the backlog of ships waiting to pass through the suez canal that built up while it was blocked by a giant container vessel could be cleared in three or three and a half days according to the canal authority s chairman. this comes as traffic on the crucial waterway has resumed after the ever given was finally freed by salvage crews after almost a week. around 12% of the world s total trade goes through the channel. that s nearly $10 billion worth of goods passing through the waterway every day. and that includes bulk items like oil and iron ore, as well as consumer products such as furniture, clothing, and computer parts. it could put further pressure on the global supply chain that s already impacted by the coronavirus. joining me now is lesley batchelor, c00, open borders direct. good morning. nice to see you. good morning. nice to see you. good morning. nice to see you. good morning- good morning. nice to see you. good morning. give us your take on how easy good morning.
seven-month-old baby. welcome to the show, everyone. it is 8:00 a.m. here in uchain, and russia is pummeling ukrainian rail hubs and supply lines as it ramps up its assault on the east. you are looking at a railway bridge that was blown up on friday. we have been able to geolocate it, and verify the authenticity of that video you are look at near the donetsk region and a senior u.s. official tells cnn russian forces are making incremental advances there. meantime, another mass gave was discovered friday in the key suburb of bucha. 900 civil yaps have already been found dead in the kyiv region in the wake of russian forces pulling out. russia s focus is now on the eastern donbas region. moss coy s aim is to kill everyone living there. have a listen. translator: only if ukraine will stand, will they live. if the russian invaders succeed in realizing their plan, at least in part, they will still have enough artillery and aircraft to destroy the entire donbas just as they des
the welsh fans are dreaming of another major tournanent with qualification to this summer s euros in germany at stake tonight as they face poland in cardiff. good morning. in the next days, we continue with heavy downpours and it will often be windy. through the easter weekend, fewer showers until the second half of easter sunday when we see a return to rain. i will have all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday, 26th of march. the family of a footballer who was stabbed in a nightclub in birmingham on boxing day in 2022 have called for body scanners and bleed kits to be installed in all venues. two men have been found guilty of the murder of 23 year old cody fisher who was attacked two days after he had brushed past one of the men in a busy bar. our midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. # happy birthday, dear cody. this is cody fisher on his final birthday. he was killed for the most trivial of reasons. the man who planned his murder was remy gordon, seen her
hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. prosecutors in romania have filed formal charges against the controversial influencer andrew tate, his brother triston, and two romanian associates. the charges include rape, human trafficking and forming an organised crime group, as well as illegally accessing a computer system and violence against one of the alleged victims. the indictment deposited with the bucharest court said that at the beginning of 2021, the four defendants formed an organised criminal group to commit human trafficking in romania and also in other countries such as the united states and britain. lucy williamson is outside the court in bucharest for us now. welcome. this comes several months after the arrest of andrew tate and his brother. bring us u- to andrew tate and his brother. bring us up to date- andrew tate and his brother. bring us up to date. that s andrew tate and his brother. bring us up to date. that s right. - andrew tate and his brot
thursday into friday, this is the latest on what we eventually we do see the clutch of weather fronts coming into the west, introducing some rain know about the search. across some western areas. the trip is run by a same on saturday too, company called 0ceangate it s the west that s more 0verall, five people likely to see the rain. for the rest of us it are thought to have been on board the submersible. will be a bit more settled. contact has not been so we ve got the rain on friday, re established with but as we move through the weekend, submersible, which is now although there ll be some showers unable to communicate. in the forecast, it is it s thought the vessel going to turn warmer. has around three days worth of oxygen left, at best. here is a moving picture of the submersible at sea. as you can see, it is a pretty small vessel and not clearly not designed for long periods underwater. earlier, cbs correspondent jared hill gave us this update on the search for the missi