we are getting reports that as we get into the to the sun certain hours of darkness out in the east china sea again where the conditions are deteriorating heaviest seas and winds and of course the east china sea is shared by not only china but also south korea and japan so there will be a lot of concern just about the size of a potential slick and the direction that that might be heading in all three of these countries rob thank you very much for that rob mcbride reporting there live from beijing. to pakistan now where several groups which are facing pressure from the government to holding a demonstration in the northwest in sea off the shower. of the organisation that by the two thousand and eight by attack suspect toppy saeed my son has recently blocked donations to the two groups named in a u.n. security council sanctions may see u.s. has suspended hundreds of millions of dollars of security aid to pakistan accusing it of being a safe haven for terrorists. in the shower for us he joins us now live so come on several groups taking part in this rally who are they and what are they protesting

evening beijing time a location around thirty thirty three hundred kilometers off china's east coast in the east china sea it seems as though the vessels the tanker was heading to south korea it's called the sangi with thousands of tons of iranian oil on board and it seems as though the bulk carrier carrying grain was heading in the opposite direction we were told that that was heading for southern china there are eight vessels have been sent from the chinese maritime more thorough to the scene of this and given the proximity in waters between south korea and china we also know that they are being assisted by a south korean coast guard one of their vessels and an aircraft and the tanker carrying out hundred thirty six tons of crude oil i imagine a lot of environmental concerns right now. there are and what is also of great concern is the fact that it has been a blaze for so long and it's not known in fact if the crew has it under control or a fact if the fire is under control it caught fire after the collision twelve hours later it was still a blaze and we have been told that there is an oil slick now som

but historic claim to most of the south china sea. - [narrator] china lays claim to the paracel islands, and to the north, the senkaku or diaoyu islands in the east china sea. - china's principal sovereignty claim is to taiwan, which is just across the taiwan straits, and that is a sovereignty claim that it's held since the chinese civil war in 1949. - china, early on, signalled that the paracel islands, which are the islands between hainan island, the southern island of china, and vietnam, had to be controlled by china. so back in the 1970s, they used force to expel the south vietnamese from the islands. and later, they had naval clashes with the socialist republic of vietnam to prevent them from trying to re-establish their position on those islands. (exploding) - [narrator] to the south, the tiny islands of the spratly archipelago are located in the south china sea, where china has manufactured seven islands to support its expanded naval presence and lay claim to disputed territory. - when you look at the south china sea, it's an entirely different lens. there is no historical japanese presence. instead, it's actually a dispute involving six p

the vessels that have been sent there are specialized in trying to control pollution but the east china sea is shared by china south korea and also some of the southern islands of japan so there will be a lot of concern in all of those countries about any developing slick and which direction it may be heading jordan says the arab league will seek international recognition of a palestinian state after donald trump's decision on some members of the organization have met in amman they've been protests in jordan and elsewhere after the u.s. president recognized him as israel's capital as speak to manage on june who joins us from ramallah in the occupied west bank i want to tell us first about what else came out of this sadly meeting in amman. well essentially folly it was just the more needs to be done in order to pressure the international community to make sure that palestinians have a state i mean that was really the result in death or as it were to this meeting now out of the meeting not much significant happened other than these statements there is a need now for the arab league to try to

thirty two people are missing in the east china sea after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship and caught fire it happened off shanghai where the yangtze river meets the east china sea search teams are looking for the missing sailors from iran and from bangladesh who work for an iranian shipping company rescuers say the twenty one crew of the other ship involved robert wright has more now from beijing. the cause of the collision is unknown but it led to a devastating fire on board the tanker that has burned for hours the tanker the sand she carrying one hundred thirty six thousand tons of oil was headed north to a port in south korea the other vessel involved is a bulk carrier that was carrying grain would seem to be heading south to a port on china's southern coast when the collision occurred some three hundred kilometers east of china's coast of shanghai a big international rescue and recovery effort is underway with vessels being sent by china's maritime or thora t's they've also been helped by the coast guard from south korea sending a vessel and an aircraft in what is an inter

fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea.hina says a tanker leaking oil after a collision is in danger of exploding. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: after the protests against sexual harassment at the golden globes, we hear from women taking a stand on the other side of the planet, in bollywood. and tying the knot. the first gay weddings take place in australia, a month after historic marriage equality laws are passed. good morning. it is 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 10:00am in seoul, where south korean government negotiators are meeting for talks with their north korean counterparts for the first time in more than two years. the two sides are expected to discuss the possibility of pyongyang sending a delegation to the winter olympics being held in south korea next month. it is hoped it could reduce tensions on the korean peninsula, which have reached their highest point in decades. let's go live now to the bbc‘s sophie long, in seoul. sophie, everyone is watching and waiting. what could be th

there are fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea.in danger of exploding. one body has been recovered. it's just gone 4:30am in the morning. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk.

fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea — china says a tanker leaking oil after a collision danger of exploding. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: after the protests against sexual harassment at the golden globes, we hear from women taking a stand on the other side of the planet, in bollywood. cheering and tying the knot — some of the first gay marriages take place in australia, a month after historic marriage equality laws are passed. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 9am in seoul where south korean government negotiators meet shortly for talks with their north korean counterparts for the first time in more than two years. the two sides are expected to discuss the possibility of pyongyang sending a delegation to the winter olympics being held in south korea next month. let's go live now to the bbc‘s sophie long in seoul. and all eyes will be on the dialogue between north and south korea and what may be discussed apart from sports and is meeting? go

sea rch—and—rescue teams to the scene. shanghai's port is the busiest in the world, and the coastal waters to the east of this city are vast. but, in the last decade, chinainvolving foreign ships. the chinese authorities are leading the sea rch—and—rescue effort, but there is help from south korea and the united states. the focus, though, is increasingly turning to the environmental threat to the ocean, about 200 miles off the coast of this city in that direction. with the volume of oil on board, this has the potential to be the worst spill of its kind since 1991. if it sinks, then we're looking at an impact of seepage from this very light crude into the ocean which could last many months. and that would mean exclusion zones, in terms of fishing around the area, and quite a big impact on the local flora and fauna. the last time a tanker lost oil on this scale was the prestige, off the coast of spain in 2002. but this time it is not the thick, black crude oil that is causing such problems off the coast of china. the sanchi is carrying condensate, a refined form of oil that is far less dense but more explosive. described as a floating bomb, the cargo can b

and there are fears an oil tanker that's burning in the east china sea could explode the vessel collided with a cargo ship one body has been recovered but more than thirty crew members are still missing. egypt's former prime minister ahmed shafik has ruled himself out of this year's presidential election just six weeks after announcing his candidacy was widely seen as a serious challenge to president sisi a new report says could have been influenced by the government to withdraw from the race is just the latest in a series of leaks recently as jim on a show reports. despite being arguably the most powerful institution in the country egypt's military intelligence appears to have its weaknesses on sunday the new york times said it had received older recordings of phone calls made by a military intelligence officer the leaks adjust how the army tightly controls and directs media outlets in egypt. in the recordings an officer named a chauffeur who really makes a number of calls to talk show hosts and other famous president instructing them on what they must say in the wake of president donal

disaster if the ship sinks around a million barrels of oil products could be dumped into the east china sea so far the spills been contained by emergency teams the iranian tanker was sailing from iran to south korea when it collided with a cargo ship off the coast of shanghai late on saturday the twenty one crew of the hong kong registered c. of crystal was soon rescued but most of the crew of the old tanker remain missing and according to iranian authorities only one body has been found china's foreign ministry says who's to blame for the collision remains unclear. we are currently still investigating the cause of the accident we're also very grateful to other countries who actively participated in the search and rescue work of this maritime accident. the tonka had one hundred thirty five thousand tonnes of light crude oil on board based on tonnage the accident has the potential to be the worst environmental disaster since nine hundred ninety one when two hundred sixty thousand tons of oil leaked off the coast of angola iran caught orders are it watching our jazeera still to come on the pr

that china's neighbors simply aren't buying that argument and actually these disputes in the east china sea and the south china sea are two disputes this region doesn't really need right now as efforts begin to try to reduce tensions on the korean peninsula in peru thousands of rallied against the pardon of the former president alberto fujimori he was released on health grounds in december for more reserved twelve years of a twenty five year sentence for corruption and human rights abuses the current president pardoned him three days after he avoided impeachment with the help of m.p.'s loyal to for the morning. well human rights lawyer diego garcia cyan many are still questioning the president's motives for his decision. this president has been announced by government way to bring reconciliation to the country but actually was a kind of exchange where i vote in congress to stop any pietschmann that was i'm going against the president which can't be but anyway what is happening is that really that the american congress who is not the exception and the society has achieved a lot of the democr

there are fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea.ploding. one body has been recovered. 31 of the crew are still missing. now on bbc news, monday in parliament.

more than 30 people are missing after a collision in the east china sea — a huge oil tanker is stillfire. and, a night to forget. why the spanish military had to rescue thousands of motorists trapped by heavy snow. the golden globes ceremony in los angeles has always been seen as the first of hollywood's glitzy awards shows leading up to the oscars. but this year, the issue of sexual misconduct and harassment has taken centre stage in perhaps what is the first test of how this most glamorous of industries is handling a series of high—profile sexual assault scandals. many actors are wearing black to highlight a campaign against abuse and harassment and some winners, including oprah winfrey, made powerful and emotional speeches about speaking out. peter bowes is in los angeles for us. so to yes, people are talking oprah winfrey was speaking, —— that speech oprah winfrey getting a big reaction in the it was a very powerful speeches well, as you said, just paraphrasing, tool will have. she went on to say to all the girls watching, and you of a phenomenal men she had a lot more to say as

the vessels that have been sent there are specialized in trying to control pollution but the east china sea is shared by china south korea and also some of the southern islands of japan so there will be a lot of concern in all of those countries about any developing slick and which direction it may be heading. egypt has denied a report by the new york times that it has asked the media in egypt to pay down opposition to president trump's decision on jerusalem in a league phone recording a senior intelligence officer reportedly told t.v. talk show holes to influence if he was to back the decision the newspaper quoted intelligence officer captain ashraf al kali asking hulse how is your muslim different from ramallah which is a current based on the palestinian authority in the occupied west bank and cali was quoted telling the whole intifada would not serve egypt's national security interests egypt's state information center says he holds deny reports that the intelligence officer had spoken to them it also says the article. it's not provide evidence that i shuffle coley is an egyptian officer

moved. 32 people are missing after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the east china sea. the damage and volume of oil spilled are not yet known. also in the next hour, plans to plant 50 million trees to create a northern forest between liverpool and hull. the government is providing nearly £6 millions, with planting planned over the next 25 years. the final preparations are made for the golden globes, the first major ceremony since hollywood was hit by sexual harassment scandals. good evening and welcome to bbc news. i promised the lights will come on injusta i promised the lights will come on injust a second. i promised the lights will come on in just a second. shall i start? good evening. theresa may has been setting out her plans for the year ahead, and she's confirmed there'll be a cabinet reshuffle. it's expected tomorrow, in what's seen as an attempt to reassert her authority. in a bbc interview, she defended the government's record on the nhs, saying the current problems in the health service, weren't simply due to a lack of funding. labour has called the planned

moved. 32 people are missing after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the east china sea and volume of oil spilt are not yet known. also in the next hour, plans to plant 50 million trees to create a northern forest between liverpool and hull. the government is planting planning over the next 25 years. the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie is stepping down from the role — citing unequal pay with her male colleagues. the final preparations are made for the golden globes — the first major ceremony since hollywood was hit by sexual harassment scandals. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has defended her government's handling of the nhs, as she set out her plans for the coming year, including a cabinet reshuffle due tomorrow. theresa may insists the nhs has never been better prepared for winter pressures, and described thousands of postponed operations as part of the plan to cope. tomorrow's reshuffle, prompted by the forced resignation of the first secretary of state damian green, was described by labour as a pr exercise. our political correspondent elean

that china's neighbors simply aren't buying that argument and actually these disputes in the east china sea and the south china sea are two disputes this region doesn't really need right now as if it's begin to try to reduce tensions on the korean peninsula the german chancellor and the opposition leaders say they're a major hurdles to overcome before a new coalition government can be formed after more than fifteen hours of talks there still no agreement between angela merkel's christian democratic union party and the opposition social democrats an agreement would break a political stalemate that there's germany without a full government since elections last september david chaytor has more from berlin . this has been an unprecedented political limbo for germany so it's crucial these talks do reach some sort of result and remember that only talks about talks and now the main issues that are separating the parties are perhaps the refugees the crisis in two fifteen when one million refugees started coming into the country are they going to allow refugees to be reunited with their family also

fears of an environmental disaster as a tanker continues to burn and leak oil into the east china seameaning to the fa cup replay — with the first video assistant referee. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, the last of the fa cup third round ties between brighton and crystal palace and details of the fourth round draw. good evening. the prime minister has been carrying out a reshuffle of her cabinet with a few new faces but the big beasts mostly staying in post. the education secretary justine greening has quit after refusing to move to the department for work and pensions, a previousjunior minister in the department, esther mcvey, has stepped into the role instead. the immigration minister, brandon lewis, has been named as the new conservative party chairman while jeremy hunt continues as health secretary but has been given an expanded role including social care. our political editor laura kuenssberg's report contains flashing images. are you confident of staying in government? two-and-a-half hours to say i quit. the then education secretaryjustine greening say i q

the iranian oil tanker that's been burning in the east china sea since last week is said to have sunk in the latest footage broadcast by chinese state t.v. the ship is bang the visible above the water we're going to cross over to adrian brown who is in beijing for his age and what's the latest on this it's a disaster. well firstly we are getting our information from state controlled television here in china they say this vessel the century sank at noon on sunday remember it was carrying a cargo of one hundred thirty six thousand tons of ultra light crude oil known as condensate what we don't know is how much of that oil has been burned off in the fire that's now been raging for eight days and how much of that oil has actually sunk to the ocean bed of course if it has sunk there's the potential for this old to leak in the coming weeks months and years which means potentially we could have a serious environmental disaster in these china sea in the period to come now china of course has been at the forefront of efforts to try to put out the blaze on this vessel this blaze has been blazin

the arabian oil tanker that's been burning in the east china sea since last week is said to have sunk in the latest footage broadcast by chinese state television the ship is barely visible above the water thousands of people are of the streets of the too busy capital to mark seventy years since the revolution that sparked the arab spring many of the issues which brought people to the streets back where they were still causing problems today the government's a promise to more assistance for poor families suffering the tax increases price hikes after dies of recent protests of course you can follow those stories on our web site al-jazeera dot com more news in half an hour with the news grid and to learn from the team. china has a serious shortage of women and a lot of. one on one east meets those desperately seeking love any way they can at this time on al-jazeera. that bombshell book rocking the white house michael for firing three more troubling allegations as a possible he's telling the truth they start letting her die on the job watch her now being worried about a liability in the d

there are fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea — a tanker is still leaking oil theretwo days after it hit a cargo ship. chinese officials say the vessel is in danger of exploding. 0ne body has been recovered. women who have the most serious form of heart attack are twice as likely as men to die in the year after the attack — according to major new research. the decade long study in sweden found that they were less likely than men to receive recommended treatments, such as clearing blocked arteries and using statins. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. every minute counts after a heart attack, but too many women are being misdiagnosed and wrongly treated. whenjules conjoice had a heart attack, aged just a5, she displayed classic symptoms, but these were initially dismissed by paramedics. 0verwhelming pain in my chest. this pain then went up into myjaw and sort of spread, and then it was going down my left arm. and then i had this overwhelming feeling that i was going to be sick, and this clamminess. and the paramedics said, have you got pins and needles? sh

on board the tanker this collision happened some three hundred kilometers off the east coast of china in the east china sea it's not known what the cause of the collision was but it seems as though the ball carrier was heading south it was bringing grain to southern china while the tanker was heading north it was carrying some one hundred thirty thousand tons of oil to south korea a big international effort is underway as we get into the hours of darkness it's not helped by worsening weather we understand with rougher seas and high winds but the maritime authorities from china have dispatched eight of its vessels there and also given the proximity to south korea the south korean coast guard is also involved with one of their vessels and an aircraft and there are obviously going to be concerns about any possible environmental damage. that's right and we know that there has been an oil slick or that's been reported by the author of the big question is just how much oil has a skate into the sea as we mentioned this is carrying one hundred thirty six thousand tons of oil so the potential for environmental dama

this ship caught fire after the collision and saying in the east china sea on sunday afternoon. the crew of thirty iranians intoo bangladeshis are all believed have perished in the incidence. the oil slick and wreckage continue to blaze on thehe surface of the water after the ship sank forming an oil contamination built of condensate oil. and. is a hopeful life will and. eight say is quite different from the conventional below the eighties. this is all the time. and he will get into the air corps. the condensate oil spill could have an unprecedented environmental impact on the east china sea and its eco system. poisoning the waters of this crucial spawning site for many large fish and aqaquatc mammals. well say in the region his schools of people have been injured said but incredibly nerve always kills off referral collapsed at the indonenesian stock exchange manyny of the victims were vivisiting students to recor by such a concrete and phil came down. this is a high rise building which dates back to the nineteen nineties and is part of a complex which is also home to the world

thirty two people are missing in the east china sea though after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship and caught fire it happened off shanghai where the yangtze river meets the east china sea search teams are looking for the missing sailors from iran and from bangladesh who work for an iranian shipping company rescue is safe the twenty one crew of the of the ship involved from abroad it has more now from beijing. the cause of the collision is unknown but it led to a devastating fire on board the tanker that has burned for hours the tanker the senshi carrying one hundred thirty six thousand tons of oil was headed north to a port in south korea the other vessel involved is a bulk carrier that was carrying grain which seem to be heading south to a port on china's southern coast when the collision occurred some three hundred kilometers east of china's coast of shanghai a big international rescue and recovery effort is underway with vessels being sent by china's maritime or thora t's they've also been helped by the coast guard from south korea sending a vessel and an aircraft in what i

moved. 32 people are missing after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the east china seail spilled are not yet known.

fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea.on is in danger of exploding. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: after the protests against sexual harassment at the golden globes, we hear from women taking a stand on the other side of the planet, in bollywood. and tying the knot. the first gay weddings take place in australia, a month after historic marriage equality laws are passed.

living environmental disaster in the east china sea there are fears an oil tanker that's been burning for more than thirty six hours could explode. they say good things come in small packages we'll tell you about the tiny homes that could solve a big problem in the united states. i'm going to guess you're off to in doha with the day's top stories including freed could teen years signs on to start his new multimillion dollar contract at spanish giants barcelona. syrian government forces backed by russia are advancing on the largest remaining rebel held territory in the country's north forcing thousands of civilians to flee toward the border with turkey in freezing winter temperatures at least twenty four civilians have now been killed in the latest as strikes of the countryside it live province is home to around two point six million people that includes more than one point one million who were moved there off to fleeing fighting elsewhere in the country opposition activists say assad's forces will target the rebel held airbase of the whore which is on the edge of the province as well

will challenge that china is now moving into force projection in the south china sea east china sea into the persian gulf region and particularly the red sea with its base in djibouti its new basing in lamu in kenya and the like and what are in pakistan these are of concern to the united states and quite rightly so gregory as always i appreciate your views some interesting points you made there good cop is my guest editor of defense and foreign affairs journal also president of the international strategic studies association. move on to these now drug related crimes are becoming so bad in parts of the paris metro that train drivers are reportedly refusing to stop at certain stations now that's according to a letter written by a union representing the metro and bus network in the french capital artie's correspondent sheila do as he went underground to see what those fears a based on. for most parisians the metro is a staple of life with its winding tunnels and lines that stretch across the city it's often the easiest way to get from a to b. but down in the underground the gritty underbell

more than 30 people are missing after a collision in the east china sea. huge oil tanker is still on fire. and, a night to forget. why the spanish military had to rescue thousands of motorists trapped by heavy snow. hello, welcome to the programme. stars of film and television are attending the golden globes ceremony in los angeles. it's the first major awards since hollywood was hit by a series of sexual assault scandals. many are wearing black to highlight a campaign against harassment. several actresses are attending the event with campaigners for gender and racialjustice. peter bowes is in los angeles for us. to the girl, what are the winners saying on stage about this issue? well, a lot of the winners are taking the opportunity. a crucial 45 seconds or so to say something about this controversy that has really overwhelmed this entire awards season so overwhelmed this entire awards season so far. for example, laura dern, she said that she wanted to send a message out to children that speaking out without the fear of retribution was in her words, our fa

the drummer's happening some one hundred sixty nautical miles out in the east china sea it's happening in international waters which is why the response has been international south korea has sent a number of postcard vessels u.s. military sense and aircraft to help in the search for the thirty two missing crew members perhaps iranian oil tank but now at the moment there are two operations taking place one to put out the fire broke out on the tanker the other of course to find those missing prove members now the banker was comparing poor than a million barrels of ultra light crude oil closed spondon so it's very toxic it also polis odorless which means it's very very hard to detect the priority now is to prevent the ship exploding and then sinking of course that would threaten a real environmental catastrophe in the meantime officials in shanghai say there is no evidence that this activity is affecting traffic going into or out of the port shanghai of course is one of the world's busiest port officials also say that an exclusion zone is now in force which means that no vessel can sail

there are growing fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea as a huge tanker continuesg with a cargo ship. the iranian vessel, which was carrying the equivalent of about a million barrels of oil to south korea, is still ablaze. 32 crew members are still missing. andy moore reports. still burning fiercely many hours after the original collision, and still no confirmed news about the fate of its 32 crew. 30 were iranian and two were from bangladesh. the sanchi is more than 170 metres long and carrying just under —— 270 metres long and carrying just under a million barrels of oil. now, if the entire cargo ends up in the ocean, that will effectively be in the top ten oil spills worldwide ever. so it has a huge potential for environmental damage. the pa namanian—registered tanker set off from iranian oil port of kharg island in the persian gulf on its journey to south korea. it sailed through the malacca strait before colliding with a chinese freight ship in the east china sea, about 160 nautical miles off the chinese port city of shanghai. major oil spills from tankers are

more than 30 people are missing after a collision in the east china sea. a huge oil tanker is still on fire. and a night to forget — why the spanish military had to rescue thousands of motorists trapped by heavy snow. hello. stars of film and television are attending the golden globes ceremony in los angeles, the first major awards since hollywood was hit by a series of sexual assault scandals. many are wearing black to highlight a campaign against harrassment. several actresses are attending the event with campaigners for gender and racialjustice. let's cross live to los angeles now, and speak to our correspondent peter bowes. quite an extraordinary redcarpet? yes, very unique, with many, many actresses and actors as well wearing black in solidarity with those who have been victims of sexual harassment or sexual abuse. this really has become more of an awards show, it is a political platform for people to really make a point, a global point, that, as the slogan goes, time's up, it is up on sexual harassment, whether at a workplace in hollywood, a studio,

that china's neighbors simply aren't buying that argument and actually these disputes in the east china sea and the south china sea are two disputes this region doesn't really need right now as efforts begin to try to reduce tensions on the korean peninsula. rights groups are concerned that cambodia's general election later this year will not be free and fair the government has dissolved the main opposition party and restricted non-governmental organizations as part of our series looking ahead to the major stories of twenty eighteen rough mcbride reports from. twenty eighteen will mark twenty five years since the united nations organized election meant to set cambodia on the path to democracy after years of civil war. today critics say it is starting to resemble a one party state dominated by prime minister. he has been in power for more than thirty years and could be virtually unopposed at the next election in july we don't have a democracy some call florida marcus. it will survive as a marquee cambodia's democratic journey has been deeply troubled political intrigue and then fighting some

there are fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea. a tanker is still leaking oil there, two days after it hit a cargo ship. chinese officials say the vessel is in danger of exploding. 0ne body has been recovered. 31 of the crew are still missing. now on bbc news, monday in parliament. our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. during the winter health crisis. is it any surprise we have a winter crisis of this severity? rapistjohn worboys is released from prison. that upon his release women will be safe? to the board of a new higher education watchdog is criticised. and lengthy delays for treatment reported by the nhs in england. in corridors because there were no beds available. has faced a delay of more than 30 minutes on arrival. labour were keen to raise the winter crisis in the health service. worked over the holiday. that make the nhs truly great. the minister said the government had put plans in place early. we are supporting hospital flow and discharge. meaning local authorities have funded more care packages

thirty two people missing after a freighter collides with an oil tanker in the east china sea. no this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead at least seventeen people.

it sailed through the malacca strait before colliding with a chinese freight ship in the east china seal miles off the port city of shanghai. major oil spills from tankers are becoming less common. one of the most serious in recent years was the sinking of the prestige off the coast of spain in 2002. more than 60,000 tonnes of oil came ashore over a long stretch of coastline. specialist clean—up vessels have been sent to the scene of the tanker fire. chinese authorities have confirmed there is an oil slick, but they cannot confirm how big it is. andy moore, bbc news. an explosion in syria's northwestern city of idlib has killed at least 18 people, according to a monitoring group. another 10 people were injured in the attack, the syrian 0bservatory for human rights said. the explosion was said to have targeted the headquarters of an opposition faction. idlib province is the last remaining rebel stronghold in syria. i can speak now on the latest situation in syria with joshua landis. he is the director of the centre for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma and author of the b

scale of a salmonella scandal begins to emerge and a burning iranian oil tanker sinks in the east china sea with its crew presumed to be still on board. welcome back as we look at weather across a straight air we've got a southerly flow for southeast nurses and temperatures lower than they have been just twenty three for sydney melbourne struggling at nineteen degrees to get across to alice looking at thirty two still some showers across northern areas and some showers of western australia could be a wet one in perth as we head on into tuesday though we're going to see temperatures rising slightly but still one threat of showers remains there for towards the east well not much change really for sydney highs again twenty three degrees across into new zealand here it's looking decidedly wet in the coming days through monday looks that it should be largely dry but this frontal system will be pushing in cheering choose days to search in the western side of the south on and expect some really heavy rain plus some strong winds as well now let's head up into northeastern parts of asia where for ja

the iranian oil tanker that's been burning in the east china sea since last week has sunk these pictures broke ass by chinese state t.v. show the ship barely visible above the water twenty nine crew members are missing that iranian officials say there's no hope of them will be of any of them will be found alive the tanker with carrying nearly one million barrels of oil when it collided with a cargo ship on john river six adrian brown has more from beijing. well according to chinese state controlled television the senshi sank at around noon local time on sunday before it went down there was a large explosion and also a large plume of smoke more than a thousand meters high these pictures were recorded by china's coast guard now the century was involved in a collision with a hong kong registered freighter the crew of that freighter all survived all twenty one crew members sadly the crew of the century were less fortunate so far only three bodies have been recovered the senshi was carrying a cargo of one hundred thirty six thousand tons of ultra light crude oil known as condensate what conce

member has been recovered aboard the iranian oil tanker that collided with a cargo ship in the east china sea the other thirty one members on board are still unaccounted for there are fears the incident could lead to an environmental disaster the tankers carrying about a million barrels of oil rescue to save the twenty one crew members of the cargo ship. north and south korea are set to have their first high level talks in more than two years the meeting is expected to focus on the north participation in next month's winter olympics impure on chang lawrence louis reports from seoul. this was the last formal face to face meeting between north and south korean officials in december two thousand and fifteen the two sides discussed reunions of families separated by the korean war and economic cooperation. that is make a good start and open the great path to unification. despite the initial optimism the talks broke down and in the two years since north korea has fired more than forty missiles and conducted three nuclear tests to escalating tensions on the korean peninsula but at the start of this

there are fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea, as a tanker continues to leak oilship. chinese officials have told state media the vessel, which is on fire, is in danger of exploding and sinking. south korean planes and an american aircraft have joined the search for 32 crew members, who have been missing since the incident happened 160 miles off the coast of shanghai. robin brant reports. for two nights, the fire has burned. dark black smoke feeding off the cargo, of almost a million barrels of oil inside the sanchi. the search and rescue operation is still trying to find all but one of the missing 32 crew members. their fate grows more grim as time goes on. it's not clear at this stage how these two ships collided. the cf crystal was damaged at its bow, but all onboard were rescued. chinese officials now fear the stricken iranian ship could explode and sink. the sanchi left port in the persian gulf bringing 136,000 tonnes of oil east. it passed through the malacca straights and was heading up the east china sea to south korea when the collision happened. the chin