bad one, this is the reality of prisoner swaps. joy for some and pain for others. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. three people are known to have died after an explosion flattened a three storey block of flats on jersey. rescue teams are working under floodlights, searching for people who are still missing. the islands police chief said about 12 people are unaccounted for. police have described the scene as one of utter devastation. a warning this report from our correspondent robert hall injersey contains footage of the explosion. it sounded like a roll of thunder, according to eyewitnesses, a huge explosion in a residential area overlooking st helier s harbour. a security camera on a cafe half a mile away captured the blast and the subsequent fire. emergency services were on the scene within a few minutes. they found one three storey block of flats virtually demolished, with adjoining buildings on fire or badly damaged.
viewing this from a different perspective of the majority of the american relatives. perspective of the ma ority of the american relatives. rescuers searching the scene of an explosion injersey in which at least three people died have said they no longer expect to find anyone else alive. specialist teams who spent the night combing the wreckage in st helier said their mission was now a recovery operation . there are reports the authorities had been warned of a gas leak the day before. 0ur correspondent danjohnson is injersey and joins us now. it seems there are still a lot of unanswered questions. indeed. those re orts of unanswered questions. indeed. those reports of a fire unanswered questions. indeed. those reports of a fire service unanswered questions. indeed. those reports of a fire service attendance i reports of a fire service attendance at this block of flats on friday have been confirmed by the authorities here on the island. residence smelled gas and were concerned, ca
operation will take? we any indication as to how long this operation will take? operation will take? we are told several days operation will take? we are told several days and operation will take? we are told several days and i operation will take? we are told several days and i can operation will take? we are told l several days and i can understand that because whilst they have made it a safe, the fire is out, they have cut off gas and water supplies, nobody really knows the structure of that collapsed building and they are going to have to work their way right through it from top to bottom, that pile of rubbish and debris stop you cannot underestimate the force of this explosion, the debris was thrown hundreds of yards onto surrounding streets, that whole area is now cordoned off for safety reasons. that may be the case for a couple of days. it is going to be hard, difficult, but you can rest assured, because that is the way these things are carried out, that it will be don
the tower of london with the honourable artillery company. and in other national capitals, at cardiff castle, edinburgh castle and hillsborough castle near belfast. and in other cities within the united kingdom, at york, portsmouth, gibraltar. we saw gun salutes being fired at stonehenge and injersey in the channel islands. mil fired at stonehenge and in jersey in the channel islands. the channel islands. all of this is takin: the channel islands. all of this is taking place the channel islands. all of this is taking place as the channel islands. all of this is taking place as the the channel islands. all of this is taking place as the new- the channel islands. all of this is taking place as the new king, - the channel islands. all of this is l taking place as the new king, king charles iii, makes his way now from aberdeen airport, and he took off about a0 minutes ago, heading down to london at the start of a very public duties at a time of very private grief and pain.- public d
and injersey? because what i said was that, which i mentioned earlier, is that the clients of large endowments worldwide, that s where they wanted to be. let s take a bigger picture and look now at how you run the fund. the fund has massive stakes in oil and gas companies around the world, i think still to the tune of some $27 billion. now, post glasgow, cop26 and the urgent need to decarbonise the world economy, are you sending a message that you will divest from oil and gas? no, we are not, and i ll tell you why in 2019, the oil fund divested the pure upstream oil companies. now, that was not for ethical reasons, that was because we wanted to have diversification risk, because the nation is so dependent on oil