~ .,, ~ ., , sicily? well, as i know them, they will be going _ sicily?e going down _ sicily? well, as i know them, they will be going down there - sicily? well, as i know them, they will be going down there and - will be going down there and conducting a very thorough and detailed investigation into the circumstances of the incident, including the build—up, the actual incident itself and the post incident itself and the post incident activities. a team of four are searching and they will get lots of cooperation from the locals as well. it would be a thorough investigation into all aspects of why this incident happened. i think ou know why this incident happened. i think you know the _ why this incident happened. i think you know the area _ why this incident happened. i think you know the area pretty _ why this incident happened. i think you know the area pretty well, - why this incident happened. i think you know the area pretty well, as i j you know the area pretty well, as i understand. what can you tell us about the weather conditions there? a lot mik

i wreck of a yacht that sank off the coast of sicily.— coast of sicily.lt live in porta cello harbour- coast of sicily. i am bethany belt live in porta cello harbour where | live in porta cello harbour where i've been watching the bodies being brought to shore. here in the uk — a man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman and three children die in a bradford house fire. day three at the democratic national convention — after the obamas electrify the garthering in chicago. i want to know, who is going to tell him... who's going to tell him that the job that he is currently seeking mightjust be one of those blackjobs? and, romanian police raid the home of the controversial social media influencer andrew tate, as part of an investigation into new allegations against him.

sicily? you mentioned mike lynch there, a significant _ sicily? mike lynch there, a significant figure, - sicily? you mentioned mike lynch there, a significant figure, british| there, a significant figure, british tech tycoon that many people will be familiar with in the uk. you mention some of the 90 has been associated with, the likes of autonomy. he was dubbed briton�*s bill gates. it is significant news reaching us. it is unconfirmed at this stage, so we are not able to say with any certainty for now whether or not he was involved. what we do know so far is that one man has been found dead. the rescue effort is extensive. we know there is a rescue operation taking place, where divers are doing deep dives. the boat is now thought to be 150 feet underwater. it is an extensive mission to try and find out more about what happened. there has been rough weather this week in the mediterranean. that stretch of sea between the north of sicily and naples. we have heard of a number of storms that have taken place there in the past week. it is known that

the operation is ongoing in sicily, and they are i ongoing in sicily, and they are willing to find deadthat might be trapped inside the vessel that now is lying on 49 metres in the sea bed. it is more or less the extreme kilometres —— 16 km from palermo. iam nearby, and also here 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 fl

we have some breaking news to bring you now from sicily.s news agency that two bodies have been found inside the sunken yacht that sank off the coast of sicily. so two bodies have been found inside. this is according to reuters news agency and the italian media reporting this as well. reuters is reporting an unknown source close to the location have been said that two unknown bodies have been located, important to note they have been located inside the vessel and we don't have the names or the six of —— or the sex of these two bodies. media reporting that these two bodies were found behind to mattresses inside the sunken yacht. you will know that we have been covering the story extensively here on bbc news. divers has been attempting to access the boat. at the moment it is around 50 metres, 165 feet, below the surface at the moment since monday morning. these are reports coming to us, just to clarify, on the reuters news agency and italian media as well. actually, i can tell you in the past few seconds or so, sicily�*s civil protection agen

we families there who have gathered and made their way to sicily?— made their way to sicily?eir way to sicily? we know that the families have _ made their way to sicily? we know that the families have received - made their way to sicily? we knowl that the families have received help from the medical officials here in this area of palermo. 0ne doctor talking to them all was 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 p

bethany life in sicily- what _ before we get answers. bethany life in sicily.at we have _ before we get answers. bethany life in sicily. what we have seen - before we get answers. bethany life in sicily. what we have seen of - before we get answers. bethany life in sicily. what we have seen of the l in sicily. what we have seen of the last few hours and what we have a head. thank you very much. india's narendra modi has urged president zelensky to enter peace talks with russia to end the war. on a visit to kyiv — mr modi said, he would act as a "friend" — to try to bring about a truce. last month president zelensky criticised the prime minister for visiting vladimir putin in moscow, on the day that dozens of people were killed in ukraine, by russian missile strikes, including at a children's hospital. let's speak to navtej sarna, former ambassador of india to the united states, in dehli. thank you for being here on bbc news. what do you make of this trip by narendra modi?_ by narendra modi? thank you. i think it is an important _ by narendra modi? thank you. i

mark lowen is in sicily for us.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 underwater. and trapped inside, probably, the bodies of the missing. given how deep it is, each dive can only be ten minutes before the team must resurface.

bethany bell in sicily, thank you very much that i sicily, thank you very much that update.ching bbc news. india's narendra modi has urged president zelensky to enter peace talks with russia to end the war. on a visit to kyiv, mr modi said he would act as a "friend" to try to bring about a truce. last month president zelensky criticised the prime minister for visiting vladimir putin in moscow, on the day that dozens of people were killed in ukraine, by russian missile strikes, including at a children's hospital. a short while ago i spoke to jyoti malhotra — editor—in—chief at the tribune in india. i began by getting her assessment of mr modi's visit to ukraine. this is the indian prime minister's first visit to ukraine since ukraine became independent in 1992, and when the soviet union fell apart. and it's an important visit, notjust notjust because modi not just because modi was in moscow last month — that was a well—publicised visit — but also because it's important for, i think, indians to know and perhaps for the world to know that this war in ukraine is notjust being fo

we will keep across events there in sicily.he us now — where kamala harris is due to give her headline speech at the democratic national convention later. last night, her running mate, tim walz, gave a personal speech as he accepted the vice presidential nomination. the minnesota governor described it as the "honour of his life." he also attacked the republican agenda which he said served the richest people and most extreme voices. the night continued the democrat's roll out of of star power — with big names such as stevie wonder, oprah winfrey and former us president bill clinton. our senior north america correspondent, gary o'donoghue, was there. democrats have been ramping up the celebrity count. kamala harris! echoing michelle obama, oprah told the packed hall to do something. and what we're going to do is elect kamala harris as the next president of the united states! but the current president, joe biden, isn't quite forgotten. even by those senior democrats like nancy pelosi, who eased him out of the nomination. thank you

it was struck on monday, you will recall, by this powerful storm close to the italian island of sicilysignificant a figure he was in the uk tech industry since helping to establish a firm that specialised in using computer—based detection and recognition of fingerprints, called cambridge neuro dynamics. you're watching bbc news. we begin with breaking news — the body of british tech entrepreneur mike lynch has been recovered, days after his yacht capsized off the coast of sicily — a source close to the family has told the bbc. the 59—year—old was holidaying with family, members of his business and legal inner circle, as well as the vessel's crew,

mark lowen, bbc news, porticello, sicily.ollow events in porticello as the day ends. the sun is going down here in sicily now, which means that the search will be limited, obviously overnight, because they won't have the light to work with. but they have struggled really to get inside the wreckage of the bayesian, because even though the ship's mast was snapped by this waterspout, this tornado like rotating column of air and water that engulfed it, the rest of the ship is largely intact from the capsizing, which means that access is a bit limited. there's a lot of furniture of the ship that is blocking access inside, and as you heard there in my report, that given the depth they're allowed 12 minutes, a minute, down to ten minutes once they're underwater and a minute back up before the divers have to resurface. now, what we understand is that they have reached the lounge of the ship, but they are now trying to get even further into the cabin area, where they believe the passengers were sleeping in the early hours of monday mo

one person is dead and six are still missing after a super—yacht sinks off the coast of sicily. we haveife pictures coming to earth from the coast where rescues are still urgently searching for the missing. as a new deadlier strain of mpox spreads around the globe, we talk to a team of specialists to get your questions answered. get in touch. and, a spectacular sunset across the uk last night as the world prepares for a rare blue supermoon. these are pictures coming into us now of the supermoon in seoul south korea. this is south korea right now, with the super moon hanging over the skies of the south korean capital. hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. now is "probably the best, maybe the last opportunity" to secure a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza — those the words of the us secretary of state antony blinken who's been holding talks with israel's prime minister benjamin neta nyahu in tel aviv. the us has expressed optimism about a deal, but that level of optimism is not shared by the israeli leadership or

live from sicily.you throughout the rest of the evening as more information emerges. adam cherry, thank you. now moving on.the cherry, thank you. now moving on. the home secretary has vowed to boot out more than 14,000 illegal immigrants by the end of the year. now, if successful, it will be the fastest deportation rate since 2018, when theresa may remember her. was the prime minister. well, to achieve this, labour are planning to deploy 100 more national crime agency operatives to bust the people smuggling gangs. so are the labour party capable, after all, of stopping the boats or all the measures not nearly ambitious enough? well to chew it over, i'm joined in our studio by our political editor, chris hope. chris. so stop the boats has become smash the gangs. we were waiting for some detail. a mighty 100, 100, 100 officers have been assigned to this to crack down on 14,000. but i put it to you. 19,000 have arrived this year already via small boats. and when we spoke to our homeland security editor ,

mark lowen in sicily, thank you. the missing is the british entrepreneur mike lynch. our business editor simonjack is with me. a significant figure in the uk's technology industry? he has been considered a giant in technology and business circles for two decades, there was pride that a cambridge phd student could make this multi—billion dollar company that was the envy of the world, and then, of course, some people were sorry to see who that placard coming along at buying it but was a validation that uk tech could cut it, it was a crownjeweller, the crowd slipped a bit, there was some controversy, hp said it was not worth the 11 billion a bit rude, and there was a decade of going back and forth, the chief financial officer of the company was charged with fraud and eventually mike lynch was extradited, bound and chained and handcuffed and taken to the us, and the record of those extradited to the record of those extradited to the us is not good, a 95% conviction rate but he beat those odds when he walked free of all c

bethany bell in sicily, thank you very much. .om his office show mr modi getting off a train in kyiv this morning and being greeted by ukrainian officials. mr modi says he wants to share perspectives with president volodymyr zelensky on a peaceful resolution of the war with russia. mr modi has previously refused to condemn russia's full—scale invasion and faced criticism from western states for embracing president putin during a visit to russia injuly. let's speak to our europe correspondent nick beake, who joins us from kyiv. in light of that meeting with president putin, what sort of response and welcome is mr modi going to get? i response and welcome is mr modi going to get?— going to get? i think it will be fresh in people's _ going to get? i think it will be fresh in people's mines, - going to get? i think it will be fresh in people's mines, this| going to get? i think it will be - fresh in people's mines, this recent visit to moscow and the literal embrace of president putin. that came on a day when russian missiles killed m

let's go live to our correspondent bethany bell who is in sicily.s the latest? experts using underwater vehicles? , , . , latest? experts using underwater vehicles? , ,~ ., vehicles? this is a very challenging o eration, vehicles? this is a very challenging operation. the _ vehicles? this is a very challenging operation, the rescue _ vehicles? this is a very challenging operation, the rescue services - vehicles? this is a very challenging| operation, the rescue services have said. they have got teams of specialist divers who are used to working in small, cramped quarters. but the depth of the ship wreck is proving a big challenge. we understand, we have been told that divers have a minute to get down to the wreck and then they can spend between eight to ten minutes under water before they need to spend the last minute coming up to the surface again. they are using remote controlled vehicles. they have been hampered we have been told by the fact that the boat is lying on its side and the access points are choked with debris. so it is difficult to gai

let's take you back to sicily, where specialist italian divers have begun a fresh search for six peopletish luxury yacht sank in a freak storm off the island on monday morning. morgan stanley international bank chairmanjonathan international bank chairman jonathan bloomer, international bank chairmanjonathan bloomer, together with his wife and lawyer, are among those missing. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter hannah are also missing. the yacht sank in bad weather in the early hours of monday. a man's body has been recovered. the body hasn't yet been formally identified but the coastguard in palermo have said it was the ship's cook. the yacht is on the sea bed right now, 50 metres underwater. last night the fire service said divers couldn't access the cabin is due to furniture blocking passage ways. edward llewellyn is the uk ambassador to italy and has been talking to our correspondent. i’m italy and has been talking to our correspondent.— italy and has been talking to our corresondent. �* , ., , correspondent. i'm here 'ust outside palermo, correspondent. i'm

dar; coast of sicily. we will be live with the very latest. day three of the democratic _ with the very latest. day three of the democratic national - with the very latest. day three of. the democratic national convention, after the obamas electrify the gathering in chicago. i’m after the obamas electrify the gathering in chicago. i'm katrina per in gathering in chicago. i'm katrina perry in chicago. _ gathering in chicago. i'm katrina perry in chicago, where - gathering in chicago. i'm katrina i perry in chicago, where democrats are hoping to build on that energy tonight when tim waltz officially becomes the party's vice presidential nominee. here in the uk, a presidential nominee. here in the uk. a man _ presidential nominee. here in the uk. a man is— presidential nominee. here in the uk, a man is arrested _ presidential nominee. here in the uk, a man is arrested on - presidential nominee. here in the | uk, a man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman and three children die in a bradford house fire. and romanian police raided the h

this is the scene now in sicily. the israeli defence forces say they have retrieved the bodies of six hostages from khan younis in southern gaza. one of them was a dual british israeli national. that comes as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, arrives in egypt to continue his push for a ceasefire. i'm in southport where the king is going to meet with the families and survivors of the deadly knife attack in july. and a rocket engine explodes during a test launch at the uk's new spaceport in shetland. welcome to the programme. specialist italian divers have begun a fresh search for six people missing after a british luxury yacht sank in a freak storm off morgan stanley international bank chairmanjonathan bloomer — together with his wifejudy, and lawyer, chris morvillo, are among those missing. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter hannah are also missing. the yacht sank in bad weather in the early hours of monday — 15 were rescued, and a man's body has been recovered. the body hasn't been

we are monitoring that and the situation in sicily as well.. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the bbc has uncovered testimony from what may be one of the worst incidents of mass killings in myanmar�*s civil war. on august 5th, eyewitnesses say hundreds of civilians from the rohingya muslim community were bombed as they tried to flee. it's the latest deadly violence against them — in 2017, hundreds were killed in what was described by the un as ethnic cleansing by the country's military. in recent months, scores of rohingya muslims have been killed and thousands have fled to bangladesh, but now they say they're also being attacked by the other side, those fighting the military, the rebel group arakan army. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from the border at teknaf in bangladesh — her report contains distressing images, including of people who died as a result of the attack. across the river naf, rakhine state in myanmar. hidden from the world, deadly violence is unfolding there against rohingya muslims. chilling acco

i have not heard anything else from my nephews out in sicily at the moment.hat is beyond your wildest imagination, so, yes, these things, unfortunately, you know, can occur, but you hope it is not at your doorstep. i'm just numb, just numb. that is it. you just don't know what to think, and you can't believe it is happened. the democratic national convention continues tonight in chicago. last night we heard from an emotional presidentjoe biden — to hear what's expected this evening, we can speak now to our chief washington presenter catriona perry who's there. democratic party members are very aware they do not have long at all from now until election day, just 77 days, which by american standards is a very short amount of time to have a very short amount of time to have a campaign and convince voters to vote for you, especially when polls show this rate site —— race is tight. so the theme tonight is a bold vision for america's future, so here a bit more about kamala harris has been criticised for an unarticulated and we will hear from barack obama and michel

british ship sinks in sicily . seven people missing as sicily. people missing as the sailboat is hit by a tornado. 15 have been rescued so far. the italian coastguard continues their search. >> wes streeting lie—in. we are getting news that one body has been recovered from the scene of that yacht sinking . 19 of those that yacht sinking. 19 of those on board were either british or dual british nationals. >> operation early dawn emergency measures to prevent overcrowding in prisons has been triggered as more rioters are sentenced. but is this just another of sir keir starmer's sticking plaster solutions ? sticking plaster solutions? >> and across the pond, vice president kamala harris leads donald trump in the latest polls. apparently, she prepares for her headline moment at the democratic national convention that starts tonight . that starts tonight. >> it's going to be interesting stuff. meanwhile, prince harry and meghan markle depart columbia, but the verdict is out on whether the public tour was a. success. >> and we're going to tell you what

dar; coast of sicily. we will be live with the very latest.hering in chicago. i’m after the obamas electrify the gathering in chicago. i'm katrina per in gathering in chicago. i'm katrina perry in chicago. _ gathering in chicago. i'm katrina perry in chicago, where - gathering in chicago. i'm katrina i perry in chicago, where democrats are hoping to build on that energy tonight when tim waltz officially becomes the party's vice presidential nominee. here in the uk, a presidential nominee. here in the uk. a man _ presidential nominee. here in the uk. a man is— presidential nominee. here in the uk, a man is arrested _ presidential nominee. here in the uk, a man is arrested on - presidential nominee. here in the | uk, a man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman and three children die in a bradford house fire. and romanian police raided the home of the controversial social media influencer andrew tate as part of an investigation into new allegations against him. and the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and his tour of the middle e

some breaking news from the search operation going on off the coast of sicily.wejust sicily. these are live pictures from porticello. we just had an update from the coastguard. they say their search operation has continued without stopping since the early hours of dawn. they say they are using naval, air and underwater resources, all being coordinated by the coastguard. you can see some emergency workers there in this live picture we have from porticello. we mentioned earlier about how remote controlled vehicles were being brought in and the coastguard have given us a little more information. they say the underwater investigations are being conducted by divers from naples and messina and they have been strengthened by this remotely operated vehicle which they say has high performance characteristics. they say the robots are capable of operating up to a depth of 300 metres. the wreck itself is lined 50 metres down so it is well capable of operating at that depth. it can operate on its own for between six and seven hours. the robot is equipped with advanced techno

and we can speak to mark in the sicily now. mark, what else is happening behind you? we sicily now.t else is happening behind you? we are 'ust caettin happening behind you? we are 'ust getting news— happening behind you? we are 'ust getting news breaking nowfi happening behind you? we arejust getting news breaking now actuallyi getting news breaking now actually within the last couple of minutes that a fifth body has been found by the rescuers in the wreckage, but not yet retrieved, and now the three of the bodies that have come ashore have already been taken to a mortuary by ambulances for identification. you will have seen in my report there that we had a very rare access to get to the spot where the bayesian went down. we saw dive boats at that time, we were not sure it's out there but they were doing, but that don't nag it appears that was the start of the operation to find one of the bodies. the sixth missing passenger remains missing, but it seems like a matter of time, perhaps, until that person will be found. but still tonight, there are huge questions over how this all happe

mark lowen is still with us in sicily. what do we expect to happen now? , ., . , _, sicily.earches continue apace. we have seen helicopters _ now? the searches continue apace. we have seen helicopters scouring - have seen helicopters scouring overhead and boats are leaving to continue to try to support the divers. as you heard in that report, a team of marine investigators from the uk have now arrived here, the british ambassador confirmed that to me, saying they will work with their italian counterparts to make a preliminary assessment and see whether enough was being done to mitigate the effects of what was expected to be a weather warning over the last few days. there was a period of intense heat over the last few days, which combined with violent storms and had increased the temperature of the mediterranean to a higher level than normal, therefore magnify and accelerating therefore magnify and accelerating the possibility of extreme weather. that's what caused this accident and this disaster which engulfed the yacht in a matter of seconds. mark lowen, yacht in a matter o

just before we go back to sicily,... let's head over to the danish capital copenhagen now. there to protect the city from floods and severe weather. more than 300 climate adaptation projects are in the works. including underground tunnels to carry away heavy rainfall, as well as the creation of new green spaces that act like "sponges" to help hold back water. 0ur correspondent in copenhagen, adrienne murray, has been taking a closer look. a huge tunnel burrowing right under the city. 20 metres below ground. this is likejules verne, journey to the centre of the earth. it's part of a plan to protect copenhagen from flash flooding during heavy downpours called cloudbursts. acting as a man—made river, this is one of two tunnels that will hold large volumes of water, then carry it away to the sea. this one runs down to the harbour. it's 700 metres long and basically the two tunnels together should contain or retain 10,000 cubic metres of water during a storm event. in 2011, a once—in—a—thousand—year flood left the danish capital knee deep in water and caused widespread damage. n

the north coast of sicily is susceptible to this type of bad weather.know there have been several storms over the last couple of weeks. this particular storm hit at 4am today. some reports in local media actually called it a tornado, so extreme weather locals were seeing. this yacht in particular, 56 metre long super yacht, it was anchored outside of port, close to palermo. being 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 a

divers continue the search for six people missing after a luxury yacht sank in a freak storm off sicilyese are live pictures from sicily, where divers say their work is being made very difficut by objects blocking their access to the yacht�*s cabins. i'm the democratic national convention in the chicago, where after an emotional speech by president biden last night, tonight barack obama will seek to rally voters for kamala harris. the democratic republic of congo says it expects to start vaccinating against mpox by the end of next week. and king charles meets emergency service workers in southport — in the north—west of england — where three young girls were fatally stabbed at a dance class last month. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. the israeli army has retrieved the bodies of six hostages from khan younis, in southern gaza. these are the six men — they'd been captured in southern israel during the hamas attacks on october 7. five of their deaths had already been announced, but one was previously thought to have still been alive. in gaza, hamas officials say at least ten people have been ki

off the coast of sicily.me passageways are blocked ljy because some passageways are blocked by furniture but it continues and we will give you all the updates. stay with us. good afternoon. some wet weather in the forecast particularly for northern and western areas of the uk as we head through the rest of the week, windy too but even further southin week, windy too but even further south in these there will still be showers around at times today. sunny spells but blustery showers, strongest gusts of wind in the squeeze of the isobars across northern ireland in western scotland, up to 50 mph. this is where the bulk of the showers will be and some of the showers will be heavy and thundery, merging at times to feel like longer spells of rain. further south, largely dry, a few more isolated showers towards the west but the best of the sunshine across parts of south—east england with 23 or 2a celsius, a fresh feel behind that earlier this morning. call it a night, some showers across the north and west, clouded b

mark lowen in sicily — and you'll find lots more on our website.ry is reported to have launched an airstrike on a hezbollah weapons depot in lebanon's eastern bekaa valley. an israeli strike on a lebanese border village killed two hezbollah fighters before that. cross—border exchanges between iran—backed hezbollah and israeli forces have intensified recently, raising fears that they could spark a wider regional war. earlier, the us secretary of state said it's up to hamas to agree to a ceasefire in gaza now that israel has approved a proposal aimed at bridging the divide between the two sides antony blinken was speaking after talks with israeli leaders. washington has expressed optimism about a deal since talks resumed in doha last week. for president biden, there's a deep sense of urgency in getting this done and i also hear that throughout this country, as well as throughout the region. it's the single best way not only to get the hostages home, to ease the suffering of people in gaza, it's also the best way to make sure that conflict doesn't spr

a desperate search for survivors, after a british superyacht sank off the coast of sicily.ne man has died and six others are still missing — including british tech businessman mike lynch. as the crown prosecution service here in the uk works around the clock in the wake of the uk riots — the prison system is being stretched to its limits. we'll look at the pressure points in the system and the potential solutions. and we'll be live in chicago. it's the start of the democratic party's national convention. it's a crowning moment for kamala harris as the party's presidential nominee, but tonight it's all eyes onjoe biden when he takes the stage. "this is a decisive moment" — the words of america's top diplomat, antony blinken, as he visits the middle east yet again, to try to push through a ceasefire deal for gaza. after meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, the us secretary of state said that israel had approved a proposal aimed at bridging the divide between the two sides. mr blinken didn't clarify what, if any, specific concessions israel has made to help secure t

ijust want i just want to start with the latest off the coast of sicily.

these are live pictures from sicily, where divers say their work is being made very difficut by objects blocking their access to the yacht�*s cabins. specialist divers continue the search for six people missing after a luxury yacht sank in a freak storm off sicily — 15 people survived. in gaza, the civil defence agency says at least 12 people have been killed in an israeli military attack on a school. the israeli military says it's recovered the bodies of another six hostages in gaza — but the opposition accuses benjamin netanyahu, of sabotaging peace talks. king charles meets emergency service workers in southport — in the north—west of england — where three young girls were fatally stabbed at a dance class last month. i'm caitriona perry at the democratic national committee chain in chicago, later tonight barack and michelle obama will seek to rally nationwide support for kamala harris. specialist divers are continuing to search for six people missing after a british luxury yacht sank in a freak storm off sicily on monday morning. morgan stanley international bank chairmanjonathan blo

now in sicily.ike lynch is missing after his yacht capsized following a tornado. now mr lynch is dubbed the uk's bill gates was once ceo of hewlett packard and gb news home and security editor mark white joins us now. mark looking like a tragedy off the coast of sicily . tragedy off the coast of sicily. what's the latest? >> well, indeed, the shock waves really sent through the business world with the news that mike lynch was on board. that yacht and is now missing. sadly presumed dead. it was very early this morning, just after 430 local time, when that bay, just near palermo was struck by a very strong winds and a tornado or a sea spout, as it's known out at sea. one of the boats that was nearby at the time managed to manoeuvre and steer into the wind, but somehow the bayesian , the superyacht that bayesian, the superyacht that mike lynch and others were on board, was struck directly by this sea spout and smashed to pieces. knocked over the mast is believed to have been smashed off the vessel. it'

our correspondent mark lowen is in sicily tonight.h operation is continuing here in porticello. we are close to the sicilian capital, palermo, and the sicilian capital, palermo, and the emergency teams are hard at 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, bef

in sicily a second day of searching for the _ in sicily a second day of searching for the missing hasroved fruitless because _ for the missing has proved fruitless because rescues have struggled to -et because rescues have struggled to get inside — because rescues have struggled to get inside the wreckage. also tonight — more jail time for those arrested after this summer's violent disorder across england. they include an 18 month sentence for a former army driver. health officials in africa say mpox is "not the new covid" but appeal for strong international action to stop its spread. and the world war two bomb detonated in county down. a controlled explosion sees the local community evacuated. and the local community evacuated. stayed with us her news and stayed with us here on the abc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondence around the world. ——. -- bbc. good evening. in italy, the search will resume at first light for six people still unaccounted for, after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of sicily on monday morning. the missing include the britis

our colleagues are updating this and our reporter in sicily.t of this week, the weather does remain very changeable. there will be heavy rain at times, it's going to be very windy at times as well, but today we're looking at sunny spells and blustery showers. we've had a couple of weather fronts crossing us, taking some patchy rain — they're now moving away. and you can see from the isobars, it is going to be blustery. the strongest winds across the northwest, where we've also got a weather front. this is where we'll see the most frequent showers, some of those heavy and also thundery. but we could see some further showers in northern ireland, northern england, a few getting into wales, a few in the midlands. but as you come south, they'll be fewer and further between. temperatures 14 to about 24 degrees. heading on through this evening, we hang on to a few showers, but overnight, many of them will tend to fade. we'll see clear skies, still going to be blustery, but the winds will start to strengthen out towards the west, the cloud build and th

we want to bring you some breaking news coming in from porter cello sicily which is that italian rescue attacks-— tragic attacks. thank you. that is our correspondent, _ tragic attacks. thank you. that is our correspondent, sean - tragic attacks. thank you. that is our correspondent, sean daly - tragic attacks. thank you. that is our correspondent, sean daly in | our correspondent, sean daly in southport, following the funeral service of seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe. we want to bring you some breaking news coming in from porter cello sicily which is that italian rescue divers have located the body of the last person missing following the sinking of the yacht they are in sicily. this body is believed to be of michael lynch's daughter, after the british tech entrepreneur's your cinque. the italian rescue divers have located the body of the last person missing following the sinking of the and now the news coming this tragedy and now the news coming in from italy is that rescue divers have found the last of the people missing, believed to be the daughter of mike lynch. i will bring yo

>> this evening americans among the missing, the reports of a possible tornado sinking a boat off sicily> first tonight, day one of the democratic national convention, president biden set to deliver a heart felt keynote address in prime-time right here tonight just 29 days after he dropped out of the race. the president saying late today he is ready to pass the torch to his vice president kamala harris. also tonight, at this hour the protesters right here in chicago, breaking through a barrier a short time ago, the scene outside. tonight, the new abc news "washington post" ipsos poll, where this race now stands. kamala harris now leading donald trump nationally 49-45. tonight former president trump trying to counterprogram this convention, campaigning in key battlegrounds, in pennsylvania today, attacking harris' economic plans and it comes after trump told supporters he's better looking than kamala harris. the other major story tonight, the deadly flooding in the northeast, a state of emergency in some places, at least two people swept away. firefighters making daring rescues over ragin

a search and rescue effort continues for passengers on a 180-foot both sinking off sicily.y some sort of waterspout. two americans are among the six people missing. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his daughter among the missing. the boat was found 160 feet below the water's surface. 15 people have been rescued so far. >>> when we come back tonight, remembering phil donahue. the iconic talk show host making his audience part of the show. e. ♪ ♪ i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. i'm lowering my risk. adults lost up to 14 pounds. i lost some weight. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't share needles or pens, or reuse needles. don't take ozempic® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop ozempic® and get m

the vessel was anchored near sicily on august 18 to wait out what. according to the latest data , 15 people were rescued, now at the scene search operations are underway. finland's forest industry complex is in deep crisis due to anti-russian sanctions supported by helsinki. against the backdrop of the ban on timber supplies from our country, prices are rising and enterprises are closing. elizaveta morskaya will tell you how much more difficult it is now for local companies and how exports from russia have changed. the rapid rise in timber prices and the closure of enterprises, commenting on the state of the forest industry in finland, experts explain that these are clear signs that the country is in crisis. one of reasons for the refusal of russian timber before the start of the svo, finland imported more than 9 million cubic meters of raw materials from russia per year, but in the spring of twenty-second deliveries completely stopped. on average, over the year , timber prices, depending on the species, jumped by 8-11% and up to against the backdrop

bethany bell in sicily - very much. bethany bell in sicily with the latest on those reports.using problems in the united kingdom. storm lillian has swept across parts of the uk, meaning flights have had to be cancelled, drivers have been urged to take care and the leeds festival in the north of england has had to close a couple of its stages because of the conditions. you can see people in attendance with layer tents being billowed about in those strong winds. some performances won't be taking place. let's find out more of the details now with the weather. the showers keep going through the night, the south—east— time the rain pushes up through south—east england and the south—east to take us into tomorrow morning some warm air as well 13 to 16 as we start saturday. we start their weekend grey and wet across the southern and eastern areas, things will gradually improved but slow improvement rain lingering into the early afternoon. heavy showers some of them thundery across england and wales and other sunshine and shower day for scotland and northern ireland. it is going to be

i want to show you the live pictures we have coming from sicily, just off the coast of sicily, whereme, in that violent storm. i knew statement just in from the coastguard —— a new statementjust in from the italian coastguard saying since the early hours of the morning local time, the search operations for the six missing have continued without stopping. they say the vessel sank flying the british flag during a violent storm that affected the palermo coast. they say they will continue without stopping, with divers evaluating the feasibility 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 countd

our correspondent mark lowen has more from sicily. after the rescue, the retrieval.atched 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 boat. these pictures nearby show the force of the winds at around 5am. the yacht couldn't withstand them. charlotte golunski, the mother of a one—year—old who also survived, spoke of holding her daughter above the water with her whole strength. "all i could hear around me", she said, "were the screams of others." a doctor who treated the baby gave an update. transla

desperate search for survivors continues overnight after a powerful storm sinks a yacht off the coast of sicily. the man known as britain's bill gates and two americans among those still missing. >>> a new twist in the george santos saga, how long the disgraced cong disgraced congressman could face behind bars. >>> a troubling new sign for the economy. why more americans are worried they' they'll lose their job. >>> remembering a television icon who reshaped daytime tv. >>> and, are you too good for a role? how happy gilmore fans are getting a chance to tee off alongside adam sandler as an extra in the sequel. it's tuesday, august 20th, "early today" starts right now. >>> and good morning. i'm richard lui. it was an emotional night one for the democratic national convention. the night was full of tributes to outgoing president joe biden, who was the keynote speaker, as he celebrated his accomplishments and praised his haven't. the crowd kept erupting into chants of "we love you joe", and "thank you, joe". >> thank you, kamala. folks. >> the president wrapped up his speech by saying he would be

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. >>> two americans are among six missing after a luxury super yacht sinks off the coast of sicily. a british tech mogul also missing. we're live with the desperate search. >>> and "early today" takes you inside the app helping shoppers connect with black-owned businesses. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm richard lui. it was an emotional night, one for the democratic national convention. president biden was the keynote speaker. the night full of tributes to the outgoing president, with the crowd erupting into chants of "we love joe,", and "thank you joe." >> she's tough, and she has enormous integrity. her story represents the best american story. and like many of our best presidents, she was also vice president. that's a joke. >> vice president harris was also in attendance last night. and she made an unexpected appearance on stage where she gave her own brief remarks, praising president biden. nbc's brie jackson is there in chicago for us. >> reporter: president biden taking the stage at the democratic national convention to a hero's welcome. >>. 's passing th