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and checking out the truth behind them. let's turn to our main story. we start in the north atlantic where a canadian aircraft and a ship with remote—controlled underwater vessels capable of searching deep underwater have joined the race to find the submersible that's gone missing. the sub was on a trip to see the wreck of the titanic. five people are on board. ships and planes are scouring the ocean — around 640 kilometres off the coast of newfoundland in canada — and dropping sonar buoys to detect any underwater activity. the titanic, which sank in 1912, lies nearly 4,000 met...

we start in china where earlier today we got to see more evidence of its economic difficulties. new home prices fell for the fifth straight month in november while property investment dropped 9.4% over the year so far. retail sales growth missed forecasts but on the plus side, industrial output, what those factories churn out, expanded in november at its fastest pace since the start of last year. the world bank is forecasting that china's economy will slow next year, with annual growth falling from 5.2% to 4.5%. duncan wrigley is chief china economist at pantheon macroeconomics. he t...

attack on the company. and coming up we will hearfrom manchester united legend eric cantona, about his new art exhibition which chronicles the relationship between sport and modern society. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six—month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, is there. tell us what happened today. we've had this trial —...

and 12 after long years of tory failure, didn't they just show their true colours, yesterday? cheering. their driving ideology — make the rich richer and do nothing for working people. and how one of the world's most streamed performers — bad bunny — has used his fame to draw attention to the issues facing his native puerto rico. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self—styled "referendums" onjoining russia. russian state m...

"everything in their power" to secure the release of two british men sentenced to death for fighting russian forces. the government is expected to reject proposals to introduce a new salt and sugar tax on process food sold in england. the maximum interest rate on student loans in england is being cut by almost 5%. ministers hope it will provide �*peace of mind' for graduates. a father and son have been killed in a crash at the isle of man tt. five riders have died in this year's event and singerjustin bieber reveals the reason he cancelled his performances this week — he's experi...