ben ando, bbc news. singapore for the latest news from the civil aviation authority there in singapore and the head who has been speaking in singapore with relation to that story. since the beginning of the year, one in three migrants has drowned crossing the mediterranean sea from libya to europe. that puts the death rate significantly higher than it has ever been. charities are warning that the crossing has become more dangerous since a crackdown by the italian government on humanitarian rescue ships. jean mackenzie has been to sicily where one rescue ships was being detained by authorities. this was the last rescue carried out bya this was the last rescue carried out by a humanitarian ship in the mediterranean. 47 migrants were fleeing libya on a sinking dinghy. the number of rescue boat has fallen dramatically in recent months, as italian authorities make it more difficult for them to operate. this is the main living area when they are on board. this year the see what has been working alone. on our l

ben ando, bbc news, west london.in northern syria, to mark what they say is the "total elimination" of the islamic state group's self—declared caliphate. at its height, is controlled large parts of syria and iraq, imposing its rule on almost eight million people across the two countries, but they ended up controlling only the town of baghuz and now that last stronghold too has fallen to us—backed syrian democratic forces. 0ur correspondent aleem maqbool sent this report. it is the syrian democratic forces who raise their flag over baghuz today — the final slither of territory recaptured from the islamic state group. undoubtedly a moment of triumph for the local forces who have sacrificed so much in the fight. "we are gathered here, sons of this great country," says kino gabriel from the sdf, "to confirm our total victory over the islamic state group and their fall." the land has been won back after a major offensive earlier this week with syrian forces advancing on the ground backed by air strikes from the us—led coa

ben ando reports.ng for clues and answers after another teenager is stabbed to death in london. the youngster involved, not yet formally named, was with friends in nearby syon park last night. police say a car pulled up, a gang of men got out and gave chase. the youngster ran into this residential estate and was stabbed by the front door of one of the blocks. one woman said at least one of the gang was wearing a mask. the first police officers to get here said they found the boy alive, barely conscious and unable to speak. they carried out cpr and tried to save his life but were unable to, and he died at the scene. shocked residents woke up to the news london's stabbing epidemic had reached their neighbourhood. we came down and they said there had been a serious assault, and we woke up this morning and it was a fatal stabbing. ijust heard lots of shouting and screaming and i saw a couple of people running away. i would not expect this especially in this type of estate so we are all a bit shocked and te

ben ando, bbc news, west london.rescue more than 1,000 passengers from a cruise ship in trouble off the coast of norway, a large number of which, according to search and resuce, from the united states and britain. the first hundred passengers have been airlifted to safety, but he vessel is being buffeted by thirty foot waves and gale force winds. daniel mckerrall reports. off the coast of norway, the viking sky, a cruise liner with 1300 people on board, began drifting towards rocks after engine failure. these were on board, passengers clutching anything that was not tied down. below deck, hundreds of passengers were waiting to be evacuated. there are 1300 people on board and rescue helicopters have begun lifting them from the ship. translation: they have started to evacuate. there are hundreds of people on board, both passengers and crew. they have been flown to the mainland, about two kilometres from the ship. eight people have been treated for minor injuries but no—one is said to have been seriously hurt. it was qu

ben ando reports. inch by inch, brick by brick. is stabbed to death in london. the youngster involved, who's not yet been formally named, was with friends in nearby syon park. police say a car pulled up, a gang of men got out and gave chase. the youngster ran into this residential estate and was stabbed by the front door of one of the blocks. one woman said at least one of the gang was wearing a mask. the first police officers to get here say they found the boy still alive, barely conscious and unable to speak. they carried out cpr and tried to save his life, but they were unable to, and he died at the scene. in isleworth, shocked residents woke up to the news that london's stabbing crime wave has reached their doorsteps. we just came down and they said there'd been a serious assault, and obviously woke up this morning and it was a fatal stabbing. when i looked out and heard the screaming and saw the lads run away, whatever, i did think, i was worried for how my wife would have been if she was out there at the time. i wouldn't expe

ben ando reports.e woman said at least one of the gang was wearing a mask. the first police officers to get here said they found the boy still alive, barely conscious, and unable to speak. they carried out cpr and tried to save his life. they were unable, and he died at the scene. shocked residents woke up to the news that london‘s stabbing epidemic has reached their neighbourhood. we came down, they said there had been a serious assault, woke up this morning and found out it was a fatal stabbing. i just morning and found out it was a fatal stabbing. ijust had lots of shouting and screaming. i saw a couple of people running away.|j wouldn't expect it in that type of estate. we are all a bit shocked and terrified about our children and ourselves. the police have been given special powers to stop and search people in the immediate area around the crime scene. those have now been extended to early tomorrow as the investigation into the capital‘s latest knife killing continues. then ando, bbc news, west lo

ben ando reports. nspcc describes it as the wild west web, and it is children who are falling prey to online outlaws and being groomed. most are in their teens, but many are younger, won just five years old. of the big social media apps, it is instagram that has seen the biggest increase in abuses targeting children, but snapchat and facebook are also widely used, and between them, these three platforms account for 70% of reported cases of sexual communications being made with children. the figures were obtained by the nspcc and freedom of information requests to police forces in england and wales. the charity found that, between april and september 2017, paedophiles attempting to groom or coerced children into sex used instagram on 126 occasions. but in the same period last year that figure had gone up three hold —— fourfold to 328 and while girls aged 12 to 15 are the most common targets, one in five victims was aged 11 or under. ina five victims was aged 11 or under. in a statement, facebook said...

ben ando reports. inch by inch, brick by brick.olved, who has not yet been formally named, was with friends in nearby syon park. police say a car pulled up, a gang of men got out and gave chase.

our news correspondent ben ando is at the scene.at the scene? what we have seen since we have been there is the tent remaining, forensics officers coming and going carrying out their work and also teams of search officers with paper suits doing fingertip searches moving very slowly across the ground looking through the shrubbery at either apart, looking under vehicles, looking for anything they mightfind to vehicles, looking for anything they might find to get information about what happened, possibly finding some kind of weapon which was used as the police try to build up a picture of what took place. what we know is the young man appears to have been with a group of friends in the park, another group arrived in a vehicle, there was a chase, the young man was chased into here where there appears to have been an attack. we spoke to a lady who was upstairs in her flat and she looked out and saw a group of five or six kicking a figure on the ground, she could see a pull of what was blood around him, they ran off, residents came out to

our correspondent ben ando reports.ger is stabbed to death in london. the youngster involved, not yet formally named, was with friends in the nearby park last night. a car pulled up, a gang of men but out and give chase. the youngster ran into this residential estate and was stabbed by the front door of the plot. one woman said one of the gang at least was wearing a mask. the first police officers young said they found the boy alive, barely conscious and unable to speak. they carried out a cpr to try and save his life but were unable to, and he died at the scene. shocked residents woke up to the news landing stabbing epidemic had reached their neighbourhood. we came down and they said there had been a serious assault and it was a fatal stabbing. i saw a couple of people running away. i would not expect this and this kind of estate so we are a bit shocked and terrified about our children and ourselves. the police have been given special powers to stop and search people in the immediate area around the crime scene. those

ben ando reports.ribes it as the wild west web, and it's children who are falling prey to online outlaws and being groomed. most are in their teens, but many are younger — one just five—years—old. of the big social media apps, it's instagram that's seen the biggest increase in abusers targeting children. but snapchat and facebook are also widely used, and between them, these three platforms account for 70% of reported cases of sexual communications being made with children. the figures were obtained by the nspcc and freedom of information requests to police forces in england and wales. the charity found that between april and september 2017, paedophiles attempting to groom or coerce children into sex used instagram on 126 occasions. but in the same period last year, that figure had gone up threefold, to 428, and while girls aged 12—15 are the most common targets, one in five victims was aged 11 or under. in a statement, facebook said... but the nspcc says this is the result of ten years of failed self—

ben ando reports.ntact from british mountain it tom ballard, climbing with italian daniele nardi, was on sunday, when they had reached 6300 metres, or nearly 21,000 feet, up in the himalayas. it is the world's no highest peak, but with temperatures down to —40 degrees and winds of up to 200 miles an hour, it has become known as killer mt. helicopter searches have reported seeing a tent and traces of an avalanche in the area, but in fort william, in scotland, where mr ballard spent much of his early life, they are still hoping for good news. big mountains have all the inherent dangers, and things. i suppose on the optimistic side it's probably a very technical route that they are climbing. iam very technical route that they are climbing. i am sure it is... oh no it isa climbing. i am sure it is... oh no it is a new route that they are attempting, so they will be very well kitted outwith, you know, fixed ropes and means to make ways and means of escaping. and if it is really bad weather, climbers have go

ben ando, bbc news.on dealing with defendants with mental health issues. the crown prosecution service said its guidance has been updated to reflect growing understanding of different conditions. a random sample of nearly a00 cases from across england and wales found that one in five involved a defendant, victim or witness with a mental health issue. professor stephen hawking has been commemorated on a new 50p coin with a design inspired by his work on black holes. the royal mint said he was one of the world's most brilliant physicists and a great ambassadorfor science. uncirculated coins are being sold for at least 20 times theirface value. look at those, they look absolutely amazing. i would love to know if any of you have seen them. fantastic. i didn't even know they were out yet, to be honest. what is it they say, never say never again, never look back, never go back. guess who has gone back. that chap behind you with a giant trophy, zinedine zidane. it was less than a year ago he walked away from re

andos es on your phone. >>> schools in the city of winchester, west virginia, will ben a two-hour delay today. >>> developing this morning, a violent altercation between a student d a police officer. but what happened inside a loudon county high school cafeteria this week, news 4 obtained video of the fight inside dominion high school yesterday. it showed the student and the school resource officer punching each other. the loudon county sheriff's office said before the camera was rolling, the administrator asked the student to go to the office. the student refused and pushed the officer. and this is how the fight went. >> as he did, and to take this individual into custody, because of the assault on the school administrator, the subject then started striking our deputy. >> the deputy was taken to the hospital. the student was arrested and faces felony charges of ruction of justice and assault. >>> now, for a check on some of your other top stori this morning. the search continues for d.c. uber driver, missing more than a month. he was last seen picking up a passenger on january 18th in the district. he was d

ben ando, bbc news, west london. —— knife killing continues. ben ando, bbc news, west london. as ukraine gears up for its presidential election at the end of the month, jonah fisher meets some of the more colourful candidates and tracks down an oligarch who many claim is pulling the strings from afar. it's five years since hundreds of thousands of ukrainians took to the streets demanding change. after months of protests, culminating in deadly clashes with security forces, their pro—russian president fled, and ukraine elected petro poroshenko, a confectionery billionaire dubbed ‘the chocolate king'. he missed the historical window of opportunity. with the election campaign entering its final days, the opinion polls show the president in big trouble. benny hill. benny hill? it's more understandable than monty python. leading the challenge, incredibly, is a comedian with no political experience. but is the showman simply a front for ukraine's most controversial businessman? jonah fisherfrom the bbc. you don't want me messing with you. so this cost you $92,000. will money be all t

ben ando reports.apchat and facebook are also widely used, and between them, these three platforms account for 70% of reported cases of sexual communications being made with children. the figures were obtained by the nspcc and freedom of information requests to police forces in england and wales. the charity found that, between april and september 2017, paedophiles attempting to groom or coerce children into sex used instagram on 126 occasions. but in the same period last year, that figure had gone up threefold, to a28, and while girls aged 12—15 are the most common targets, one in five victims was aged 11 or under. in a statement, facebook said... but the nspcc says this is the result of ten years of failed self—regulation. it wants the rules tightened. the government says it is listening, and a forthcoming white paper will clearly set out what responsibilities social media companies have, and the consequences of shirking them. let‘s talk to will gardner, the ceo of childnet — a charity that aims to m