16/08/2014 BBC Weekend News

One man has died, and many are treated in hospital,

after a shipping container with 35 immigrants is discovered in Essex.

Staff at Tilbury were alerted by banging and screaming.

It is thought all the migrants are from the Indian subcontinent.

The United States conducts further air strikes

as more details emerge of a massacre of Yazidis.

Scotland's First Minister describes as foolish and offensive

remarks made by the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott,

And England build a commanding lead in the final test against India.

Survivors found in a shipping container at Tilbury Docks in Essex

One man died, and police have launched a homicide investigation.

35 people, including some children, were found inside the container.

The discovery was made early this morning when the ship,

which had sailed from Zeebrugge in Belgium, was being unloaded

and staff heard banging and screaming inside the container.

Our correspondent Daniel Boettcher is at Tilbury now.

Daniel. Ambulances arrived here within

minutes of the first intimation that people had been found inside a

shipping container, the priority was to make sure they got medical

attention, but throughout the day the focus has shifted to the police

inquiry itself. Behind the gates at the port

of Tilbury, a crime scene and investigation

into how one man died, were found suffering

from dehydration and hypothermia Police have described them

as victims of people trafficking. They were discovered

when this ship was being unloaded By the time they were found, they

were desperate to attract attention. Members of staff who were starting

to dismantle the cargo and unload, heard screaming and banging noises,

so that started to raise the alert. Staff at the port very quickly

breached the container door and found these 35 people

contained within. After assessment

and initial treatment, they were taken to three hospitals,

the largest number here to Basildon, Police say they believe they are

from the Indian subcontinent, but until they can be interviewed

through interpreters, they won't know

where their journey began, and it's not clear how they came

to be inside a shipping container. The conditions were very difficult,

I can't comment on how much room there was in there

compared to the number of people, we believe they were at least

12 hours in the container. Ambulances remained at the port

for much of the day as other containers from the ship

was searched as a precaution, A few of those being treated in

hospital may be kept in overnight for observation, but police say

most are recovering well. They are being detained

under immigration powers and will be moved

to a reception centre. Police are working

with the UK Border Force and with their counterparts

in Belgium and say the inquiry will span

a number of countries. Belgian authorities believe

they have identified the lorry which delivered the container

to Zeebrugge from CCTV footage. But it is not yet known

where the lorry came from. Duncan Crawford sent

this report from Zeebrugge. today police inspected the site

and scoured CCTV for clues. Officers believe

they've identified the lorry The national police

are checking all the images, and my colleagues

are very, very hopeful that we find the truck

who put the container in Zeebrugge. I think it's very important that we

have identification of that truck, With thousands of containers

destined for the UK, this is one of a number

of European ports this British lorry driver told me

the port checks for stowaways We check for CO2, and then

we have to check the trailer going through the scanner,

if we're going back self-drive. If we don't take it

through the scanner, the actual dock truck drivers,

they take it through the scanner before it gets on the ferry

back to England. There are many routes migrants

can take to enter the UK illegally, including ferry ports like Calais

and cargo ports such as Zeebrugge. The numbers trying to get in

have risen significantly. Two years ago, British authorities

detected 11,000 people Last year,

that number soared to 18,000. Lorries have been arriving here and

dropping off their cargo all day. Officials here say they inspect

every seal on all the containers. They only look inside if

they notice something suspicious. We don't know how

these people in the container or indeed what drove them to risk

their lives in the first place. Duncan Crawford, BBC News,

Zeebrugge. American warplanes are carrying out

further air strikes against Islamic extremists

in northern Iraq to help Iraqi forces retake a strategic dam

near the city of Mosul. The dam was captured by Islamic

State fighters earlier this month. They have been accused

of murdering 80 men Caroline Wyatt reports

from northern Iraq. In this bleak encampment,

relief at survival The Yazidi who escaped with

their lives from the mountains say help has come too late

to save the village of Kocho, and the men massacred

by the militants. He left the town two weeks ago,

before it was taken. he learned his wife and daughters

were in prison TRANSLATION: Yesterday, 12 o'clock,

they just gathered them and killed more than 300 husbands

and took the rest with them. The only thing that I ask is just

to rescue what is left from them, I'm the only survivor in my family,

which was 50 guys. People here are all too aware

of what's been happening in Kocho, they've already lost friends

and family to the fighters

of the Islamic State. but the young men of fighting age

want weapons so they can go back

and defend their people. We killed all

and take their woman... British MP Rory Stewart

hears some of their anger on a visit to find out

what's needed here. He says the UK must help

arm the Kurdish fighters. This is the Tigris, this is

the border with the Islamic State. These people were essentially driven

out of their villages and the Peshmerga that were meant

to be defending them fell back. because they simply don't feel

they have the weapons, they're terrified

because they see the Islamic State driving around in big armoured

vehicles, firing artillery at them. At the least, we need to provide

the kind of military equipment to allow them to defend

these existing populations. the refugees can just make out

the American warplanes overhead, supporting Kurdish forces

trying to retake the Mosul dam. but there is at last hope

that it can be won back. Caroline Wyatt, BBC News,

in Dohuk province. The Governor of the American state

of Missouri has declared a state of emergency

in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson. Violent disturbances and looting

have continued a week after police shot dead

an unarmed black teenager. A curfew will begin at midnight

local time and run for five hours. Scotland's First Minister,

Alex Salmond, has described as offensive, hypocritical

and foolish remarks made by the Australian

Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, that people who would like

to see the break-up of the UK were not the friends of justice

or freedom. Lorna Gordon's report contains

some flash photography. Tony Abbott - outspoken

and at times controversial, and commenting on Scotland's

referendum, he went further than any international politician

has gone before. Speaking to a newspaper

while in London, how the world would be helped

by an independent Scotland, the people who would like to see

the break-up of the United Kingdom are not the friends of justice,

the friends of freedom. is campaigning hard

in favour of independence. He pulled no punches,

calling Mr Abbott's comments hypocritical in light of Australia's

own independence and insulting. The independence process in Scotland

is about freedom and justice. It is an examplar,

a model of democratic conduct. And I'm not sure if Mr Abbott

is aware of that, but he should familiarise himself

with it before he makes

what can only be described as offensive remarks

to the Scottish people. The Australian Prime Minister is the

latest in a line of world leaders to comment on the referendum,

among them President Obama. ..Remains a strong, robust,

united and effective partner. But while these interventions

get plenty of attention, and Tony Abbott has gone further

than most, it's not at all clear

they have any impact on the way people here in Scotland

will vote. around substantive issues,

like the economy. Those out campaigning for the Union

today played down the remarks. Well, Australians are

famously direct, they say what they mean,

and they mean what they say, But ultimately Scots will make

our own decision, and most Scots know that we have

the best of both worlds. Mr Abbott did say it was up to Scots

to decide their future. He'll mark his first year in office

on the 18th of September, the very same day voters

in Scotland head to the polls. here's Karthi Gnanasegaram

at the BBC Sport Centre. It is the opening weekend

of the Premier League season, and today's results might not

have been expected. Time to pop out of the room if you

don't want to know what happened, as Match Of The Day

follows soon on BBC One. Manchester United may have

a new manager in Louis van Gaal, but they have the same opening-day

result as their last campaign - Even four-time Major winner

Rory McIlroy's appearance with the claret jug for winning

the Open couldn't inspire his side. Ki Sung-Yeung and Gylfi Sigurdsson

scored for the Welsh side. It is the first time

United have lost at home on the first day of the season

for more than 40 years. Arsenal left it very late

to beat Crystal Palace, just two days

before the season started. Aaron Ramsey scored

in stoppage time to give Arsenal a 2-1

opening-day victory. Leicester's first

Premier League match in a decade Queens Park Rangers

lost to Hull City. Mauricio Pochettino

started his reign at Tottenham In the Scottish Premiership,

Celtic ended Dundee United's unbeaten start to the season

with an emphatic 6-1 victory. Jo Inge Berget with the fifth

and sixth goals for Celtic in a powerful display

by the champions. Elsewhere, Dundee drew 1-1

with Partick Thistle. And there were wins for Hamilton,

Inverness and Kilmarnock. At the European Athletics

Championships in Zurich, Team GB are in second place

behind France in the medal table Commonwealth Games silver medallist

Eilidh Child Child held off Ukraine's

fast-finishing Anna Titimets Fellow Scot Lynsey Sharp

ran a personal best in 800m but couldn't retain

her European crown, taking silver behind

the Belarussian Marina Arzamasova. England's women have lost

their first cricket match as a professional outfit,

defeated by India. The visitors, playing their first

Test match for eight years, chased down 181 to win at Wormsley

in Buckinghamshire by six wickets. England and India now play

three one-day internationals. Well, England's men

have fared better, at the Oval in the final test

against India after day two. Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson

watched the action. The Oval is called the Oval

for a reason. Sometimes when you speed things up,

you reveal more. Sometimes the same happens

when you slow things down. Sam Robson, a bit stuck,

out in the second over of the day. Robson's future

is a matter of conjecture. He reached 50 before lunch,

with good fortune to follow. Could anything disturb

Gary Ballance? Watch out, pigeons have

their own flightpath. In contrast, India's bowling

seemed predictable. There you go, boundary to Ballance,

another 50, Gary? Now India contrived to keep Cook

at the crease - edge, drop, let's see if we can do it again,

how bowlers love that. England, 191-1,

in the lead, in control. Then suddenly things changed,

because India held catches. Ballance on 64 hit it straight

to Pujara, who didn't flinch. Bell out quickly,

followed by Moeen Ali, 229-5. England revelled in Joe Root's

rediscovered stature. He's made a 50

in every test of the series. Root 92 not out, England 237 ahead,

which would seem to be out of sight. You can see more on all of today's

stories on the BBC News Channel. Good evening. Heads up,

holiday-makers across the UK, a cooler trend is likely to continue a

crusty weather for the next few days cooler trend is likely to continue a

crusty weather for the next courtesy of this area of low pressure with

winds coming from the north-west, circulating around this low, plenty

of showers. A week weather friends drift south and east across the UK

through the night. For tomorrow, it looks as though we will continue

with the blustery winds from the north-west, some rain around, but as

that clears away, bright spells as well. We start with