from the affected area but the un has warned the death toll could rise to up to 500. from gofa kalkidan yibeltal reports. this is the village in gowhar district, deep in southern ethiopia, that has been since the beginning of the week, a setting of tragedy. two landslides in consecutive days have claimed more than 200 lives, and many people here are mourning. others, like you see here, are still looking for their missing loved ones. many of the work is being done manually. there is a general sense of shock, disbelief and grief under these hills. most of the deaths occurred according to officials that we talked to during the second landslide. that was after several people from the local communities and even from neighbouring villages arrived here, rushed here to help save and rescue people who were buried during the first landslide. now, this is a fairly remote and underdeveloped area. to arrive here, we had to fly from the capital, addis ababa,

to the largest city in the area, and after that we had to drive for more than five hours up these mountains. it's not easily accessible, and that remoteness appears to have hampered emergency response efforts. now, the most pressing issue right here appears to be finding bodies, because at this point it seems very unlikely to find survivors. but after that, the authorities will have the responsibility of helping the survivors and families of the victims. but beyond that, there is a larger question lingering. several areas in southern ethiopia, including this one, have been identified by the un to be at risk of extreme weather events like flooding and landslides. tackling that issue is going to be a huge question for the authorities in the coming months and even years. we will have the very latest from ethiopia if there is any more

information. we will obviously return to that story. typhoon gaemi is moving towards southern china after pummelling taiwan and the philippines with torrential rain and strong winds. the authorities in mainland china have issued this year's first red alert for parts of the southeastern coast. the storm hit taiwan on wednesday, killing three people and forcing thousands to evacuate. officials said a cargo ship with nine burmese nationals on board had sunk off with no response from the crew. sailors are missing, six of them. three other crew members were found. they were sure. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in the taiwanese capital taipei. it is still raining here in taipei and many businesses, schools, offices are still closed today. flights are still grounded for most domestic flights in taiwan, but the storm has now passed and life here in the capital is, as you can see, starting to get back to normal. the same cannot be said for other parts of taiwan, particularly the east and the very south of the island. there we have now got data for how much rainfall there has been over

the last 12 to 18 hours. and they're really extraordinary figures. in some areas, we've seen between 1,000 and 1,300 millimetres of rain falling, particularly over yilan and the big southern port city of kaohsiung, and there that has caused extensive flooding. we've seen pictures of flooding up to people's waists in the streets of kaohsiung. and i've also seen video of flooding in tainan county, which has come up to people's chests. really, really extraordinary scenes. those waters are now starting to recede, but there are still many other problems. the winds from the typhoon have forced several ships. we understand six ships have run aground along the west coast of taiwan. the typhoon itself has moved on to southern china and about 250,000 people have been evacuated from low—lying areas fair as that i comes

ashore. the world's largest platypus conservation centre has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to protect the semi aquatic mammal found only in australia. 4 platypuses have been released into the custom built research centre at the zoo. it features multi tiered streams, waterfalls, pools and earth banks. the facility will help researchers understand more about the species which is under threat from extreme weather and humans. since 1943, there's only been 23 platypus born in zoos. and a lot of those we don't have to day, a lot of them haven't survived. so for us to better understand how to breed platypus in a zoo environment is key to their survival because right now we don't know how many platypus we even have in the country, it's an unknown number. a quick point of a couple of things we are keeping our eyes on. kamala harris speaking in the usa. also, we

will be live in paris, these are all pictures are coming in from the french capital in the build—up to tomorrow's opening ceremony. maryam moshiri and our team are there to take as through all of the action today, the various sports that have started. do head to the website. full coverage there and details available to you. a beautiful life picture coming to us from paris. as i say, more here on bbc news. now, let's turn to a story developing a couple of hours ago here in the uk. a man has been charged over the death of the grandmother killed by two xl bully dogs that contemporary. it is the first case of its dogs since owning xl belize came into force this year. police say an individual has been charged with

four... 0ver individual has been charged with four... over the incident. the ao—year—old is due to appear in court next month. now, the met office is warning climate change is drastically increasing the frequency of extreme weather events here in the uk. its annual state of the climate report says the country is experiencing far more very hot days and really wet days. this changing climate has a widespread impact on everything from our health service to our fragile ecosystems, as our climate editorjustin rowlatt now explains. the single most dramatic weather event of 2023 was storm babet. it barrelled in in october bringing a deluge that soaked much of the country and is an example of the uptick in the rainiest of weather the met office has identified. these maps show how the frequency of really wet days has increased since the 1960s. look at this. in the last ten years we've seen 20% more days with the heaviest rainfall in an average year. but it is the increase in really hot weather that stands out from the data. look at this map, it shows how

in the 30 years from 1961 only london and hampshire recorded an average of six or more days with temperatures over 28 celsius in a year. the met office describes these as hot days. spin forward to the last ten years and virtually the whole of england and wales now gets that many hot days every year, while the south east now experiences an average of over 12 days above 28 celsius every year. and there is much more evidence of this warming trend. the new report confirms 2023 was the second warmest year on record for the uk. it had the hottestjune ever recorded in the country and the joint warmest september. the statistics, from the observations in this report, really speak for themselves, that our climate is notjust going to change in the future, it is already changing right now. it is the increasingly frequent

weather extremes that have the biggest impact on all of us. 0ur increasingly hot weather stretches our health care systems as vulnerable people fall ill. it damages our infrastructure and it disrupts our daily lives. we quickly returned that story ben thompson was covering. the government is hoping to create thompson was covering. the government is hoping to create more renewable energy byjoining forces the crown estate, which owns most of britain's sea bed. the aim is to build offshore wind farms in england and wales under the publicly owned company great british energy. i've with sam peacock managing director of corporate strategy, government and regulatory affairs

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more rain moving along the southern counties. still some sunshine. the best of that of the use of higher ground including across north—east scotland. we will see some show is this afternoon pushing in from the west. also, further pulses of rain making their way towards the southern coastal counties, perhaps spreading up in east anglia through the afternoon. still some breaks in the cloud, the best of those possibly later on through the day across the midlands and in parts of lincolnshire. the temperatures will react to that sunshine, 23 celsius, perhaps here. 0vernight tonight, some changes. we begin to get cool air feeding through from the north—west. the showers will fade away. the skies were clear. it is a cool feeling start to the day tomorrow. much less humid. some temperatures going back into high single figures. particularly across the north and

west. a fresher air with us tomorrow. i different feel to the day. a lot more in the way of sunshine. they are not holding quite so much moisture. not as much cloud, some showers. most of those will be towards the north and west. across northern ireland and scotland. some of those showers could be heavy in nature. a few showers to the north of england and wales, further south and east, clear, sunshine helping lift the temperature to 23 or 2a degrees. the wet weather back on saturday, as are areas of cloud. the weather front pushing further east. that brings showers across scotland, northern ireland, down to northern england, cloud and showers for wales. dry further south and east. we should all be in for a dry day on sunday. high pressure builds in from the azores. more cloudy. isolated showers for the high north. and for the west. mcleod developing wherever you are as we had during the afternoon. that bubbles up here and

there. sunny spells. temperatures rising accordingly. feeling warm up pretty much across the board. temperatures really climbing in the south as we head to the start of next week. the risk of some showers to the north and west. goodbye.

live from london, this is bbc news. a lawyerfor a man involved in the incident at manchester airport on tuesday says one of the men's condition has "worsened" since yesterday. iam in i am in rochdale where in the last hour and a half a salute to sir representing that man said he suffering from a cyst on the brain. the prime minister

sa s he on the brain. the prime minister says he understands _ on the brain. the prime minister says he understands concerns i on the brain. the prime minister . says he understands concerns about the footage, the latest from politician saying, including some send _ politician saying, including some send a _ politician saying, including some send a police officer should be commended. joe biden tells the american public he dropped out of the us presidential race to save democracy. where outside the white house where talks are imminent between these are the pay minister and joe biden. i'm outside for the paris olympics excitement is building for the start of the _ excitement is building for the start of the opening sermon. hello. we start here in the uk, where policing is under the spotlight after a video emerged of an officer kicking and appearing to stamp on a man's head as he lay on the floor at manchester airport.