into a bridge in baltimore. and conditions in baltimore are hampering the recovery efforts for the six missing construction workers who are presumed dead. amidst angerfrom israel, a un human rights expert says she believes israel has committed "acts of genocide" in gaza. my report finds that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating that israel is committing the crime of genocide against the palestinians as a group in gaza has been met. check your passport — the message to millions of britons planning a trip to europe to avoid being caught out by a ten—year rule. we'll explain. and — bruce springsteen is given one of the most coveted awards — in songwriting — the fellowship of the ivor novello academy.

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. investigators in the us have recovered the data recorder from the ship that crashed into the baltimore bridge, causing it to collapse. these are the live pictures from the scene — it's foggy , but you can see part of the collapsed bridge. you can just about see the cargo ship and here in a different shot, you can see that on the front of that cargo ship is still the tangled remained of the bridge over its bow. it's hoped the data recorder will throw light, onto why the container vessel lost power and crashed — soon after leaving port. six missing construction workers, who were on the bridge at the time, are now presumed dead. the disaster has forced the indefinite closure of baltimore port — one of the busiest on america's,

eastern seaboard. our correspondent tom bateman is in baltimore. absolutely, matthew, because more detail has been emerging over night about those men who were on the bridge when it fell. the workers, eight of them that we know about, two were rescued yesterday, one remains in a serious condition in hospital. but it is those of the six whose family members are waiting for news last night. we were outside the transportation authority here in maryland when some of the relatives and family members were brought in and were being briefed and given information. it was shortly after that that the coastguard announced that they were effectively ending the rescue part of this operation. they said that due to the amount of time that had passed, and critically, because of the temperature of the water, it was extremely cold all day yesterday, temperatures have been dipping again today.

and so, that is why they said they were turning this into a recovery phase of the operation. at the same time, we know that divers were due back in the water this morning, as you can see, the weather is pretty bad and they were having problems with currents yesterday, pretty tough currents that were making it hard for the divers. also because of the danger that was being posed by the wreckage itself from the collapsed bridge. so, a lot to work through for those teams. at the same time there has been more detail from the national safety board of transport officials about the recovery of the data recorder from the vessel itself. so, we can now get an update on all the latest from my colleague, graeme satchell. as the sun rose in baltimore, this tragedy moved into a new phase.

after searching the icy waters of the patapsco river for more than 14 hours, emergency services are now in a recovery mission looking for bodies. a team of construction workers were on the bridge at the time of the collision. two were rescued, but six are missing feared dead. one of them has been named as miguel luna. originally from el salvador, he had three children. his wife said, "we are devastated, our heart is broken." a second man has been named as as the sun rose in baltimore, a second man has been named as maynor suazo. local officials have now met all the families of the missing. we had the chance to pray with them. we had a chance to pray for them. and we want to let them know that we are going to keep on praying for them. and notjust us, but they have got 6.3 million people and they have a whole country and a whole world praying for their peace. we now have a clearer picture of the timeline that

led to this tragedy. at 1.24 in the morning, the container ship the dali is heading towards the bridge when the lights go out. the ship has lost propulsion. a minute later, the lights briefly return and the pilot issues a mayday call. at 1.28, black smoke is seen coming from the ship's chimney and you can see work vehicles still on the bridge. just seconds later, the moment of impact. the whole bridge just fell down. start, whoever, everybody, the whole bridge just collapsed. investigators have now boarded the vessel and recovered the data recorder. it should help piece together exactly what went wrong. for now, the focus is on recovering the dead before the huge task of clearing the debris and reconstruction can begin. turning to gaza now — and the un special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied palestinian territories says she believes the threshold

for genocide has been met. speaking to the un human rights council, francesca albanese — an outspoken critic of israel's conduct in the war — urged the international communitiy to impose an arms embargo, and sanctions, on the country. the monstrosity unfolding is accompanied by a pervasive anti—palestinian narrative and dehumanisation emanating from the uppermost layers of israeli society, including high—ranking officials with command authority and frequently reflected in soldiers�* actions on the ground. this reflects the intent of dolus specialis to destroy in whole or in part, which is what distinguishes genocide from other atrocity crimes. in the case of gaza, there exists a chilling clarity of this purpose. the systematic eradication of an entire people, or at least a significant part thereof. one of the key findings is that israel's executive and military

leadership and soldiers have intentionally distorted jus in bellow principles, subverted their production functions in an attempt to legitimise genocidal violence against the palestinian people. the only reasonable inference that can be drawn from the unveiling of this policy is an israeli state policy of genocidal violence toward the palestinian people in gaza. let's get reaction. let's speak to david mencer — a spokesperson for the israeli government. he joins us live from tel aviv. your reaction to that? firstly, thank you _ your reaction to that? firstly, thank you for— your reaction to that? firstly, thank you for having - your reaction to that? firstly, thank you for having me - your reaction to that? firstly, thank you for having me on. | your reaction to that? firstly, i thank you for having me on. the truth is about francesca albanese, she is not an impartial, someone that looks at this conflict impartially. she has a record as long as your arm. just in 2022,

congressmen from both sides of the house said that she should resign because she has a ridiculous hatred of my nation state. she doesn't even believe that israel should exist, she has made that clear again and again. look, it is a terrible conflict that is going on in gaza, it is a war. it is a terrible war we didn't want or ask for, it is terrible when civilians are killed. but the truth of the matter is, the compact ratio right now, while it is very unpleasant is one—to—one, that is one terrorist for once a billion. that is what the prime minister has made clear, these ridiculous remarks by francesca albanese, they shouldn't be given any credence because she is unfortunately got a long record for hatred against my country. long record for hatred against my count . ,, ., _

long record for hatred against my count ., ., _ ,, , country. she obviously disputes that. i country. she obviously disputes that- i am _ country. she obviously disputes that. i am reminded _ country. she obviously disputes that. i am reminded of- country. she obviously disputes that. i am reminded of phrase i country. she obviously disputes i that. i am reminded of phrase the country. she obviously disputes - that. i am reminded of phrase the of playing the man not the ball which means that you are going after her rather than addressing the issues. let's talk about the issues, she has a long list of reasons why she considers she has reached the threshold for genocide. she talks about the restriction of aid supplies. it is notjust her saying that, it is notjust the un, not just aid agencies, you have the uk foreign secretary talking about israel impeding the delivery of aid supplies. you had the eu foreign policy chief saying this is a man—made famine made by israel. you can go after francesca albanese, but you have leading figures and voices who are making the same point about aid deliveries.— aid deliveries. matthew, i certainly don't want to _ aid deliveries. matthew, i certainly don't want to go — aid deliveries. matthew, i certainly don't want to go after _ aid deliveries. matthew, i certainly don't want to go after francesca i don't want to go after francesca albanese, let's look at the facts.

just addressed the point about humanitarian aid being impeded. crosstalk the obstruction of humanitarian aid. the obstruction of humanitarian aid. the point of inviting me on is to answer the question. thank you for making that point, i know it is your job to give me a hard time, we are a democratic country and we are not above criticism, we will take all criticism as it is intended. my first point to make is that she has made this pronouncement, the icj, the highest court of the united nations did not say there was genocide happening. we nations did not say there was genocide happening.- nations did not say there was genocide happening. we are looking at these issues, . .. _ genocide happening. we are looking at these issues, . .. there _ genocide happening. we are looking at these issues, . .. there is - genocide happening. we are looking at these issues,... there is a - genocide happening. we are looking at these issues, . .. there is a war i at these issues,... there is a war auoin at these issues,... there is a war going on- -- _ at these issues,... there is a war going on... excuse _ at these issues,... there is a war going on... excuse me... - at these issues,... there is a war going on... excuse me... just i going on... excuse me... just addressed — going on... excuse me... just addressed the _ going on... excuse me... just addressed the issue - going on... excuse me... just addressed the issue i - going on... excuse me... just addressed the issue i am - going on... excuse me... just i addressed the issue i am asking you. i happy to. let me address the issue

of humanitarian aid. it is an important point. firstly, all casualties of civilians particularly are a terrible thing. they are a tragedy which should not have happened but has happened because hamas declared war on my people. i apologise for continuing to interrupt, the question again is about impeding humanitarian aid into the third time i have asked. let about impeding humanitarian aid into the third time i have asked.— the third time i have asked. let me tell ou the third time i have asked. let me tell you about _ the third time i have asked. let me tell you about humanitarian - the third time i have asked. let me tell you about humanitarian aid. i tell you about humanitarian aid. today, more than 200 trucks of humanitarian aid went into gaza. the problem is not aid going into gaza, we are letting as much aid as we possibly can into gaza. the we are letting as much aid as we possibly can into gaza.— possibly can into gaza. the eu foreian possibly can into gaza. the eu foreign policy _ possibly can into gaza. the eu foreign policy minister- possibly can into gaza. the eu foreign policy minister is - possibly can into gaza. the eu i foreign policy minister is wrong? the issue is distribution, the un of which francesca albanese is part of,

the un is hopelessly disorganised when it comes to distributing aid. hamas are stealing the aid and these are images which are coming out of gaza, you are not showing the images of bustling markets which they are in southern gaza, you are showing more negative images. these are the images that hamas want you to see. i can guarantee you won't think, no one in hamas is starving. hamas steal the aid until it on the black market for inflated prices. it is the un which has unfortunately been grossly inefficient. you the un which has unfortunately been grossly inefficient.— grossly inefficient. you talked about 200 — grossly inefficient. you talked about 200 trucks _ grossly inefficient. you talked about 200 trucks going - grossly inefficient. you talked about 200 trucks going in... i grossly inefficient. you talked - about 200 trucks going in... more than 200. before _ about 200 trucks going in... more than 200. before the _ about 200 trucks going in... more than 200. before the conflict - about 200 trucks going in... more than 200. before the conflict 500 | than 200. before the conflict 500 trucks a day _ than 200. before the conflict 500 trucks a day were _ than 200. before the conflict 500 trucks a day were going _ than 200. before the conflict 500 trucks a day were going in... - than 200. before the conflict 500 trucks a day were going in... if i l trucks a day were going in... if i could correct you. there were 78... 70 food trucks a day going into

gaza, food trucks alone. we are not sending in concrete right now for obvious reasons. irate sending in concrete right now for obvious reasons.— sending in concrete right now for obvious reasons. we have had 173 da s of obvious reasons. we have had 173 days of this _ obvious reasons. we have had 173 days of this conflict, _ obvious reasons. we have had 173 days of this conflict, beforehand l days of this conflict, beforehand there were 500 trucks a day, there were 86,500 deliveries a day over that period of 173 days of this conflict. nowhere near that amount has gone in. you set the you would stop anything going in and out of the gaza strip, that is exactly what you have done. let the gaza strip, that is exactly what you have done-— the gaza strip, that is exactly what you have done. let me give you the facts rather — you have done. let me give you the facts rather than _ you have done. let me give you the facts rather than the _ you have done. let me give you the facts rather than the propaganda. i facts rather than the propaganda. 18,000 trucks have gone in since this conflict, again a conflict we didn't want, a war that we didn't want. 18,000 trucks have gone in, i've told you about the looting by hamas... before this war i am talking about food trucks, we are

not sending in concrete any more, concrete has been used rather than to build schools and hospitals, the concrete has been used to build a tunnel network twice the size of the tube in london. it is a crime, money which should have been used to build up which should have been used to build up the palestinian people, to give them a hopeful future were sunk into them a hopeful future were sunk into the ground by a ruthless, terrible people in hamas. abs, the ground by a ruthless, terrible people in hamas.— the ground by a ruthless, terrible people in hamas. a final question... could i people in hamas. a final question... could i reply — people in hamas. a final question... could i reply to _ people in hamas. a final question... could i reply to the _ people in hamas. a final question... could i reply to the point _ people in hamas. a final question... could i reply to the point about - people in hamas. a final question... could i reply to the point about aid l could i reply to the point about aid which has not been allowed in. only 1.5% of trucks have been denied because of dual use. most of those hopes gone in later when offending articles were changed. it simply isn't true, we must look at the facts, we don't want to harm civilians in gaza, we have no interest in harming civilians we are after hamas, the genocidal murderers

of hamas and we need our hostages back. a, of hamas and we need our hostages back. �* ., ., ,, back. a finalthought, the us a - ears back. a finalthought, the us appears to — back. a finalthought, the us appears to be _ back. a finalthought, the us appears to be losing - back. a final thought, the us l appears to be losing patience, back. a final thought, the us - appears to be losing patience, you saw what happened at the security council, they have been open, it would be a mistake to launch a ground offensive in rafah. why do you think it is that even your staunchest allies are having real fears about operationally how you are conducting this war. and are you going to change any of the current strategy going forward? mellie strategy going forward? well, unfortunately _ strategy going forward? well, unfortunately this _ strategy going forward? well, unfortunately this conflict - strategy going forward? well, unfortunately this conflict we | strategy going forward? well, i unfortunately this conflict we are facing is not a far—off land of which we know little, it is right on our doorstep, hundreds of metres away from our communities. we need to fight this genocidal gang of murderers. the only people that celebrated that un resolution which the us unfortunately abstain from, the us unfortunately abstain from, the only people celebrating, they

said this openly where hamas and iran. i want to tell you that hamas and iran are enemies of the uk as well as israel, so none of us should be rejoicing about the fact of this un vote. the prime minister has made clear, he has the entire backing of this country, the nine or 10 million people living here that hamas must be destroyed, we must finish the job. our minister has said you cannot put out 80% of the fire and leave 20% going because that fire will consume garzo. and they will attack us again because that is what they have said. we attack us again because that is what they have said-— they have said. we have to leave it there, they have said. we have to leave it there. thank— they have said. we have to leave it there, thank you _ they have said. we have to leave it there, thank you for _ they have said. we have to leave it there, thank you forjoining - they have said. we have to leave it there, thank you forjoining us. - there, thank you forjoining us. around the world and across the uk, you are watching beauty news.

you are alive with bbc news. scores of people are reportedly being turned away at airports because their passports don't meet

post—brexit entry criteria. as many as 32 million uk passport holders are being warned to check the issue and expiry date details on their passports, or potentially face being refused entry to cities and holiday destinations across the european union. here's mark ashdown. it's the moment we all dream of. after the planning, the packing and saying goodbye to work for a few weeks, it's time to check in for that well—earned holiday. but for some people, this is as far as they get. paramedic nathan barnes was on his way to limoges in france with his fiancee to visit family. despite checking in for their flight online, then making their way through luggage drop security and passport control, at the boarding gate, they were in for a surprise. so i had ten years plus extra months on the passport, which i didn't think would be a problem. he fell foul of the ten—year rule. nathan's passport was issued more than ten years before the date they were travelling, which meant he would be refused entry into any eu country. they were very matter of fact about it. theyjust said, yeah, sorry,

you're not coming on, off you pop. so at that moment they told you you couldn't board, how did you feel? oh, gutted, really. i mean, we were surprised more than anything. we checked online, we thought it was fine and then only to be told at the gate. this is a problem that continues to catch people out. what's really important is that you check your passport — validity and expiry date — when you're going to book your holiday, not when you go to check in and certainly not when you travel to the airport, because that's where people are continually finding that their passport is out of date and it's often then too expensive, too complicated to save your holiday. and i was one of them. a few weeks ago, instead of being able to jet off with my family on holiday, i was turned away right here at the check—in gates because my passport had been issued more than ten years before, even though i'd been able to check in online and had a boarding pass. the traveljournalist simon calder has been urging airlines to find a better way of prompting people way before they get to the airport. i reckon there's easily a couple of hundred people a day who are turned away from their flights.

so across the year, you could easily find that there's over 100,000 people who lose their holidays as a result of these rules. i've written to the airlines. i keep saying to them please, can you do more? particularly if someone's checking in a month ahead. airlines uk told us there's no guarantee potentially invalid passport details will be picked up in advance and said airlines do provide reminders and links, which is up to passengers to check. the home office also said it provides up—to—date information on requirements on its website that's under constant review. so if you're dreaming of a getaway to sunnier climes, the strong advice is to dig out your passport and check your dates well before trying to travel. marc ashdown, bbc news. and if you're in the uk, coming up at 17.45pm, we'll bejoined by lisa minot, travel editor of the sun newspaper, and carmen roberts, presenter

on the travel show here on the bbc to answer your questions live about the passports issue. they'll be answering your questions, this whole passport story is the most read story on the bbc website. a lot of questions, a lot of people getting caught out, you heard, 200 people a day is the estimation. we will take your questions and answers many as we that is at 17.115. a new bbc investigation tells for the first time the story of a lost american documentary, filmed inside the irish republican army in 1972 — the bloodiest year of the conflict known as the troubles. ira leaders and rank—and—file members were filmed planning, preparing, and carrying out bomb and gun attacks. the ira hoped the film would boost their support in america. but, almost as soon as it was made, the film disappeared — as darragh macintyre now reports. the uncredited star

of a strange lost film. this is 21—year—old ira leader martin mcguinness handling guns. before he died in 2017, he became one of the most important figures in northern ireland's peace process. thank you very much. but here he is in 1972, helping to make a car bomb that would wreck the centre of his hometown. as we dug into how and why this film was made, the story only became more mysterious — like how it disappeared for almost 50 years. look at the rust on that. but inside, this looks ok. all our operations are carried out from inside the bogside and creggan. the american crew was able to film alongside the ira, openly carrying out attacks — here, firing on british soldiers in londonderry.

ira members who took part in the film hoped it would be a propaganda triumph. do you remember that day, tony? i do. sure. what actually happened was ten or 12 of our creggan volunteers had set up an ambush behind these houses. how did the camera crew behave? no matter where we went, they were there. these seasoned guerrillas - who relied so much on secrecy, went before the cameras and, in effect, put their— heads on the block. it will explode. the ira thought they were in control of the film, even threatening the crew to prevent potentially incriminating pictures from going astray. they said if any separate parts of the film were attempted to be taken separately to america that we would be all shot at the airport —

we're going to kill you. thompson submachine gun. in fact, it's now clear that the ira left themselves exposed to intelligence agencies. cia, top secret, department of defence — top secret again. a bunch of teenagers in the bogside — mossad, the cia, m15. that's alljames bond kind of stuff. despite all the risks the ira took, the film was only ever seen by a handful of private audiences, which raises the question more than 50 years later — why was it ever made in the first place? darragh macintyre, bbc news. we will talk to the producer of that film in about an hour's time. breaking news coming from the reuters news agency, the office of the israeli prime minister has apparently told the white house it

wants to reschedule that cancelled a meeting on the planned military operation in southern gaza. that was pulled after the un security council resolution earlier in the week. nbc is reporting that benjamin netanyahu telling the white house it wants to reschedule debt cancelled meeting. we'll keep an eye on that. i would take you back to the shot in baltimore, showing you the pictures there. a very foggy scene of that cargo ship which crashed into a bridge bringing it down. the data recorders have been recovered, the search goes on for six missing work men. once they have stabilised the ship they have to clear the waterway really difficult salvage operation. all of that ahead of any sort of rebuilding. we have the business headlines, they will be looking at that in more detail here in a moment.

hello there. we've seen mixed weather today, essentially it will stay unsettled into the easter weekend, because low pressure will be we because low pressure will be had some because low pressure will be sunshine and brief wa east some sunshine and brief warmth in east of england before we saw that speu east of england before we saw that spell of rain, it was in scotland at the rain hung around, that kept the temperature is much lower as well. it is so very unsettled because we have low pressure sitting close to us, this will strengthen the winds into thursday, we have this weather front bringing rain back up from france, in across england and wales. they may even be a bit of sleet and snow over exmoor and into the cotswolds, more critically over the hills of wales. further north there will be showers but it may turn drier and colder with a frost likely in parts of scotland. in the south of england, it will get windy through the day on thursday, particularly along the coastal

areas, gales are likely with large waves and may be travel disruption. together with the strengthening winds it will get wetter in the south—west. this is the overnight rain moving into england, heavier rain moving into england, heavier rain again unfortunately for northern ireland. it will turn more showery for scotland, but we will see the showers and longer spells of rain developing more widely across england and wales as the winds pick up. that will prevent the tempter is rising too high although 9 degrees in the central belt. low pressure around as we head into good friday, the wind is not as close in the southern areas but we are still in this showery air stream. there will be some sunshine at times and that will give us enough warmth to trigger more showers, these will turn every and thundery pedigree on the western side of the uk. top temperatures of 13 or 1a degrees on friday. the really warm air, is going to be across eastern europe

and eastern mediterranean could be in the mid 20s. for western areas, we have this cool air and this is where it will be wetter as well with heavier rain more likely across siberia, south of france. we have low pressure to west of the uk it will not be a wash—out, it will feel warm but the showers are never too far away critically in the west.

this is bbc news, the headlines: as the search for six missing people continues — there are added concerns for global supply chains after a container ship crashed into a bridge in baltimore. these are the live pictures. conditions in baltimore are hampering the recovery efforts for the construction workers who are now presumed dead. and a report finds — ten—month baby finley boden who was murdered by his parents — �*should have one of the most protected children'. more on all of those stories in a moment or two. first now that all the business news. keep investing in china. that's the message from chinese president xi jinpeng to visitng us