fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
hello and welcome to the programme broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with the news that the search for the oceangate submersible in the north atlantic is over. the us coast guard has confirmed that the vessel suffered a catastrophic loss of pressure and there are no survivors. the five people on board were on a mission to view the wreck of the titanic. rescue experts say that the tail cone of the vessel has been spotted on the sea bed, not far from the wreck. much of the rescue effort was coordinated in boston, where we can join our correspondent carl nasman. carl, thank you so much forjoining us on the show. we are starting to hear some other developments coming out of the navy. what have they had to say? we are, these are developments that might help us piece together the timing of when this catastrophe might have taken place. this is being reported by our partners in cbs news and they say the us navy detected, quote, an acoustic anomaly con
potential for instability in russia. norah: deadly storms and tornadoes hit the south and midwest, as 57 million americans brace for more dangerous weather. large hail, wind damage with power outages, and the flood threat. excessive heat watches and warnings have expanded. three san antonio police officers have been charged with murder. for the way they handled the call involving 46-year-old melissa perez. the shooting officer s actions were not consistent with sapd s policy and training. somebody came down and said we lost comm. for the first time, we are hearing from a family member who lost both her son and her husband on the titan submersible. both of them, they really, really wanted to do that for a very long time. the drugmakers behind ozempic are now racing to develop a daily pill for people who want to lose weight. norah: and how one tiktok creator helped a community. in peoria, illinois, many lgbtq and people of color statistically less likely
now for the news. a bbc investigation has led to the identification of a new suspect in the stephen lawrence murder case. he s been publicly named for the first time as matthew white who died two years ago. the investigation found the met police seriously mishandled key evidence relating to him. scotland yard has apologised for how it handled the case. russia s defence minister has appeared in public for the first time since the uprising by wagner mercenaries. sergei shoigu has been pictured in state media visiting troops on the frontline in ukraine. wagner s leader, yevgeny prigozhin, had demanded his removal when he ordered troops to advance on moscow. a woman whose husband and son died in a submersible which imploded in the atlantic says she was supposed to be on board. christine dawood gave her place on what was meant to be a tour of the titanic wreck to her 19 year old son, suleman. and a study has found that people in the uk are less likely to survive trea