live from london. this is this world today with maryam moshiri. the whole bridge just fell down. new audio reveals the moment authorities saw a ship crash into a bridge in baltimore. these are the live pictures from baltimore where conditions are hampering the recovery efforts for the six missing construction workers who are presumed dead. the un high commissioner for human rights says israel is significantly to blame for the appalling humanitarian situation in gaza, where famine is looming. a new report finds a ten—month—old baby finley bowden should have been better protected. check your passport — the message to millions of britons — planning a trip to europe — to avoid being caught out by a 10—year rule. we'll explain. also coming up on the world today:

there's been a massive discharge of raw sewage into british fees,. we meet the real—life hero of our incredible survival story from the andes plane crash joins us later in the show. welcome to the world today. we start this hour in the us city of baltimore where the audio of the first responder dispatch radio calls as the key bridge collapsed have been released. in the audio officers are discussing halting traffic and alerting the workers on the bridge when a call comes in reporting the bridge has fallen down. take a listen. any one of you guys on the south side, one of you guys on the north side hold all traffic on the key bridge.

there's a ship approaching and just lost their steering. so until you get under control, we've got to stop all traffic. well, i'm in route to the south side. i'm holding traffic now. i was dragging, but we stopped prior to the bridge, _ so i'll have all- of the traffic stop. is there a worker on the bridge right now? yeah. stop traffic on their site right now. yeah. if we could stop traffic, just make sure no one was on the bridge right now. i'm not sure where there's a crew out there, you might want to notify whoever the foreman is, see if we can get them off the bridge temporarily. ten four, once the other unit gets here. all right. up on the bridge, i have all our traffic stop at this time. once you get here, i'll go grab the workers on the key bridge and then...

the whole bridge just fell down. sta rt. whoever. everybody. the whole bridge just collapsed. that's correct. do we know if traffic stopped? i can't get to the other side of the bridge is down. we're going to have to get somebody on the other side and the county msp to get up here and stop traffic coming northbound on the key bridge. c13 i'm holding alli traffic northbound. these are live pictures from the scene. six missing construction workers who were on the francis scott key bridge at the time are presumed dead. crews had already found the data recorder of the ship. officials are looking into whether dirty fuel may have

caused the vessel to lose power. six missing construction workers who were on the francis scott key bridge at the time are presumed dead. the vessel, the dali, is registered in singapore and the port authority there says it passed two inspections last year. the container vessel lost power after departing here's what the governor of maryland has been saying. the top priority for me right now is the recovery. we have to bring these families closure. i promise these families that i would instruct every single asset that we have two focus on that search and rescue. air and land and sea assets, to focus on search and rescue, now that we have transitioned to the recovery phase, my promise to them is this, i will devote every single resource to making sure that you receive closure.

what else in the case of the bridge, the original which took five years to construct, is not mean it was it five is next 5 euros to replace, but it you what went into that original structure. we did to get a sense of the conditions of the parts that look ok to the naked eye but we don't know in terms of their foundational infrastructure, so it would be sometime stopped it is difficult to overstate the impact of this collision will stop we are talking about, it's notjust as a big as a building, it's a big is a block, 1000 tonnes —— 100,000 tonnes into this bridge all at once. the recovery of the ship's data recorder has added a key part to the investigation into the incident. i asked us marine safety consultant david ledoux — who's based in baltimore — what the investigators would be looking for: one key thing there will be looking at is the voice data recorder, similar to the black box on aircraft. they will delve incident

mean inch —— the engine records on the generators and any alarms that might be present. in the generators and any alarms that might be present.— might be present. in your experience, _ might be present. in your experience, what - might be present. in your experience, what are - might be present. in your experience, what are the | might be present. in your- experience, what are the likely factors that could lead to a cargo ship like this hitting a bridge in the way that took place in baltimore? figs the way that took place in baltimore?— the way that took place in baltimore? ~ , , ., ., ., baltimore? as you mentioned earlier, m first baltimore? as you mentioned earlier, my first thought _ baltimore? as you mentioned earlier, my first thought was _ baltimore? as you mentioned earlier, my first thought was fuelled - baltimore? as you mentioned earlier, my first thought was fuelled based . my first thought was fuelled based on experience, and engine light that is probably mechanical, could be human error but it could be that it was the fuel, poor fuel. i human error but it could be that it was the fuel, poor fuel.— was the fuel, poor fuel. i would oor was the fuel, poor fuel. i would poor fuel impacted, _ was the fuel, poor fuel. i would | poor fuel impacted, explain that to me? if poor fuel impacted, explain that to me? , ., . poor fuel impacted, explain that to me? i. ., ., poor fuel impacted, explain that to me? i., . . , me? if you have poor fuelthat is not itemizing _ me? if you have poor fuelthat is not itemizing rebecca _ me? if you have poor fuelthat is not itemizing rebecca -- - me? if you have poor fuel that is i not itemizing rebecca -- correctly, not itemizing rebecca —— correctly, it could cause a lack of promotion. he heard a bit about the impending investigation into the incident, if you want more in that story can go to the bbc website or news app.

the un high commissioner for human rights has told the bbc that israel is significantly to blame for the appalling humanitarian situation in gaza, where famine is looming. these are some of the latest images of destruction in gaza. volker turk said israel had obligations as the occupying power, and was placing unreasonable demands on the delivery of aid. he's been speaking to out international editorjeremy bowen who asked him if he had evidence to back up his previous comments suggesting israel may be using starvation as a weapon of war. the reason why we said this is because of the report that was issued last monday by the independent panel of experts that identified famine as a very serious risk with starvation

starting from now until the mid to mid—may. if there isn't a massive humanitarian assistance coming into gaza. so that brings up the question with all the restrictions that we currently see, whether there is a plausible claim to be made that starvation is or may be used as a method of war. and that is a breach of the laws of war. it is effectively a war cry —— war crime if proven, right? it is a proof if proven. it's a war crime indeed. looking in general at international humanitarian law in the course of this war. is there any sense in which it's been respected? are all sides breaking the rules? i mean, how would you characterise it right now?

i mean, it is absolutely clear what happened on the seventh and the 8th of october by hamas and some of the other armed groups is unconscionable. these are flagrant violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law. you cannot willfully kill civilians en masse. you cannot take hostages. you cannot commit sexual violence and rape. you cannot send indiscriminate projectiles into israel. i mean, all of these are very clear and flagrant violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. at the same time, the brutality of the attack by israel and the method of warfare, including the, i mean, if you look at the facts, if you have 32,000 people having been killed in within a couple of a couple of months, out of whom 70% are women and children, it begs the question of the proportionality of the response. so, yes, these are very serious issues coupled with forcible relocation, coupled with forcible displacement, coupled with the lack of humanitarian assistance coming in. so all of this combined questions,

the respect to international humanitarian law on both sides. you're saying questions. you say there is no doubt about hamas. are there any doubts about israel? i mean, you always have to prove the intent. but as i said, collective punishment, the collective punishment that was declared with the siege is indeed amounts to a war crime, and it needs to be dealt as such. his comments come after a un colleage — francesca albanese, the un special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied palestinian territories said she believes israel has committed "acts of genocide" in gaza as she presented her report to un member states in geneva on tuesday. israel has already dismissed herfindings. its ambassador to the un in geneva, meirav eilon shahar has described the report as "an obscene inversion of reality", and accused ms albanese of questioning israel's right to exist.

we also spoke to david mencer — spokesman for the israeli government. he was heavily critical of the un. do you is hopelessly disorganised when he considers riveting aid, hamas is still the aid and these are images that are coming out of gaza. you're not showing images of bustling markets in gaza, you are showing negative images, these are the images which hamas wants you to see. i can guarantee you that no one in hamas is starving. they steal the aid and set it onto the black market for vastly invented prices, and it is the un, unfortunately, who grossly inefficient. scores of people are being turned away at airports when they try to board a flight to the eu — 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. here's a look at the rules. eu countries will not accept uk passports issued more than 10 years ago. you'll also need to renew your passport if it has less than three months left at any time while you're travelling. this is because the uk passport office previously added another nine months from an old passport on to a new one. meaning a passport issued between march 2014 and september 2018, could be valid for up to ten years and nine months. but post—brexit if your passport is more than 10—years—old or has less than three months before it expires, you will not be able to travel within the eu. our correspondent marc ashdown spoke to a person caught out by the rule, here's the story. paramedic nathan barnes was on his way to 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. it was very matter of fact about it. theyjust said, "yeah, sorry, you're not coming on. off you, pop". so that moment they told you you couldn't board. how did you feel? oh, gutted. i mean, we were surprised more than anything. so we checked online, we thought it was fine, let's speak to simon calder — travel editor for the independent. let me get this straight. ten years is the maximum amount of time you are allowed to have a passport for, in terms of going to the eu, but lots of passports issue between 2014 into the 18 have more than ten years on on them, is that where the poem

starts? i'm i right? you on on them, is that where the poem starts? i'm | right?— starts? i'm i right? you are right. there are — starts? i'm i right? you are right. there are two _ starts? i'm i right? you are right. there are two tests _ starts? i'm i right? you are right. there are two tests that - starts? i'm i right? you are right. there are two tests that any - starts? i'm i right? you are right. l there are two tests that any person from a third country, which is reset status, which includes the uk and anywhere from the us to venezuela and argentina to macau, so lots of countries, over 60 of them, where your passport has to meet to conditions. it cannot have had at tenth birthday, and secondly it must have at least three months left on the date you intend to leave. it was the date you intend to leave. it was the uk who rather oddly and enduringly issued by source are more than ten years, not a problem when we were in the eu, but it is now after brexit. i seek to from their

deliverable airport, orfrom after brexit. i seek to from their deliverable airport, or from where after brexit. i seek to from their deliverable airport, orfrom where i fear there will be a larger world people turned away because they are unaware of this rule. unfortunately, the airlines, although they ask you for some details before you board a flight, they are doing that for security purposes because the government demanded, they are not doing it to check whether or not you will be allowed to your destination country. so will be allowed to your destination count . ,, will be allowed to your destination count _ y., will be allowed to your destination count . i. , will be allowed to your destination count . , ~ will be allowed to your destination count . , ., ., country. so you can end up like mark ashdown's case _ country. so you can end up like mark ashdown's case study, _ country. so you can end up like mark ashdown's case study, getting - ashdown's case study, getting through all the gates and everything and then not be notes to get on a plane. i've been talking about this with my colleagues outside a newsroom, because of what would been sitting on the bbc, do you think will be a massive run under passports and getting passports? do you think if you applied no, you get a big delay anyway question mark are we causing a problem know by underlining this to people? it is an

important thing — underlining this to people? it is an important thing the _ underlining this to people? it is an important thing the bbc _ underlining this to people? it is an important thing the bbc has - underlining this to people? it is an important thing the bbc has been | important thing the bbc has been doing in drawing attention to the problem, and mark ashdown is to be congratulated for that but it is essential that you don't create an unnecessary burden on the passport office because it is really important also to say that it is only the european union that cares tuppence, as we would say, about the age of your passport since issued, any other country in the world only cares about the expiry date of your passport. for example, ifi cares about the expiry date of your passport. for example, if i have a passport. for example, if i have a passport that is ten years and seven months old and i want to go to america and i have a few months left, nobody has a problem with that, same with australia and tunisia and many other countries, so don't unnecessarily apply for a new passport. there is unfortunately huge amounts of misinformation on the internet, would you believe, and it is important, if i restate those two conditions, your passport cannot have had its tenth birthday, and it

must have at least three months left on the date you intend to leave the european union. has on the date you intend to leave the european union.— on the date you intend to leave the european union. as always, you have exlained european union. as always, you have exoiained it— european union. as always, you have exoiained it so _ european union. as always, you have explained it so clearly, _ european union. as always, you have explained it so clearly, thank- european union. as always, you have explained it so clearly, thank you - explained it so clearly, thank you for coming onto the show and explaining that, and good luck with covering all the travel chaos that would happen tomorrow. still to come on the world today — england's rivers and seas have seen a record wave of sewage being spilt directly into them — we'll ask why — and what's being done to stop it. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news.

childrens' services in derbyshire have apologised after a safeguarding review found that they had missed opportunities to help ten—month—old finlay boden who was murdered by his parents. stephen boden and shannon marsden were convicted of his murder and sentenced to life in prison after killing their child on christmas day in 2020. our midlands correspondent

phil mackie reports. finley boden�*s family said he was a happy, chuckling baby. the authorities knew he was at risk, and so he was taken into care shortly after birth. for his first nine months, he thrived. he was safe and looked after. he died on christmas day 2020, just weeks after being returned to the care of his parents, steven boden and shannon marsden. he'd suffered 130 separate injuries. in court, they were described as monsters. the pair were living in squalor and had cared more about buying drugs than their son. many agencies were involved in their supervision. but the system failed finley. a lot of what's in this 50—page report i've seen before in previous safeguarding reviews concerning the deaths of other children, a lack of professional curiosity, poor information sharing, for instance. but in this case, there was another major factor too, and that was the pandemic. in the same seven—month period,

arthur labinjo—hughes, star hobson and jacob crouch were also killed by adults who should have been looking after them, and in finley�*s case, too, lockdowns meant his parents were able to evade scrutiny. contact with the authorities was made remotely and not in person. meetings were missed and reports not shared. they pretended everything was ok, and no—one knew differently. if you're working with children, the worst possible thing is for a child to die. it's absolutely tragic. are you confident now that if there were another finley out there, things would be done differently? so our systems and our process have much strengthened. that's been robustly tested during our recent ofsted inspection. so i'm more confident, but as you rightly say, we can never say never in these cases. last year, marsden and boden were convicted of murder and jailed for life at derby crown court. they'll have to serve at least 27

and 29 years respectively. the judge said they subjected finley to unimaginable cruelty. marsden was a heavy drugs user. boden had 32 previous convictions, and yet it was deemed safe to allow them to care for their son. today's report recommends many changes. this is about making sure that what didn't happen and should have happened will happen and is happening into the future. as i've said, we owe that to finley to make sure that we move forward and make the improvements that are necessary. one relative described him as a beautiful ray of sunlight. it's hoped those improvements will be part of finley�*s legacy. phil mackie, bbc news, derbyshire. the amount of sewage dumped into rivers and seas in england has increased dramatically. according to the environment agency, there were 3.6 million hours of spills last year, that's more than double the previous year's number. and it's led to scenes like this.

untreated sewage being discharged directly into the water, contiminating seas and rivers and causing huge amounts of harm wildlife. our environment correspondent jonah fisher has put on his waders — and he stepped into the water to explain just why the levels of sewage discharge have been going up: well, the big difference between 2023 and 2022 in many ways was simply because it rained a lot more in 2023 than it did in the previous year. and the way the sewage system works here is that sewage from people's homes mixes with rainwater, storm water in the pipes when it heads towards treatment plant. so if there is a lot of rain as there was last year, it means the system can't cope. and instead of it backing up into people's homes, there are effectively release valves. a bit like this, this overflow behind me, which basically allow the raw sewage, the storm water, to come out and flow out into rivers,

streams, the sea to stop it, backing up into people's homes. and that's the data which we've had today. effectively, all of the overflows like this now have monitors fitted onto them, which report back to the water companies and indeed ultimately to the environment agency here, how many times they spilt and for how long for. and so that data that has been published today from all the water companies in england shows a doubling of the hours effectively in which these these overflows spilt and a big increase in the number of spills taking place as well. that was jonah fisher with an that wasjonah fisher with an update into what is happened. this has become a major political issue as the parties campaign ahead of the local elections in england. this is what the main parties have been saying about today's news.

as parties camping at at the local elections in maine. it's very disappointing but sadly not surprising. it is another sign that regulation isn't doing enough in the sector, and that is the reason why the greens are calling for the water companies to be brought back into public control, where we can make sure we clean up this industry and stop the sewage expenditures. it's an environmental catastrophe and government has done nothing for so long. _ and government has done nothing for so long, that's why liberal democrats are saying we need tougher regulation _ democrats are saying we need tougher regulation and a sewage tax on what the prophets and shake up the industrx — we are doing more. i had a chitchat with an _ we are doing more. i had a chitchat with an area — we are doing more. i had a chitchat with an area in— we are doing more. i had a chitchat with an area in my— we are doing more. i had a chitchat with an area in my constituents, - we are doing more. i had a chitchat with an area in my constituents, ati with an area in my constituents, at what _ with an area in my constituents, at what happened is— with an area in my constituents, at what happened is we _ with an area in my constituents, at what happened is we have - with an area in my constituents, at what happened is we have startedl what happened is we have started honours _ what happened is we have started honours and — what happened is we have started honours and more. _ what happened is we have started honours and more. in _ what happened is we have started honours and more. in 2010, - what happened is we have started honours and more. in 2010, onlyl honours and more. in 2010, only10% of storm _ honours and more. in 2010, only10% of storm authors _ honours and more. in 2010, only10% of storm authors were _ honours and more. in 2010, only10% of storm authors were monitored - honours and more. in 2010, only10% of storm authors were monitored andj of storm authors were monitored and now it's _ of storm authors were monitored and

now it'5100%. — of storm authors were monitored and now it's100%, so we _ of storm authors were monitored and now it's100%, so we know— of storm authors were monitored and now it's100%, so we know more, - now it's100%, so we know more, and reporting _ now it's100%, so we know more, and reporting tougher— now it's100%, so we know more, and reporting tougher regulation, - reporting tougher regulation, tougher— reporting tougher regulation, tougher findings— reporting tougher regulation, tougher findings as _ reporting tougher regulation, tougher findings as well- reporting tougher regulation, tougher findings as well for. tougher findings as well for water companies, — tougher findings as well for water companies, and _ tougher findings as well for water companies, and most _ tougher findings as well for waterl companies, and most importantly, more _ companies, and most importantly, more investment, _ companies, and most importantly, more investment, in— companies, and most importantly, more investment, in infrastructure and also _ more investment, in infrastructure and also specifically— more investment, in infrastructure and also specifically to _ more investment, in infrastructure and also specifically to and - more investment, in infrastructure and also specifically to and storm i and also specifically to and storm discharge — and also specifically to and storm discharge overflows _ and also specifically to and storm discharge overflows over - and also specifically to and storm discharge overflows over a period and also specifically to and storm . discharge overflows over a period of time _ there are no excuses for what is going on, the government has chosen to do nothing while we see record amounts of sewage pumps into our rivers, making children sick, it simply unacceptable. what the labour party would do is put a ban on the water buses bonuses, since the last election, they have paid themselves £25 billion in bonuses, which should've gone to fixing broken infrastructure. those are all the political web —— viewpoints on that. the website has all the latest in debt analysis on the stories, including that one under sewage issue in england. we would back in a few minutes' time.

stay with us on bbc news. hello there. it's going to stay very unsettled as we head into the easter weekend. and today was certainly very mixed weather. we had some sunshine and some brief warmth of 12 degrees in eastern england before we saw that spell of rain. but it was in scotland where the rain hung around for much longer and that really kept the temperatures much lower as well. it's so very unsettled because we've got low pressure sitting close to us and this one is going to strengthen the winds into thursday. we've got this weather front here bringing rain back up from france, in across england and wales. there may even be a bit of sleet and snow over exmoor and into the cotswolds, more particularly over the hills of wales. further north, there'll be some showers for a while, but it may well turn drier and it will also get colder with a frost likely in some parts of scotland. let's head to the south of england, though, where it's going to get windy through the day on thursday, particularly so along these coastal areas, gales are likely large waves, maybe even some travel disruption as well. and together with those

strengthening winds, it's going to get wetter from the south west. this is the overnight rain, though, moving into northern england. some heavier rain again, unfortunately for northern ireland. it'll turn more showery, i think in scotland, so not as wet as today was, but we will see these showers or longer spells of rain developing more widely across england and wales as the winds pick up and that will prevent the temperatures rising too high. although nine degrees will be better in the central belt than it was today. still got low pressure around as we head into good friday. the wind is not going to be quite as strong across southern areas by this stage, but we're still in this sort of showery air stream. there will be some sunshine at times and that will give us a little bit of warmth, sufficient to trigger more showers, mind you. and these are going to be turning heavy and thundery, particularly across the western side of the uk. we've got a top temperature of 13 or 14 degrees on good friday. now the really warm air, if you are travelling further afield into europe, it's going to be across eastern europe and the eastern mediterranean could make the mid 20s. for western areas of europe, we've got this cooler air and this

is where it's going to be a wetter as well. with the heavier rain more likely across iberia heading into the south of france, we've got the low pressure to the west of the uk and so it's not going to be a wash—out over the easter weekend. will feel warm when the sun is out, but the showers are never too far away, particularly in the west.

this is the world today from 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. this is the scene live there. it is half past three in the afternoon. conditions in baltimore are hampering the recovery efforts for the construction workers who are now presumed dead. a survey reveals the vast majority of the public think the national health service is not working in the uk. the major reasons for dissatisfaction were long waiting times, staffing shortages and lack of funding. and we meet a real life hero of an incredible survival story roberto canessa, a survivor of the infamous andes plane crashjoins us later in the show.

let's bring you the incredible