this is news coming to you live from berlin a tragedy on the danube river the tourist boat sinks leaving at least 7 people dead event on the hunger in the capital budapest during a storm rich heavy rainfall hampering rescue efforts many of the passengers are still missing. a setback for israel's binyamin netanyahu 2 months on from elections the country's long time leader extremes to form a government the knesset votes to send the country back to the polls. and former u.s. special counsel robert muller a brick says silence he says is reporting to russian election meddling does not exonerate president dr profit from criminal wrongdoing. plus the mothers who refuse to give up hope in mexico these women have taken the search for their missing children into their own hands in a country where 30000 people have disappeared. i don't work of i'm under dutchy my good to have you with us. at least 7 people are dead and more than a dozen missing after a sightseeing boat sank in the river danube in the hunger and capital with uppish the boat capsized but it was struck by another vessel in the high gi

and all other boat traffic was halted along a stretch of the danube site of beauty passed as military personnel and divers joined the rescue effort. from people with serious injuries and someone used to be resuscitated. but they were unable to save a number of passengers the danube had been flooding as a storm envelops budapest. this size korean travel agency which hired the boat apologized but defended the decision to let passengers board despite the weather. will get 30 customers and one of our cats boarded the cruise boat for the budapest night in utah that it has that. policy at the time of the water level was high but other crews operating as usual not just out but. one expert told gary intellivision that the pleasure boat called the mermaid likely went down very fast children were reportedly among its passengers so cool all the fun stefan both standing along the banks of the river danube in budapest i asked him to give us an update on the rescue operation. well delay just a stance here behind me ships are really working around the clock to say fly so i can tell you every minute

the past boats tragedy 21 people still missing after a tourist boat sank opened on its on the river danube officials fear the worst just hope of finding more survivors grows to one 3rd of past for the latest on the program offered honors i'm going to not fulfill her commitment to democratic ideals conferring dr jeffress longsuffering chancellor to give the commencement speech in less than an hour. on the mothers who refuse to give up on these mexican women have taken the search for missing children into their own hands and the country where tens of thousands of people disappear. i'm phil gail welcome to the program. rescuers in budapest say there is minimal chance of finding more survivors after a tourist boat capsized and sank on the danube late on wednesday the sightseeing vessel carrying more than 30 south korean tourists was hit by a large river cruise ship in bad weather 7 people were pulled from the river alive for 7 more are confirmed dead and 21 a missing. as day broke in budapest most of the passengers who had been aboard the mermaid were still missing authorities have located the

this is the job the news coming to you live from a tragedy on the danube river a tourist boat sings leaving at least 7 dead event on in the hunt given capital good luck to the storm with heavy rainfall hampering the rescue efforts many of the passengers are still missing. also coming up a setback for israel's binyamin netanyahu 2 months on from the elections the country's long time leader feels to form a coalition government the knesset votes to to send the country back to the poems. and form what u.s. special counsel robert miller grik says silence who says his report into russian election meddling does not exonerate president don trump from criminal wrongdoing. plus the mothers who refuse to give up hope in mexico these women have taken the search for their missing children into their own hands in a country where 30000 people have disappeared and. i'm on the docks. at least 7 people dead and more than a dozen missing after a sightseeing boat sank in the river danube in the capital. the boat capsized and it was struck by another vessel. it was carrying $130.00 south korean tourists and $20

budapest say that there is quote minimal chance of finding survivors after a boat accident on the danube late on wednesday police have also launched a criminal investigation after a sightseeing vessel collided with another boat in bad weather more than 30 south korean tourists were on board 7 are confirmed dead we have team coverage from budapest and seoul in just a moment but 1st this is sassaman of what happened. as day broke in budapest most of the passengers who had been aboard the mermaid were still missing authorities have located the boat on the riverbed of the danube but they say it could take days to bring it to the surface in seoul south korea's president announced they were sending a rapid response team to budapest. hungary. government will work closely with the hungaroring government to investigate the cause of the accident for the child's correlated departments to do their best to support the victims and their families. the south korean travel agency which hired the boat apologized but also defended the decision to conduct the tour despite the bad weather. customs and one of

a rescue operation is under way on the danube after a river cruise boat capsizes. hungarian emergency services say seven people have died. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: it's been sitting in the country for years, now the philippines is set to ship tonnes of canadian waste back to canada. chelsea are europa league champions for the second time, beating arsenal 4—1 in the final in azerbaijan. good morning. it's 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:00pm in washington, where the man who investigated russian meddling in the us presidential election has insisted that his report didn't clear president trump of acting illegally. let's get the latest from our north america editor, jon sopel. morning. washington is a city where people race to be in front of a microphone. but for two years, special counsel robert mueller has chosen silence while he completed his report on russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. that changed dramatically today, when he almost flatly contradicted donald trump's assertion that he'd been complet

correspondence to both the banks of the danube welcome staff and please press up to date on the rescue. very very desperate i can tell you they have so far not found any survivors and at least people are already confirmed. people. injured at least a life but. 20 people. very little. people are saying. and. very difficult. raining but i can tell you during the whole day. that happened doing tonight of course sent. very strong that makes it increasingly difficult. to rescue workers to. ration. to. remain and indeed. this was. a very busy stretch of the river. well indeed it happens a new york market bridge where i'm standing now just a few meet it's literally behind me a huge ship coalition took place between the boat and huge cruise ship and it's happened between 2 to breach here behind me and of course what happened last at least in a few seconds literally that whole boat came down and you can imagine the water was cold people were of course desperate hanging on to whatever to head. off and many many are believed to have died and of course the question as being raised now how does what

that's been our correspondent stuff on both joining us from the banks of the danube there in budapest also as we've heard emergency crews they have been working through the night what is the latest on the rescue operation. well the latest steps a day are still searching for more than 20 people who remain missing and science are running out a sort of desperate they are not believing that survivors will be found because the currents of danube river is also very strong. warning the rain for most of the time and divers are really really struggling to find that they have already found 7 people depp's of course they also rescued 7 people. who are still on and you know i can also see behind me several rescue workers still being active on a boat still searching but for now. still. such a boat tours they are routine what more do we know about the circumstances of the because we understand that there is now a criminal investigation being launched. yes indeed to be close to resupply from criticism because people are saying how is it possible that this boat. so fast because we see in 7 seconds co

i am next to the danube river where the accident happened for a five hours ago. freshest information is they have found the sunken boat at they have found the sunken boat at the danube river, so they found the details and little parts of the boat. all of the river is closed and more than 400 people are working for the rescue. the latest news from official press announcement, official press announcement, official information from the government and rescuers, seven people are in hospital, and seven people are in hospital, and seven people died in this accident, and a lot of missing. the latest news is, not official, but there was a large tourist boat that hit a small boat and it sank. so we think, therefore, just to recap, that a larger boat collided with the boat as it was moored up and since then, since that collision, has capsized. i know it will be too soon to find out exactly why or how that happened, but the weather conditions on the river can't have helped. yes, it is not too good see conditions. the government and police have closed the roads next to the ri

budapest boats tragedy 20 people are still missing after a tourist boat sank overnight on the river danube officials say they fear the worst and hope of finding survivors gross debt we'll take you live to boot past also on the program all strick gets its 1st female chancellor following the collapse of the country's last government top judge bed be alive and we'll have a can take a government austria protest for fresh elections. on the mothers who refuse to give up in mexico and these women have taken the search for their missing children into their own homs in a country west 30000 people have disappeared. time phil gale welcome to the program. rescuers imputing past say there is a minimal chance of finding survivors after a tourist boat capsized and sank on the danube late on wednesday a place of also launched a criminal investigation the sightseeing vessel carrying more than 30 south korean tourists was hit by a larger river cruise ship in bad weather 7 people have been confirmed dead. as day broke in budapest most of the passengers who had been aboard the mermaid were still missing autho

i've ever slim the chances are to find survivors correspondent stefan bourses on the banks of the danube in budapest for us and he joins us with the latest hi stefan we've heard just now that one carrying authorities have just arrested the captain of the cruise boat that was involved in the collision what is the latest you can tell us about the investigation and also ongoing rescue operations. sure well the police authorities have taken it very seriously from the beginning day have said dale want to know what happened today very soon already started a criminal investigation into what is really the biggest tragedy for hungary in the danube river in 75 years now what they also know is as you said already at least 7 people died but they are believing that number will go up because star still looking for more than 20 people and. chances are very very slim at this point today survived and. authorities are really counting on a huge debt still. seem to moral it's a huge tragedy stephon in south korean rescue specialists as we saw are also on their way what can they add to these operations. whic

it happened on the river danube in budapest.ivers have joined the search for 19 other people still missing. seven people have been rescued but strong currents and high water levels caused by heavy rain are hampering emergency teams. the vessel collided with another boat near the parliament building and overturned. gareth barlow has the latest. the incident 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 spotlights and radar scanning the river for several kilometres downstream. police and paramedics lined the riverbank as divers searched the water. a section of the danube, europe's 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 budapest tonight, the search for those

the show hungary's prime minister calling for a star of probe of the fatal boat collision on the danube with the firm data 21 missing almost all south koreans a delegation from the country's government is demanding answers. alone a very warm welcome to the show i'm brian thomas u.s. secretary of state. for all american 4 high level talks here in berlin. coming 3 weeks after he abruptly canceled flying to germany in the last minute differences in policy over iran and china are expected to be very high on their agenda. now before heading into that meeting they gave a short press conference here's what they had to say even the end of we will have plenty of issues to discuss today the secretary of state and i the world is indeed in unrest 1st and foremost among the issues on our agenda today we will talk about iran how can we make sure that iran doesn't have any nuclear weapons on how can we work to prevent further aggressive actions on the part of iran we've also talked about afghanistan both our countries have substantial numbers of troops there syria is also going to be on our agenda as

hungary's prime minister promises a full investigation into the state's old boats collision on the danube 7 people are confirmed dead 21 still missing that will most of all south korean and a delegation from seoul is demanding answers. and the skull cap traditionally worn by jewish men is the focus of debate as the number of anti-semitic incidents in germany rises we meet some family living with the situation every day. i manuscripts mackinnon thanks so much for joining us. a european thought by us secretary of state might pump a oh go self to a strange start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on anything very much in berlin they did agree that they had said values but there was little meeting of minds beyond that u.s. trade policy and relations with iran of the main causes of friction between the 2 allies. friday's meetings in berlin were a long time coming more than a year after he took office and after visits to almost 40 other countries u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe finally visited his german counterpart heiko mosse and german chancellor angela merkel

just a few minutes ago adrian showed you the video it's coming out on the danube here in budapest and we are looking at the very heavy rain you saw that in the video all dealing with this one system right here now the rain's going to continue and that's going to cause a problem as well this area has seen plenty of rain this past spring here's the danube red here starting in germany all the way towards the black sea now the other problem with the danube is the height of the water we've seen very very heavy snow this winter across much of the mountains actually record snow in some locations now that it's spring a lot of that snow is melting and entering into the danube causing the river to be moving quite fast as well as high in many locations that is a problem that they're having with the recovery efforts with the bodies right now so we're going to be seeing very heavy water pushing through much of that area unfortunately the rainy conditions are going to continue over the next few days because we do have that area of low pressure that is spinning in this area there of low pressure has

coming angry as prime minister of course for a car investigations the patriot both galician on the danube which 7 confirmed dead in trying to run this into almost all of the south koreans a delegation in the country is demanding on says. i don't have a warm welcome to you i'm. u.s. secretary of state. for talks with german leaders as america's top diplomat 1st met with a german foreign minister heikal moscow he's also due to hold talks with the chance to. visit comes 3 weeks on. after he abruptly canceled flying into germany at the very last minute differences in policy over iran and china expected to be high on the agenda. our chief political correspondent is following that story for us and she is standing in front of the chance to welcome michelle and my compu met earlier with foreign minister heikal moss what came out of that meeting. yes in fact they just concluded their press conference about half an hour's drive here from the chancellor which will be the next stop for mike pompei oh and then he apologized for having had to cancel at the last moment something which clearly was seen a

a section of the danube, europe's second longest river, has been closed. difficult conditions. 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. israeli politicians have voted 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 buil

produce in hungary arrest the captain of the cruise ship that feel she rammed the tour boat in the danube and 7 people are confirmed dead 21 us to be missing emergency crews get off to release the sunken boat from the bottom of the river flowing through the heart of. plastic these cigarettes have been hailed as the safest substitute for cigarettes putting water on the real risks of raping. us secretary of state. b.-o. is in berlin for talks with german chancellor angela merkel and foreign minister. america's top diplomat down in the german capital this morning 3 weeks after he suddenly postponed his trip to germany at the very last minute instead he flew off to iraq to win support for washington's position in growing tensions with iran and the differences in the u.s. and europe and iran on a things are also expected to be high on the agenda in berlin. now from all i had with me political correspondents welcome simon now secretary of state is visiting berlin for the 1st time and we know after he abruptly canceled his previous trip what is on the agenda and the still you have the secretary

police arrest the captain of the cruise ship involved in wednesday's deadly crash on the river danubesyria's humanitarian crisis: the un warns that tens of thousands of children are still at risk. r kelly has been charged with more sexual offences. he's due in court next week. and scientists develop a genetically enhanced fungus that can kill malaria spreading mosquitoes. president trump has launched a particularly fierce and personal attack without giving any evidence on former special counsel robert mueller. mr mueller made headlines this week with a rare public statement, reiterating that his russia ainquiry did not clear the president of obstructing justice. mr trump spoke today about russian election interference and moves by the democrats to impeach him before laying into robert mueller. our washington correspondent chris buckler has more. the president has been unable to hide his fury at the man who examined his every action during the 2016 election campaign. and concluded that russia had made significant efforts to interfere with the vote, something that president trump seemed

and hungary's prime minister promises a thorough probe of the fatal boat collision on the danube with 7 confirmed dead and $21.00 still missing almost all south koreans a delegation from the country's government is demanding answers. and cigarettes have been hailed as a safer substitute for cigarettes but what are the real risks of that. alone thanks so much for joining us i'm brian thomas u.s. secretary of state might pompei o has been meeting with chancellor on a macro for high level talks here in berlin his visit comes 3 weeks after he canceled a trip to germany at the very last minute differences in policy over iran and china are thought to be high on the agenda which was also taken off with the german foreign minister heiko mosse. or earlier i talked with the w.'s chief political editor michelle asked her how difficult talks and wrapped up. there are some serious fault lines in those key issues of iran and how to deal with china over iran of course the rhetoric in the region heating up both sides have the same aim they want to stop iran from actually achieving a nuclear weapon fu

to congress prime minister promises a full investigation into the say told folks collision on the danube7 people are confirmed dead and 21 of those still missing that will most pull south koreans and a delegation from seoul is demanding says. the produce d.j. proving that age is cool in the mind she still gets some rocking at the age of ac and is showing no signs of taking a dignified retirement. i mean you could sneak in and thanks so much for joining us. the united states has raised the pressure on its western allies over whether equipment supplied by the chinese manufacturer way should be used in telecoms networks on a visit to belin secretary of state mike pompei is said that deciding to use the chinese companies equipment could result in countries being cut off from crucial intelligence data supplied by the united states and on the surface from payers talks they were cordial but relations between the 2 allies remain strained the u.s. trade policy and iran. friday's meetings in berlin were a long time coming more than a year after he took office and after visits to almost 40 other co

of hungary arrest the captain of the cruise ship that featured new ground a true old boat in the danube so it will be blackened from day print you want us to mistake and screw is great then give it up to raise the bulk of the baltimore but it will go into the heart of the high given capital without that. class in thailand people come from far and wide to seem oblivious to the bell. into taking children in special camps. the training of elephants required to torture the debris looks at the controversy over time and cast. the. pattern of a $100.00. u.s. secretary of state. and foreign minister. america's top diplomat touched down in the german capital this morning 3 weeks after he suddenly postponed his visit to germany at the very last minute instead he flew off to iraq to win support for washington's position in growing tensions with iran and the differences in the u.s. and european iran policies are also expected to be high on the agenda. now for more. political. welcome simon secretary of state is visiting for the 1st time and we know after he abruptly canceled his previous trip what

congress prime minister promises a complete investigation of the fatal boat collision on the danube 7 people are confirmed dead 21 still missing almost all south koreans a delegation from seoul is on and demanding answers. and ease cigarettes have been hailed as a safer substitute for the tobacco version but what are the real risks of aids with . a very warm welcome to the show i'm brian thomas u.s. secretary of state might pump a 0 came to berlin today for talks with council on a machall and her foreign minister heiko moscow it was pomp ayos 1st visit to berlin since becoming secretary of state comes 3 weeks after he canceled a trip to germany at the last minute differences in policy over and china very high on the agenda since withdrawing from the. landmark nuclear deal with around the u.s. has been odd at odds with the other nations involved including germany that have been trying to keep the around nuclear deal alive. for more on the story we're joined by dave used chief political correspondent melinda crane following it for us thanks for being here melinda my pump a.o. met earlie

just a few minutes ago adrian showed you the video it's coming out on the danube here in budapest and we are looking at the very heavy rain you saw there in the video all dealing with this one system right here now the rain's going to continue and that's going to cause a problem as well this area has seen plenty of rain this past spring here is the danube river here starting in germany all the way towards the black sea now the other problem with the danube is the height of the water we've seen very very heavy snow this winter across much of the mountains actually record snow in some locations now that it's spring a lot of that snow is melting and entering into the danube causing the river to be moving quite fast as well as high in many locations that is a problem that they're having with the recovery efforts with the bodies right now so we're going to be seeing very heavy water pushing through much of that area and fortunately the rainy conditions are going to continue over the next few days because we do have that area of low pressure that is spinning in this area there of low pressu

story: police arrest the captain of the ship which crashed into a smaller tourist boat on the river danube in budapest. 7 people are dead, many remain missing. r kelly is charged with more sexual offences — he's due in court next week. the lawyer for shamima begum accuses uk authorities of failing to protect her from being trafficked by is. coming up in business: trump's trade bombshell. the president says he'll hit all goods from mexico with tariffs until they curb illegal immigration, rattling global markets. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation tell us what you think — just use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing. police in hungary have arrested the captain of a ship, which crashed into a smaller tourist boat on the river danube in budapest. the 64—year—old ukrainian national was held on charges of reckless misconduct. at least seven people died, seven others were rescued — and 21 are still missing. gareth barlow reports. in a split second, the disaster unfolded. in just seven seconds,

the captain of a boat that collided with another on the river danube in hungary is arrested. we report from syria as the un warns that tens of thousands of children are still at risk. and r kelly has been charged with more sexual offences — he's pleaded not guilty. president trump has launched a particularly fierce and personal attack, without giving any evidence, on former special counsel robert mueller. mr mueller made headlines this week with a rare public statement, reiterating that his long inquiry did not clear the president of obstructing justice. mr trump spoke today about russian election interference and moves by the democrats to impeach him, before laying into robert mueller. there wasn't much change. i never got into it, i never thought that would be possible to be using that would be possible to be using that word. to me, it is a dirty word, the word impeach. it is a dirty, filthy, disgusting word. i think mueller is a true never —trumper. he didn't get a job he requested and despite that, despite $40 million, 18 mike trump haters, including people who work for h

there is a minimal chance of finding more survivors after a tourist boat capsized and sank on the danube late on wednesday the sightseeing vessel carrying more than 30 south korean tourists was hit by a larger river cruise ship in bad weather 7 people were pulled from the river alive but 7 more a confirmed dead and 21 are missing police have detained the captain of the boat that struck the tour vessel. hope is fading that anyone else will be found alive survivors recounting what happened say help came too late and have asked why the cruise was allowed to go ahead in such bad weather police have opened a criminal investigation showing here unfortunately we find 7 dead bodies their identification is in progress i should the 7 day and 2 of them have been fully identified 21 people are still missing you want to go to sure. it began as a night on the river for a group of south korean tourists and ended in tragedy their boat the mare made is clipped by the viking sit in a river cruise ship 5 times its length the merry meet capsizes and then in a matter of seconds it sinks. says korea's preside

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joining me now is stefan both from the banks of the danube river. is different to us more about the rescue operation then he hopes of finding any survivors alive and well at this point i can tell you. the very concerned that i may not find any survivors they are desperate really to find more people and you may hear also have a cultural background and also there are all the efforts going on to really search this area for it for any remains but because that is all day appear to see it right now they have given to basically hope to find any survivors more than 20 people are still missing and it is expected that the death toll will rise to at least $28.00. now the captain off a cruise ship involved in the collision is in custody and the honduran prime minister has asked for how investigation into the accident what other information do we have so far. well what we do know is steps he has been detained on suspicion old or reckless behavior sorties are saying that captain was actually responsible maybe for this coalition but they are still investigating be

on greece prime minister promising a thorough probe of a fatal boat collision on the danube with 7 confirmed dead $21.00 still missing almost all south koreans a delegation from seoul is demanding answers. and he's cigarettes have been held to a safer substitute for cigarettes but what are the real risks of a pit. alone welcome to the show i'm brian thomas u.s. secretary of state might pompei always been meeting with chancellor on a macro for high level talks here in poland his visit comes 3 weeks after he called all flying to germany at the very last moment differences in policy over iran and china are high on the agenda. our chief political editor michelle acuff nurses down at the chancellor's office where pompei was meeting with all of the machall right now but earlier he was with secretary secretary of state was with the german foreign minister heiko moscow michelle what came out of those discussions earlier today. well quite clearly there are some serious fault lines in those key issues of iran and how to deal with china over iran of course the rhetoric in the region heating up both sid

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. >>> a major search is going on in hungary, on the danube river. at least seven south korean tourists were killed in that incident. hungarian police have detained the ship's captain as they continue to investigate the cause of the crash. >> translator: on the recordings, you can see the small ship and the big ship, both of them heading north. "mermaid" turns in front of "viking" for some unknown reason. "viking" flips it. and in seven seconds, "mermaid" falls on its side and sinks. >> paula hancocks has the latest there. >> reporter: it's being treated as a search and rescue operation. but hopes are starting to dim of finding survivors on survivors of the danube river. the search and rescue teams have extended the area they are searching. 30 kilometers downstream they're searching, as well. we know strong currents and the intense rainfall recently has made the rescue operation very difficult. now, we also know that more than 40 family members from here, from south korea, are heading to budapest to see what they can do to find their family members.

it's a popular stretch of the danube river in the heart of budapest a tourist boat the movie made was docs carrying more than 30 south korean turfs hts and it was involved in a collision with a cruise ship risky team search for survivors the tourists were wearing life jackets and water temperatures were below 15 degrees celsius police said after a month of heavy rain high water levels in a fast current complicated rescue if it's. one of the most we found some people with serious injuries in a critical condition there were some who got lightly injured and some needed to be resuscitated police have now released video of the incident fairytale economically are talking we can see on the footage that the small boat the mermaid is sailing north as is the biggest ship the viking when they reach the margaret bridge the mermaid turns in front of the viking for some reason and as the viking touches the mermaid it gets turned on its side and within about seaven sequence at 6. cruise line operator viking said it's a boat the sigyn was involved in the incident around 9 pm local time the mermaids w

it's a populous stretch of the danube river in the heart of bullet pierced a tourist boat the moon made was doc's carrying more than 30 south korean turrets and it was involved in a collision with a cruise ship risky team search for survivors the tourists were wearing life jackets and water temperatures were below 15 degree celsius police said after a month of heavy rain high water levels and a fast current complicated rescue if it's. followed the most we found some people with serious injuries in a critical condition there were some who got lightly injured and some needed to be resuscitated. police have now released video of the incident fairytale economic we can see on the footage that the small part the mermaid is silent north is the biggest ship the viking when they reach the margaret bridge the mermaid turns in front of the viking for some reason and as the viking touches the mermaid it gets turned on its side and within about 7 seconds at 6. cruise line operator viking said it's the 2nd was involved in the incident around 9 pm local time the mermaids wreckage was found on the rive

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the ukrainian captain of a cruise ship which was involved in a crash on the river danube, in the hungarian capital budapest, has been arrested. seven people are known to have died — 21 are missing. rescuers have said there is little hope now are finding anyone alive. the proportion of workers on low pay in britain has fallen to its lowest level since 1980, according to reports. the chancellor philip hammond says he wants to end low pay altogether and is naturally attracted, he says, to setting the main minimum wage. at the moment, i've £13 in the bank... this is minimum wage britain — craig in lancashire works unpredictable hours in a supermarket. even with the national living wage, the minimum for over—25s, he struggles to pay his bills. i'm averaging maybe £90—100 a week. my universal credit is making it up to about 560 a month. 0bviously, with rent, my rent is 350, um... it doesn't leave much at the end of the month to be paying bills off. a little extra would help, and that's the prospect the chancellor presented today to the low—paid. the point of today's presentation is around where

the danube river is swollen because of all that rain, and that means it's flowing faster than usual,way. the search continued today — but rescuers say there's very little hope of finding any more survivors. the wreckage of the mermaid is on the riverbed and emergency crews are preparing to lift it, but that could take days. on board the mermaid were 30 south korean tourists, three south korean tour guides and 2 hungarian crew. the south korean government released this photo of president moonjae—in speaking to the hungarian prime minister viktor orban. a team of officials is heading to hungary and they had representatives at the search area today. nick thorpe is in budapest. according to the hungarian navigation association at the time of evening when the accident happened, on average about 70 boats around is very crowded river at that time. video footage has emerged of what appears to be the accident. the smaller passenger ship, the mermaid, passing underneath the margaret bridge when a large river cruiser, 135 metres long, the viking and 1000 tonnes, tries to overtake the smaller sh

hungary have detained the captain of a cruise ship that collided with a smaller boat on the river danube in budapest on wednesday. at least seven south korean tourists died and more than 20 others are missing. rescuers have said there's little hope of finding them alive. the chief medical officer for england has told bbc news that she's in favour of a tax on foods that are high in sugar and calories with the proceeds being used to subsidise healthier foods. hugh pym reports. how do you give children every chance of leading a healthy life? that's what policy—makers are grappling with as they search for new measures. encouraging exercise is one thing, but what are billed as bold proposals on diet are now being considered. these include a new tax on high—calorie, high—sugar food with england's chief medical officer telling me she'd look seriously with experts at how it might work. if you provide a healthy product on the supermarket shelves, that will come in cheap. if it's unhealthy, there's a levy put on top of it, which is equivalent to a tax. so, parents are then nudged to buy the health

at least seven people have died on a cruise boat that's capsized on the river danube in the hungarian capital, budapest. there were at least 30 on board when it collided with another vessel and overturned. it's been confirmed the seven tourists who lost their lives were south korean nationals. prominent democrats in the us congress are again calling for impeachment proceedings against president trump, now special counsel robert mueller has broken his silence on the russia investigation. he repeated that his report did not clear the president of obstructing justice. mr trump tweeted: "case closed." israeli politicians have voted to dissolve parliament and hold a snap election, because the newly re—elected prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has failed to form a governing coalition. the vote, in september, will be the second this year. his attempts to put together an administration collapsed amid differences between secular and religious parties. now on bbc news, click. this week: they're still sucking up our information. they're still acting on our data. give me the memory sticks! and

rescue operation is underway in the hungary and capital after a sightseeing boat capsized in the danube killing at least 7 people 19 others are still missing the boat was carrying more than 30 south korean tourists and for the past when it reportedly collided with another tourist bus a heavy rain and strong currents have been hampering the rescue efforts. still to come for you here on al-jazeera as the syrian government intensifies its bombardment of rebel held town calls at the u.n. for a cease fire. also ahead ethnic serbs protesting the cost of a after the police arrest several people in $1.00 of the balkans most tense areas. still have a little more severe weather coming in across parts of the u.s. hopefully for no more than around another 24 to 48 hours or so a cloud in the rain that's just pushing its way in cross the northern plains up towards the midwest still some lively storms on this little bit of cloud you notice there into texas we'll see some rain just coming out of that eastern side of texas running up across kentucky through tennessee pushing up towards the ohio valley s

services in hungary say at least seven people have been killed after a cruise boat capsized on the river danube in the capital, budapest. police are still searching for survivors. and this video is trending on bbc.com. chelsea have won football's europa league. they beat arsenal 4—1 in baku, in azerbaijan. all the goals were scored in the second half, with eden hazard scoring twice for chelsea. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from nairobi. i'm stephen sackur. now, in kenya, hope and despair live side by side. there is economic growth, technological transformation, and a youthful population hungry for opportunity. there is also grinding poverty, inequality, and endemic corruption. my guest today is one of kenya's most popular musicians, eric wainaina. his songs have confronted issues which kenya's politicians often prefer to avoid. so how political is this artist prepared to be? eric wainaina, welcome to hardtalk. it's good to be here. you have been making music for three decades or so. if you think about the music you made at the beginning,

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