is newsday. thank you for being with us. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 5:30am in odisha in india, where the country s worst train disaster in decades happened. there s a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has been called off with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signalfailure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too. our correspondent archana shukla has been at the scene. we ll hear from there shortly, but first, let s show you this report. a painful search. sifting through photos, from hospital to hospital, and now morgue to morgue. inconsolable and traumatised. 22 year old himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. and at this makeshift morgue, he is just one of the many families in the desperate search to find those missin
it s world environment day led by the united nations. this year s theme focusses on solutions to plastic pollution. up to 23 million tons of plastic end up in lakes, rivers, and seas every year. australia s platypus is one of the animals at risk of being entangled by plastic. it is of course only found in australia. there is now a project to protect its population. earlier i spoke to gilad bino, from the centre for ecosystem science at the university of new south wales, who explained more. obviously, platypuses are a highly iconic species that is only found here in australia. plastic is a significant environmental concern, definitely. large plastic and rubbish in general. it is a problem for platypus is because of the way they forage, they close their eyes in our use highly specialised bills to forage for food in the water. and so as a result of this kind of foraging behaviour, platypuses are prone to getting