As the gang reunites for the first time in decades in just a few hours time. Hello and thanks forjoining us. A desperate search is taking place for more than 150 people feared to have drowned when an over loaded ferry sank in north west nigeria. The majority of those missing are reported to be women and children. President muhammadu buhari called the accident devastating. The boat was travelling between central niger state and wara in northwest kebbi state when it sank. The bbc s sara monetta has the latest. The crowd gathered on the banks of the river as news of the shipwreck spread into town. There s anxiety in the air. Divers pulled a few bodies out of the water. Some lucky passengers are found swimming to shore, and rescued. The boat was travelling from niger state to neighboring kebbi. It s a busy route on the niger river, used by local goldminers, traders and food vendors. The boat was carrying around 200 people, mostly women and children way over the boat s capacity of 80.
internationalaviation. as the jury deliberates its verdict in the trial of the former police officer accused of murdering george floyd president biden weighs in, calling the evidence overwhelming. good evening. 48 hours after its creation, good evening. 48 hours after its creation, is good evening. 48 hours after its creation, is it now all over? the bbc has learned creation, is it now all over? tie bbc has learned that creation, is it now all over? tte bbc has learned that for english football club, chelsea, is preparing its withdrawal and manchester city is pulling out of a controversial european super league. six premier league teams have signed up as members of the super league. the plans by 12 wealthy clubs from spain, and gwinnett and italy prompted a fierce backlash. earlier, the government said it was prepared to take whatever action necessary including law changes to stop the plan. we ve also heard in the last few minutes that athletically madrid an
the last few hours. he left tottenham in 2019. he joins after a dismal season for chelsea, they finished 12th in the premier league and our reporter has more. chelsea have enjoyed a terrible season, there west on points in the premier league, they lost on the tap of their matches. their squad is bloated, it is expensively assembled. they have spent £60 million since last summer. they have very little to show for it, they have not qualified for europe and as a result their spending in his first transfer window will be hit as a result. frank lampard, they interim manager, the third manager of the season, openly said standards have dropped. he officially starts in july, that gives him a month to ascertain who is up to scratch. it is a tall order but you suspect pochettino is probably one of a handful of managers who might be able tojuggle it handful of managers who might be able to juggle it all. you mention when he goes to manage it all, the experience he would have had alread
hugging it out. good morning, everyone! that was a hollywood ending for rexham and the team s owners. after years of struggling, the welsh soccer club has achieved its dream of a major promotion. look at that. tears. wow, wow, congratulations to them. we ll talk more about that. plus, president biden set to name a campaign manager as he prepares to run for re-election, but new polls are showing that many americans are not excited about a trump/biden rematch. also, the faa is investigating after engines caught fire on two different american airlines planes. but we re going to start in sudan this morning, where the u.s. has now launched a daring rescue operation to evacuate americans from the war zone. the pentagon says that special ops forces blew into flew into the war-torn sudanese capital and helicopters to pick up u.s. diplomats and their families. we re told the mission was fast, it was clean, and u.s. troops were on the ground for less than an hour. here s a ph
as low as minus four degrees. white spread cold out to the west under the clear skies. it s all coming to an end because we ve got quite a lot of cloud and rain arriving as we speak so a bit of a north south divide with the weather story this afternoon. you can see the cloud piling on across scotland bringing outbreaks of rain. somewhat erratically moving its way out of scotland into northern england and across north wales. clouding over a cross england and wales. we might continue to see some late afternoon sunshine across east anglia and the south east and here temperatures could peak at 15 celsius but cooler and disappointing elsewhere. through this evening and overnight the rain will think its way steadily southwards. it s going to bring a blanket of cloud through the night as well. clear skies into scotland and northern england, with a brisk wind and a few scattered showers, so here, a chillier start but further south all completely different first thing tomorrow morning