making it to land. help is now arriving. this is an australian c17 transport plane on final approach to tonga this afternoon. the crew quickly unloaded water and emergency supplies, but, because of covid, they were not allowed any contact with locals. tonga s government has decided that until the covid pandemic is over, the islanders will have to deal with the clean up of this disaster by themselves. meanwhile, on the other side of the pacific in peru, another clean up is under way. the crude oil on these beaches was spilled from a tanker that was unloading when a tsunami hit the coast here, triggered by the eruption in tonga, more than 10,000 kilometres away. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. still to come a bit later in the programme: we ll tell
the clean up of this disaster by themselves. meanwhile, on the other side of the pacific in peru, another clean up is under way. the crude oil on these beaches was spilled from a tanker that was unloading when a tsunami hit the coast here, triggered by the eruption in tonga, more than 10,000 kilometres away. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. the former pope, benedict the sixteenth, has expressed shock at the sexual abuse of children by clerics, after a report accused him of failing to take action in four cases back when he was archbishiop of munich, germany. benedict, who was then called josef ratzinger, denies any wrongdoing. victims groups have welcomed the report s findings. 0ur berlin correspondent, jenny hill has more details. the world came to know him as pope benedict xvi.
tonga s government has decided that until the covid pandemic is over, the islanders will have to deal with the clean up of this disaster by themselves. meanwhile, on the other side of the pacific in peru, another clean up is under way. the crude oil on these beaches was spilled from a tanker that was unloading when a tsunami hit the coast here, triggered by the eruption in tonga, more than 10,000 kilometres away. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. the government has refused permission for a new electricity link beneath the channel, bringing energy from france. the company involved, aquind, is part owned by two men who ve made large donations to the conservative party. the proposal involved laying cables from portsmouth to normandy at a cost of over £1 billion. but the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, said he wasn t satisfied that more appropriate alternatives had been fully considered.
the clean up from this disaster by themselves. meanwhile, on the other side of the pacific in peru, another clean up is under way. the crude oil on these beaches was spilled from a tanker that was unloading when a tsunami hit the coast here, triggered by the eruption in tonga more than 10,000 kilometres away. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. let s get some of the day s other news. in britain, downing street is facing further criticism about the way it operates amid allegations that a number of backbench mps have faced intimidation that could amount to blackmail. the prime minister, borisjohnson, has insisted he has seen no evidence to support the allegations, and has advised colleagues who feel threatened to go to the police. the united states has charged four government officials from belarus with aircraft piracy over the diversion of a passenger plane in order to arrest a journalist. the incident took place last may when a ryanair plane travelling from greece to latvia was