andy moore reports.ning, after the fog had lifted, the red falcon was towed from the spot where it went aground back into harbour. all 56 people on board were said to be safe and well. but further out in the middle of this image, you canjust about see the mast of a yacht that sank in the collision. the ferry hit several vessels and shouts for help were heard. it was incredibly thick fog. you could see maximum five metres in front of you. i heard shouting and a sort of clanging, like a metallic clanging sound and then nothing. later, the coastguard said the sound of shouting was somebody raising the alarm. but at the time, there were fears several people might have been thrown into the water. a major search was launched involving three lifeboats. a coastguard helicopter had to turn back because of the poor visibility. as the ferry finally came into port, red funnel said it wanted to apologise for any disruption. last month, another of the company's vessels was involved in a similar incident in fog in cowe

andy moore, bbc news. mysteries of the deep.er on tuesday. this morning, the campaign group, human rights watch, launches a report about alleged abuses carried out by both hamas in gaza and the palestinian authority on the west bank. later, russian president vladimir putin and us national security adviserjohn bolton will appear before journalists at a news conference in moscow. finally, this evening, fans of the rock group queen will be out in force for the premiere of bohemian rhapsody — a film about the band's tumultuous career. that's taking place in london. now, it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett, coming up in your tuesday sport briefing: cristiano ronaldo gets set to return to old trafford asjuventus take on manchester united in the champions league. sri lanka and england head out in the final match of their one—day international series. and the wta finals continue in singapore. cristiano ronaldo returns to old trafford later on tuesday as hisjuventus side face manchester u

andy moore reports.a, president trump talked about the need for debate about civility in public life, but he also criticised the media. everyone will benefit if we can end the politics of personal destruction. we must unify as a nation in peace, love and in harmony. the media has a major role to play, whether they want to or not. and that anti—media sentiment was taken up by the crowd, who railed against a media organisation targeted by explosive devices. that same message was emblazoned on the side of the suspect‘s van, along with cross hairs over images of some of mr trump's critics. the man charged is 56—year—old cesar sayoc, someone with a long criminal history, including bomb threats. he is a registered republican and his own facebook posts see him attending trump rallies. oh, yeah, donald trump, the next president of the united states. he now faces up to 48 years in prison. he once worked as a male stripper and also at a pizza restaurant where his manager said he was often racist. he spewed a lot o

andy moore, bbc news.rived at leicester city's ground to paid tribute to the club's owner who died along with four others ina owner who died along with four others in a helicopter crash on saturday. we take a look at new hydrogen powered trains which could soon hydrogen powered trains which could soon be running on britain's network. coming up on bbc news... the boston red sox win their ninth world series with two games to spare after crushing the los angeles dodgers 5—1, for their fourth title in 15 years. the far—right politician jair bolsonaro has pledged to change the destiny of brazil after his emphatic victory in the presidential election. the former army officer took more than 55% of the votes in a run—off with fernando haddad of the left—wing worker's party. bolsonaro has promised to end corruption and crack down on crime. but his victory has alarmed many after sexist, racist and homophobic comments, and over concerns he'll relax protections on the amazon rainforest. our south america correspondent

andy moore, bbc news. our correspondent andy moore is with me.arity because there are this is quite a rarity because there a re lots of this is quite a rarity because there are lots of these launchers that go very smoothly. that is right. most we don't report on. it is like the bus journey up to the space station to replace the group. it is very unusualfor something to replace the group. it is very unusual for something like this to go wrong. the last time something like this happened was up to ten yea rs like this happened was up to ten years ago when the crew had to make this emergency descent back down to earth, but we hear they are safe and well, there are some photographs that we can see now of them back, a p pa re ntly that we can see now of them back, apparently none the worse for there ordeal on the sofas here. astronauts have endured this before and they talk about a really rough landing. they are coming in at eight gee, thatis they are coming in at eight gee, that is not supposed to happen, it can be pretty bad and some astronauts previ

andy moore reports.ft—off of the soyuz msio to the international space station carrying nick hague and alexey ovchinin. this was the launch of the soyuz rocket heading for the international space station. the lift—off itself went fine. but then there was some violent vibration on board. was this the first sign of something going wrong? and we have the escape tower for the soyuz now jettisoned. about three minutes into the mission, the russian cosmonaut reported a problem. hearing there that there has been an issue with the booster and we are standing by for information as we continue to get it from the russian flight control team, but everything seems to be fine with the crew. we had good comm with them and they are ok. it was the first trip into space for the american astronaut nick hague. his mission was supposed to last six months but it ended with a premature return to earth and a rough landing. before the mission, he spoke about expecting the unexpected. i have an idea of what i think it's going to

andy moore, bbc news.ter. we will speak to one of the scientists involved in finding this shipwreck. the world's longest sea bridge has officially opened, connecting hong kong and macau to mainland china. the bridge is designed to withstand earthquakes and the seasonal typhoons which tear through the region. it cost almost £18 billion to build and has been a decade in the making. i picked up some facts. it is 55 kilometres long. that is the only thing i can remember. you need a special permit to go across it. it incorporates 400,000 tonnes of steel, which is four and a half times as much still is in the golden gate bridge. that gives you an idea. an amazing thing. a feat of engineering. any other questions?! i can tell you i was born in a typhoon in hong kong. how is that? that is an actual real fact! excellent. in hong kong. how is that? that is an actual realfact! excellent. so much information. we will get to the bottom of that later on. something else that matters, tonight's champions league tie betwee

andy moore, bbc news. two astronauts after their emergency landing, they were examined shortly after landing, appearing to be relaxed and in a good condition, before they boarded a plane back to the baikonur cosmodrome, the space launch facility in kazakhstan. two people have died, after the third—strongest storm in recorded history, hit the us mainland. hurricane michael brought storm surges nearly 10 feet high to florida, and 155 mile an hour winds. it has now weakened to a tropical storm, and is heading towards the carolinas. our correspondentjon donnison has the latest. florida has been battered. sustained winds of more than 250 kilometres per hour have left a trail of destruction. those whose chose to stay were lucky to get out alive. the attic caved in and everything was happening so quick. then the roof came in so everything is gone but i'm glad i made out safe. camper vans, tossed around like toy cars. hundreds of thousands of homes are without electricity and power lines were down. many can't beli

andy moore, bbc news. andy moore is here.as to why this plane came down? well, weather conditions were good, clear blue skies, daylight. you can pretty well rule that out. it is pretty obvious if you look at the raw data from the flight, there was some sort of problem with the aircraftjust two or three minutes after it took off. it descended, about 500 feet, the speed increased, then for the rest of the flight it seems the pilots were struggling to maintain altitude and it should be sending smoothly to something like 20,000 feet. we also know that, according to the company lion air, there was an issue on the flight the day before, a flight to bali, and the airline are saying that issue, whatever it was, was resolved according to procedures, but we know that engineers looked at the flight, the plane to bali, it returned to ja ka rta the plane to bali, it returned to jakarta and they have a second look at the problem, whatever it was, so are certainly was this issue the day before, there was some indication that on that flight

andy moore, bbc news.chancellor when her term ends in 2021. she's been leader of the centre—right christian democrats for 18 years and chancellor for 13. she'll step down as her party's leader in december. mrs merkel made the announcement after the christian democrats fared badly in regional elections on sunday. 0ur berlin correspondent, jenny hill, gives the detail. predicting mrs merkel‘s political demise has become pretty much a national sport in germany over the last year or so. today, this morning, mrs merkel has herself announced what amounts to an albeit drawn—out farewell to german politics. what's taken many of us by surprise is the fact that mrs merkel has always said, if i'm going to be the german chancellor, i must be the leader of my party. this morning she announced she'll stand down as the leader of her party come december. mrs merkel, as you know, has been in a very tight spot of late. her party's doing very badly in the polls, it's losing voters. her coalition government has lurched from c

andy moore, bbc news.e body of samantha eastwood was found in a shallow grave in staffordshire in august. michael stirling — the brother—in—law of miss eastwood's former fiance — pleaded guilty to her murder when he appeared northampton crown court today. our news correspondent, jo black, gave us this update from outside the court. yes, samantha eastwood was a 28—year—old midwife and she wanted to do thatjob since she was 12 years old, and she actually realised that dream was working at the royal stoke university hospital. she worked there for around six years and her colleagues described her as loving and caring and part of the hospital family. she went missing at the end ofjuly. she didn't turn up for her shift, which was really unlike her, really out of character so her colleagues reported her missing. the police then launched a search and sadly her body was discovered several days later in woodland in rural staffordshire. now, michael stirling subsequently was arrested and charged with her murder. he c

andy moore reports. where it went aground back into harbour. all 56 people on board were said to be safe and well. but further out in the middle of this image, you canjust

andy moore, bbc news.mporary cut to business rates for small companies will be announced by the government, to try to re—invigorate the high street. the details will be laid out by the chancellor, phillip hammond, when he delivers his budget on monday. joe miller reports. the shuttered casualty of a bruising year for britain's retailers, and a familiar sight on high streets across the country. on this north london road, one print shop is still going strong, designing posters for local schools and theatres. but its founder, who started in his parents' living room 23 years ago, says an increase in the taxes he pays on the property is forcing him to downsize. our rates have risen from £7,000 to £12,000, which has a real effect on us. we are making less money and employing less people because we can't afford to keep open, because the government have taken money from us. 200 shops in the local area have closed since the tax known as business rates was rejigged last year, and they have not been replaced. critics

let's get the very latest now from our correspondent andy moore.hat more do we know about the circumstances of this? this is an ongoing operation. there are at least three lifeboats searching the area at the moment. coastguard helicopter was sent out as well but because of thick fog in the area, is returned. we've had a statement from the maritime and coastguard agency, they say collision happened at about 8am this morning between a vehicle ferry, a red falcon ferry, run by the company red funnel ferries, coming into tap—in, in collision with at least two yachts at the entrance to cowes harbour. at the same time, the maritime and coastguard agency got an emergency call from a member of the public saying they heard cries for help. the maritime and coastguard agency says there is an extensive search and rescue operation under way, you may be able to see from this committee, this is a real time image of some of the in the area. you can see some life belts in blue. the red falcon ferry is on the right—hand —— lifeboats. it's about 50—100 metres offshor

andy moore, bbc news.ed ones of the passengers on board that plane here at this desk, family members are coming up to ask information from lion air officials. they have been told to do to form and that form they need to give their relationship and their relationship to who is on board. they are being told to wait here anxiously for more news. up on the wall here is a list of passenger names, people are coming up to try and check and see if their family is on there before coming up here and asking for more information. a short while ago lion air's officials told people here they did not have any more news and told them to just wait. at the port here injakarta, search and rescue teams are bringing back the debris of the plane and amongst that debris they have found bodies and are bringing them back in body bags. ambulances are stationed over here to bring them and to tell the families who are related to them. the families who are related to them. let's return now to the chancellor's final budget before brexi

our correspondent, andy moore has the details. good morning.ely, an mp, a russian expert who sits on the common affairs committee says it is appalling that a doctor should be sent out to administer lethal poison to one person and then end up killing another person by accident. the men suspected of poisoning the skripals were caught on camera as they headed through salisbury. the investigative website bellingcat says it can now reveal the real identity of the man on the right. they say he's alexander mishkin, a military doctor who was working for russian military intelligence, the gru. they've published these three pictures of him and claimed to have spoken to many people who know him. they say until 2014 he was giving gru headquarters as his home address in moscow. this is his passport in his real name. in his fake id he used the same first name and date of birth. this is dr mishkin on the right here in an interview with russian state television where the two men claimed they were just tourists. sergei skripal and his daughter yulia both spent

and andy moore is outside the russian embassy in london right now for us.he russians? this story broke yesterday evening and there has been no action so far. the embassy is prolific on social media, but we have not heard from them, nor have we heard from the russian government. but this will be highly embarrassing for the kremlin, to have so much information in the public domain about two supposedly secret agents. in fact it is being reported in russia that president putin, himself a former secret service agent, is not happy with the way this operation was carried out. that he might have put those two agents on television to almost publicly humiliate them, to punish them in some way, and that he might be planning a purge of senior members of the gru to show his displeasure. is more information expected today? yes, there is a press c0 nfe re nce expected today? yes, there is a press conference being held at the house of commons later on today when we are told we will find out more about this man and how the website bellingcat, together with their russian par

andy moore reports.f poisoning the skripals were caught on camera as they headed through salisbury. the investigative website bellingcat says it can now reveal the real identity of the man on the right. they say he's alexander mishkin, a military doctor who was working for russian military intelligence, the gru. they've published these three pictures of him and claimed to have spoken to many people who know him. they say until 201a he was giving gru headquarters as his home address in moscow. this is his passport in his real name. in his fake id he used the same first name and date of birth. this is dr mishkin on the right here, in an interview with russian state television, where the two men claimed they were just tourists. sergei skripal and his daughter yulia both spent months in hospital in comas before eventually recovering, but dawn sturgess died after being exposed to the nerve agent novichok. she had accidentally handled a fake perfume bottle that contained the poison. let's get the latest from r

andy moore has the latest. we are going tojump in, there is a fire alarm.g news when the own studio alarm went off. employees streamed out of offices in new york. police said they had the incident under control. cnn reported a device with wires sticking out has been found in the mail room. it did not explode. an airof alarm the mail room. it did not explode. an air of alarm was reflected in american television coverage. this comes to us from american television coverage. this comes to us from our american television coverage. this comes to us from our producer. she received one of those emergency alerts on her phone. it says, police activity, residents between columbus and eighth ave shelter in place immediately. the first package was found yesterday in the mailbox of george soros, billionaire financier. his luxury home in upstate new york close to whether clintons live. the device was opened by a member of staff. it was later detonated by the bomb squad. george soros, who has donated millions to liberal causes, was not at home. he has become a figure of ha

our correspondent andy moore explained what an extraordinary event this is.oblem with the booster rocket. soon after that the decision was made to abort the launch to the space station. and they were going to make an emergency ballistic dissent. this is where the two astronauts separate from the craft, come back down to earth at speed. about eight g. it's a very rough landing according to astronauts who have been involved in this sort of operation before. good news that we have heard that the russians have parachuted to the launch site, the crew we re parachuted to the launch site, the crew were on the ground, possibly forup to an crew were on the ground, possibly for up to an hour before rescuers could get to them. we have heard that according to russian doctors they are ok. they are without serious injury. that's the good news. what will it mean, you say they normally take off like buses. will it mean that the programme will be grounded for a better? certainly be grounded for a better? certainly be astronauts will have to stay there for a bit longer. these

andy moore has the details.lassical greek period, was discovered and mapped by rovs, or remote operated vehicles. its state of preservation is said to be utterly amazing. when you think that the ship is often the most complex artefact ever made in pre—industrial civilisations, if you find a whole one from a period when aristotle was still alive, that is quite an event. it looks something like this image on a greek vase held by the british museum. the ship has a mast and sail, a single row of oars, and is about 20 metres long. further details and images of the ship will be released today, but it's unlikely it will ever be raised. its timbers are probably much too fragile to be brought to the surface. earlier i spoke to dr helen farr — she's a maritime archeologist and one of the leaders of the expeditionary team that discovered the shipwreck. she started by telling me why this particular find is so significant. we have been doing this project for the last few years, looking at mapping the black sea for a number o