back and over from i go to bombay auction i have booked a city to a. productive yard was god has a hello welcome to bundaberg into our guided tour bumbag is a town with more than 1000 years of history and it became a unesco world heritage site 25 years ago school when the stuff we see please come into the cathedral with me now. so this is we're now in bombay cathedral the 1st cathedral here was commissioned in 1004 by the emperor haile and his wife when you go into who were later canonized in. what's here now is the 3rd cathedral from the 13th century it was billed as a pilgrimage church rather than a parish church so the focus is on the tomb of the saints. so of us what you see here is the only marble piece in the church on the lid are the recumbent figures of the 2 saints and. on its side are legends surrounding the imperial couple of boxes and. the cathedral is especially famous for this figure. so we don't hear from here you have a lovely view of the back horseman what was so unusual about it and well 1st it was the 1st life size statues since anti

i was born in bombay, but grew up in many different parts of the country.i had a very fascinating childhood. i was in the northeast of the country in a tiny state, which is like a tiny state, which is a great, beautiful part of the country. then i spent a few years near the foothills. i moved back to bombay, where i finish the rest of my schooling and university. him and and that is where i also had my first job. haslinda: dad is an engineer. mom gave up her career as university professor to pay an attention to your growing up here. ankiti: yes. i am eternally grateful for that. because we were moving around quite a lot, so she wanted to make sure i had the best experience and learning sort of environment, because she stayed at home. dad traveled a lot, but made it a point to be home on weekends no matter where he was. haslinda: great startup story, but you actually wanted to be a national. --and asked her not astronaut. ankiti: yes. when i was 11 years old i was very keen on math and physics. and i actually did major in math and economics later in life. bu

now when the indian american filmmaker mira screened salaam bombay at the cannes festival of 988 she walked away with the camera door for the best 1st feature award. into the life of children living on the streets of the busy city over the past 30 years many such socially conscious films have followed charlie angela sat down with her on the french riviera to talk about her latest project. welcome to cannes we're here with director mira nair talking about how the festival shaped her career and some of her future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film salaam bombay one can prize the best 1st film the bovey was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation lamb and so on and then i went back home to my pencil on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of fairy tale and of course topped by the cab door and great prizes and certainly it launched me you know in the in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next you stories i mean they not only ta

future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film salaam bombay one can prize the best 1st film the bovey was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation lamb and so on and then i went back home to my pencil on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of fairy tale and of course topped by the cab door and great prizes and certainly it launched me you know in the in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next you stories i mean they not only take it to india but they take us to pakistan to uganda. countries that are often seen through quite a narrow lens is that very important here that i think every film is a political act you know and you can choose to have a point of view that becomes the bane stream or you can choose to make your point of view the mainstream as i have tried to do i just believe that you know where we come from matters our language our poetry our everyday struggles our humor you know is not just particular to us but actually if

future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film salaam bombay one can prize the best 1st film the bully was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation lamb and so on and then i went back home to my pencil on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of fairy tale and of course topped by the cabin door and great prizes and certainly it launched me you know in the in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next you stories i mean they not only take it to india but they take us to pakistan to uganda. countries that are often seen through quite a narrow lens is that very important here that i think every food is a political act you know and you can choose to have a point of view that becomes the bane stream or you can choose to make your point to view the mainstream as i have tried to do i just believe that you know where we come from matters our language our poetry our everyday struggles our humor you know is not just particular to us but actually i

future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film salaam bombay one can prize the best 1st film the bovey was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation lamb and so on and then i went back home to my pencil on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of fairy tale and of course topped by the cab door and great prizes and certainly it launched me you know in the in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next you stories i mean they not only take it to india but they take us to pakistan to uganda. countries that are often seen through quite a narrow lens is that very important is that i think every film is a political act you know and you can choose to have a point of view that becomes the bane stream or you can choose to make your point to view the mainstream as i have tried to do i just believe that you know where we come from matters our language our poetry our everyday struggles our humor you know is not just particular to us but actually if yo

thursday morning indian markets soared on sciences' hindu nationalist b j p would remain in power the bombay stock exchange's sunsets hit another record high crossing the 40000 mark for the 1st time shares had already risen sharply in recent days despite modi being accused of coming up short on his economic agenda during his 1st tenure analysts had predicted his reelection would become. for india's growth. and now to germany's biggest business story for today daryn bank shareholders are gathering for the banks and wall general meeting and the arch is management well they're not in for an easy ride executives are under pressure to provide answers on several difficult issues the biggest one deutsche bank just doesn't make enough money and that keeps the share price down then there are the ongoing legal troubles money laundering allegations have dogged deutsche bank and it's been on comfortably close to donald trump's financial dealings the planned merger with comrades well it just didn't happen and on top of all of that the bank is dealing with serious i.t. failures and monitoring payments fro

could be coming to german streets and these 2 women are test drivers sophia and selena both from bombay are. neither of them britain and east scooter before now a representative from the public utilities company gives them a crash course in how it works and they're both excited to hit the street on the new form of transport. in terms of traffic rules it's like being on a bike and will have to see how it goes with cars and buses in the main. helmets are required here and there are once those are on sophia and selena are off. after practicing in a parking lot they head into city traffic the scooters go up to 20 kilometers an hour east gooders aren't allowed on sidewalks or during the official test phase riders have to use the bike lane if there isn't one they have to go on the road. as traffic builds up sophia and selena have to stay focused as if in this a big this soon turning is tough you have to do you say many things at once you have to concentrate on going forward to keep an eye out for the traffic check behind you and put on the brakes one of i miss but i'm so. so far there haven't

military buildup in the persian gulf concerns bombay you could not dispel the u.s. secretary of state did not deny reports that the u.s. wants to send 120000 troops to the region i made clear that the united states will continue to apply pressure to the regime in tehran until its leadership is prepared to return to the ranks of responsible nations that do not threaten their neighbors or spread instability or terror. russia and the u.s. are also on opposite sides of the crisis in venezuela don't pay your urge moscow to stop supporting nicolas maduro russian foreign minister sergey lavrov replied democracy can be implemented by force and the result of mistresses social we're threats from both the official representatives of the us administration and from mr quite oh who constantly talks about his right invited armed intervention from abroad this has nothing to do with democracy. this by their 1st high level meeting in months the united states and russia are struggling to find common ground while no progress has been made to find solutions on a crisis in iran and venez

future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film salaam bombay one can prize the best 1st film the bovey was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation so on and then i went back home to my pencil on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of fairy tale and of course topped by the cabin door and great prizes and certainly it launched me you know in the in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next you stories i mean they not only take it to india but they take us to pakistan to uganda. countries that are often seen through quite a narrow lens is that very important to you then i think every film is a political act you know and you can choose to have a point of view that becomes the bane stream or you can choose to make your point of view the mainstream as i have tried to do i just believe that you know where we come from matters our language our poetry our everyday struggles our humor you know is not just particular to us but actually if you g

these 2 women are test drivers sophia and selena both from bombay are. neither of them have written an east scooter before now a representative from the public utilities company gives them a crash course in how it works and they're both excited to hit the street on the new form of transport and stuff like that in terms of traffic cause it's like being on a bike if you will have to see how it goes with cars and buses in the. helmets are required here and there are once those are on sofia and selena are off. after practicing in a parking lot they head into city traffic the scooters go up to 20 kilometers an hour east routers aren't allowed on sidewalks and back during the official testified. writers have to use the bike lane if there isn't one they have to go on the road as traffic builds up sophia and selena have to stay focused as if it is a big this soon turning is tough you have to do say many things of once you have to concentrate on going forward to keep an eye out for the traffic check behind you and put on the brakes i missed but i'm so. so far the

1988 she became the 1st indian filmmaker to win the camera doff for best 1st feature for a salaam bombay now 30 years on her socially conscious work continues to have an impact on the industry chinee angela sat down with half. welcome to cannes we're here with direct amir and i are talking about how the festival shaped her career and some of her future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film salaam bombay one the cannes prize for best 1st film the bully was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation them so on and then i went back home to my append see on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of for. of course topped by the cab door and great prizes and certainly it launched me you know in the in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next your stories i mean they not only take it to india but they take us to pakistan to uganda. countries that are often seen through quite a narrow lens is that very important here that i think every film is

secretary of state mike bombay now in brussels where he's expected to discuss the deal with european partners the top u.s. diplomat scrapped plans for a trip to moscow and meet the unannounced visit to the belgian capital as e.u. foreign ministers gathered for a meeting there to. the e.u. is determined to keep the iran nuclear deal alive after washington redrew from the pact and really impose sanctions on iran the u.s. is urging the e.u. to back its hard line position and walk away from the deal. now for more on the story i'm joined by political analyst at the on the job he's with the brookings doha center welcome to you know the u.s. and the e.u. on opposite ends of this iran nuclear deal what is mike pompeo doing in dresses well i mean the 2 sides have been passing ways in terms of iran policy for at least a year now but now with the recent you know signs of escalation over the past few weeks i think there is a growing concern among european policymakers about a potential escalation between us i lied in iran and allied forces in that region so i think what the separate pump people

you're talking about the degree of differences in there and yes i think certainly between bolton and bombay are they have a very similar world deal in ideology with regards to the potential benefits of military action towards iran i think that both in is a lot more of a long term proponent of the unilateral use of military force everywhere from cuba to venezuela to to act before that with a garcia trump i think that trump is probably the person there who is least likely to want a war because during the 2016 campaign he repeatedly plaids you would not want to get the u.s. into another nation building mission or into another kind of war without end that would not benefit america's interests and it's also interesting to note that during the campaign and even praise around at one point as a fighting isis it was critical of the saudis so his positions are all over the place and very hard to tell whether or not he will actually be the person to go to war i think that the voices of restraint from the ambassadors from the diplomats in the state department and maybe even ultimately could prevent a m

s dominating majority the sun 6 index in bombay rode the election results to a new record high spiking up by 2 and a half percent on the news mr modi hailed the result tweeting together we will build a strong and inclusive india india wins yet again mr modi has victory came despite notably mixed results for his government on developing the indian economy so now for a quick pause for the promotional cause but stay tuned because on the other side in the wake of the crisis in the us bipartisan efforts are being made to target the peddlers of some of the most dangerous drugs on the market barrels of americas the lawyer will be on hand to help us comb through the case what are some of the past point investments on the market. and terra cotta always has us his perspective after the break and as we get a break here are the numbers that are causing. tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been great only implement from the inside venezuela things look different we're going to annou

s dominating majority the sun 6 index and bombay road the election results to a new record high spiking up by 2 and a half percent on the news mr modi hailed the results tweeting together we will build a strong and inclusive india india wins yet again mr modi has victory came despite notably mixed results for his government on developing the indian economy. time now for a quick pause for the promotional cause but stay tuned because on the other side in the wake of the crippling opioid crisis in the u.s. bipartisan efforts are being made to try to get the peddlers of some of the most dangerous drugs on the market barrels america's lawyer will be on hand to help us comb through the case plus what are some of the point investments on the market. terra cotta always gives us his perspective in the break and as we get a break here the numbers at the closing bell. soaring and. the end of flag money money with flags on it or. paid or royal person good day. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next. different clubs. where everything is familiar.

clear dozens of passengers are missing or feared drowned after a crowded boat sank in lake my and bombay in the democratic republic of congo at least 30 people died around 180 survived the disaster on saturday night state media in syria say government forces have recaptured a village from rebels for a 2nd time after weeks of fighting a foreign of buddha is on the border between hama and italy province syria syrian government forces launched an attack on last month the crown prince of abu dhabi has offered support to the head of sudan's military council at a meeting in the united arab emirates and the fact that han met with egypt's president on saturday a move that angered protestors in sudan they're worried about foreign interference in the country's transition to civilian rule in turkey several kurdish politicians and thousands of prisoners have ended their 200 day hunger strike they were responding to a call from a leader of the land who's been in jail for 20 years on treason charges those are the headlines. my. hello and welcome once again to rewind i'm come on santa maria in the deca

future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film salaam bombay one can prize the best 1st film the bovey was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation lamb and so on and then i went back home to my pencil on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of fairy tale and of course topped by the cab door and great prizes and certainly it launched me you know in the in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next you stories i mean they not only take it to india but they take it to pakistan to uganda. countries that are often seen through quite a narrow lens is that very important is that i think every film is a political act you know and you can choose to have a point of view that becomes the bane stream or you can choose to make your point to view the mainstream as i have tried to do i just believe that you know where we come from matters our language our poetry our everyday struggles our humor you know is not just particular to us but actually if yo

first, americans like a bolton and bombay, those people that are pushing for war against those peopleinst iran, and those people that are pushing for war against iran, and then we have saudi arabia and uae and israel, they would like the american to do they would like the american to do the war on their behalf, they want them to destroy iran, to cripple it and change the regime. this is the crux of the matter in our part of the world, it is very tense, the latest reports are saying that saudi and other gulf states are agreeing to the american to send ground troops, talking about 120,000 troops and mark naval fasteners troops, talking about 120,000 troops and mark navalfasteners —— more naval forces. the situation and mark navalfasteners —— more navalforces. the situation is and mark navalfasteners —— more naval forces. the situation is very tense. just last week we had to make attacks, very important and significant. 0ne attacks, very important and significant. one is against oil installation for oil tankers where one of the united arab emirates, the second one was against a saudi ins

future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film salaam bombay one the cannes prize for best 1st film the bully was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation so on and then i went back home to my appearance see on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of fairy tale and of course topped by the cab door and great prizes and certainly it launched me you know in the in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next you stories i mean they not only take it to india but they take us to pakistan to uganda. countries that are often seen through quite a narrow lens is that very important here that i think every food is a political act you know and you can choose to have a point of view that becomes the bane stream or you can choose to make your point of view the mainstream as i have tried to do i just believe that you know where we come from matters our language our poetry our everyday struggles our humor you know is not just particular to us but actual

cautious in the market and this is actually starting to look like the new normal over in india in bombay the sensex actually reached an all time high this week as prime minister narendra modi since a landslide reelection victory the sensex reached 40000 before falling back as traders are optimistic of the upcoming reform agenda over in australia the a.s.x. is up slightly for the week led by the financial sector as scott morrison delivers a coalition win then over in south africa all shares that in johannesburg and up the week slightly down as the reserve bank held the key interest rate at 6 and a half percent while cutting the full year economic growth forecast so overall it's been a mixed week here as certain countries prove to be more resilient than others in the midst of all the drama taking center stage now over to danielle in the europe and america thanks kristie starting in france a red arrow for the cac up and down earlier in the week and waning thursday and friday with weakness in the energy and finance to end down for the week in germany the dax also down for the week following

the bombay sensex breached the 40,000 mark for the first time ever.ood is still buoyantin back slightly, but the mood is still buoyant in india, unlike the rest of asia, which is following the downward trend, worried about trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies. european stocks... the london market and the rest of london have been open for a little bit and the london market is down. the pound is under pressure to ta ke down. the pound is under pressure to take in the future of the uk prime minister is in doubt, it is fair to say, putting pressure on the pound sterling. bad news for holiday—makers. we will have more on those market stories with our guests, but details now of what is coming up on wall street later. best buy reports earnings. sales expected to get a boost from subscription tech support services which was a major part about you but delhi's turnaround strategy. as for the economic calendar, a report from the us commerce department is expected to show sales of new homes declined in april to 675,000 from 692,000 in march. a

military buildup in the persian gulf concerns bombay you could not dispel the u.s. secretary of state did not deny reports that the u.s. wants to send 120000 troops to the region i made clear that the united states will continue to apply pressure to the regime in tehran until its leadership is prepared to return to the ranks of responsible nations that do not threaten their neighbors or spread instability or terror. russia and the u.s. are also on opposite sides of the crisis in venezuela don't pay your urge moscow to stop supporting nicolas maduro russian foreign minister sergey lavrov replied democracy can be implemented by force and restricted mistress or social we are threats from both the official representatives of the us administration and from mr quite oh who constantly talks about his right invited armed intervention from abroad this has nothing to do with democracy. this by their 1st high level meeting in months the united states and russia are struggling to find common ground while no progress has been made to find solutions on a crisis in iran and venezu

the bombay sensex. we'll have more on india's elections coming up later on in the show when we come back after the break, one retail stock jim cramer says you can really take on amazon. we'll bring you what that name is that's coming up nor more on the retail wreck with -- also ahead, a new york judge doing a major li every blow to president trump's privacy. he sets his sites on sin city. a very busy hour worldwide exchange continues after this break there is wisdom in how nature protects and it inspired an all-new toothpaste from burt's bees®. it fights cavities and freshens breath. made with ingredients you can trust. for a smile that's a true force of nature. new burt's bees® toothpaste. >> let's get a check on markets. futures have slightly accelerated their losses over the course of the past hour or so the dow jones futures losses hold into regular trading would indicate a down day for the dow to start by about 180 points the s&p off by 121 points, and the nasdaq off by 78 as well this week has bee

>> in bombay itself, consensus was mixed.i, they want the continuity but others were saying we don't really like the religious intolerance that you're starting to see rise across the country they wanted to give congress a shot >> while we've got you, let's switch gears move that over here. talk about what else is trending i have a feeling a very well known tv show starring a dragon is going to be -- >> this is getting a lot of buzz. >> great story. >> let's start with the feel good story robert s. smith gave the ultimate graduation gift to morehouse's class of 2019. >> and my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> smith erasing student loan debt for nearly 400 graduates. the value of his donation is estimated to be worth up to $40 million. smith channelling the class of 2019 to pay it forward >> you know, i've gotten to know mr. smith a little bit he's a private equity guy. he's very sort of soft spoken and the way that he said that, the audience i don't think fully realized at first what he was saying.

you're asking them to bomb within a 1,000 to 2,000 window with your own friendly fleet below your bombay and your own troops to come in too. predictably it's a cloudy day. if you're a bomber, you're not going to drop if you think there's any chance you're going to hit your own fleet or own people. so, they tend to wait a little longer. they bomb inland. it does next to nothing from the aerial site. the sea bombardment is about 45 minutes. it's better targeted. but the problem is too once you see these explosions, you've got all this mist. you've got the cloudy weather. you have dust and smoke and flumes of smoke that make it a little tougher for the naval observers to see what they're shooting at though they have decent entail. you're shooting at a fortified enemy hunkered down in his bunker. the naval and air bombardment slightly wounded two german soldiers. two. it wasn't pleasant. you know, but it didn't do a lot of damage. it knocked out a fortified flame thrower so that was one very productive thing it did. but other than that, the beach was kind of largely untouched whereas you wou

when the indian film a comedian screened salaam bombay at the cannes film festival in 1988 she walked away with the camera door of the best 1st feature of. into the life of children living on the streets of the busy city over the past 30 years many such socially conscious films of followed charlie and jenna sat down with her on the french riviera to talk about her latest project. welcome to cannes we're here with director mira nair talking about how the festival shaped her career and some of her future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film one can prize the best 1st film the movie was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation and so on and then i went back home to buy a pencil on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of fairy tale and of course topped by the door and great prizes and certainly it launched me you know in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next you stories i mean they not only take it to india but they take us to pa

you're talking about the degree of differences in there and i think certainly between bolton and bombay are they have a very similar world deal in ideology with regards to the potential benefits of military action towards iran i think that both in is a lot more of a long term proponent of the unilateral use of military force everywhere from cuba to venezuela to to act before that with a garcia trump i think that trump is probably the person there who is least likely to want a war because during the 2016 campaign he repeatedly plaids he would not want to get the u.s. into another nation building mission or into another kind of war without end that would not benefit america's interests and it's also interesting to note that during the campaign and even praise around at one point as a fighting isis and was critical of the saudis so his positions are all over the place and very hard to tell whether or not he will actually be the person to go to war i think that the voices of restraint from the ambassadors from the diplomats in the state department and maybe even ultimately could prevent a m

you're talking about the degree of differences in there and i think certainly between bolton and bombay are they have a very similar world deal in ideology with regards to the potential benefits of military action towards iran i think that both in is a lot more of a long term proponent of the unilateral use of military force everywhere from cuba to venezuela to to act before that with a garcia trump i think that trump is probably the person there who is least likely to want a war because during the 2016 campaign he repeatedly plaids he would not want to get the u.s. into another nation building mission or into another kind of war without end that would not benefit america's interests and it's also interesting to note that during the campaign and even praise around at one point as a fighting isis and was critical of the saudis so his positions are all over the place and very hard to tell whether or not he will actually be the person to go to war i think that the voices of restraint from the ambassadors from the diplomats in the state department and maybe even ultimately could prevent a m

future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film salaam bombay one can prize the best 1st film the bovey was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation lamb and so on and then i went back home to my pencil on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of fairy tale and of course topped by the cab door and great prizes and certainly it launched me you know in the in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next you stories i mean they not only take it to india but they take us to pakistan to uganda. countries that are often seen through quite a narrow lens is that very important here that i think every food is a political act you know and you can choose to have a point of view that becomes the bane stream or you can choose to make your point to view the mainstream as i have tried to do i just believe that you know where we come from matters our language our poetry our everyday struggles our humor you know is not just particular to us but actually if

one 500-pound bomb had gotten hung up in the bombay of a b-52 and when they shook it loose, it landed on our perimeter, killing two more of our soldiers. the next morning, the dead were helicoptered out and then we hunt into the area where the b-52s had ark-lighted. it was amazing to me to see how much destructive force can be absorbed by the jungle, these are 500-pound bomb, and the jungle just eliminated, you could not really see very much damage. my teammate and i exited the operation zone, the operation zone when the resupply helicopter was brought in. in daspo, we seldom knew what happened to our film once it was sent to the pentagon for processing. though we would occasionally get critique contact print ors sheets to review. then for years after, and i mean decades, even, we would be shocked when we would stumble upon one of our images in print in national news magazines, and newspapers and books and in my case two books on vietnam. and i stumbled upon one of my photos in national museums three times with exhibits related to the vietnam war. we never got credit. except in one, i

ducking and dodging the insects as he tries to enter his bombay home.rything outside the home. swarms of love bugs are common in florida in the spring. do you get them? ainsley: are they big? steve: they are all over the place down there. i have never seen that reaction though. the problem is the door doesn't open. so he is stuck. ainsley: he is stuck. ainsley: get a key out or go inside. jillian: run away and calm down. brian: i do have to clarify one thing so i said he works out at 10 and sleeps until noon. he works out at 10:00 and goes into his office and then naps until noon. he will arrive at 10:00 after working out and then would start napping. with the door open so people can see him take a nap. because daylight would wake him up. steve: okay, now you know. ainsley: it's tough being mayor. hard workout. tough job. all right. 13 minutes after the top of the hour. republicans ramping up calls for action after congresswoman rashida tlaib's controversial comments on the holocaust as some democrats rush to defend her her. brian: liz cheney has been o

more bodies have been recovered from lake mined bombay in the democratic republic of congo after a boat sank on sunday at least 45 people are being confirmed dead and dozens of passengers are still missing or feared drowned. dozens of bodies have been pulled from the water dozens more still missing and it's unlikely at this stage that survivors will still be found in the water more than 24 hours after the boat sank survivors say that it was overloaded with cargo and with people and that's common for boats on congo's many waterways on the rivers and the legs which are crucial for connecting up the interior of the country with little infrastructure many of the roads are only possible on a motorbike and it gets even difficult to pass them after heavy rains so the waterways are crucial also there's a lot of poverty so overloading from the point of view of boat crews is a way to get a little extra desperately needed income and from the point of view of passengers it's just the only means to get around to carry out their business and in the case of many of the passengers on this boat they wer