welcome to bbc news. i'm tom donkin. our top stories: the desperate search for survivors in colombia. bad weather hampers efforts after a landslide kills more than 250 people. power politics in venezuela: president maduro claims the credit as protestors call on the supreme court to reinstate the authority of the congress. we have a special report from mosul‘s battered museum, after the islamic state group tried to destroy iraq's unique history. these were statutes of gods and this wasn't just cultural vandalism. it was an attempt to remake history, to destroy a civilisation, to destory a memory. and, after he was lost for words, bob dylan finally collects his nobel prize for literature.

hello and welcome. a landslide in southern colombia has left more than 250 people dead. police and rescue teams are at the scene, but their efforts are being hampered by darkness and bad weather. many people are still missing and it's feared the number of people who lost their lives could rise. the local governor has called the situation in the southern city of mocoa "an unprecedented tragedy". greg dawson has the latest. from the ground you get a sense of the force of the mind which pushed ca i’s the force of the mind which pushed cars through buildings and with trees from the ground. but it is from the air that the scale of the damage is apparent, with the stew of mud and water stretching for miles.

in some areas there is no way in or out, with roads, bridges and entire neighbourhoods swept away. this is how many spent the night, surrounded by their belongings, which have now become degree. people without homes, ina become degree. people without homes, in a town without power or running water. by torchlight, rescue workers continue to look for signs of life. hundreds of people are still missing, many of them children. a list of their names and ages have been pinned to the walls of the family welfare unit. translation: we've lost a baby. it has gone missing and the rest is as you can see. a little baby, can't find him anywhere. one of those who came to see the devastation for himself was columbia's president. translation: we do not know how many deaths there will be. we are still searching, but the first thing i want to say is that our hearts, the hearts of all

colombians, with the victims this tragedy. unusually heavy rain on friday evening caused the mocoa with to burst its banks. landslides might be common in this region, the residents are shocked by the scale of the damage. —— mocoa river. residents are shocked by the scale of the damage. —— mocoa rivenm has been threatening to happen for some time. a top there are unsteady lands but this took us by surprise. more than 1000 troops and police officers have been sent to the region to help with the rescue effort, but authorities have warned the death toll is likely to keep rising. earlier i spoke with dimitri o'donnell, a jounalist in the country he explained what is happening in mocoa, one of the worst—hit areas. over the course in the last few hours, many of the roads in and around mocoa have either been washed away or blocked off so it's difficult still to get in and out of the city and that's hampered the rescue efforts. the military have just released

the most updated figures relating to the death toll in mocoa. and know that 254 people have died in the landslide. there's 200 people still missing, 300 families have been affected across 17 neighbourhoods and hundreds of families and people are still missing in mocoa right now. so that is the scale of the devastation that this landslide has wreaked across the province of mocoa over the past 2a hours. a huge concern that those figures of the dead, that number is rising. how is the weather now in the region affected? because i guess the last thing that rescue workers need is more rain. yes, well, forecasters have said there is still light rain expected in the province of mocoa over the course of sunday and into monday. but, it is expected to get better and that is good news for the rescue teams. they have scaled down their operations tonight. it's 8:00pm local time, so the darkness has set in. it is more difficult to try

and carry out the extensive search and rescue operations. 1,100 police and soldiers have been sent to mocoa and they have been joined by 200, 2,500 other rescuers, locals, who have set out themselves to try and pull their loved ones out from under the rubble, from their homes who have been completely destroyed. you can see from the pictures, the devastation is extensive and carries a big wide area in mocoa. it's a population of 350,000 people. and just briefly, how common are landslides and rains of this scale in this mountainous region? you would expect a bit of rain up there? correct. while they are pretty common, it's all due to, some people say, to climate change. the level of devastation of this one did catch

people by surprise. there were two landslides last year and they killed between them 20 people. this time around, the authorities did send out a warning notice to locals in mocoa, saying, "please leave your homes, go and find a safe place to hide." but what happened injust over 3 hours, 30% of mocoa's monthly rainfall deluged the city in just 3 hours. by the time that people were on their way out of their homes, the level and speed of these rains really caught most people by surprise. the authorities did think there would be more time to get people out. that's the difference. the supreme court in venezuela has reversed its decision to strip the opposition—led congress of its powers. it follows a surprise intervention by president nicolas maduro.

despite the announcement, hundreds of venezuelans marched in the capital caracas to protest against the original decision. whether it was a risky game of brinkmanship or an embarrassing u—turn, the controversial power grab by the supreme court in venezuela has been reversed. following a late—night session of the state security council president maduro said a resolution to the crisis had been found. translation: we have reached an important agreement to solve this controversy and i can tell you by reading the statement and by the publication of the corrections of sentences, 155 and 156, this controversy has been overcome. and not a moment too soon. tempers in caracas already frayed after years of economic chaos and food shortages had begun to flare over this latest political crisis. translation: i am protesting because i do not have freedom. i am protesting for fear of what is happening in my country. and i am protesting for my children.

i have two children and i want freedom for has our country cut off, a country in which we are practically on our knees. our venezuela is so pretty, so beautiful and yet today the government wants all the people to kneel before them. the origins of this controversy date back to the legislative elections which handed control of the national assembly to the opposition. however, it is a very current crisis over the democracy venezuela itself, played out internationally as well as at home. the organisation of american states, country after country, urged mr president maduro government to examine the path it was taking. it's not clear whether the reversal was based on that or on internal pressures, 01’ some combination of the two. so, for now, the supreme court has stepped back from the brink. but several key questions remain. will the national assembly be able to carry out its work

without further judicial interference? and many venezuelans are asking what it says about the separation of powers in the country that the supreme court would first make this ruling and then overrule it apparently under the president's borders. at least the immediate crisis seems to have been averted and, the government hopes, with it the threat of further violent protests. the uk government has written will defend the interests of gibraltar in the brexit negotiations, following a warning that spraying is attempting to use the to pursue its own claim. —— that is vain. the eu says it won't cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. the labour opposition say it's vital the people of gibraltar aren't used as a bargaining chip in negotiations. this rock looming up from the med is casting a shadow over

britain's brexit talks, and the people of gibraltar are also wondering what the future holds. they voted almost unanimously to remain in the eu, giving spain hopes of taking the territory back. just this week, theresa may said that wouldn't happen. we are absolutely steadfast in our support of gibraltar and its people and its economy. our position has not changed. but the european council position has changed. in its draft negotiating guidelines, it says after the uk leaves the union, no agreement between the eu and the uk may apply to the territory of gibraltar without the agreement between the kingdom of spain and the uk. translation: on gibraltar, no agreement between the european union and the uk will apply without the consent of spain. we won't accept any agreement that undermines spain's position on gibraltar‘s sovereignty or that harms spain's economic interests. and madrid has other grievances, too, like gibraltar‘s low tax

economy enabling the smuggling of cheap cigarettes into spain. brexit mayjust have given the spanish a bit more negotiating leverage, to the annoyance of politicians on the rock. these are draft guidelines, but already we see spain making the moves that people were expecting she might have made up five minutes to midnight with an agreement ready. she's doing it now and, frankly, i think it's singling out gibraltar unfairly. theresa may's letter triggering article 50 and the brexit process did mention northern ireland's border with the irish republic, but not that of gibraltar with spain. critics have said that was a mistake which emboldened the spanish. and a spanish veto could mean choppy waters ahead. spain hasn't been shy of confronting britain in the past here over fishing rights off the gibraltar coast. so will britain be more likely to compromise on gibraltar in the interests of a bigger eu deal? it's absolutely wrong that any future free—trade agreement or any future security bilateral arrangements or anything else should depend on britain giving some

concession to madrid over gibraltar. let me tell you, that will not happen. spain is putting gibraltarfirmly in the middle of britain's road to brexit, raising the question of what other eu member states may demand from the uk as the price of a deal. the so—called islamic state took control of iraq's second largest city mosul 2.5 years ago, damaging priceless antiquities in a highly—publicised campaign to erase elements of the country's cultural past. now under control of iraqi security forces, our middle east editorjeremy bowen has been to see the damage done to mosul‘s museum. these were the statues of gods and 30 were great big statues with wings, feet with clause and faces

and torsos of humans. you can see on it writing, one of the earliest kind of alphabets, about 5000 years old and it is considered one of the greatest contributions to civilisation. and this wasn'tjust cultural value, this was an attempt to remake history, to destroy a civilisation, to destroy a memory. the things that contributed to

making this part of the world special. inside there are large exhibition rooms. high ceilings, pillars, a classic museum. in other buildings here, other parts of the museum, you can see that this wasn't just an exhibition of the museum, you can see that this wasn'tjust an exhibition hall, it wasn'tjust an exhibition hall, it was a working museum. a place of research. and when they came here to destroy all of this, they were also trying to create something new. their caliphate. the return to the golden age of islam. but far from being that, it turned into the exercise of a brutal, vicious

tyranny. do you hear the noise outside? it's brought ward down onto the iraqi people again. that was jeremy bowen, eating through the broken artefacts of mosul. stay with us. still to come: officials in australia is a swollen rivers are threatening tens and thousands of people in a state of queensland. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can at worst produce a meltdown. in this case the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants

will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news. i'm tom donkin. the latest headlines: bad weather is hampering search and rescue efforts in colombia, where more than 250 people have been killed in a landslide. the supreme court in venezuela has reversed its decision to strip the opposition—led congress of its powers. that's following a surprise intervention by president nicolas maduro. officials in australia are warning that swollen rivers

are still threatening tens of thousands of people in queensland and new south wales, as emergency workers battle to restore water and electricity supplies to parts of the region. the floods come in the aftermath of tropical cyclone debbie. earlier i spoke with greg christensen, the mayor of the scenic rim region in southern queensland. he's just returned from surveying the damage. look, it's been a staggering experience. the technical term would have to be that our agricultural community has been smashed in many of the valleys. i would estimate that a large percentage of our agricultural and horticultural areas have suffered significant crop loss and significant soil loss, i've witnessed horticultural paddocks today that have had 600mm of soil stripped away by the floods as they have of moved through. i'd say, many kilometres of fence have disappeared.

and yeah, we're now counting the aftermath and looking at our roads and infrastructure as well. we're a very — we're a a800 square kilometre rural precinct, 800km of roads, we have major damage to all of our gravel roads, that is about 700km, and major damage to bridges, causeways and all of the skirtings of our bitumen roads. just to give our viewers a sense, you're south of brisbane and inland from the gold coast. you're a big farming region. just in terms of where you are, your community, does this mean the people have basically lost their livelihoods? for many of them, they have just gone through a recovery for floods in 2013, and theyjust

restored their soil to full productivity and this type of event takes not just your soil, but all of the nutrient again and they'll be back in recovery mode. it's hit some of them very hard. they're very resilient. i have witnessed some of them working out where they can recover crops and what they can do to get back on their feet. we'll be working with them, working with state agencies as well our local agencies to do everything we can to get them back into production, as soon as possible. some news in brief for you now. the president of paraguay has sacked the interior minister and the chief of police after violent protests on friday over moves to allow the president to run for a second term in office. the protesters stormed the congress and set fire to the building. the authorities have also arrested four police officers — that's after one of

the protesters was killed. 18 people have been killed at a carnival in northern paris. another and her child are among those seriously injured. the town mayor has also been hurt. the russian poet yevgeni yevtushenko has died in the united states at the age of 8a. he came to prominence in the soviet union of the 1960s. he is best—known for his epic work — babi yar — named after the place in ukraine where more than thirty thousand jews were killed in one of the worst nazi atrocities of the second world war. if there's one thing we know

about donald trump it's that he has a huge personal fortune. but it seems he's not the only one in his administration who is extremely wealthy. the white house has released details of the personal finances of some of his team. the disclosures — which are a legal requirement — show that his daughter ivanka and her husband jared kushner are worth up to 740 million dollars. it's also been revealed that white house advisor steve bannon has between 3.3 and 12.6 million dollars in assets. head of the white house national economic council gary cone, is a former goldman sacks president — he has assets of at least 230 million dollars. all in all the president's cabinet is estimated to have a collective net worth of around 12 billion dollars. senior white house reporter for politico, darren samuel—sohn, explained whether these numbers come as any surprise. we knew that president trump had surrounded himself with people like him — very rich people who have work in the real estate world, who have worked in the investment world, who knew construction, who knew entertainment. and so a lot of the people who have come into the white house and are serving around him have

maintained many of those assets, a lot of that wealth. and here we have the first public disclosure forms that show just how much these people are worth. for the people who supported president trump, i think that they are thrilled with who he has brought in, and has around him as his key advisers. they see these people as essentially trying to now turn the american economy around, help them become just as rich as they are. at this point in time a lot of the political support that president trump maintains from his original base is still there. the folks who didn't vote for him, who voted for hillary clinton, do see this as a huge scandal. we have never really seen anything quite like this from a president of the united states, with this much wealth in this many different places in the united states and around the world. obviously, you know, lyndonjohnson had a radio station in texas, and jimmy carter, famously, his peanut factory down in georgia, but nothing quite to the extent i think there was a sense certainly in the immediate response that he was supposed to express some sort of gratitude and i think at this stage, and again those kinds of expectations are the kinds

of things that dylan has been trying to elude for a long time, so i think i feel like he didn't want to make that big a deal about it. dylan, like anybody, he's 75 at this point, he has reached a point in his career where recognition means something in terms of his legacy. how he's going be perceived. but also i think dylan is pretty sure about what his stature is and he's made an entire career out of not performing for things like this. you know, i think there's an element of him that's been historically very resistant to it. so i think he was happy to get it and accept it, but i don't think he wanted anything particularly special in that regard. there's no question he deserves it. i'm teaching a dylan seminar at the university of pennsylvania. i have a phd in literature. i know all the american writers who may have been contenders. there's a sense in which dylan's impact has been so important, notjust in terms of his song writing and lyrics, but his impact on many literary figures, you know, it's well deserved. now, let's take a look at these

pictures from the united states. they show a massive pillow fight taking place in philadelphia. saturday was international pillow fight day, with mock battles taking place all around the world. after the feather—based carnage came to an end participants were encouraged to donate their pillows, which would be given to the homeless. a reminder of our top story: in colombia, bad weather is holding back efforts of emergency workers after a landslide killed 250 people. the local governor said whole neighbourhoods had been swept away in what he called an unprecedented tragedy. president santos called on authorities to start preventative measures as the rainy season begins. that is it from me and the team. and you can get in touch with me and the team on twitter. but for now it is a very goodbye.

hello, there. saturday brought some intense april showers, with hail and thunder and lightning reported widely. and weather watcher pictures like this that came in, this is through the evening in milton keynes, show the top of a thunder cloud. in stark contrast, a much drier day awaits us, with some warm spells of sunshine. mind you, it's going to be a tad chilly to start sunday morning. a frost in the glens of scotland and northern ireland. ground frost also through north wales, the north midlands and northern england. so very much chillier than it has been in recent nights and there could be a bit of mist and fog around for the first few hours of the morning, but otherwise the morning looks set to bring the best of the sunshine for the vast majority, as you can see. temperatures just slow to recover after the chilly start. still that potential for some cloud around and some lingering showers from the day on saturday, but very isolated in comparison. mostly for the north—east of england. there could be mist and fog elsewhere. a risk for northern ireland and scotland with the frosty start.

still the odd shower for northern ireland, but essentially it's a dry picture for saturday. very much a stark contrast to saturday. the cloud will tend to build through the day, fair weather cloud that is. so it may well be bright rather than sunny come the afternoon. there is the risk of showers developing in eastern areas. just one or two, in eastern england in particular. very isolated compared to those on saturday. given the light winds in the sunshine, 13—17 will be pleasant. sunshine around the coast by the afternoon. if the boat races take place it is set fair, 15—16 in the afternoon when the races are set to take place, and it won't be as rough in temperatures as last week with the light winds. some sunshine for the premier league matches taking place over in swansea and london.

a little bit of cloud hanging around. again, through the night on sunday, the cloud should melt away under the area of high pressure, so again a chilly start on monday morning. but we have the advancing weather fronts in northern ireland and scotland. so there could be a bit of mist and fog around for your return to work on monday, but england and wales set fairand quite warm, despite the breeze picking up in the west. the rain holds off. mainly for northern ireland and western parts of scotland. but then we have the rain staggering southwards and eastwards, eventually clearing from the south—east later into wednesday, with the high—pressure returning. it means for monday there's rain in the north and west. tuesday, more cloud across the country. that's when high—pressure returns. still quite a bit of cloud mid—week. the latest headlines from bbc news. i'm tom donkin. in colombia, bad weather is holding back efforts of emergency workers after a landslide killed 250 people. the local governor said whole neighbourhoods had been swept away in what he called an unprecedented tragedy. president maduro has made

venezuela's supreme court reverse its decision to strip the opposition—led congress of its powers. despite the announcement, hundreds marched in the capital caracas to protest against the original decision. the speaker of congress centre court had staged "a coup". the uk says it will defend the interests of gibraltar, following warnings that spain is attempting to use the brexit process to pursue its claim to the rock. the eu has suggested london and madrid will have to agree on gibraltar‘s place in the brexit talks. coming up next, the week in parliament.