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Around 150 people are still unaccounted for, four days after the collapse of a 12 Storey Apartment Block in florida. Officials have now put the Death Toll from the disaster at nine, after four more bodies were found in the ruins. The building is in the town Of Surfside just north of Miami And Right on the seafront. Rescuers have been searching the rubble of the 55 apartments, using Dog Teams and Sonar Equipment in the hope of finding survivors. Will grant reports from miami. These things arent supposed to happen in america. The infrastructure of the richest country in The World, in one of its richest cities, is meant to be solid and reliable. But when the 12 storeys of champlain towers collapsed, almost 160 residents disappeared beneath the rubble in seconds. Only a handful have been found. As of today, one victim passed away in the hospital, and weve recovered eight more victims on site, so i am confirming today that the Death Toll is at nine. Theirfamilies can now only pray for a miracle. At the local church, the priest read the list of parishioners missing since the collapse. A Quiet Seaside Community now ripped apart. Yet while hope remains, the families and survivors are clinging to it. One churchgoer� s family had a Miraculous Escape and are struggling to comprehend how their small apartment still standing. I have a lot of Survivors Guilt on this, you know . Why me, and why not my neighbourfrom 604 . She was a lovely lady, you know, and i saw a picture of her, you know, and Ijust Cant see anybody, you know. I hope to god that theyre going to find somebody, but, man, you know, if you saw what i saw, nothingness, and then you go over there and you see, like, all the rubble, how can somebody survive that . There is little for the families to do but continue to wait for information. Many have said that they do truly believe they could still be reunited with their relatives. Others have now accepted the grim fact that the chances they survived are very slim indeed. William sanchez is waiting to hear about his Aunt And Uncle but is realistic about their prospects. Obviously we had a lot more hope the first and second day, but at this point, we are all talking about this amongst us in the family and were not expecting much but again, we are not god nor any form of higher power and we are not the ones who make the decisions so we are waiting until we really have concrete evidence that its its their bodies that are there. As the work goes on, more than 150 people are still to be found. The moment of Community Fears next is hearing that this has moved from a Search And Rescue operation to one of search and recovery. Will grant, bbc news, miami. We arejoined now we are joined now by the mayor Of Surfside. The we are joined now by the mayor Of Surfside Of Surfside. The end of another extremely Of Surfside. The end of another extremely long Of Surfside. The end of another extremely long and Of Surfside. The end of another extremely long and distressing j extremely long and distressing day for you and so many others . I think we are all exhausted, you are right. I think we are all exhausted, you are right i think we are all exhausted, you are right. So, what are you able to offer you are right. So, what are you able to offer at you are right. So, what are you able to offer at this you are right. So, what are you able to offer at this stage you are right. So, what are you able to offer at this stage to i able to offer at this stage to the families of residents in terms of any hope at all . Well, Ou Terms of any hope at all . Well, you know. Terms of any hope at all . Well, you know. We terms of any hope at all . Well, you know, we have terms of any hope at all . Well, you know, we have two terms of any hope at all . Well, you know, we have two goals i you know, we have two goals here. The first goal is that we are going to bring out every person possible, and the second goal is to support the families. We have two meetings a day with the families, where the officials and the Search Party goes and gives the family private updates on what has happened. There was some relatively uplifting News Today for the families in the israeli Search And Rescue team arrived and my know that we have a large jewish and my know that we have a largejewish community, and large jewish community, and they largejewish community, and they were very, very expectantly waiting for that team to arrive to supplement the amazing work that our local Search And Rescue teams had been doing. fist Search And Rescue teams had been doing Search And Rescue teams had been doing. Search and rescue teams had been doin . � been doing. At the same time, i know you been doing. At the same time, i know you know been doing. At the same time, i know you know that been doing. At the same time, i know you know that everyone i been doing. At the same time, I L know you know that everyone has to be realistic here and the chances of surviving after four days of that collapsed building under that rubble are minuscule, i guess . fin under that rubble are minuscule, i guess . On the contrary minuscule, i guess . On the contrary. The minuscule, i guess . On the contrary. The bbc, minuscule, i guess . On the contrary. The bbc, the minuscule, i guess . On the| contrary. The bbc, the other night, a sent a Bbc Article to our County Mia who is leading the effort here, co ordinating with the state in the federal government, we have had calls from president bidens office, both of our us senators, and the article said it outlined the article said it outlined the length of time people have survived in earthquake situations under rubble and it was 17 days. Given that and given your excellent reporting, we are very hopeful that we are going to be experiencing lots of miracles. Going to be experiencing lots of miracles. Well, that would be excellent. Of miracles. Well, that would be excellent. I of miracles. Well, that would be excellent. I understand i of miracles. Well, that would i be excellent. I understand that this Apartment Block has a Sister Building, an equivalent building. What on earth do you do with residents in that other building, because given the conditions of this one and the report that we have heard about from two or three years ago outlining the structural weaknesses of this particular building, they presumably have to be moved . To be moved . Well, thats a ureat to be moved . Well, thats a great question. To be moved . Well, thats a great question. The to be moved . Well, thats a great question. The first to be moved . Well, thats a i great question. The first night i without after i got called out for the collapse. I started to get calls telling me that people were concerned because they were living in an identical building and i had to go out for myself and check the building and in fact it is the identical building and i head the Building Official give me the Building Official give me the information, it was built around the same time by the same contract, seemingly with the same plans and presumably with the same materials, and given that and given the fact that the Sister Building had just fallen down without notice, without warning, people were justifiably upset, and asked me if i thought the building was safe and the answer was i couldnt told them it was safe. So what we have done is ive reached out to Florida Senator Rick Scott and our County Mia and expressed my concern about what to do we decided that it was best to give residents the option to relocate for a short period of time while we did a Forensic Deep Dive into the guts of the building to determine if it was in fact structurally sound or not, and we are moving in that direction, tomorrow i expect to be able to start moving people out that wish to be moved out. Right, well obviously there is a very long way to go with every aspect of this, we wish you well stop very much indeed for your time. In bangladesh people are scrambling to leave the Capital Dhaka to head to rural areas before the start of a strict nationwide lockdown. Police have described some of the crowds of Migrant Workers trying to get out as unmanageable. Theres a danger that the exodus will worsen the Countrys Surge of Delta Variant Coronavirus cases, which the government has described as dangerous and alarming. The bbc� s Elettra Neysmith reports. This is what happens when the authorities announce the toughest of national lockdowns. Tens of thousands of people desperate to leave dhaka before it kicks in. Many here are Migrant Workers who feel they have no choice. Lockdowns mean no work. No work means no money forfood, for rent, to look afterfamilies. The sharp rising covid cases means Rail And Bus services are already suspended. These ferries are one of the only ways out. Police say the numbers are unmanageable. Health officials fear it can only add to already soaring cases of the Delta Variant sweeping the country. Bangladesh has recorded its highest daily Death Toll from covid. The government has described it as dangerous and alarming. Vaccinations offer a way out but the rollout here has been slow, partly because of the halt of vaccine exports from india. But there is good news. 2. 5 million doses of the Moderna Vaccine are on the way, a gift to bangladesh from the united states under the covax programme. The global initiative aimed at providing equitable access to vaccines. It is a ray of hope, but with a population of around 170 million, things may well get worse before there is an impact. Johnson the pharmaceutical giant Johnson Johnson has agreed a 230 Million settlement with the state of New York to resolve claims it helped fuel the Opioid Crisis there. Johnson johnson still denies any wrongdoing. The company is facing similar lawsuits all across the country, with trials currently underway in california and west virginia. Donald migliori is the Lead Trial Counsel for the firm behind the opioid trial againstJohnson Johnson and other Pharma Companies in california and in other us states. Thanks very much indeed for joining us. Where does this leave the other trails . Is it full steam ahead still or are you looking to settle . Well, the problem you looking to settle . Well, the problem is you looking to settle . Well, the problem is so you looking to settle . Well, the problem is so massive, | you looking to settle . Well, i the problem is so massive, we are just the problem is so massive, we arejust beginning. The problem of the Opioid Crisis in country as a 500 Billion plus problem. 130 people die a day because of a result of this crisis. Over 100 Billion pills were put into the united states between 2006 and 2014, so the problem is far from addressed by this beginning of a settlement, but it is a very important start, the resolution is the beginning of what we hope to be a nationwide approach to getting money back into these communities. That cost is borne by us, taxpayers, through our states, counties, cities. So we need to keep going forward with these trails, the trail against these trails, the trail against the distributors, against manufacturers, on tuesday we are going to start against both manufacturers and distributors in New York state. It is just a very important process. In New York state. It is ust a very important process. What ou very important process. What you make very important process. What you make of very important process. What you make of the very important process. What you make of the size very important process. What you make of the size of very important process. What you make of the size of the l you make of the size of the settlement . 230 Million for the state of New YorkJohnson Johnson. Their point is, we havent done anything wrong but we will settle on that Figure Copy they are the sort of sums you would be looking for . You have to put you would be looking for . You have to put it you would be looking for . You have to put it all you would be looking for . You have to put it all in have to put it all in perspective. There are dozens of companies involved in this, and so it is one company, a relatively low Market Share in terms of manufacture and its just the beginning. The other Big Three distributors involved in this case are very actively defending the case but at the same time we are very actively pushing across the country in different locations, so it is a start. It is not by any means the beginning of the end. It is really, right now, just a massive problem that needs immediate Attention and these trails are bringing that Attention. Trails are bringing that Attention. ,. ,. Attention. How much difference would it make Attention. How much difference would it make for Attention. How much difference would it make for these would it make for these pharmaceuticals to acknowledge some responsibility, then, do you think . And there have been other cases, other settlements already taking place, it is clearly going to be a very, very long and slow process if they dont take that approach . Well, the reality is, it is a 15 Year Cleanup at best. If we took every heroin pill, every bit of opiate off the Street Today we still have 2 Million americans that are suffering. So this process is going to be going on for decades copy the Litigation Isjust an going on for decades copy the litigation is just an effort to get money from those who contributed to causing the problem into the system so that the states and counties and cities can actually put this money to good use for prevention, for education, and for real treatment of folks who are sick. So we are not looking at this as a short term effort. This is a long Term Battle and even with the money in the bank, this money has two go towards things across decades. Thank you very much indeed. Britains new Health Secretary Sajid Javid says his immediate priority is to get the country through the pandemic so life can return to normal as quickly as possible. Hes returning to the government to replace Matt Hancock, who resigned after pictures showed him in passionate embrace with an aide from his office, which also meant he was breaching the social distancing rules he had helped to establish. Our political correspondent Ben Wright reports. After 18 months away from the cabinet, Sajid Javid is back, an old hand in a newjob. The former Chancellor And Home secretary arrived at the Department Of Health this morning and the cameras outside were ready. We are still in a pandemic and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible and that will be my most immediate priority, to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible. Mrjavid was appointed quickly following Matt Hancocks resignation last night. On friday, images were published of him kissing a colleague in his office. By breaking the governments own Covid Rules, mr hancocks political credibility was damaged and his personal authority was tarnished because of the way his affair was exposed. At first, Matt Hancock hoped an apology would be enough to cling on. And number ten stuck by him, repeatedly saying that it considered the matter closed. But privately, senior tories were telling downing Street And Mr hancock that his position was untenable. Labour said borisjohnson should have sacked his Health Secretary on friday. Matt hancock was right to resign because he broke the rules, he had to go. But the Prime Minister should have sacked him. Yet again, Boris Johnson was too slow, too weak and didnt show the leadership that was needed. And then theres the question of how on earth these images were captured, from inside Matt Hancocks private office. Was it cctv or a Hidden Camera . Ministers want answers. Viewers will have seen this morning some coverage in the press around what people are saying has happened. The Department Of Health will be investigating this, quite rightly, to understand how this was able to happen, putting aside what was on the pictures, the fact that it was leaked at all. Camera shutters click. Sajid javid has a daunting in tray, from dealing with an ongoing pandemic to an nhs under pressure. He will also have a big say over Covid Rules and may have a different view to his predecessor. I dont imagine that actually his caution will be diminished when it comes to the pandemic but i certainly think his view could be defined as a lot more liberal when it comes to covid restrictions. Tomorrow Sajid Javid is expected to update mps on the Governments Target for lifting all remaining covid restrictions in england next month. He is a new voice around the table with big decisions to make. Ben wright, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come Temperature Records are tumbling as a life threatening Heat Wave continues across large parts of the us Pacific Northwest and canada. 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. I 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 news, the latest headlines the Death Toll continues to climb in miami, Family Members of those who lived in the collapsed building have been taken to the site for the first time. Staying on that situation now because i am joined by a professor who is a structural engineer at Northeastern University and joins us from boston. Thank you very much indeed Forjoining Us. Beyond the tragedy that it is, how could this have happened and what went wrong . What is your best guess at this stage . figs best guess at this stage . As ou best guess at this stage . As you said. Best guess at this stage . Sis you said, lets best guess at this stage . S you said, lets first best guess at this stage . Sis you said, lets first inc about the human side and lets hope that the Search And Rescue teams will be able to recover more individuals in the coming days. In terms of building collapse, it could have been called by caused by Foundations Failure and or Foundations Failure and or Foundations Failure. Structure failure. A crater was forming in the Pool Area right before the collapse and that along with the 2018 Inspection Report that the same area needed repair, strengthen the idea that the Foundation Failure was in play. On the Structure Side which is more aligned with my field of expertise, we design buildings not to collapse suddenly like this. The general idea is firstly we designed buildings. Even if they were to collapse, the idea is they would do that gracefully with enough warning which obviously was not the case here. In terms of the building, we need to look at the drawing, the design, Construction And Inspection phase, the potential Degradation Overtime as well as the status of the building. I had a chance to look at some of the structural drawings of the building. From the second floor up building. From the second floor up is made of so called Flat Plate which is practically in this case eight inch or 20 centimetres thick concrete Slab Thatis centimetres thick Concrete Slab that is supported by columns. Given the sudden nature of collapse, one likely cause could be punching shearfailure is that the slat would punch through the columns, leading to Progressive Collapse of the structure. Progressive collapse of the structure Progressive Collapse of the structure. , s, structure. Sorry to interrupt, it sounds structure. Sorry to interrupt, it sounds like structure. Sorry to interrupt, it sounds like the structure. Sorry to interrupt, j it sounds like the eyewitness was watching this tragedy unfold virtually when she saw the state of this crater appearing in the Pool Area. The state of this crater appearing in the poolarea. Crater. You havejust run through design, construction and to a certain extent regulations. I suppose one thing you have provided us with is evidence that it is not easy and not going to be easy to pinpoint what caused this. Hat pinpoint what caused this. Not in the short pinpoint what caused this. Iirrt in the short time. Eventually, we learn from this and shall prevent similar things happening in the future. One thing i want to add, for people in other buildings who might be understandably worried about this happening to them, first, the likelihood of such a collapse is really small and second, what they can actively do is to be vigilant if they see failures, if they see signs of stress, cracks, inspection is needed and more importantly, if they identified some repairs, repairs need to be donein repairs, repairs need to be done in a site timely fashion. I imagine everyone involved is infinitely more sensitive to those recommendations now than they perhaps were before. Thank you very much indeed. Thanks Forjoining Us. You very much indeed. Thanks Forjoining Us Forjoining Us. Thank you for havin Forjoining Us. Thank you for having me parts of the us and canada are seeing a severe Heat Wave which forecasters say could mark the start of one of the most extreme and prolonged high temperatures ever recorded there. In the us, all of washington state, oregon and parts of idaho, wyoming and california will see temperatures soar dramatically possibly to over 45 Degrees Celsius or around 115 degrees fahrenheit. And a Heat Wave stretching across western canada, from British Columbia into Southern Saskatchewan and up through yukon and the northwest territories, is set to break records much earlier in the year than usual with temperatures of over 43 Degrees Celsius. Earlier i spoke to clifford mass. Hes an atmospheric Scientist And Meteorologist and gave us more details about the causes of the heatwave. We have this high Pressure Area that is sinking, warming the air, this offshore flow, easterly flow which is descending down on mountains, we have the Cascade Mountains here. Its sort of like the santa anas they have in california, as air sinks down off the mountain, it gets compressed and warmed and thats going to drive temperatures here in seattle to 110, maybe 112 degrees tomorrow. Wow. And i think you said in your blog, you mentioned portland as well possibly going through the roof. Thats right, portland has already broken the all time record. They got up to 112 today, and theyll probably get 115 tomorrow. These are extraordinary records. Theyre getting more than 5 10 degrees above some all time records, that is extremely unusual. And it seems also there is going to be, maybe not quite as dramatic a dramatic fall in temperatures to follow. This sort of differential between these extreme eyes, a drop down to almost chilly. We have cold Water Right nearby. The Pacific Ocean is only about 50 degrees so as soon the wind switched to onshore, the temperatures will drop to about 65 degrees. Look, i had to ask a climate Change Question in here, and i appreciate every situation is different, and this is a one off but did you see some element of climate change on this . Well, a small part of it. 90 of this is probably natural, 10 is probably global warming. The more extreme the event, the less global warming actually contributes to it. So, maybe about 10 of this heatwave, maybe he can be explained by global warming. You talk about it as a heat apocalypse, thats a pretty big phrase, isnt it . Well, around here, where Air Conditioning is relatively rare, to get temperatures over 100 is a real stress on people. We dont have the ability to cool in many homes and apartments around here. Clifford, thank you very much indeed. I cant go without telling you the latest in the euros. We have 2 4 finalist. The netherlands could took on the red first up it was the Czech Republic who delivered the tournaments first real shock by defeating the netherlands by two goals to nil. Belgium versus portugal, 1 0. The most important goal of his career, they are through to the Quarter Finals and the holders are out. Hello. Most of us saw a bit of sunshine at some point during the course of the weekend, and some places will see a little bit more through the coming week, particularly across the northern half of the uk. It is a north south split for our weather at the moment. A lot of dry weather with some sunshine in the north, but further south, more cloud bringing showers or longer spells of rain and some thunderstorms around as well, so very mixed fortunes this week. High pressure is toppling in across scotland and Northern Ireland. Low pressure sits close to Southern England, and that is going to be throwing those showers up across many southern parts of england and wales too. Monday does dawn on a cloudy note for england and wales, initially some Heavy Rain for the South West towards the midlands. Should ease for a time, but then well see further heavy showers developing for east anglia, the South East as well. Theyre going to be hit and miss. If you do catch one of these heavy downpours across Southern England during the afternoon, could be some hail and some torrential rain bringing the risk of localised flooding and perhaps some travel disruption. Further north, a much different Story Lots of dry weather with some sunshine for Northern Ireland, scotland and the far north of england as well. And of course, today marks the start of the championships at wimbledon. We may well see a bit of Rain Interrupting Play for a time monday, tuesday. Things do look a bit drier and a bit warmer later in the week. Now, heading through Monday Evening and overnight into tuesday, further heavy showers and thunderstorms in the south. Few spots of drizzle further north as well. Much of northern england, scotland and Northern Ireland remaining largely clear and dry, so temperatures getting down into single figures in one or two spots, but staying mainly mild, quite humid feeling, in fact, down towards the South East. So more of the same on tuesday for england and wales, a fairly cloudy day, especially the further South And East you are. Chance of catching a few more of these heavy showers, especially for parts of southern and eastern england during the afternoon. Again, some hail with thunderstorms and torrential downpours. What a difference further north, Light Winds and sunshine for northern england, ireland and scotland. Perhaps one or two rogue showers. Temperatures in glasgow up to about 24 degrees. It does look eventually from about wednesday onwards that low pressure will start to ease away towards the near continent and higher pressure will build later in the week more widely across the uk before Weather Fronts push in for the weekend but from about wednesday onwards, a lot of places are seeing drier and warmer weather on the way before showers push their way in from the west during the course of the weekend. Bye for now. This is bbc news, the headlines the authorities in Southern Florida say nine people are now known to have died after a block of flats collapsed in miami on thursday. More than 150 people remain unaccounted for. Rescue workers say they are searching every bit of hope as the hunt for survivors continues. Thousands of people in bangladesh are scrambling to leave the Capital Dhaka to head to rural areas before the start of a strict nationwide lockdown. Police have described some of the crowds of Migrant Workers trying to get out as unmanageable. Britains new Health Secretary Sajid Javid says his immediate priority is to get the country through the pandemic so life can return to normal as quickly as possible. Mrjavid replaces Matt Hancock who resigned yesterday after he admitted breaking Coronavirus Restrictions that he had helped to draw up

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