lake victoria lies within tanzania kenya and uganda some of the deadliest accident have occurred in tanzania pattern your boats are sometimes old and dilapidated overloaded nine hundred ninety six one hundred people died when a passenger and cargo ferry sank and in twenty eleven almost two hundred people died when a ferry capsized near zanzibar. waterways are always busy because they are crucial for people's livelihood. joins us now from the ugandan side of lake victoria is that. rescue and recovery operations over on the thames and inside resumed sunrise this morning thirteen more bodies have been found but tanzania and officials say that recovery operation may be called off later today the chances of finding anyone alive in the water now of course are almost zero and of course only so long that the really recovery workers can continue searching for an on the number of missing dead as are a few left it gets harder and harder to find them but the families of those who are died houser as of today being allowed to take the body for burial so the families who are mourning their loved ones are n

tanzania's president blames overloading and negligence for the lake victoria ferry disaster which killed at least one hundred sixty people. to blow by. blow hot anger in hong kong over a new bullet train we'll tell you why china is being blamed. and going to the movies again in yemen how some young people are reviving the culture despite the war. alone iran is blaming gunmen backed by saudi arabia for attacking a military parade at least twenty four people were killed and more than sixty injured during the annual event commemorating the start of the iran iraq war it happened in the southern city of avarice which is about one hundred fifty kilometers from the iraqi border the area has seen arab separatists attack oil pipelines in the past i have as is also one of several cities where they have been large anti-government protests in recent months dosage of body reports from. chaos and panic in the city of atlanta in southern iran as an unprecedented scene unfolds during a military parade. unidentified gunmen opened fire your parade at the start of sacred defense week it commemorates irania

capsizing borders of tanzania, uganda, and kenya.tween borders of tanzania, uganda, and kenya. capsizing between the islands of wary and ukora. at least 40 people are known to have died, although that number is likely to rise. 0ne official has suggested as many as 200 people may have drowned. a major rescue and recovery mission is under way, with around 100 people recover alive so far. —— recovered. translation: when the captain was about to slow down and, the passengers were already running to the other side, ready to get. so now the other side, ready to get. so now the wait was too much on one side of the wait was too much on one side of the ferry, so it capsized and sank. it turned completely, it upside down. this is far from the first nautical disaster in tanzania. with overcrowding playing a role in many of those which have come before. at least 145 people died in 2012, when a packed ferry sank while trans boring people to zanzibar in the indian ocean. —— transporting. and almost 200 were killed in the region in the previously.

rescuers at the scene of tanzania's latest boating disaster.gest this passenger ferry may have been overloaded when it capsized with as many as 400 people on board. witnesses described seeing it sink in front of them. translation: look, look, there is the ferry, it has sunk — bodies are floating, it has just sunk right now! the vessel overturned on lake victoria, the largest in africa, straddling the borders of tanzania, uganda, and kenya, capsizing between the islands ukewere and ukora. at least a0 people are known to have died, although that number is likely to rise. 0ne official has suggested as many as 200 people may have drowned. a major rescue and recovery mission is under way, with around 100 people recovered alive so far. translation: when the captain was about to slow down and about to dock, the passengers were already running to the other side, ready to get off. so now the weight was too much on one side of the ferry, so it capsized and sank. it turned completely, it upside down. this is far from the first nautical disaster in tanzani

lake more than one hundred twenty people have drowned after a ferry capsized on lake victoria in tanzania scores of people are still missing and officials fear that does that toll will rise also coming up the controversy that just won't quit there german government agrees to new talks to revisit the fate of the former domestic intelligence chief all that's after his removal and subsequent promotion prompted the widespread outrage and a large scale fires sparked by military rockets houses threatening to german towns putting thousands of residents at risk but their worries are telling people get ready to evacuate. well mark thank you so much for your company everyone tanzania has declared four days of national mourning following a deadly ferry accident on lake victoria more than one hundred thirty people are reported to have died after the boat capsized there are conflicting reports about just how many passengers were on board some say the ferry was carrying up to. four hundred people rescue efforts are still underway but hopes of finding more survivors are fading the country's president ha

the death toll from the ferry that sank in tanzania rises to at least one hundred twenty six. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up throughout this process i have treated you to the e.u. with nothing but respect. the u.k. expects to say a defiant to reason may demands new brakes at proposals from the e.u. a day off to a bruising summit in salzburg. president trump calls doubt on the woman who's accused the supremes court nominee of sexual assault also. i'm melissa long coffee region where farmers are abandoning fields like the one behind me due to the very low international price of the beam. a low our top story the death toll continues to climb and one of tanzania's worst ferry disasters at least one hundred twenty six people are confirmed dead so far after a ferry overloaded with passengers capsized in late toria metres from the shore hopes are fading for an unknown number of missing passengers victoria gate b. has more now. lake victoria became a grave site on the day afternoon after a ferry capsized and sank. was overloaded with more than

lake more than a hundred twenty people have drowned after a ferry capsized on lake victoria and tanzania scores of people are still missing and officials fear that the death toll will rise also coming up a fire started three weeks ago by military rocket tests is spreading it's now threatening to german towns authorities are telling people get ready to evacuate and digging in the british prime minister theresa may gets back at leaders saying she will not cheat to the blocks demands and calling their rejection of her briggs's blueprint and acceptable with the two sides at an impasse where will things go from here. thank you so much for your company everyone always start off with that deadly boat accident on lake victoria in tanzania waters more than one hundred twenty people are reported to have died after a ferry capsized there there are conflicting reports about how many passengers were on board and some say the ship was carrying up to four hundred people that rescue efforts are still underway a day after the disaster. and hopes of finding more survivors are fading and officials say the

is key for trade large boats like this one carry cargo this one runs regularly between kenya and tanzania. in an area where the road networks aren't good carrying things on trucks can be expensive and slow as the waterways are important the boats tend to get used right up to the end of their lives you can see this blue one sitting lopsided in the water must have been built many decades ago and used for a long time before resting here in the large ferry behind it this boat went out of service several years ago after another boat accident it collided with another boat here in the lake the other boat sank several people drowned in that accident too the boat that capsized in tanzania eyewitnesses say it had two or three hundred people on board it was only meant to have one hundred feet in these kinds of conditions that overloading is very common that's what causes so many of these fatal accidents so you're definitely not an isolated situation in fact back in twenty twelve malcolm webb was in zanzibar for us when a ferry with at least two hundred eighty people on board sunk off the east africa

lake victoria lies within tanzania kenya and uganda some of the deadliest accident have occurred in tanzania passenger boats are sometimes old and dilapidated or overloaded nine hundred ninety six more than eight hundred people died when a passenger and cargo ferry sank in twenty eleven almost two hundred people died when a ferry capsized near zanzibar waterways are always busy because they're crucial for people's livelihood. there's always activity along the shores of lake victoria any time of day or night people depend on the lake for their survival fisherman for fishing others for water transport and trade the people on the boat that capsized many of them are on their way home from the market when the boat tipped over but now it's more than a day since the boat capsized hope of finding any survivors and now very slim a mile from where al-jazeera gabber port uganda. the chairman of the u.s. senate judiciary committee says he'll give brett kavanaugh accuser more time to negotiate the details of a testimony before the committee christine ford says kavanagh sexually assaulted her in high scho

two days after a ferry capsized in tanzania a survivor has been found. he'd found a refuge in an airport get inside the ferry at least two hundred nine people have died after the vessel tipped over close to the shore of lake victoria. police in the maldives have raided the main campaign office of the opposition presidential candidate abram mohammad soli ahead of elections on sunday. now the philippines has suspended operations in seven regions of the country off to the latest fake the landslide at least twenty nine people died and rescue as a searching for forty still missing off the hillside collapsed on thursday near a limestone quarry and naga city on cebu island from what jamila and bogun reports . for decades miners have querida first stone here last week the mountain finally gave way monsoon rains triggered a landslide burying at least thirty homes the devastation is so widespread half the community have been displaced local government leaders admit they're overwhelmed but are doing their best understand it's more on the collaboration and it's over

rescuers at the scene of tanzania's latest boating disaster.gest this passenger ferry may have been overloaded when it capsized with as many as 400 people on board. witnesses described seeing it sink in front of them. translation: look, look, there is the ferry, it has sunk — bodies are floating, it has just sunk right now! the vessel overturned on lake victoria, the largest in africa, straddling the borders of tanzania, uganda, and kenya, capsizing between the islands of ukewere and ukora. at least a0 people are known to have died, although that number is likely to rise. 0ne official has suggested as many as 200 people may have drowned. a major rescue and recovery mission is under way, with around 100 people recovered alive so far. translation: when the captain was about to slow down and about to dock, the passengers were already running to the other side, ready to get off. so now the weight was too much on one side of the ferry, so it capsized and sank. it turned completely, it tumbled upside down. this is far from the first nautical disaster

people have died after a ferry carrying more than four hundred passengers sank on the victoria in tanzania and water rescue efforts on to read the details of the disaster officials say chances of finding more survivors is low and that the death toll is expected to rise by. one hundred people have been rescued so far thirty two are said to be in a critical condition the ferry sank near the shore between the islands of the quarter and of the good order the overloaded vessel reportedly capsized and passengers moved to one side of the ferry. now people in the region have turned to twitter and the name of the boat and be knighted it into a hash tag to express this sadness and frustration with what they see as an avoidable tragedy one woman for god is salaam in tanzania is asking why is this still happening and we spies and we booked and now and the night it is the names of this and previous both involved in fatal accidents when will this talk my heart goes out to the families of those who lost their lives and are still missing hash tag and night is not a social justice activists in nairobi also

lake victoria lies within tanzania kenya and uganda some of the deadliest accident have occurred in tanzania pattern your posts are sometimes old and dilapidated overloaded nine hundred ninety six one hundred people died when a passenger and cargo ferry sank in twenty eleven almost two hundred people died when a ferry capsized near zanzibar. waterways are always busy because they are crucial to people's livelihood. there's always activity along the shores of lake victoria any time of day or night people depend on the lake for their survival fisherman for fishing others for water transport and trade the people on the boat that capsized many of them are on their way home from a market when the boat it over but now it's more than a day since the boat capsized hopes of finding any survivors and now very slim malcolm webb al-jazeera port uganda rescuers are still searching for survivors in the philippines after a landslide in several province buried dozens of homes on thursday at least at least twenty nine people have been killed while forty two are feared buried under the rubble early reports sa

but if precious lives lost in similar tragedies in tanzania and kenya have taught us nothing the lives of the poor are not even their own they don't matter rest in peace. for the very latest on the situation correspondent catherine wander joins me from nairobi catherine what's the latest from the disaster side and initial thoughts on the cause of the tragedy. now the rescue mission has officially turned into a recovery mission the navy doesn't expect to find any more survivors from here on out dozens of bodies have been retrieved within the last couple of hours and they expect to retrieve dozens more given that there was a market day there was a lot more people using the ferry and it's not quite clear still just the exact number of how many people were on this particular ferry and rita. as we heard many people are very angry about the frequency of accidents like this one why do we keep seeing disasters on lake victoria. well other than the fact that lake victoria has rough water. the main issue is overcrowding of these particular ferries this particular ferry had a capacity of one hund

tanzania's president orders the arrests of those involved in the ferry disaster which killed at least one hundred thirty one people. i'm sam you say this is al jazeera live from dell also coming up all eyes on the woman accusing don trump's supreme court nominee of sexual assault whether she'll appear before the senate next week. on palestinian dead and dozens wounded as israeli troops opened fire on protesters in gaza plus the archaeological treasure in iraq locals say is being treated more like a rubbish dump. tanzania's president has ordered the arrest of a ferry operator involved in the disaster on lake victoria john go fully declared four days of mourning for the passengers who drowned at least one hundred thirty one died and hundreds more are still missing after the crowded boat capsized on thursday malcolm webb reports from the ugandan side of the lake. lake victoria became a grave site on thursday afternoon after a very capsized and sank when the ferry was coming to a stop people moved from one side to the other the way to tip the ferry over nearby vessels were diverted to ass

lizzie was going to tanzania as a cue vacations officer. charlie was coming to nairobi as the head of our financial management center. lizzie had arrived. ,harlie was still in london about to get on the plane. their son was with their grandmother in london. when charlie heard about the nairobi bombing he got on the plane. he was absolutely instrumental in helping us go through the challenges as we hemorrhaged money. one of the first things i remember you and i working on was trying to get washington to approve lizzie's transfer to nairobi to reunite the couple. that was the first thing, congratulations. >> it took a long time. >> it should have been immediate and it took far too long. the community liaison officer's office is right there. this concrete outer wall blew in. i remember when i left my office, which was around the corner from there, and i was cornered by the regional security officer to try to lift the rubble of lizzie. she had been sitting at this desk. up to in pieces of rubble and unable to move. we had to get the rubble off

but first to tanzania where hundreds of people are feared drowned after their ferry sank in lake victoria near the caraway islands at least five passengers are confirmed dead and thirty two have been rescued the ferry operator says the boat capsized just a few meters from the dock we'll bring you more details as we get them time is running out that's the warning from e.u. leaders to the british prime minister to resign may over bricks it's with just six months to go european council president donald tusk says mae's proposal undermines the single market and is unworkable. the moment of truth for. the october european council. in october we expect maximum progress and results in the budget talks. then we will decide whether conditions are to call an extra summit in november to finalize and formalize the deal may insist heard the old the so-called checkers plan is the only one on the table and if the e.u. doesn't take it she's prepared to walk away. yes concerns have been raised i want to know what those concerns are there's a lot of hard work to be done but i believe that there is a willing

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is key for trade large boats like this one carry cargo this one runs regularly between kenya and tanzania. in an area where the road network good carrying things on trucks can be expensive and slow so the waterways are important both tend to get used right up to the end of their lives you can see this blue one sitting lot decided in the water must have been built many decades ago and used for a long time before resting here in the large ferry behind it this boat went out of service several years ago after another boat accident it collided with another boat here in the lake the other boat sank several people drowned in that accident the boat that capsized in tanzania eyewitnesses say it had two or three hundred people on board it was only meant to have one hundred in these kinds of conditions that overloading is very common that's what causes so many of these fatal accidents. now the woman who is accusing donald trump's choice for supreme court judge of sexual assault is about to announce if and how she will testify to u.s. senate says. christine lacy forward when they were high school stu

regularly between kenya and tanzania. in an area where the road networks aren't good carrying things on trucks can be expensive and slow so the waterways are important for boats tend to get used right up to the end of their lives you can see this blue one sitting lopsided in the water must have been built many decades ago and used for a long time before resting here in the large ferry behind it this boat went out of service several years ago after another boat accident it collided with another boat here in the lake the other boat sank several people drowned in that accident too the boat that capsized in tanzania eyewitnesses say it had two or three hundred people on board it was only meant to have one hundred in these kinds of conditions that overloading is very common that's what causes so many of these fatal accidents and one long form of maritime operations manager s.o.s. mediterranea he says better regulations need to be put in place. these challenges of transporting passengers of other ship is a very old story we had

aboubakar famau, bbc news, in tanzania. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come."ambassador extraordinary". rihanna takes on a new role promoting barbados. benjohnson is ben johnson is flying benjohnson is flying home to canada in disgrace. we should be clean going into the game. i'm just happy that justice is served. going into the game. i'm just happy thatjustice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burned down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world, so the british government has no option but to continue this action. and even after any adversejudgement continue this action. and even after any adverse judgement in australia. the concorde across the atlantic, faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. the woman who has accus

abubakar famau, bbc news, ukerewe island in tanzania.red security forces to find the "criminals" responsible for an attack on a military parade which killed at least 29 people. the incident took place in the south—west of the country near the iraqi border. gunmen opened fire near a stage set up for the parade. videos posted on social media show soldiers crawling on the ground, and other people carrying the injured. alanjohnston has the story — a warning, though, you might find some of the images in his report distressing. fear and chaos amid the gunfire. moments ago, these soldiers would have been in the parade, marching proudly. now, suddenly, they are under attack. they are desperate for cover, scrambling to survive. bullets whistle overhead, and there are dead and injured all around. then, in the thick of the danger, terrified civilians run for their lives. the gunmen had attacked as officials would have been watching the parade. anyone in this place filled with troops and spectators was at risk. inevitably, there were women and child

lake victoria lies across kenya tanzania and uganda all three countries have a lot of corruption poverty and poor regulation so a safety doesn't ways come. the regulations say that all passengers are meant to a little wear life jackets and we were given to ride in this boat over there not in very good condition often there's also not enough to go around and it's also very difficult for authorities to enforce these regulations across such a vast expanse of water but the lake is key for trade large boats like this one carry cargo this one runs regularly between kenya and tanzania. in an area where the road network good carrying things on trucks can be expensive and slow through the waterways are important tend to get used right up to the end of their lives and see this blue one sitting lot decided in the water must have been built many decades ago and used for a long time before resting here in the large ferry behind it this boat went out of service several years ago after another boat accident it collided with another boat here in the lake the other boat sank several people drowned in tha

tanzania's president john magaw declared four days of mourning. made the souls of those who've passed on in the hands of god and those who are injured maybe he'll quickly i've decided to have four days for mourning as a nation to remember those who died on. lake victoria lies within canada near kenya and uganda some of the deadliest accident have occurred in tanzania pattern your posts are sometimes old and dilapidated overloaded nine hundred ninety six one hundred people died when a passenger and cargo ferry sank in twenty eleven almost two hundred people died when a ferry capsized near zanzibar. waterways are always busy because they're crucial to people's livelihood. there's always activity along the shores of lake victoria any time of day or night people depend on the lake for their survival fishermen for fishing others for water transport and trade the people on the boat that capsized many of them are on their way home from a market when the boat it over but now it's more than a day since the boat capsized hopes of finding any survivors now v

tanzania mourns the victims of a deadly ferry disaster on lake victoria one man has been found alive after two days but officials say they may never know just how many people perished on the overcrowded vessel. plus one of the world's biggest parties is in full swing right here in germany. and he will be a festival october fest has kicked off in the bavarian capital we'll show you some of the fun from opening day. hello i'm nick spicer thanks for joining us iran's government is vowing a crushing response to an attack on a military parade dozens of people were killed and many more wounded when gunmen opened fire on crowds the attack occurred in the country's southwest in the city of as close to iran's border with iraq many of the victims were members of iran's elite revolutionary guard. both sunni arab separatists and so-called islamic state have claimed responsibility for the attack iran has summoned the envoys of the netherlands denmark and britain over the attack accusing them of harboring iranian opposition groups in their countries. members of iran's elite forces taking cover dig

lake victoria lies within tanzania kenya and uganda some of the deadliest accident have occurred in tanzania part and sometimes old and dilapidated overloaded one thousand nine hundred six hundred people died when a passenger and cargo ferry sank and in twenty eleven almost two hundred people died when a ferry capsized in the isms of our. waterways are always busy because they're crucial to people's livelihood. there's always activity along the shores of lake victoria any time of day or night people depend on the lake for their survival fishermen for fishing others for water transport and trade the people on the boat that capsized many of them are on their way home from the market when the boat over but now it's more than a day since the boat capsized hopes of finding any survivors now very slim a mile from where al-jazeera port uganda in other news u.s. president donald trump has challenge judge brett kavanaugh is accused over her sexual assault allegations in a tweet christine blasi forward saying if the a major attack was so terrible she would have reported it to police kavanagh's friends

like victoria lies within tanzania kenya and uganda some of the deadliest accident have occurred in tanzania pattern sometimes old and dilapidated overloaded one thousand nine hundred six hundred people died when a passenger and cargo ferry sank and in twenty eleven almost two hundred people died when a ferry capsized near zanzibar the waterways are always busy because they're crucial for people's livelihood. can just run us through here what the key safety questions are that the authorities the relevant authorities must be addressing now . because in the case of the boat in tanzania it's going to be overloading i can show you a few of the kinds of boats that are used all around lake victoria in tanzania here in uganda and in kenya as well you see these small wooden boats easy often used by fishermen to transport between the many small islands and further away you can see some of the larger boat ferries and cargo boat those ferries that carry large numbers of people and it was a large ferry like that that in tanzania because it was overloaded caps i think are meant to be wearing life jackets

three countries tanzania uganda and kenya a ferry sank between a core island on the lakes south east and. katherine sawyer in neighboring kenya so death toll as we've been saying that figure rising throughout the morning are expected to keep going up that way. yes we do expect this death toll to keep going up we have hard information from government official saying more than two hundred people have missing so on the a hundred bodies have been recovered in what is coming out of all this tamara is that this ferry was overloaded government officials said that more than four hundred people were on board we have information that the capacity of that ferry was just about one hundred at most two hundred and it was going on just talking about the people who are on board this was a market day so there were people with their goods for trade there were vehicles bag of cement etc and what we're being told happened is that this ferry was just going to dock and as people surged forward this is unknown because everybody wants to get out of the ferry ahead so they shifted weight to one side of the f

lake victoria lies across kenya tanzania and uganda three countries have a lot of corruption poverty and poor regulation they safety dozen ways come. regulations say that all boat passengers are meant to whales wear life jackets and we were given some divide in this boat over there not in very good condition often is also not enough to go around that it's also a very difficult for sources to enforce these regulations across such a vast expanse of water but the lake is key for trade large boats like this one carry cargo this one runs regularly between kenya and tanzania. in an area where the road networks aren't good carrying things on trucks can be expensive and slow so the waterways are important for boats tend to get used right up to the end of their lives you can see this blue one sitting lopsided in the water must have been built many decades ago and used for a long time before resting here in the large ferry behind it this boat went out of service several years ago after another boat accident it collided with another boat here in the lake the other boat sank said.

with the citizen newspaper in tanzania thank you so much for your time. but the opening of hong kong's first high speed rail link to the rest of china is provoking protests pro-democracy groups around gree that part of the new rail terminal in hong kong is enforcing mainland chinese law on passengers this report and sarah clarke. it's three years behind sched jewel and three billion dollars over budget the hong kong china high speed rail link is now officially open channel. the city's chief executive kerry lamb was joined by the governor guandong declaring the mega project a bright light on china's calling card so yes i'd fight so if further perfect this transport system and promotes cultural economic and social exchanges between hong kong and china the express train links hong kong to forty four mainland cities it's hard travel times delivering passengers to go on joe in less than an hour he moves all through the integrate hong kong and macau into the overall development plan of china but the project has been shrouded in controversy hong kong's legislati

lake victoria lies within tanzania kenya and uganda some of the deadliest accident have occurred in tanzania pattern your boats are sometimes old and dilapidated overloaded nine hundred ninety six hundred people died when a passenger and cargo ferry sank and in twenty eleven almost two hundred people died when a ferry capsized near zanzibar. waterways are always busy because they're crucial to people's livelihood there's always activity along the shores of lake victoria any time of day or night people depend on the lake for their survival fishermen for fishing others for water transport and trade the people on the boat that capsized many of them are on their way home from the market when the boat over but now it's more than a day since the boat capsized hopes of finding any survivors and now very slim a mile from where al jazeera port uganda the chairman of the u.s. senate judiciary committee says he'll give brett kavanaugh as accuser more time to negotiate the details of her testimony before the committee christine ford says cavanagh sexually assaulted her in high school he denies those cha

hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're with al-jazeera also coming up tanzania declares four days of mourning as the death toll from its ferry disaster rises to at least one hundred thirty one. the one palestinian dead and dozens wounded as israeli troops opened fire on protesters in gaza also. throughout this process i have treated the e.u. with nothing but respect. the u.k. expects to say. a person's prime minister demands new breaks it proposals and respect from the e.u. a day after slap down insults bug. u.s. president donald trump cost out on the woman accusing his supremes court nominee of sexual assault university professor christine blasi forward is in hiding off to going public with the accusations against brett kavanaugh which date back to when they were in school in one thousand nine hundred two trump says that if the attack was as serious as she's saying she would have gone to the police straight away or female friends and colleagues of cavanagh have held a news conference to voice their support for his nomination some of the seventy five women attending said they'd kn

back in tanzania relatives wait for the bodies of loved ones a whole community deeply traumatized the president ordered the operators to be arrested but even if they face justice it won't bring loved ones back malcolm webb al jazeera uganda. the u.s. has killed at least eighteen fighters in an air strike about fifty kilometers.

well the president john palmer mughal fully issued a statement last night and he asked tanzania and to keep calm he said that investigations are going to begin immediately and the fast thing that investigators i think are going to look into is this issue of overcrowding they're going to be scoring into offices to see whether their records as i mentioned the ticketing officer is said to have been on that ferry as well and he said perhaps to have drowned and he had his data with them so it's going to be interesting to see whether they're going to get any data from the offices on show as well we are also told that they might be investigating of course the scene was a nest of that ferry but then we're also being told that it had reason he'd gone through an overhaul servicing as well they're going to be talking to witnesses survivors it'll say to seven people were rescued so they're going to be crucial in trying to piece together what exactly happened and as you mentioned there's been many incidents like this that have happened before a lot of them blamed on overcrowding so people are going

government security forces also register your business or go to jail the young entrepreneurs in tanzania who make a living from online services like air b.n. b. are facing a crackdown by the government. plus a major decision in the biggest doping scandal in sports history the world anti-doping agency says it will lift a ban on russia's national testing laboratory despite widespread opposition russian athletes could soon be back in action and as modest fashion is having a moment well visit a san francisco exhibit that sixth floor in the complex diverse nature of islamic dress code. a lot of rock thank you so much for your company everyone. the u.k. and its european union partners have failed to secure a breakthrough and break the talks in the austrian city of salzburg with both sides throwing cold water over each other's proposals first off where dish prime minister to resign may insist that that her exit plan was the only one on the table but in you council president donald tusk said her proposed new economic partnership won't work it all looks so friendly and polite at the outset there

back in tanzania relatives wait for the bodies of loved ones. the whole community deeply traumatized the president ordered the boats operators to be arrested that even if they face justice it won't bring loved ones back malcolm webb al-jazeera port bell .

abubakar famau, bbc news, ukerewe island in tanzania.e, has died. he was 7a. known for their "rock and cockney" style, chas and dave enjoyed the height of their fame in the 1970s and ‘80s. david sillito looks back at his life and music. # with your incessant talking # you're becoming a pest # rabbit, rabbit, rabbit... when they emerged in the late ‘70s, the age of punk and disco, chas and dave rather stood out. # you're a wonderful girl... chas hodges' music was a unique mix of rock and roll with old—school cockney singalongs. # no, you won't stop talking # why don't you give it a rest? he'd grown up in north london. his mum made ends meet playing the piano in local pubs. and in the ‘60s and ‘70s, he played in bands such as mike berry and the outlaws, and head, hands and feet. what troubled him was the way he sang. i remember ringing up dave, i said, let's go out for a pint. i said, i've got an idea of writing songs about things that i know about and singing in me own accent. # come on, you, spurs are on their way to wembley... what foll

when tanzania broke off relations with israel we were able to take it over in 1980. the fbi director of the investigation told me it was built like a bunker. high windows, etc.. truckyou see a water tank and that is what took the brunt of the blast. we chat to get out of the parking area, when the bomb went off the water truck was seen by and people coming down from three stories. two employees were in it and died. i had been the deputy chief and inided i was going to stay the office rather than move into the ambassador's office. it kept getting extended. the regional security officer told me had i been in the office, i would have been killed. he showed pictures of the ambassador's desk. things that came crushing on the desk including the flagpole with the american flag on it. that photograph which is hard to is of benjamin, who i gave a tour. general of the organization at the time and former tanzanian president. kenyans did everything they could. diplomacy is, regaining friendship when somebody -- somebody tries to blow it up. >> this is a photograph of my residenc

back in tanzania his wait for the bodies of loved ones the whole community deeply traumatised the president ordered the operators to be arrested but even if they face justice it won't bring loved ones back malcolm webb al-jazeera uganda. i have an al-jazeera choice between starvation and sickness families leaves to battle hunger. plus capturing the past with the present talk of facts of visions of the violence against african-americans. hello again welcome back we're here across parts of the we are looking at some relatively quiet weather where we have seen some of the clouds is up here towards parts of turkey that is going to continue just to the north east of that area heavier showers there before on korea we do expect you to be clearing out twenty eight degrees but still quite warm as we make our way down towards aleppo beirut twenty nine degrees over the next few days that's expected to maybe go up one degree as we go towards monday but quite city a high temperature if you of about thirty nine degrees here across the gulf while the immunity is still a factor in the early morning as well

the death toll from the ferry that sank in tanzania rises to at least one hundred twenty six. hello i'm. in london you know with al jazeera also coming up throughout this process of treaty to the e.u. with nothing but respect. the u.k. expects to say a defiant to reason may demands new proposals from the e.u. a day off to a bruising summit insults bug. president trump calls doubtful the woman who's accused the supremes court nominee of sexual assault.

that is according to the president of tanzania.hortly before icame addressing the nation shortly before i came here. how is that rescue mission going? the rescue mission is still going. yesterday, it stopped at late hours but today, it is still going on until now. and i think they are more equipped than yesterday. they are still there and the numbers are still there and the numbers are still increasing. and they are looking forward to increase as the mission is going on. you said that they are more equipped but what sort of challenges have they faced in this mission? yesterday, they stop the rescue mission because there was not enough light. there was darkness. the original commissioner ordered them to stop the mission, so they stopped. but today, they are still on the ground until now. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may demands the eu breaks the impasse in brexit talks — and vows to defend the referendum result. the health service could save hundreds of millions of pounds every year after two drug firms failed in th

tanzania's president said negligence had contributed to the disaster.soy reports. they stand and watch, helpless. just a few hundred meters away, the upturned hull of the mv nyerere. rescuers who arrived by boat recovered bodies from around the capsized vessel. back on shore, relatives waited anxiously for news. translation: i was told that i lost my aunt, my father and my younger sibling. it's a huge cost to us. translation: my nephew is on the island. he told me the news that his father, my brother, was on the ferry. it's unclear how many people were on board the mv nyerere. witnesses say it could be as many as 400, four times its official capacity. translation: when the captain was trying to slow down and about to dock, the passengers were already running to the other side, ready to get off. so, now, the weight was too much on one side of the ferry. so, it capsized and sank. although accidents aren't uncommon on africa's biggest lake, this latest sinking was particularly deadly. the country's president said he was deeply saddened by what had happened

lake victoria lies within tanzania kenya and uganda some of the deadliest accident have occurred in tanzania pattern your boats are sometimes old and dilapidated or overloaded nine hundred ninety six one hundred people died when a passenger and cargo ferry sank in twenty eleven almost two hundred people died when a ferry capsized near zanzibar. waterways are always busy because they're crucial for people's livelihood. there's always activity along the shores of lake victoria any time of day or night people depend on the lake for their survival fishermen for fishing others for water transport and trade the people on the boat that capsized many of them are on their way home from the market when the boat it over but now it's more than a day since the boat capsized hopes of finding any survivors now very slim malcolm webb al-jazeera port uganda. in gaza the health ministry says one protester has been killed and at least forty injured by israeli fire on the border the demonstrations against the israeli blockade on the gaza strip have been going on for more than five months many are demanding thei

dozens of people are killed after an overloaded ferry capsizes and tanzania. and i welcome to life or my headquarters in doha with me it is a problem also ahead tourism a goes to salzburg expecting support for her breakfast plan but other e.u. countries deliver a very different message. celebrations in uganda as a pop star turned politician bobby wine returns home from the u.s. . and a high stakes standoff in washington is donald trump supreme court nominee is accused of sexual assault. we'll get to those stories in just a moment the first state media in vietnam reporting that president has died at the age of sixty one the official vietnam news agency says he passed away at a military hospital we will bring you the makes his information on that as it becomes available. rescue operations in tanzania is lake victoria on friday morning at least forty four people died when a ferry sank in the ok way island on foods day but that toll is expected to rise and of warning some viewers might find the following images disturbing estimates suggest the boat was carrying hu

back in tanzania relatives wait for the bodies of loved ones the whole community deeply traumatized the president. has to be arrested but even if they face justice it won't bring loved ones back. al-jazeera uganda. warning from the opposition party on the eve of the presidential election the opposition campaign orders. from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts well we are going to start here in china we did see some clear weather couple days ago but now more clouds more rain is coming into the picture as we go through next couple of days so far hong kong rainy day for you thirty one degrees all the way up towards shanghai clouds there a little bit cooler maybe twenty nine in your forecast as we as we leave sunday to monday a little bit cooler you notice those those winds are coming in from the northeast so keeping it relatively moderate for this time of year over towards taipei we do expect to see thirty degrees as your high well down across the philippines clouds are going to be coming into

lake victoria lies within tanzania kenya and uganda some of the deadliest accident have occurred in tanzania pattern your boats are sometimes old and dilapidated overloaded. ninety ninety six one hundred people died when a passenger and cargo ferry sank in twenty eleven almost two hundred people died when a ferry capsized near. the ways of the always busy because they are crucial to people's livelihood. there is always activity along the shores of lake victoria any time of day or night people depend on the lake for their survival fisherman for fishing others for water transport and trade the people on the boat that capsized many of them are on their way home from a market when the boat over no it's more than a day since the boat capsized hopes of finding any survivors now very slim malcolm where al-jazeera port uganda u.s. president donald trump has broken his silence about the sexual assault allegations against a man he wants to put in the supreme court by questioning the woman who made them his challenge as judge brett kavanaugh his accuser christine basi forward in a tweet saying that if

dozens of people are killed off to an overloaded ferry capsized and tanzania. welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha the middle of the problem also ahead tories and they went to salzburg expecting support for the brics plan but all the e.u. countries delivered a very different message. celebrations in uganda as a pop star turned politician bobby one who turned on probably due west where he received medical treatment for injuries he says he suffered in that ugandan police custody and a show of unity south korean president and returns to salt water a meeting with north korea's kim jong il on. rescue operations the jews will resume on tanzania's lake victoria on friday morning that these forty four people died when the ferry sank they were island on thursday but that toll is expected to rise as a warning that some viewers might find the following images disturbing estimates suggest the boat was carrying hundreds of people when it capsized the national ferry service is operators says it's hard to know the precise number because the person dispensin