gareth barlow has the latest.ident happened late on wednesday evening on a popular part of the river close to the hungarian parliament. local news reports say the boat, the mermaid, was carrying a group of south korean tourists when it collided with another vessel. a huge rescue effort is under way, with both spotlight and radar scanning the river for several kilometres downstream. police and paramedics line the riverbank as divers search the water. a section the danube, europe second longest river, has been closed. the rescue workers are facing difficult conditions. the river is flooding, and strong winds and heavy rain are hampering the search. in the centre of border patched tonight, the search for those lost in the river continues and in the cold light of morning, the search for the answers to what caused the disaster will get under way. gareth barlow, to what caused the disaster will get underway. gareth barlow, bbc to what caused the disaster will get under way. gareth barlow, bbc news. balintjuhasz is a rad

gareth barlow, bbc news.b singer, r kelly, has been charged with eleven more counts of sexual assault and abuse by prosecutors in chicago. earlier this year, he denied ten charges involving four women — three of them were under—age at the time a decade ago. peter bowes reports from los angeles. mounting charges for the disgraced singer — r kelly is now accused of 21 counts of sexual abuse and assault. in february, he was charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail. he was accused of abusing four women, three of whom were underage at the time of the alleged offences. the new charges are believed to relate to one of those women. they include counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and abuse of a victim aged between 13 and 16. the singer's lawyer said the charges change nothing since they apply to an existing case. in march, r kelly went on us tv to strongly deny the charges he was then facing. ina tearful and sometimes combative interview, he

gareth barlow, bbc news.choreographer bill tjones will be performed. the dance ensemble, which bears his name alongside arnie zane, has created the pieces in collaboration with the company's janet wong. we sat down withjones in washington, dc after the premiere to talk about the importance of the arts. it demands your attention and your heart. yeah! good! the way the stage comes together, the way themes are repeated. yes, that's what we're looking for. that's what i'm trying to do in these works. singing. this work is called analogy, a trilogy. three stories from contrasting individuals raises the question, what is a meaningful life? what is fear? what is triumphant? and what is perseverance? that what is triumph. —— what is triumph. as my young days as a choreographer, we have a prejudice against narrative. we thought there was too much storytelling, too much linear storytelling, too much linear storytelling, we wanted to free the form. as i have aged, i have become more literary in my interests and at the s

gareth barlow reports. as the dust settles on one election, europe is preparing for another.er on tuesday night, the formal process of appointing the top jobs night, the formal process of appointing the topjobs in night, the formal process of appointing the top jobs in the european union. fresh in the minds of the leaders of the 28 member states will be the weekend's collections which left the european parliament additional parties of the centre—right and centre—left are and searching for answers. as voters across europe steadily reject the status quo, the question for politicians in brussels will be whether they to fancy radical change ora whether they to fancy radical change or a safe and secure leadership. speaking in berlin, the german chancellor angela merkel called for a decision to be made quickly. translation: i say we want to find a solution as soon as possible as the european parliament will meet at the beginning ofjuly and it would be good if we have a proposalfrom beginning ofjuly and it would be good if we have a proposal from the european council so the position

gareth barlow reports.g been the political powerhouses in europe, and though the traditional parties lost their majorities following last week's elections, it seems angela merkel and emmanuel macron still want to exert their influence. at a meeting of eu leaders in brussels, mrs merkel was pushing for one of her allies to be the next president of the eu commission. but emmanuel macron has his own preferences for the next eu leaders. translation: the key for me is that the people in the most sensitive positions to share our project should be the most charismatic, creative and competent. that's all, i don't have any other criteria. a time when the people of europe are increasingly politically divided, the leaders are keen to find unity, as parties on the far—right and far—left also gain ground. the president of the european council, donald tusk, says, despite division, brexit had brought people together. i have no doubt that one of the reasons why people of the continent voted for pro—european majority is als

gareth barlow, bbc news.and the united states are saying they've developed a genetically enhanced fungus that can rapidly kill the mosquitoes that spread malaria. the team took a fungus that naturally infects mosquitos and modified it, to produce a deadly toxin which is also found in spider venom. brian lovett is an insect pathologist and bioengineer at the university of maryland and he's a co—author of the report. hejoins me now. we have shots of burkina faso. what did the scientists actually do? in the study, we we working with a natural pathogen in mosquitoes. it will recognise it is on a mosquito. the one we are working with only kills mosquitoes and then it will grow through the mosquito until it makes it into the blood. once it —— onceit makes it into the blood. once it —— once it reaches the blood, we have engineered it to get only an insect blood and then set specific toxin from a spider in australia. we are using this natural pathogen from mosquitoes from a spider fang. we are using the fungus to del

never been a better surveillance to so i mean we can expect this back and forth it was john perry barlow who wrote a declaration of the independence of cyberspace governments of the industrial world you weary giants of flesh and steel i come from cyberspace the new home of mind on behalf of the future i ask you of the past to leave us alone you are not welcome among us you have no sovereignty where we gather and he went on to write about the natural law and the social contract that we are the ones where on line we are from cyberspace and we're writing our own social contracts we don't want you imposing your human contracts your human laws upon us we are following natural law. one know without the great things that the does he have made was that he created that there truly free market that is guided by the nature's laws that we just the laws of physics as of the combining is governed by thermodynamics and all without what i mean it's the science base going to understand that this is a break between energy and the temperature and how to effectively use them so the mining is governed by tha

gareth barlow, bbc news.are warning that tens of thousands of children are at immediate risk of being killed or forced to flee for their lives because of intense fighting in northern syria. presidents assad's army is closing in on the last stronghold of opposition forces. the un says civilians are facing indiscriminate bombing and shelling, acts which may amount to war crimes. it's estimated as many as 500,000 people have lost their lives since syria collapsed into civil war eight years ago. syrian government troops backed by russian air power are attacking idlib province where rebel islamist fighters are making a last stand. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. this is life and death in idlib, the last province in syria controlled by rebels. civil defence workers the white helmets are digging civilians out of buildings, destroyed, it seems certain, by attacks from the regime side. this boy called hakam survived. his three siblings did not. unicef, the un children's agency, says tens of thousands of c

gareth barlow reports.nce and germany have long been the political powerhouses in europe, and though the traditional parties lost their majorities following last week's elections, it seems angela merkel and emmanuel macron still want to exert their influence. at a meeting of eu leaders in brussels, mrs merkel was pushing for one of her allies to be the next president of the eu commission. but emmanuel macron has his own preferences for the next eu leaders. translation: the key for me is that people in the most sensitive positions to share our project should be the most charismatic, creative and competent, that's all. i don't have any other criteria. a time when europe is increasingly divided, the leaders are keen to find unity as parties on the far right and far left also gain ground. the president of the european council, donald tusk, says despite division, brexit had brought people together. i have no doubt that one of the reasons why people on the continent voted for pro— european majority is also brexit

gareth barlow, bbc news.d to dissolve parliament and hold a snap election, after the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, failed to form a coalition. the september vote will be the second this year, an unprecedented event in israeli politics. here's our middle east correspondent tom bateman. mps m ps voted mps voted by margin to dissolve parliament, effectively sucking themselves from the job they were elected to just six weeks ago also in this move comes after benjamin netanyahu in this move comes after benjamin neta nyahu had tried in this move comes after benjamin netanyahu had tried to hammer out an agreement between two sides of the coalition government he wanted to build. 0n the one side, ultraorthodox religious parties who opposed a move by the leader of a secular party, avigdor libermann, to d raft secular party, avigdor libermann, to draft more i'll men into the israeli army, a long—standing issue. mr netanyahu army, a long—standing issue. mr neta nyahu was unable army, a long—standing issue. mr netan

finally, wendy barlow wants to go to jamaica but she is concerned. is jamaica reasonably safe? resort. wendy, i am a great fan ofjamaica and have very much enjoyed myjourneys there. it would be a real shame to spend your time inside the high walls of an all—inclusive resort. however, jamaica experiences twice as many murders in the average year as britain. even though the uk has a population 20 times bigger. but if you sign up with local guides, perhaps with one of the increasing number of community tourism enterprises, you will enjoy a high degree of protection from danger. i recommend a day in cockpit country, a vast slab of limestone that has been eroded into the strangest of landscapes and a trip to the capital, kingston. my highlight — bob marley's museum in the great musician's former home. that's it for now but do keep sending me your travel questions and i will do my very best to find you the right a nswe i’s. for now, from me, simon calder, see you soon. i'm at hudson yards, one of new york's newest landmarks and home to a 150 foot sculpture called vessel. sojosie, wha

gareth barlow, bbc news. — but not all banks are signed up to the scheme. the industry has committed to provide initial funding for "no blame" situations until the end of 2019. these are situations where people were conned into authorising a payment to fraudsters. some 84,000 bank customers lost money last year after being caught out in this way. the 15p charge for the police non—emergency number — 101 — is to be scrapped from next year. the home office says 30 million people are calling the service each year. from april 2020, it will become free to use. the worst uk airport for flight delays last year was london sta nsted, according to data from the civil aviation authority. passengers were kept waiting on flights for an average of 25 minutes. the airport blamed "adverse weather and air traffic control issues". belfast city recorded the best performance with an eight—minute average delay. claims for car thefts in the uk are at a seven—year high. 16,000 claims have been made across the uk in the first three m

gareth barlow, bbc news.to join the islamic state group, has written to the home secretary accusing the british authorities of failing to protect her from being trafficked by islamic state fighters. according to the letter, seen by the bbc, ms begum was "groomed" and "trafficked to isis controlled territory". it says there were multiple failings by the authorities to safeguard the then 15—year—old schoolgirl. in a moment the weather but first let's here what's coming up on the victoria derbyshire programme this morning with chloe tilley. a letting agency has been illegally evicting tenants and taking their belongings. my clothes, shoes, towels. they took my shaving machines, they even took my bed sheets. that exclusive reportjust after 10am on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon temperatures will rise further over the next few days, peaking at 27 or 28 celsius. another warm day for all of us but we have some rain in the forecast and that will be heavy a

barlow and also that. just 4 hours of work have yielded 5 trash bags filled with plastic. that home room to go search posts what they've achieved on the internet the site keeps track of every section of coastline the collection team cleans up given the length of norway's coastline that's a herculean task. but meanwhile every political party in the country supports the initiative. the e.u. is. studies have shown that for every quarter or euro the state spends on supporting the volunteer effort it gets 10 times that value back in return 1st because of the clean up work itself but also because of the way to boost environmental awareness and social solidarity i don't. want to go and other activists have had a plaque set up at the place where this environmental initiative began in memory of the whale that came to such a painful and here and then log on with a stomach full of plastic you brought us the message about what is happening to the oceans thank you for waking us up back there was. a wake up call that's intended to be heard far beyond the coast of norway. well with the y

outlaw independence for spoilage regency could have done it it would have to go on for the spanish barlow and present. reform because by the basque bit they haven't done it why didn't you do it do you are you not interested in reforming the constitution who is asking for the 70 percent those manuals warlords little to all reform according according to the center for sociological research so well you're so. familiar the lying. the center for sociological research has said word 70 percent of spaniards want constitutional reform of some college some while you can have some guy just regular public record why finish what they are not finish and don't want to do that anymore . minister in november the human rights commissioner of the council of europe wrote to the senate and the congress of deputies pressing for serious amendments to the so-called law on citizens' safety i know that your government promised meaningful changes to this law but you haven't delivered them of the i've been visiting this the consul. he wasn't not complaining at all and he said that this opinion judicially of us consi

gareth barlow reports. on wednesday evening aound ten o'clock local time on a popular part of the river close to the hungarian parliament. a group of south korean tourists were on board the boat, the mermaid, when it collided with a larger vessel, capsized and sank. they found the sank boat at the danube river, so they found the details and the little parts of the boat. all of the river is closed and more than a00 people are working for the rescue. boats, searchlights and radar are scanning the river. police and paramedics line the banks as divers search the water. child ren's ambulances ready on stand—by. the south korean foreign ministry said a quick response team would be sent to budapest to assist with the investigation. translation: regarding the accident of the cruise ship, president moonjae—in orders every possible means to be put into the rescue operation together with the hungarian government. the danube, europe's second longest river, is flooding, with strong winds and heavy rain hampering the res

taining intelligence from the top 2 chambers of countries like saudi arabia or barlow in the united kingdom is plainly complicit the united kingdom no longer. illegally in international law the united kingdom has become a state. temperature in the morning moscow time coming how can children be raised on a vegan diet is the question all doctors in belgium don't think so we'll bring you more opinion on that when we come back. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the different clubs on one hand it is logical to go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to suppress it. if. i'm going to talk about football not be or else you can think i was going to go. by the way ways of the flying here. over the years i've talked to you about the insects. of the economy where all humans are becoming like the colony of insects bees are. and that's all enabled by this 5 year old surveillance pretty cool right . by getting good morning a group of leading doctors in belgium a warning p

gareth barlow has the latest. ina in a split second, the disaster unfolded.ond, the disaster unfolded. in just seven seconds, the mermaid sank. the 40 ton boat, forced into the water, no match for the thousand ton viking. the front of the viking hit the back of the little boat and it turned broadside in front of the boat and it just rolled over and then the whole p°pped rolled over and then the whole normed up rolled over and then the whole popped up on the opposite side of the ship, you know, just a few seconds later, and then it sunk. more than 24 hours on, the search continues for those still missing but hopes of fading of finding anyone alive. the danube is flowing into full force, its waters just 10 celsius, offering little chance of survival. the focus now for the authorities, to find out what went so authorities, to find out what went so terribly wrong. the vikings captain has been arrested, suspected of serious misconduct leading to casualties. translation: what we can see on the cctv is the small boat, the mermaid, is sailing north. as is the mermaid

. >> some wheat, some barlow and crimson clover. >> trey hill is a fourth generation farmer and self-madest. >> by accident. it wasn't intentional. >> reporter: as part of a statewide push to preserve the chesapeake bay in the late 1990s and prevent runoff from farms, hill began experimenting with what's known as cover crops. >> let's see how deep that root was. >> turns out that i preserved the soil and can help fight climate change. >> these plants are sucking up cash box. >> ray weil is a professor of soil science at the university of maryland. >> if we can take it out of the air and put it into the soil, everybody wins. >> reporter: weil works with farmers researching and promoting climate smart farming. this method does not use traditional tilling or plowing, which churns up the soil. instead, it keeps it intact. if more farms farmed like this, what impact would that have? >> it would literally not only slow down but could actually reverse climate change. >> farmland really has the capacity to sequester a lot more carbon, put it back into the soil, and by doing that we're making the

gareth barlow has more details.it's a deadly endeavour. standing over 8800 metres tall, the lack of oxygen means humans slowly die on the peaks upper slopes. the number of deaths this year already higher than the whole of 2018.m has been carnage and i should say, it's become a death race there because there was a massive traffic jam and people are pushing themselves. they are not even capable of doing it, they do it, they try the summit and instead of submitting, they kill themselves. mountaineers say overcrowding is partly to blame as record numbers of climbers try to conquer one of the world's toughest tests. conditions have been also worse than normal with high winds blasting the mountain leaving a narrow window to reach the summit. it really comes down to the deadly confluence of three factors. you had a limited number of suitable weather days. the second is a record number of permits issued by nepal along with the climber, each has to hire a guide. the third is due to market forces, there are now companies offe

gareth barlow reports.e on wednesday evening aound 10 o'clock local time on a popular part of the river so close to the hungarian parliament. the mermaid, when it collided with another boat and sank. they found the same boat on the danube river so they found the details in the little parts of the boat. all of the river is closed and more than a00 people working for the rescue. boats, spotlights and radar scanning the river for several kilometres downstream. police and paramedics lined the riverbank as divers searched the water. child ren's ambulances ready on stand—by. translation: president moon jae—in requests every possible means be put into the rescue operation together with the hungarian government. the river is flooding, and strong winds and heavy rain are hampering the search. in the centre of budapest tonight, the search for those lost in the river continues but as a new day dawns, the search for the answers to what caused the disaster will get under way. gareth barlow, bbc news. eating highly proce

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. >> reporter: atfs barlow says ghost guns can sell four to five times more on the street than a regularwill take you to a garage where they show how to make the guns. and two police officers whose lives almost ended at the end of a ghost gun. that's tonight at 11:00 on nbc bay area news >> at 6:00, tensions still rising. a possible war with iran looms. plus. >> we have seen over 60,000 incidents of children using that platform to cyber bully one another. >> a new way to bully. the google program students are using to get around safeguards. >>> kari timing out our next storm. when the rain arrives tomorrow. "today in the bay" continues right now. >>> we want to talk about the weather. the rain has cleared out for the moment. >> for now. for today. we're looking good. then tomorrow the next round of rain comes in. and it looks like it's going to be a soggy weekend across the bay area. so plan for that. we are seeing that first system that rolled through, the first two storm systems that rolled through. now over the sierra and pushing east. headed to fruitvale parking lot, it will start cl

i would have definitely set the barlower if i didn't have oliver. >> when i saw her again i was surprisedd in herself. before she was wide eyes, now she seems like, okay, this was tough, this was challenging. but i can do this. >> as my mentor used to tell me, you'll be all right. >> i hope so. >> i wanted to join the oliver scholars board and have some influence on scholars because of people like sue haiti, kids from underserved communities many times only need someone just to give them the chance and if they belong to a program like oliver scholars i think it opens up the world to them. >> i am grateful that our hard work is recognized and that other people beyond the oliver scholars staff see what we can do and what we can accomplish later on in life. >> let's bring in d. lemon. also, we need to remind everybody, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern for a champions for change special, saturday, 8:00 p.m., you get to see all the pieces, all at once here on cnn. >> great pieces. >> d. lemon, what a beautiful thing you did there by joining the board, what a great program. >> i didn't do it. well

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gareth barlow reports.wednesday evening aound ten o'clock local time on a popular part of the river close to the hungarian parliament. a group of south korean tourists were on board the boat, the mermaid, when it collided with a larger vessel, capsized and sank. they found the same boat at the danube river so they found the details and the little parts of the boat. all of the river is closed and more than 400 people are working for the rescue. boats, searchlights and radar are scanning the river. police and paramedics lined the banks as divers searched the water. child ren's ambulances ready on stand—by. the south korean foreign ministry said a quick response team would be sent to budapest to assist with the investigation. translation: regarding the accident of the cruise ship, president moonjae—in orders every possible means to be put into the rescue operation together with the hungarian government. the danube, europe's second longest river, is flooding, with strong winds and heavy rain hampering the rescu

i would have definitely set the barlower if i didn't have oliver. >> when i saw her again i was surprisednd comfortable she seemed in heirself because before she's like ho, my gosh. and now she's like okay. this was tough. this was challenging. but i can do this. as my mentor used to tell me you'll be all right. i wanted to join the oliver scholars board and have some influence on the scholars because of people like sue. they only need someone to give them a chance. i think it opens up the world to them. >> i'm grateful our hard work is recognized anduct other people what we can do and accomplish later in life. >> one day she's going to run the world. look out. we're going to be sharing these inspiring stories all this week and make sure you tune in saturday night for an hour long champions for change special. we'll be right back. intrnow at outback.plete steakhouse dinner, get your choice of soup or salad, entrée like our signature sirloin, and dessert, starting at $14.99. hurry in for this complete dinner before it's completely gone. outback steakhouse: aussie rules. whip out the spf 'c