At least 200 killed in Air India plane crash
A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 people crashed shortly after take off.
Officials and local media in India say there is one survivor from the Air India plane which crashed shortly after take off from the western city of Ahmedabad. The local police chief tells the BBC that 204 bodies have been recovered - it's not known how many of those victims were on the plane, or were on the ground when the plane crashed. We get updates from our correspondents throughout the hour and hear from eyewitnesses.
The protests in Los Angeles were triggered by a clampdown on illegal immigrants by the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency or ICE. The BBC has obtained footage of one of the raids that triggered the trouble. The video shows US border patrol agents arresting workers at a car wash, and highlights a central issue for the protesters - the apparent shift in focus from immigrants with criminal records to a broader sweep of hard-working immigrant communities. We speak to our correspondent, John Sudworth, about his report.
We speak to our correspondent in Kenya about the warning by the UN of starvation in refugee camps where food rations have dropped to their lowest recorded levels.
Presenter: Mark Lowen.
(Photo: Dabu Patni cries upon hearing the news of her brother Akash Patni, who died when the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025. Credit: Amit Dave/Reuters)
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