i'm here 'ust outside palermo, correspondent. i'm here 'ust outside palermo. in — correspondent.in porticello, _ correspondent. i'm herejust outside palermo, in porticello, where - correspondent. i'm herejust outside palermo, in porticello, where this. palermo, in porticello, where this terrible tragedy has happened. here with my team from the embassy to support the british citizens caught up support the british citizens caught up in this terrible tragedy. the search operation continues this morning for those who are missing. we have four missing, and seven british nationals who are accounted for, but obviously i've been talking as well both yesterday and today to the italian authorities, to the coastguard, the police, the fire brigade, who are engaged in the search operation at the moment, and liaising with them, and hearing everything they are doing. above all, my heart goes out, all our hearts go out, to those caught up in this terrible tragedy in what is such a beautiful setting but such a terrible thing to happen not far from here. terrible thing to happen not far from here-

, and eight of them were in palermo, and they— and eight of them were in palermo, and they obviously were _ operations. but divers from all over italy were also involved. divers who were particularly specialised in this kind of work, retrieval— specialised in this kind of work, retrieval of bodies from the wreckage. 123 dives were undertaken, and they could _ 123 dives were undertaken, and they could only— 123 dives were undertaken, and they could only stay for 12 minutes maximum _ could only stay for 12 minutes maximum under the water. it was an intense _ maximum under the water. it was an intense bout— maximum under the water. it was an intense bout of work, as you can imagine. — intense bout of work, as you can imagine, and very stressful. nevertheless, in four days, the results — nevertheless, in four days, the results which will achieved a really don't _ results which will achieved a really don't require any further explanation, because we managed in four days _ explanation, because we managed in four days to— explanation, because we managed in four days to bring up all six bodi

we know that branch is being sent to palermo, _ sicily.hat branch is being sent to palermo, deploying - sicily. we know that branch is being sent to palermo, deploying a - sicily. we know that branch is being sent to palermo, deploying a team| sicily. we know that branch is being i sent to palermo, deploying a team of four inspectors to the city. they'll conduct a preliminary assessment into what happened with this 56 metre long yacht which is tragically submerged. bad weather hit the north coast at 4am of sicily. been several storms, but this one was described locally as a tornado. it led this boat into real trouble. at last transmitted not far from boat into real trouble. at last transmitted not farfrom palermo importa cello, and then later some birds porticel —— porticello, and we know one is mike lynch. -- porticello, and we know one is mike lynch-— -- porticello, and we know one is mikel nch. ~ . ~ ., ., mike lynch. what we know about him? he miaht mike lynch. what we know about him? he might not — mike lynch. what we know about him?

tragic or destiny, but definitely around palermo , the, definitely around palermo, the, the coastal,y're really, really good. and they're really, really good. and they're used to, help, you know, fishermen's and yachts and of course , help boats in the middle course, help boats in the middle of the mediterranean sea. so they're very well equipped and we know they're doing everything they can to, to save , the they can to, to save, the survivors. let's hope for this . survivors. let's hope for this. >> okay. brilliant, >> okay. brilliant, >> italian journalist paolo diana . they're bringing us up to diana. they're bringing us up to speed on that story, which is a houday speed on that story, which is a holiday heaven turned holiday hell. >> it's just horrific , isn't it? >> it's just horrific, isn't it? and as i said, thoughts with everyone. and if you are worried, please do get in touch with the italian embassy if you need any help and advice on. are you worried about maybe people you worried about maybe people you know on holiday out there? we will continue to bring you updates on th

these are live pictures coming from near palermo and we have some drone pictures from the coastguardof the water where the searches are continuing. we understand that of the people rescued, one was a one—year—old child. the child was transferred to a local hospital and all were in stable condition. the coastguard says the yacht was built by an italian shipbuilder in 2008. we have confirmed by our verified team that the ship is managed by a company whose spokesperson said they are currently dealing with the situation on board one of the managed vessels but we have not confirmed which vessel or any more details. we will bring you more on that story as soon as we get it. kamala harris has arrived in the us city of chicago for the democratic national convention, where she'll be formally confirmed as the party's presidential candidate. she flew into o'hare airport on air force two after a day of campaigning in the swing state of pennsylvania with her running mate, tim walz. security around the venue is tight ahead of the four—day event. pro—palestine protesters have already been holding d

we are close to the sicilian capital, palermo, and the sicilian capital, palermo, and the emergency teamsat work behind me, now hampered by lack of light. it's thought that six of the 22 passengers are still missing and that they were sleeping in their cabins at about 5am when the superyacht, the luxury superyacht was caught up in a rotating column of cloud that engulfed the ship. it stood little chance. after the rescue, the retrieval. the sea giving up lives it snatched away. since the early hours, emergency teams have been scouring the site from the air and on the water where the yacht sank. 15 of the 22 on board were saved. others, british, american, canadian, weren't so lucky. the wreckage now some 50 metres below water, where the search is focusing. a luxury superyacht that had won awards for its design but that became a death trap. the british flagged bayesian photographed last night of the port of porticello in sicily, before being hit by a heavy storm and a water spout. they are tornado—like clouds, a rotating column of air which in this case smashed the mast and capsized the boa

marco tillota is the inspector of the diving unit at palermo's fire brigade.ue. the search operation resumed at about 6:30 in the morning local time just after dawn, with divers trying to access the wreckage of the bayesian luxury superyacht that went down yesterday. it is sitting at about 50m, 150ft below water on the sea bed, and the teams were were hampered in trying to access the wreckage yesterday, on the first day of the search by. we understand bits of furniture of the ship that had been strewn around as it capsized. the italian media have named the six people who are still missing mike lynch, the british tech tycoon, his 18—year—old daughter hannah, his lawyer from clifford chance, the international law firm chris morvillo, his wife nada, the president of morgan stanley international, the investment bank, jonathan blumer and his wife anne. and they have named the body that had been pulled from the water yesterday as the chef of the yacht, ricardo thomas. now, local meteorologists are saying that there had been a weather alert for a couple of days befor

it sank in the morning not... from the city of palermo, the yacht was sailing under the flag of greatin, the passengers were mainly from the united kingdom, as well as from new zealand, sri lanka, ireland, from the double citizenship of great britain and france. the coast guard managed to rescue 15 passengers, including a one-year-old child who was taken to the children's hospital in palermo. at the site of the crash, divers found the body of one of the passengers, six, including four britons, are still missing. the sunken ship is at a depth of 49 m, about 800 m from the shore. a friend of the infamous blogger mikhail litvin was detained in krasnodar on suspicion of fraud. we are talking about coach andrei sidoropoulos. for a year and a half, the internet figure was wanted. went into hiding after his students filed a police report. the blogger actively promoted traffic arbitrage courses on social networks. the cost of educational materials ranged from 50 to 4,000 rubles. people took out loans for education, and the coach, as the media writes, spent these funds on a luxurious life. the

palermo also stepped into the 1/16 finals, where they will meet napoli. flamengo and palmeires met in a match brazilian championship. uruguayan georgin de arrascaeto put flamengo ahead in the 69th minute. the visitors tried to recoup throughout the remaining time and finally did so almost before the final whistle, the score was equalized by eighteen-year-old pupil of the palmeiros football academy luigi. a 1:1 draw, which did not allow flamengo to rise from third place. juventude, located below the equator of the tournament table, hosted botafoga, the leader in the championship. the first goal is all. just before the break, ecuadorian roni carrillo doubled the score, shortly after the break, young striker marcelinho extended juventud's advantage to three goals. only after that did the botafogo players perk up and start to strike back. twenty- one-year-old defender cuyabano reduced the gap. and his thirty-five-year-old defensive partner marsal made it minimal in the eighty-first minute, but there was not enough time for more. sensational victory for juvent

this yacht in particular, 56 metre long super yacht, it was anchored outside of port, close to palermoing anchored outside of port, it was susceptible to some of that bad weather, but we are told this is common practice for boats to be outside of port at this time. it got into trouble. at last transmitted close by potted cello. we know that most of the people on board were from britain, the us and canada. that is confirmed now as well. we know one man has died. six others are missing. mike lynch is now, of course, confirmed as one of them. ~ ., ., i. now, of course, confirmed as one of them. ~ ., ., ,, , them. what more can you tell us about him? _ them. what more can you tell us about him? he _ them. what more can you tell us about him? he isn't _ them. what more can you tell us about him? he isn't necessarily i them. what more can you tell us| about him? he isn't necessarily a household _ about him? he isn't necessarily a household name. _ about him? he isn't necessarily a household name. he _ about him? he isn't necessarily a household name. he is _ about him? he isn't necessarily a

there in palermo.g, very strong, ferocious winds coming through the, the harbour itself and just picking up things and catching them on the, on the wind itself. so it was a very significant wind that was blowing irrespective of the actual waterspout that apparently hit the vessel . the vessel. >> and the search and rescue operation continues as we speak. but mark, for now, thank you very much indeed. mark white. our homeland security editor. now, in other news, in domestic politics, sir keir starmer, he's in northern ireland today to meet with police chiefs after at least 20 police officers were injured in the violent protests across the country. >> it comes as the government faces a substantial drop in favorability following its landslide election victory last month, with over half of people thinking britain is heading in the wrong direction. >> okay, well, gb news political editor christopher hope is in the studio with us now. so let's start with this trip to northern ireland. what is the aim of this

uk marine accident emergency is sending a team to palermo to look into the circumstances surroundingwent down off the superyacht which went down off the coast of sicily in the early hours of the morning with at least three british people amongst the missing, one person confirmed dead. we also hearfrom missing, one person confirmed dead. we also hear from the government that ministers met this morning to discuss the preparedness in case a new type of m pox virus is detected in the country. —— mpox stop now we have the weather forecast. hello there. good afternoon. well, it's going to feel very much as if autumn has arrived at times this week. it will be unseasonably windy, particularly blustery towards irish sea coasts. gusts of wind here of up to a0 to 50 miles an hour at times through the week. some more heavy rain too to come in the forecast, especially for the north and the west. but summer not completely lost. some sunny spells, although for most of us temperatures will be dipping throughout the week. but low pressure certainly dominant. it's out towards the north and the west. i

this is just about ten miles east of palermo itself. town, so it's, you know, everyone is still here. and once they are informed, i'm sure we'll find out more ourselves very, very quickly afterwards. but there is a formal process we have to go through here before any, any identifications are made public other than what we know already , other than what we know already, which is that one heavily built man has been found alongside another. so two bodies in total for, for still missing people in the vessel itself. >> and it's worth pointing out that mike lynch's wife, angela, she's 57. she survived this tragedy , so she will be watching tragedy, so she will be watching and waiting all of this with extreme trepidation, as we say, adam cherry. there now follows a formal and rigorous and time consuming process of formal identification and until that process is completed, there'll be no announcement to the press, thatis be no announcement to the press, that is the process. i think that's the right thing to do. we have to follow protocol. but a

parma, promoted to serie a following the results of the previous season, played at home against palermo, who remained in the second division. in the 16th minute, the hosts' romanian striker denis man missed a penalty. and in the end , the only goal decided everything here. the author of the winning goal, already in the added time of the first half, was the visiting forward roberto insignho. 1:0 palermo also stepped into the 1/16 finals, where they will meet napoli. flamengo and palmeires met in a match of the brazilian championship. uruguayan georgin de arrascait brought it out. defender cuyabano reduced the gap, and his thirty-five-year-old partner in defense marsal made it minimal in the eighty-first minute, but there was not enough time for more, a sensational victory for juventud 3:2. viktor gusev, sports news, channel one. good morning, friends, this is a fashion verdict on channel one. and with you, i, liliya rakh. together with me, fashion expert evelina fromchenko, a person who knows everything about fashion, and even more, as well as tatyana gevartyan, a tv presenter and a real

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sicily, there, near palermo. it looks it still looks the weather still looks quite blustery , at least looks quite blustery, at least obviously not horrendous weather, but it still seems like there's a lot of wind in the air. i don't know if that makes matters any more complicated, but a huge number of influential people on board this yacht i believe that they're still looking for a successful lawyer, clifford chance, at clifford chance, a morgan stanley bank chairman, as well a ceo of a gynaecological cancer research charity, this was a luxury yacht. and there's also a rumour that this may have been a victory celebration following this, this legal battle . this, this legal battle. >> yeah. that's right. so, i mean, 22 people here celebrating on an enormous yacht, it's not a common occurrence. these people were high profile, very successful. and that's what makes this , in a sense, makes it makes this, in a sense, makes it so extraordinary. emily, yeah. we're still looking for six people. unfortunately, 15 have h

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they say the vessel sank flying the british flag during a violent storm that affected the palermo coastlity of safely entering the wreck, an operation complicated by the depth and the position of the whole, lying on the sea bed about half a mile from the port. you are watching bbc news. scientists were hoping to celebrate the first full—engine test of a vertical rocket at the uk's new spaceport in shetland last night — but it didn't quite go to plan — as multiple engines exploded at the launch. the test was carried out at the saxavord site on unst, the country's northernmost inhabited island. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon was there. the countdown to what should have been a final engine test on a rocket being readied for space. but moments after the ground—based test started, this. a plume of smoke and large flames shooting out sideways, then loud bangs as the entire structure was engulfed by fire. unst is britain's most northerly inhabited island. when it comes to space and safety, its remoteness as part of the attraction. the spaceport said all safety protocols were observed

the steamship , which had 22 people on board, sank on monday morning, near the city of palermo.ppose. at a distance of 800 m from the shore, the larger the ship, the more difficult it is to capsize it and the more difficult it is to rock it, here you go, two examples, 300 m. on board was, now listed as missing mike lynch himself and his daughter, a multimillionaire, he is called the british bill gates. lynch is one of the founders of a technology company for image recognition, which was sold in 2011 to the american giant hewlett packard for 11 billion dollars. lynch earned 800 million on the sale, however, after the deal , the multimillionaire began litigation. in the us, lynch was accused of fraud. the trial lasted several years, lynch more than a year. spent under house arrest, in june he was acquitted by a jury. in his first interview after the acquittal, lynch told the times that he feared he would not survive his prison sentence due to health problems. i had to say goodbye to everything, everyone, because i didn't know if i would ever come back. if things had gone wrong, it

let me remind you that mike lynch's yacht sank on monday, near palermo.f the wreck was a strong storm. however, the british investigator. are checking other versions, mom, why do you need these letters for a fairy tale? in the three ninth kingdom, the three tenth state. we will take on this case, it will be an honest detective story. it is clear to everyone that russia is not a country of gas stations, russian digital.

let me remind you that mike lynch's yacht sank on monday, not far from from palermo. the cause of the crash was a strong storm. however, british investigators are also checking other versions. minnesota governor tim wahls has officially agreed to put forward his candidacy for the post of vice president of the united states from the democratic party. he announced this at... a meeting in chicago, the politician thanked kamala harris for her trust. our special correspondent in the united states, dmitry melnikov, will tell you all the details. in order to rejoice at the official nomination of kamela harris as a presidential candidate, harris herself democrats don't need one, a convention without joe biden is already a holiday. soul music veteran, singer and composer stevie wonder, was responsible for the mood in chicago that evening. the ideological degree was maintained at the proper level by veterans of the political scene. the last time the democratic party held a convention at the united center, here in chicago, in 1996, bill clinton received approval for his re-elect

the morning, the area just off the coast of sicily where the yacht was anchored near the city of palermo, was battered by storms and also waterspouts. after that storm passed, a few minutes later, the boat was just simply not there anymore. now the 15 people who ended up in the water were rescued almost immediately by a yacht that was anchored nearby, including a british woman with her 1-year-old baby. she said they were sleeping in the cabin when all of a sudden the yacht overturned, and they found themselves in the water. now a source close to, familiar with the matter, told, or confirmed to cnbc, that among those missing is mike lynch, a british tech entrepreneur, who's often been branded in british media as britain's bill gates. last year he was extradited to the united states to stand trial on charges of corruption after he sold his company to hewlett-packard. he was acquitted of all charges a couple months ago, literally the beginning of june. now he's believed to be one of the six people who are still missing. >> claudio, thank you very much for the latest on that breaking story.

international, jonathan bloomer, is still missing, let me remind you, mike lynch's yacht sank on monday near palermo, the cause of the wreck was a strong storm, however , british investigators are also checking other versions. now economic news, konstantin churikov joins me. konstantin, good morning, new inflation data has arrived. roman, hello, yes, price growth in weekly and annual terms is slowing. weekly inflation in russia from august 13 to 19 slowed and amounted to only four. since the beginning of the year, consumer prices have grown by 5.15%. annual inflation has also slowed to 9.4% compared to the same period in 2023. here are the data provided by rosstat: annual inflation coincides according to the methods of the central bank and the ministry of economic development. the bank of russia, as expected , raised the key rate to 18% at the previous meeting, while maintaining a hawkish signal. the consensus forecast for the next meeting is 20%, that is, the market is pricing in another tightening of monetary policy in increments of two percentage points. the us federal reserve's management is ful

close to palermo, and then, when the storm passed a few minutes later, the boat simply was gone. now 15 people were rescued by another yacht that was anchored nearby, including a british mother and a 1-year-old, her 1-year-old baby. she said they were just sleeping in the cabin when all of a sudden the boat overturned, and they found themselves in the water. in the meantime, divers continue to search for the bodies of the six missing, including chris mobilo, a lawyer and his wife. >> thank you for the latest on that breaking story. >>> two teenagers now charged with murder in the killing of general hospital actor johnny wactor. robert barselo and sergio estrada were charged with murder and grand theft. one faces additional charge. wactor was gunned down in may after interrupting the theft of his car's catalytic converter. >>> former congressman george santos has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud. he was found to have defrauded voters in the 2020 new york state race where he largely fabricated his own back story. our ryan noebels was in the courtroom. >> reporter: former congr

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the body hasn't been formally identified, but the palermo coastguard have said it was the ship's cookbayesian�* yacht is on the sea bed, 50 metres underwater. last night the fire service said divers couldn't access the cabins due to furniture blocking passageways. simonjones reports. well, the search resumed at about 6.30am local the operation is continuing this morning. divers will try again to gain access to the sunken yacht but they know in all probability they are now looking for the dead. one body was brought to shore yesterday. the wreckage of the yacht is 50 metres below the surface. 15 of the 22 people on board managed to escape clambering onto by a life raft. they described panic and people screaming but they were the lucky ones. the tech tycoon mike lynch is among the missing, tried for fraud tech tycoon mike lynch is among the missing, tried forfraud in tech tycoon mike lynch is among the missing, tried for fraud in the tech tycoon mike lynch is among the missing, tried forfraud in the us after selling his firm to hp but cleared of all charges injune. his daughter hannah is

translation: a one-year-old child arrived in our paediatric i emergency room in palermo together withne. the mother had injuries that we treated. the father had his wound stitched and he was then reunited with the whole family. the captain of another boat, hailed as a hero for rescuing the 15 at sea, spoke of the nightmare. the other ship, strange enough, it's 55 metres, i think. a 72 metres long mast. they went slap on the water and then down. with a light, we saw that the ship was aside and then we saw a triangle, so i think she went back down. terrible, terrible moments. yes. in the liferaft was also a baby and the wife of the owner. among those missing is the british multimillionaire tech entrepreneur mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter, hannah. his wife, angela bacares, who was rescued, is listed as the yacht�*s owner. its chef, ricardo thomas, is also unaccounted for. as the underwater search goes on, the fear is that bodies will be found trapped inside the submerged wreckage. of those holidaying at sea, suddenly engulfed by freak weather that smashed what stood in its wake.

that the yacht was anchored 700 metres off the port of porticello — just east of sicily�*s capital, palermom this map how the stormy weather swept through the area in the early hour. local meteorologists say a weather alert had been in place for some four days before the disaster, after searing heat had raised the temperature of the mediterranean to 30c, higher than normal. this video was taken on shore and shows you the strength of the winds. witnesses say the yacht disappeared beneath the water at around 05:00 local time. you can see the strength of the wind from the shore. local fisherman told us he saw a waterspout in the vicinity. you can see one here — it's a form of tornado that occurs over water rather than land and can generate powerful winds. these eyewitnesses saw what happened. translation: at about 4:15, we saw a flare in the sea. - we waited for this waterspout to pass. after ten minutes, we went out to sea and we saw cushions and all the rest of the boat. all of what was on deck in the sea. but we did not find anyone. this morning we got a very strong orcan gust. and we had t

matthew, can you tell us a little bit about your understanding of the conditions in the sea around palermo in the days before the sinking? because we're hearing about this water spout, aren't we? is that something that you would see regularly in, in the seas, in the mediterranean ? the mediterranean? >> no. i mean, a waterspout is pretty rare. they do happen and they do happen in that area . but they do happen in that area. but again, these aren't weather events that would be be predictable. they can be sort of expected in certain areas, but they are rare now . the weather they are rare now. the weather forecast on the night was was nothing that would have caused any concern to the master to the captain, there were warnings for thunderstorms, etcetera. but the proof is sort of in the pudding. if you look at the, the anchorage, the vessel wasn't the only vessel in the anchorage . only vessel in the anchorage. and the other vessels in the vicinity weathered quite fine throughout the weather event , we throughout the weather event, we don't know whether it was a waterspout or whether it was a

the body hasn't been formally identified, but the palermo coastguard have said it was the ship's cook. last night the fire service said divers couldn't access the cabins due to furniture blocking passageways. 0ur reporter, lauren moss, has more. a rescue operation now focused on recovery and salvage, a day after the bayesian sank 50 metres beneath the waves. there are six people missing. the british tech tycoon, mike lynch, and his 18—year—old daughter, hannah. the chairman of investment bank morgan stanley international, jonathan bloomer and his wifejudy. mr lynch's lawyer, chris morvillo, and another passenger. divers went down again earlier this morning. translation: access to the hull is difficult. | if you have managed to get inside you would understand there is a world of objects, so getting inside and descending into the compartment below through the stairs that are narrow and going into all the cabins is a hard and difficultjob. this was the bayesian photographed on sunday night, anchored 700 metres away from the small fishing village, porticello. it was struck by a sudden fie

the yacht was anchored outside the harbour at porticello, a small fishing village, east of palermo, inof a violent storm. now it lies 50 metres underwater, with divers spending the day trying to get inside the cabins. mark lowen has the very latest from porticello. the moments before the tragedy. cctv released tonight shows the storm lashing the sicilian coast, where the bayesian was moored in the early hours of monday. as the deluge deepens, clouds hide the yacht from view. some time later, it was no more. for a second day, the rescuers returned, plunging into the depths to reach the horrors below. divers seeking what has been swallowed up by the sea. the wreckage lying 150ft underwater, and trapped inside, probably, the bodies of the missing. given how deep it is, each dive can only last ten minutes before the team must resurface. translation: the biggest difficulty is caettin translation: the biggest difficulty is getting into _ translation: the biggest difficulty is getting into the _ translation: the biggest difficulty is getting into the ship _ translation: the biggest difficulty

there in palermo. >> yeah, well, we'll have much more on that as we get it.ming up on today's show as well, but it's time to whizz you over now to get your headunes. whizz you over now to get your headlines . on. headlines. on. >> patrick, thank you very much. and good afternoon . some and good afternoon. some breaking news as you've just been hearing, divers have recovered two bodies out of the missing six following the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of sicily. one other was, of course , identified was, of course, identified already. ricardo thomas was located shortly after the vessel sank, so that death toll now at three. we are just also hearing and as you've just heard, that one of the two bodies just found is a quote , heavily built man, is a quote, heavily built man, that coming from sources on the scene, the boat owned by the wife of british tech entrepreneur mike lynch, was carrying 22 passengers and crew and was anchored off the port of porticello, near palermo, when it capsized during a storm. a pre—dawn storm on monday. rescue teams did no

yacht had been anchored outside the harbour at porticello, a small fishing village to the east of palermospecialist divers are trying to reach the cabins in the yacht, which is lying under about 50 metres of water. mark lowen is in sicily for us. the sun is going down here in sicily and that means the work will be limited overnight on the wreckage. they've been down here since first light trying to reach the wreckage of the bayesian but they're struggling because even though the mast of the yacht snapped when it was hit by this water spout this rotating column of air and cloud the rest of the ship is largely intact. which means that access inside to try to find the bodies potentially is difficult. rescuers say they've reached the lounge of the ship but now are trying to go further into the cabin area where they believe passengers were sleeping in the early hours of monday morning when disaster struck. from early morning, they returned. plunging into the depths to reach the horrors below. divers seeking what has been swallowed up by the sea, the wreckage of the bayesian lying 150 feet unde

the body hasn't been formally identified, but the palermo coastguard have said it was the ship's cookhe sea bed, 50 metres underwater. last night the fire service said divers couldn't access the cabins due to furniture blocking passageways. 0ur southern europe correspondent mark lowen has more from sicily. the search has been continuing and resuming since 6:30 this morning, with first light shortly after dawn. divers going deep into the water here, about 50 metres underwater to the sea bed where the wreckage of that superyacht still lies, believing now that they will find the bodies of the six missing passengers inside, trapped inside the wreckage of the yacht. they are mike lynch, the british tech entrepreneur, his 18—year—old daughter, hannah. chris morvillo, a lawyer from clifford chance, a city firm, and his wife neda. the president of morgan stanley international, jonathan bloomer, and his wife anne. the local fire unit have said because of the depth of the wreckage, each dive can only be 12 minutes long — ten minutes underwater, and a minute down and a minute up. they say that t

it is more or less the extreme kilometres —— 16 km from palermo. has been the storm yesterday and today. quite strong winds and heavy storms. absolutely without any notice, local fishermen heavy storms. absolutely without any notice, localfishermen decided not to go fishing last night because of the bad weather. even then, they couldn't expect the facts happening, that this would go down. all the rescues came from rome and sardinia because of the deepness of the sea bed. there was a priest... it was not just there, but along with the whole coast. it may be a waterspout of heat, the boat, the vessel tilted. the count of the victims could have been much more than that. the rescue operation was very, very quick, and the fact that the vessel sank in about 15 minutes. the local fishermen from the coasts, so the boat full of light, may be a party overnight, and they saw the red flare being shot in the air by the captain. moments before it tilted. the local fishermen captain. moments before it tilted. the localfishermen ran captain. moments before it tilt

in the morning at about 5am when there was some very severe weather in this part of the coast near palermoy. it is a vessel which is a 56 metre luxury sailing boat, a super yacht, you would probably call it. it appears to have been anchored rather than in the harbour, anchored off shore, near the harbour but not inside the harbour, which i think it's harbour, which i think its relevant. it has been hit by a tornado. a boat alongside it, a yacht alongside, managed to rescue 15 people, but seven are still missing and sadly one body has been recovered this morning. what we know about those who were on this vessel, it is a vessel that sleeps 22 people, 12 of those would be guests, passengers. the other ten or so it would be cruel. it looks as though the passengers on board orfrom the uk, new zealand, sri lanka, ireland, and we think there are two passengers with dual british french citizenship. one of the survivors is a one—year—old child who has been taken to hospital. clearly, a very serious incident. this boat, being an open water, probably more susceptible to the weather, being anchored ra

your signed in southern italy, it went down on the coast of sicily as capsule. palermo also being strong on, on, expected, and violent storm. one man has died 15, all the people have been rescued. the captain who carried out that what bracing has recounted, what happened. you got this very strong con gus here, and we had to ship to ship the items not to touch them in 3 minutes to get some shipping positions. and after the storm was over, we noticed that the ship behind us no officials from venezuela's supreme court of justice, saw evaluating the work of the national electoral council. following a dispute in presidential poll, the group examined documents and equipment and used to verify the poll results. tensions of escalates of last month off to the council declared incumbent nicholas me during the winter with 51 percent of the votes of fail to give a detailed breakdown. the opposition claims the elections will not by fraud. the rest of the blue moon has become the 1st of the lights on the night sky style gazers were treated to this view in australia, the event happens when the man reac

the superyacht bayocean capsized near palermo. 15 people have now been rescued and one body, believed has been recovered from the water. charlotte, a british tourist who survived the wreck, says she held her one year old daughter afloat to stop her from drowning in what she's described as darkness and chaos. the uk foreign office is in contact with local authorities and says it's ready to assist those affected . a triple those affected. a triple stabbing in manchester has left one woman dead and two other people in a critical condition, including a teenager. a 22 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack in the girton area last night. police are treating it as an isolated incident, but believe the suspect was known to the victims. detectives are now appealing for witnesses or dash cam footage . meanwhile, people cam footage. meanwhile, people handing in zombie knives and machetes to police stations ahead of a new ban won't be punished. restrictions come in next month. the government stopped short of making ninja swords illegal, but insists that will soon h

he is based in ukraine, butjoins us today from palermo in italy. thank you for your time.istry spokesperson for russia has said that ukraine understands perfectly well that the recent attacks make no sense from a military point of view. is she right? is there no military purpose to this? . , . , ., right? is there no military purpose to this? . , ., , ., , to this? rarely anything that comes out from her _ to this? rarely anything that comes out from her is _ to this? rarely anything that comes out from her is to _ to this? rarely anything that comes out from her is to be _ to this? rarely anything that comes out from her is to be believed. - out from her is to be believed. absolutely there is a military point to be made now after so many days and that is what the ukrainians did and that is what the ukrainians did and i do suspect they had weapon intelligence to do this with but they showed that the russians are very weak internally. they have devoted so much of their resources, both manpower and equipment, to the ukraine and russia front line and they are very weak intern

the search operation here in palermo, just off the coast of the sicilian capital, is continuing.ngers on board the bayesian luxury yacht are still missing. it was thought that they were in their cabins, sleeping in the yacht at around 5 am when the ship was engulfed by a waterspout, a rotating column of cloud and water that engulfed it. it stood little chance. after the rescue, the retrieval, the sea giving up lives it snatched away. since the early hours, emergency teams have been scouring the site from the air and on the water where the yacht sank. 15 of the 22 on board were saved. others — british, american, canadian — weren't so lucky. the wreckage, now some 50m below water where the search is focusing. a luxury superyacht that had won awards for its design, but that became a death trap. the british flagged bayesian off the port of porticello in sicily before it was reportedly hit by a waterspout, a tornado—like cloud from a heavy storm thought to have smashed the mast and capsized it. these pictures nearby show the force of the winds at around 5 a.m. the yacht couldn't withs

translation: a one-year-old child arrived in our paediatric emergency. room in palermo together withy fine. the mother had injuries that we treated. the father had his wound stitched and he was then reunited with the whole family. the captain of another boat, hailed as a hero for rescuing the 15 at sea, spoke of the nightmare. the other ship, strange enough, it's 55 metres, i think. a 72 metres long mast. they went slap on the water and then down. with a light, we saw that the ship was aside and then we saw a triangle, so i think she went back down. terrible, terrible moments. yes. in the liferaft was also a baby and the wife of the owner. among those missing is the british multimillionaire tech entrepreneur mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter, hannah. his wife, angela bacares, who was rescued, is listed as the yacht�*s owner. its chef, ricardo thomas, is also unaccounted for. as the underwater search goes on, the fear is that bodies will be found trapped inside the submerged wreckage. of those holidaying at sea, suddenly engulfed by freak weather that smashed what stood in its w

we knowl that the families have received help from the medical officials here in this area of palermo saying that one of the things that really struck him was how he spoke of darkness, how it was dark when it happened, and then when the waves rose up and the boat went underneath, it was darkness that engulfed them. of course, the story of the mother with the one—year—old baby that she managed to clutch on to indie waves and brought safely to shore. but the extraordinarily traumatic experience all round, and of course now with the news of two bodies having been found, extremely sad for relatives who are watching so closely and hoping against hope in many ways that there could still be survivors. 0ne that there could still be survivors. one of the things that has been really sad with this is there have been postcard they did not rule out the possibility that there might be survivors. but of course, with every passing hour, the hope becomes less. it really is a very sad and difficult time forfamilies it really is a very sad and difficult time for families at the moment. ~ ., ., difficult

palermo, thanks for being with us. our thoughts are with you and everyone in caracas right now. what can you tell us about the situation? >> thank you, geoff, and everyone for inviting. [inaudible] unknown consequences [inaudible] provided data that is not verifiable -- >> sorry to interrupt you. would you mind lowering your microphone and speaking into it. >> they provided with reports and data the final percentages and these percentages do not reflect what happened in the voting process. they do not reflect the trends, but more importantly the trends that we could gather on the actual voting talent by the opposition after. we have around four in ten and at this time we have around 55% of the voting tallies and we are processing them. we can see the percentage the government has -- they are rapidly trying to throw out any type of opposition percentage on this resulted any backlash against this result preemptively and announcements from the electoral council and the educator's office, the persecution against those who announce the different results for those who announce differe

the search operation here in palermo, just off the coast of the sicilian capital is continuing.th six of the 22 passengers on board the bayesian luxury yacht are still missing. it was thought they were in their cabin sleeping on the yacht at around 5am, when the ship was engulfed by a waterspout, a rotating column of cloud and water that engulfed it. it stood little chance. the latest from joe inwood. after the rescue, the retrieval, the sea giving up lives it snatched away. since the early hours, emergency teams have been scouring the site from the air and on the water where the yacht sank. 15 of 22 on board were saved. others — british, american, canadian — weren't so lucky. the wreckage now some 50 metres below water, where the search is focusing. a luxury super yacht that had won awards for its design but that became a death trap. the british flagged bayesian off the port of porticello in sicily before it was reportedly hit by a waterspout, a tornado—like cloud from a heavy storm thought to have smashed the mast and capsized it. these pictures nearby show the force of the wi

bayesian had been anchored outside the harbour at porticello, a small fishing village to the east of palermo56—metre vessel was hit by a powerful storm in the early hours of monday morning, and disappeared beneath the water at around 5am. 22 people were on board — including 12 passengers and ten crew members. 15 of them were rescued, and a search operation is still going on to find the others. our southern europe correspondent mark lowen joins us now from sicily. mark, what's the latest on that search? the wind has really picked up in the last 15 minutes or so here in porticello, part of this extreme weather front that prompted the capsizing of the bayesian yacht. the search has been continuing, resumed at 6:30am this morning with first light shortly after dawn, divers going deep into the water, about 50 metres underwater to the sea bed where the wreckage of the superyacht still lies, believing now they will find the bodies of six missing passengers inside, trapped inside the wreckage of the yacht. they are mike lynch, british tech entrepreneur, his 18—year—old daughter hannah lynch. chris m

that the yacht was anchored 700 metres off the port of porticello — just east of sicily�*s capital, palermohit on monday. you can see from this map how the stormy weather swept through the area in the early hour. local meteorologists say a weather alert had been in place for some four days before the disaster, after searing heat had raised the temperature of the mediterranean to 30c, higher than normal. this video was taken on shore and shows you the strength of the winds. witnesses say the yacht disappeared beneath the water at around 05:00 local time and sank in around two minutes. a local fisherman told reporters he saw a waterspout in the vicinity. you can see one here — it's a form of tornado that occurs over water rather than land and can generate powerful winds. these eyewitnesses saw what happened. translation: at about 4:15, we saw a flare in the sea. - we waited for this waterspout to pass. after ten minutes we went out to sea and we saw cushions and all the rest of the boat, all of what was on deck in the sea, but we did not find anyone. this morning we got a very strong ocean gu

we've got cctv video from the main port in palermo showing these huge gusts coming in. at the time that this vessel went down. >> one of the questions, of course, mark, will be why this was the only boat that went down. i was listening to the mayor of the area being interviewed this morning, and he said he found that a little bit mysterious. do we know anything yet about whether the structure of this boat was such that it might have made it more vulnerable to freak weather conditions ? conditions? >> well, we know it had the second highest mast in of any sailing yacht in the world at 75m tall, and that brings with it an inherent instability. the mitigate for that by putting weights in the keel of the vessel to ensure that it doesn't tip over. but of course , it's tip over. but of course, it's vulnerable to a very high winds , vulnerable to a very high winds, especially if it hits the vessel side on. so what skippers do when they encounter a storm is they steer into the storm. and that indeed is what happened with another vessel that was anchored just by this, bayesian y

speak to michael bociurkiw, senior fellow at the atlantic council eurasia center— he joins us from palermood to have you with us, thank you for your time. good to have you with us, thank you foryourtime. first good to have you with us, thank you for your time. first of all, what is the latest you are adhering with this incursion and the russian response? this incursion and the russian re5ponse?_ response? well, it is very interesting. _ response? well, it is very interesting. fascinating . response? well, it is veryi interesting. fascinating in response? well, it is very - interesting. fascinating in fact. there is discussion within the atlantic council that the slow russian response may indicate hints of insubordination at this point. because it is difficult to explain the almost complete impotent response to the ukrainian invasion. first of all, the ukrainian troops blasted by what was supposed to be highly effective barriers and secondly you are not seeing much resistance among the general population and law enforcement. there hasn't been one—shot reportedly fired from a police station.

the body hasn't been formally identified, but the palermo coastguard have said it was the ship's chefose friends have been paying tribute to him. the �*bayesian�* yacht is on the sea bed, 50 metres underwater. last night the fire service said divers couldn't access the cabins due to furniture blocking passageways let's speak to david cannell who runs dmc marine, a yacht design firm. he has been involved in superyacht design and construction for 50 years. david, thank you forjoining us. there has been a lots of talk about the mast on this yacht, the second largest yacht mast, it snapped during the storm, could that have been a factor in what happened next? no, i think it is highly unlikely. this very sad and extremely unusual events for eight yachts of this size to founder or sink while at anchor, or relatively near land, is virtually unknown. 50 or relatively near land, is virtually unknown. or relatively near land, is virtuall unknown. , ., virtually unknown. so why do you think it did _ virtually unknown. so why do you think it did sink? _ virtually unknown. so why do you think it d

today near palermo, divers searched the calm waters under blue skies, a sign of just how quickly conditionsrom last night's storm. the british-flagged bayesian was known for having one of the world's tallest masts, measuring 246 feet, as seen here lit at night, before the disaster. russian authorities said today that ukraine has damaged a third bridge in the kursk region. it's the latest strike in ukraine's nearly two-week incursion into russia. president volodymyr zelensky said today that ukraine now controls more than 480-square miles of the region. he says the goal is to create a buffer zone to prevent cross-border attacks by russian forces. meantime, ukrainian civilians are fleeing the eastern city of pokrovsk, as russian troops advance on that area. authorities have ordered families to evacuate the city and nearby villages. back here in the u.s., a judge in wisconsin has sentenced a woman to 11 years in prison for killing the man who trafficked her for sex. prosecutors say chrystul kizer shot and killed 34-year-old randall volar at his home in 2018, when she was 17 years old. he had be