dreadful pictures and dreadful numbers. here you can see one train carousel on its side, people desperately trying to help. it s about midnight or so. it is late, it is dark, and it is desperate. some of the numbers we are getting in from afp news agency, 50 dead and 500 hertz. really desperate situation. a number of trains involved. we can take a look at the map now to show exactly where this is happening. this is happening in odesa in india there. just a little earlier, we heard from the chief minister of the area. let s take a listen. , ., ., , ., listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, but - listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, but since - listen. they have told us that there i have been casualties, but since the rescue, we have been casualties, but since the rescue, we have not counted the numbers, rescue, we have not counted the numbers, so i can t offer an accurate
villagers are now desperately trying to rescue those trapped inside these carriages. though the officials have not confirmed any casualty figure, there are fears that it could be dozens of people who died in this incident and hundreds injured. government has dispatched more than 60 ambulances as well as local buses to ferry those injured people, injured passengers to various hospitals. injured passengers to various hositals. . ~ injured passengers to various hositals. ., ~ ., , injured passengers to various hospitats- injured passengers to various hositals. ., ~ ., , ., hospitals. talk to us through the role of the hospitals. talk to us through the role of the railway hospitals. talk to us through the role of the railway network- hospitals. talk to us through the role of the railway network in - hospitals. talk to us through the | role of the railway network in the country. of course, it s absolutely huge. what is the state of the infrastructure like? huge. what is the state of t
crammed into these superfast trains. but, you know, for years, they were not investment in terms of infrastructure, in terms of strengthening tracks and signalling system. that is the key, but things have improved over the years. still, these accidents are happening, and these accidents are happening, and the accidents are not uncommon in india, but, again, how this happened, what were the reasons, i think officials will conduct an investigation, but what people are trying to understand is how some of these coaches came off the track and then there was another train coming from the opposite direction. that is for the investigation and for the authorities. at the moment, they are focusing on sending more rescue teams because these carriages would have been toppled and the doors would have jammed. they have to cut through these, and to rescue those injured. some of those are probably badly injured. so time is of the essence here. that is why officials are trying to bring more teams from
welcome to the programme. former tv star phillip schofield, says he feels nothing but sadness and regret after admitting to lying about an affair with a younger colleague. we ll bring you his sit down interview with the bbc s amol rajan shortly. also on the programme tonight, us secretary of state antony blinken calls russia s invasion of ukraine a strategic failure . we ll look at how the war is impacting vladimir putin. after nearly a year of train strikes here in the uk, we will look at what it s done to the economy as railway unions strike for the 29th time. and with the debt ceiling crisis avoided, who are the real winners and losers in washington, with both sides claiming victory. we ll have all those stories for you throughout the programme, but first some breaking news we are following in india. itrain i train crash. i m afraid there are
dreadful pictures and dreadful numbers. here you can see one train carousel on its side, people desperately trying to help. it s about midnight or so. it is late, it is dark, and it is desperate. some of the numbers we are getting in from afp news agency, 50 dead and 500 hertz. really desperate situation. a number of trains involved. we can take a look at the map now to show exactly where this is happening. this is happening in odesa in india there. just a little earlier, we heard from the chief minister of the area. let s take a listen. , ., ., , ., listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, but - listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, but since - listen. they have told us that there i have been casualties, but since the rescue, we have been casualties, but since the rescue, we have not counted the numbers, rescue, we have not counted the numbers, so i can t offer an accurate numbers