help is desperately needed here in enga province.ple wait for it to arrive, there is nothing else for it. they are digging through debris with any tool they can find. nearly four days on from the landslide, few bodies have been pulled from the rubble. while this family is able to bury their loved one, not many here are being afforded this moment. translation: l have 18 - of my family members buried under the debris and soil that i'm standing on, and a lot more family members in the village i cannot count. i am the landowner here, but i cannot retrieve the bodies, so i'm standing here helplessly. it was 3am in the morning on friday when the landslide struck, wiping out well over 100 houses while residents were asleep. the problem is, it is so deep, it is really difficult to recover the bodies from underneath the heavy debris. and the land is still sliding, rocks are continuing to fall. papua new guinea has called for international assistance. neighbouring australia has already responded and humanitarian agencies are on the ground. but

but the un says around 2,000 people were buried alive here in the mountainous enga province around 600ontrol and use of land. we've seen tribal fights happening over these sorts of issues in the past, so, we're really concerned about that. limestone and debris is still falling. the terrain is difficult and heavy rainfall isn't helping. aruna iyengar, bbc news.

help is desperately needed here in enga province.o arrive, there is nothing else for it. they are digging through debris with any tool they can find. nearly four days on from the landslide, few bodies have been pulled from the rubble. while this family is able to bury their loved one, not many here are being afforded this moment. translation: i have 18 of my family members buried under the debris - and soil that i'm standing on, and a lot more family members in the village i cannot count. i am the landowner here, but i cannot retrieve the bodies, so i'm standing here helplessly. it was three in the morning on friday when the landslide struck, wiping out well over 100 houses while residents were asleep. the problem is, it is so deep, it is really difficult to recover the bodies from underneath the heavy debris. and the land is still sliding, rocks are continuing to fall. papua new guinea has called for international assistance. neighbouring australia has already responded and humanitarian agencies are on the ground. but more help is n

the landslide took place in yambali village, in enga province in the early hours, while most of the communitydevastated. one woman has been unable to find several members of her family. translation: l have 18 - of my family members buried under the debris and soil that i'm standing on, and a lot more family members in the village i cannot count. i am the landowner here, but i cannot retrieve the bodies, so i'm here helplessly. there are various challenges hampering rescue efforts. here's the country director of the care international ngo, justine mcmahon. the biggest difficulty at the moment is that the ground is still unstable. so, the png defence force is actually leading the recovery of survivors to move them to safer ground. but, because of the instability, they have to work with great urgency — but also caution. so that's one issue. the other issue isjust the accessibility due to their damaged load. the united nation's humanitarian adviser in papua new guinea has spent the day at the location of the landslide, and has given this update to the bbc. we were just back today from the landsli

authorities say that almost 8,000 people from villages in enga province are being taken away becauseambali village, in enga province in the early hours, while most of the community were asleep. entire communities have been left devastated. this woman has been unable to find several members of her family. translation: l have 18 - of my family members buried under the debris and soil that i'm standing on, and a lot more family members in the village i cannot count. i am the landowner here, but i cannot retrieve the bodies, so i'm here helplessly. let's speak to nicholas booth, undp resident representative of papua new guinea. thanks forjoining us. we've actually heard in the last few moments a grim assessment from colleagues of yours that it's unlikely we will find any more survivors. unlikely we will find any more survivors-_ unlikely we will find any more survivors. , ., , survivors. yes, look, of course is not impossible _ survivors. yes, look, of course is not impossible and - survivors. yes, look, of course is not impossible and we - survivors. yes, look, of course l is not imposs

he spent the day at the location of the landlide in enga province.a new guinea. retrieval operations are ongoing. search and rescue for potential survivors or bodies of people who are victims of this landslide. so it is difficult to estimate the total number of victims. right now, the priorities are, on the one hand, to continue the search and rescue, or rather retrieval operations of the bodies, and on the other to provide shelter, food, wash, assistance, so humanitarian assistance to the survivor populations. and also another priority is to ensure that a safe zone is created and other surrounding populations who might be at risk can be evacuated to safer zones, because the landslide is still progressing, and the entire zone is dangerous. in the middle east, there's growing international condemnation of an air strike near rafah in gaza, which palestinian officials say killed at least 45 people — including women and children — at a refugee camp. israel says it conducted a precise strike against two senior hamas leaders and says it's investigating how

help is desperately needed here in enga province.for it. they are digging through debris with any tool they can find. nearly four days on from the landslide, few bodies have been pulled from the rubble. while this family is able to bury their loved one, not many here are being afforded this moment. translation: l have 18 - of my family members buried under the debris and soil that i'm standing on, and a lot more family members in the village i cannot count. i am the landowner here, but i cannot retrieve the bodies, so i'm standing here helplessly. it was three in the morning on friday when the landslide struck, wiping out well over 100 houses while residents were asleep. the problem is, it is so deep, it is really difficult to recover the bodies from underneath the heavy debris. and the land is still sliding, rocks are continuing to fall. papua new guinea has called for international assistance. neighbouring australia has already responded and humanitarian agencies are on the ground. but more help is needed in what's looking more lik

the disaster was sparked by an earthquake that hit enga province, some 370 miles north west of the capitals from our correspondent katy watson. a scene of total devastation. in an area so remote and with land here still unstable, rescuers are struggling to do theirjob. more than two days after the landslide, villagers aren't giving up in their hunt for survivors but the situation on the ground is difficult. the landslide struck in the early hours of friday morning. more than 100 houses were buried at a time when most of the villagers would have been asleep butjust a few bodies have been recovered so far. debris from the landslide is up to eight metres deep in some places but getting heavy machinery to this remote area of highlands is difficult. people are using whatever tools they can get their hands on, be it shovels or sticks, to help dig victims out. to make matters worse, nearby tribal violence which is totally unrelated to the landslide is also complicating the delivery of relief materials. but in the search for survivors, some good news. a husband and wife that were buried were rescu

the disaster was sparked by an earthquake that hit enga province on friday, 370 miles from the capitalave been killed. villagers are using sticks, spades and agricultural forks to search for bodies as vehicle access is limited. our correspondent katy watson has the latest. joining me now to discuss the efforts from port moresby is serhan aktoprak, chief of the un's iom mission in papua new guinea. that's the international office of migration. the aftermath of this landslide looks awful. we appreciate you joining us, especially at the time of emergency. tell us more about what happened here? u nfortu nately, unfortunately, it's been just over almost unfortunately, it's beenjust over almost 3.5 days since the disaster hit and the relief efforts continue in spite of challenges operating on the site. inaudible is the land is still sliding, rocks are still falling from the mountain and the water flow underneath the debris between the debris, heavy bulk of landmass and the ground is basically creating additional risk for everybody working and also the people, the households in the surroundin

yesterday the enga province administration team was on the ground providing food supplies and announcing the ground to the work and also the development authority has also presented and started to take out the dead bodies but the work has not started yet and they are still underground and more aid and support are coming from other districts, but people on the grounds are still needing more and crying for support. and requesting more from the international agencies and the government for support. twelve people have been injured due to turbulence on a flight from doha to dublin. the incident occured on a boeing 787—9 dreamliner while airborne over turkey, according to the operator of dublin airport. it was met by emergency services once it landed. six passengers and six crew members were injured and 8 of them were taken to hospital. it comes after the death of a 73—year—old british man on a singapore—bound flight which experienced severe turbulence earlier this week. at least 13 people have been killed after tornadoes ripped through central us, destroying buildings and a petrol station tha

the disaster was sparked by an earthquake that hit enga province, some 370 miles north west of the capitalondent katy watson in sydney. a scene of total devastation. in an area so remote and with land here still unstable, rescuers are struggling to do theirjob. more than two days after the landslide, villagers aren't giving up in their hunt for survivors but the situation on the ground is difficult. the landslide struck in the early hours of friday morning. more than 100 houses were buried at a time when most of the villagers would have been asleep butjust a few bodies have been recovered so far. debris from the landslide is up to eight metres deep in some places but getting heavy machinery to this remote area of highlands is difficult. people are using whatever tools they can get their hands on, be it shovels or sticks, to help dig victims out. to make matters worse, nearby tribal violence which is totally unrelated to the landslide is also complicating the delivery of relief materials. but in the search for survivors, some good news. there has been some glimmer of hope in the last 2a hou

the landslide hit enga province, some 370 miles north west of the capital port moresby.h the disaster. a warning katy watson's report contains some distressing images. help is desperately needed here in enga. but while people wait for it to arrive, there is nothing else for it. they are digging through debris with any tool they can find. nearly four days on from the landslide, few bodies have been pulled from the rubble. while this family is able to bury their loved one, not many here are being afforded this moment. translation: l have 18 - of my family members buried under the debris and soil that i'm standing on, and a lot more family members in the village i cannot count. i am the landowner here, but i cannot retrieve the bodies, so i'm standing here helplessly. it was three in the morning on friday when the landslide struck, wiping out well over 100 houses while residents were asleep. the problem is, it is so deep, it is really difficult to recover the bodies from underneath the heavy debris. and the land is still sliding, rocks are continuing to fall. papua new guin

in total , more than 4,000 people lived in enga province.a result of the famine, 150 houses were destroyed, there may be people under the rubble. however, the complexity of the terrain slows down the work of rescuers. invasion film operation danube will appear on the big screens on may 30, a film directed by petro nikolaev in the political thriller genre. was created in cooperation between three countries: ukraine, lithuania and the czech republic. the film narrates the events of 1968 in czechoslovakia, which was invaded by soviet tanks to suppress national liberation sentiments. the film was produced with the support of the state film agency of ukraine and the czech film center. the most interesting thing was to play gensek brezhnev. so that it was not, was not a joke, because we are used to treating him anecdotally, here, things are not, not hee-hee-ha-ha, he is talking to the czechs over there, he says, we will not let all of you go, it is difficult for ukrainians, of course, it was probably important to watch this film before, but it is

the disaster was sparked by an earthquake that hit enga province on friday, 370 miles from the capital670 people may have been killed. villagers are using sticks, spades, and agriculturalforks to search for bodies, as vehicle access is limited. let's turn to some other important news around the world. twelve people on a flight from doha to ireland after the aircraft hit turbulence. the qatar airways flight landed shortly after midday on sunday at dublin airport. the incident comes after a 73—year—old man died during severe turbulence on a singapore airlines flight last week. six newborn babies have died after a fire tore through a children's hospital in the indian capital of delhi. several other newborns are receiving treatment after being rescued from the burning building. indian prime minister narendra modi called the fire and deaths "heart—rending" in a post on social media. the cause of the fire is not yet clear. gitanas nauseda has been re—elected as the president of lithuania. with most ballots counted, he leads his opponent, the prime minister ingrida simonyte, with 78% of the v

the disaster was sparked by an earthquake that hit enga province on friday, 370 miles from the capitald. villagers are using sticks, spades, and agriculturalforks to search for bodies, as vehicle access is limited. our correspondent katy watson has the latest. there have been many tributes, for one of hollywood's most successful songwriters, richard m sherman, who's died at the age of 95. he wrote more than 150 songs with his brother robert, for classic films like jungle book and chitty chitty bang bang, and mary poppins. you are watching bbc news. more at the top of the hour. join me then. hello. thanks forjoining me. the weather, this bank holiday weekend has been a little hit and miss. this is what we had earlier on during the course of saturday. storms breaking out quite widely across england, parts of wales, some across the irish sea as well, and outbreaks of rain in scotland. now further showers are expected not just on bank holiday monday, but indeed the rest of the week. temperatures will be near normal, nothing spectacular. but at least by the end of the week, it does look as

in total, more than 4,000 people lived in enga province . persons as a result of the landslide, 150 housese destroyed, there may still be people under the rubble, but the difficulty of the relief is the slow work of rescuers. 28-year-old roman romanchuk from poltava won the all-ukrainian teacher of the year competition. he has been teaching for five years geography and is constantly looking for ways to interest students. he prepared for the competition throughout the school year. our journalist anna morozova asked about the secrets of success. that is, which areas are we circling? luts, this is the luts region, this is the volyn region, rivne-rivnenskaya and uzhgorod-zakarska region. roman romanchuk from poltava conducts final geography lessons this school year. he recently returned with a victory in the teacher of the year contest in the geography category. congratulations! congratulations! congratulations! according to the results , roman is among the best 11 geographer teachers scored the highest number of points. these tests are aimed at checking you, how you design research activities

the disaster hit a remote village in enga province, nearly 600 kilometres north west of the capital port moresby. let's go live to katy watson in sydney, where she is monitoring developments on papua new guinea. in the last couple of hours, we have had the news of this big increase in the numbers of people that are believed to have been buried alive? that's right. a lot of people feared that the death toll would rise, but it's important to emphasise that this is an estimate. it comes from the national disaster centre, who said the landslide buried more than 2000 people alive. as of sunday, about five bodies had been recovered, so it is early days with the rescue mission. as you said, the un has given an estimate of around 670 people who died. that is based on the number of houses in the area that were destroyed, as well as those expectations of how many people were living in those buildings. it happened at about three in the morning on friday at a time when most people were of course fast asleep. so it will be a long time before we get the final numbers of those who died.— of those who d

the disaster hit a remote village in enga province, nearly 600km north—west of the capital port moresbyomes from the national disaster centre who said that the landslide buried more than 2,000 people alive. at the moment, as of sunday, about five bodies had been recovered. so it is really, really early days with the rescue mission. and as you said, the un has given an estimate of around 670 people who've died and it's based on the number of houses that were in the area that was that was destroyed, as well as those expectations of how many people were living in those in those buildings at the time. at about 3:00 in the morning on friday, at a time when, of course, most people at about 3:00 in the morning on friday, at a time when, of course, most people were fast asleep. so it'll be a long time before we get the actual final at about 3:00 in the morning at the moment it is too early to give _ at the moment it is too early to give details —— make a detailed assessment of the landslide. 0ur teams _ assessment of the landslide. 0ur teams do — assessment of the landslide. 0ur teams do not ha

the landslide hit enga province, some 370 miles north west of the capital port moresby. of the landslide. our teams do not have access to the area at the moment. but as mentioned, we hear that more than 100 houses have been buried with people inside. and at the moment, we cannot give a full estimate of the situation on the ground. we might be able to give an account of the situation on the ground as soon as our teams are able to access the area. to georgia, where a parliamentary vote is to take place on tuesday, which is almost certain to overturn a presidential veto on a controversial law that has sparked weeks of protests in the country. this was tbilisi on sunday. it comes after the legal affairs committee decided to allow the parliamentary vote on the "foreign influence" law to go ahead. the legislation will require non—government and media organisations receiving more than a fifth of their funding from overseas to register as foreign agents. critics argue that it will stifle dissent. the president had vetoed the legislation last week, describing it as "russian in sp

yes, in a remote and isolated part of enga province in the north the country, but it was seen as a transit point. these highway major highway seen as the lifeline of the region, ran straight through the village and it had shops, it had a school, a church, a gas station, and had a lodge there were a lot of people who lived in this village, hence the death toll rose from 100 on friday up to six, 700 on the weekend. and then in the last 24 hours, more than 2000 people are believed to have been buried alive now because the site is so unstable, rosemarie, it is very hard to get these heavy equipment that has been shipped in onto the side. it's just impossible for them to operate so rescuers, villagers are using shovels, sticks, their bare hands to try and find the bodies. this is very much a recovery operation. six bodies have been recovered so far, we understand that too, people miraculously were pooled alive, but that was very early on. but as i say, six bodies have been recovered so far. so as it stands at the moment, rosary, these nine hectare area of debris is now a mass grave. all all rig

says nearly 8,000 people are at risk from further landslides after a mountainside collapsed in enga provincethe landslip and conditions are getting worse. these pictures from the united nations development programme show you the scale of what's happened in the pacific island nation. the provinicial administrator said that the mountain you can see was still breaking up and the continuous movement of rock and debris was making it difficult for rescue teams to operate. locals are doing what they can and are having to use small spades and whatever they have to try and search through the rubble. rescuers say it is increasingly unlikely that victims will be found alive. the country's disaster agency says it fears about 2,000 people were buried when a mountain side collapsed last friday in the early hours of the morning. residents in the village in the remote enga region have been mourning those who have died. the un is sending health professionals to the area amid concerns about water safety and hazards caused by decaying bodies. australia is dispatching a team of technical experts to provide assi

so i'm standing here helplessly yambali village in enga province is an extremely remote part of papua new guinea. help has been slow to arrive through mountainous terrain thick with jungle. the terrain unstable even for rescue workers without heavy lift equipment, desperate people have done what they can. >> they are using thinking sticks spades agricultural forks and they are hence of course, a small amount of aid has arrived, but the landslide has destroyed the main road into the village and aid workers say violence between local tribes has made the journey even more dangerous over the weekend, eight people were killed and houses and shops burned along the road to the disaster site. >> and evacuation area has been established to emergency medical centers have also been established and the defense force plans to bring in heavy equipment tomorrow papua new guinea has called for help as it comes to terms with the scale of the disaster, the united states and close neighbor australia have offered support. but in this stricken community, hope for rescue is dwindling with every passing our

guinea as searches continue for 2,000 people believed to have been buried in a village in the enga provincen friday, hundreds of miles from the capital, port moresby. desperate attempts to help survivors or remove bodies from the rubble have so far been hindered by huge amounts of debris, blocked transport links and a lack of adequate equipment. prosecutors and defence lawyers in the criminal trial of donald trump will present their closing arguments in new york today. the former us president faces 34 charges of falsifying business records, in connection with a payment to an adult movie star before the 2016 election. mr trump denies covering up a payment to stormy daniels, which prosecutors say was an attempt to silence her about their alleged affair. the raf has temporarily grounded the battle of britain memorial flight following the death of a pilot. squadron leader mark long was killed when his spitfire crashed in a field near raf coningsby on saturday. natalie bell reports. a minute�*s silence in memory of raf pilot squadron leader mark long. the tribute took place at the lincolnshire a

one mp said more than a thousand homes had been buried in the enga province.h internet—enabled mobile phones, that simply isn't possible to provide that supervision and support all the time, so that's something that we've decided more needs to be done about. a plant that went extinct in the wild has been re—introduced to the uk mainland. rosy saxifrage was last seen in the mountains of north wales in 1962 having been killed off by collectors, grazing animals and habitat loss. a cutting was saved by a school teacher who grew it in his garden and now the flower has been re—planted in a secret location in eryri, also known as snowdonia. here's elizabeth with a look at the weather. this sunrise was really nice, as well. is that reflected elsewhere? nobody tell the weather that it is a bank holiday! it will change by the time we get to sunday and monday. it is quite cloudy for many parts of scotland but where we have the cloud it should break up. not a bad beach day of weather, at all. not a great beach day in cromer. it is raining here today and will continue to d

but the un says around 2,000 people were buried alive here in the mountainous enga province, around 600 the village i cannot count. i am the landowner here, but i cannot retrieve the bodies, so i'm standing here helplessly. australia, new zealand, the us and china have offered aid, but it's tricky getting it in. the landslide cut off the only road to the outside world. people need shelter, food and medical aid. the question is going to be now where are they going to live? and it's very difficult for people in png to relocate. this creates a lot of challenges around control and use of land. we've seen tribal fights happen in anger over these sorts of issues in the past, so we're really concerned about that. limestone and debris is still falling. the terrain is difficult and heavy rainfall isn't helping. aruna iyengar, bbc news. the bbc has found that child labour has been used in the supply chains, of companies creating some of the world's most luxurious perfumes. during the 2023 jasmine picking season, egyptian children, some as young as 5, were working in dangerous conditions throughou

government has nearly 8000 people are at risk from further landslides after a mountainous collapse in enga province the scale of what has happened in the pacific island nation. the provinicial administrator said that the mountain you can see was still breaking up and the continuous movement of rock and debris was making it difficult for rescue teams to operate. locals are doing what they can and are having to use small spades and whatever they have to try and search through the rubble. rescuers say it is increasingly unlikely that victims will be found alive. the country�*s disaster agency says it fears about 2,000 people were buried when a mountain side collapsed last friday in the early hours of the morning. residents in the village in the remote enga region have been mourning those who have died. the un is sending health professionals to the area amid concerns about water safety and hazards caused by decaying bodies. australia is dispatching a team of technical experts to provide assistance. this woman has been unable to find several members of herfamily. translation: i have 18 members of my fam