As the gang reunites for the first time in decades in just a few hours� time. Hello and thanks forjoining us. A desperate search is taking place for more than 150 people feared to have drowned when an over loaded ferry sank in North West nigeria. The majority of those missing are reported to be women and children. President Muhammadu Buhari called the accident devastating. The boat was travelling between central Niger State and wara in northwest Kebbi State when it sank. The bbc� s Sara Monetta has the latest. The crowd gathered on the banks of the river as news of the Shipwreck Spread into town. Theres anxiety in the air. Divers pulled a few bodies out of the water. Some lucky passengers are found swimming to shore, and rescued. The boat was travelling from Niger State to neighboring kebbi. Its a busy route on the niger river, used by local goldminers, traders and food vendors. The boat was carrying around 200 people, mostly women and children way over the Boats Capacity of 80. At least 20 people have been rescued so far, but many more are missing. These tragedies are not uncommon here earlier this month, 30 people died when another overcrowded boat capsized. But despite the rescue efforts this time, the Death Toll is feared to be much higher. Sara monetta, Bbc News. And when we get further information and updates on that story we will make sure you know. Uber has agreed to recognise a Trade Union for the first time, in a Landmark Deal that should benefit Gig Economy workers. The Gmb Union will have the power to represent Uk Drivers in discussions over earnings, pensions, benefits and their health and wellbeing. 0ur Reporter Mark lobel is here in the studio. This is pretty historic. As You Sa , a this is pretty historic. As You Say. A first this is pretty historic. As You Say, a first. Now this is pretty historic. As You Say, a first. Now 70,000 this is pretty historic. As You Say, a first. Now 70,000 uk| say, a first. Now 70,000 Uk Based Uber Drivers will be able tojoin based Uber Drivers will be able to join the based Uber Drivers will be able tojoin the Gmb Union based Uber Drivers will be able to join the Gmb Union and based Uber Drivers will be able tojoin the Gmb Union and all its firepower over collective bargaining, issues like benefits, pensions and health. But one caveat, it will not get collective bargaining over earnings, they will only be able to consult about that. The gmb put out a statement, they say history has been made. This agreement shows the great Economy Companies dont have to be a Wild West on the Wild Frontier of Employment Rights went tech, private Hire Companies and unions work like this, everybody benefits. Gig economy. Gmb officers will be able to go to the offices where even drivers hang out and be able to recruit them Uber Drivers hang out. 0fficials drivers hang out. Officials will meet to discuss issues. Uber has put out the statement, this is what it says. This is a real interesting change, isnt it . For Gig Economy workers that has been a problem for many, the fact they havent got rights, security, those who work for an employer would have in normal circumstances. This follows a recent reclassification the uk. Yes, earlierthis recent reclassification the uk. Yes, earlier this year, the Supreme Court made a decision which meant, after which, uber decided to treat its drivers as workers and not self employed. That brought into play at their holiday pay, pensions and the national Living Wage. But that national Living Wage. But that national Living Wage only applies when they are assigned to a trip, and that has been a problem for the app drivers and Careers Union who brought the case to the Supreme Court. They said they will not enter a Recognition Agreement until thatl Recognition Agreement until thati sorted the way the gmb is doing. Is thatl sorted the way the gmb is doinu. ,. , thatl sorted the way the gmb is doinu. ,. ,. , doing. Is this a first world wide . There doing. Is this a first world wide . There are doing. Is this a first world | wide . There are iterations doing. Is this a first world i wide . There are iterations of this kind of wide . There are iterations of this kind of marriage wide . There are iterations of| this kind of marriage between informal employment in fluctuating demand and different relationships are for me. In italy, uber has a Food Delivery System where they have collective bargaining but they are not employed, they are self employed. In germany they have drivers that are employed through Fleet Management companies. There is scepticism. I spoke Tojohn Samuelsen in new york, he represents the transport Workers Union there. He is trying to unionise Food Delivery drivers in new York City. He said uber was partially recognising workers is fully employed, not everything is collectively bargained, it includes delivery works. There is scepticism in the us. You may remember the Belly Ipo from the delivery room. Part of the problem with that was that there was a rising cost in the economy. Deliveroo. Rising cost in the economy. Deliver00 deliveroo. Thank you for explaining deliveroo. Thank you for explaining all deliveroo. Thank you for explaining all of deliveroo. Thank you for explaining all of that deliveroo. Thank you for| explaining all of that and deliveroo. Thank you for i explaining all of that and is always more details on our website. Lets get some of the days other News President Macron will arrive in Rwanda On Thursday after decades of rwandan accusations that france was complicit in the 1994 genocide there. This is the first time a french president has visited the african nation since Nicolas Sarkozy in 2010. The australian City Of Melbourne will enter a Snap Lockdown of up to ten days to contain a new coronavirus outbreak. At least 25 people have tested positive after several months of almost no Community Transmission in the country. The outbreak is believed to be linked to a leak from a quarantine hotel. Ajudge in australia has dismissed a case brought against the government by a group of teenagers trying to stop the extension of a coalmine. The eight students argued that the expansion would harm young people by exacerbating climate change. Climate activists have won a ground breaking ruling against shell in the netherlands. The Oil Company has been ordered to cut its Greenhouse Gas emissions by almost half, by The End of the decade. The decision is only binding in the netherlands, but it could influence judges elsewhere. We will have more on those two stories, shell and the Climate Activists in australia, later in the programme. Chinese officials have warned that efforts to determine the exact origin of the coronavirus must not be politicised. It follows president Biden� s request for a fresh investigation by the us Intelligence Agencies into the origins of covid i9. Suggestions the virus leaked from a chinese lab have always beens strongly denied by beijing. 0ur Correspondent Will Grant joins me now from washington. Tell us more about the plans of president Biden. President Biden. Essentially he has already president Biden. Essentially he has already had president Biden. Essentially he has already had an president Biden. Essentially he has already had an Intelligence J has already had an Intelligence Briefing and in it, it seemed to suggest that the chances of this being some kind of lab league, ratherthan this being some kind of lab league, rather than the transmission of the virus from perhaps bats to humans, or something from nature, was extremely unlikely. Lap. He has basically asked for further clarification. There was also a who led investigation in wuhan, and washington is frustrated at what they see as a lack of transparency by beijing. Taken altogether and adding to the fact that mr Biden� s own key adviser on covid i9, Anthony Faucl Adviser on covid i9, anthony fauci, said he was uncertain whether or not it came from nature, taken altogether i think he is wanting to put some clarity into the origin of this thing. Clarity into the origin of this thin. ,. , thing. You wonder, when he says we will see thing. You wonder, when he says we will see a thing. You wonder, when he says we will see a full we will see a full investigation into this, in a short space of time, how they will pull something like that off without any cooperation of course from beijing. Course from beiing. Exactly, and how course from beijing. Exactly, and how politicised course from beijing. Exactly, and how politicised It Course from beijing. Exactly, and how politicised it is course from beijing. Exactly, and how politicised it is in i and how politicised it is in this country, bringing in the factor of china. 0bviously President Trump repeated over and over that this was some kind of leak from a laboratory in wuhan and there was evidence to support that. It was dismissed out of hand. What in part this comes from is that there are reports from some parts of the Intelligence Community suggesting that the three Lab Technicians became ill in late november of 2019, ahead of the time that china recognised that the virus was out there, in the community. The difficulty is we just dont know the veracity of this report, we dont know exactly which part of the Intelligence Community it comes from. There is still a lot of murkiness and i think what the Biden administration is trying to do is cut through that and get some answers. As you mentioned, the anger on the side of beijing is palpable. Indeed, thank Yom Beijing is palpable. Indeed, thank you. Well an employee has fatally shot eight people at a Train Yard in california before turning the gun on himself as police closed in. The shooting took place in sanjose and officials say the victims include transit employees. President Biden called the attack a horrific tragedy. Sylvia Lennan Spence reports. This Light Rail Service Yard South of San Francisco is now a crime scene. A Bomb Squad was dispatched after an employee shot his Valley Transportation Authority colleagues. Then its thought he turned the gun on himself at around 6 30 in the morning. This is a horrific day for our city. And its a tragic day for the vta family. These folks were heroes during covid 19. The buses never stopped running, vta did not stop running. Theyjust kept at work, and now we are really calling on them to be heroes a second time. With haunting echoes of past shootings in this area, anxious families enter a Reunification Centre to find out about loved ones. Unfortunately, this| is not the first time that our community has been through something like this. I this isnt the first time j that my team has done something like this. Its particularly concerning that this horrific shooting played out in this Silicon Valley Tech hub in california, a state with some of the strictest gun laws in america. Our hearts go out to the victims and their families. Whats clear, as the president has said, is that we are suffering from an epidemic of Gun Violence in this country, both in mass shootings and in the lives that are being taken in daily Gun Violence that doesnt make national headlines. This isnt the first disgruntled employee to hit the headlines in this way, and the fear is it wont be the last. Sylvia Lennan Spence, Bbc News. Stay with us on Bbc News, still to come. Excitement is at Fever Pitch as the Friends Gang reunites for the first time in 17 years. In the biggest international Sporting Spectacle ever seen, up to 30 Million people have taken part in Sponsored Athletics 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 7am. 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 juventus enclosure. The belgian police had lost control. The whole world will mourn the j 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 a500 episodes. The Chat Show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. Geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced shes left the spice girls. Argh, i dont believe it shes The One with the bounce, the go, girl power. Not geri, why . This is Bbc News, the latest headlines. Scores are feared dead after a boat carrying around 200 people mainly women and children sinks in North West nigeria. Uber has agreed to recognise a Trade Union for the first time, in a Landmark Deal that should benefit Gig Economy workers. Regional leaders are due to meet in mozambique to discuss a Military Plan to fight islamist insurgents in the north of the country. Nearly 700,000 people have been displaced by the conflict and the numbers continue to grow after the March Attack on the town of palma. 0ur Africa Correspondent Catherine Byaruhanga has this exclusive report. These waterways off the coast of mozambique are the latest Front Line in the countrys islamist insurgency. Paradise island, once popular with foreign tourists, now offers shelter to thousands displaced by the fighting. But the islamist threat gets closer by the day. Insurgents are attacking Fishing Boats and raiding villages for food. We are the first international journalists to reach quirimba island, as this couple are expecting theirfirst child. They escaped the coastal town of palma, where the insurgents carried out their last big attack. Translation there were many decapitated bodies everywhere in The Streets and in the bush. There was a terrible smell. Buildings and banks were burnt down. It was just terror. This woman arrived here with her three children, but her unborn son died when she went into labour on a boat out at sea. Translation i went into labour on the way, there was no help i during the delivery. I lost my baby because it was a premature baby. He had health complications just after he was born. Its two months since the big attack on palma. And every day people are still coming here, having travelled across the region. This is a population constantly on the move trying to find safety. Islamist insurgents have waged a brutal war on the people of Cabo Delgado for four years. Their most spectacular attack was in palma, just miles away from a lucrative Gas Project run by the french energy giant total. The company has pulled out all of its staff. Aid organisations believe up to 20,000 people are still trapped near the plant. Volunteers have delivered some donations, but the government has blocked Aid Agencies from reaching them, saying its too dangerous. Security forces are also blocking people from leaving. A Military Source told the bbc they think the insurgents have infiltrated the crowds. But we spoke to survivors who said they had no choice but to bribe their way onto Military Evacuation Flights out of palma. Translation once we paid up, they then made a list of those who had paid and we went on board. My husband is there as he doesnt have the means to come here. He give me the 80 to save me with the children. We put these Bribery Allegations to Mozambiques Ministry of defence, but we have not received a response. The challenges across the Cabo Delgado region continue to grow. There are three times more displaced people now than there were a year ago. And now the government is accused of stopping help from getting to some of them. Catherine byaruhanga, Bbc News, northern mozambique. Lets catch up with all the sport now. Hello, im Gavin Ramjaun with the latest from the bbc sports centre. We start with football, and Spanish Side villarreal have won the europa league, beating Manchester United in the final in gdansk, but they needed extra time and penalties after a 1 1 draw. It was villarreal who scored first Gerard Moreno putting them in front after half an hour with his 30th Goal of the season in all competitions. Early in the second half it was 1 1. Edinson cavani with uniteds equaliser. There were no goals in extra time, which meant penalties and it came down to the two goalkeepers, with Geronimo Rulli saving david de geas Spot Kick as villarreal won the mammoth shoot out 11 10. Its villarreal� s first major trophy in their history and means theyve qualified for the Champions League next season. And staying with football, Antonio Conti has left italian champions Inter Milan by mutual consent. Contis departure comes just three weeks after leading them to their first League Title for 11 years. Hed been at inter for two seasons and still had one year left on his contract. Conti, who won three League Titles withjuventus and one in england with chelsea, has recently been linked with real madrid, amid Speculation Zinedine Zidane will leave this summer, and also the vacancy at tottenham hotspur. In germany, Holstein Kiel won the first leg of their Promotion Relegation play off against cologne. The Two Legged Tie will decide which of them plays in the bundesliga next season. The only goal of wednesdays first leg was scored early in the second half by simon lorenz. The result keeps alive kiels hopes of playing in germanys top division for the first time since the bundesliga was formed in 1963. The second leg is on saturday. Egan bernal lost time, but still has the leaders Pink Jersey at the Giro Ditalia going into stage 18 to stradella. Irelands Dan Martin took the honours on wednesday for his first ever Stage Win on the giro. Team ineos grenadiers� Rider Bernal cracked for the first time he lost nearly a minute to simon yates. Hes now up to third in the overall standings. Damiana caruso is second and now two minutes, 21 seconds behind bernal, with four stages to go. And in golf the World Number one kojin young was among the winners on the Opening Day of the Lpga World Match Play Event in las vegas. She beat Natalie Gulbis of the usa four and two in her Opening Match of the round robin stage, which features 16 groups of four. After three matches over three days, the 16 Group Winners go into the Knockout Stage of the tournament. Wednesdays winners also included danielle kang. The number six from the usa enjoyed a comfortable seven and six victory over switzerlands albane valenzuela. And you can get all the latest Sports News at our website bbc. Com sport. But from me, Gavin Ramjaun, and the rest of the Sport Team well see you next time. We will indeed. Thanks to gavin and the team. Its The One weve all been waiting for Friends Fans Around The World are gearing up for the Reunion Episode of the Hit Us Comedy Which Airs Injust a few hours time. The final episode in 2005 attracted an audience of more than 52 Million viewers in the us alone. Heres a taste of what to expect. Remember our marks . Do you remember what colour you were . Yellow. Blue. I never looked at it i was always used the corner of the. You looked. Iused. Laughter. You tripped every time you wouldnt look thats right you tripped . Yeah. He ran in, he looked at his mark. No, i tripped. Laughter. I was like, somebodys getting a laugh, i cant handle it. I i need to get a laugh, too. Phoebes, phoebes check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out 0oh, Soap Opera Digest laughter. Could we be any more excited . daniel fienberg, Tv Critic for the hollywood reporter, joins me now from Los Angeles good to have you on the programme. It is finally here. Give us a little bit of sense of what it has taken to deliver this to the fans of friends. It has been a remarkably long process. The first thing you have to know is that they make the deal to do this before covid hit, so they scheduled to begin Production In March Of Last year. 0bviously that didnt happen. Then they decided they couldnt do it until they can actually get the cast in the same room together because itjust wouldnt be the same to do it over Zoom Or Skype or whatever. It has been a multi Year Process even if you take away that it has been 17 years since we got to see these people in the same room at the same time. These people in the same room at the same time. Absolutely, i imaaine at the same time. Absolutely, i imagine so at the same time. Absolutely, i imagine so many at the same time. Absolutely, i imagine so many worldwide i at the same time. Absolutely, i j imagine so many worldwide will be desperate to watch this episode. It is not scripted. Tell us more about what we can expect. It tell us more about what we can exect. ,. ,. ,. ,. , expect. It is a lot of an episode expect. It is a lot of an episode because i expect. It is a lot of an episode because the l expect. It is a lot of an I Episode because the thing expect. It is a lot of an episode because the thing you probably want is the six stars on stage, answering questions, telling stories, all of that. There is plenty of that. James Corden Interview segment is very good and very long. There is a part where they walk through the stage, Stage 2a at the warner Brothers Lot and see all the sets. That is emotional. There is a fashion show, guests all over the place, a musical performance. There are bloopers. There is a Trivia Game they play out of The One with the embryos episode. It is 104 minutes, hefty reunion special. It has become iconic. Hefty reunion special. It has become iconic. As hefty reunion special. It has become iconic. As we i hefty reunion special. It has become iconic. As we say, i hefty reunion special. It has| become iconic. As we say, it has been 17 years since they ended, friends as we knew its and many were gutted at the time. I watched and many were gutted at the time. Iwatched it and many were gutted at the time. I watched it as a young adult, my kids have started watching it from the beginning. Why do you think it was so popular . Why do you think it was so pepular . Why do you think it was so oular . � ,. , popular . Its a very universal premise. Popular . Its a very universal premise. They popular . Its a very universal premise, they have popular . Its a very universal premise, they have always. Premise, they have always taught the creators of the show about how the premises. There is this time in your life when your friends is this time in your life when yourfriends are your is this time in your life when your friends are your family and it doesnt matter what country you live in, what city you live in, it doesnt matter the demographic groups of your friends, everybody can relate to it even if this was just a group of six very attractive white friends in new York City who all lived in apartments that nobody can reasonably afford. It was universal and still is today in many of the same ways. Bill still is today in many of the same ways still is today in many of the same Wa S. �. ,. , same ways. All right. What are ou same ways. All right. What are you hoping same ways. All right. What are you hoping for same ways. All right. What are you hoping for when same ways. All right. What are you hoping for when watch i same ways. All right. What are l you hoping for when watch this . It is on in a couple of hours. It is on in a couple of hours. I think people should be hoping to hear the story and really just to watch the interplay between these actors because, as they say in the special, the thing that they went through, the six of them, when this show blew up, they are the only six people in the world who can understand exactly what their lives were like for those ten years. And they speak in a language that they speak in a language that they understand, that other people, we understand some of it, and that is what is so good about it, they get in a room and the dynamicjust comes back immediately and obviously some of what was so great about the show was the scripts and all that, but it is just a pleasure. That, but it is ust a pleasure. I that, but it is ust a leasure. ,. , � pleasure. We shall enoy, im sure. Thank i pleasure. We shall enoy, im sure. Thank you i pleasure. We shall enoy, im sure. Thank you so i pleasure. We shall enjoy, im sure. Thank you so much, i sure. Thank you so much, daniel, Tv Critic from the hollywood reported. Eric carle, the Author And Illustrator of the much loved childrens book, the very hungry caterpillar, has died at the age of 91. First published in 1969, the book has sold more than 50 Million copies and been translated into more than 66 languages. All the top Business Stories are right here next. Dont go away. Hello. It feels like a while since ive been able to say this, but on thursday, most parts of the country will be dry. Its been one of those months, hasnt it . Notjust dry, it should feel a little bit warmer, and thats after quite a chilly start. Even though temperatures in single figures for most, rural parts of Southern England, wales, Northern Ireland could drop down to 1 2 celsius at first light. So, there could be A Touch Of Frost around. Dry and sunny here. A bit more in the way of low Cloud And Mistiness across parts of scotland and Eastern England, but that will break up. Although it will stay grey in shetland through the day. Sunshine turning hazy across western areas later. Maybe a few spots of rain in west cornwall, fermanagh, and an isolated shower down Eastern England and scotland. But the vast majority dry, and temperatures in the mid to high teens. Into the evening and overnight, well see the return of some wet weather, particularly in the west. A lot of low cloud with that. Quite a murky start to friday morning, but notice the temperatures double figures for some. Coolest where weve got the clearest skies towards the east of the country. And its here where High Pressure is building in as we go into friday. And what that does stops that Weather Front moving much further eastwards and it will decay in situ. Damp and drizzly, murky across western areas to begin with. Brightening up a touch, but therell still be some Rain And Drizzle around into the afternoon. Eastern areas favoured for the cloud breaking up, some sunshine, particularly in the North East of scotland, away from some coasts, that is. And temperatures are down a little bit on thursday, but if you get some sunshine, it should still feel pleasant. But the temperatures will be on the rise further as we go into the weekend, and more sunshine developing. We will start saturday fairly cloudy, especially in the west. Still one or two light drizzly showers. Isolated shower further east, most will be dry, increasing amounts of sunshine through eastern areas. And by this stage, a few more spots getting to 20 degrees. Parts of Southern England and western and Northern Scotland are best favoured for that. Into sunday, though, after some Morning Mist and fog patches, Bluer Skies for most. It will be a sunny day, little bit of Fairweather Cloud and some hazy Sunshine Out towards the north and the west. But by this stage, could be hitting 22 degrees in parts of scotland, maybe up to 22 23 in the South East of england. But with the Sunshine Out, the warmth, you may be tempted towards the coast, but our recent chilly spell has had an impact on Sea Surface temperatures. Be Brave Temperatures for some only around 8 9 degrees. As we go into Bank Holiday monday, while High Pressure and the Warmth And Sunshine lasts in the south, a chance of a Return Of Rain In Scotland and Northern Ireland. Bye for now. This is Bbc News with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and Around The World. Trouble in the pipeline for big oil as investors and campaigners ramp up the pressure over climate change. We expect that this will have a Ripple Effect against other multinational Oil And Gas companies in the world. But a judge in australia dismissed what could have been a landmark case, trying to stop the expansion of australias coal production. Also coming up uber becomes the first of the Gig Economy giants to recognize a Trade Union called to account. Wall Street Banks are accused of failing ordinary people during the pandemic, as they face a grilling from congress. Plus fire it up