john sudworth, bbc news, boston.b has been a massive operation, involving several ships and aircraft. that's in contrast to the response to the recent sinking of a migrant boat off the coast of greece, in which hundreds are thought to have drowned. greece has been criticised for its response, and tonight has been accused of ignoring help offered by the eu s border agency, frontex. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake is in brussels. what more do we know about this latest revelation tonight? it what more do we know about this latest revelation tonight?- what more do we know about this latest revelation tonight? it was an eu front explain _ latest revelation tonight? it was an eu front explain which _ latest revelation tonight? it was an eu front explain which first - latest revelation tonight? it was an eu front explain which first spotted the boat with hundreds of people on board early in the morning ten days ago and raised the alarm. that plane apparently went to refuel but what i've been told this evening is quite i

john sudworth from new york.ounger grew up believing that russia was at least the second most effective military force on earth, and maybe even the best. nato war games of the 1970s often used to end with soviet victories. after vladimir putin's so—called special military operation in ukraine, though, russia's armed forces seem pretty inadequate. if we're looking for historical parallels, the best one is probably stalin's invasion of finland — the so—called winter war of 1939 to �*40. finns turned out to be far better tacticians than the russians, and they fought much more effectively. stalin had made the critical mistake of believing the toadies who promised him that invading finland would be a doddle. vladimir putin made exactly the same mistake. the moral of the story — if people think you are a first—class military power, its probably wiser not to put it to the test. well, that's it from this edition of unspun world. i'm john simpson. thank you forjoining me. hello. sunday was another very warm, or even hot,

john sudworth, bbc news, boston.'re expecting the first ships helping the operation to return tomorrow — there has been to this incident? and huge media interest as well, clive, as you would expect. loads of news teams here in boston, still also up in canada, where the search vessels are being sent from and returning to, and around the world, and even now the search for survivors has been called off, the focus continues on the question of risk. everyone accepts these missions are inherently dangerous, but the question here, as you've been hearing, is whether the known risks here in this experimental vessel were a risk to far. but there are wider questions being asked as well, focused on priorities and values in the media coverage. the intrigue that has driven the story, the connection to that historic mystery of the titanic that has kept it at the top of our news bulletins, questions as to whether all that and this huge amount of interest has overshadowed the other recent maritime tragedy, the sinking of that migrant

john sudworth, bbc news, boston. in the search have indicated, there will need to be a detailed inquiry which will take in the design of the vessel and the precautions that were in place ahead of the mission, which the passengers had all formally accepted was not without significant risk. our science editor rebecca morelle assesses how the investigation will now proceed. now we know there is no hope for the titan submersible and those on board, so what went wrong? it has been confirmed this was a catastrophic failure. five pieces of debris from the submersible were found and it is not clear what else is left. and it is kind of depth and pressure it would have been an instantaneous implosion, but we don't know when this happened. most likely it was when the comms were lost one hour 45 minutes into its descent. or what caused it? what we are learning today in terms of what they are seeing on the sea bed confirmed what a lot of us feared right from the beginning, and the only solace in any of it is that they did not suf

john sudworth with the latest there in boston.ation, as the position, surroundings and condition of the submersible could all present major challenges. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has been looking at the key factors. the desperate search for the submersible now has a focus. the banging sounds that were picked up at the sea surface by detectors deployed by the rescue teams. they think that the sound is coming from the sea floor and relatively close to the wreck location. now, one of the things that this indicates is that the submersible is stationary and on the sea floor, and this drastically narrows down the possible locations. if the sub can be located, it could mean a rescue attempt at extraordinary depths. military submarines operate at about 300 metres. if titan is stuck at the depth it was heading to, 3,800 metres, it will be in pitch darkness. a major concern is that undersea currents could have swept the sub into wreckage, which then trapped it. one of the safety systems on submersibles like titan is weights tha

that wasjohn that was john sudworth with that report.derately that report for this latest information about the debris and the bbc learning, we are being told the debris found in the search area of the missing titanic includes parts of the underwater craft. as that information has trickled into where you are, just give us a sense of the mood of what is going on there. it was an immediate mood shift. we first got that tweet a few hours ago, and immediately the media here sprung into action. you could feel a different amount of energy, because it has been an interesting scenario here. you have had on the one hand the time pressures here, we all knew that this vessel was equipped for about 96 hours, of oxygen, onboard, and yet we only had to be patient and yet we only had to be patient and we had to wait to try and find out the details that were coming in. it is a remote site, is about 900 miles off the coast of the united states, so there was very little information coming in except for just yesterday, when we heard news that might have be

my colleague john sudworth has more. available asset is being thrown at one of the most difficult sea searches ever undertaken. these are the latest images from the scene around 400 miles from the nearest point of land. it's been three days since the titan vanished without a trace, and there's thought to be less than 24 hours of air supply left. but a glimmer of hope has come from the us coast guard with the confirmation that banging noises have been detected in the search area. when you're in the middle . of a search and rescue case, you always have hope. that's why we're i doing what we do. with respect to the noises specifically, we don't- know what they are. to be frank with you, - the good news is what i can tell you is we're searching . in the area where the noises were detected and we'll continue to do so. - with the sub lost in water more than two miles deep, the search aircraft have been dropping sonar buoys into the water. they either listen for sounds produced by propellers and machinery, which could also incl

my colleaguejohn sudworth has colleague john sudworth has more.pe of a miracle that drove the intense media interest. now the us coast guard has confirmed all hope has gone. this morning, an rov, a remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the pieces of the titan was found scattered across a large debris field, and the press were told that next of kin have been immediately informed. it's a very difficult question to ask, but it will be an important one for the families, of course — what are the prospects of recovering the bodies of the missing crew? this is an incredibly unforgiving environment down there on the sea floor and the debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel, and so we'll continue to work and continue to search the area down there, but i don't have an answer for prospects at this time. the wreckage lies under the deep, remote waters of the mid—atlantic, found by high—tech underwa

john sudworth, our correspondent in china, until he was forced to leave in 2021, hosts the podcast, andain. what did professor gary tell you? if again. what did professor gary tell ou? , ., ~' again. what did professor gary tell ou? ~ ., tell you? if you think back to the early _ tell you? if you think back to the early days _ tell you? if you think back to the early days of— tell you? if you think back to the early days of the - tell you? if you think back to l the early days of the pandemic we have those claims and counter claim circulating, the idea of course that covid may have been accidentally leaked from a laboratory, but even more controversial claim that it may have been deliberately released from a laboratory, that that idea of a bio weapon even finding itself into the mouth of the us president at the time, donald trump, totally without foundation of course but nonetheless that was the amateur at the time. you also have a sort of equal and opposite pushback from scientists, and much of the media, that were very quickly dismissing any idea, any talk of the lab leak as a conspir

john sudworth, bbc news, boston. any investigation of course is likely to be a slow one. weeks or even months, and there's a chance that we might not ever find out what led to this tragedy. ever find out what led to this tra . ed . ., ., , ever find out what led to this traced . ., ., , ., tragedy. carl, right now, there is a white house _ tragedy. carl, right now, there is a white house press _ tragedy. carl, right now, there is a white house press briefing, - tragedy. carl, right now, there is a white house press briefing, and i white house press briefing, and questions are being asked about who knew what as that rescue mission unfolded in the last few days. what more do you know about that? yet. more do you know about that? yet, there is going _ more do you know about that? yet, there is going to — more do you know about that? yet, there is going to be _ more do you know about that? yet there is going to be some questions, because what we heard yesterday and got confirmation today directly to bbc news was that the us navy was aware of essentially a loud underwater nois

to talk about the new episode, we go live to the bbc�*s john sudworth in new york.is an eiuht second episode? this is an eight part _ second episode? this is an eight part series, - second episode? this is an eight part series, a - second episode? this is an eight part series, a real. second episode? this is an i eight part series, a real deep dive into what on the surface, as you say, is a pretty simple question, where did covid come from but of course it is far more than that. it has become over the years, since the start of the pandemic, arguably one of the pandemic, arguably one of the pandemic, arguably one of the most controversial and contentious scientific question of our age, certainly one of the most politicised. what we tried to do in this podcast is layout for the audience what do we know? what don't we know? what are the sort of made scientific arguments at play? an end of this second episode what we really do is we look at the beginnings of the arguments from those scientists at the beginning of the pandemic who began to say very early on that the viru