tracks and crashed and fire from it burned for days, releasing those killer chemicals into the air. norfolk southern train corporation and the transportation secretary pete buttigieg failed to show up. the city s mayor says buttigieg is missing in action. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. new problems we re hearing from people that we ve been interviewing in focus. they waited too long to evacuate people and let them go home too quickly knowing how bad it was. now thousands of people are living in fear. i mean even the governor says he is going to drink bottled water. problems are building. people are having trouble breathing. their pets are dying. thousands of dead fish in the local streams. still transportation secretary pete buttigieg seems to have lost his ability to speak on this disaster. the community wants to know where is pete? emotions running high at the so-called informational open house. they re telling us that everything is fine. we re
now sport from the bbc sport centre. manchester united are looking for their first premier league win and goal since lifting the league cup at wembley in february. that slump has seen eric ten hag s side drop out of the top four. united host brentford later and ten hag feels some of the attributes that made them top four contenders are missing you have to know why you are where you are. and what brings us to the position. and that was about determination, that was about passion, that was about desire. so, i admit it. when you are a strong opponent, who plays above the levels, and many teams play against man united above their levels, you get killed. brentford head into this one having lostjust once in their last ten games, they could move up to seventh in the table with a win. manager thomas frank says the trip to old trafford will prove a huge test in their challenge for european football. we potentially are going into the most difficult game of the season, with everything t
we start in poland where president zelensky is making his first official visit to the country, since russia invaded ukraine. the visit is proving more controversial than planned. the polish agriculture minister has resigned as farmers complain about cheap ukrainian grain. ukraine s leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he s expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. in a moment, we ll be speaking to our correspondent hugo bachega who is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. but first, let s go live to warsaw where we can speak to the bbc s adam easton. despite the problems, which we will talk about in a moment, this is a hugely important and symbolic visit for the u
around 500 migrants this is what the barge looks like. it is called that bb stockholm and it has 222 rooms. let s take a look inside. this is what it looks like. it s been refurbished since it was criticised as an oppressive environment when the dutch government used it for asylum seekers. it now has ian suite rooms, a tv and games remanded gym. the home office as it will be significantly cheaper than using motels. the prime minister has defended the use of the barge, insisting it would save taxpayers money. as part of stopping the boats, we have got to reduce the price on hotels and motels of the country. we are spending £6 million a day housing illegal asylum seekers and hotels. i can t be right. i ve committed to reducing that number, moving those figures out of hotels and we need to find alternative sites, including barges, like the one we brought forward today, that s going to save the taxpayer money, reduce pressure on hotels and part of our broader plan to stop th
official try to get additional security guarantees at a nato summit. the uk government has at least a barge that will house asylum seekers as it seeks to cut hotel costs sturgeon is arrested over an investigation into snp finances. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre manchester united are looking for their first premier league win and goal since lifting the league cup at wembley in february. that slump has seen eric ten hag s side drop out of the top four. united host brentford later and ten hag feels some of the attributes that made them top four contenders are missing you have to know why you are where you are. and what brings us to the position. and that was about determination, that was about passion, that was about desire. so, i admit it. when you are a strong opponent, who plays above the levels, and many teams play against man united above their levels, you get killed. brentford head into this one having lostjust once in their last 10 games, they c