= stuff, josh, thanks for “oining us on newsday today._ stuff, josh, thanks for “oining us on newsday on newsda toda . , , :, on newsday today. -- pumped into the tour. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. matlock, november 2019. the town's had more than its fair share of devastating floods. last year, storms in february caused part of the town's flood defence wall to collapse, so work began to rebuild it. the aim of the wall is to protect homes and businesses from future flooding, something florist robert young welcomes, but he says the work has come at a cost. after a0 years operating in matlock, he's decided to relocate his business to nearby tansley. there may be some kind of perception that matlock is difficult to get to, that it's closed for business, and we as a local council very much want to get over the idea that matlock is open for business. the work to build the wall should be fully finished by the autumn. the a6 is due to reopen in september. it's hoped then matlock can get back to business as

scott, thank you so much forjoining us on newsday today. thank you so much for “oining us on newsdayations have been suspended "as a precaution" following the deaths of two children. the council said the ban affected just one company, which operates the dorset belle sightseeing boat. that boat was impounded by police after 12—year—old sunnah khan and 17—year—old joe abbess died. an inquest heard a "suggestion" that a riptide led to the pair drowning. there've been sharp rises in sexually—transmitted diseases in england, with a record number of cases of gonorrhorea last year and the highest levels of syphilis since the end of world war ii. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has been giving us more details. after a dip during covid, these sexually transmitted bacterial infections are back with a vengeance. there were more than 82,000 cases of gonorrhoea last year in england — that's up 50% on 2021. and it's the highest number since 1918, the year the first world war ended, when cases began being recorded. as for syphilis, there were more than 8,600 cases last year — that's the largest num

it's newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us.start with the notable increase in military activity, in southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say they've launched several attacks, but the russians insist those attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk, and zaporizhzhia — the ukrainian attack on donetsk was said to be on a significant scale. but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the "epicentre of hostilities", where ukraine's ground forces are said to be moving forward strongly against russian positions. in a moment, we'll have the latest from moscow — but first to kyiv, and our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. shh. in a war of words, a call for quiet from kyiv. when it comes to its anticipated counteroffensive, ukraine has certainly revelled in trying to confuse russia. this video came with the caption — plans love silence. but today words seem to have been followed by actions. in another produced video,

thank you so much forjoining us on newsday.w important and hard those exams are? you explain how important and hard those exams are?— explain how important and hard those exams are? you know, for me i felt like _ those exams are? you know, for me i felt like it _ those exams are? you know, for me i felt like it was _ those exams are? you know, for me i felt like it was kind - those exams are? you know, for me i felt like it was kind of- me i felt like it was kind of also about... where only the white coloured job is a decent job. and become a white collar, you need to have a good academic background, like a couege academic background, like a college degree. in the gaokao is the only way to get into the country pause �*stop universities, but i do feel like gaokao weighs less in different areas — for example i'm working in beijing now, and i'm working in beijing now, and i do notice that as students and first—tier cities like beijing or shanghai, they are more likely to choose to study overseas where they have multiple choices. f

you have been watching newsday on bbc news. stay with us.3,000 people have been forced to leave their homes as the country's most famous volcano, mayon, continued to ooze lava. i'll be speaking to the director of the philippine institute of volcanology and seismology. it started spewing last week, but evacuations only began over the weekend. that's all we have, bye for now. hello there. it was a busy old start to our working week — hot and humid for all of us. in fact, it was the warmest day of the year so far, with some late afternoon sunshine across northern ireland, a hot day across southern scotland and, as you can see, in north wales as well, temperatures in the high 205. northwest england saw a high of 31 degrees as well. that heat and humidity helped to trigger off some sharp, thundery downpours, and you can see in cheshire, the threatening—looking skies, those thunderstorms that threatened to spoil the parade in manchester. now, we had over a couple of inches of rain in highland, scotland from those storms. they were quite widespread

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller.p defences at its eastern border in anticipation of the arrival of thousands of wagner troops in belarus. fresh protests in france after a 17—year—old boy was shot dead by police. president macron calls the shooting unforgivable. the us coast guard says presumed human remains have been found in the wreckage of the titan which imploded last week in the north atlantic with the loss of 5 lives. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines:

it's newsday. thank you for being with us.in ukraine, and the attack on a crucial dam in the south of the country. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, because of rising flood waters. the dam sits between russian—held territory to the south and ukrainian territory to the north. kyiv says that moscow is to blame, and so do nato and the eu, which has called the destruction a "war crime". at a un meeting, russia has accused ukraine of sabotage. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak has said to kherson now, and this report from our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. i think it is still — if you go by what us officials are saying just today — it is still in its early phases. it has started nevertheless where ukrainian forces, small new units are probing different parts of this vast front line. they're trying to find different weaknesses, so what the destruction of the dam means is that a major potential crossing point has effectively been taken off the table. it means ukrainian forces couldn't cross along the dam it

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines: familes desperately search for loved ones after one of india's worst train crashes leaves nearly 300 people dead. we speak to ukrainians who've had enough of exile and are heading back to their homes near the front line. and the plight of the platypus facing a bleak future of plastic pollution just one of the issues under discussion on world environment day. lab from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. thank you for being with us. it's 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 5:30am in odisha in india, where the country's worst train disaster in decades happened. there's a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has been called off — with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signalfailure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too. our correspondent archana shukla has been at the scene. we'll hear from ther

we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. demographers reckon india hasjust overtaken china to become the world's most populous nation. its economy is growing at 6%—plus per year despite global headwinds, and its leader is a populist who appears to be popular. so should indians be feeling good about the state of their nation? well, my guest, shashi tharoor, is both an opposition politician and an historian. can prime minister modi credibly claim to be making india great again? shashi tharoor, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to see you again, stephen. you just heard me talk about india's current place in the world, the most populous nation, a growing economy, a stable government. would you agree that india right now is in a good place? it's not in a bad place in overall terms. that is that it's a country, it has always been, i think, a country to be reckoned with on the world stage, but now it's number one in global population, it's number three in purchas

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm monica miller.gapore. i'm monica miller. the headlines: the us coast guard expands the search area as the five men on board a missing su—mersible have less than 20 hours on board a missing submersible have less than 20 hours of oxygen left. we need to have hope, right? but i can't tell you what the noises are. but what i can tell you is — and i think this is the most important point — we are searching where the noises are, and that's all we can do at this point. the indian prime minister narendra modi arrives in the us for a state visit. what are both sides hoping to achieve? president zelensky addresses world leaders gathered in london to discuss ukraine's economic future. he's also been speaking exclusively to the bbc about his desire for nato protection.

it's newsday.e start in france for at least a hundred people have been arrested after another day of arrest. it's about 2am there are but authorities are bracing for a third night of riots over the death of a teenage boy at the death of a teenage boy at the hands of police on tuesday. some 40,000 police are being deployed across the country and in the last couple of hours we've learned that the policeman who shot a 17—year—old nahel has apologised to his family while in custody. lucy williamson reports. in nanterre today, thousands gathered to mark the void left by one local teenager and the rage that flowed in to fill it. the violence here last night still mapped onto the surrounding streets in ash and debris. nahel�*s mother leading a chant of police assassins. evan came from a suburb on the other side of paris but the problems there were just the same, he said. translation: we don't have jobs, we don't get hired - if we don't lie on our cv. there is nothing for us. we feel abandoned. and on top

that's it for this edition of newsday.stuck on repeat a bit over the past few weeks, hasn't it? it's been largely dry and settled, with the best of the sunshine towards the west. but things are changing, as we head through the latter part of the week and into the weekend, the heat and the humidity are going to build, and there's a chance of some thunderstorms, as well. now, heading through the course of the weekend, these are the sort of temperatures we could see — mid—to—high—20s, very small chance, one or two places possibly getting near 30 celsius. but we do have a heat health alert that's been issued by the met office and the uk health and security agency, too. so, high pressure has been in charge of our weather, but cast your eyes down towards the southwest — this is storm oscar, and over the next few days, that low pressure is going to push closer towards the uk — and as it does so, we'll draw in these winds for more of an easterly, or even southeasterly direction, so that is what is bringing us the warmer weather. b

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines — as ukraine confirms it has launched armoured attacks along the front line with russia, president zelenskyy praises his forces. translation: well done soldiers, we can see how historically russia soldiers, we can see how historically russi- historically russia greets every step _ historically russia greets every step we _ historically russia greets every step we make - historically russia greets every step we make they historically russia greets - every step we make they come every step we make they come every position we take. the enemy knows that ukraine will win. , . ., , , win. dental health becomes the most recent _ win. dental health becomes the most recent catastrophe - win. dental health becomes the most recent catastrophe to - win. dental health becomes the most recent catastrophe to hit i most recent catastrophe to hit afghanistan. we have a special report. and apple reveals its first augmented reality headset, its first major hardware launch in a decade. live

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thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. you just tell us what you've noticed over the years when you've travelled to places like these, and you see the oceans up close? thank ou. so you see the oceans up close? thank you so yes. — you see the oceans up close? thank you- so yes. just — you see the oceans up close? thank you. so yes, just back— you see the oceans up close? thank you. so yes, just back from - you. so yes, just back from antarctica, so part of the antarctic climate expedition that the ocean geographic society really made possible. and i was on a ship of experts and artists, and economists — big thinkers who are exposed to scenes such as the melting of glaciers, the melting of the antarctic ice around the edges. and you know, itjust highlights the importance of being aware of climate changing, and therefore putting ourselves at risk. most people don't get the opportunity that we had to go to antarctica to see the penguins that have declined by half since i really began exploring the ocean, mostly in the last 30

for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from cape town. i'm stephen sackur. south africa is a land of contrasting emotion. there's residual pride at the success of the struggle against apartheid. there's also deep frustration at the failings of the post—liberation political leadership. and those contrasting emotions are fertile territory for political satire. my guest today isjonathan shapiro, best known by his pen name zapiro. he is south africa's most prominent, most controversial political cartoonist. so, amid all of its troubles, is south africa able to laugh at itself? welcome to hardtalk. jonathan shapiro, better known by the pen name zapiro, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. well, it's a great pleasure to meet you, and i want to begin with something you said a few years ago. you said, "moral outrage is what drives a cartoonist." you've been at this cartooning for pretty much four decades. can you maintain outrage for four decades? you can. laughter when i was doing five or six cartoons a week, i wou

we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continuesgland. the c of e is woven into the fabric of the english establishment. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. today i'm in canterbury, a place of christian pilgrimage for centuries, steeped in the history of the church of england. the c of e is woven into the fabric of the english establishment.

fresh protests in france after a 17—year—old boy was shot dead welcome to newsday, reporting live from from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines. beef up defences for the arrival of thousands of troops in belarus. the us coast guard says presumed human remains of been found at the wreckage of the titan. it imploded last week in the north atlantic with the loss of five lives. fresh protests in france after a 17—year—old boy was shot dead by police. president macron calls the shooting unforgivable.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm monica miller.rm the passengers onboard the titan submersible have died. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm monica miller. the headlines: a tragic ending to a days—long ordeal. company officials and the us coast guard confirm the passengers onboard the titan submersible have died. the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the families. the announcement brings to an end an international search effort for the five missing passengers and raises questions over the safety of deep—sea tourism. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for 15 years, in the latest attempt to bring down the cost of living.

it's newsday. welcome to the programme.e start with the devastating boat disaster off the greek coast. a bbc investigation has found evidence that casts doubt on the greek coastguard's account of its response to the migrant ship, which sank last week with the loss of hundreds of lives. the ship sank about 50 miles off the southern coast of greece and survivors were taken to kalamata. an analysis of the movements of other ships in the area suggests the overcrowded fishing vessel wasn't moving for seven hours before it capsized. the greek coastguard claims that during this time, the vessel was on its way to italy and didn't need to be rescued. the greek authorities have not yet responded to the bbc�*s findings. our europe correspondent nick beake is in kalamata in greece. the greek coastguard has faced heavy criticism for not doing more to help those people on board. its main justification has been that they did not want their help and that, crucially, the boat was moving in a steady direction towards italy. now, what we've t

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that is all we have for you now on newsday. they would bbc news.ature reach 30 celsius on tuesday. we saw 31 celsius in porthmadog in northwest wales, making it the warmest day there so far for wales. next few days, high pressure will continue to bring a lot of dry, sunny, warm weather, but we are losing the humidity, so we'll be a little bit fresher, more comfortable and certainly cool and fresher during the overnight periods. now, high pressure sitting towards scandinavia will bring a fine day for wednesday. light onshore breezes affecting eastern england — that will bring temperatures down somewhat. could just see an isolated shower, western scotland, perhaps northern ireland. but most places will be dry and we'll see those temperatures reaching the mid to upper 20 celsius. but always cooler along north sea coast — 20—22 or 23 degrees there. as we head through wednesday night, see a little bit of mist and fog develop once again. most places will be dry, any showers fading away and temperatures ranging from around 19—14 degrees. again, humidity w

we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continuestraight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. back in 2015, world leaders pledged to speed up cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to stop our planet warming by more than 1.5 degrees over pre—industrial levels. most climate scientists now believe that threshold will be crossed, and soon. as a result, many millions of people around the world face potentially life—threatening climate—related disruption. my guest is patrick verkooijen, founder of the global center on adaptation. is his focus on making the world climate change—resilient an admission that the battle to cut emissions has been lost? patrick verkooijen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are all about adaptation. your global center on adaptation is sending a clear message to the world that it is time to make particularly the most vulnerable parts of the world resilient to the impacts of climate change. does that mean you've basically accepted we've lost the battle to curb emissions and pr

it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. let's begin off the coast of greece, where a major search—and rescue operation is under way after a migrant boat capsized. almost 80 people are known to have drowned — however, the real number could be much higher. the government has declared three days of mourning. the boat is reported to have been heading to italy from the libyan port of tobruk, when it began taking on water late on tuesday. more than 100 people have been rescued and taken to the greek port of kalamata. the greek coastguard says the search operation has been hampered by strong winds. it's thought the vessel may have been carrying up to 400 people. kalamata's mayor has been talking to the media. translation: we are shocked. we are shocked like everyone in greece, obviously. after we were informed of this incident, all services were mobilised. the municipality of kalamata we have prepared. we are hearing that, unfortunately, the number of dead is increasing. our europe correspondent nick beake is in athens and has thi

it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme.astguard has launched a search and rescue operation, after a sub—mersible used to take tourists to view the wreck of the titanic went missing in the atlantic ocean. the vessel — with five people on board — lost contact about one hour and 45 minutes into a dive to the wreck. the titanic, which sank in 1912, lies nearly 4,000 metres beneath the surface, around 600 kilometres off the coast of newfoundland in canada.from boston , our correspondent jessica parker reports. designed to plunge the depths of the ocean, this is the titan submersible, now missing in the north atlantic after contact with the vessel was lost. it sparked a frantic but complicated search. 0n the bottom, particularly very deep, it's going to be difficult to rescue it. none of the conventional submarine rescue methods, which are designed mainly for naval submarines, would be able to operate down at the depth of the titanic. even if it could get down there, the hatches would not make onto submersible. a ship carrying th

it's newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us.he authorities in ukraine say more than 42,000 people are at risk from flooding, after the collapse of a major dam in the south of the country on tuesday. president putin has said ukraine was behind the breach, which he called "a barbaric act". while kyiv and moscow blame each other, once again, it's civilians paying a heavy price for russia's war. this is the scene in the city of kherson — entire houses and streets submerged underwater. some people waiting to be rescued in affected areas have been forced to spend the night on their roofs, or in trees as the waters rose. the dam supplies water to large tracts of agricultural land, including in crimea. and the reservoir behind it provides water to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant further upriver. both areas are under russian control. the united nations says the dam collapse will have "grave and far—reaching consequences". 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is in the city of kherson, about 60 kilometres, or37 miles from

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines.mutiny pacific solidarity has shown any blackmail and attempt to create internal turmoil was doomed to hello there. with a more active jet stream now it looks like we're going to see a more

it's newsday.lo and welcome to the programme — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with the news that the search for the oceangate submersible in the north atlantic is over. the us coast guard has confirmed that the vessel suffered a catastrophic loss of pressure and there are no sui’vivoi’s. the five people on board were on a mission to view the wreck of the titanic. rescue experts say that the tail cone of the vessel has been spotted on the sea bed, not far from the wreck. much of the rescue effort was coordinated in boston, where we can join our correspondent carl nasman. carl, correspondent carl nasman. thank you so much foi joining carl, thank you so much for joining us on the show. we are starting to hear some other developments coming out of the navy. whatever they had to say? we are, monica, we are learning some information that may give us some clues into the timing of this catastrophe involving the titan vessel. this is according to cbs news, and reporting tha

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. welcome to the programme. in ukraine, where two russian missiles have hit the centre of the city of kramatorsk in the eastern region of donetsk. at least four people have been killed by the strike, which hit a shopping centre and restaurant. the governor of donetsk told ukrainian television the city centre was crowded with civilians when the missiles fell. it's feared people may be trapped under the rubble. meanwhile, president vladimir putin has tried to rally russia's military and security services, thanking them for preventing a civil warfrom breaking out. in a speech, mr putin insisted his rule was not weakened during saturday's rebellion by the wagner mercenaries. he suggested russia's regular military showed restraint by not being drawn into any fighting. our moscow editor steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. at the kremlin, it was pomp with a purpose... ..to remind russians he is still in charge around here. waiting for vladimir putin — 2,500 soldiers and guards, and the defence minist

that's all on newsday, stay with bbc news. hello there.ainly been best — wednesday was the warmest day of the year so far, scotland just shy of 25. once again along the east coast of scotland and england, it was cool and grey at times. that is because the high—pressure centred to the far north—west with the wind direction swinging round clockwise, always going to be driving in cloud off the chilly north sea. thursday, we start off grey and gloomy, damp after some drizzle but the sunshine will come through, and into the afternoon once again we have those contrasts. south west england and wales, the west midlands and south coast — dry, sunny and warm. east anglia and east of the pennines, cool and breezy at times. more sunshine west of the pennines and into northern ireland, and for western scotland the temperature peaks in the low 20s. so really a tale of two halves. where we have the best of the sunshine, that's where we will have the highest pollen, grass pollen as well at this time of year. low to moderate, especially on the east coast.

welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines.eged mishandling of classified documents. i think it's going great. i think it's a rigged deal here. we have a rigged country, we have a country that's corrupt, that's got no borders, that's got nothing but problems. we're a nation in decline. two university students are among three people found dead in nottingham. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. ukraine's counter—offensive gets under way. the bbc is given access to one of the areas its forces have just re—taken. over alleged mishandling of classified documents. i think it's going great. i think it's a rigged deal here. we have a rigged country, we have a country that's corrupt, that's got no borders, that's got nothing but problems. we're a nation in decline. two university students are among three people

welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. first minster of scotland nicola sturgeon says her arrest was a shock, and she is innocent of any wrongdoing.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. missing off the coast of greece after a migrant boat sank. at least 15 people have been killed in a major road accident in canada. north koreans tell the bbc how the government in pyongyang is becoming increasingly oppressive. and messi mania comes to beijing. the argentine star puts on a show as the world champions beat the socceroos in china. and messi mania comes to beijing. the argentine star puts on a show as the world champions beat the socceroos in china.

i'll be back with newsday at the top of the hour. do join us if you can. thanks for watching.. seren has had a tic since she was a child, but wasn't officially diagnosed with tourette's syndrome until a few years ago. having to come to terms with it being permanent was difficult, but it's changed her life. my mental health was so much better, like, i was actually enjoying things. i think trying to hide itjust takes all of the enjoyment out of everything and just meant that i wasn't really living, i was just sort of surviving. tourette's is a neurological condition, which means it's in the brain and it makes us make involuntary movements and sounds. i started up my social media channels, and now i get so many messages from people saying that i've helped them in lots of different ways. it's just a massive confidence boost. seren is now part of a campaign by the tourette's action charity to dispel myths over the condition. to raise money for the charity, seren is running 5k every day throughout tourette's awareness month. as she's also lost her sight, she's helped on the runs by

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller.been rescued after their ship capsized off the coast of greece. an exclusive report from inside north korea where people tell us that food is so scarce their neighbours are starving to death. thousands gather in the line for the state funeral of the former prime minister silvio berlusconi.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i�*m karishma vaswani.d in their advance towards moscow. its first public comment since the short lived mutiny. translation: ., , translation: civic solidarity has shown — translation: civic solidarity has shown any _ translation: civic solidarity has shown any blackmail, - translation: civic solidarity has shown any blackmail, anyj has shown any blackmail, any attempt to

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi.n nato and the eu for the security of the west. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart should be a full member of the eu and nato. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov attends the brics nations meeting in south africa but events are overshadowed by the question of whether the russian president would be arrested if he attends a summit in august.

welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi.olice officers are on the streets of france, braced for a third night of violence over the shooting dead of a teenage boy in paris. is this the end of affirmative action in america? the us supreme court rules universities must stop choosing students on the grounds of race. the british government says it will go to the supreme court to challenge a ruling that its policy of deporting asylum seekers to rwanda is unlawful.

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we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continuesy, a place of christian pilgrimage for centuries, steeped in the history of the church of england. the c of e is woven into the fabric of the english establishment. but church leaders have become fierce critics of government policy.

but i don't really think, so i think it's just turning out to be an unusual newsday. first, of all i should mention that this remarkable search an rescue operation is stil underway right now about 370 miles off the coas of newfoundland in the north atlantic a submarine is an autonomous self supporting undersea vessel. a submersible, as opposed to a submarine, is a vessel tha also goes under the water bu it is not autonomous it has the use either anothe ship or a surface platform o some kind as a home base t which it is based. the vehicle that has been lost that they are looking for righ now, is a submersible. the ship from which it launche lost contact with it yesterday about an hour and 45 minutes after it started a dive. the dive was supposed to b about two and a half hours down, three hours on the bottom of the ocean, and then another tw hours back so it was about eight hour beneath the waves but about an hour and three quarters into that eight-hour mission they reportedly lost communication. on the submersible there are five people on board, th reason they were go

you have been watching newsday. just before we go, a reminder of our main story.f the titanic is that of the missing tourist submersible, the titan. all five occupants are dead. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. a tendon to another warmer during day. temperatures in the sunniest spots in the south—east up to 29 celsius and over the next few days, this feed are very warm and increasingly humid air working across the temperatures even higher by sunday. this is friday morning with cloud and outbreaks of rain across parts of northern ireland, western scotland and some of that rain splashing into northern england, parts of wales and further south and east, largely dry, bit cloud in the mix but there will be some sunshine and a bit of brightness at times in the north—east of scotland with temperatures here. but 26 was 27 degrees in the southeast with an increasingly humid feel supported that humid with us into friday night and some mist and merck and some outbreaks of rain, especially moving across scotland. these are the overnight lows, iii, across scotland. the

that's it for this edition of newsday. thanks so much for watching. hello.is the level of humidity, which will become particularly noticeable over the weekend. one thing that we do need is rainfall, and we haven't had much of it recently. and we are expecting some showers and thunderstorms through the course of the weekend. let's have a look at the satellite picture — and you'll soon see the sun setting over the storm clouds here out towards the south. initially these storms will be very well—scattered, so not many of us will actually get them. but it's that humid air to the south that will start arriving, i think, friday night into saturday, and then through sunday. that'll also keep the nights really balmy. so some pleasantly warm evenings on the way, too, but quite sticky at night. so here's the forecast early on friday morning — cloudy skies across eastern scotland, eastern and central england. but out towards the west, it's sunshine, could be a few showers, maybe the odd thunderstorm across the south west of england early in the morning. and then, throu

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