archana shukla, bbc news, balasore.t, archana shukla, who put that report together. a very distressing day for relatives, clearly very worried about people on board that they can't find yet?— about people on board that they can't find yet? yes. many families have only started _ can't find yet? yes. many families have only started coming - can't find yet? yes. many families have only started coming into - can't find yet? yes. many families have only started coming into the | have only started coming into the accident site of balasore city, which is close to the crash site, earlier today. train lines are not been running in this region, so they have had to manage 20,30, been running in this region, so they have had to manage 20, 30, 40 hours of travel, paying money, extra excess money to hire cabs and reach this place. after the crash, we met a family today that said they had spent 30 hours on the road, 45,000 rupees, well beyond their means to reach this place and look for their family members. while they could find some

. . ., ., ., balasore.ask you about that, about — balasore. i wanted to ask you about that, about the _ balasore. i wanted to ask you about that, about the logistics. _ balasore. i wanted to ask you about that, about the logistics. as - balasore. i wanted to ask you about that, about the logistics. as you - that, about the logistics. as you say, bodies are being transferred to where you are, the capital of the state, bhubaneswar, that is about five hours away from the crash, and the weather is warm and hot, so how long can dead body survive in that temperature, and also in terms of identification, that makes the process a lot more challenging? i was in balasore, where the accident occurred a couple of days back. i was there for two days, and i've seen the dead bodies that are being recovered. they have started decomposing. in balasore, as it is a small town, there is no proper facility of storing the dead bodies, there is no proper mark and refrigeration system. all those bodies have been transferred to the

as train lines reopen, families are queueing outside balasore hospitals, anxiously searching for lovednes. bbc�*s archana shukla reports from the district hospital where the injured have been brought. more than a0 hours have passed since the train accident on friday evening, and many of the people have still not found their family members and relatives who were travelling in the train. not sure whether they are dead or alive even. since train services on the tracks in this region were affected, many families from far off places like in behind the state of bihar or in chennai could not reach balasore in time. they're only coming in to the morning and trying to find their relatives. we are here in this hospital in balasore, just 25 minutes away from the accident site, which is where most of the injured and dead bodies were brought in yesterday morning in the initial few hours of the train accident. but now we understand from government sources and health officials that most of the dead bodies are now being transported to the bigger capital city of bhubaneshwar, which has better morgue fa

archana shukla, bbc news, balasore.of detaining and deporting people arriving in the uk on small boats, under proposals in the government's illegal migration bill, could reach £6 billion over the next two years. the immigration minister, robertjenrick, defended the government's approach — saying britain couldn't be a "soft touch". here's our political correspondent, aruna iyengar. stop these boats now. turn back the boats. time to tackle the small boats. stop the boats. it's one of the government's top priorities. 16,000 people arrived in small boats across the english channel last year, but the cost of the new proposals could reach £6 billion over the next two years. ministers so far have not discussed these costs but say they believe the measures will be a deterrent to illegal entry. we will never put the interests of migrants above those of the british public. we also cannot allow the uk to be perceived to be a soft touch and i have spent the last week visiting european countries like france and italy and those furth

archana shukla, bbc news, balasore. you can read more about that fatal crash on our website.f social democrats party has been detained by police in hong kong on the 34th anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown. she was holding a candle and two flowers in the causeway bay shopping district, when authorities surrounded her and forced her to a police van. a number of other arrests were also made, including the prominent democracy activist alexandra wong — who is known as "grandma wong". live now to oxford where we can join rana mitter, professor of the history and politics of modern china, oxford university. thank of modern china, oxford university. you forjoining of thank you forjoining us. in terms of the significance of this square, it was a very big moment in china's history. for people at home who perhaps don't know about what happened and its appointments, can you explain a little bit about thatmark you explain a little bit about thatmar< , , you explain a little bit about thatmar , , thatmark briefly, were political demonstration _ thatmark briefly, were political d

it is sweltering heat here in balasore. it's a coastal town, it's sultry.ation decided early yesterday to move the dead bodies and casualties from balasore, which has limited resources to manage the dead, to a bigger town, the capital city five hours from here. and that has also added to the ordeal. archa na shukla there. when prince harry takes the stand at the british high court this week he will be the first royal to do so in more than 100 years. he is suing the mirror group for breaches of his privacy, accusations the group denies. we can now speak to paul wright a professor of media law at the university of leeds, who is also part of the hacked off campaign. thank you forjoining us. i'm interested from a legal standpoint, how high is the bar that needs to be reached in cases like this for prince harry to win in this situation?— prince harry to win in this situation? , , , . ., situation? this is very much a case that depends _ situation? this is very much a case that depends on _ situation? this is very much a case that depends on its _ situation? this

archana shukla, bbc news, balasore, odisha. archana shukla, bbc news, balasore, odisha.t of questions remain about exactly how the india train accident happened. the bbc verify team have been analysing what we know so far. jake horton from the team is in the newsroom with more. we at bbc verify have been looking at the circumstances surrounding the deadly rail crash in india. we've been looking at exactly how and why it happened on friday evening. the image behind me here shows the aftermath in odisha. and aerial footage taken today shows a sheer scale of destruction. three trains were involved, and you can see several passenger carriages derailed and debris strewn across the tracks. this close—up image shows the front of the coromandel express. this is the train which first collided. it hit a stationary freight train, and authorities have said today this freight train was full of iron ore, which meant it barely moved, and the passenger train seen behind me took the full force of the collision. investigators have also said this was likely down to a signalling failure. so

i'm standing at the district hospital balasore, which is around 200 kilometres from bhubaneshwar, thete capital of the eastern indian city of odisha. last night's accident took place around 35 kilometres from here, and the victims were brought to these hospitals in this town. this is the hospital where most of the victims and the dead bodies and injured people were brought in. and behind me, this is the postmortem centre where doctors have been performing postmortems of this deadly train accident since last night. many of the bodies have already been identified and have been handed over to the families, but some are yet to be identified. most of the injured people in this hospital are being treated in the orthopaedic department and the surgery department. the medical staff in this hospital was not enough to deal with such a rush of patients, so outside help have been brought in. nurses and doctors were called in to help the people in this hospital. british prime minister rishi sunak has also been paying his respects to the victims of that train crash. a short while ago an eyewitness a

the tragedy occurred on friday evening near the city of balasore and became the third largest in the history of india. belarus has seen an increase in the number of electric vehicles - this confirms the demand for the use of charging places for the year of consumption. increased by more than a third today in the country there are about 700 of them in the coming years. they will bet on super fast charging stations, the first such one launched in 2023, the city public electric park is expanding, and some cities of the country are planning to switch exclusively to electric transport in the city zhodino and in the city where these two projects will be implemented. where all urban transport will be completely transferred to electric transport by the ministry of energy. we take full responsibility for it. e, the necessary reconstruction of electrical networks in order to provide the necessary power at the bus charging stations, respectively, in order to be able to charge this vehicle. the projects are planned to be implemented by the end of 2026. in total, about a hundred electric buses ru

than 1,000 people have been injured, let me remind you that the incident occurred near the city of balasore in the indian state. adisha, several carriages of a passenger train derailed due to a collision with a freight train and fell onto the opposite track. after some time , an oncoming express collided with them, the cars turned into a pile of metal. empty promises in the west, ukraine's membership in nato is again postponed, the country will not be able to join the north atlantic alliance while there is a conflict on its territory and in nato - this is understood by the prime minister of estonia at the international forum on security dialogue shangrila singapore greetings at the same time, kaya kallas stressed which supports ukraine's path to membership in the military-political bloc. and in the united states they continue to deliberately inflate the ukrainian conflict that washington is waging an independent war of attrition, the presidential candidate spoke america, robert kennedy jr. noted the quote, every decision we make on ukraine seems to be aimed at continuing this military confl

the tragedy occurred on friday evening near the city of balasor and became the third in terms of thenumber of victims in the history of india rolled into the ditch several times overturned in the vrahachev district, an accident occurred with a minibus injured five people the accident happened this afternoon, a necrobus was running on the route of minsk gomel according to preliminary information. the driver, lost control of the vehicle, flew into a ditch. the car with people overturned, and then lay down the driver and four passengers were injured. they were taken to the hospital. the krasnodar territory of russia is interested in mutual tourism with belarus; here we have great prospects , the vice-governor of kuban alexander rubel noticed, our country is interesting with historical places and its health resorts. but the south of russia invites belarusians in the summer season to the mountains and to the sea, the krasnodar territory. it is washed by the waters of two warm seas at once, the black and azov minsk-sochi. there is a direct flight. bye. true, belavia flies once a week, so i

the search operation is ongoing, according to the reuters agency, in the evening near the city of balasore, three trains collided at once. first , the bangalore calcutta passenger train derailed and then collided with a freight train. the high-speed koronadelsky express train, which was heading to skalkuta for tea , it was previously known that many people were trapped inside the cars, now the victims are in various hospitals in the region as cartoon me i woke up and heard a loud crash and the train went off the rails, i was lying on the top shelf of the train and holding on to the fan when the train stopped, i was able to get out until mariupol was greening until the occupiers came there, the heroine of our next story is the owner of the largest flower greenhouse in bila tserkva however for her, it is not just a business, but a favorite thing that her family has been doing for more than one generation , landscape designer olena told our journalists about the destroyed park and flower growing during the war the founder and owner of the largest bilotserki flower location, and before the ful

archana shukla, bbc news, balasore, 0disha.r allegedly attempting to mark the anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown. 0ne prominent pro—democracy campaigner was taken away by police after carrying flowers. others were detained for holding unlit candles or wearing yellow clothing. tens of thousands of people in hong kong used to gather every year to mark the anniversary but laws imposed by china have now made such vigils impossible. live now to our bbc reporter danny vincent. good to see you. just outline the situation in hong kong at the situation in hong kong at the moment. i the situation in hong kong at the moment.— the moment. i think many critics will _ the moment. i think many critics will say _ the moment. i think many critics will say that - the moment. i think many critics will say that hong l the moment. i think many - critics will say that hong kong has been transformed dramatically. hong kong was once one of the only places on chinese soil where people could publicly remember the dead of tiananmen. tens of th

dozens of ambulances have been sent to the scene in the district of balasore. 0ur south asia editor anbarasanajan reports. it was supposed to be an overnight train journey, but ended up in a disaster in the middle of the countryside. carriages were toppled due to the powerful impact, smashing open the compartments. rescue teams and residents climbed up the mangled wreckage to find survivors. distraught relatives were praying for the safe recovery of their loved ones. |translation: ten, 15 people fell| on me when the accident happened and everything was haywire. i hurt my hand and also the back of my neck. emergency teams are working through the night to try to rescue those trapped inside the carriages. the government has dispatched more than 60 ambulances to take the injured to various hospitals. it's not immediately clear what led to the derailment and subsequent collision. india has one of the largest train networks in the world and accidents are common, despite successive government investing hundreds of millions of pounds to improve infrastructure. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. a 19—year

because the search operation is ongoing, reports the reuters agency in the evening near the city of balasore, three trains collided at once, first the passenger train bangalore calcutta derailed and then collided with the freight train, part of the wagons ended up on the neighboring tracks and crashed into them the fast coromondel express train that was heading to the teahouse was known beforehand that many people were trapped inside the carriages, now the victims are in different hospitals of the region. the ministry of digital transformation together with the nokian company will restore communication in the de-occupied territories. they plan to equip the telecommunications industry with modern equipment and make it more stable and secure. in the de-occupied territories, further in our story, ukraine is back again , this boy helped, in these archival footage, residents of the newly liberated kherson call their relatives almost the entire occupation people were without communication and did not know what was happening in the territory controlled by ukraine in the first week of the liberation

archana shukla, bbc news, balasore, odisha.to the journalist anisha dutta, who's been reporting on the indian railways. she gave her assessment on what had gone wrong. firstly there was initial probe conducted by the senior supervisors. the assessment was a similar assessment the minister said also about a potential failure assessment the minister said also about a potentialfailure in assessment the minister said also about a potential failure in the signal system. what's more shocking however is that there were red flags that were raised months before. there was warnings issued by rail officials mentioning categorically and scathing letters there was a flaw in the system. there has do have some heads rolling wide maintenance wasn't up to the mark. officials also warned in these letters about a serious failure in even maintaining the technical aspect of the signalling system. it aspect of the signalling system. it is a huge system, the world's fourth largest rail network, carrying 20 million people every single day. it seems in

amidst the tragic incident, hospitals in balasore are grappling with an influx of casualties, as bbcondent, archana shukla reports now from the scene. every 30 minutes an ambulance like this comes into this hospital here in cuttack, which is the state's biggest hospital, ferrying in critically injured passengers from the accident site. this is still three hours drive from the accident site where last night three trains, two passenger trains and a goods train were involved in a crash that led to more than 1,000 passengers being injured and many hundreds and dozens dying. we are told since last night, nearly 200 critically injured passengers have been brought into this hospital. the staff, the medical teams here, ready to take on the injured and provide them with medical care as quickly as possible. the site here is one of despair, distress and of chaos. authorities are trying to organize the crowds so that the medical teams can reach to the injured as quickly as they are brought in. but there are people who are looking for their family members, some of them distressed, not knowing the

archana shukla, bbc news, balasore, odisha.rchana a short time ago and she told me the latest on what we know so far. the preliminary investigation has revealed it could've been a fault in the electrical system which are installed to avoid direct head collisions.— installed to avoid direct head collisions. . , ,, collisions. that is essentially, if the train is _ collisions. that is essentially, if the train is running _ collisions. that is essentially, if the train is running on - collisions. that is essentially, if the train is running on one - collisions. that is essentially, ifj the train is running on one track collisions. that is essentially, if i the train is running on one track it doesn't divert on the other track where some other train is already stationed. there has been a fault in the electronic signalling system, is what the initial report has said. but how did that fault occur? who was behind it because mark these are some questions that the minister and all the officials at the railway have said we should wait fo

archana shukla, bbc news, balasore, odisha. boats crossing the english channel is working, but there is "work to do". he was speaking from kent, where he said the returns deal with albania had led to 1,800 people being sent back, and that was having a deterrent effect. he also announced two more barges to house asylum seekers. let's cross live now to our political correspondent, nick eardley. what was the prime minister saying? look, this is something that rishi sunak has made a priority, he talks about illegal migration when ever he gets the chance and today was about i think trying to persuade the public that stopping boats crossing the channel was still going to be one of his priorities. so what the prime minister told us earlier this morning is he thinks the plan's work and the number of crossings is down by a fifth and he thinks the government is going to be able to deliver on his pledges. just first here what is rishi sunak had to say. crossings are now down 20% compared to last year. that's right — crossings are down 20%

least 30 people have died as four coaches of the coromandel express train derailed in the 0disha's balasore

archana shukla, bbc news, balasore, odisha. archana a short time ago and she told me the latest on what we know so far. well, the preliminary investigation has revealed, according to railway officials and the railway minister, that it could have been a fault in the electronic signal system which are installed to avoid direct head—on collisions. that's essentially if the train is running on one track, it doesn't divert on the other track where some other train is already stationed. there has been a fault in the electronic signalling system, is what the initial report has said. but how did that fault occur? who was behind it? these are some questions that the railway minister and all the officials at the railway board have also said we should wait for the final investigation report to come in to get those details. but this is just one question, on this one particular equipment failure, although they have ruled out a human errorfrom this, the driver of the train who survived the crash had said that he didn't jump a green signal, w

it happened when three trains collided near balasore, in the eastern state of odisha, as our india correspondentana shukla reports from the scene. inconsolable and traumatised. his brother was on the train that crashed. have you seen my brother? just once? he keeps repeating. the student himself, he sold his farm to confine his brother. he isjust one of the many families with a desperate search to find those missing. but not everyone yet has answers. ten members of his family were on the train. eight found, one dad, and one still missing. his family spent £450, one still missing. his family spent £160, much beyond their means to come here. these photos are unrecognisable. how can we find him in this? i had never thought this would happen. just a day before, we had so much fun, he told me. many families arriving at the accident site, only to find their relatives being moved elsewhere. with limited resources to manage the dead, government has now shifted all of the casualties five hours away from here. but over 180 body still remain unidentified. 0fficials here. but over 180 body still remain unid

this is balasore station, along the railway route where the crash happened and after hours of restorationia has one of the largest railway networks in the world and railway officials and workers work day in and day out to get train service is back on track as quickly as possible. as the painful process of identification goes on, the indian government has sought to involve the country�*s top investigative agency to expand the probe into what went wrong. the focus will now shift to what the government does to avoid any similar tragic train accident in the future and to fix accountability, because for the narendra modi government, the flagship scheme of the railway infrastructure and an election promise is to launch more high—speed trains. but does the government need to focus more on rail safety or will this lead to more questions they have to answer. thank you for that. an inquest has heard a riptide may have led to the deaths of a girl and and teenage boy off bournemouth beach. i7—year—old joe abbess and 12—year—old sunnah khan both died in hospital after the incident on wednesday. let�*s

it happened when 3 trains collided near balasore, in the eastern state of odisha, as our south asia correspondent, archana shukla reports from the scene. hours have passed but not the pain. the struggle to find those missing continues. this is the last picture this woman has of her 21—year—old son taken when he boarded the train. a 30 hourjourney to reach the accident site. translation: ~ ., ., accident site. translation: ., ., ., translation: we have looked at all hositals translation: we have looked at all hospitals and — translation: we have looked at all hospitals and morgues _ translation: we have looked at all hospitals and morgues say _ translation: we have looked at all hospitals and morgues say that - translation: we have looked at all hospitals and morgues say that we i hospitals and morgues say that we can't find him. at the morgue, we even asked to see the photos of dead bodies over and over. eight even asked to see the photos of dead bodies over and over.— bodies over and over. eight other members of _ bodies over and over. eight other members of her _ bodies over and over. eight oth

it happened in the northeast part of the country near the city of balasor. blaming a series of wrong signal lights for this disastrous pileup we want to bring in ali arouzi on this. good morning what happened? how could so many people die >> good morning, phillip well, according to preliminary reports from the indian authorities, the root problem was a signal failure as you mentioned. now the transport minister hasn't confirmed whether this was human error or that there was some kind of interference that played a role in this signal malfunction, but he said the investigation is ongoing, and they're not going leave one stone unturned until they get to the bill of the matter and find out who was responsible. what we do know, phillip, is the green light was given to one express train that was moving forward. and then at one point, it switched from the main line to the loop line of the track and on that loop line, there was a freight train parked, laden with very heavy goods. and the express train plowed into that freight train at 80 miles an hour. now the sheer

it happened in the northeast part of the city near the city of balasor an official report seen by nbc news blames a series of wrong signal lights for this disastrous pileup. we want to bring in foreign correspondent ali arouzi on this ali, good morning. what's the latest there? >> good morning, phillip that's right, according to preliminary reports by indian authorities, the root cause was a signal failure but the transport minister in india hasn't confirmed whether this involved human error, or if there was some kind of interference that played a role in this signal malfunction but he says an investigation is under way, and no stone will be left unturned. what we do know, phillip, a green light was given to one express train to move forward, at which point the train switched tracks from the lane line on to the loop line where a freight train carrying very heavy goods was parked that express train plowed into that freight train at about 80 miles per hour and the sheer momentum of that crash caused the engine of the express train and four or five carriages to jump tracks on to a third

bbc bengali reporter amitabha bhattasali is at the district hospital in balasore, where many of the deadnd injured have been taken. lam standing i am standing at a hospital which is about 200 kilometres from the state capital. last night's accident took place around 25 kilometres from here. this is a hospital where most of the victims and injured people were brought in. behind me, this is a postmortem centre for this deadly train accident. many of the bodies have already been identified and have already been identified and have been handed over to their families but some are yet to be identified. most of the injured people at this hospital have been treated. the medical staff in this hospital were not enough to deal with such a rush of patients so outside help has been brought in, nurses and doctors were called in to help the people in this hospital. let's speak to our news correspondent divya arya who's in delhi. we are expecting the prime minister at the scene in odisha soon. what more could you tell us about that? in the past few minutes, we have had pictures showing that the prime mi

this is balasore station, along the railway route where the crash happened and after 50 hours of restorations finally resumed. india runs one of the largest railway networks in and railway officials and workers worked day in and day out to get train services back on track as quickly as possible. as the painful process of identification goes on, the indian government has sought to involve the country's top investigative agency to expand the probe into what went wrong. archana archa na shukla archana shukla bear with that report. a little earlier i spoke to archana shukla, she is in the east indian state of 0disha, spoke to her and she puts up—to—date. puts up-to-date. two separate in . uiries puts up-to-date. two separate inquiries are— puts up-to-date. two separate inquiries are ongoing _ puts up-to-date. two separate inquiries are ongoing and - puts up-to-date. two separate inquiries are ongoing and the l inquiries are ongoing and the preliminary report says they could have been a fault in the signalling system. these are electronic signalling systems put in place to avoid any train collisi

this is balasore station, along the railway route where the crash happened.ers has finally resumed. india runs one of the largest railway networks in the world and railway officials and workers worked day in and day out to get train services back on track as quickly as possible. as the painful process of identification goes on, the indian government has sought to involve the country's top investigative agency to expand the probe into what went wrong. that was archana shukla. we will have more on that story a little later. the head of the un nuclear watchdog, rafael grossi, so some progress has been made on installing cameras and monitoring equipment at nuclear sites, but not as much as your had actually hoped for. the iea estimates that in the last three months i ran has increased its stockpile of enriched uranium by more than 25%. we had an arrangement, as a result of one—way trips to tehran in february 2021, when we decided that we would have all of these systems, but the information itself would be keptin but the information itself would be kept in a very

south-bound passenger train collided with a stationary freight train in the eastern district of balasorethat caused several cars to derail, striking a third train speeding by. in the days since, only a fraction of the dead have been identified. a shortage of morgues forced about 100 unclaimed bodies to a hospital in bhubaneswa over 100 miles from the crash site. distraught relatives lined up outside to identify loved ones as their images, barely recognizable, popped up on a tv screen. >> i will die remembering him, i will die here if i don't get his body. i just want to take his dead body and go back home. stephanie: for others, the grief has already begun to set in. 20-year-old bijay lakshmi lost her husband in the crash. unable to speak, her mother-in-law described her state of shock. >> she is just not in a position to talk. she has not eaten anything, she has not drunk anything, she has not even taken water. it is such a huge calamity, such grief and pain. she got married barely a year ago. stephanie: as families across india mourn, rail operations resume. trains crawled past the cra

ivan watson there in balasore, india, this morning.itnesses have described just a horrifying scene there. where do things stand now? >> well, right now the rescue effort is basically over and you see armies of workers out here hard at work at trying to reopen this stretch of railroad after one of the most deadly train disasters in modern indian history. the surrounding countryside is littered with these gigantic train wagons that were derailed in friday night's accident. amidst that you have construction workers and construction vehicles trying to lay down fresh rails and start things working again. as for the cause of the accident t appears, according to officials, be some signaling malfunction. what basically happened is there was a parked cargo freight train here full of iron ore and a passenger train slammed into it after sunset on friday moving it nearly 80 miles per hour. and then another passing passenger train also clipped some of the derailed train cars. the result was absolute mayhem. i spoke with a resident here of the nearb

archana shukla, bbc news, balasore, 0disha.scharged from a psychiatric unit is demanding a public apology from a health board. david fleet, from ceredigion, was sent home in 2019 despite warnings about his worsening mental state. he went on to fatally stab 71—year—old lewis stone. hywel dda health board has written a private letter to david's mother sharon, who says a public apology would be for both her son and his victim. a man will appear in court today after he allegedly ran onto the track during saturday's epsom derby. ben newman, who is 32 and from east london, will face guildford magistrates, charged with causing a public nuisance. he was among 31 people who were arrested. the tv presenter holly willoughby is expected to return to the itv show this morning today. it'll be her first appearance since the departure of her long term co—host phillip schofield, who stepped down after admitting an affair with a younger colleague. social media scammers are conning schoolchildren out of thousands of pounds by falsely claiming the

archana shukla, bbc news, balasore, odisha.the railway ministry has also recommended that the country's top investigation agency also probes the cause of this. it is still unclear why the country does mikrut criminal investigative agency is as to join this investigation. there is a lot of question around the government on senior railway officials to resign, taking accountability on why such an accident of this nature occurred, when the government has been spending money on railway infrastructure.— spending money on railway infrastructure. , , ,, ., , infrastructure. distressing images infrastructure. distressing images in our infrastructure. distressing images in your piece _ infrastructure. distressing images in your piece we _ infrastructure. distressing images in your piece we just _ infrastructure. distressing images in your piece we just played i infrastructure. distressing images in your piece we just played of i in your piece we just played of people who don't know whether their loved ones survived or not, it is taking a