the conditions were too cold named sanitary trials cannot be named after an appeal by the bbc and by the bbc aftfiraflééefife’ffhfi 552 $151 other media. �* media. hamas names the next three israeli hostages to be released as part to be released as part of the gaza ceasefire deal. of the gaza ceasefire deal. they'll be freed on saturday. on whether to tighten airport on wednesday. immigration, with the far—right three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. in the potomac river when daylight breaks in washington dc. they suspended the search overnight after an american airlines commercialjet crashed airlines commercialjet crashed with a helicopter near with a helicopter near washington national washington national airport on wednesday.

the conditions were too cold for the divers to operate in. 67 people died in the country's worst air disaster in more than 20 years. a preliminary report will be issued in 30 days. we're also starting to get more details about the victims — they include a filipino police officer, two chinese nationals and two russian figure skating stars. investigators have recovered the flight data recorders, also known as black boxes, from an american airlines jet which collided with a us army helicopter above the potomac river near washington dc. according to two sources cited by the bbc�*s us partner cbs news, there was only one controller managing traffic for helicopters and planes — a job normally handled by two people. and we've heard from president donald trump, who has blamed diversity rules under his predecessors, saying he believes people hired for air traffic control roles were not always qualified. he has offered no evidence for this. we have also heard thatjust 2a hours before the deadly mid—air collision over the potomac, anotherjet had to abort its landing at reagan national

airport after a helicopter came close to its flight path, according to air traffic control audio. the runway is now closed at least until next week according to the faa. and people have been told not to touch any debris that could arrive on shore, and to immediately contact the authorities. us president donald trump said the military helicopter involved in the crash in washington dc was flying too high at the time of the accident that killed 67 people. donald trump said "the blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. it was far above the 200 foot limit. that's not really too complicated to understand, is it?" let's take a look at a pair of video clips in which we can see both the commercial plane and the helicopter. from a camera inside a car, we can see an explosion very close to the reagan airport. from another angle, we can see the helicopter on the left side approaching the american airlines airplane, a larger light point in the night. and the moment of the crash —

the commercial flight collided mid—air with the helicopter. the incident happened while approaching to runway 33 at the airport. let's go to washington and our correspondent. we have heard further from correspondent. we have heard furtherfrom donald correspondent. we have heard further from donald trump today. further from donald trump toda . , ., today. yes. daylight here and that means — today. yes. daylight here and that means we _ today. yes. daylight here and that means we believe - today. yes. daylight here and that means we believe those | that means we believe those recovery efforts can continue to their full capacity. they have been working on the tough conditions. not only the darkness but the cold these icy waters. we have been hearing that some of the divers who wear these dry suits to keep themselves warm, though suits have been getting caught moving around in the drew so that's going to crucially we also know those two data recorders, black boxes, have also been pulled from the wreckage. we were speaking with some officials from the federal group in

charge of this investigation and they say they are now beginning the process of starting to extract some of that data from those recorders and that will be crucial in terms of trying to determine things like altitude and speed of that american airlines plane. we are hearing from the president of course, he often takes the social media to comment on what's going on. there is a question about the altitude of that helicopter. it's common to see helicopters flying around washington. we are just steps away from the pentagon at this airport. the white house is only about five miles away. so you see these helicopters moving around

miles away. so you see these helicopters m recent round miles away. so you see these helicopters m recent daysi miles away. so you see these helicopters m recent days and this airport in recent days and months, just 2a hours before collision there was a this collision there was a moment when a plane had to be diverted the helicopter moment when a plane had to be dive moved the helicopter moment when a plane had to be dive moved a the helicopter moment when a plane had to be dive moved a tool helicopter moment when a plane had to be dive moved a too close opter moment when a plane had to be dive moved a too close to :er had moved a bit too close to its planned to the its planned approach to the runway. its planned approach to the runwa . . , its planned approach to the runwa. ., _ runway. there has obviously been political _ runway. there has obviously been political fallout - runway. there has obviously been political fallout given l been political fallout given donald trump said what donald trump said . in the ....—...-.,he, .d. -. .- ,, he was "thais; {in}; ”wheiwiais’ talkihgabout as being 77 as being onevof the to 7 7 to blame? 7 to blame? although he factors to. blameraltbough he posted factors toblamecaltbough he posted about the flight has posted about the flight of the helicopter. to has posted about the flight - of the helicopter. path of the hslicgpts’fi' into path of the hsligapts’fi' into these path at tha hatipppta’fi' into these sorts that into context, these sorts dti programmes like of dti programmes like hiring, that was a diversity hiring, that was a focus for political focus for the president and for his politicalfocus for the president and for his campaign ahead of the he abouts: about these sorts of talking about these sorts of wanting to get rid programmes wanting to get rid of them and we saw different orders he signed executige orders he signed to the relating to eliminating the of dvi programmes. not —e= the aviation part just within the aviation part of the government, really a

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when she was killed. on her little body. herfather, urfan sharif, confessed to killing her. approved by the family court here in guildford. applied to take sara, just a few days old, and her siblings into care. these were not tested in court. there were many more hearings,

most beforejudge raeside. of what's called the public law proceedings brought by the local authority. the children were already living with him and the court 0lga had agreed with that and a social worker supported it. to the the middle east now and hamas have released as part of the gaza

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angela merkel, have motion with the support of the anti—immigrant alternative fur deutschland. of the far right in this vote. has never been needed really to pass laws or to pass to get legislation across the line, then that will be a historic change. and months, have shown that the policies that he's

the majority of the population. there's usually about two thirds or so that actually say there were very serious deadly attacks from people, um, with an asylum seeker background on, people so there's basically a dilemma there. does he go with what the majority of the population want? or does he stick to the old rules that you don't pass legislation with far right votes? and in terms of why we have seen the rise of the afd, partly obviously to do with immigration, but also more recent. germany's more recent history and the sort of class yes. the two main issues. the entire election campaign

mostly on, on economic issues. and it was the latest attack that happened have basically triggered this recent, change. showed that the majority of the population also think that way. i mean, this is also something that that people sometimes forget that whilst there's some

overlap, the conservatives and they look towards russia. between the two parties. and it would be very tricky. aside for the two parties to work together in a more formal coalition, which the conservatives have ruled out. yeah. in government? i mean, the problem is that at the moment it's you know, just to put this into context, basically, you have a doubling at the moment of the votes compared for the afd compared to 2021, in the polls. likelihood that this will, you know, grow further. possibly winning the vote.

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searches for the past three weeks. scotland say her body weeks. we scotland say her body was recovered the river was recovered from the river dee this morning. today marks yea rs years since the uk 7 five years since the uk officially left the european last year s anniversary was marked with a government report outlining what it saw as the the benefits of brexit. critics point to economic and poltical damage. debate still rages around immigration which brexit was supposed to curb, but has in fact risen from elsewhere in the world. today marks 5 years since the uk officially in the uk regarding brexit. what the top issues facing

the country are, and now as bigger issues. 33% say it was the right decision to leave. how people wanted to. there is a that there is a of there is a that of immigration needs to levels of immigration needs to be lowered from the record highs that we have seen in recent years. on the highs that we have seen in recent lift 's. on the highs that we have seen in recent lift of on the highs that we have seen in recent lift of top on the highs that we have seen in recent lift of top issues: highs that we have seen in recent lift of top issues if there channel brexit isn't up there channel crossings and immigration are are issue number three

and they are issue number three four for at and four for the public at the after the cost of moment. after the cost of living and the nhs. there is a real that promise that living and the nhs. there is a real would hat promise that living and the nhs. there is a real would hat ; to nise that living and the nhs. there is a real would hat ; to greatert brexit would lead to greater of immigration has not delivered by been delivered by successive governments.— governments. ff??? . . have governments. ff??? .. have been countin: the canada have been counting the calories of polar bears. why? calories of polar bears; lh'hy'.�* out how much energy to find out how much energy these huge predators need and how they are being affected by warming. the 7 w7arming. the bays global warming. the bays hunt seals across the arctic ice but hunting season is shrinking

the bears here depend on fat reserves that they build up by hunting seals from the ice to sustain them through the summer. for them to truly adapt. as it warms up here, the frozen seal hunting researchers have calculated exactly how this affects and cubs the hardest. for a bear of a given size that comes on land, so after around 117 days without eating, we know that the polar bears near churchill in manitoba are some

and revealed how they forage for berries and vegetation when they're on land. and sea ice loss is what's caused the polar bear population here to halve since the 1980s. and help efforts to protect these ice—dependent giants victoria gill, bbc news. i will leave you with pictures from washington because the operation the recovery operation in the pontiac �* is continuing. are 7 are going are going to 7 are going to and7 they are going to try and salvage the of the salvage the wreckage of the and helicopter the that killing 77 7 77 7777killin7g767777 posting on his social 7 trump has said that withoutany evidence thatrther— .. . . . . ~ helicopter was flying high by a high 575571327 7 7 7 777h7ig7hby7a7lot7thi7s7777 77 7 7 7 7777h7ig7hby7a7lot7thi7s7is777 77 7 7 7 77 7h7ig7h has; this7is77i3i377c 7 7 7 too high by a lot. this is bbc news.

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and eastern england, still a lot of cloud around. a few spots of rain are possible as we get temperatures around six or seven degrees for eastern parts of northern ireland. significantly as it slowly runs in sunday to western england and wales. so just a bit of light rain and drizzle left over. better chance of seeing some better chance of seeing some sunshine for east anglia sunshine for east anglia and south—east england and south—east england on sunday, and the skies should on sunday, and the skies should brighten up for west scotland to be slow moving and will tend brighten up for west scotland and northern ireland through sunday afternoon, although there could be a few scattered showers around and northern ireland here and there. beyond that into next week, well, we've got another of these weather systems working into high pressure, so another one that will tend so another one that will tend to be slow moving and will tend

to fizzle as it works towards more eastern areas. then high pressure looks set to build in towards the middle part of the week. so a band of rain slowly pushes from west to east monday, tuesday. then the weather becomes drier and brighter with sunshine and this high pressure could last for a few days.

this this is business today. and will he or won't he? through on his promise to slap 25% tariffs on mexico and canada this saturday. brexit anniversary — five years after britain i'm michelle fleury. wall street has opened up today, bolstered