this bill took place after a fuel tank belonging to a power plant collapsed in the city of norilsk. a number of workers that have already been detained now the local mayor has been accused of criminal negligence for failing to react to the impending disaster a coordinated response. who did us lead when you study investigation found that the mayor of norilsk affirmation being aware of the amount of fuel spilled on the tank who did not take proper measures to respond to the emergency and to eliminate its consequences. the man may have to go to prison if found guilty investigators think the incident happened because the company failed to carry out repairs on machinery belonging to the plant some reports suggest equipment became unstable because permafrost in the area is melting officials say the situation on the ground is beginning to stabilize but that's a full cleanup will take years. did he use emily sure when is in moscow following the story for us hi emily how serious are these charges. well there are serious i mean there criminal charges criminal negligence that's what the mayor

president putin criticised the company, a subsidiary of norilsk nickel, for its delay in reporting the criminal proceedings have been launched. three members of the powerplant's staff have been ta ken into custody. norilsk nickel said the measures were unjustifiably harsh and promised to cover the cost of the clean—up operation, thought to be about $146 million. around 700 people are involved in the clean—up in what environmentalists say is the largest incident of its kind ever to hit the arctic. rich preston, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: gone with the wind — the oscar—winning film is dropped from hbo because of its depiction of slavery. how cardboard could be the a nswer to how cardboard could be the answer to workplace worries about the coronavirus. the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who for them has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as t

the power plant is operated by the norilsk nickel mining group the company long ago made the siberian city one of the most heavily polluted in russia. as the plant is operated in such an irresponsible way there aren't enough technical and environmental inspections and then there's the thawing of the permafrost. 2 thirds of russia's land mass is becoming increasingly unstable as the country's permafrost thaws its unlocking everything from mammoth bones to fossil fuels trapped in our eyes for thousands of years researchers have long warned of the consequences but you know. if you rush microbes convert organic carbon into methane there is so much of it on our territory that the climate in europe could become one and habitable. the meat then coming from the melting permafrost is exhilarating global warming the consequences can be seen all across the russian arctic buildings are collapsing lakes are plunging into rivers. the fuel leak was caused when pollute supporting a storage tank sank into the softened ground says norilsk nickel its head promises to deal with the pollution. just missed

the accident occured a week ago near the siberian city of norilsk and could be the worst environmentals been arrested. 0ur moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, says the scale of the accident is huge. 20,000 tonnes of fuel diesel that spilt out of this tanker at a power plant up near the city of norilsk in the russian arctic. then it crossed some 12 kilometres to reach a river, the river ambarnaya, and has been flowing down that river now for several days. the clean—up operation has finally begun, and we're told that the spill itself has been contained. it's been fenced off, but the big question is what to do now? now, environmentalists are warning that this is an event of catastrophic implications for wildlife in the area, for the water systems, too. and at the moment, it seems that officials here in russia really don't know how to deal with this. it is in an extremely remote area of the russian arctic, the tundra. there are no roads to the area. the river itself is not navigable by boat. so there are big questions about what they're going to do with this fuel, which they're now pump

more than 20000 tons of fuel oil spilled from a power plant here in the city of norilsk the facility is said to have been poorly maintained. the water in neighboring lakes was affected. it didn't have to get this bad for days after the spill authorities did nothing until russian president vladimir putin got involved. but he's absolutely but you know why did government agencies only find out about this 2 days after the fact is are we going to learn about emergency situations from social networks do you have a problem or something. that got things going hundreds of cleanup workers were sent to the region managers at the power plant were arrested and investigation was launched against the mayor of the city of no risk who decimated when you'll stumble the investigation found that the mayor being aware of the amount of fuel spilled from the tank did not take proper measures to respond to the emergency and to deal with its consequences. the mayor is looking at a possible 6 months in prison but the environmental damage is expected to be around for years. brief look at some of the stories ma

the spread of more than 20000 tons of diesel which is travel 20 kilometers from the spill side near norilsk. thousands of people have rallied across the czech republic to protest against the government's covert 19 recovery plans and demand more state support for entropy knows him by pandemic restrictions the 1000000 moments for democracy movement organized event in more than 150 locations. in spain in the sand workers held a protest in barcelona against the japanese automakers decision to shut its plant in the north east of the country around 3000 people are being made redundant the company has suffered a major drop in orders due to the corona virus pandemic. or george floyd's death came as no surprise to spike lee the director of films like malcolm x. and do the right thing has made a short film which makes connections between george floyd's death and what the filmmaker sees as institutionalized violence and racism in america's police forces the oscar winner told d.w. why this time he's hopeful of change. spike lee's response to the death of george floyd was to make this film editing foota

the spread of more than 20000 tons of diesel which is travel 20 kilometers from the spill site near norilsk. outgoing president here has died of a heart attack at the age of 56 he was due to step down from in just a few weeks his tenure of 15 years was marked by deadly political violence and a historic withdrawal from the international criminal court. iran's judiciary says it has sentenced to death and the rainy and man who provided information to the u.s. and israel about the location of revolutionary guards command has him so lemony general silliman he was killed in a u.s. drone strike in iraq in january. the russian capital moscow has emerged from a strict coronavirus lockdown the city government says the rate of new infections has slowed after more than 2 months muscovites are now allowed to go out use public transport without any restrictions and go shopping and most of the capital's businesses have reopened. you re rachet 0 has more. at last feeling beautiful once again customers at the salon in central moscow have looked forward to this day for 2 and a half months. the surgical masks

the fuel leak was caused when pollute supporting a storage tank sank into the softened ground says norilsk nickel its head promises to deal with the pollution. 'd just was not speaking to you with a businessman i'm speaking to you with a concerned citizen who we will pay whatever we have to it will be the billions and billions. maybe russian oligarchs made their money from mining that is being made even easier by the thawing of the ice but the told these industries take on the environment and the climate is incalculable. the head of america's national football league the n.f.l. has admitted the league was wrong for not allowing on field protests against racial injustice the n.f.l. previously banned they used them meaning during their country's national anthem a practice was started by calling kaepernick and 26 team in protest against police brutality towards black americans but kevin next move sparked a backlash from some fans and the leak itself. why in munich travel to barely broke was not going to extend their lead at the top of the bundesliga table if in and roosters for instance coach

of diesel leaked into waterways after a fuel reservoir collapsed at a power plant near the city of norilsk a series of criminal probe have been launched. well police here in germany say they have a dent a fired a new suspect in the 2007 disappearance of the british toddler madeleine mccann despite a vast international search and intense media coverage her fate remains a mystery authorities are asking for the public's health for any information that could link the new suspect to the case. when madeline mccann disappeared from her room in this resort in portugal she became a global story her face instantly recognizable from news bulletins and missing posters. in spite of her parents' efforts to raise awareness and an extensive search by police the 3 year old was never found. now 13 years later a suspect has suddenly emerged a german man who lived in this house near the resort when madeline disappeared. just off the suspect is a german citizen and was 30 years old at the time of madeleine's disappearance he is currently in prison in germany because of a sexual crime and drug dealing from 1995

decades as a huge fuel reservoir that rested on thawing permafrost sank into a lake near decision of norilsk unleashing 21000 tonnes of diesel into local rivers cleanup is still underway and environmental groups warn it could take at least 10 years for biodiversity in the area to recover. temperature records are being broken all around the world as a consequence of climate change but the arctic is warming faster than anywhere else and for the town of there. the latest record is further proof that the clock is ticking. some of the news stories from elsewhere in the world. saudi arabia says it will go ahead with the annual religious pilgrimage to mecca bought with coronavirus restrictions the had traditionally attracts roughly $2000000.00 muslims from around the world for 5 intense days of worship of this year only muslims living in saudi arabia will be allowed to attend. nascar drivers put on a display of solidarity for the sport's only african-american competitor after someone placed a noose in bubba wallace's garridge over the weekend races of the geico 500 stood up against the racist act w

spill in siberia tens of thousands of tons of diesel fuel have leaked into local waterways around norilsk investigators say the met failed to react quickly enough environmentalist comparing the spillage to the exxon valdez disaster in alaska in 1989 and. to the. carrying out into a sea of diesel oil it's obvious that the water here is utterly polluted when. cleanup crews have been working for days here in siberia their top priorities are to catch the oil slick with barriers and to pump as much as possible out of the water. but nobody thinks it will be easy. but. it is foolish to say or think that nothing will perish and that when it happened will go away without a trace of our workers saw dead donkey to day i myself saw a dead muskrat if a bird lands on fuel for muskrat swims in fuel it is definitively condemned to death but. more than 20000 tons of fuel oil spilled from a power plant here in the city of norris the facility is said to have been poorly maintained. the water in neighboring lakes was affected. it didn't have to get this bad for days after the spill authorities did nothing un

or the person the company that runs the plant norilsk nickel so the fact that the president himself got involved declared a state of emergency it was clear that heads would have to roll including on the political level and there actually have been several other detentions in the case as well including the head of the plants do we have a full picture about what happened here what caused the still. well the author already have announced that they have an initial theory which is that the concrete foundations that kind of were underneath the fuel reservoir that they collapsed and caused the spill now we don't know why those concrete foundations collapsed at the owner of the plant on the one hand says that that could be because of permafrost underneath the plants which was melting due to global global warming perhaps and that that could have caused the foundations to sink down and the author already is on the other hand have said that the foundations themselves in the oil reservoir were perhaps not in good condition and that that could have caused could have could have caused the spill and r

of diesel leaked into waterways after a few reservoir collapsed and a power plant near the city of norilsk a series of criminal programs have been launched and cycling you see god has made landfall in india's west coast. authorities in the mega city of mumbai have closed factories and offices and call for residents to stay indoors. you're watching news i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day and to see it in. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on detail.

cleanup operation is underway in the russian arctic following a massive fuel leak in the city of norilsk there's now a state of emergency after 20000 tons of diesel seeped into a river and one environmentalist are calling the arctic regions worst ever catastrophe is so bad it could be seen from space these satellite images from the russian space agency rosko small scale an idea of the extent of the pollution containment device is known as boom barriers are in place to try to stop the fuel eventually reaching the sea more than a 1000 tons of diesel has been recovered but the worry is the cleanup could take years to complete their thought is a fear iest that they were only alerted to the leak 2 days after it happened. what on the list was not there but i'm pretty sure he's going you know what did the authorities only come to know about this after 2 days and we're now going to find out about emergencies like these from social media are you feeling all right. just on twitter you're so sure it was through a rescue team intervened very quickly the fuel spill was localized in there and are now

cleanup operation is underway in the arctic part of russia following a massive fuel leak in the city of norilsk there's no state of emergency after 20000 tons of diesel seeped into the river and one of our mentalists are calling the arctic regions worst ever catastrophe it's so bad it can be seen from space the satellite images from the russian space agency ross coast was give you an idea of the extent of the pollution containment device is known as boom barriers are in place to try and stop the fuel reaching the sea wall than a 1000 tons of diesel have been recovered but the cleanup worry is could take years to complete the authorities are furious that they only were alerted to the leak 2 days after it happened you will on the list was no there with them. what did the authorities only come to know about this after 2 days and we're now going to find out about emergencies like these from social media are you feeling all right. 'd if you saw on twitter you saw we should push through a rescue team intervene very quickly the fuel spill was localized in the barn a river and the rescuers have already

russian investigators have detained three managers of the norilsk power plant in siberia on suspicion of breaching environmental protection regulations. it follows the spilling of 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil into local rivers and a lake. environmentalists say it's the worst accident of its kind in post—soviet russia. health experts in england are warning that the number of people on nhs waiting lists could double to 10 million by the end of january. the nhs confederation, which represents all nhs trusts, is concerned about challenges ahead as hospitals try to restart treatments that have been put on hold. health correspondent catherine burns reports. a birthday party in lockdown is never the best, butjock needs an operation because he is deaf. cochlear implant. what does that mean? it means i hear better. his family were hoping he would have the surgery before he turned five. so his operation was cancelled pretty much the day before surgery, and it wasjust before lockdown. the news for us was really, really devastating. every week, every month that goes by, he is getting older and the

oil spill in siberia tens of thousands of tons of diesel fuel have each into local waterways around norilsk investigate is save them a failed to react quickly enough. environmentalist are calling it the worst disaster in the region in living memory. more than 20000 tons of fuel have leaked into rivers and waterways in russia's arctic north turning large expanses of water red. the pollution has already damaging ecosystems and wildlife group ability it is foolish to say or think that nothing will perish and that what happened will go away without a trace is our workers saw a dead donkey today i myself saw a dead muskrat if a bird lands on fuel or if a muskrat swims in fuel it is definitively condemned to death. to spill took place after a power plant fuel tank collapsed near the city of nor it's a number of plant employees have already been detained now the local mayor has been accused of criminal negligence for failing to react to the impending disaster and to coordinate a response. who did us a good when you'll see investigation found that the mayor being aware of the amount of fuel that is

decades as a huge fuel reservoir that rested on thawing permafrost sank into a lake near decision of norilsk unleashing $21000.00 tonnes of diesel into local rivers cleanup is still underway and environmental groups warn it could take at least 10 years for biodiversity in the area to recover. temperature records are being broken all around the world as a consequence of climate change but the arctic is warming faster than anywhere else and for to town of that. the latest record is further proof that the clock is ticking. and finally the famous spanish opera house has reopened after being closed for a month with a special concert for pleasure it's barcelona's concert hall celebrated the end of spain's state of emergency with a piece called the scent the moment the event was the idea of a concert concept artist who said he had used the lockdown to get in touch with nature the capacity crowd of more than 2000 clients was not required to observe physical distance. this is news and here's a reminder of our top story this hour regional leaders in western germany are considering a wider coronavirus

good morning this is our international news from russia next to the russian arctic city of norilsk is in the state of emergency today after a massive fuel leak 20000 tons of diesel have seeped into a river there and what environmentalist so calling the arctic regions worst ever catastrophe the authorities say there are only alerted to the leak 2 days after it happened we're going to list them. what did the authorities only come to know about this after 2 days and we're now going to find out about emergencies like these from social media are you feeling all right. 'd just on to say you're so sure it was sort of a rescue team intervene very quickly the fuel spill was localized in their own barn a river and the rescuers have already started working intensively to collect i'll be all. covert now when europe shut down to stem the coronavirus sweden kept going now the scientists though behind that strategy thinks it should perhaps have been tough for most businesses stayed open in what was seen at the time from abroad as a risky move although the swedish state epidemiologist admits it did c

decades as a huge fuel reservoir that rested on thawing permafrost sank into a lake near the city of norilsk unleashing 21000 tons of diesel into local rivers cleanup is still underway and environmental groups warn it could take at least 10 years for biodiversity in the area to recover. temperature records are being broken all around the world as a consequence of climate change but the arctic is warming faster than anywhere else and for the town of their quite young the latest record is proof that the clock is ticking. so you look now at some of the other stories around the world today saudi arabia will go ahead with the annual religious pilgrimage to mecca but with coronavirus for stretching the traditionally attracts about 2000000 muslims from around the world for 5 intense days of worship this year only muslims living in saudi arabia will be allowed to attend. china has successfully put the final satellite of its new navigation network into orbit the chinese bedo system is designed to rival the us owned g.p.s. as well as europe's galileo system the 10000000000 dollar project has been in d

tons of diesel leaked into waterways after a few reservoir collapsed at a power plant in the city of norilsk a series of criminal probes has now been launched. hong kong and china have reacted angrily to foreign criticism of beijing's plans to introduce a new security law in this sim my autonomous territory a chief executive kerry lam accuse the u.k. today of double standards after british prime minister boards johnson said that millions of hong kong residents could have a path to u.k. citizenship if china limits rights by imposing go all the former british colony was promised a high degree of autonomy and rights in the 1997 hand-over treaty between britain and china. but fears that autonomy is being lost is fueled anti-government protest in hong kong since last june more than 8000 people have been arrested but hundreds have fled to evade prosecution many finding refuge in taiwan the w.c. because sent us this report on one protester in exile. dining at a whole host out cafe used to be an every day event for tom not his rooming but now it's let's remember him and many other hong kong was livi

next story from russia the russian arctic city of norilsk is in a state of emergency after a massive fuel leak 20000 tons of diesel have seeped into a river and more environmentalist are calling the arctic regions the worst ever catastrophe they thought to say they were only alerted to the leak 2 days after it happened you will or the worst was no no but i'm pretty sure it's going you know what did the authorities only come to know about this after 2 days and we're going to find out about emergencies like these from a social media are you feeling all right. 'd you certainly should do so if you do sort of a rescue team intervene very quickly the fuel spill is localizing them are now reversed and the rescuers have already started working intensively and to collect on the oil. no hope for they get on top of that so must the way as some of the world's top headlines are shaping up the stairs to the 4th of june reporting from moscow i'm kevin how in the course sort all this as ever we're online where on social media and where on the t.v. and as they progress is so are other anchors corresp

the mayor of the city of norilsk in russia has been charged with criminal negligence over his response of diesel fuel into local waterways. —— tens of thousands of tons. environmentalist say the spill from a power station two weeks ago is the worst to hit the arctic and could take years to clean up. let's get an update on brexit now. the british government is expected to apply much less rigorous checks to goods coming into the uk than it was initially planning to when the transition period finishes at the end of this year. the bbc‘s been told it's necessary due to the impact of coronavirus. it means agricultural goods and animal products will now no longer have to be checked. industrial goods declarations will be waived as will safety and security checks. the measures will last six months and are not expected to be reciprocated by the eu. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, has this from westminster. we formally left the european union at the end ofjanuary. we are in this transition period where technically, yes, we are outside of the eu, but in pretty much all practical terms we

mayor with criminal negligence over the arctic's largest ever or oil spill they suspect the mayor of norilsk didn't do enough to contain the discharge of more than $20000.00 tons of fuel into waterways near the world's northernmost city last month investigators say that local cleanup efforts were too limited and too slow experts are now predicting. the disaster could take years to contain and cost at least $150000000.00. let's bring in our correspondent in moscow emily showing is standing by for us hi emily good to see you how serious are these charges well they're criminal charges of course the mayor himself has not actually been taken into custody but if he is convicted of criminal negligence then he could face up to 3 months in prison but the seriousness i think of the case against him is also in the political dimension that we see here because of course this is a very high profile case in fact the russian president vladimir putin himself went on t.v. to publicly kind of admonish officials because the oil spill wasn't reported for 2 full days and the authorities weren't alerted to the fac

of diesel leaked into waterways after a fuel reservoir collapsed at a power plant near the city of norilsk a series of criminal probes have been launched. stong kong now lawmakers there are expected to vote on a controversial new national anthem all today debate was briefly suspended after pro-democracy legislators staged a protest in the chamber china has been pushing for the bill in order to criminalize insults to its national anthem opponents see the legislation as part of a wider campaign by beijing to clamp down on human rights in hong kong this comes as china prepares to enforce a strict new national security law in the semi autonomous territory. all today is also the anniversary of china's crackdown on democracy protests in beijing's tenement square 1989 people in hong kong have traditionally mark this day but commemorations this year have been banned authorities say this is because the coronavirus but critics allege it's another move by beijing to suppress freedom of speech and assembly we'll talk to a democracy activist in a moment 1st we have this report on how china's president

of diesel leaked into waterways after a fuel reservoir collapsed at a power plant near the city of norilsk a criminal probe has been launched. lufthansa is set to slip out of germany's index of blue chip companies the dax as a coronavirus pandemic drives down its share price a decision is due later today the carrier has just announced a major restructuring involving thousands of job cuts last week the government agreed to a 9000000000 euro rescue package. lawmakers in hong kong have approved a controversial new national anthem law debate on the measure was briefly suspended after pro-democracy legislators staged a protest in the chamber china's been pushing for the bill in order to criminalize insults to its national anthem opponents see the legislation as a part of a wider campaign by beijing to clamp down on human rights in hong kong this comes as china prepares to enforce a strict new security law in the territory. today is also the anniversary of china's crackdown on pro-democracy protests in beijing's tiananmen square in 1909 for the 1st time in 30 years authorities in hong kong have

the mayor of the city of norilsk in russia has been charged with criminal negligence over his response of diesel fuel into local waterways. environmentalist say the spill from a power station two weeks ago is the worst to hit the arctic and could take years to clean up. protestors in lebanon, reacting to a record plunge in the value of their currency, have blocked roads, set tyres alight and thrown petrol—bombs to vent their anger. the lebanese pound has lost 70% of its value since october, throwing the country into its worst economic crisis in decades. many lebanese citizens who rely on hard currency savings have fallen into poverty, their plight worsened by the pandemic. us band lady antebellum is changing its name, going instead with lady a. that's because ‘antebellum' has ties to america's history with slavery. the nashville trio say their eyes have been opened to the injustices and inequality that black americans face, adding that they are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused. let's get an update on brexit now. the british government is expected to apply much less rigorous ch

russian investigators have detained three managers of the norilsk power plant in siberia on suspicion oil into local rivers and a lake. environmentalists say it's the worst accident of its kind in post—soviet russia.

after fuel reservoir of power plant collapsed around 20000 tons of diesel spilled into the river near norilsk in the arctic circle russian president vladimir putin has declared a state of emergency an inquiry is also under way and then probably of the plant has been arrested a dangerous storm has hit the u.s. state of louisiana tropical storm cristoval has already whipped up tornadoes in florida ripping roofs off homes and bringing down trees but reason is expected to bear the brunt of it every rain and flash flooding is expected including across neighboring mississippi and arkansas more tomato warnings are in place. israel's prime minister has called the killing of a palestinian man with autism a tragedy but stopped short of apologizing for it. was chased and shot dead by israeli troops last month soldiers pursued into jerusalem's old city before shooting him as a coward next to a garbage bin i say they mistook him for an attack it sparked widespread condemnation within israel and around the world and on the hood what happened with the whole family is a tragedy a person with a disability wit

go to learn about emergency situations through social media now have you lost your mind over there norilsk is home to the world's largest producer of nickel and is already one of the most notoriously polluted places on earth the nickel factory emitted nearly 2000000 tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere in 20183 times more than the 2nd worst emitter now the land and water also environmentally impacted this incident has dumped more than 20000 tons of diesel and lubricants into the surrounding river system and into the subsoil. it will take decades to clear up because we're talking about cleaning up the surface of the water pumping out the fuel pumping out the polluted water as far as possible cleaning up the police had to ground. the terrain is sub arctic and swampy at this time of year and specialist vehicles needed to get around pumping and inflatable booms are trying to limit the damage but access and extraction are a major problem belong mr neutral. it's a secluded area there's no transportation access by road all railroad again there's no way to bring in a large number of boats wi

russian investigators have detained three managers of the norilsk power plant in siberia on suspicionf breaching environmental protection regulations. it follows the spilling of 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil into local rivers and a lake. environmentalists say it's the worst accident of its kind in post—soviet russia. now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello there and welcome to wednesday in parliament. on this programme, the labour leader says government plans to get children back to school in england lie in tatters. it's no good — the prime minister flailing around trying to blame others. but the prime minister reckons labour is flip—flopping on sending to children to school. he still can't work out whether he's saying schools are not safe enough or whether or not we should be going back more quickly. also on this programme: a former government scientific adviser says locking down for coronavirus a week earlier would have cut the death toll by half. and calls for a public inquiry into claims hundreds of postmasters were wrongly accused of stealing money. the post office horizon