live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in the evening in washington, where president biden has suggested there s a new instrument to apply pressure on china over its human rights record. he said the us is considering a diplomatic boycott of next year s beijing winter olympics. a diplomatic boycott of next year s that would mean athletes would still compete but there would be no government representation. speaking to reporters during a meeting with the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau, mr biden was thrown the question. a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics? it s something we re considering. well, that was a very brief comment, but then the white house press secretary said the idea of a possible boycott was driven by concerns over china s human rights record. that comes despite efforts to ease tensions at a virtual summit between the president and chinese leader xi jinping earlier this week. th
this morning, our state is in shock. our response teams are doing everything in our power to rescue and recover the victims of this collapse, literally as we speak. search and rescue efforts are continuing tonight after the dali container ship careeered into baltimore s spectacular road bridge, collapsing much of it into the water. we ll be speaking to a ship captain, bridge expert and a baltimore politician to analyse why it happened. also tonight. a new childcare deal for england is due to be rolled out next week with £4 billion promised in last year s budget to help working parents with increased free hours and more care for the youngest but with staff shortages and funding shortfalls, will this turn out to be a fairy tale? there are organisations, childcare providers, who are saying that there are problems. with the amount that we re putting in, with all of the nurseries we ve been working with, 9,000 businesses, i am very confident that we ve got the rates right t
of identical twins. deep breath. firstly, are you 0k? i hope so. itv s holly willougbhy returns to this morning, saying she was shaken, troubled and let down over events involving former co host phillip schofield. and coming up on bbc news. tottenham are expected to open talks with celtic boss ange postecoglou with a view to appointing him as their new manager in the next few days. hello. the duke of sussex is set to become the first senior royal for more than a century to give evidence from the witness box when he takes the stand this week. the high court has begun hearing detailed arguments in his case against mirror group newspapers. he s claiming journalists and investigators breached his privacy using unlawful methods including phone hacking. the mirror group has apologised to the duke for one instance of unlawful information gathering, but denies others. here s helena wilkinson. prince harry is on a mission, determined to have his day in court. he turned up in person
not sure whether they are dead or alive even. since train services on the tracks in this region were affected, many families from far off places like in behind the state of bihar or in chennai could not reach balasore in time. they re only coming in to the morning and trying to find their relatives. we are here in this hospital in balasore, just 25 minutes away from the accident site, which is where most of the injured and dead bodies were brought in yesterday morning in the initial few hours of the train accident. but now we understand from government sources and health officials that most of the dead bodies are now being transported to the bigger capital city of bhubaneshwar, which has better morgue facilities, better resources and capacity to store dead bodies till the time family members come and identify them. so while most families are coming here and it s adding to their distress, they are trying to seek information and then will have to make a four hour travel ordeal
still not found their family members and relatives who were travelling in the train. not sure whether they are dead or alive even. since train services on the tracks in this region were affected, many families from far off places like in behind the state of bihar or in chennai could not reach balasore in time. they re only coming in to the morning and trying to find their relatives. we are here in this hospital in balasore, just 25 minutes away from the accident site, which is where most of the injured and dead bodies were brought in yesterday morning in the initial few hours of the train accident. but now we understand from government sources and health officials that most of the dead bodies are now being transported to the bigger capital city of bhubaneshwar, which has better morgue facilities, better resources and capacity to store dead bodies till the time family members come and identify them. so while most families are coming here and it s adding to their distress, they