aruna iyengar, bbc news. a line breaking news coming from the uk.old has been charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon in relation to a stabbing on a train in backing in south—east london. it happened on wednesday in south—east london. that news coming to us from the british transport police. to south africa next. emergency workers have been working through the night to recover the remains of 45 people who were killed in a bus crash. the bus was travelling from botswana to the limpopo province. the department for transport says the vehicle plunged off a bridge into a ravine after colliding with the crash barrier, and burst into flames when it hit the ground. an eight—year—old child was the sole survivor and has been taken to hospital with serious injuries. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in harare and gave me an update. well, what we know, as you said, is that those emergency workers are at the scene. so far, they have retrieved about a dozen bodies. nine of those have since been identified. but the transport minister w

aruna iyengar, bbc news.rty's largest donors has been awarded a knighthood after being recommended by rishi sunak. labour said the decision to give an honour to the billionaire, mohammed mansour, showed the prime minister didn't expect to be in office for much longer. let's get more with our political correspondent shelley phelps. it is unusual to get on is at this time of year. it is unusual to get on is at this time of year-— it is unusual to get on is at this time of year. yes it is surprisingly often aet time of year. yes it is surprisingly often get them — time of year. yes it is surprisingly often get them at _ time of year. yes it is surprisingly often get them at new— time of year. yes it is surprisingly often get them at new year - time of year. yes it is surprisingly often get them at new year and l time of year. yes it is surprisingly i often get them at new year and the king's birth there has been comment about the timing because it is in recess so mps aren't in westminster. it has raised a few ey

aruna iyengar, bbc news. finally, this half hour...d. just some of the dozens and dozens of songs written by eltonjohn and his long time writing partner bernie taupin. well, the duo have been honoured for their song writing abilities in washington dc — being awarded the prestigious gershwin prize for popular song by the library of congress. at the event, other musicians performed their tunes. 0n the red carpet, the pair spoke about their partnership. we love so much different music. there's not a genre of music that we don't really like so much and that's been the longevity of our career is because the songs vary and the songs last because they cover different territories. philadelphia freedom is not like burn down the mission. daniel is not like saturday night's alright for fighting. there's a lot of different stuff. 0ur palette is full of colours. yeah. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello again. we have the warmest year this year so far. yesterday in england, temperature reached 18.8 celsius in charnwood in surrey. now, to

aruna iyengar, bbc news. to south africa next. to recover the remains of 45 people who were killed in a bus crash. the bus was travelling from botswana to the limpopo province. the department for transport says the vehicle plunged off a bridge into a ravine after colliding with the crash barrier, and burst into flames when it hit the ground. an eight—year—old child was the sole survivor and has been taken to hospital with serious injuries. our correspondent, shingai nyoka, is in harare and gave me an update. well, what we know, as you said, is that those emergency workers are at the scene. so far, they have retrieved about a dozen bodies. nine of those have since been identified. but the transport minister was talking to south african media earlier on and said that the process ofjust recovering those people has been hampered by accessibility to the site. the bus crashed into a ravine, which was about 50 metres below the bridge itself. what they are saying is that the driver lost control of that vehicle, but that it was an alternat

aruna iyengar, bbc news.es burned since the conflict began last year. fighting between the sudanese army and the paramilitary group rss has. millions on their homes and tens of thousands of people have died. —— the paramilitary group the rs and f. police in south africa have arrested a man for drunk driving after his car collided with that of former presidentjacob zuber —— max jacob zuma. no one was injured in the incident on thursday evening. in the uk, a teenager has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing on attempted murder after a stabbing on a train in south london. 19—year—old rakeem thomas has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon. the person injured is in a stable condition in hospital. newer earthlike planets could soon be discovered, thanks to a technological breakthrough by scientists here in the uk. this assist at heriot watt university in edinburgh and at cambridge university have developed a new kind of astro cone, a laser system which allows astronomers to observ

aruna iyengar has more. it is the latest twist in the ongoing post office drummer.9 and 200015005 of some poster masters and mistresses were wrongly prosecuted because of faults with the rising, and mistresses were wrongly prosecuted because of false with horizon, an it system created by fujitsu and use for tallying up the books. the postmasters took their cases to court in 2019 and won. they became known as the 555 group but now their secret 2017 draft report uncovered by the bbc shows the post office build £100 million fighting some masters in court when it knew its defence was untrue. commissioned by the post office, the bramble report says fujitsu employees had the ability to amend or delete transactions entered by branch staff. this is it would not flag up to a postmaster if a change had been made and those changes could cause a shortfall. it also set a malicious actor could potentially change data that there is no evidence of this happen. labour mp kevinjones happen. labour mp kevin jones sits happen. labour mp kevinjones sits on the horizon compensatory board

aruna iyengar, bbc news.advisor with the european institute of peace. we asked him whether the us—uk coalition's efforts to stop the houthi attacks had had any impact. unfortunately, it isn't. one of the things, the misconceptions, is that they managed to put a dent in their operations or at some time the houthis will run out of their stockpile. what they don't understand is the houthis over the past nine years, they have developed the capacity to build their own missiles locally. in addition to receiving shipments that are being smuggled from iran through various routes, to the houthis. so they are not going to run out of their missiles or their drones. if anything, they are actually increasing their stockpile, and also increasing the sophisticated kind of weaponry that is arriving to them. and so you'll see additional weaponry coming into yemen, more sophisticated ones, but also the attacks are going to be more deadly, more fatal, as time passes by. let's speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell

aruna iyengar, bbc news.e programme a little later, but if you're heading out for the easter weekend, may be for a walk, there is a warning this morning that naga is looking at. there certainly is and it is affecting farmers at the moment. dog attacks cost farmers in the uk more than £2.11 million last year, in lost livestock and vets' bills, according to data from the insurer nfu mutual — that's an increase of 30% on 2022. our south west england correspondent, jenny kumah, reports. came down over the brow of the hill and the bottom hedge — it was just littered with dead ewes and injure ewes. orphaned lambs on this farm in west devon. your legs have gone, haven't they? hey? all right, we'll be back for you. chris discovered the shocking scenes on his morning rounds a month ago. then went... there's some in the gateway, hung up in the gate. went to the next field and it was the same against the bottom hedge. it's just horrific — just, you know, sheep just ripped to pieces. all they're doing is defending their

aruna iyengar, bbc news. of breast cancer by 12% at an nhs trust in scotland. signs were spotted in 11 women which doctors had missed. the tech worked alongside staff analysing thousands of scans over several months. more trials are needed but the royal couege trials are needed but the royal college of art radiologist say the results are encouraging and highlight the use of ai and diagnostics. junior doctors in england have voted overwhelmingly in favour of further strikes in their long—running pay dispute. members of the bma union voted by over 98% in favour of extending the mandate for industrial action. they have been ten walk—outs by junior doctors in england during the past year. there could be more to come. the allotment of the doctor's' union, the british medical association, had to seek a fresh mandate for strike action. it got that with the backing of 98% of members who voted on a turnover of 62%. there are no new strike days for now, but the union accepts it may be an unsettling time for patients. m

jonny dymond, bbc news. 0ur correspondent aruna iyengar joins us from windsor. , rachel, certainly. we are going to be seeing a much i are going to be seeing a much tighter royal family group today. the king and queen are expected to be here today, and that is significant, because this will be the first time the king has been seen outside, out and about, since his cancer diagnosis back in february. so this is seen as very much a reassuring sign. buckingham palace have also announced speaking will be dialling up his public engagements into the summer. so all that sounds extremely positive. 0bviously today, though, the big missing people there today will be the prince and princess of wales, who will not be there today. they will be celebrating easter privately with their three children, and that follows the princess of wales' video announcement earlier this month that showers having preventative chemotherapy to deal with her cancer diagnosis. so today the king is expected to walk up to st. george's chapel, he is expected to wave to the cloud, and it is a traditiona

aruna iyengar has more. houthi attacks in the red sea have now turned deadly. by the group on a liberian owned cargo ship resulted in three crew members being killed. there's likely to be calls to step up action like this, joint us and uk air strikes on targets in yemen last month. but so far, the houthis haven't been deterred. these are pictures of its forces actually seizing a ship in november. the iranian backed group, which controls most of northern yemen, has been targeting ships in the area for months in protest at israel's offensive in the gaza strip. this latest action is a major escalation. the ship hit by houthis yesterday was the mv true confidence. the bulk carrier was sailing with a crew of 20 who were mainly filipino nationals. the attack happened about 15 nautical miles from the yemeni port, aden. the ship was travelling from china to saudi arabia. the us condemned the attack, saying it went way beyond disruption to navigation in international seas. notjust endangered seafarers but now tragically killed a number of them. so we will continue to ho