pennsylvania held a press conference about it. shapiro announced that authorities decided to set the chemicals on fire. that was a good thing. no one should be unduly alarmed. the burning of the chemicals, shapiro said, had gone, quote, as planned. officials on the scene, meanwhile, declared the burn, quote, perfect. mike dewinn, the governor of ohio agreed with all of this. the people in charge, the railroad s jer engineers, and se officials overseeing them, had everything under control. two days later, evacuation orders were listed. in the subsequent days, a lot of people have wondered out loud was it a wise decision to light vinyl chloride on fire over a populated area. if it was safe, how do we know that? is anyone in charge actually monitoring with any accuracy the level of did deadly chemicals ie air, ground and water in and around east palestine? apparently nobody is. that s highly upsetting when you think about it. talk about a failure at all levels. the first duty of
We are committed to steer pakistan out of these challenging and difficult times and for that, the laws of the country are there to guide us, help us and enable us to do the right thing, and thats what were going to do. Doing the right thing really means a priority for you is to ensure that the elections in january for the National Assembly are free and fair. How confident are you that they will be . Im pretty much confident that theyre going to be free and fair. Whatever the objective tests are by any International Observer or International Media or domestic media or domestic observers those indicators which does determine any sort of transparent and independent elections in that region im pretty much confident that were going to acquire and achieve that. But, look, i have to put it to you that youve got the very popular Opposition Politician of the pti the Pakistan Tehreek E Insaf party, Imran Khan In Prison on Corruption Charges that he denies. Youve also got the expected return in o
Continue to get details confirming 21 people have died and a0 people are injured as a rich Rescue Operations are still under way. We can take a look atjohn donis ands report now. In the darkness. Emergency crews are battling to rescue the injured and recover the dead. The bus upturned and crushed by the force of the fall disaster. From up on the bridge, it veered off. You can see the drop. Eyewitnesses say the bus then caught fire when it hit the ground. It happened in the m district on the mainland across the water from venices tourist centre. In a statement on social media, the citys mayor said the scene at the crash site was apocalyptic, and italys Prime Minister expressed her deepest condolences on the bridge. You can see where the bus went through the crash barriers. Investigators are now trying to work out why. Officials are warning the number of People Killed is likely to rise with italian media reporting that several children are among the victims. Jon donnison, bbc news. Live
a british child is among the victims all under the age of three the suspect is a syrian refugee. eyewitnesses watched in horror as he also attacked an elderly man before being overpowered by police. translation: all of a sudden, a lady says, run, run! there is a guy who is stabbing everybody all along the lake. he stabbed some children. run, run! police say there is no evidence that the motive was terrorism. also on the programme. president zelensky visits flood hit kherson as ukraine and russia continue to blame each other for breaching the major dam. hundreds of wildfires burning in canada the smoke turns the sky orange along the us east coast with an apocolyptic smog over new york. west ham s victory parade is about to get under way in east london after they triumped last night winning their first trophy in more than a0 years.
is among the victims. and coming up 90 years since the first recorded sighting coming up on bbc news. just 2a hours after winning the europa conference league trophy, west ham captain declan rice looks to be leaving the club. chairman david sullivan has told the bbc he promised rice a move away if he gave us all this season. wildfire season. thousands of people have been forced from their homes. but the effect of these fires is being felt by millions of people along the east coast of america as the thick smoke drifts south. take a look at this timelapse. new york city yesterday as pollution intensified and the sky turned an apocolyptic colour. this is two o clock in the afternoon. from new york, here s