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 is being accused of and he hasn't been taking in custody so far but if he's found guilty he could face a prison sentence and this also has i think the fact that he was that he's been accused of criminal negligence also has a political significance a symbolic significance it was clear

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 until russian pr

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 spilled fro

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 time who did not take proper measures to respond to the emergency exit eliminates its consequences. the men 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. joining us now from moscow is fed to me he is project director at greenpeace russia welcome to you how serious is the situation do we know the true scale of the damage. just how will this is the biggest ever. heals in the polar arctic both in russia and globally and it's damaged here doesn't you want it does and lakes of russian arctic so a business that big big damage comparable 'd with the. acts of all this accident aged 9 and was seen as a region in comedy public in 93 so it's on

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

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.

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

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, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. a year ago, massive pro—democracy demonstrations in hong kong seriously rattled the chinese government. a little later in the summer government. a little later in the summer of 2019, my guest today simon cheng, an employee of the uk consulate in hong kong, was arrested by the chinese authorities. he said he was then interrogated and tortured. now, simon cheng is in london, seeking political asylum and the chinese government is about to impose new, national security laws in hong kong. so, willanything impose new, national security laws in hong kong. so, will anything stop the chinese government imposing its will and its system in hong kong? simon cheng, welcome to hardtalk. nice to meet you, stephen. you ha

thank you for joining us russian investigators have charged a city 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