The british tech tycoon mike lynch and his 18 year old daughter are among six people missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of the italian island of sicily in the early hours of monday morning. Mr lynch, known by some as the british bill gates, co founded software company autonomy, which was later bought by tech giant hewlett packa rd for $11 billion. An intense legal battle following the high profile acquisition loomed over mr lynch for over a decade. He was acquitted in the us injune on multiple fraud charges he was facing two decades injail if found guilty. Here s our business editor simonjack. Mike lynch has been considered a giant of the uk business for nearly three decades. The cambridge phd student who built a cutting edge technology company before selling it for £9 billion to american giant hp who later accused the company of inflating their profits. That kicked off over a decade of legal wrangling that saw him extradited in handcuffs to the us to face fraud charges
talks in brussels about eu country as well as a post brexit trade deal are continuing overnight, switzerland, norway, after a british government source said the eu s offer iceland and liechtenstein, will face new restrictions, including on receiving remained unacceptable. medical treatment. with more, here s our consumer affairs correspondent, a decision is due sometime on sunday about whether enough progress has been made to carry on negotiaions. both sides have warned that no deal is now the most likely outcome. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. in brussels, the briefest of glimpses of the uk s chief negotiator. he is locked in talks behind closed doors with his eu counterparts to see if a deal is possible in the next 2a hours. but indications tonight are not positive. a government source told the bbc talks are continuing overnight and, talks are continuing as things stand, the offer on the table from the eu remains unacceptable. the mood around the talks,
it s six in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in st petersburg where president putin on wednesday warned that russia will respond immediately, to any country attempting to interfere in the war in ukraine. speaking to parliamentarians in st petersburg, mr putin said he had all the tools to respond, and that he d already chosen his likely approach. during the day, the european union accused moscow of economic, and of escalating the war, by cutting off russian gas supplies to poland and bulgaria. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports the venice of the north, they call it. it was peter the great who built st petersburg, to make russia look and feel european. today, though, the gulf between russia and europe is growing ever wider. in the st petersburg palace, the president. vladimir vladimirovich putin. ..vladimir putin was addressing lawmakers. from them, a sign of loyalty, the letter z, symbol of russia s offensive in ukraine. from him, a warning to ukraine
tonight with the context, from brussels former eu foreign policy advisor nathalie tocci and from new york, anthony scaramucci, entrepeneur and former communications director for donald trump. hello, welcome to the programme. there is nowhere that is safe in ukraine, no corner of the country beyond the reach of the russian missiles. and seemingly no target the kremlin would consider off limits today in kremenchuk, central ukraine, they attacked a shopping centre full of people. president zelensky said there were around 1,000 people inside at the time. the missiles were reportedly fired from long range bombers that took off from a russian airbase north of ukraine. so far the authorities have recovered at least 10 bodies, there are dozens being treated for injuries. who knows how many remain inside. i was not far away from the place won t happen. some 500 away. people were running around and after about 30 minutes, i decided to go and check out the place. the the centre was just
as they attempt to tackle the climate crisis. russia admits it attacked the port of odessa a day after an agreement to resume grain exports but its foreign minister denies they are to blame for causing a world food crisis and marvels s much anticipated black panther sequel wakanda forever is unveiled at comic con in san diego. pope francis has arrived in canada. and he is on a mission to say sorry. a pilgrimage of penance is how he has labelled this trip, which will include a full apology on behalf of the catholic church for the abuse inflicted on indigenous children at mostly church run residential schools. it s believed more than 150,000 children were taken from their families in a practice that lasted more than a century, and only came to an end in the 1990s. but indigenous groups themselves have expressed dissatisfaction over the arrangements of the pontiff s visit. mark lobel reports. preparing to confront his flock s terrible past in canada but not everyone appear