to the search and rescue operation in nepal now and teams there say they have recovered two more bodies from sunday s plane crash, near the city of pokhara. there were 72 people on board the passenger plane from the capital kathmandu, and two people are still unaccounted for. rescue workers say it s unlikely that there are any sui’vivoi’s. it s still not clear what caused the crash. an official at pokhara airport says the pilot did not report anything untoward, as he came in to land. the aircraft s flight and cockpit recorders have now been located, and may provide some clues as to what happened. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidynathan reports from the scene. scattered across the river bank. fragments of flight 691. windows still intact. seats mangled close by. like pieces of a broken toy, the remnants of a national tragedy.
with the west. the search for dozens of people lost at sea from a boat that capsized off florida is suspended the us coast guard says it s unlikely there are any more sui’vivoi’s. us based moderna says it is on track for an 0micron specific coronavirus vaccine. there are questions about the extent of new shots needed in the two year pandemic and if moderna, pfizer and astrazeneca among others can keep pace with mutations. moderna s chief medical officer, dr paul burton, has been explaining about the new vaccine. this week, on wednesday, we announced two big pieces of information. the first was some data published in the new england journal of medicine, looking at how our vaccine holds up against 0micron after a six month booster, and the data are good. they re reassuring that we do see waning. the other thing we announced, as you said, is that we started our phase ii study in about 600 people, testing our 0micron specific booster, and we think that s going to be an integral part
welcome to bbc news. i m simon pusey. our top stories: russia readies for possible conflict over ukraine, but says there is room for further dialogue with the west. vaccine maker moderna says an omicron specific shot is on the horizon. but can drug makers really keep pace with new variants? the search for dozens of people lost at sea from a boat that capsized off florida is suspended. the us coast guard says it s unlikely there are any more sui’vivoi’s. north korea has confirmed test firing of long range cruise, surface to surface missiles earlier this week. and to mark holocaust memorial day, prince charles unveils portraits of seven survivors. the paintings will go on display in buckingham palace.
by chance, he and his family were away when the bomb hit. this isn t a war between armies, he says, the russians are trying to destroy us all. and nearby, at the army base, the search for more sui’vivoi’s goes on. andrew harding, bbc news, in mykolaiv, southern ukraine. at night, across ukraine, the safest place for many families to be is in a basement or a cellar or a shelter, whatever they can find to protect them from air raid sirens, from missiles, from rockets. many of these shelters underground were built decades ago in soviet times to protect from a different enemy and different threats. they have now become useful again. my colleague, our international corresponded, orla guerin, has spent time with one family in a soviet era shelter in the capital, kyiv.
ukrainian soldiers. as we ve seen today, the russians are sometimes targeting purely military sites but more often than not it s civilian neighbourhoods like this one that are getting hit. nine people who were queueing on a street outside these shops were killed a few days ago by a russian bombardment. just two blocks away, andrei is trying to clear up after this. by chance, he and his family were away when the bomb hit. translation: this isn t a war between armies, l the russians are trying to destroy us all. and nearby, at the army base, the search for more sui’vivoi’s goes on. andrew harding, bbc news, in mykolaiv, southern ukraine. as someone said they are, we all