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| Hello. We're following the rescue operation in the US city of Baltimore, where a bridge collapsed overnight after being hit by a container ship. Our Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson is reporting from Gate 96, a small passage in Israel's border fence with Gaza, through which aid is trickling in. More stories are coming from Japan, Mount Kilimanjaro, and space. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | 'Mass casualty event' as Baltimore bridge collapses | | The container ship is wedged under the bridge, complicating rescue efforts. Credit: EPA | Authorities in Baltimore have declared a "mass casualty event" after a bridge entirely collapsed when it was hit by a ship. The US city's fire department says a large vessel struck a column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge at around 01:30 ET (05:30 GMT), wreaking the structure. A public webcam captured footage of the dramatic collapse. Rescue operations are now ongoing as emergency officials believe up to 20 construction workers and several vehicles that were on the bridge may have fallen into the Patapsco River. But Kevin Cartwright, the fire department spokesman, said it was too early to know how many people had been affected. "Our focus right now is trying to rescue and recover these people," he said. No one was injured, however, on the Singapore-flagged container ship that hit the bridge, according to owner Synergy Marine Group.
Get updates: Follow the rescue operation on our live page.
'The bridge is gone': A witness video shows the aftermath of the collapse.
The context: The port of Baltimore, north of Washington DC, is the largest port in the US for specialised cargo - such as trucks and trailers. More from BBC Verify. | |
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| The new crossing where aid struggles to get in | | Israel says it's not responsible for the amount of aid actually going in, or the ability of agencies to distribute it on the ground. Credit: Reuters | With the UN warning that northern Gaza is weeks away from famine, international demands to ramp up the amount of aid are getting more insistent. A fraction of what's needed is passing through Gate 96, a small gap in the border fence close to the north of the Strip. |
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| | Lucy Williamson, Middle East correspondent |
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| | When the UN accuses Israel of deliberately keeping aid flows at a trickle, Israel points to Gate 96. "The bottleneck of this chain does not lie with the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]," said Col Moshe Tetro, head of the army's Coordination and Liaison Administration, which handles approvals for aid convoys. He pointed to the trucks waiting to cross. Twenty had been approved to cross that night, he said, but only seven showed up. Matthew Hollingworth, country director of the World Food Programme, was on one of the trucks idling by the border fence. He told the BBC some of the approved drivers had gone to Gaza City the previous day, and were stuck there. Even driving an empty lorry back through Gaza needs Israeli army approval. |
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| BEYOND THE HEADLINES | Eighth-gear relationships |
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| | | Gianpiero Lambiase and Max Verstappen's engineer-driver partnership has encompassed nearly eight years and three world titles. Credit: Mark Thompson | When Formula 1 drivers are brushing walls at unfathomable speed, they're not entirely alone in their car. Throughout races, the voice of the race engineer is there to guide them. They are friends, advisors and guardian angels both on and off the team radio. Daniel Austin takes us inside one of sport's most intimate relationships. |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Better than an eclipse | T Coronae Borealis is on the verge of a once-in-a-lifetime nova eruption. | |
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And Finally... | A man has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain, while carrying a fridge on his back. Michael Copeland, who undertook the task to raise funds for mental health charity Mind, said it was a metaphor for the burden of carrying mental health issues. | |
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