david mearns, a marine scientist who is directing the private search, said tonight that wreckage of the was located early this morning by the survey ship fpv morven mr mearns added "the families of emiliano sala and david ibbotson have been notified by police. the air accidents investigation branch will be making a statement tomorrow. tonight our sole thoughts are with the families and friends of emiliano and david." the search to find the plane was expected to take three days but on the first morning it appears to have been located. this vessel was commissioned by the air accident investigation branch to carry out a survey of the seabed over four square nautical miles and working nearby was this boat, the morven, paid for by the family of emiliano sala after a campaign raised more than £300,000 to fund it. these pictures were taken than £300,000 to fund it. these pictures were ta ken yesterday than £300,000 to fund it. these pictures were taken yesterday as the morven, with the latest sonar technology, prepared to leave harbour, its crew hopeful of finding a trace of the craft. emilian

mr mearns added, "the families of emiliano sala and david ibbotson have been notified by police. accidents investigation branch will be making a statement tomorrow. tonight, our sole thoughts are with the families and friends of emiliano and david." let's go straight to guernsey and get the latest from a reporter, john fernandez. what can you tell us? within the last two hours, david mearns, who has coordinated this private surge on behalf of the sala family, he came on to guernsey, off the morven which had been scouring the morven which had been scouring the english channel for most of today, to tell the media that some sign of this wreckage, the plane which has been missing for 13 days, has been fined. at the moment, the air accident investigation branch, the vessel that they have coordinated comedy geo ocean iii, is still out there, at the location where they believe they have found the aircraft. it was believed to have contained cardiff city footballer ben mike and dave ibbotson. this location is to the worst of alderney and to the north of guernsey, just off one of the major

this is according to the search director david mearns.the english channeljust under two weeks ago. —— the 28—year—old footballer. let's get a check on the weather and find out what that is doing. that said we still have another speu that said we still have another spell of snow to come overnight in northern scotland. by the time it is said and done tomorrow, it could be 5-10 said and done tomorrow, it could be 5—10 centimetres, over 150 metres. most of us have rain spreading east. after the cold of last night it is into northern scotland we see temperatures struggling with that snow cover, elsewhere temperatures edging upa snow cover, elsewhere temperatures edging up a little as the night goes on. it is quite windy with the rain. very dusty through parts of scotland as mundy begins before those winds ease as the low—pressure pulls away. by ease as the low—pressure pulls away. by the start of the day many of us are behind the rain and we get to see some sunshine but back trailing with a pub hangs around to the far south—east into the after

sala and pilot david ibbotson on board has been found in the english channel, search director david mearns said. pope francis has arrived in abu dhabi. during his visit he will meet some of the more than 1 million catholics living and working there. it is the first visit made by the head of the catholic church to the arabian peninsula. donald trump said sending us troops into venezuela remains an option. he also said president maduro had requested a meeting with him several months ago, but president trump turned him down because he said the process was very far along. theresa may has said she remains determined to deliver brexit on time as she prepares to reopen negotiations with the eu. at ten o'clock, rebecca jones will be here with the day's news. first the special report from finland, which has completed a two—year trial of a so—called basic income for the unemployed. this programme has followed people throughout the experiment to see the impact on their lives. injanuary 2017, finland began a bold social experiment. the government started paying 2,000 unemployed finns a basic income. e

news of the find came in a tweet from david mearns, the marine biologist leading the private search, aid their "thoughts were with the families and friends of emiliano and david". the argentine footballer was being flown to cardiff from the french city of nantes, where he'd gone to say goodbye to his former team—mates. he'd just signed for cardiff city for £15 million, becoming the club's most expensive player. and on sunday, there were emotional scenes as the team he should have been playing for won their first home game since he disappeared. manager niall warnock said afterward that sala would have been with them. ben ando, bbc news. the bbc‘s john fernandez is on the island of guernsey, near where the wreckage was found, and joins us now. thank you the coming on breakfast this morning. what can we expect today? the air accident investigation branch which, as you said the art —— without trying to recover this hyper malibu will release a statement. the conditions here in the channel islands have worsened but the geo 0cean iii is out off the coast of guernsey trying to organise a plan

here's david mearns on that.now, a crowdsourced funding or go fund me site to go out there so quickly, and to locate the plane, in cooperation with the aaib, to be fairto cooperation with the aaib, to be fair to the people involved in the search and rescue, when they were looking for survives, they pulled out all stops, this was one of the biggest rescue efforts that ever took place in guernsey, in terms of the number of boats and aircraft out there multiple times over a number of year, why the aaib didn't immediately transition inan underwater search you have to ask them that question. they told me they felt they couldn't learn anything from the plane, they also thought the plane would be broken, it would be hard to locate, that is what triggered the privately funded search, the family of emiliano sala didn't accept that and they wanted to conduct this this is the news on alphabet. michelle is with us. these numbers can be hard tojudge, what is good and bad news for a company of this scale. well, i am still pori

news of the find came in a tweet from david mearns, the marine biologist leading the private search. wreckage with our side scan sonar, multi—beam mecca sounder. it was very close to the datum position. that's why we were able to locate it so quickly. effectively on our third sonar line within about an hour and a half of searching. all i will say about the wreckage is that there is a substantial amount of wreckage on the sea bed. the argentine footballer was being flown to cardiff from the french city of nantes, where he had gone to say goodbye to his former team—mates. he'd just signed for cardiff city for £15 million, becoming the club's most expensive player, and on saturday there were emotional scenes as the team he should have been playing for won their first home game since he disappeared. manager neil warnock said afterwards that sala would have been with them. ben ando, bbc news. with me now is our correspondent john fernandez, who's in guernsey for us. what can you tell us about the search? well, we are expecting a statement later today from the air accident investigation br

and this evening, the marine scientist, david mearns, who directed the privately funded search operationweeted that the wreckage of the plane carrying the footballer had been located early this morning. emiliano sala's club, cardiff city, played their first home game since his disappearance yesterday. they won, in a ground filled with tributes to the footballer, with tears from the manager who said his new star signing had been with them. sarah campbell, bbc news. the venezuelan president, nicolas maduro, has denied that his country is facing a humanitarian disaster, blaming the united states for instigating a political crisis. in a television interview, mr maduro didn't rule out the possibility of civil war and he rejected a deadline set by four major european powers of midnight local time for him to call presidential elections. 0ur correspondent, 0rla guerin, is in caracas, and has been assessing the level of support for nicolas maduro. today, no—one could answer the question of a civil war with uncertainty. it depends on the level of aggressiveness on the northern empire and its weste

david mearns the marine scientist directing a private search confirmed it was found on the sea bed early sunday morning and that the families of both men have been notified by police twenty eight year old son had just completed a nineteen million dollar move from french club non's and was on route to his new club card of when the plane disappeared from radar as close to the channel islands on january twenty second. so. he's tenth premier league had a trick as manchester city close the gap on leaders liverpool shaking off the defeat to newcastle the argentine scored all city's goals in a three one win over arsenal and now means their second in the table two points off liverpool who have played a game lasts i prefer to be in the position from liverpool the said many times i prefer to be the position that we are but the more pressure on you guys or little point in your opinion. the pressure is when you are behind as you lose points will be tougher when you are in top distance always you can do point through other so. important to be over self that is what i want we spoke the last days is th

and pilot david ebert's and has been found in the english channel david mearns the marine scientist private search confirmed it was found on the sea bed early sunday morning and that the families of both men have been notified by police twenty eight year old son had just completed a ninety million dollar move from french club non's and was on route to his new club card of when the plane disappeared from radar close to the channel islands on january twenty second so. he's tenth premier league had a trick as manchester city close the gap on leaders liverpool shaking off the defeat to newcastle the argentine scored all city's goals in a three one win over arsenal it now means their second in the table two points off liverpool who have played a game last i prefer to be in the position from liverpool the said many times i prefer to the position that we are but the more pressure on you guys or little point in your opinion the pressure is when you are behind as you lose points will be tougher when you are in top distant always you can do a point through either so. important to be ourselves that is

and pilot david ebert's and has been found in the english channel david mearns the marine scientist directing a private search confirmed it was found on the sea bed early sunday morning and that the families of both men have been notified by police twenty eight year old son had just completed a nine hundred million dollar move from french club nonce and was on route to his new club cardiff when the plane disappeared from radar close to the channel islands on january twenty second sergio aguero scored he's tenth premier league had a trick as manchester city close the gap on leaders liverpool shaking off the defeat to newcastle the argentine scored all city's goals in a three one win over austin all it now means their second in the table two points off liverpool who have played a game last i prefer to be in the position from leaving. the said many times i prefer it to the position that we are but it is a more pressure on you guys or little poland in your opinion the pressure is when you are behind as you lose points well we've been tougher when you are in top distance always you can do a point

with the sala family desperate for the search to resume and this evening, the marine scientist, david mearnsirected the privately funded search operation tweeted that the wreckage of the plane carrying the footballer had been located early this morning. emiliano sala's club, cardiff city, played their first home game since his disappearance yesterday. they won, in a ground filled with tributes to the footballer, with tears from the manager who said his new star signing had been with them. sarah campbell, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. thousands of residents in the australian city of townsville have been warned of unprecedented flooding as monsoon rains continue. townsville, which is in tropical northern queensland, has received more than a metre of rain injust a week — more than 20 times the average for the time of year. briony sowden reports monsoon rains have been unrelenting and filled this dam beyond capacity. as water levels quickly rose on sunday, officials were forced to open the dam gates, deliberately flooding several neighbourhoods. at one point, about

but i've spoken to david mearns who was in that report there, and he feels that guernsey did the rightmuch a surface out at the time and now his house that he undertook was under the water with specialist equipment. -- his the water with specialist equipment. —— his search. he was fortunate to be able to locate it, mainly because of the last point when they lost contact and radar. its 63 metres under water, which is not very deep when you're talking about recovery of things from the sea bed. the air accident investigation branch takes over, so what will be their plan going forward? well, you're right, i've spoken to some, i suppose you could call an old sea dogs around these parts who are expert divers themselves, they say exactly that, actually 60 metres is doable. might have to have a mix of oxygen in your ta nks have to have a mix of oxygen in your tanks with other gases to ensure you can do it safely, but i think it's fairto can do it safely, but i think it's fair to say it will be a complex salvation operation, if the aaib decides to proceed. they are talking to the families of th

news of the find came in a tweet from david mearns, the marine biologists leading the private search,: the argentine wall was being flown to cardiff from the french city of nantes where he had come to say goodbye to his former teammates. hejust find the say goodbye to his former teammates. he just find the cardiff city the £50 million, becoming the club's most expensive player and on sunday, there were emotional scenes as the tea m there were emotional scenes as the team he should have been playing for won theirfirst home team he should have been playing for won their first home game since he disappeared. richard niall warnock said afterward that sala would have been with them. ben ando, bbc news. what of course on that story on our website and the bcc —— abc news up. —— bbc news app. pope francis has arrived in the united arab emirates, becoming the first pontiff to visit the arabian peninsula. he was greeted on arrival by abu dhabi's crown prince, who escorted him to meet the grand imam of egypt's al—azhar mosque, one of islam's most prestigious centres of learning. ahead of the vis

the key figure in locating the wreckage was david mearns.going to be, people use fluid closure, but it's a long way but this is the route for people and for them to have answers. if they never had these answers and if the plane was never located i don't think the family would ever rest. that is why we wanted to find it. a group of conservative mps, from both sides of the brexit debate, have agreed to work together in an effort to break the current deadlock. the alternative arrangements working group will meet the brexit secretary for talks, which will include addressing alternatives to the so—called irish border backstop. lets take a look at the next steps in the brexit process for the government. from today that group of mps will meet brexit secretary, stephen barclay, and government officials for three days to try and find another way of avoiding a hard irish border. theresa may will then head to brussels for talks. another round of parliamentary votes is expected on the 14th february on her new proposed brexit plans. the uk is due to leav

dollar move the cart of and was on route to wales from france when the plane crashed last month david mearns the man during the time that search on behalf of solace family says it should be no criticism of the original search effort they were doing search and rescue for survivors so they'll come for objects that are floating in the water. we're looking search and recovery for a plane that has crashed that's on the seabed that's not moving so there are two different things we have the same piece of information but they're dealing with a changing dynamic environment whereas we're dealing with a static environment and that's the reason why we could find it so quickly footballer raby faces another sixty days in a tie prison as he fights bahrain's attempts to extradite him a b. who is a refugee in australia has appeared at a hearing in bangkok to formally law g.'s refusal to be sent back to the country he fled he was arrested in thailand in november while on holiday bahrain's government wants him to serve a ten year prison sentence of vandalism human rights groups say he could be tortured if he s

now we've spoken to a salvage expert in guernsey, someone who advised david mearns, the man who found we've heard, the plane is very much intact. while they were expecting to find a debris field, they've actually found a plane that's very much held together. he said, richard keane, the man we spoke to this morning, has said that the damage to the plane already, the air pockets, the water that's going to be inside it, and of course the body, will make it incredibly difficult to bring up. it's going to be a difficult procedure and at the moment, we don't know even whether it will happen. that wasjohn that was john fernandez. more than 600 people are said to be giving up work in britain every day to take on the role of caring for a sick or elderly relative. the charity, carers uk, says its research also suggests a furtherfive million are struggling with a carer s role while still doing theirjob. they re calling for employers to offer more flexibility to those affected. ben ando has more. looking after an elderly or sick relative is tough when you're also working, and in the last two year

david mearns the man leading the private search on behalf of families says they should be no criticism of the original search office they were doing search and rescue for survivors so they'll keep for objects that are floating in the water. we're looking search and recovery for a plane that has crashed that's on the seabed that's not moving so there are two different things we have the same piece of information but they're dealing with a changing dynamic environment where as we're dealing with the static environment and that's the reason why we could find it so quickly just a few days off to count as victory at the asian cup the country's emir shake tamim been a model funny has presented the emir of kuwait with a gift on monday shakes up mud. receives a special cut on national team jersey from qatar as head of states many kuwaitis were in the stands at the asian cup in the united arab emirates to support casa the team otherwise had very little support as a result of an ongoing blockade by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and jumped. one of the ambassadors for the qatar world cup is bor