind a wife and a one—year—old child. you cannot really overstate the devastation and the grief that is gripping these families, 67 lives lost in all. live at reagan _ lives lost in all. live at reagan international l ”uteri "c: case—fie you vergt be cc”: t you very much. 7 has been challenged by both democrats and republicans on whether she considered edward snowden to be a traitor.

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running into billions. money in the millions. so you could say almost a drop in the ocean in terms of the total cost, i don't think anyone precisely knows it's still relatively early days. they're at now is simply removing a lot of the toxic that is going to come in the months ahead. and some people fear that costs may well as possible to help people with those efforts. of these fires. like these could happen again and again, spread quickly.

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hello. that's come our way over the last couple of weeks, things for the next few days look a good deal quieter. but a fair amount of cloud. so that rain, early on across the south east corner, of cloud as well across central and eastern england, but there will be some sunny spells. the best sunshine, i think, through the day will be found across the southwest of england, wales, lots of sunshine through the afternoon, northeast around 6—10 degrees.

so a lot of dry weather around on saturday, but a fair bit some misty conditions for a time as well. then we will see some sunshine, but all the while out but remember, that weather front will be running into this area of high pressure. sunday, this weather frontjust weakens, just breaks apart — and so what will be left with for sunday is, yes, but nothing too significant. for example, northwest scotland, also central and eastern england — we should see some spells of sunshine. and in that sunshine,

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