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Tonnes of canadian waste back to canada. Hello. A cruise boat with more than 30 people on board has capsized in the hungarian capital. State media are saying at least seven people have died the south Korean Foreign ministry has confirmed they were south korean tourists. It happened on the river danube in budapest. Divers have joined the search for 19 other people still missing. 7 people have been rescued but strong currents and high water levels, caused by heavy rain, are hampering emergency teams. The vessel collided with another boat near the parliament building, and overturned. Gareth barlow has the latest. The incident happened late on wednesday evening on a popular part of the river close to the hungarian parliament. Local news reports say the boat, the mermaid, was carrying a group of south korean tourists when it collided with another vessel. A huge rescue effort is under way, with both spotlight and radar scanning the river for several kilometres downstream. Police and paramedics line the riverbank as divers search the water. A section the danube, europe second longest river, has been closed. The rescue workers are facing difficult conditions. The river is flooding, and strong winds and heavy rain are hampering the search. In the centre of border patched tonight, the search for those lost in the river continues and in the cold light of morning, the search for the answers to what caused the disaster will get under way. Gareth barlow, to what caused the disaster will get underway. Gareth barlow, bbc to what caused the disaster will get under way. Gareth barlow, bbc news. Balintjuhasz is a radio reporter who lives near to the river doesnt where the two boats collided in budapest. Iam standing i am standing next to the danube river. They are seeing a boat next would bridge when it crashed through the big cruiser boat. More than 50 rooms, a lot of foreign tourists. This little boat which crashed, it isa this little boat which crashed, it is a little small boat with 60 passengers and they crashed. Its obvious that weather is difficult there. Lots of speculation on the cash. Lets try again. Can you still hear us . I am still here. I tried to catch some sign of that. Some people in hospital and i hear some policemen say they now go to investigate to the hospitals, speak with them whats happened, what they see at that time and at 1 30 a. M. , they found the boat. |j see at that time and at 1 30 a. M. , they found the boat. I think weve lost our connection. Next to. Its more than 50 rooms, so its already a big boat room, and the little boat, it was operating with 60 passengers. A lot of people fall into the water. It is very cold, the water, and experts said. If you can still hear us, balint, thank you very much indeed. We will bring you more on that story. The us special Counsel Robert Mueller has said that charging President Trump with a crime was not an option, but that his long inquiry into Russian Election interference did not exonerate the president. In his first Public Comments on the inquiry, mr mueller said legal guidelines prevent the indictment of a sitting president. President trump has responded by saying the case is closed. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. Morning. Washington is a city where people race to be in front of a microphone. But for two years, special Counsel Robert Mueller has chosen silence while he completed his report on russian interference in the 2016 president ial election. That changed dramatically today, when he almost flatly contradicted Donald Trumps assertion that hed been completely exonerated by the special counsel investigation. Listen to what he has to say on whether the president obstructed justice. If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commita crime, we would have said so. We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. Under long Standing Department policy, a present president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. Until now, donald trump has repeatedly referred to the Mueller Investigation as a hoax and a witch hunt but on twitter today, a significant reframing. He said there was insufficient evidence and therefore in our country, a person is innocent. This afternoon, it was the turn of the president s press secretary to push the line of no collusion and no obstruction. In his tweet today, the president said there was insufficient evidence, therefore he is innocent. Is that the bar at which you set things . We set the bar at the fact that mueller spent two years doing an exhaustive investigation and came back to say that there was no wrongdoing by the Trump Campaign or any american. From Robert Mueller and donald trump, two totally different interpretations. Mueller effectively saying, look, we dont think hes innocent but we cant prosecute him. And from donald trump, theres insufficient evidence and therefore, its case closed. The white house would clearly love this to be the end of the episode. Theres no chance of that. And sure enough, muellers statement has fuelled democrat demands for impeachment proceedings to begin. With respect to impeachment questions at this point, all options are on the table and nothing should be ruled out. What special Counsel Robert Mueller said loud and clear today for the American People is that President Trump is lying when he says no collusion, no obstruction and that he was exonerated. Thank you, thank you for being here today. Today, Robert Mueller told the American People hes taken it as far as he can. Now, its up to congress. Does it dare try to impeach the president . Jon sopel, bbc news, washington. Well have more on that story later in this bulletin. Lets get some of the days other news. The tornadoes battering the american midwest have now killed 38 people the highest number in 5 years. Twenty have been reported in kansas alone in the past 2a hours. Pennsylvania was also hit. Across the us there have been more than 300 tornadoes reported, in just the past 12 days. A crash on a main road in eastern mexico involving a bus and a truck has killed at least twenty people. Both vehicles burst into flames. Children are reported to be among the dead. Thirty other people were hurt. Most of the victims were bus passengers travelling back to their home state, veracruz, from a pilgrimage to a Roman Catholic shrine in neighbouring chiapas. The olympic champion athlete Caster Semenya has lodged a legal appeal in switzerland, over the rules on the testosterone levels allowed for female athletes. Women with higher than normal male hormone levels are now required to suppress them artificially, if they want to compete in some events. This month the court of arbitration for sport rejected the south africans earlier challenge to the rules. Borisjohnson, the prominent contender for the conservative Party Leadership in the uk, is to appear in court, in relation to allegations that he made misleading claims during the brexit referendum 3 years ago. Mrjohnsons lawyers have dismissed the accusations as a politically motivated stunt. Israeli mps have voted to dissolve parliament, paving the way for snap elections after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to meet a deadline forforming a coalition. Mr netanyahu appeared set for a fifth term after his party won more than a quarter of seats in Parliament Last months election. The new vote is expected in september. Emily hawthorne is middle east analyst at the rand corporation. Shejoins me now from austin in texas. What do you make of this and what is most likely to happen next . We are ina most likely to happen next . We are in a precedented territory for israel. Weve never had to snap elections in one year, weve never had an israeli Prime Minister not return back to the president to find another Prime Minister designate to conform a coalition so we are in New Territory but what will happen next is yet another Election Campaign and we already had a very. Emily, we are breaking up. We will see a lot of dynamics. We will see a lot of those same dynamics come to the fore here as we are trying to see the centre right government defend its position against centre left contenders. We will see hardline Security Policy emerging. Different policy promises emerging. Were going to see a lot of the same dynamics we saw leading up to april leading up to september. Mr netanyahu leading up to september. Mr neta nyahu was certainly leading up to september. Mr netanyahu was certainly talking to some extreme elements in israeli politics. How hard you think it might be to form a new government . Will he be able to . That is what is so intriguing. Whether knesset voted to dissolve itself and push for new elections. We are going to have the same elections. We are going to have the sa m e stea ks elections. We are going to have the same steaks and dynamics in play in the new Prime Minister designate who could be netanyahu or could be someone else depending on the results, we could have those same dynamics where we have an electorate that seems to be voting for increasingly right leaning policies but each of those policies are very divisive and those in the israeli electorate dont support them, things like more hardline gaza policy, potential annexation of the west bank, those that dont want to see those policies are voting for the opposition and we are seeing a lot of policy discussions come to loggerheads, a lot of bills stagnate and language in the knesset for a long time and it seems like its only going to get worse when we moved to another election. Mr netanyahu moved to another election. Mr neta nya hu faces moved to another election. Mr neta nyahu faces some moved to another election. Mr netanyahu faces some serious legal problems. How will they in the be impacted . In three of the Corruption Cases that Prime Minister netanyahu is facing, he is going to face a hearing in early october. The attorney general has been pretty clear that he is not going to budge on the date and that means the new Elections Come just weeks before netanyahu Elections Come just weeks before neta nyahu will face that Elections Come just weeks before netanyahu will face that hearing and it means you wont have time to cobble together any immunity legislation which is part of the coalition discussions and part the reason why these discussions failed because he was asking for some of the politicians in his coalition or prospective coalition to grant him immunity if he gets positions in the government and it appears that gamble did not pay off for him. Just briefly, donald trump has been commonly expect, sing his son in laws middle east peace plan would emerge. The palestinians have rejected it in the trumpet ministration doesnt have anyone in israel empowered to talk to. This is certainly a problem. The Israeli Government can do several things it wa nts. Government can do several things it wants. It can move into another chaotic election season while continuing to discuss policy with other actors but it does mean we will likely see some delays on the rollout of the economic and certainly on the political portions of that peace plan. A lot more will be discussed in latejune in bahrain but it makes the Israeli Government, it makes it more difficult for them to agree on anything. Thank you very much. We have got much more on this story on our website at bbc. Com news. You can also download the bbc news app for the latest news and developments. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come what it took for workers in a welsh steel town to move a work of art worth a six figure sum from a garage wall to an art gallery. In the Biggest International sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 Million People have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. The first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7 00am. Taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. The Belgian Police had lost control. The whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. He was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. The Oprah Winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 11,500 episodes. The chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. Geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she has left the spice girls. I dont believe it shes the one with the bounce, the go, the girl power. Not geri. Why . This is bbc news. The latest headlines at least seven people are killed on a cruise boat thats capsized on the river danube in the hungarian capital. Teams are still searching for survivors. Us special Counsel Robert Mueller breaks his silence on the russia investigation and repeats that his report did not clear President Trump of obstructing justice. Lets stay with that story now. Wendy 0lson was the us District Attorney for idaho from 2010 to 2017. She also worked for many years at the Justice Department with attorney general william barr in washington. Shes in boise, idaho. Welcome and thanks again for your time. Do you think actually anything has changed with what Robert Mueller said . I dont think it has but i think when he tried to do was clarify what his position has been because there has been so much commentary about what he meant what he didnt mean and what should happen next. It is exactly as your story identified, what he said was i did not exonerate donald trump with respect to obstruction ofjustice and infact respect to obstruction ofjustice and in fact because there is an office of Legal Counsel that said i could not do that, i did not, this investigation did not determine whether or not he committed a crime because we dont have that authority andi because we dont have that authority and i think he said secondly, the authority belongs to another body under the constitution, it is congress, it has the responsibility to act when a sitting president cannot be indicted and has engaged in conduct that can be criminal. I think he wanted to make that clear. I think you did not want people to guess 01 i think you did not want people to guess or estimate about what is report meant that he wanted to articulate that for himself. Forgive me, ididnt articulate that for himself. Forgive me, i didnt mean to interrupt, living beside the question of authority, isnt there a problem if there isnt enough evidence for mr mueller, there isnt enough evidence for congress . No, i dont think there was not enough evidence, he saidi there was not enough evidence, he said i dont have the ability to charge a sitting president , i am prohibited by the department of justice policy. That is not something i can do. What i can do is deliver these facts and these facts will allow the body that has the constitutional authority, congress, to decide whether or not to institute impeachment proceedings. I think that is what he wanted to make clear. I think the other thing he wa nted clear. I think the other thing he wanted to make clear was his investigation into whether or not russia interfered in the United Statess collection was a serious matter. Election. There was evidence of that and significant evidence of that and significant evidence to suggest that donald trump was concerned about that and engaged in activities that congress should look at, to consider whether 01 should look at, to consider whether or not they constitute sufficient evidence for impeachment and i think you wanted to make it clear, i did not exonerate the president , this was a serious offence, and under the constitution, it is congress and not as special counsels office that has the responsibility to take the next step. And what you take of make of all of this talk of impeachment . It isa of all of this talk of impeachment . It is a political rather than Legal Process and surely it will not get through a republican controlled senate. It is a mixed political and legal questions of the constitution gives the authority to congress to institute impeachment proceedings and so that is what Robert Mueller, and so that is what Robert Mueller, a long time lawyer, a Longtime Department ofjustice lawyer, a long time fbi head, said, i do not have the legal authority, someone else does, that the legal question, and the political question becomes do the democrats who control the house, they believe that is the appropriate step to take because i think you are right. Realistically, politically in the United States we have become such a divided country, pa rt have become such a divided country, part assembly, that it is difficult to imagine that from a political respect of that assignment would act evenif respect of that assignment would act even if the house instituted a impeachment proceedings but is important to know that

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