businessman and adventurer hey mish harden along with a pakistani father and son as well as others. brooke singman has the latest on the operationally. brooke, what do you know? brooke: hey guys that s right. a rescue mission is underway for the titanic tourist submersible that went mittsing in the atlantic ocean. the submersible similar to this opened by ocean gate expeditions was taking a crew of five people 12,000 feet under water as part of the tour of the 19 12 titanic ship wreck. the tour costs 250z thousand dollars per person. so far reported french navy veteran and crew member paul harvey is on board along with ceo and founder and his teen-age son. the family releasing a statement saying saying quote we are grateful for the concern being shown our colleagues and friends and would like to request everyone to pray for their safety. it s also believed uk billionaire hhammish harding is on the visit including his stepson tweeting my step dad hammish is on board the subm
if you have joined if you havejoined us, you are welcome and we are looking at the top business stories. we start here in the uk, where there is some relief for millions of people facing soaring housing costs. lenders have started the new year by slashing the cost of mortgages as financial markets bet the bank of england will soon begin to cut interest rates from their 15 year high. from today banking giant hsbc becomes the first major lender to bring back mortgages below 4% since last march. it comes as rival halifax slashed almost a percentage point off some of its mortgage rates this week. and it s raised hopes of a price war between banks. hsbc is offering a five year fixed rate mortgage at 3.94%. it s only available to people remortgaging their home not to first time buyers. but it s far below rates of almost 6.5% that borrowers were facing just a few months ago. and it will be a welcome development for many uk households as our cost of living correspondent kevin peach
An fbi tip and a fourday manhunt. The Military Heads to the border. The Biden Administration is sending 1,500 unarmed active duty troops to help out at the Southern Border, not to do law enfo enforcement, ahead of an expected surge next week. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york. U. S. Officials are looking into the provocative but unverified russian accusation that ukraine attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin overnight. With a drone strike on the kremlin. The kremlin saying that its Defense Systems destroyed two drones over putins recollection residence but he was not home. Ukraine insists they wage an exclusively defensive war and calling it a trick. Some experts agree, cautioning the claims could be a possible false flag used to justify further escalation against ukraine ahead of tomorrows victory day sell bra celebratio square. U. S. Officials tell us the u. S. Had no warning. At a World Press Freedom day, Secretary Of State blinken expressing his doubts ukraine wa
just match but outdo that embrace of the future. my approach to the way we were much we find space to develop and grow in the nation is in tennyson s words, to strive, to seek, to find and it is in that spirit that i want us all this christmas to fall back in love with the future. thank you. that christmas to fall back in love with the future. thank you. christmas to fall back in love with the future. thank you. that was the healthy and the future. thank you. that was the healthy and levelling the future. thank you. that was the healthy and levelling up the future. thank you. that was the healthy and levelling up secretary i healthy and levelling up secretary michael gove housing. i think he will be taking questions, his plans for planning and housing across england. let sjust check for planning and housing across england. let s just check to see if he is taking questions from the floor. bi; he is taking questions from the floor. , he is taking questions from the
that a total of nine people have been arrested over the serious disorder in parts of cardiff, including five who were detained early this morning yesterday you watch the police conference condemning the levels of violence, explaining the timeline of the disturbances, of those two teenagers who died. that news, nine people have been arrested over that disorder including five who had detained a little earlier on that day. that is the latest. we will obviously return to this if there is more. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s ollie foster. over to you. arne slot has ruled out a move to tottenham hotspur. the dutchman led feyenoord to their first eredivise title in 6 years and it had been reported that spurs had identified him as their number one choice as a fulltime managerial replacement for antonio conte who was sacked in march. slot says my wish is to stay at feyenoord and continue working on what we created last year. there is not and there