21/05/2016 BBC Weekend News

More details are emerging of what was happening on board

the Egyptair passenger jet in the moments before it plunged

French aviation officials have confirmed on-board sensors detected

smoke in several areas of the plane shortly before it disappeared

but the cause of the crash is still not known.

Today, the Egyptian military release the first images of debris

recovered from the sea, as our correspondent

In the deep Mediterranean between Greece and Egypt,

recovery teams are finding the remnants of flight 804

They are assembled on the deck of a nearby Egyptian navy ship.

What looks like a blanket, an airline pillow,

foam that was once part of someone's seat.

There are seat belts and other debris clearly marked

Nearby the tattered remains of a smart white handbag

Most poignantly, there is also a life vest which appears unused,

in the chaos of those last terrifying minutes there was,

More than three hours into the plane's journey from Paris, Greek

air traffic controllers tried and failed to get in touch with the

pilot. The signal at the lost. The plane swerved sharply, 90 degrees

left and then a complete circle to the right, before dropping off the

radar completely. More details are emerging about those final minutes.

The jet's in-flight system sent a string of error messages to the air

line. The first, warnings about an airline window, then smoke detected

in the toilet. Apparently there was some sort of overheat fire event on

board. Possible reasons? Impossible to say at the moment. The

possibilities are an electrical malfunction of some sort, something

burning put in a toilet waste compartment or a hostile device, for

that matter. Faces are gradually being put to the names of those

killed. The pilots and half the passengers were Egyptian. Among the

others, 15 French people, two Canadians, others from Algeria and

Saudi Arabia, and one Briton. We've offered help with the surge, we've

offered air accident investigation board to support it when it gets

going. The sooner we can understand exact to what happened, the sooner

we can make sure with our partners around the world that we are taking

the necessary actions to keep people safe. As the grim task of recovering

the debris continues, the main focus is on finding the aircraft data

recorders, which might explain why these people died.

With me now is our Transport Correspondent Richard Westcott.

Where does this latest piece of information take us then, Richard?

It's definitely a significant part of the puzzle. We're pretty certain

there was a fire on board. But unfortunately what it doesn't tell

us is the critical question, how did that fire start? It could be

malicious, it could be a Bond, people starting it on purpose.

Equally, it could be electrical wiring going wrong. -- a bomb.

Potentially, phones and laptops can start fires, they're very powerful.

Until we get the wreckage and these data recorders, we're not really

going to know. I've spoken to a world expert on fires on aircraft

and he said the facts are completely confusing. He said, if this was an

accidental fire, it all seemed to happen too quickly, and if it were a

bomb, it seems to happen too slowly. Unfortunately it could be weeks or

months before we get a final answer. Richard, thank you.

The Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, has been setting

out how a future Labour government would approach the economy.

In a speech, he said the party wouldn't win the next general

election unless it showed that it was a responsible

He also promised moves to increase home ownership,

and provide 100,000 council houses a year.

Here's our Political Correspondent, Carole Walker.

Labour admits it is at the early stages of developing its economic

strategy. So far, we have new advisory bodies, plans to boost

housing and give elected mayors the power to regulate rents. The Shadow

Chancellor acknowledge Labour has more to do to prove it could be a

credible alternative government. You know as well as I do it's not enough

to block and protest. If we want to make a lasting difference to

people's lives, we have do offer an alternative. Labour is not only a

party of protest, it's a party of government. He says there's no doubt

Labour lost the last election because voters did not trust to run

the economy. How are you doing? Take a seat. I put it to him that they

still don't know where the party stands on key issues of taxation and

spending. I'm not really in tested in income tax. I'm interested in

what British people are interested in, a fair taxation system, making

sure the corporations and the rich pay their way. Not increasing being

come tax. Are you said you would put up the top rate? We're not

increasing the income tax for the top rate. We wanted to return to

what it was before. Establishing credibility on the economy remains a

huge challenge for Labour. The leadership say that approach will be

socialist, interventionist. Some of the party's MPs say that will not

win them back the broad support they need across the country. Labour does

have a fiscal rule to balance day-to-day spending and borrow to

invest. But delegates admit that's not enough. No, it needs to be much

more. And of course the thinking is developing all the time. But there's

a hell of a lot already in place. Does Labour need to do more? It's

got to repeat these messages and make clear what they mean to

ordinary people on the street. What they want is wealth creation right

from the grassroots right to the top. The Conservatives say Labour

would put the economy at risk with more borrowing and debt, but

Labour's promises to end austerity and create a fairer taxation system

could be appealing, if voters leave it does have the right policies to

change the way our economy is run. Carole Walker, BBC News.

A woman has appeared in court accused of owning a dangerously out

of control dog after 11 children were attacked in a park

Nine children needed hospital treatment after

Claire Neale, who's 37, was remanded in custody

The number of people confirmed dead in recent landslides in Sri Lanka

is rising, with the latest figures suggesting at least 70

people have been killed, with more than 120

Huge landslides have buried some victims in up to 50 feet of mud

and more than a quarter of a million people have been forced

Authorities say the country's been hit by the heaviest

The Church of Scotland has voted to allow ministers to marry people of

the same sex. The vote was made on the first day of its annual General

Assembly in Edinburgh. Civil partnerships were already permitted

the clergy but ministers still barred from conducting gay wedding

ceremonies. Sport here and it's

a big day for football. Rangers are playing Hibernian

at Hampden Park in the Scottish Cup, whilst Manchester United

and Crystal Palace are preparing for this afternoon's FA

Cup Final at Wembley. Katie Gornall joins us

from inside Wembley Stadium. Katie, could this be

the year of the underdog. Katie, could Crystal Palace complete

the year of the underdog? They have been talking about how

they have been inspired by Lester's performance in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace fans are filtering into the stadium around me. The last

time -- they will want a different result to the last time they met at

Windley, 1990. Alan Pardew was a play on the losing side and now he

is Crystal Palace's manager, again with a chance to try and lead

Crystal Palace do their first major trophy. His opposite number, Louis

van Gaal, will be under a lot more pressure to deliver. There a growing

feeling that this could be his final game in charge of Manchester United

and that even a win this afternoon in the FA Cup may not be enough save

him. 20 of subplots to this. It's also a big cup final day over in

Scotland as well, Hibernian taking on Rangers in an all Championship

site. Hibernian got off to a fantastic start with Anthony Stokes

scoring after just three minutes. Then against the run of play Rangers

managed to equalise through Kenny Miller. 1-1 at half-time, the second

half just getting under way now. England in a strong position on day

three of the first test against Langerak Headingley. A short time

ago Sri Lanka were 100-5 in their second innings, they still trailing

in by more than 100 runs.