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gathered on the streets of the seaside town of bray to pay their respects to the singer and also to the activist, sinead o connor. fix, the activist, sinead o connor. a huge shock for many when she died last month at the age of 56. what we can see here is herfuneral cartridgejust can see here is herfuneral cartridge just proceeding along the seafront in bray. people have been leaving flowers, throwing flowers as well. very sombre in bray, thousands have gathered. sinead o connor best known for her single nothing compares two u, that was a big hit backin compares two u, that was a big hit back in 1990, lived in this town which is just back in 1990, lived in this town which isjust outside dublin, for the past 15 years and was loved by many as we can see by the crowds that have shown up. to watch the funeral cortege go past. sombre scenes in bray and we will return live later in the programme. we are going to turn out to a major political emergency unfolding in west afric ....
welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with a major political political row here in the uk. the first asylum seekers to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england have now begun arriving on board. the government s use of the barge called the bibby stockholm has been controversial. officials say it will be used to house up to 500 men while they await the outcome of their asylum applications. campaigners have expressed concern about the conditions on board, but the government insists the vessel is safe and that it will help reduce the cost of placing migrants in hotels. our correspondent ellie price is in dorset for us. she gave us this update a little earlier. we also understand there are already a number of migrants on board. i can t tell you exactly how many, i m afraid. probably understandably the home office being a bit cagey about numbers. they don t want to be seen to be putting numbers on it, becaus ....
let s turn straightaway to breaking news of the last few minutes. three hill walkers have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glen coe that s in the scottish highlands. police scotland said the bodies were discovered during a search, which had been launched after the group failed to return. the alarm was raised shortly after 9pm on saturday and mountain rescue teams assisted with the recovery operation. a force spokeswoman said, there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal. so that news just coming in, that three people have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glencoe in the scottish highlands. when we get more on that, we will return to it. now let s move on to the row in the uk about the government use of a barge to house asylum seekers. migrants have started boarding the vessel called the bibby stockholm in dorset on the south coast of england. the government ....
among the injured are at least 19 police officers, five rescuers, and a child. the head of the donetsk region said the strikes damaged a hotel as well as shops and administrative buildings. meanwhile, ukraine s intelligence agency announced that it arrested a woman in connection with an alleged assassination plot against president zelensky. the woman was allegedly preparing a russian airstrike in the mikolaiv region during mr zelensky s visit to the area. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more. so these are quite interesting allegations emerging from the southern mykolaiv region. sources at the security forces have told us they have arrested a woman who is accused of travelling around the local area, taking pictures of different military sites, and sharing them with her russian handlers. but these are part of a string of allegations which include her trying to get hold of the itinerary of an official visit by president zelensky and trying to share that with ....
the details. how they could this be? the eu has been very clear it didn t want to give apple the equivalent of a parking ticket although that said, apple s earnings last year were not too far off hundred billion, it is big but apple can afford it. it all stands from a complaint brought by its butterfly back in 2019. they were essentially unhappy with apple s rules that stop them other ways to pay. spotter five. apple s rules that stop them other ways to pay. spotterfive. the eu commission said that apple had behaving in an uncompetitive way for ten years and that what they were saying had essentially cost consumers in terms of higher bills for their music. apple responded strongly, they accuse them of getting their facts wrong and they said they would be appealing. what said they would be appealing. what kind of impact said they would be appealing. what kind of impact could said they would be appealing. what kind of impact could this have the streamers, music ....