dreadful pictures and dreadful numbers. here you can see one train carousel on its side, people desperately trying to help. it s about midnight or so. it is late, it is dark, and it is desperate. some of the numbers we are getting in from afp news agency, 50 dead and 500 hertz. really desperate situation. a number of trains involved. we can take a look at the map now to show exactly where this is happening. this is happening in odesa in india there. just a little earlier, we heard from the chief minister of the area. let s take a listen. , ., ., , ., listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, but - listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, but since - listen. they have told us that there i have been casualties, but since the rescue, we have been casualties, but since the rescue, we have not counted the numbers, rescue, we have not counted the numbers, so i can t offer an accurate
over new claims that he broke lockdown rules during the pandemic. he denies any wrongdoing. the independent police watchdog is to send investigators to cardiff following monday night s riot which started after two teenage boys were killed in a crash. the racism row in spanish football real madrid star viniciusjunior has his red card rescinded, as people protest in his native brazil over the racial abuse suffered by their star player. good morning. iamon i am on the roof of the bbc in london, where the sun is beating down. for england and wales we are looking at it day of sunny intervals, variable cloud. for scotland and northern ireland, cloud and spots of rain, but brightening up. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 24th may. our main story. inflation in the uk is expected to fall below 10% for the first time since august, when official figures are released injust over an hour. economists have predicted the current rate of 10.1% could drop sharp
business reporter david waddell. let s have a look at the geography of the situation. right here is the bab al mandab strait. it s right next to yemen, from where those houthi attacks originated. it s at the southern end of the red sea. at the northern end is the suez canal. now, ships cannot pass through the suez canal from the south without first passing through this choke point. a couple of days ago, the maersk shipping container company and hapag lloyd both announced they wouldn t be making that transit. they ve since been joined by other shipping companies. now, if you re a ship master trying to get your vessel from the indian ocean to the atlantic ocean and you cannot or will not traverse through suez, you need to pass by the cape of good hope. that adds an extra 3,000 nautical miles to thejourney. and there are other issues for ships trying to traverse from the atlantic to the pacific ocean through here. the panama canal is accepting many fewer ships right now because