At least 26. 00 people have died after lobster fishing boat overturned in the caribbean off the Atlantic Coast of honduras dozens more were rescued near the town of port olympia its the 2nd boating accident there in recent days. Greenpeace is calling on the un to create a new global ocean treaty to protect International Marine environments from deep sea mining and the reports by the group warns the practice could cause irreversible damage to the sensitive ecosystems it also says it would worsen Climate Change by releasing vast quantities of Carbon Dioxide the hearts cost of operations have so far prevented deep mining projects from International Waters but new technology could change that only about 5 percent of the sea floor has been mapped and the growing number of countries are now eyeing it as a possible source of wealth. We dont know very much about the deep ocean this is why quantifying the damage is a very tricky task and its why scientists have one that you know irreversible da
A woman lost her fetus after being shot during a fight by say jones was arrested last week when a jury decided she deliberately started the fight to cost the death of her unborn child a case sparked outrage alabamas District Attorney says pursuing the case wouldnt be in the interest of justice. Only a day for picnics and the park and fireworks but for residents of the u. S. Capitol this years 4th of july Independence Celebrations will be different President Donald Trump is putting himself front and center along with a display of military might critics say hes hijacking the day for political gain political gain takes a look. This is not normal this is not something people usually pass in the Nations Capital now the sight of tanks and assorted military equipment here for a celebration created by u. S. President donald trump. On thursday there will be fly overs of some of the countrys most sophisticated planes and the president will break with what has been routine and he will speak in wa
Good morning. Murderers who refuse to reveal the location of a victims body could be forced to spend longer in prison. Thejustice secretary david gauke has announced plans to introduce whats known as helens law. It follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt, who was murdered in 1988. Helens body was never found. Ben ando reports. For 31 years, Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter who was just 22 when she was abducted and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian simms. He has never revealed the whereabouts of helens body. To take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one and not let them know where their loved ones body is, there is no torture worse than that. I could say ive had a dripping tap on my head for the last 31 years. Its far worse than that. Its a pain in your heart that will never go. Marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refused to disclose the whereabouts of a victims remain
With serena williams. They were scheduled to be on centre court after coco gauff, but it was postponed because that match went on so late. Serena plays first up on court one so theyll feature at some point later today. The wimbledon coverage is underway on bbc you can follow it on the bbc sport website and app as well as radio 5live. Its not the match england wanted to be playing in but phil neville says they have to finish the womens world cup on a high despite being sick of losing semi finals. They were beaten by the defending champions usa in the last four and england play sweden this afternoon in the third place play off. Jane dougalls in nice for us. The england squad did not want to be here playing for a third place. Of course they wanted to be in lyon, fighting in the World Cup Final for the trophy, but after the devastating loss against the usa, they have to salvage something from this world cup. They play against sweden in the third placed player. Some of the members of the sq
That simply wasnt made to last. Raac was a postwar solution, now causing a headache for 21st century britain. More than 100 schools in britain have been told they need to close. Labour has announced it will force the government to reveal a complete list of affected schools, and now calls for transparency on the scale of the problem and for fast solutions. Its been known for a while and what we have also known for a while is there is a squeeze on school funding, and my committee has highlighted that repeatedly, and my committee has highlighted that and when you dont invest in maintenance and improvements in schools you get these problems arising but with raac its a systemic failure of the actual material used to build them. Hospital buildings and Court Buildings among those impacted and internal documents obtained by The Sunday Times suggest hospitals could be at risk of catastrophic collapse. The concerns about this have been swirling around for so long. Trusts have been trying to cope