it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 4:30am in odisha in india, where the country s worst train disaster in decades happened. there s a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has been called off, with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signal failure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too. our correspondent archana shukla has been at the scene, we ll hear from there shortly, but first, let s show you this report. a painful search. sifting through photos. from hospital to hospital, and now morgue to morgue. inconsolable and traumatised. 22 year old himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. at this makeshift morgue, he is just one of the many families in the desperate search to find those missing. but not everyone has answers yet. ten mem
of plastic pollution. just one of the issues under discussion on world environment day. it s seven in the morning here in singapore, and 3:30am in odisha in india, where the country s worst train disaster in decades happened. there s a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has now been called off with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signal failure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too. our correspondent archana shukla has been at the scene, we ll hear from there shortly, but first, let s show you this report. a painful search. sifting through photos. from hospital to hospital, and now morgue to morgue. inconsolable and traumatised. 22 year old himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. at this makeshift morgue, he is just one of the many
to use health services wisely. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 1:00 in the morning in the sudanese capital, khartoum where the two rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing no sign whatsoever of stopping their fighting in the capital khartoum. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. thousands of people are still trying to get out of the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of them. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, to the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we arejust coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big cit
nhs leaders warn the public to use health services wisely. hello. we begin in the sudanese capital khartoum, where the two rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing no sign whatsoever of stopping their fighting. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. thousands of people are still trying to get out of the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of them. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, to the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we arejust coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuati
welcome to bbc news. our top story today: the us defense secretary says he had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighterjet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the drone which is thought to be twelve hundred metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america s top general said the whole incident was a result of russia s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defense secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. as i ve said repeatedly, it s important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. and the united states will continue to fly into operate where ever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. ukraine s foreign told the bbc that incidents such as this are inevitable until russia leaves crimea. our diplomatic corr