deaths outside of africa. spain s one of the worst hit countries around a quarter of the roughly 20,000 global infections were diagnosed there. now on bbc news, deadly browsing: the lorry driver. how a lorry driver, looking at dating sites while driving, went on to kill three. a warning this programme contains images some viewers may find upsetting. news report: nissan - in sunderland and rolls-royce are among the firms reporting production problems caused l by staff being forced to stay at home. . i m on the motorway, i think you ll already have a million calls about an accident. there are car s on fire. it ll be all the services. mate, don t go any furtherl because this might blow up any second now. - you can hear it popping. at least two obvious fatalities. can you push them back a bit? yeah, yeah. of course. l we willjust get rid of these lot. - everyone, clear away! there is still a risk. of further explosion! it is literally like a bomb has gone off. have you got your
to naomi. that is all the sport for now. more at 6:30 p:m.. 0k, gavin, looking forward to it. russia s defence ministry says fighting is continuing in soledar in eastern ukraine, despite earlier claims by the head of the russian mercenary group, wagner, that his forces had taken the town. ukraine for its part also insists the town hasn t fallen to the invading force. the town is seen as strategically significant, as it could be used by russian forces as a place from which to launch a fresh assault on the city of bakhmut, which has been the scene of fierce fighting for weeks. president zelensky has mocked the claims it s in russia s hands. the town is seen a strategically significant and it could be used as russian forces. it is thought to be a fresher source of a launch on the city of back live to moscow now with the bbc s will vernon. claims the bbc s will vernon. and counterclaims, but wha
the chair of the transport committee about the current state of the dispute let s say, on a scale of one to ten, whereas one, you remain on different planets, ten, i can go out and buy a hat for the wedding, where are we? mr whelan. thank you, chair. i think you can include zero on one to ten, we re further away than when we started. ok, that s clear. mrward? i wouldn t disagree with that. 0k, mr lynch? i wouldn t be able to say, it depends on discussions. i wouldn t use a scale, but we haven t got an agreement, and until we get an agreement, we re not close to it, really. rail bosses were also asked a similar question about the chances of a resolution with the unions
attention now turned to the driver of the lorry that caused all of the damage. i didn t have time to react, you know, in such a big machine. the next thing, i was trying to come this side on the middle so not to hit another wagon. is everybody over there 0k? we are trying to get the best help we can to people at the moment. hello. - how are you? i m glad i m alive. i bet you are. . what happened? everything slowed down so quick, i just couldn t slow in time, you know. 0k. it was a bit surreal to look at the lorry and to look at him unscathed. it was like, is this the driver of the lorry? how can it be? he was very quiet, reserved. clearly in shock. didn t see any hazards or nothing from the drivers ahead, nothing like that. right, 0k. i just. i didn t realise. yeah.
out of nowhere, ijust felt this impact from behind. ijust remember all of a sudden hearing the kind of crashing sounds of metal. it seemed to go up over the top of vehicles and then skewed - across in front of me. hit the barrier in the middle i of the motorway and exploded. and then all of a sudden being stopped on the ai just with a lot of fire around me. i said, i m going to ring, . and i picked up my phone, and i literally. my hands were shaking that much i couldn t dial, - i couldn t do anything. anyway, eventually i managed to ring. i i am on the motorway, i think you will already| have a million calls about an accident. i are you 0k? rm 0k. - i vejust seen it. n-s a lorry. there is dead people, i m sure.