after being deported for breaching australia s covid rules. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in nepal, where a day of mourning will be observed after officials say at leat 68 people have died in a plane crash in the central part of the country. there were 72 people on board the twin engine turboprop plane which came down just a mile from its destination. hundreds of nepalese soldiers have been involved in the search and rescue operation at the crash site, and the government has set up a special investigation. the plane was operated by yeti airlines and was flying from kathmandu airport to the tourist town of pokhara. it came down in the gorge of seti, a mile from the runway at pokhara airport. from kathmandu, our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off cou
after being deported for breaching australia s covid rules. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in nepal, where a day of mourning will be observed after officials say at leat 68 people have died in a plane crash in the central part of the country. there were 72 people on board the twin engine turboprop plane which came down just a mile from its destination. hundreds of nepalese soldiers have been involved in the search and rescue operation at the crash site, and the government has set up a special investigation. the plane was operated by yeti airlines and was flying from kathmandu airport to the tourist town of pokhara. it came down in the gorge of seti,
we re at 30,000 feet flying atop the storm. we have a p-3 which is a turboprop plane at low altitude penetrating the eye wall, and we also have an air force reserve c-130 doing the same thing from a different direction. so what we re seeing with all aircraft is that the storm is intensifying. the pressure in the center has dropped all the way down to 956 millibars, which is a lot lower than it was this morning. the lower the pressure in the eye, the stronger the storm is. and the winds have increased up to sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. so this is a legitimate category 3 hurricane. this is a major storm. there is going to be another national update at the top of the hour. do you think it s going to be gaining strength by then? i m not sure they re going to bump up the intensity any in the
charging him with second-degree murder. freeman in a statement saying, quote, her star will continue to shine bright. may she rest in peace. in philadelphia, the parents of a 12-year-old girl suffering from bipolar disorder reporting her missing, they say she was wearing a black tank top, jean overalls, and anyone with information about her whereabouts needs to contact police. and this man will be arraigned on aggravated arson charges accused of throwing gasoline on his girlfriend and setting her on fire earlier this month. eric: rescue crews in indonesia desperately searching for any survivors in that airliner crash yesterday morning. 54 people were onboard the turboprop plane when it went down in a very remote area. and while it is believed severe