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offences. he was arrested on friday along with a 57 year old woman who s been charged with aiding and abetting in connection with the alleged offences. they ll both appear in court next month. sirjeffrey is northern ireland s longest serving mp at westminster. he says he ll strenuously contest the charges. jennifer o leary reports. jeffrey donaldson, a leader who, just weeks ago, returned his party to power sharing at stormont. today, his political career appears to be over. in a statement, his party announced his resignation, confirming that he s been charged with allegations of an historical nature. bbc news understands he has been charged with rape and multiple other sexual offences as part of a police investigation spanning months after two women came forward. in a letter to his party, sir jeffrey donaldson said he would be strenuously contesting the charges. the dup s new interim leader is mp gavin robinson. it s a devastating revelation and has caused tremendous s ....
gaza. injerusalem, there is an uneasy calm, as palestinians mark easter and ramadan. our international editor jeremy bowen reports. injerusalem, where tension and worse are normal, there is always the consolation of religion. this ramadan, many of those ending a day of prayer at the aqsa mosque were palestinian israelis, around a fifth of israel s population. israel, citing security, restricts access to jerusalem for palestinians from the occupied west bank. just down the road, palestinian christians were deep in their celebration of easter, walking to the old city from the garden of gethsemane, where they believejesus prayed on the night before he was crucified. but in this city, sacred for christians, jews and muslims, religion and politics always mix. all the palestinian people are suffering today. they are suffering from occupation, they are suffering from apartheid, they are suffering from genocide. and today, what we are praying is to stop this disaster situat ....
to rescue those onboard, there are now dozens of vessels scanning thousands of miles of ocean for any signs of the sub. soon joining the efforts is french research ship the atalante. it has equipment for searching the extreme depths. we ll be looking in more detail at the technical challenges involved. our correspondent carl nasman is in boston. we know search and rescue operations continue, are there any updates? operations continue, are there any updates? operations continue, are there any updates? those search and rescue operations any updates? those search and rescue operations are - rescue operations are continuing around the clock, they did the same thing last night, there were a concert of the planes circling the skies and bounce looking into the ocean, 900 miles away from we are in boston, this is where all the international search efforts are being coordinated. what we heard earlier today was really some key detail of this entire search. that was that they h ....
is being coordinated in boston. with pressure growing to rescue those onboard, there are now dozens of vessels scanning thousands of miles of ocean for any signs of the sub. soon joining the efforts is french research ship the atalante. it has equipment for searching the extreme depths. we ll be looking in more detail at the technical challenges involved. with us to discuss all of this is our correspondent carl nasman in boston. thank you so much forjoining the programme so what is the latest on the search effort? figs latest on the search effort? as ou latest on the search effort? sis you mentioned, latest on the search effort? is you mentioned, there really is a sense of urgency now not only because of the lack of time left, we are looking now at ours remaining of those 96 hours that were estimated. but also because of the calculation we got today from the us coastguard that there were some noises or sounds detected by canadian officials, these were coming from the o ....
of breathable air left. the operation to find the missing tourist submersible is now expanding to include more resources with expertise in deep sea rescuing. our north america correspondent jessica parker reports. these are the last known photos of the titan submersible. they were taken on sunday morning, just before it began its descent. one hour and 45 minutes later, contact was lost. it s a five man capsule. people crawl in. this was filmed by the bbc last year. it shows people being bolted in from the outside. the sub then plunges into the ocean s depths. the us coastguard has released a fresh estimate of how much oxygen may now be left on board. we know from the data we were using as a starting point, it was 96 hours, and we know that we are approximately 40, 41 hours. is a deep sea rescue effort realistic, and what would that look like? i can t tell you exactly what it would look like, but we wouldn t be doing this, we wouldn t be searching and putting all effort ....