council leaders in kent say the number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats has left the county at breaking point. food charities are warning that rising prices mean they re struggling to restock and donations are falling at a time of increasing need. and how a drug found in magic mushrooms is helpful to patients suffering from depression. and coming up on the bbc news channel, celtic are well beaten by the champions league holders real madrid in their final group match. they end this year s campaign without a win. police whatsapp group. and the census, find out if the of census, find out if the results of surprise you. good evening. and we start with a special report on the response of the emergency services to the bomb attack at the manchester arena in may 2017. the attack claimed the lives of 22 people and left hundreds injured. tomorrow brings the long awaited publication of the second of three official reports which will consider whether two of the victims mig
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 1am in south africa, where after ten days of peace talks a surprise deal has been reached between the government of ethiopia and rebel forces in tigray for a permanent cessation of hostilities. the african union s chief mediator the former nigerian president olusegun obasanjo has called it the beginning of a new dawn for ethiopia. it s almost two years to the day since a brutal conflict began in ethiopia s northern tigray region. since then, a civil war has left hundreds of thousands dead, almost five million displaced and a population on the brink of starvation. the bbc is the first international broadcaster to obtain footage from inside the area since august. our senior africa correspondent anne soy reports. it s a major breakthrough, ethiopia s government has called it monumental. rebels have agreed to disarm. but there is some level of caution. this moment i
Hello and welcome to verified live. One passenger has been killed and seven people are critically injured and everyone on board a flight from london to singapore are instead in the thai capital bangkok. The man who died was a 73 old british passenger thought to have had a heart attack. Passengers took these pictures inside the plane. They clearly show the debris, the damage and the open Overhead Lockers as well as injured passengers being stretchered off the plane. One of the Singapore Airlines crew told a passenger it was the worst turbulence shed experienced in her 30 year career. On the tarmac, Emergency Services surrounded the plane. The singapore bound aircraft was diverted to bangkok and landed at 3. 1i5pm in the afternoon local time. There were 211 passengers and 18 crew. Lets hear from someone who was on that plane. Tough day . Definitely, yes, or some of m tough day . Definitely, yes, or some ofm life, tough day . Definitely, yes, or some of my life, actually. Tough day . Defi
was badly hurt. told me his name and all that. asked him where he were from. so, he communicated. in less than a minute of that explosion, you rang 999, didn t you? yeah. john atkinson was the man ron was trying to help. his legs were bleeding heavily. on the way down, i remembered my wife had a belt on, so i asked her to