welcome to newsday. reporting layer from welcome to newsday. reporting layerfrom singapore, our at least 45 people have died in a bus crash in south africa — the vehicle plunged off a high bridge into a ravine after colliding with the crash barrier. the bbc uncovers a report showing the uk post office spent £100 million of public money fighting sub—postmasters in court, despite knowing their defence was untrue. the un's top court orders israel to take extra measures to ensure basic food supplies reach gaza, saying famine is already setting in. as india prepares to go to the polls, the country's largest minority tells the bbc, they feel marginalised and suppressed — we have a special report. translation: the most beautiful thin . translation: the most beautiful thin about translation: the most beautiful thing about india _ translation: the most beautiful thing about india is _ translation: the most beautiful thing about india is its _ thing about india is its diversity but that is now being crushed and the main victims are muslims. and christians have

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 moria. it's a easter church gathering that happens every single year and people from all over come through to this particular gathering. now, it seems as though, from what we saw on scene, is that the bus might have lost control. it hit the barrier and then it seems as though it crashed, hang onto the barrier and then crashed into the ravine. we know that 45 people have lost their lives. 46 people were on board. i—year—old eight—year—old ——18—year—old girl was a survivor. i think what's so tragic and horrific, having been on the scene, was the fact that paramedics told us that the bus caught fire and people inside the bus were trapped. they could not get out.

and they were asking and begging and crying and pleading to be helped out of the bus. but unfortunately, it was too difficult for paramedics and officials to try and save anyone out of that bus. we know that that drop from the top of the bridge where it seems as though the bus had the impact onto the barriers and then crashed is a 50—metre drop. so it's at a very high height. and this is obviously the impact that we are seeing when the bus hit the barrier, crashed and then hits into that ravine over there. and this is obviously what sparked this fire that happened. also being told by paramedics but a lot of the passages that were on board were mothers with their children which probably cease to the 80—year—old that managed to survive. we don't know how she survived. but also what seems to have further exacerbated the fire is that a lot of them were carrying gas

cylinders because where they were going to, they were going to spend the whole weekend and using these gas cylinders for cooking purposes. this is probably what exacerbated the fire. it is still unclear. the department of transport is investigating but it will be very difficult for the department to do so because of the fire and it is going to be very difficult to really figure out exactly what happened and the fact that there is only one survivor and she is eight years old. heidi giokos there. let's get the latest on the war in the middle east now. the united nations' highest court has ordered israel to ensure "urgent humanitarian assistance" in gaza without delay, saying "famine has set in". since its original order issued injanuary, the international court ofjustice said that "the catastrophic living conditions of the palestinians "in the gaza strip have deteriorated further, "in particular in view of the prolonged and widespread "deprivation of food and other basic necessities." this latest development follows comments made by the un's most

senior human rights official volker turk, who told the bbc there is a plausible case that israel is using starvation as a weapon of war — something israel has denied. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more details on the icj's order to israel. this is an important court — it's the primaryjudicial body of the united nations. it's been around since the united nations was set up after the first world war ii. and it's there primarily to adjudicate on disputes between states. and that's what's happened here. there's a dispute between south africa and israel. south africa claims that israel is committing genocide, which it disputes and denies. but as part of that legal process, the court makes provisional rulings and statements of those stages. that's what we've got today. and essentially it's saying that, yes, there is now famine is setting in gaza. israel is not allowing enough aid into and it should start doing that very, very quickly.

but as you say, the problem with the court is that it has no way of enforcing its rulings, so they have no power to force israel to do anything. but i think what this is, is another ratcheting up of of the international system and the international order, putting yet more pressure on israel to shift its position, especially on the issue of humanitarian aid. it's been described as the uk's most widespread miscarriage ofjustice — the post office scandal. and now it's emerged the post office spent £100 million of public money fighting wrongly accused subpostmasters in court, even though it knew its case was untrue. the bbc has uncovered a draft report that reveals that, by 2017, the post office had seen evidence showing that the losses at post office branches could have been caused by remote access to its horizon computers by the japanese company fujitsu, who supplied the system. despite that, the post office's lawyers kept arguing until 2019 that theft

or mistakes by subpostmasters must have been to blame. zoe conway has the story. in howey, mid—wales, there is something missing. for years this house was the village post office, but not any more. this was all part the shop, and then the post office was at the end. joan bailey and her husband had to give up the jobs they loved after being accused of stealing. there was a £40,000 shortfall in the accounts. she suspected the horizon system was at fault. the numbers on her computer screen would change overnight. we were in bed! nobody else can get in the house. when they were suspended from running the post office, some villagers assumed they'd stolen the money. we were just pariahs. to be thought of as a thief, it just seems wrong that we should be treated this way.

whatjoan couldn't have known, and what this secret 2017 report makes clear, is that her account could be accessed remotely without her knowledge and that the system was full of bugs and flaws. commissioned by the post office, the report by deloitte said fujitsu employees had the ability to amend or delete transactions entered by branch staff. the system wouldn't flag up to a postmaster a change had been made, and those changes could cause a shortfall in branch accounts. it also said a malicious actor could potentially change data, though there's no evidence this happened. going to law will force the post office to open theirfiles, so, finally, we'll get to know everything the post office knows. the sub—postmasters took the post office to court in 2018. by then, post office management, lawyers and investigators knew about findings within the report.

but instead of coming clean, they kept it secret. despite knowing their defence was false, they continued to discredit the postmasters. i'm...shocked, - i really am shocked. the barrister who acted for the sub—postmasters has never seen the report before. this is exactly the sort of thing that we wouldj have wanted to have, and to analyse - and put in front of the judge. it's them admitting - that they could do in 2017 something they were still denying - that they could do in 2019. the case dragged on for two years. it cost the taxpayer more than £100 million. i don't think the case . should have happened. it should have been settled. and it's a great shame some of the people have died - since then without having their names cleared. - it's tragic and very, very sad.

when victory came, it was bittersweet. the vast majority of the postmasters' compensation was swallowed up in legal fees. the deloitte report also vindicates ron warmington. previously employed by the post office to investigate horizon, he proved postmasters' accounts could be accessed by others. mainly fujitsu, maybe also post office staff, that'll come out, were routinely altering branch accounts without keeping any record of who was doing what or, more importantly, what they were doing. lord arbuthnot has been a long—time campaigner on behalf of the postmasters. i've been trying to bring the post office to a sense of its own responsibilities, but why they did it is very hard to see, how people can lose all sense of morality in the way that the post

office clearly did. in a statement, the post office said it was deeply sorry for the impact the scandal has had on people and told the bbc the public inquiry�*s next phase would look at the issues raised. fujitsu said that it regards this matter with the utmost seriousness and offered its deepest apologies to the sub—postmasters and their families. it's disgusting, it's disgusting. joan is still fighting for compensation, butjustice is about so much more. dignity is something you can't buy with any amount of money. it's got to be there for people to think, "i've got my dignity back now, and i'm not going to be "called a liar any more." zoe conway, bbc news, howey. the 32—year—old former cryptocurrency billionaire sam bankman—fried has been sentenced in new york to 25 years in prison, after stealing $8 billion from customers of his failed crypto exchange ftx. speaking in court before

his sentencing, the man who was known as the crypto king apologised and said he'd made a series of bad decisions. he said he knew a lot of people feel really let down. we'll have more details on that sentencing in our business coverage a little later on this hour. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. it was one of last summer's big blockbuster movies and it swept the board during the awards season. but up until now, people injapan haven't been able to see the film oppenheimer. that changes today when it gets a cinema release. the film tells the story of the scientist j robert oppenheimer. this is a national emergency. detonators charged. we

this is a national emergency. detonators charged.- this is a national emergency. detonators charged. we are in a race against _ detonators charged. we are in a race against the _ detonators charged. we are in a race against the nazis _ detonators charged. we are in a race against the nazis and - detonators charged. we are in a race against the nazis and i - race against the nazis and i know what it needs. he created the first nuclear bomb, which was later used againstjapan during world war ii, killing more than 200,000 people. it was seen as too controversial and sensitive a topic for the people ofjapan. here is a shaimaa khalil, our japan correspondent. we will try to get the clip from which i am a kolel later but let's get you up to speed with what's happening in india. in india, deepening religious polarisation and increasing islamophobia have marked narendra modi's second term in power. ahead of the general election, which is due to begin next month, people from the muslim community, which constitutes india's largest minority, have told the bbc they feel they are being marginalised and suppressed. the government denies the allegations. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports from northern india.

a warning that her report contains images that some viewers may find distressing. on the streets of the capital, delhi, policeman assaulted muslims offering prayers. just outside goha a muslim man was beaten by a mob, forced to chat the name of a hindu deity. and in the north—west, jepur, family devastated by perhaps the most chilling incident of violence against muslims in india. this woman's husband, the father of their five children, the father of theirfive children, mohammed, was among three muslim passengers shot dead by a railway policeman on a train. if his killer was a muslim, he would have been hanged by now. but that won't happen because he is a hindu.

no—one can return my father to us, his daughter says. the constable filmed here standing with a foot on his bloodied body, a man who is meant to protect people. esu is a threat seemingly to india's muslims. we know your masters are in pakistan, but if you want to live here, vote for prime minister modi. the policeman is being tried for murder. but it has rattled the community. india is home to one of the largest muslim populations in the world. and while religious for clients have often stoked tensions, the sense of anxiety within the muslim majority has rarely ever been as deep as it is now. under mr modi's government. evidence that points to a pattern of

persecution is often found in rubble. human rights groups have recently raised concerns about what they say are illegal demolitions targeted specifically at muslim homes, businesses and places of worship in different parts of india. behind me here is the debris of a mosque in south delhi and next to it there was a muslim religious school. darius has said that this mosque was at least a hundred years old. the government however says these were illegal structures and destroyed at all. the school was home to dozens of children, most of them orphans. seen in these videos filmed by their teachers before the demolition. they are now scattered. we met 12—year—old mohammed, temporarily housed another islamic school. i feel fear whenever i think of that

moment, he said. of bulldozers and policemen, they forced us out and didn't allow us to take even our shoes. it was a cold winter morning. the indian government did not respond to the bbc plasma questions but we met a muslim spokesperson from the prime minister's party. the opposition _ the prime minister's party. the opposition parties the prime minister's party. tta: opposition parties using the prime minister's party. tt2 opposition parties using the muslim community as a shield. the muslim community is absently comfortable, they are happy. absently comfortable, they are ha-- . �* absently comfortable, they are ha . _ �* , ., absently comfortable, they are ha-- .�* , ., ., absently comfortable, they are ha a . �* , ., ., , happy. but people have told us this, happy. but people have told us this. we've _ happy. but people have told us this, we've recorded _ happy. but people have told us this, we've recorded this, - this, we've recorded this, ordinary people. tt this, we've recorded this, ordinary people.— this, we've recorded this, ordinary people. if one or two --eole ordinary people. if one or two peeple say — ordinary people. if one or two peeple say such _ ordinary people. if one or two people say such things, - ordinary people. if one or two people say such things, it - people say such things, it cannot be true for the entire community. cannot be true for the entire community-— community. the ruling party does not _ community. the ruling party does not have _ community. the ruling party does not have a _ community. the ruling party does not have a single - community. the ruling party does not have a single mp i community. the ruling party i does not have a single mp from the country's largest minority. just one more factor that contributes to the ideas we found on the ground. there is a ma'or found on the ground. there is a major sense — found on the ground. there is a major sense of _ found on the ground. there is a major sense of insecurity, -

found on the ground. there is a major sense of insecurity, if. major sense of insecurity, if you — major sense of insecurity, if you take _ major sense of insecurity, if you take your microphone here, not many— you take your microphone here, not many people want to talk to you _ not many people want to talk to ou. ., , not many people want to talk to oh. ., , , ., you. the most beautiful thing about india _ you. the most beautiful thing about india is _ you. the most beautiful thing about india is its _ you. the most beautiful thing about india is its diversity - about india is its diversity but — about india is its diversity but that _ about india is its diversity but that is— about india is its diversity but that is now _ about india is its diversity but that is now being - about india is its diversity- but that is now being crushed and the — but that is now being crushed and the main _ but that is now being crushed and the main victims - but that is now being crushed and the main victims are - and the main victims are muslims _ and the main victims are muslims-— muslims. critics see the upcoming _ muslims. critics see the upcoming election - muslims. critics see the upcoming election as i muslims. critics see the upcoming election as an inflection point for india's long cherished secular ideals. you lemire, bbc news, delhi. let's just return now to japan and the relase of the summer's big blockbuster there. it's onlyjust come out injapan because it was seen as too controversial and sensitive a topic for people there. i'm talking about the film oppenheimer. our correspondence shaimaa khalil is at the site of the first atomic bomb attack, hiroshima. for

of the first atomic bomb attack, hiroshima. for years it has been _ attack, hiroshima. for years it has been preserved _ attack, hiroshima. for years it has been preserved to - attack, hiroshima. for years it has been preserved to be - attack, hiroshima. for years it has been preserved to be in i attack, hiroshima. for years it| has been preserved to be in its original state and here is the river where thousands of people whose skin was burning at the timejumped in the refuge. 80 years on the legacy ofj robert oppenheimer is felt very deeply here in hiroshima and the months people injapan could not see the film, not because it was just sensitive, it was very controversial, and maybe one of the year's most celibate motion pictures but for people here in hiroshima it is felt much more deeply. the screening of oppenheimer has been quite controversial and notjust because of a sensitive subject matter but also because the initial releasing of it worldwide coincided with the film barbie and there was this crust emotion called barbenheimer, if you remember, when people were dressed for barbie and oppenheimer to see

the films factor pack. people in japan, the films factor pack. people injapan, they the films factor pack. people in japan, they thought this was because of the horrors that they suffered but also i spoke to a survivor who watched the film in a private preview and he said one of the things that stopped him when he was watching the film was that the horrors that were suffered here in japan were horrors that were suffered here injapan were not really depicted in the film. translation: i depicted in the film. translation: ., ., translation: i thought that the devastation of _ translation: i thought that the devastation of hiroshima - translation: i thought that the devastation of hiroshima would l devastation of hiroshima would appear— devastation of hiroshima would appear somewhere in the storyline of the film but it did not _ storyline of the film but it did not. there were only scenes of the _ did not. there were only scenes of the united states. i wanted them — of the united states. i wanted them to— of the united states. i wanted them to show and tell what happened in hiroshima. i wish they— happened in hiroshima. i wish they had — happened in hiroshima. i wish they had shaylee bent ruins of hiroshima. the museum he has displays — hiroshima. the museum he has displays of— hiroshima. the museum he has displays of how children puzzling heads were bowed, how their clothes were about. i wanted _ their clothes were about. i wanted people in the us in particular to be able to see this — particular to be able to see this. , ., particular to be able to see this. i. ~' particular to be able to see this. i. ~ , this. do you think it is important _ this. do you think it is important for - this. do you think it is important for people | this. do you think it is| important for people in this. do you think it is - important for people in japan to watch this important for people injapan to watch this movie? t important for people in japan to watch this movie?- important for people in japan to watch this movie? i hope the eo - le to watch this movie? i hope the --eole of to watch this movie? i hope the people ofjapan. _ to watch this movie? i hope the people of japan, including - people of japan, including other— people of japan, including

other survivors people ofjapan, including other survivors of hiroshima and — other survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki, will see this film — and nagasaki, will see this film and _ and nagasaki, will see this film and have a conversation about — film and have a conversation about it _ film and have a conversation about it i_ film and have a conversation about it. i hope that this film will be — about it. i hope that this film will be seen and discussed at length — will be seen and discussed at length i_ will be seen and discussed at length. i have only a small and narrow— length. i have only a small and narrow viewpoint but i think it would — narrow viewpoint but i think it would be _ narrow viewpoint but i think it would be great if people all over— would be great if people all over goodship donna injapan over goodship donna in japan could — over goodship donna injapan could sit— over goodship donna injapan could sit and talk about what happened. my biggest worry now is that— happened. my biggest worry now is that the us, russia or china might— is that the us, russia or china might test a nuclear device without _ might test a nuclear device without us knowing. i think there — without us knowing. i think there are _ without us knowing. i think there are small and better performing nuclear weapons which — performing nuclear weapons which could be the next oppenheimer in the shadows now. i felt oppenheimer in the shadows now. i felt that— oppenheimer in the shadows now. i felt that way when i saw the film — i felt that way when i saw the film. . ~' i felt that way when i saw the film. ., ~ ., ., . film. talk about the importance of engaging _ film. talk about the importance of engaging in _ film. talk about the importance of engaging in a _ film. talk about the importance of engaging in a national- of engaging in a national dialogue. this is a very different generation injapan. different generation in japan. that's different generation injapan. that's right and this is what the gentleman was talking about. the fact that even though the film was difficult to watch, the subject matter was difficult and this criticism of the horrors that were suffered in hiroshima, nagasaki, not depicted in the film, he said it was important to keep the dialogue going and

see it and have the difficult concept on my conversations. he also said the 100 year anniversary of the hiroshima bombing is going to come soon and when that happens not many survivors will be left to tell the story, so he is saying that it is important for the younger generation, and i'm told by my colleague who is in the figure that many young people are going to watch the film, but it's important for them to watch the film to keep talking about the dangers of nuclear proliferation from a city that knows firsthand about the horrors and terrors of nuclear weapons. horrors and terrors of nuclear weapons-— horrors and terrors of nuclear weaons. . weapons. tokyo correspondence shaimaa khalil. _ maundy thursday celebrations have taken place across the world, marking the start of the easter weekend. pope francis held mass in italy's largest prison, washing the feet of female inmates. elsewhere, holy thursday processions took place in spain, and parisian chocolatiers prepared sporting—themed easter eggs ahead of the olympics. intrigued? meghan owen has more.

marking holy thursday in one of italy's largest prisons is not perhaps the first thing you'd have in mind for the pope. but here he was washing the feet of 12 female inmates in a traditional ritual at the start of a busy easter schedule. francis has been the first pope to hold these ceremonies outside of churches. over in malaga, maundy thursday was welcomed by a foreign legion regiment procession, attracting thousands of locals and tourists. from religious rituals to family and, of course, food — it's also match day for chocolatiers around the globe. and this one in paris has run with a sporting theme this year as the country prepares to welcome the olympics. translation: the inspiration for this easter 2024 _

collection was quite obvious to me since this year is devoted to sports in france. so the process was to connect this year of sports as a nod to easter through a strong symbol. and of course, that symbol is the egg. in bosnia, it's all about beeswax. locals are keeping their traditions alive by using it to paint eggs. translation: the women who came before us were resourceful. _ they did not have different dyes to choose from. they did not have many ornaments, but they had honeybees and they had beeswax from combs, which they themselves melted. so they used that for decoration. from food to prayers — and perhaps even the two combined — christians around the globe have welcomed the easter weekend. megan owen, bbc news. hgppy happy easter weekend all of you celebrating. from us here at newsday, thank you forjoining

us. hello there. well, with british summertime just around the corner, thursday was a stark reminder ofjust how fickle british weather can be. yes, we had some snow, some of it settling for a time in northern ireland on thursday. it was a wild day, wet and windy for many as well. and in fact in wiltshire we had over 40 millimetres of rain in a 24—hour period. now it's all due to low pressure that's anchored itself to the southwest and that low is still going to be with us during the day on friday. the showers, hopefully few and further between in comparison to thursday's weather. and we'll start off on a relatively quiet note for good friday with a few scattered showers around, but they'll become more widespread as we go through the day, drifting their way steadily north into the afternoon. so some of the showers could still be quite potent from time to time. the winds quite blustery, but with a little more sunshine, a little more warmth, nine to 14 degrees celsius our overall high.

move out of good friday into the start of the weekend and it looks likely that saturday and sunday will continue to be a little bit quieter. the low just shifts further away, the isobars open up, the winds will fall light. we'll need to keep an eye on this frontal system, which could bring some rain towards kent and perhaps suffolk, first thing on saturday morning and maybe a little more cloud. but generally, it will be a quieter day with more sunshine coming through, showers more isolated. there will be some moving through scotland and maybe a longer spell of rain across the channel isles and down through south west england by the end of the afternoon. but temperatures in the sunshine, 15 degrees celsuis — a pleasant day for many on saturday. easter sunday continues with that quieter story, perhaps more frequent showers out to the west on sunday. but on the whole, there will be some drier weather from time to time with some sunshine and again, some warmth with temperatures around 13—15 degrees quite widely. so as we move into monday, though, easter monday, we could see a change to something a little bit more

unsettled once again, with low pressure never too far away. and we will see some spells of wetter weather, particularly across central and southern england. so looking further ahead from monday onwards, that unsettled theme is set to continue. longer spells of rain never too far away. take care.

decades behind bars — sam bankman fried, one of crypto's biggest personalities, has been sentenced. we'll have the details. and you may be paying more for chocolate this easter. find out why later in the programme. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. we begin in the us where the co—founder of the failed crypto exchange ftx, sam bankman—fried, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers and investors of his now—bankrupt firm. the ruling cements the downfall of the former billionaire, who emerged as a high profile champion of crypto before his firm's dramatic collapse in 2022. the bbc�*s erin delmore has the latest from new york. a stunning fall for sam bankman—fried, a crypto exchange founder

and mogul in the industry who graced the cover of forbes magazine