stephanie prentice, bbc news.l thailand to mark one of the holiest days on the buddhist calendar. it was the first time in two years the event to commemorate makha bucha day has fully opened for thousands of visitors. the ceremony has been performed for more than 2,500 years but, because of the pandemic, was held online for the past two years. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lmmisztak. hello there. the weather on thursday into friday could be very interesting. more on that later on. but we're going to find a bit more snow across more of the country in the next few days. so far, most of it has been falling across northern scotland and the snow is continuing to pile up here. cold start to tuesday, icy conditions as well. temperatures not quite so low for the south where we've got more cloud. we are continuing to see mostly rain but there could be a little bit of sleet and snow in there as well. it does tend to peter out a little bit more through the day. there will be a few wintry showers though developing furthe

stephanie prentice, bbc news. those gargoyles a big job ahead of them.t news by visiting the website, bbc.com/news or download the app. i am monica miller, thank you for watching. hello. scotland had its warmest day of the year so far on tuesday, with temperatures reaching 16 degrees in fyvie castle in aberdeenshire. overall, it was a brighter kind of day, but we still had a number of showers around and those rainfall totals continue to mount up. of course, it's already been a wet month. there are quite a few places now that have seen more than one and a half times the march average rainfall, but there's loads more to come. and, indeed, as we look at this satellite picture, we've got a current batch of rain falling from this cloud, working its way eastwards right now. and the rain's quite heavy, actually, across parts of scotland, england and wales. it will be clearing over the next few hours in northern ireland, but we'll have some heavy showers flowing in here. all the while, south—westerly winds will be picking up in strength. of course, it means it's

stephanie prentice reports. months you before and after satellite images show the full extent of the flooding after what had been called atmospheric river storms. tens of thousands of people are without power in the central and southern ranges with evacuation winnings issued for 50,000 residents statewide, 14,000 people under orders to seek higher ground because of flooding. communities here have been struggling to get back on theirfeet been struggling to get back on their feet before another been struggling to get back on their feet before another storm hits, it is set to get worse before it gets better. with more intense rain expected an already saturated areas. in los angeles high winds have torn apart industrial areas in the city of montebello, social media footage claims to show a vortex touching down into a tornado. ripping roofs of buildings and destroying cars. the national weather service says it's assessing possible tornado damage to infrastructure. throughout the succession of pacific storms there is

stephanie prentice reports. hello. oh, wow. busy!caribbean actor orlando bloom visited alongside unicef, part of work to raise awareness of the impact the war in ukraine is having on its youngest. oh, yeah, oh, yeah! laughter centres like this are designed to help build and get psychosocial support and some basic learning as many have now been out of regular education for more than a year. oh, my goodness, you just keep giving me presents! 0h! sir! thank you so much. thanks for coming. next, a meeting with volodymyr zelensky to discuss the work needed around supporting children in ukraine. so it's remarkable to see how you are in upholding this country and... we have a good country. we hold each other. well. . .yes. before he left, the actor read out a buddhist message of encouragement from a text about children. "once fortune was against a knight who was captured "in battle by his enemies and had his castle confiscated. "�*where is your castle now?�* they asked, "laughing scornfully. "�*you have lost everything,�* they implied. "the

stephanie prentice reports.m roofs, and also said to provide spiritual protection from the wrath of heaven by scaring off evil spirits. no self—respecting cathedral could operate without its gargoyles, but some of them didn't survive the fire in 2019, and a dozen of france's finest sculptors were called in. translation: it is very fine. there are edges that are very fine, well drawn. we have to reproduce them as they were originally done. it's our duty. these new creatures are being made out of clay, or huge blocks of stone shipped down the seine, but some of the older ones are also being saved. translation: this is older, it's not a viollet-le-duc. - i think it dates from a restoration in the 18th century. you can recognise the style, it is very busy. you can see on the column there are lots of little spikes. each piece takes at least three weeks to complete, and after that, of course, the task of getting them into position begins. translation: these are stones that will now be part _ of the cathedralfor 400, 5

stephanie prentice, bbc news. looks like a lot of fun. that's it from us for now.thanks for watching. hello. we'll need our raincoats and brollies this week. it really does look very unsettled indeed, and especially wet in western parts of the uk. monday is no different. i don't think it's going to be raining all the time, but certainly some rain on the way and just a few glimmers of brightness. a lot of cloud streaming in our direction but you can see it's coming in from the southwest, hence it stays mild. and multiple weather fronts crossing the country through the course of monday. more weather fronts out in the atlantic making a beeline for the uk. so the forecast then for monday shows mild conditions early in the morning. temperatures around five degrees in stornoway, nine in plymouth. and see where the heavier rain is in the morning across parts of northern england, southwestern scotland and northern ireland. that's one weather front, you can see it moves northwards. and then in the southwest later in the day, showers gather across cornwall, devon, parts of s

stephanie prentice reports.own for its famous financial backer as well as its top speeds, described by the crew as being able to outrun human traffickers. named after a french feminist anarchist, louise michel has reportedly saved hundreds of migrants at sea over the past three years. but the white and pink vessel provided by the british street artist banksy has now been impounded with no timeline for its release. as far as we are aware there are at least 15 distress cases as we speak... ..that we could be helping, and we're not because we're not allowed to leave the port. in a series of tweets, its crew described a clash with the italian coastguard on the weekend. they said they were told to leave an area at sea but ignored it after coming across 3a people in the water at night. a mother holding an unconscious baby was among those they brought on board. in response, the coastguard said they were complicating delicate rescue work and said charity boats have to stick to a code of conduct. un data suggests that te

stephanie prentice reports.rescue boat known for its famous financial backer as well as its top speeds, described by the crew is being able to outrun human traffickers. named after a french feminist anarchist, louise michelle has reportedly saved hundreds of migrants at sea over the past three years. but the white and pink vessel provided by the british street artist banksy has now been impounded with no timeline for its release. figs impounded with no timeline for its release-— its release. as far as we are aware there _ its release. as far as we are aware there are _ its release. as far as we are aware there are at - its release. as far as we are aware there are at least - its release. as far as we are aware there are at least 15 l aware there are at least 15 distress cases as we speak. that we could be helping and we're not because we're not allowed to leave the port. in a series of— allowed to leave the port. in a series of tweets _ allowed to leave the port. in a series of tweets it _ allowed to leave the po

stephanie prentice, bbc news.ave both beenjailed for four years. the wind was valued at $1.7 million. —— wine. after 9- at $1.7 million. —— wine. after 9— month police hunt across order —— across europe, they were arrested on the croatian border and sent back to spain. archaeologists in egypt have discovered roman—era artefacts they say may belong to emperor claudius who ruled more than 2,000 years ago. a sphinx—like statue is among the items that were unearthed in a limestone cabin in southern egypt — east of the temple of dendera in (jena province. the team from cairo's ain shams university also discovered an inscribed stone tablet. and do have a look at the bbc news website for more on all our stories and the rest of the day's headlines. that's at bbc.com/news or of course you can download the bbc news app. and that's all for this programme but you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. thank you for watching. hello there. the weather on thursday into friday could be very interesting. more on

stephanie prentice reports. provide spiritual protection from the wrath of heaven by scaring off evil spirits. no self—respecting cathedral could operate without its gargoyles, but some of them didn't survive the fire in 2019, and a dozen of france's finest sculptors were called in. translation: it is very fine. there are edges that are very fine, well drawn. we have to reproduce them as they were originally done. it's our duty. these new creatures are being made out of clay, or huge blocks of stone shipped down the seine, but some of the older ones are also being saved. translation: this is not | a viollet-le-duc, it's older. i think it dates from a restoration in the 18th century. you can recognise the style, it is very busy. you can see on the column there are lots of little spikes. each piece takes at least three weeks to complete, and after that, of course, the task of getting them into position begins. translation: these are stones that will now be part _ of the cathedralfor 400, 500, 600 years. this is an

stephanie prentice reports. hello. oh, wow. busy!t of work to raise awareness of the impact the war in ukraine is having on its youngest. oh, yeah, oh, yeah! laughter centres like this are designed to help build and get psychosocial support and some basic learning as many have now been out of regular education for more than a year. oh, my goodness, you just keep giving me presents! 0h! sir! thank you so much. thanks for coming. next, a meeting with volodymyr zelensky to discuss the work needed around supporting children in ukraine. so it's remarkable to see how you are in upholding this country and... we have a good country. we hold each other. well. . .yes. before he left, the actor read out a buddhist message of encouragement from a text about children. "once fortune was against a knight who was captured "in battle by his enemies and had his castle confiscated. "�*where is your castle now?�* they asked, "laughing scornfully. "�*you have lost everything,�* they implied. "the knight answered resolutely, "holding his head high, �*my c

stephanie prentice reports. the big reveal. inaccessible passage close to the entrance to the last of the seven wonders of the ancient world. congratulations given to a team of scientists as they reveal the fruits of seven years of labour. they have been using advanced radiography for detection then collecting images by feeding a minuscule endoscope — a tube with a camera on it — into tiny gaps in the pyramids stones. the discovery of a hidden tunnel is a revelation, not only because it allows greater insight into the workings of ancient egypt, and how they achieved such feats of archaeology, but also because of what may be inside. it's not built for nothing. it has a reason. it could be leading to a tomb. it could be built as a process of building the pyramids, and we don't know much about the construction of the pyramids, so it's a great discovery. it could be built to hide treasures. the largest giza pyramid is also known as the great pyramid of king khufu, an ancient egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the fourth

stephanie prentice, bbc news. that's all for now. thanks your company.aching 16 degrees in fyvie castle in aberdeenshire. overall, it was a brighter kind of day, but we still had a number of showers around and those rainfall totals continue to mount up. of course, it's already been a wet month. there are quite a few places now that have seen more than one and a half times the march average rainfall, but there's loads more to come. and, indeed, as we look at this satellite picture, we've got a current batch of rain falling from this cloud, working its way eastwards right now. and the rain's quite heavy, actually, across parts of scotland, england and wales. it will be clearing over the next few hours in northern ireland, but we'll have some heavy showers flowing in here. all the while, south—westerly winds will be picking up in strength. of course, it means it's going to be a mild start to the day on wednesday, temperatures for some into double figures. but for wednesday, it is another unsettled one. more rain around. and we're going to see some strong wi

stephanie prentice, bbc news.sumer protection laws. the company is accused of stopping our competition for live event ticketing and charging inflated prices for tickets. this past weekend, she took to social media saying you hopes the situation can be improve. that is all for now. you can get me at two footer. —— on twitter. hello there. well, it was a fine start to the new working week, wasn't it? most of us had sunshine and it was glasgow that had the sunniest of all the weather — 11 hours of sunshine recorded. fine end to the day as well in argyle and butte. the lovely weather we had on monday was down to this area of high pressure, the first one we've seen in the uk for over three weeks. however, that was yesterday and this is today. low pressure is swinging in off the atlantic, so we're going to lose the dry weather and replace it with rain, and once again, we're totting up the rainfall totals. there are now parts of the uk that have seen well over double the march rainfall with more to come over the next few

stephanie prentice, bbc news.yee appreciation day. we'll be speaking to a leading clinical psychologist about the importance of recognition and appreciation and with that in mind, the last 25 have been brought to you byjacqueline, who is directing, our editor, rusit. it is being outputted by wendy, who loved in my ear, and the business news is coming up with matt, who is in charge of the next 25 minutes. do stay with us. we will see you soon. hello again. the main difference in the weather we had on thursday from place to place was around how much cloud we saw. the best of the day sunshine was across wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england. really was a glorious day. but further north we had extensive cloud coming in off the north sea, the thickest cloud for eastern scotland and north east england. and that brought us notjust grey skies, but actually outbreaks of light rain on and off. for much of the day, it turned out to be quite damp. now, over recent hours, we've been detecting some o

stephanie prentice reports.been described by local authorities as a powerful collision and a terrible scene. passengers said the crash felt like being in an earthquake. we heard a like being in an earthquake. - heard a big bang, it was ten nightmarish seconds, we were turning over in the wake until it fell on the sides and the commotion stop. then there was panic, cables everywhere, fire, the fire was immediate as we were turning over we were being burnt, fire was right and left. as rescue teams work their way through these dark and smoky carriages the death toll keeps rising. after a high—speed collision on the night between a cargo train and a passenger train. hundreds of passengers had been evacuated by rescue teams some dragged to safety after crawling through upside down carriages. it after crawling through upside down carriages.— after crawling through upside down carriages. it was chaos, tumbling _ down carriages. it was chaos, tumbling over, _ down carriages. it was chaos, tumbling over, fires, - down ca

stephanie prentice reports: the big reveal.he entrance to one of the wonders of the world. graduation is given to a team of scientists as they reveal the fruits of seven years of labour. they have been using advanced radiography for detection and collecting images ijy detection and collecting images by feeding a minuscule endoscope, a due with a camera on it, into tiny gaps in the pyramids stones. the discovery pyramid's stones. the discovery of a hidden tunnel is a revelation, not only because it allows greater insight into the workings of ancient egypt and how they achieved such feats of archaeology, but also because of what may be inside. it is archaeology, but also because of what may be inside.- of what may be inside. it is a bill for nothing. _ of what may be inside. it is a bill for nothing. it _ of what may be inside. it is a bill for nothing. it has - of what may be inside. it is a bill for nothing. it has a - bill for nothing. it has a reason. it could be leading to a tomb. it could be built as a process of building t

stephanie prentice, bbc news.ay of his visit to the second day of his visit to the country. on wednesday, the prince of wales thanked british troops in a trip to a military base in poland near the ukraine border. his visit was kept secret until he left the area because of security concerns. i just wanted to come here in person and say thank you for all that you're doing, keeping everyone safe out here, and keeping an eye on what's going on. sojust a keeping an eye on what's going on. sojusta big keeping an eye on what's going on. sojust a big thank you keeping an eye on what's going on. so just a big thank you for what you do on a day—to—day basis. i know some of you are coming to the end of your time out rear —— here, so looking forward to a bit of r and r at home. you're doing a so good job here, supporting freedoms. everyone supports you at home, and supporting the poles and counterparts is really cou nterpa rts is really important. counterparts is really important. thank you for your time, lovely to meet you a

stephanie prentice reports.g able to outrun human traffickers. named after a french feminist anarchist, louise michel has reportedly saved hundreds of migrants at sea over the past three years. but the white and pink vessel provided by the british street artist banksy has now been impounded with no timeline for its release. as far as we are aware, there are at least 15 distress cases as we speak that we could be helping and we're not, because we're not allowed to leave the port. in a series of tweets, its crew described a clash with the italian coast guard on the weekend. they say they were told to leave an area at sea, but ignored it after coming across 3a people in the water at night. a mother holding an unconscious baby was among those they brought on board. in response, the coast guard said they were complicating delicate rescue work and said charity boats have to stick to a code of conduct. un data suggests that ten times more people are attempting to cross into lampedusa this year compared to last year and

stephanie prentice reports.hemselves for the sixth day of strikes and protest since mid january. there are said to be the biggest yet with more than i million people expected to turn out in paris and other major cities. it is all about proposed changes to pension reform, and issue the government is showing no sign of backing down on. 0rganisers say they are prepared to bring the country to its knees as transport and public services growing to a halt. in the days ahead they will be called to extend the strengths and key sectors such as power generation and gas terminals. translation: i generation and gas terminals. translation:— generation and gas terminals. translation: i hope that there will be more _ translation: i hope that there will be more movement, - translation: i hope that there will be more movement, unless| will be more movement, unless government will react. hereafter you have to adapt but it is for a good cause, i tell myself that it is ok. translation: i myself that it is ok. translation: ., ., tra

stephanie prentice reports.9. and a dozen of france's finest sculptors were called in. translation: it's very fine. there are edges that are very fine, well drawn. we have to reproduce them as they were originally done. it's our duty. these new creatures are being made out of clay or huge blocks of stone translation: it's very fine. shipped down the seine. but some of the older ones are also being saved. this is not viollet—le—duc. it is older. i think it dates from a restoration in the 18th century. you can recognize the style. it is very busy. you can see on the column that there are lots of little spikes. each piece takes at least three weeks to complete, and after that, of course, the task of getting them into position begins. these are stones that will now be part of the cathedral for 400, 500, 600 hundred years. this is another element that shows that the cathedral is rising from its ashes. and notre dame or our lady is set to rise again as paris's gothic masterpiece in 2024. stephanie prentice, bbc news.

let's get more from our reporter, stephanie prentice. so, stephanie, it's quite a day, isn't it?where. absolutely. so it's fair to say a significant amount of people will be waking up today to some disruption to their daily routine. we are expecting strikes from teachers, doctors, civil servants and across the london underground, some of those workers will be making their way down to london to take part in protests. so is that budget is unveiled, jeremy hunt will likely be able to hear those people protesting outside. now, how will it affect people? let's start with schools. teachers are striking in a widespread manner and that is over pay as well as conditions. this is a two—day strike. they want a pay rise above inflation. in previous strikes, that has affected about 50% of schools quite significantly, but parents are still being told to send their kids in unless they've been told otherwise.— kids in unless they've been told otherwise. , ., , told otherwise. yep, some of my children will— told otherwise. yep, some of my children will be _ told otherwise. yep, some of my childre

for more, stephanie prentice is here, she's been following developments. und this disaster? well, as the full scale of this disaster was unfolding, the initial response we saw was one of shock and sadness but now what we are seeing is a lot of anger and particularly in cities that were connected to the passenger chain involved in this. —— train. it departed out of athens and demonstrators have been heading there and going to the offices of hellenic train, the operator responsible for this line. what started as a candlelight vigil turned into demonstrators having problems with police, riot police were called and teargas was dispersed. the source of the anger seems to be that safety concerns about this line were well—known and had in fact been for years. trade unionists had been speaking out. they said this particular line had been flagged and needed to be fixed. there was safety concerns already around it. a safety supervisor even resigned last year. he was saying infrastructure upgrades are much—needed and that in included critically automating systems, whi

stephanie prentice is following the story.m disaster, overloaded with people and pitching out of control in rough seas. the italian coastguard responded to calls from other boats in the waters off the south coast, saying it was challenging but it managed to get 1,300 people to safety using smaller vessels to ferry people to shore. giorgia meloni's conservative government came into power with promises of crackdowns on arrivals to italian shores, but there has been a sharp increase in people trying to arrive in small boats from north africa and turkey. when you have people dying literally a0 metres off your coast, i think the focus cannot be anything else than saving the people. the focus has been on preventing departures, and of course we don't argue against... the problem is you don't find traffickers on board those ships. two weeks ago, at least 7a people died when their boat hit rocks near the south coast. 500 people marched in their memory on saturday, under the banner stop the massacre now. they accuse the government of mo

stephanie prentice reports: this tiny equal hatch to become one of the largest lizards on earth.n 11 and very delicate the eggs have been carefully monitored by a team at a zoo in southern spain. ahead of the department known as the mother of incubated five seven months before the first baby dragon appeared. translation: there are approximately 1500 komodo dragon �*s left, making their reproduction very important. for us in particular was a great task, very tedious and time—consuming but one that has given us a lot of satisfaction. it's all part of efforts to protect the endangered indonesian species. in the wild newborn komodo dragon �*s are independent and moved to treetop with no journal or paternal care, in captivity they have been placed in separate uranium is so their growth can be monitored. translation: the siblings include phoenix named because the eggs were damaged during incubation and a another one with a reference to the game of thrones series.— thrones series. they say it represents _ thrones series. they say it represents a _ thrones series. they say it represents

stephanie prentice, bbc news.ncluding the main story central banks have welcomed a government backed deal in switzerland for the country's august bank, ubs to take over its rival credit suisse. head to our website or use the bbc news app. that's all we have for you now. i'm monica miller. stay with bbc world news. hello. we'll need our raincoats and brollies this week. it really does look very unsettled indeed, and especially wet in western parts of the uk. monday is no different. i don't think it's going to be raining all the time, but certainly some rain on the way and just a few glimmers of brightness. a lot of cloud streaming in our direction but you can see it's coming in from the southwest, hence it stays mild. and multiple weather fronts crossing the country through the course of monday. more weather fronts out in the atlantic making a beeline for the uk. so the forecast then for monday shows mild conditions early in the morning. temperatures around five degrees in stornoway, nine in plymouth. and see where

stephanie prentice reports.. while passengers said the crash felt like being in an earthquake. translation: we heard a big bang. it was ten nightmareish seconds. we were turning over in the wagon till we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. and there was panic, cables everywhere, fire, the fire was immediate. as we were turning over we were being burned. the fire was right and left. as rescue teams work their way through these dark and smoky carriages, the death toll keeps rising after a high—speed collision in the night between a cargo train and a passenger train. hundreds of passengers have been evacuated by rescue teams, some dragged to safety after crawling through upside down carriages. translation: it was chaos. tumbling over, fires, cables hanging, broken windows, people screaming, people trapped. these people are the lucky ones. fire officials say the first two carriages of the train completely disintegrated in the crash. the next two were derailed entirely. how two trains travelling in opp

stephanie prentice reports. the big reveal.nce to the last of the seven wonders of the ancient world. congratulations given out to an international team of scientists as they reveal the fruits of seven years of labour. they've been using advanced radiography for detection then collect images by feeding a minuscule endoscope, a tube with a camera on it into tiny gaps in the pyramids stones. a discovery pyramid's stones. a discovery of a head on tunnel as a revelation not only because it allows greater insight into the workings of ancient egypt and how they achieved such feats of archaeology but also because of what may be inside. it’s archaeology but also because of what may be inside.— what may be inside. it's not built for nothing. _ what may be inside. it's not built for nothing. it - what may be inside. it's not built for nothing. it could i what may be inside. it's not| built for nothing. it could be leading to a tomb, it could be built as a process of building the pyramids and we don't know much about the construction of t

stephanie prentice reports.ars, paris is called the city of love for nothing. but its image as a romantic hotspot is currently being tested to its limits. tourists in the city have started taking photos of giant piles of rubbish instead of a morning macaroon or delicious glass of red. probably not one for the album. doesn't look as nice, you come to a city like this expecting it to look nice from what is on social media, or us, lots of garbage on each corner doesn't make it look as nice. translation: i come for a romantic trip with my boyfriend to palace but it spoils at about the charm of the city, the buildings and everything, the buildings and everything, the smell is very unpleasant when you go past, we went through the streets when you had to slay them through the bins, it's not very nice. the iles bins, it's not very nice. the piles of _ bins, it's not very nice. the piles of black _ bins, it's not very nice. the piles of black bags - bins, it's not very nice. tue: piles of black bags other casualties of l

stephanie prentice has been following this for us and joins me now.t more do we know about this train crash? we have been getting regular department dates 26 bodies have been recovered now and they think 85 people have been injured. dozens of rescuers on the ground going through those carriages in the dark with torches looking for survivors. we know this was the result of a collision between a passenger train and a cargo train details have been emerging, it happened in the thessaly region the government described the collision is very powerful, he called it a terrible scene, he said the first two carriages were almost completely destroyed in his words on the two after that were derailed entirely. there have been fires and some of the carriages they seem to be contained at the moment but the images we are seeing do show destroyed carriages, plumes of smoke and a situation that is very difficult for rescue workers to deal with. we have spoken to some passengers they said it was chaotic scenes inside people screaming and trying to get out, one of the pas

stephanie prentice has been following this for us and joins me now. what is the latest?his is very much _ what is the latest? this is very much alive _ what is the latest? this is very much alive rescue . what is the latest? this is l very much alive rescue seen what is the latest? this is - very much alive rescue seen at the minute and we are getting regular updates on the latest is they have recovered 29 bodies from the carriages and around the scene and 85 are injured. they are going through the carriages on my one systematically with torches through the dark trying to find survivors. some of managed to get out of the scene and 250 have been evacuated. i think we can take and listen to one of them now. translation: , , , translation: the passengers were all relaxed, _ translation: the passengers were all relaxed, some - translation: the passengers were all relaxed, some are - were all relaxed, some are asleep and suddenly there was a sudden boom and suitcases that are falling are many windows broke but we encourage number five are lucky because somehow the doors opene

stephanie prentice told me more. the black lives matter one and could cause confusion for people buying its products and even suggests commercial alignment when the two. i think we can look at them side—by—side. two. i think we can look at them side-by-side.- two. i think we can look at them side-by-side. they say it is the cornerstone _ them side-by-side. they say it is the cornerstone of _ them side-by-side. they say it is the cornerstone of its - is the cornerstone of its branding and sportswear empire. black lives matter have been using their logos for around a few years and applied to trade market in 2020. that would have given them far more scope for things like merchandise including apparel. unlike initially there would be a fight over this, but all of a sudden, everyone drew back. truth? sudden, everyone drew back. why have they announced that? statement was very official. they said they would withdraw all opposition. they didn't give any tangible reasons as to why. some branding experts have been circulating

stephanie prentice is following the story: the italian coastguard responded to calls from other boatsmanaged to get 1300 people to safety, using smaller vessels to ferry people to shore. the conservative government came into power with promise of crackdowns but there has been a sharp increase in people trying to arrive in small boats from north africa and turkey.— arrive in small boats from north africa and turkey. when you have --eole africa and turkey. when you have people dying _ africa and turkey. when you have people dying 40 _ africa and turkey. when you have people dying 40 metres - africa and turkey. when you have people dying 40 metres off - africa and turkey. when you have people dying 40 metres off your. people dying 40 metres off your coast, i think that the focus cannot be anything else that saving the people. the focus has been on preventing departures, and of course we don't argue against the fight against trafficker, the problem is you don't find traffickers onboard the ships. you don't find traffickers onboard the shi s. ., ~ ,�* ., ., ., you don't find traffickers on

stephanie prentice, bbc news. i see tomorrow. hello. it's a week for the spring flowers. the west we could see another 75 to 100 millimetres of rain and there's certainly been some wet weather around so far today. the satellite imagery, the view from space shows all this cloud pushing its way northwards. so it's a northerly flow actually from south to north that brings in the milder weather. brightest conditions continue in the far north of scotland. some sunny spells, mainly in scotland, cloudy this afternoon, outbreaks of rain or drizzle, but brighterfor a time in northern ireland, northern england, the midlands and east anglia. and where you see some sunny spells here with gentle south—westerly winds, it's going to be feeling pretty warm for a march afternoon, 15, 16 celsius. finish the day with rain into northern ireland and some heavy showers across wales and southern england which will then develop elsewhere into the evening and overnight. we'll also see rain at times overnight. some drier moments, too, with some clear skies out into the west later on. but the main

stephanie prentice has been following this for us and joins me now.t more do we know about this train crash? officials have now confirmed they have recovered 16 bodies from the site and it was the result of a cargo train colliding with a passenger train. it happened in the central thessaly region of greece and the governor has been speaking out and described the collision as very strong and the carriages were completely destroyed, in his words, and fire authority said two carriages were completely on fire. they have since extinguished the fires and images do show derailed carriages with broken windows, thick plumes of smoke and debris strewn around. some passengers are been speaking to local media already describing scenes of panic inside the carriages, people screaming and trying to escape and another said the impact inside was like being in an earthquake. 250 have been evacuated from the scene by authorities and the rescuers are now going through each courage, systematically with torches, trying to find more survivors.— with torches, trying to find

stephanie prentice, bbc news.onal statistics said it had been pushed up by higher prices in cafes and restaurants, and the cost of food and clothing. the chancellor, jeremy hunt said falls in inflation weren't inevitable so it was important to "stick to the plan to halve it". our reporter nina warhurst is in altrincham. hello from a cafe in altrincham in greater manchester. and today's numbers on inflation rising might have come as a surprise to many of the experts, but not to the customers in here and not to the owner who we'll speak with in a moment. come on and meet lucy and little toffee. and you are costing me a lot more than you were a year ago. yes, certainly. i've noticed dog foods gone up and things like chewies and treats, etc. and vet's bills as well. this one's had £15,000 worth of vet bills. so that has really, yeah, increased in price, i've noticed. and you're putting off big spend decisions aren't you? for the moment. yeah, not really booked any holidays for this year. it's just proving to be too ex

stephanie prentice, bbc news. stay with us on bbc world news.rants who travel to the uk illegally — especialy those crossing the english channel in small boats. the home secretary admits its pushing the boudaries of international law. china's leader xijinping makes an unusually direct rebuke of the united states — blaming it for trying to "contain, encircle and suppress" his country. ukraine's president zelensky says he has instructed his military commanders to find the forces to boost the defence of the eastern city of bakhmut. russian troops — have so far failed to drive out the ukrainian forces. the european commission together with poland are set to launch a new initiative aimed at tracing ukrainian children abducted and taken to russia during the invasion of ukraine. in a report published last month, yale university researchers identified at least 43 camps and other facilities where ukrainian children are held. arseniy yatsenyuk is the former prime minister of ukraine from 2014—2016. he joins us from kyiv. that give your tape delay. —— than

stephanie prentice reports from the eiffel tower, to notre—dame and the many winding shopping streetsts limits. tourists in the city had started taking photos of giant piles of rubbish instead of a morning macaroon or a delicious glass of red. probably not one for the album. it delicious glass of red. probably not one for the album.— one for the album. it doesn't look as nice, one for the album. it doesn't look as nice. you _ one for the album. it doesn't look as nice, you come _ one for the album. it doesn't look as nice, you come to _ one for the album. it doesn't look as nice, you come to a _ one for the album. it doesn't look as nice, you come to a city - one for the album. it doesn't look as nice, you come to a city like i as nice, you come to a city like this to look nice from what you see on the likes of social media, then we come and there is a lot of garbage on each corner, does not look as nice. garbage on each corner, does not look as nice-— garbage on each corner, does not look as nice._ i - garbage on each corner, does not l look as nice._ i came look as nice. translation

stephanie prentice reports: it's a rescue boat known for its favourites financial backer as well as itsast three years but the white and pink vessel provided by the british street artist banksy has now been implanted with no timeline for its reduced. this with no timeline for its reduced. as far with no timeline for its reduced. is far as we are aware there are at least 15 distress cases as we speak. we could be helping and we are not because we are not allowed to leave the port. tit because we are not allowed to leave the ort. ., , , ., , , the port. in a series of tweets, its crew described _ the port. in a series of tweets, its crew described a _ the port. in a series of tweets, its crew described a clash _ the port. in a series of tweets, its crew described a clash at - the port. in a series of tweets, its crew described a clash at sea i the port. in a series of tweets, its crew described a clash at sea with the italian coastguard over the weekend. they say they were told to leave an area at sea but ignored it after coming across 34 people in the water at night. a mother holding an

stephanie prentice, bbc news. heavy snow above 800 metres one to two metres of snow, and we have had snow down to sea level which is quite rare. some stations have reported as much as 180 millimetres of rain in 2a hours as well. and there have been gusts of wind yesterday after 76 miles an hour. so whipping up the seas around the balearics. and this system juliet is going to be rushing eastwards over the next few days, across sardinia, italy, the balkans and greece, heavy rain and thunderstorms, heavy and windy conditions and snow on the alps. we could see some snow in our forecast next week, but for the next few days it is lots of cloud and also some showers. that is the picture today, a lot of cloud cover showers on the brisk wind in eastern areas, some sunshine to be had in the south—east and also across northern scotland and at times northern ireland. if you are down the north sea coastline with the brisk wind, it's going to feel cold. it's going to feel cold wherever you are rather like yesterday. this evenin

stephanie prentice reports.omantic hot spot is currently being tested to its limits. tourists in the city had started taking photos of giant piles of rubbish instead of a morning macaroon or a delicious glass of red. probably not one for the album. it doesn't look as nice, you come to a city like this to look nice from what you see on the likes of social media, then we come and there is a lot of garbage on each corner, does not look as nice. translation: i came for a romantic trip to paris with my _ boyfriend and it spoils the charm of the city a little, the buildings and _ everything. the smell is very unpleasant. we had to slalom between the bins, it is not very nice. the piles of black bags and cardboard are the casualties of labour unions�* war with the government over plans to raise the pension age to 64. refuse collectors say they will not be back until emmanuel macron backs down. so how long until the postcards paris seen on screen returns? a critical vote on pensions is due on thursday and the results co