welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines. police in baltimore say six people are presumed dead after a bridge collapsed and are moving to a recovery effort. these are live pictures of the scene, officials say they want to check the ship's recorder to establish just what happened. the bombarment continues in gaza and israel recalls negotiators for mediation talks in doha, despite a un resolution calling for a cease—fire. nbc news backtracks on the hiring of former republican leader ronna mcdaniel after an internal revolt from the us network's top stars.

it is eight in the morning in singapore and eight in the evening in baltimore, were six people are presumed to have died after a container ship struck a bridge, bringing it crashing down. search teams have now suspended they work for the day. it's thought the ship lost power and the crew on board were helpless as it headed toward the supports of the francis scott key bridge. this is the moment the huge container ship struck the bridge. as you can see, it triggered a reaction with several of the spans falling into the water. the crew had been able to send a warning ahead of the collision, meaning vehicles were barred from entering the bridge, potentially saving dozens of lives.

moments ago, the us coast guard shared this update. i would like to announce tonight that based on the length of time that we have been on the search, the extensive search efforts that be put into it, the water temperature, that at this point, we do not believe that we will find any of these individuals is still alive. so this evening at about 730, we are going to suspend the act of search of rescued experts, the coastguard will not go away, our partners will not go away, we will just transition our partners will not go away, we willjust transition to a different phase.— we willjust transition to a different phase. the search operation _ different phase. the search operation has _ different phase. the search operation has been - different phase. the search i operation has been suspended overnight. maryland state police shed light on why the search has light on why the search has been suspended at this stage. changing conditions admitted difficult for divers in the water. �* ., , difficult for divers in the water. ., , ., ., ., water. at zero hrs tomorrow we are hoping — water. at zero hrs tomorrow we are hoping to — water. at zero hrs tomorrow we are hoping to put _ water. at zero hrs tomorrow we are hoping to put divers - water. at zero hrs tomorrow we are hoping to put divers in - water. at zero hrs tomorrow we are hoping to put divers in the l are hoping to put divers in the water and begin our research to do our very best to recover the

six missing people. —— zero 600. live now to baltimore and our correspondent will vernon. the search and rescue mission now officially closed and moving on to recovery, what does that mean?— moving on to recovery, what does that mean? that's right. desperately — does that mean? that's right. desperately sad _ does that mean? that's right. desperately sad news - does that mean? that's right. desperately sad news for - does that mean? that's right. desperately sad news for the | desperately sad news for the families of course of those six men that were on the bridge when it collapsed and found themselves in the water. they are still missing. you heard from the us coast guard bear that the search and rescue mission, untila that the search and rescue mission, until a short while ago taking place behind me, has now been suspended. thou has now been suspended. thou has now been suspended. thou has now been transition to a recovery mission. they talked about the desperately difficult conditions in which they have had to undertake the search and rescue mission. the water here is very cold, it is very deep, they're extremely fast currents as well. the visibility in the water is poor. of course, it is full ofjagged metalfrom

water is poor. of course, it is full ofjagged metal from the bridge that collapsed. meaning conditions for rescuers were very difficult indeed. the fbi, the coastguard, number of other agencies, the fire department alljoining in in the frantic search for those men. this construction workers that were repairing potholes on the bridge when it collapsed. those agencies tomorrow morning say they will regroup in order to recalibrate their efforts to continue the search for the six men, but as i say, in a recovery mode, recovery situation and not in a search and rescue. so terribly sad news for the families of those men. ., , ., ., ., men. our thoughts go out to them. men. our thoughts go out to them- tell — men. our thoughts go out to them. tell us _ men. our thoughts go out to them. tell us more - men. our thoughts go out to them. tell us more about. men. our thoughts go out to i them. tell us more about those now presumed dead? we them. tell us more about those now presumed dead?— them. tell us more about those now presumed dead? we do not know many _ now presumed dead? we do not know many details _ now presumed dead? we do not know many details about - now presumed dead? we do not know many details about those l know many details about those men. but we do know is two of

them are guatemalan nationals. this area has a high number of hispanic people. we are not completely sure about the nationalities of the other men, but there were reports in us media that they are of hispanic origin. it was a miracle, really, that there were not more people that ended up in the water. because when this container ship struck the bridge at about 0150 local time this morning, there were only minutes in order to shut the bridge. that is exactly what the police managed to do. they manage to stop any more traffic going onto the bridge, but unfortunately, they were not able to get the message to the construction workers in time so that the two could leave the bridge. we heard a recording earlier of the police, what they were doing in those last minutes, saying that the

container ship had lost propulsion and heading towards the bridge and struck one of the bridge and struck one of the support towers causing it to collapse. at that incredible effort by the police to stop any more traffic going onto the bridge before it collapsed. some quick thinking there. thank you very much. i spoke to abi aghayere, who is a professor of structural engineering at drexel university. he gave us his assessment on why the bridge may have collapsed so easily. it surprised me how it went down effortlessly, despite what was supposed to be redundancies. the other question i had was were there protection provided or designed for this? protection provided or designed forthis? if protection provided or designed for this? if so, protection provided or designed forthis? if so, did protection provided or designed for this? if so, did they fail, if not, why were there no

protections provided for those bridge piers since you have all of these large container ships and if not, why were there no protections provided ships rovided and if not, why were there no protections for those bridge piers, since you have all these large container ships hovering or manoeuvring around that area ? so those were the questions i have, you know, why there was white went down so quickly and why there was no protection or if there was protection, why it failed. and we'll be the priority for investigators as they start looking into this bridge collapse with forensic detail. you know, they would start with the original design. they will start with the inspection report, the recent inspection report of that bridge to rule out any impact that the bridge itself or the condition of the bridge might have on on this collapse. and then they will look at, you know, what was the weight

of the container ship that hit this bridge and what type of forces were generated on this bridge because of that impact. and were the pier is actually designed at all to withstand these type of forces? it could be that, you know, this bridge had no chance if there were no protection systems to protect those piers from having to have this force at all, you know, from the container ships, because if it had a protection system, then the protection systems will have been the sacrificial lamb that would have protected the bridge from being impacted by this force. and this must raise concern about the safety of other old bridges just like this one. that is correct. we always learn lessons from failures. i teach a course in forensics structural engineering. so when failures like this happen, we have to go back and look

at bridges that are like this or bridges that have the same vulnerabilities to figure out what we can do to prevent those types of incidences from happening with other bridges. with me now as my colleague in business reporter sura njana tiwari. let's turn our attention to the ship involved in the collision. tell us more. we do know it is registered in singapore. that is something to do with the procedures, the paper trail, when incidents like this happen. singapore is one country that registers a lot of ships, few other countries around the world many ships get registered with, marshall islands and panama among them. that means that when this type of incident happens, there will be a set of safety procedures, for sends it —— forensic

procedures that the country will deploy in order to find out what went wrong. we have understood that the singapore maritime port authority is investigating this incident. it has put out its statement about it as well. about the ship, what we know, it has emerged that the ship, dali, had another incident in antwerp backin another incident in antwerp back in 2016. so long ago it is thought to be unrelated, these are big ships and undertake extremely strenuous conditions, so it is likely that something will happen. safety is optically a very big issue when you were trying to manoeuvre such a big vehicle. another report from last year, and inspection found that apparently it had some propulsion and auxiliary issues. of course, if it is found that this was a power issue, a propulsion issue they will look into that report from chile, but shipping is a very

fragmented industry. there are a lot of companies, people, countries involved in it. in those details will be poured over under the microscope. cargo vessels have become a bigger and bigger over time. cargo vessels have become a biggerand bigger overtime. it bigger and bigger over time. it is biggerand bigger overtime. it is the ship considered on the larger scale of the spectrum, you have to imagine ports may not, in this case particularly, grown in accordance with the ships. grown in accordance with the shi s. , ., , grown in accordance with the shis. , ., ,~ ships. this was actually an average — ships. this was actually an average sized _ ships. this was actually an average sized container. ships. this was actually an i average sized container ship ships. this was actually an - average sized container ship at that bridge would have been built a long time ago and not used to having these types of size of ships going under it. it's a lot of ports around the world will have to re—evaluate how their infrastructure is, how their infrastructure is, how bus their infrastructure is to deal with cargo ships as the size. as you said they are getting bigger. size. as you said they are getting bigger-— size. as you said they are getting bigger. thank you so much for giving _ getting bigger. thank you so much for giving us _ getting bigger. thank you so much for giving us that - much for giving us that context. it is a story we will be following closely here on

the programme along with other stories as well. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. fighting is continuing in gaza, despite calls for an immediate ceasefire from the united nations. earlier, israel recalled its negotiators from mediation talks in doha, claiming discussions with hamas are "at a dead end". hamas is demanding a complete withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza before any hostage release negotiations can begin something israel has branded "delusional". 0ur international editor jeremy bowen reports. this was gaza, the morning after the un security council voted for a ceasefire. israel's military released this video and said it pounded gaza with 60 more airstrikes on what it always calls terror targets.

and more palestinians were killed — civilians, according to the survivors who came to the hospital in rafah to say their last goodbyes. they went to bed hoping for a ceasefire, says alaa abdul latif. she lists the names of nine dead children. the oldest was eight. in the night, everyone she cared about, 30 close family were killed. mahmoud shahab says "what security council? "what will they do? "massacres, one after the other, no matter what they say." they prayed for the family, for the dead children, some of the bodies reduced to fragments of flesh and bone. injerusalem, vigils continue for israelis missing from family dinner tables since hamas took them hostage on the 7th of october. the people taken and killed by hamas dominate minds and the news in israel. i asked israelis outside their parliament about america's

decision not to block the ceasefire resolution, starting with yehudit and esther. it's the same for the jewish. israel and america is friends. and we... they don't support us. we think that they leave us alone. they had a brief disagreement with katia. like many israelis, she blames prime minister netanyahu, known here as bibi. bibi, he's the one that he... he provoked biden all the time. biden is our friend. i like him very, very much. and he helped us. this is bibi's resolution. bibi decided. bibi decided to provoke biden until the us will not.. - how do you call this? a vote ? a vote against. they abstained. abstained, yeah. this is what bibi wanted to do.

so you feel more alone here? i feel much more alone in here, yes, i feel much more alone. i israelis overwhelmingly support the war and the way it's being fought. many don't believe gazans are starving. but a big majority is fed up with prime minister netanyahu, who they believe puts his own career ahead of their security. israel is fighting this war against the background of a severe domestic political crisis, a growing sense of international isolation and significant damage to its most important alliance with the united states. now, israel's wars are usually short and sharp, and mostly victorious. so far, this war is not. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. the bbc has spoken to a senior member of hamas, who's currently in qatar. they have said that they, "are ready to release all the hostages, including soldiers, if there is a solid ceasefire." they also say that, "maybe 70 of them have been killed by israeli bombardment of by starvation."

by israeli bombardment or by starvation." there's been some more legal news for donald trump to digest. linked to his forthcoming trial over alleged hush money payments which were made to an adult film actress. thejudge in the case has imposed a partial gag order on the former president. it comes after the prosecutors asked for the measure and it means he could be fined if he talks publicly about witnesses or staff working in the court. it's not the first time such a gag order has been imposed on mr trump he has said they are politically based attacks on his freedom of speech. mr trump denies the charges and the trial is due to start in just under three weeks' time. nbc news has cut ties with ronna mcdaniel, the former chairwoman of the republican national committee, after her hiring was met with internalfuror with several of the networks top starts dennouncing it on air.

the network had forked out $300,000 to bring her on board, at a time when it is cutting frontline journalists. it appears that those who anchored the main political shows were not consulted. even though they may be expected to sit with her on set. for more let's speak with our north america are corresponded. get us up to speed with the story and the behind—the—scenes displeasure the ronna mcdaniel cause. it displeasure the ronna mcdaniel cause. , ., , ., displeasure the ronna mcdaniel cause. , ., ., cause. it is not unusual for former political _ cause. it is not unusual for former political officials i cause. it is not unusual forl former political officials and so on to land a lucrative second gig as a pendant on tv talk shows here even have a name, it is called the politics to pungent pipeline. the appointment by nbc of ronna mcdaniel the former chair as you've mentioned of the republican national committee, provoked an unprecedented backlash amongst members of staff at nbc. several of whom took to the airways to publicly

excoriate their bosses for the appointment and to call for ronna mcdaniel�*s appointment to be cancelled. why was it so controversial? well, ronna mcdaniel in her role as the chair of the broken national committee was a staunch defender of donald trump's claims that the 20/20 presidential election had been stolen. and it was the subject of fraud. those claims since have been disproven, of course. in the claim of those and nbc was that stretch the credibility of somebody who the network were seeking to appoint as a political commentator and therefore, it made her position untenable. a short while ago, the head of nbc universal says that, issued an e—mail to staff apologising for the appointment of ronna mcdaniel saying, her contract would be cancelled

afterjust contract would be cancelled after just five days. contract would be cancelled afterjust five days.- contract would be cancelled afterjust five days. have we heard from _ afterjust five days. have we heard from ronna _ afterjust five days. have we heard from ronna mcdaniel| heard from ronna mcdaniel herself? ~ ., ., ~ ., herself? we have not. although she is reported _ herself? we have not. although she is reported to _ herself? we have not. although she is reported to be _ herself? we have not. although she is reported to be seeking i she is reported to be seeking legal advice, you mentioned it is apparently a $300,000 a year contract. and it all represent something of a fall from grace for ronna mcdaniel. who was appointed chair of the republican national committee in 2017, the cure donald trump took office, and for a while, she enjoyed his support and endorsement. but then publicans and started to lose in national elections and now, ronna mcdaniel found herself replaced by a hand—picked team by donald trump that includes his daughter—in—law, laurel trump as co—chair of the republican national committee. as co-chair of the republican national committee.- as co-chair of the republican national committee. thank you very much _ national committee. thank you very much for— national committee. thank you very much for that _ national committee. thank you

very much for that update. - new details have emerged about the clapham chemical attacker abdul ezedi gained asylum in the uk, despite being a convicted sex offender. ezedi attacked a woman and two children in the street with a corrosive substance in january. his body was later found in the river thames, ending a police manhunt. our home affairs correspondent daniel sanford reports. in the aftermath of his savage attack on a mother and her two children, abdul ezedi fled across london. the corrosive substance he'd used in the attack had also scarred his own face. and within hours hejumped into the thames from chelsea bridge, his body emerging almost three weeks later. until now, we've only been able to report sketchy details of ezedi's multiple attempts to claim asylum and his sexual offending history. but now, at the request of the bbc and other media companies, the immigration tribunal has released this case file. the dossier shows ezedi arrived from afghanistan in 2016. his initial asylum claim

was turned down very quickly and his appeal refused the next year, with a judge saying his story was a mass of inconsistencies — but he wasn't removed from the uk. in 2019, he made fresh submissions, this time including these photographs showing him being baptised at grange road baptist church in jarrow. again, he was turned down. by now, he had been convicted of sexual assault and was on the sex offenders register, so the church made him sign this safeguarding contract. in it, he agreed to only enter the church when accompanied by a named male member of the congregation. but at his appeal in october 2020, the former minister from the church gave evidence saying ezedi's conversion was genuine and a judge granted him asylum the next month. and so, seven years after arriving, and after multiple refusals of asylum, ezedi had won and was still in the uk this year to carry out the attack.

in an ironic twist in the tale, when abdul ezedi was buried a fortnight ago, as these exclusive pictures given to the bbc show, it was a muslim ceremony at the request of his friends and family. daniel sandford, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. farmers have staged more protests in the belgian capital of brussels ahead of the meeting of the eu agriculture ministers. they are calling for increased prices for their crops and produce and in and to cheap imported food. fire set and manure spreader on the ground, polices used water cannons and tear gas. russian internal services have released photos of the burnt out singing hall where a gunman killed one of 37 people last the president has acknowledged radical islamists were responsible but has suggested that they were linked to ukraine, something which kyiv is strongly denied. the us supreme court appeared sceptical of an effort to

restrict access to a commonly used abortion drug, mifepristone, during a tuesday hearing, several members of the court questioned whether it was an challenge of the dobbs federal approval. the japanese language has long been a rich source of loan words for english and, this month, even more examples join the hundreds already recorded in the oxford english dictionary. meghan 0wen has more. many of the japanese words have been added this year will sound pretty familiar. let's start with food. now, katsu, is seafood, meat or vegetables wrapped up in panko breadcrumbs and deep fried. it's a popular dish, but it's also a boomerang word, which is an example of japanese—english reborrowing. now, tonkotsu is also on the list this year. it's a savoury broth made from pork, bone and ramen noodles. together with donburi, which is rice topped with seafood, meat and vegetables. but aside from food, there's also a number of words in the arts

and crafts sector now. kirigami is the art of sculpting or meticulously crafting paper into 3d designs. mangaka is also in the dictionary from this year, and this is a designer of manga, which is a japanese style of cartoon or comic, which is also becoming more and more popular around the world. and finally, this is one of my favourites is kintsugi. now, this is the art of repairing broken pottery. and the idea is to emphasise the cracks in an effort to embrace imperfection. so there we have it. there are some of the new japanese words in the oxford english dictionary, all the way from anime to zen. a reminder of our top story, we will bring you some live pictures of the major city

bully bridge in baltimore after a container ship crashed into it. hello. the weather is going to throw just about everything at us over the next couple of days. certainly for wednesday — lots of heavy thundery downpours, albeit with some spells of sunshine in between, also quite windy out there. all driven by low pressure centred to the west of the uk. rain and hill snow pushing northwards across scotland. some really heavy rain for a time across eastern counties of northern ireland. that will take a while to clear. and then for england and wales, yes, there will be some spells of sunshine, but also some heavy, thundery downpours with hail thrown in for good measure, some sunny spells in between. pretty windy, particularly in the south, but also up towards the north of scotland and temperatures north to south between seven and 11, maybe 12 degrees celsius in parts of eastern england. now through wednesday night, we will see further showers or longer spells of rain. this clump of wet weather drifting across southern

england into the midlands. if that gets far enough, west into wales, well over high ground, that could give a little bit of snow because it will be quite cold to take us into thursday morning. although probably too windy for most places to see a frost. and then into thursday, while this area of low pressure firmly in charge. this low has been named by the spanish weather service. it's been named storm nelson because of the impacts it is going to have in spain, but pretty close to us on thursday. close enough to give some very strong winds, gales around coasts in the south and the south—west. but windy weather even further north across england and wales, very strong winds even inland. some outbreaks of rain — northern scotland perhaps seeing the best of the dry weather, but they'll even here be some showers. and temperatures around nine, ten or 11 degrees. now as we get into friday, good friday, of course, it is not going to be completely dry, but i am hopeful there will be fewer showers. more in the way of dry gaps in between. it won't be as windy and it will feel a little bit warmer. and that certainly is the theme for the start of the easter weekend. 0ur area of low pressure loosening its grip and so not as many showers more in the way of dry weather. however, there is a lot

of uncertainty about the second half of the weekend. there's an area of low pressure that some computer weather models keep well to the south of us, it's this one here. but other computer models push that a lot further north, giving us the chance for some rain. so a lot of uncertainty about the second half of the easter weekend. there will be some rain at times, some spells of sunshine, not as chilly as it has been.

disaster in baltimore. authorities say they are suspending search operation and missing people are presumed dead. and a windfallforformer american president donald trump — after success on wall street. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. we begin with the major collapse of a bridge in baltimore. authorities have said they are suspending search operations and six missing people are presumed dead. baltimore port, one of the busiest ports is closed in us car—makersjunior dues general car—makers junior dues general motors enforcer they car—makersjunior dues general motors enforcer they will re—route shipments.

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