The seaport would be locked, and no commercial ships can go there and pick up all the food. Supply will be stopped. We calculated over 200,000 families would be affected, losing their livelihood, probably for a generation, 25 years. The clean up would have cost 20 billion, thats the best estimate that we received. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Spill leaked Hundreds Of Thousands of gallons of crude into the gulf of alaska, a slick that covered over 1,000 miles of coastline. Even now, pockets of oil are still being discovered. Yet on yemens fso safer, four times as much oil. This is big. And i looked at the first price tag of, how are we going to raise 141; million . In the end, after two years and between 23 countries, private companies and even the general public, enough funds were raised to launch an operation to transfer the oil. An Elementary School in bethesda, maryland. Kids, six, seven, eight years old, heard about this and went out and raised. They sold lemonade or whatever they cou
2pm in the afternoon, a row of shops in the town of kostiantynivka. Theyre used to attacks here but not on this scale. In the blast s shocking aftermath, a search for the living and the dead. Its not immediately clear what kind of weapon landed here, but shrapnel tore into the road, into cars and people. Translation this is a civilian pharmacy. At the time of the strike, civilians were here, buying medicines, and this is what happened. Ukraines president , as he has so many times before, sounded outraged. Translation we understand what they are doing, they did the same in the past. Whenever there is any positive offensive step by ukraines defence forces, Russia Targets civilians and civilian infrastructure. This was one of the worst attacks on ukrainian civilians since the spring. And it came as the us Secretary Of State, antony blinken, was here in kyiv pledging yet more support. His arrival, early this morning, was preceded once more by the sounds of war. Air raid sirens wail. Russia
And victory for Novak Djokovic at the us open as he equals margaret courts all time record of 2a major Singles Titles. And coming up on bbc news we look ahead to wales against latvia in riga. A win is all but essential for rob pages side as they try to automatically qualify for next summers euros. The Retailer Wilko is set disappear from uk high streets, after a rescue deal for the chain collapsed over the weekend. All of its 400 Stores Across the uk will close by early october, the gmb union has said. It was hoped that a bid from the Billionaire Owner of hmv would save 300 shops, but rising costs complicated the deal. It leaves the future of more than 12,000 workers and hundreds of stores uncertain. 0ur Cost Of Living correspondent Colletta Smith has been speaking to shoppers in greater manchester. They always had the stuff in there and it was good stuff. Im just gutted. In and it was good stuff. Im ust cutted. ,. , gutted. In the corner of this showing gutted. In the corner of this S
The tremor struck on friday night in the atlas mountains, around 70 kilometres southwest of marrakech. Entire villages are reported to have been flattened, and families have been trapped under the rubble. The red cross says the response effort to the earthquake could take years due to the level of devastation. These are the latest pictures we are getting from amizmiz, in the south of marrakesh. People there have been Digging Graves for victims in this village, which has been severely affected by the deadly quake. Charlotte wright has this report. The horrifying moment a powerful earthquake hit morocco. Cctv shows people running for safety as buildings begin to crumble in marrakesh. Elsewhere in the city, diners frantically flee a restaurant. People yell. Outside the historic kutubiyya mosque, dust rises from the tower, prompting fears it might collapse. Marrakesh is 45 miles from the epicentre in the atlas mountains. Those in the city said it was terrifying. The floors were violently s