an oil tanker is on fire after a major collision off the east yorkshire coast.0 people have been brought ashore with at least one in hospital. fears are growing of a major fuel spill. stock markets in the u.s. have fallen sharply as president trump refuses to rule out the prospect of a recession. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has arrived in saudi arabia at of talks between his team and u.s. officials. doctors say the pope's health is continuing to improve after he shows a good response to treatment. also coming up, manchester united's owner talks to the bbc about the club's troubles and had this to say about some players. >> some are probably overpaid. but for us to mold the squad that we are fully responsible for will take time. >> and a very special guest on the show. we hear from the best in show about what it takes to be the top dog. ♪ hello and a very warm welcome to the world today on bbc news. fears are growing over a major environmental incident in the north sea after american oil tanker and a portuguese cargo vessel carrying highly toxic cargo

we will work with the mayors of doncaster and south yorkshire to support efforts to reopen doncastersheffield airport. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i have the privilege to represent the home of spaceside malts, some amongst the finest, scotch whisky. last week the u.k. government unveiled damaging plans to grant a different definition of single malt to english producers to that of scottish single malts. this is entirely inconsistent with the global reputation of the quality of single malts and seeks to tear up a well established definition of what a single malt is, pulling the rug yet further from underneath the scotch whisky industry. given the backlash from the industry to this and the damage this could cause to scotch whisky exports and jobs, will the prime minister's word on whiskey be his whiskey bond by backing the industry to the hilt and scrapping these plans? >> mr. speaker, we do support scotch whisky. it's a really important part of our economy, and that's why we allocated 5 million pounds in the budget and why we're working with brazil, which is worth £25 million for scotch

we will work with the mayors of doncaster and south yorkshire to support efforts to reopen doncastersheffield airport. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i have the privilege to represent the home of spaceside malts, some amongst the finest, scotch whisky. last week the u.k. government unveiled damaging plans to grant a different definition of single malt to english producers to that of scottish single malts. this is entirely inconsistent with the global reputation of the quality of single malts and seeks to tear up a well established definition of what a single malt is, pulling the rug yet further from underneath the scotch whisky industry. given the backlash from the industry to this and the damage this could cause to scotch whisky exports and jobs, will the prime minister's word on whiskey be his whiskey bond by backing the industry to the hilt and scrapping these plans? >> mr. speaker, we do support scotch whisky. it's a really important part of our economy, and that's why we allocated 5 million pounds in the budget and why we're working with brazil, which is worth £25 million for scotch

tinkers cargo of aviation fuel on fire and spilling into the water a few miles off the coast of yorkshired just before 10:00 a.m., crewmembers abandon both ships as they were rocked by explosions. this was a distress call on the radio. >> they have collided. the outer anchorage. both vessels are abandoned. one is carrie and jet fuel, which is on fire and in the water -- one is carrying a jet fuel, which is on fire and in the area -- in the water. reporter: the emergency response focused on this part -- port. those yellow vessels are high-speed vessels normally used for servicing the offshore wind farms and today they brought 32 crewmembers back to the waiting fleet of ambulances. all 37 crewmembers have been accounted for now and brought ashore. one needed hospital treatment. >> all of them were alive and able to get from the vessel. i do not know to what extent there are injuries but all 32 that came were alive. reporter: the u.s. flag tanker immaculate had sailed from greece and was anchored at sea. the cargo of aviation fuel. the portuguese container ship salon was sailing from scotlan

. >> of east yorkshire. >> of east yorkshire. >> after an oil tanker. and cargo. >> ship collided in the north. sea near hull. the tanker, believed to be the us flagged mv stena. >> immaculate. >> immaculate. >> is on fire with lifeboats, a coastguard helicopter and firefighting teams at the scene. at least 32 casualties have been. brought ashore. at grimsby, but some crew members remain unaccounted for. witnesses report a massive fireball at the site around ten miles offshore. the incident is ongoing, with the coastguard coordinating with the emergency response. the family of sir david amess has. slammed the home secretary for rejecting a pubuc home secretary for rejecting a public inquiry into his murder, calling it unacceptable and insulting. yvette cooper says it's hard to see how an inquiry would go beyond the trial of terrorist ali harbi ali, and a recent prevent review. the attacker, an islamic state fanatic, was referred to prevent years before stabbing the veteran mp to death at his constituency surgery in 2021. sir david's widow is urging the

carrying jet fuel, triggering multiple explosions this morning about ten miles off the coast of east yorkshirenorth sea. crews spraying water on the burning wreckage, desperately trying to put ot the flames. the u.s. tanker was carrying jet fuel for the department of defense. the cargo ship was transporting an unknown amount of alcohol and 15 containers of sodium cyanide. that compound can create the highly toxic and deadly hydrogen cyanide gas when it comes in contact with water. authorities tonight ending the search for one of the 14 crew members on the cargo ship still missing. all 23 members on board the u.s. tanker have been accounted for. foggy conditions were occurring at the time of the collision. >> with all of the technology, there's no way this should have happened. >> reporter: david, both ships are still burning tonight and now there are real concerns about the environmental impact. we know the american ship was carrying 220,000 barrels of j fuel and some of that fuel is spilling into the sea tonight. >> david: marcus, thank you. in the u.s. at this hour to the explosive crash of

fires are still raging on off the coast of east yorkshire today after a ship carrying toxic chemicals collided with a us military jet fuel tanker. yesterday, the coastguard called off the search for a missing crew member last night, and so far investigators haven't ruled out foul. foul play following those explosions . yesterday those explosions. yesterday morning. the crash took place on the north sea off the coast of east yorkshire, with emergency services rescuing 36 crew members. local wildlife trusts are warning today of the potential devastating impacts of pollution from the tankers on habitats and species in the area. the transport secretary, heidi alexander, is set to meet with maritime authorities shortly. as you've been hearing. triple killer kyle clifford has refused to attend his sentencing for the murders of his former partner and her sister with a crossbow and their mother with a ten inch butchering knife. 26 year old clifford previously admitted the murders of louise hannah and carol hunt. he was. he was found guilty of the rape of louise hunt last week following a tria

we believe the location to be near hull, off the east yorkshire coast.me more details just emerging that the ships have collided with a helicopter rescue team from the coastguard responding from humberside alongside a number of lifeboats from skegness, bridlington, mablethorpe and various other areas. we're also heanng various other areas. we're also hearing reports that an aircraft is also responding, with firefighting capabilities being sent to the area. any more details? we will of course keep across and bring you the very latest right here on gb news. in other news, though, a22 british diplomats are being expelled from russia, accused of espionage in what's been seen as the latest for tat move. moscow says the pair carried out intelligence and subversive work and must leave within two weeks. it follows the uk's expulsion of a russian diplomat last month. part of the ongoing diplomatic standoff. prime minister sir keir starmer has vowed to stand by ukraine, though, and is pledging more defence spending and a coalition of the willing against russian ag

well, we're here in withernsea on the east yorkshire coast, around 13 miles out from the north sea, wherellision happened at around 10:00 this morning between an oil tanker and a cargo ship. we know that lifeboats and the coastguard helicopter were called to the collision at the humber estuary after a huge tanker called the mv sinner immaculate appears to have been hit whilst it was at anchor by a portuguese flagged container called solingen, which was travelling at a rate of around 16 knots, which is around 20 miles an hour. when that collision happened at. so after that the crew from the ships and were brought to safety. luckily the 36 crews crew on both vessels have been brought to safety, with only one in hospital. after what that happened at a really. >> that is interesting stuff anna. thank you for that. of course. so you can hear we've got a bit of a crunchy mic situation going on there. so for now i'll just leave that there. colin, you've just got in touch about that oil tanker situation saying this is an environmental disaster. you found this absolutely tragic tonight. well, alon

the crash took place on the north sea off the coast of east yorkshire, with emergency services rescuing 36 crew members. so far, investigators haven't ruled out foul play following multiple explosions yesterday morning. breaking news out of russia this morning. at least three people have been killed in the moscow region after ukraine reportedly launched its largest drone attack on russia in three years. the attack, which was comprised of at least 91 drones, comes as peace talks between the us and ukraine are set to get underway in saudi arabia today. it also follows reports that president trump's special envoy, steve witkoff, plans to travel to russia and meet president vladimir putin this week. elsewhere, the conservatives have said they will push for labour's borders bill to be changed to require all foreign nationals convicted of a crime to be deported. the party said they would table an amendment to they would table an amendment to the border security, asylum and immigration bill requiring any foreign national convicted of a crime to be removed from the country, including anyone cha

the cause of the collision between the stena immaculate and the stowlawn, off the coast of east yorkshire monday, and are working with the maritime and coastguard agency. those are the latest headlines for now. more from me in half an hour. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> very good morning. 935 britain's newsroom with andrew and bev until midday. now. >> the triple killer. you'd have heard it overnight. you've read it in the newspaper this morning. he's received a whole life. well, he's received three whole life sentences for the brutal murder of his ex—girlfriend louise, her sister hannah with a crossbow, as well as stabbing their mother, carol. >> so john hunt, of course, the father and his surviving daughter, amy hunt, attended court yesterday, but they were unable to face the killer as a judge let him off due to effectively being disabled. he's in a wheelchair. >> he's in a wheelchair because he turned the crossbow. crossbow on himself. how ridiculous is this as mitigation? so in my

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into the cause of the collision between the stena immaculate and solingen, off the coast of east yorkshirey, and are working with the maritime and coastguard agency. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more from me in half an hour. >> seven minutes after 1:00, it was yet another feisty pmqs. today, the conservative leader kemi badenoch, choosing to lead on the economy, criticising sir keir starmer's handling of the country's finances. >> and that's why in two weeks, the chancellor will come to this house to present an emergency budget. the prime minister said we would not need. they will try and make out it's because of global events. but the truth is they trashed the economy with their bad choices. they said. they said they'd look after pensioners, then they snatched winter fuel payments. they said that they would be pro—business, but they hiked taxes on jobs and he. mr speaker, he promised. to freeze council tax, but it's going up by £100. this is a high tax, low growth, job killing government. >> however, the prime minister hit back, cri

. >> while the crash took place on the north sea off the coast of east yorkshire. services rescuing 36 crew members. >> well, so far, investigators haven't ruled out foul play following multiple explosions yesterday morning. >> well, we're joined now by a principal at south shields marine school, simon ashton. good to see you this morning, simon. and the biggest question on everyone's lips is how can this possibly happen? >> well, i think that's for the that's what the investigation is going to find out. i mean, what we do are dealing with two very modern ships here. and the rules there are specific rules about how vessels conduct themselves in terms of collision avoidance when they're at sea. and both vessels are required to keep a proper lookout at all times. so what's happened here? the investigators will find out and hopefully soon will come to come to a conclusion on that. >> but but i mean, forgive me, but the jet fuel tanker would appear to have been at anchor. >> that's that's that's correct. and i think the on the face of it, it looks like the other vessel

tribute to the bravery and dedication of all those responding to the ship collision off the east yorkshire coast? our thoughts, and i am sure the whole house are with the family of the crew member who is sadly presumed dead. mr speaken who is sadly presumed dead. mr speaker, this week we introduced landmark legislation to get britain building, paving the way to restoring the dream of home ownership for working people across the country. we are also driving forward our employment rights bill, the biggest boost to workers rights in a generation. that is our plan for change in action. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house.i addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> mike martin. >> mike martin. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> russia has. >> russia has. >> abducted at least. >> abducted at least. >> 19,000 ukrainian. >> 19,000 ukrainian. >> children and transferred. >> children and transferred. >> them to russia. they have been told that their parents don't l

let's get out into the provinces and cross now to gb news, yorkshire and humber. riley and gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie, who are both at steel factories and plants. and let's first go to you. what's the reaction there on the ground? >> good afternoon. martin. well, we're here in scunthorpe. british steel, chinese owned. but it's the beating heart of scunthorpe. british steel and steelmaking has been at the heart of this town for 160 years. it goes back 1528 00:09:35,800 -

the crash took place on the nonh the crash took place on the north sea off the coast of east yorkshiremergency services rescuing 36 crew members. the owners of the cargo. ship salon say it was not carrying sodium cyanide as previously reported, but had four empty containers that had once held the toxic chemical. that container vessel is still on fire, and it is suspected the ship will eventually sink. number 10 are saying this lunchtime that there is currently no suggestion of foul play currently no suggestion of foul play following those explosions. yesterday morning. meanwhile, local wildlife trusts are warning today of the potential devastating impacts of pollution from the tankers on habitats and species in the area. now, the metropolitan police has announced it has launched an investigation into allegations of verbal threats made by suspended reform uk mp rupert lowe. a statement released today said the met police have now launched an investigation into all. allegations of series of verbal threats. >> made by a. >> made by a. >> 67 year old man. our original statement referred to

ca s'est passé au large des côtes du yorkshire, au nord de l'angleterre.t subi une crevaison lors de la collision. selon elle, l'équipage a quitté le pétrolier après de multiples explosions. tous les membres d'équipage sont recensés sains et saufs. au canada, mark carney sera le futur premier ministre du pays après avoir pris la tête du parti libéral hier en remplacement de justin trudeau. un profil atypique. il a dirigé la banque centrale canadienne et celle de londres. c'est un novice en politique. emmanuel macron l'a félicité, lui assurant que "les liens entre la france et le canada sont plus forts que jamais au moment où nous faisons face à tant de défis". a montréal, nous retrouvons françois rihouay. c'est un choix singulier, lié aux déclarations de trump sur les droits de douane. - françois rihouay: oui. mark carney est qualifié de "technocrate agile" par la presse ici. il est libéral, mais il a grandi dans la très conservatrice province de l'alberta. il se présente comme l'homme de la situation dans une période de crise sans précédent avec les etats

. >> well, our reporter anna riley, spoke to former miners in south yorkshire about their lasting legacyear long coal mining strikes. and 40 years on, these former south yorkshire miners reflect on the end of an era. >> we voted to strike. we thought it might be only for a few weeks or something like that. and obviously a year later we came away. obviously we out of victory. we just went back and we just had to build up his lives again. and it�*s a shame lives again. and it's a shame that it's had to come to an end knowing that there's still coal down there to be mined. i don't know if i've heard it right. there's about 14 years of coal left down there, so 14 year coal just lost. if you. >> asked me to go back, i�*d go back. well, now it�*s gone. and, back. well, now it's gone. and, you know, it's a faint memory as such. but you do. you have good memories of who you work with and whatnot. yeah, it's sad that and whatnot. yeah, it�*s sad that it closed, but you have to start another, you know, you can't dwell on it. you have to start, get on with what you got. >> like his parents. grandpa