sean dilley, bbc news.y "why bridges collapse: the baltimore disaster". here in the uk, you can watch it on bbc one at 9pm tonight, and you can stream it now on the iplayer. just a reminder of a line coming to us from france this summer, the news that the prime minister, michel barnier, has indeed resigned, and been asked to stay on in a caretaker capacity. the french president, emmanuel macron, is due to make a speech later on. ben brown will be here next with all the latest. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. stormy weather is heading our way over the next few days as we head into the start of the weekend. this is where we see the arrival of the next named storm. this is storm darragh, named by the met office. biggest impacts are likely to be from the strength of the wind, although there's the risk of some flooding and briefly, some snow in the scottish hills as well. this is the cloud head that's going to develop into the storm, but already ahead of that, a different system is bringing more clou

sean dilley, bbc news.ter". here in the uk, you can watch it on bbc one at 9pm tonight, and you can stream it now on the iplayer. with me now, the director of the documentary, joby lubman, and producer, rosemary cafferkey. they can tell us a bit more about it. rosemary, first of all, why did you want to investigate this? why did you want to make a programme about this and uncover new details about what happened? it this and uncover new details about what happened? it was 'ust such about what happened? it was just such a — about what happened? it was just such a shocking - about what happened? it was just such a shocking story. i just such a shocking story. when the news broke, i remember being in a meeting at bbc science, and everyone was talking about it, and also it was a huge tragedy. six people sadly lost their lives, they were just working on the bridge. the world is asking, how did this happen? how could a ship lose control and hit a bridge and because such a devastating accident? find bridge and becau

sean dilley, bbc news.e disaster. here in the uk, you can watch it on bbc one at 9pm tonight, and you can stream it now on the iplayer. there have beeen more general elections this year across the globe than in any other year, impacting more than half the world's population. this week it is ghana's turn — with the west african country going to the polls on saturday to elect a new president and parliament. daniel dadzie has the details. this year has been a year of elections. every single day, i will be fighting for you. more than 50 countries worldwide have headed to the polls. well, now it's ghana's turn. a country that has been seen as a reliable democracy in west africa at a time when neighbouring countries have overturned their governments. so here's what's at stake. first, ghana's once booming economy is struggling. young people face high unemployment, inflation is up and debt keeps growing. but ghana is not alone. in kenya, similar debt issues led to protests and higher taxes, part of a larger debt cr

sean dilley, bbc news.e taking on in the qualifying rounds for the men's 2026 football world cup. it's being held in the united states, mexico and canada. natalie pirks has more on the draw. each world cup claims to be the biggest, but 2026 will be. a record 48 teams will compete, and a record 16 of them will be from europe. he's missed it! england fell at the quarterfinals in qatar, but now thomas tuchel has the reins. england. whilst england will be the favourites in group k, the new boss says there's no such thing as a done deal. the smaller nations become stronger and stronger, so we have to earn our place, we have to earn our top spot, of course. it's been 26 years since scotland's men last made it to football's biggest stage. the tartan army will be hoping for more of this when they face either portugal or denmark, a resurgent greece and belarus from september. qatar was only wales' second world cup in history. a group stage exit there means unfinished business, but under new management they're in goo

sean dilley, bbc news.overrule local leaders to ensure more green infrastructure projects like onshore windfarms can be built. the energy secretary, ed miliband, told bbc breakfast the government's green energy action plan, is the "big change" people voted for. critics say the plans are too expensive and won't lower energy bills. here's our environment correspondent, jonah fisher. more than half of the electricity the uk generates is now made without burning fossil fuels. much of that is wind. huge turbines covering areas the size of cities spin out of sight offshore. and more is on the way. but hitting the government's target of 95% clean electricity by 2030 will require more than just lots of solar panels and turbines. the way our electricity gets around just isn't up to the job. there is a national grid system which we haven't seen updated for a significant amount of time in the uk and, essentially, it's a little bit like not having enough plug points in the house and everybody in a queue, so i'm waiting

documentary will explore what went wrong and how bridges can be made safer. 0ur transport correspondent sean dilleythe key bridge. there's a ship approaching just lost their steering. 213 dispatch, the whole bridge just fell down, the whole bridge just collapsed. this is the moment the baltimore skyline changed forever. in seconds, the colossal ship toppled the francis scott key bridge... what's going on, man? we got one out of the water. 0k. leaving only one survivor and the loss of six lives. as night turned to day, the extent of the damage became clear. i remember speaking with the person who was running the operations from the coastguard, and i said, what is the probability that we're going to find someone alive at this point? and the answer that he gave was, "governor, my professional assessment is zero. there's a 0% chance." a new bbc documentary has been given exclusive access to the $100 million operation to find those victims and clear the shipping channel, and it's seen new footage of the dali the day before it struck the key bridge. investigators say a power outage caused the dali to los

sean dilley, bbc news.licing, because of the rising costs of employee taxes and wages. it comes just a week after the government pledged to have a named and contactable police officer in every local area. a home office spokesperson said a new funding announcement will give forces more scope to recruit officers and keep streets safe. royal mail has been fined £10.5 million by the regulator ofcom for missing punctuality targets for first and second class deliveries last year. it is the second time in a row the company has fallen short. royal mail's parent company ids said it accepted ofcom's decision and was continuing to drive improvements to the service. an investigation has started into how a fairground ride malfunctioned and crashed in birmingham city centre last night. west midlands fire service confirmed the city star flyer "dropped to the ground" while it was in operation. two women were taken to hospital, their injuries aren't thought to be serious. in the last hour, the qualifying groups for the 2026

which has now been resolved, was the result of a "nationwide fault." 0ur transport correspondent sean dilleyondon's waterloo station for us this afternoon. sean, what's the latest? it's better than it was. i bring you good news this lunchtime that the disruption, although there are a huge knock—ons and some of the lines, the disruption that happened earlier is now sorted. we can give you an explanation as to what happened. 0vernight, there had been a hardware card replaced in stoke, on the national radio communication network, gsm are. it is kind of like a dedicated mobile phone system, where drivers and signallers can communicate, particularly ann tunnels and places they would not receive signals, so it's a productive and important signal. the hardware card, for whatever reason, had not worked overnight. when train drivers were locking on this morning, their radios were not connecting to the national rail system for mobile communications. that wasn't a disaster, it wasn't a safety disaster, what it meant was that drivers had to use something called a wild card code, it is a bit like enterin

sean dilley, bbc news.d first hear or know this had happened?— had happened? the morning of the disaster, i woke _ had happened? the morning of the disaster, i woke up _ had happened? the morning of the disaster, i woke up really - had happened? the morning of the disaster, i woke up really early - had happened? the morning of the disaster, i woke up really early for| disaster, i woke up really early for some reason, it happened about 6:30am uk time. i turned on the television, and bbc for breakfast, i think it was sally nugent, who looked quite pale, she was reading some breaking news. and she was sort of stumbling over it, talking about a bridge falling down, and they were playing that incredible footage. i don't think she had seen the footage. but because she was so shocked, she was in a kind of come a bit of a fluster. because clearly like the rest of us, she couldn't quite believe what she was seeing. so how did you go from there to what we have just seen? so how did you go from there to what we haveju