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marked maundy thursday around the world marking the start of the easter weekend. voice-over: live from our studio in voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, this. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, this is| studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. we start the hour in south africa. 45 people have died in a bus crash in the north east of the country. the bus was travelling from botswana to the limpopo province. the department of transport says the vehicle plunged off a bridge into a ravine. after colliding with the crash barrier, it burst into flames when it hit the ground. an eight year old child was the sole survivor and has been taken to hospital with serious injuries. heidi giokos, a journalist based injohannesburg, has more now on what we know. it s unclear as to how the bus lost control, but what we know is that the bus was travelling from botswana to an area in limpopo known as mor ....
the us city of baltimore in shock tonight. a major bridge is struck by a container ship, and topples into the patapsco river. six people are missing. how could such an event happen? we ll bring you the latest. in the last few hours, the israeli government has recalled its negotiators from doha, the talks on a gaza truce it says at a dead end . we will hear tonight from the head of the palestinian mission to the uk. donald trump needs every nickle he can find right now. and today things looked a little rosier. shares in the parent company of truth social, jumped 55% on the first day of trading. and how would the bbc survive without the licence fee. we will hear from the director general on his funding model for the future. good evening. for nearly fifty years the ships that have sailed, to and from baltimore, have passed the francis scott, key bridge without any dramas at all. until the early hours of this morning. this was the moment the dali, a 300m container ship col ....
the player, obviously for all of the things we do, essential will be. so, yeah, there is nothing there, if there would be something, the answer would be no. there s one game going on in the english premier legaue tonight, chelsea are taking on luton at stamford bridge. at the moment it s west ham are set make another signing 7 the club have agreed a deal to bring in ajax midfielder mohammed kudus for nearly 45 million euros. the 237year7 old scored a hat7trick in ajax s europa league play? off win over ludogorets in bulgaria on thursday. the ghana international has been in the sights of several premier league sides 7 he s due to fly to london for his medical on saturday. and would follow edson alvarez, who joined the hammers from ajax earlier this month. the new fifa women s rankings are out and off the back of the world cup, sweden are up to number one in the world for the first time, and after six years at the top the usa are down to third. they were knocked out by th ....
of the devastated area. he also met with first responders, members of fema, the national guard and search and rescue workers. mr biden has faced some criticism for his handling of the federal response. he did not speak publicly about the crisis for days, though he spoke to the state s governor and emergency officials. and some locals say they are not getting the support they need on the ground. speaking in front of the island s famous banyan tree, which survived the flames, mr biden reaffirmed the government s commitment to the island s recovery. we re focused on what s next, rebuilding for the long term. and doing it together to help get us back on our feet, to rebuild the way we want to rebuild. the country grieved with you and stand with you and will do everything to respect culture and traditions when the rebuilding takes place. the state s governor, josh green, took part in mr biden s tour and sent a message for the international community. all of the other areas o ....
billy vunipola for their opening match following his red card against ireland. good afternoon. it s been called a groundbreaking achievement. a 34 year old woman has become the first here in the uk to be given a transplanted womb. she was born without a uterus because of a rare medical disorder. then her older sister, who already has children, offered to donate her womb for the transplant. it s an operation that has already been carried out successfully in other countries around the world, as our medical editor fergus walsh reports. a uk first as surgeons transplant a womb into a 34 year old woman, donated by her ao year old sister. the surgery in next door operating theatres at the churchill hospital in oxford in february lasted around 17 hours. it was an amazing day, absolutely amazing. these two surgeons led a team of more than 30. they recall the reaction of the younger sister when she came round. she was absolutely over the moon. there were a lot of tears, a lot of ....