Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. A major Rescue Operation is underway in miami in florida after an entire portion of a 12 Storey Apartment Building collapsed to the ground. At least one person is known to have died. 99 people are still unaccounted for. On the left of your screen, you can see what the building looked like before the collapse. On the right, the pile of debris scattered around the footprint of the fallen tower. The insides of peoples homes were laid bare to the elements. The bbc� s Will Grant is on the scene and a warning, his report contains images that some may find distressing. Local residents likened it to a bomb going off. The entire sea facing wing of champlain towers collapsed in the early hours of the morning, 12 storeys of apartments concertinaed in seconds, the shocking moment caught on cctv. The problem is the building has literally pancaked. It has gone down and i mean, theresjust feet in between storeys where there were ten feet. Within minutes, scores of firefighters and Search And Rescue teams began scouring the tonnes of debris for survivors. Miraculously, a young boy was pulled from the rubble among ten to be treated at the scene and then transferred to hospital for his injuries. At least one other, though, was not so lucky. Anxious relatives began to gather at a Community Centre converted into a family reunification point, and the governor of florida offered the states full support. It is really, really traumatic to see the collapse of a massive structure like that. Right now, we have fire rescue. They are in Search And Rescue mode. They are trying to identify survivors. I know they made contact with some and they are doing everything they can to save lives, and that is ongoing and theyre not going to rest. But its hard for the families to stay hopeful as the dread of their worst fears grows with each passing hour. I think theyre gone. I dont want to say i dont want to be pessimistic but they they are weve been calling them, like, non stop. No reply. Nobody knows anything. We dont have information right now. This tragic incident has shocked the city of miami and surrounding counties. Now, the process must move from searching for survivors to looking for answers as to how an expensive Apartment Building can collapse with residents still asleep in their beds. But whether Building Code Violation or structural damage is speculation which can wait. For now, this close knit stretch of beach is focused on supporting its grieving neighbours. Will grant, bbc news, miami. Speaking short time ago, Debbie Wasserman Schultz better speak to nicholas balboa, a local who went to the rescue of people in the building while he was walking his dog. 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I brought my Dog Back Upstairs and came back down and some of the other residents in the area, excuse me, had come outside and gone down to view what might have happened. As i walked down the street i got to the building and i could see that some of the balconies and stuff and fallen down and there was debris. It is like an alleyway. I wouldnt call it exactly as street, even though its a dead end. But the street there next to it, there was debris. As Fire Crews and Emergency Services got there, they started moving people back and so i went around the back of an Apartment Building that wasjust of an Apartment Building that was just north of the uppity and walked along the beach, since they are beachfront properties, to try and get a better angle so when i got to the back there, there were no Police Presence or firefighters, maybejust Police Presence or firefighters, maybe just a handful of people, maybe five onlookers. So i decided to get a little bit closer, and as i approached the building, i could hear Somebody Screaming and as i got closer and closer, i could clearly tell it was a young boy said he was yelling, i am here, please help, so i immediatelyjust i am here, please help, so i immediately just tried to i am here, please help, so i immediatelyjust tried to get to him and let him know we were here and we were going to get him out. �. ,. Him out. And how did you manage to net him out. And how did you manage to get him him out. And how did you manage to get him out . Him out. And how did you manage to get him out . So him out. And how did you manage to get him out . So at him out. And how did you manage to get him out . So at the him out. And how did you manage to get him out . So at the time to get him out . So at the time i was wearing to get him out . So at the time i was wearing flipflops, to get him out . So at the time i was wearing flipflops, i i was wearing flip flops, i wasnt able to quite make the climb all the way up to him so i got into some of the debris but there was glass, Rebar And Concrete and such, i didnt have the proper footwear to continue the climb so i got as close as i could where i could actually see him and he could see me and i told him, im to go get help and he was like, dont leave me, dont leave me, dont leave me, so i took my phone and use the flashlight to signal an sos to get somebody to come over so finally i got a Police Officer to come over where he climbed up to come over where he climbed up to him and got some light on the situation and he radioed forfire, search the situation and he radioed for fire, search and the situation and he radioed forfire, Search And Rescue the situation and he radioed for fire, Search And Rescue to come and assist in extracting him. ,. ,. , him. How long were you with the boy before him. How long were you with the boy before he him. How long were you with the boy before he was him. How long were you with the boy before he was freed him. How long were you with the boy before he was freed from boy before he was freed from the rubble . I boy before he was freed from the rubble . The rubble . I didnt actually aet the rubble . I didnt actually net to the rubble . I didnt actually get to stay the rubble . I didnt actually get to stay with the rubble . I didnt actually get to stay with him the rubble . I didnt actually| get to stay with him through the entire process, so i was with him for maybe about 10 15 minutes before the Fire Crews began to try and extract him. From what i was told, they were waiting on a special unit. A special group of firefighters, this is what they do. They were waiting for them to get there, so they can begin to extract him. Once they did get there, they moved us back and created a larger perimeter. Obviously there was no Perimeter Set which is how i got there, but they created it. I got to stay with him through the process. Have you heard anything about how the boys doing, was he taking to safety and how is the Community Doing . I taking to safety and how is the Community Doing . Taking to safety and how is the Community Doing . I have been t in to Community Doing . I have been trying to find Community Doing . I have been trying to find out Community Doing . I have been trying to find out more trying to find out more information about the boy, from what i was told, he was taken to hospital, i dont know which one or even his name so ijust figured maybe some of the Police Officers or first responders might know and they didnt need and everyone ive spoken to is asked if we have any update. When i was there he told me his mother was with him as well but i couldnt see his mother or hear her. So im not sure what her status was or is, i should say, i dont want to say was, i dont know what her status is. That was the last word ive heard someone praying that she is found and returned to him safely. That she is found and returned to him safely. Indeed. We wish all of those to him safely. Indeed. We wish all of those who to him safely. Indeed. We wish all of those who have to him safely. Indeed. We wish all of those who have been all of those who have been caught up in this the very best. Nicholas balboa, thank you very much speaking to us on bbc news. President biden says a bipartisan deal has been reached on his massive package of spending on us infrastructure. Mr biden had initially wanted 2 Trillion to overhaul and upgrade americas roads, bridges and water supplies, but he has backed a 1. 2 Trillion package. The deal has been brokered by a group of republican and democratic senators and the president confirmed he was happy with what they had come up with. We have a deal, and i think its really important. Weve all agreed that none of us got all of what we wanted i clearly didnt get all i wanted, they gave more than i think maybe they were inclined to give in the first place but this reminds me of the days we used to get an awful lot done up in the united states congress. We actually worked with one another. We had bipartisan deals. Heres our North America Correspondent Peter Bowes with his assessment. Perhaps its premature for the democrats or even Joe Biden to claim victory on this because it actually has not yet been passed by congress and there are significant aspects of this deal, as the president is describing it, that could cause him problems and perhaps one of his own making because he is linking this Infrastructure Bill to another quite separate measure related to his american families plan, his social infrastructure, which involves getting extra paid leave for americans, extra money for child care, and the president is now saying that he wont sign one without the other, and there are still negotiations on both sides, so perhaps it is premature to claim victory. I think what the president can celebrate is the fact that he has got this far and that he has managed to bring republicans and democrats together to debate and clearly, there have been compromises on both sides that he at least has the basis for something that could ultimately be passed by congress to begin to solve this Infrastructure Problem in the united states which has really been plaguing cities around the country bad bridges, roads, the rail network, waterways that desperately need improving. Peter, they may have reached agreement and come together from the opposite sides of the aisle on this issue of the infrastructure. What they havent done is come together on the matter of a commission to investigate the January 6th riot, the violence in the capitol building, but it seems the House Speaker is going to go ahead and set up a committee anyway . Yes, this was the the idea of a commission was really scuppered by the republicans in the senate less than one month ago when they blocked using a procedural measure to block any further debate and a vote on setting up a bipartisan commission, but what Nancy Pelosi has now announced is that there will be a select committee In The House Of Representatives to look at this issue. Now, its still a matter of debate what sort of role the republicans will play as part of that commission. I think its also probably also fair to say the select Committee Wont have the same clout as an independent bipartisan commission that the senate could have voted on. Nevertheless, it means that this issue will certainly remain in the headlines, it will remain as part of the public debate for some time to come. Next to canada, where an indigenous group says it has found hundreds of Unmarked Graves at the site of a former Residential School in saskatchewan province. Its not known how many of them contain the remains of children. The discovery comes just weeks after the remains of 215 children were found at the site of another former Residential School in british columbia. Indigenous leaders say its likely many more Unmarked Graves will be discovered. Courtney bembridge reports. Almost 800 Unmarked Graves undiscovered for decades, until ground penetrating radars unearthed the secrets of the burial ground. In 1960, there may have been marks on these graves. The Catholic Church representatives removed these in 1960, there may have been marks on these graves. The Catholic Church representatives removed these headstones and today, they are Unmarked Graves. The discovery was made near the marieval indian Residential School. It was built in 1889 by the Catholic Church and is one of more than 130 compulsory Boarding Schools in canada where children were taken after being separated from their parents as part of a policy of forced integration. Canadas past policies were thrown into the spotlight in may after The Discovery of 215 childrens remains at the site of a former Residential School in kamloops. It is estimated that 6,000 children died while attending these schools, largely because of the squalid Health Conditions inside. There are also reports of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of school authorities. In a statement, prime Minister Justin trudeau said the schools were funded by the canadian government and in 2008, it apologised for the system. But the roman Catholic Church was responsible this for the operations up to 70 of these schools and indigenous groups want a formal apology from the pope. This was a crime against humanity, an assault on our first nation people. We are proud people. We are very proud people. The only crime we ever committed as children was being born indigenous. Pope francis said earlier this month that he was pained by The Discovery At Kamloops but stopped short of a formal apology. Courtney bembridge, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come learning more about the ancestors a new discovery that casts light on life before the neanderthals. Members of the Neo Nazi Resistance movement stormed the world trade centre, armed with pistols and shotguns. We believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim to certain parts of this country as our land. I take pride in the words Ich Bin Ein berliner. Cheering and applause as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, Leave Campaigners began celebrating. In total, 17. 4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. The medical Research Council have now advised the government that the great increase in Lung Cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. It was closing time for Checkpoint Charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. This is bbc world news. The latest headlines 99 people are unaccounted for and one is confirmed dead in miami after the partial collapse of a 12 Storey Apartment Building. Hundreds of Angry Palestinians marched towards mahmoud Abbas President ial compound in the occupied West Bank on thursday to protest over the death of a well known Palestinian Activist. Nizar banat died hours after he had been arrested by palestinian Authority Security forces. He was a harsh critic of the Palestinian Authority, which he accused of corruption. Sara monetta reports. Consternation, disbelief, brief. The relatives of Nizar Banat are mourning his death at his Family Home in hebron. He was supposed to run in the palestinian legislative election before President Arc want a bus postponed indefinitely. Abbas. In his Youtube Videos the human Rights Activist accused the Palestinian Authority of corruption. Two months ago, Warning Shots were fired at his home. Then on thursday morning, he was arrested. Translation we were at home at half past three and suddenly we heard the noise of someone breaking in. They broke the windows, open to the door of the room that we were sleeping and we saw that they were from the Security Forces. We woke up as they were beating Nizar Banat with Metal Poles on his head. The governor of hebron poles on his head. The governor of hebron said poles on his head. The governor of hebron said in poles on his head. The governor of hebron said in a poles on his head. The governor of hebron said in a statement i of hebron said in a statement that when his health deteriorated, he was taken to hospital. There, he was pronounced dead. How, exactly, his health deteriorated will be subject of an independent enquiry. Nizar banat� s widow is inconsolable and angry. Translation inconsolable and angry. Translation ~. ,. , ~ translation what other killing us for . Their translation what other killing us for . They cannot translation what other killing us for . They cannot kill translation what other killing us for . They cannot kill all us for . They cannot kill all the palestinians. Palestinians are not afraid of Israeli Occupation soldiers. Do they think they will be afraid the Palestinian Authority . They wont. I call on all palestinians to be like Nizar Banat. � palestinians to be like Nizar Banat. ,. , banat. And palestinians answered banat. And palestinians answered the banat. And palestinians answered the call. Banat. And palestinians answered the call. Hundreds marched on the president ial compound of abbas asking for his resignation. Translation we are protesting to condemn what happened and we will continue protesting because we are fed up, enough is enough. Were all under death threats, threats of arrest, and for our homes to be raided. We are all exposed to these Security Forces . ,. Forces Riot Police fired tear as to Forces Riot police fired Tear Gas to disperse Forces Riot police fired Tear Gas to disperse the Forces Riot police fired Tear Gas to disperse the crowd i Forces Riot police fired tear. Gas to disperse the crowd but the anger remains. An anger so much greater because in a place where clashes between palestinians and israeli Security Forces are almost a daily occurrence, a Palestinian Activist died while in the custody of palestinian Security Forces. Sara monetta, bbc news. In the united states, there is an epidemic which the Covid Pandemic has, sadly, exacerbated opioid addiction. It has touched every kind of family in every corner of the country and in the last year, the restrictions in place and the resulting isolation has pushed many to breaking point. The latest cdc figures show that more than 90,000 americans have died from a Drug Overdose in the year to November 2020 thats the highest number in five years. The bbc� s Koralie Barrau reports. People need to be able to find help. You have to look for it, its hard to find. The Coronavirus Pandemic has turned all of our lives upside down, but its posed a unique set of challenges for those dealing with substance abuse. I relapsed in November Of 2020 for a few weeks. You know, i went out and i got high. You know, its been hard on everybody. Unless you got a really strong network and strong recovery, i cant imagine anybody made it through. This is the first christmas out. Right after his. Jason leamnson has spent much of his adult life in and out ofjail. He says hes lost everything as a result of his drug addiction. The thing thats hardest for parents to understand about dealing with an addicted Loved One is we want to help them get better. It doesnt work. If im brutally honest about it, which i will be, there were times when we ad we were so intensely in pain over it that we wished he would die. Gina Malagolds Brother dylan overdosed for the first time in april 2020. She believes that the federal Stimulus Checks enabled her cheques enabled her brothers drug habit. He survived, but Recovery Rehabilitation programmes were far from normal, due to covid restrictions. Apart from just two rehab clinics which, in order to get there, my mum had to say my brother was suicidal. That was the only reason he got in. Otherwise they werent going to, because beds were full because of covid. After testing positive for covid while in rehab, her 28 year old Brother Self isolated in a family cabin. Days later, he overdosed again. My mum called me, Out Of Control and crying, dylans dead, dylans dead. Quarantine is not easy. And if youve just got out of Rehab Suffering with addiction and have mental health, its a death sentence. I miss him every day. And then depending on whether or not they have a counselling session, they can go back to see their counsellor or they canjust leave the clinic. Methadone clinics, like this one in dc, are seeing Record Level of patients seeking help. When people have been relying on drugs as a mechanism to cope with whether its physical discomfort, whether its emotional discomfort and suddenly, the Drug Use is gone, they have to learn new coping skills. And now weve added this additional stress of an unprecedented in our lifetime pandemic. Its much more additional stress on them. A chicken. Sobriety and cleanliness is a big part of that is giving back and having those connections with people at the meetings. As life is getting closer to normal for many americans, people who struggle with addiction and their Loved Ones hope that the vital in Person Support structures are here to stay. Koralie barrau, bbc news, washington. A tornado in the Czech Republic has killed several people and injured at least 150. Winds of about 300 kilometres an Hour And Hail stones the size of Tennis Balls caused massive damage to buildings, trees and power lines. It struck in the southeast, near the Border Region with austria and slovakia. Scientists in israel say theyve discovered a previously unknown form of early human after studying fragments of a fossilised skull and jawbone. They were found at an Archaeological Site near tel aviv. Its thought they could explain genetic links between modern humans and neanderthals. The bbc� s Tim Allman has the story. Isnt it amazing how something so small can be so significant . A Skull Fragment is analysed by scientists in tel aviv, but this is no ordinary skull argument. Along with part of the jawbone, it was unearthed at nesher ramla, an Archaeological Site once used by a cement plant, and they may well answer the questions about the development of human life on earth. Nesher Ramla Findings are the missing piece in the puzzle that can help us explain open questions in Human Evolutionary History and give us an indication of the region, of the origin, the Source Population of neanderthals that lived later in europe. It is believed neanderthals, the cousins of modern humans, died out around 40,000 years ago. But these fragments are from a species much older than that and suggest the neanderthal story may be much more different to what we previously imagined. Now we can say that its probably that they originate in the levant, in our region, rather than in europe, as many researchers thought until now. Nesher ramla may have lived alongside and even mated with Homo Sapiens for more than 100,000 years. These arent just fragments of bone, they are pieces of an evolutionary jigsaw. Tim allman, bbc news. Dont forget, you can reach me and most of the team here on social media. You can reach me on twitter. Im benmboulos. This is bbc news. Thanks for watching. Hello there. North East Englands had the highest temperatures on thursday. One or two spots getting close to 26 degrees with some good spells of sunshine. But i dont think friday will offer a Repeat Performance because the weather has been changing. Weve seen Rain Pushing in from the North West in association with a band of cloud that you can see here on our earlier saellite image. Here on our earlier satellite image. This is a frontal system and as that drops its way south eastwards through friday, behind it, we pick up a northerly wind quite a brisk northerly wind in places and that will be feeding Cooler Air down across most parts of the uk. So a Cooler Day on friday, quite a messy weather day, really, but across england and wales many spots will start off cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Further south, it should dry up and brighten up with some sunshine and just the odd hefty shower into the afternoon. But for northern England And North wales, it is likely to stay grey and wet all day long. Northern ireland and Western Scotland should see a bit of sunshine. Eastern scotland plagued by cloud and patchy rain. A brisk wind here keeping temperatures down to just 12 degrees in aberdeen, similar temperature there in newcastle, maybe 20 down towards the south where we could see the Odd Thunderstorm Breaking out through friday evening. And then into the early hours of saturday, a lot left behind, some splashes of rain here and there. Minimum temperatures between 7 and 13 degrees. Now, as into the weekend, it is a story of split fortunes. High pressure trying to build in towards the North And West of the uk. Low Pressure Spinning Close to the south. The detail will change between now and then but closest to that area of low pressure in the south, theres the chance for the Odd Shower to break out on saturday across southern england, parts of wales. Further north, although well have quite a lot of cloud, it will be increasingly drying out through the day. Temperatures between 1a and 20 degrees. And then as we get into sunday, this area of low pressure will become slow moving across the near continent and is likely to throw bands of Rain Up in our direction from time to time. So southern parts of england, wales, maybe the midlands could see some rain at times on sunday. But further north, we see more in the way of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. And temperatures bouncing back 21 degrees in glasgow, a similar value there in london. Thats all from me for now. This is bbc news, the headlines theres an urgent search and Rescue Operation in miami where a twelve story Apartment Building collapsed on thursday. Ninety nine people are unaccounted for. One person is confirmed dead. Its feared that more are under the rubble though some residents may have been in second homes elsewhere. President biden has praised the deal reached with democrat and Republican Senators to rebuild and modernise americas aging infrastructure. The bipartisan agreement is worth 1. 2 Trillion. It now needs to be steered through congress. The canadian prime Minister Justin trudeau has said his country must learn from the mistakes of the past. Its after the second find in a month of Unmarked Graves at former roman catholic Residential Schools. Ground penetrating radar has found 751 bodies. Now its time for hardtalk