we are shocked like everyone in greece, obviously. after we were informed of this incident, all services were mobilised. the municipality of kalamata we have prepared. we are hearing that, unfortunately, the number of dead is increasing. our europe correspondent nick beake is in athens and has this update. we don t know the scale of this disaster tonight, but it s clear it is bad. more than 100 people have been rescued, but survivors are saying that up to 700 people, they believe, were on board this fishing boat. it set off reportedly from libya and was heading to italy. an image has emerged showing the vessel packed with people in the deepest part of the mediterranean. no one, it would seem, had a life jacket on. the greek authorities have said tonight that they went towards the vessel and that no one wanted help when they offered it. but that has been challenged by an organisation which provides an emergency phone number for people at sea, and it says, in fact, the authorit
are shocked like everyone in greece, obviously. after we were informed of this incident all services were mobilised, and the municipality of kalamata is prepared, we are hearing about the number of dad thatis hearing about the number of dad that is increasing. the hearing about the number of dad that is increasing. that is increasing. the un secretary that is increasing. the un secretary general - that is increasing. the un i secretary general expressed that is increasing. the un - secretary general expressed his distress at the latest developments, his spokesperson giving his reaction to the news from greece. giving his reaction to the news from greece. today we have yet another tragic from greece. today we have yet another tragic illustration, - from greece. today we have yet another tragic illustration, i - another tragic illustration, i can tell you secretary general was horrified by the reports of a shipwreck that took place off the coast of greece, claiming the co
handsome police officer. a young, beautiful wife. someone i talked to almost every day is gone. it does not make sense. when you hear suicide? no, no way. things about it started stinking. she had met another man? yes, a big, messy triangle. how many other women besides you was he having an affair with? ten. ten? you ve got so many girlfriends. i know. she had told her boss that she had done something bad. i think the last statement within her diary said it all. we knew we would get here. we just knew that we had a lot of hurdles to get over. i will never forgive myself. never. the life of a police officer. it s full of danger. and stress. they have rough days at work. and they end up holding it in. they re our first responders. it is hard. it is hard work. from one call to the next, you don t know what s going to happen. but our story is about what happened when a first responder had to face a crisis in his own home.
boeing denies concealing information about flight control systems on its 737 max aircraft following two deadly crashes. and close encounters the asteroid the size of a bus has passed the earth. we look at what this means. voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee who are all black were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what the memphis police chief and the district attorney had to say. this is notjust a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. i expe
as the candidates to be the uk s next prime minister prepare to go head to head. welcome to the programme. we start with the extreme heat across europe. it s facing its worst drought in a long time. we ll look at that in a moment. but first the high temperatures are also causing big wildfires. let s go to france. there s a huge wildfire near bordeaux, in the south western region of gironde. this is what it looks like at night. thousands of hectares have been burnt. 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area, and several homes are destroyed. it s spreading so fast because it s so dry. this is the scene in the day. you can see a plane dropping chemicals used to slow the fire down. more than a thousand fire fighters are there trying to control it. let s hear from one of them. translation: for l the moment, the fire is progressing in every direction. if i may say, the wind is not steady for the moment. it will rise in the course of the day. we are told that the wind will