this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak, the headlines at two. the energy watchdog demands an explanation from national grid after nearly one million people across england and wales lost power on friday. the electricity provider says it will learn lessons from the incident. an incredibly rare event, the simultaneous loss of two large power stations. the normal protection systems we have responded normally, but the loss was so large that we went into our secondary systems. that we went into our iam greg i am greg mckenzie at king's cross station, where services have now resumed to a normal saturday afternoon service, but much of the lines were affected across england and wales yesterday following that power outage. michael gove says there'll be a bail—out fund for businesses hit by brexit.

the family of a 15—year—old girl missing in malaysia thank the search teams who are scouring the jungle for her. we are extremely impressed with the effort, your expertise, your dedication. and we hope you find nora. more than a million people are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. and following the death of the nobel prize winning author toni morrison, we have a special edition of talking books. good afternoon.

the energy regulator is demanding answers from the national grid after a major blackout struck large areas of england and wales yesterday evening. around a million people were affected by the power cut, which led to huge disruption for rail passengers, caused traffic lights to fail, and left thousands of homes without electricity. the national grid said the outage was a "rare and unusual event" caused by the "almost simultaneous" loss of power at a gas station and an offshore wind farm atjust before five o'clock yesterday. in a statement, rwe, owners of the power station in bedfordshire that failed, said a technical issue resulted in a shutdown of the site in line with what they described as their normal operating practices. meanwhile, the owners of hornsea one wind farm said it was investigation the cause of the loss of power at their site. train passengers were stranded across the network,

and particularly at king's cross station, with many not getting home until the early hours. simon jones has more. plunged into darkness. but now the uk's energy regulator is demanding the national grid shed some light on what went wrong. described as an incredibly rare event, but it caused chaos especially on the rail network. this was the message for travellers on a train that finally got into king's cross at two o'clock this morning. for many, it was a waiting game. the power cut off when i was sat in a carriage by myself. and the storm had started outside, so all the rain was coming onto the windows, and it was pitch black. and then we all started to sit together to try and piece together what was going on. because no—one could really understand and the announcements were failing because of the lack of power. and then we all had to walk to the very end of the carriage in the pitch black, going through a tunnel. one of the guards eventually came four and a alf hours later

to open the train door. and we just jumped out of the train onto the track and walked down the track back to kentish town station. and some services have continued to face problems with trains out of position. so what went wrong? a gas—fired power station at little barford in bedfordshire failed at liz54pm yesterday afternoon and blamed a technical issue. almost simultaneously the hornsea offshore wind farm in the north sea disconnected from the grid. the power loss was so large that back—up systems kicked in, meaning some demand across the country had to be cut. it affected almost a million customers across england and wales. the national grid says it is working with generators to find out way and admitted many questions need to be answered. we need to do a detailed technical examination of the event and we will send that report through to ofgem and build that analysis in the coming days and weeks as we review it. then from that i'm sure we will learn lessons and want to review how this worked to avoid some of those significant impacts in future. the consequences were widespread —

some traffic lights went out, newcastle airport experienced power issues, and at ipswich hospital the back—up generator failed. even when power was restored, many great northern trains remain stuck because the drivers could not restart them and had to wait for specialist engineers. the national grid has ruled out a cyber attack for the failure, but if the regulator is not happy with its explanations, it could be fined 10% of its annual turnover. simon jones, bbc news. greg mckenzie is outside king's cross station. well, good afternoon. so normal services have resumed here at king's cross this afternoon, and that started about midday, trains got back to normal, on time. however, if you delays for the inbound services. now, a different story last night, of course thousands of people

trapped, they couldn't get into the station behind me. police were even called to control the crowds. problems right through to the early hours, about six or seven day trains we re hours, about six or seven day trains were starting to run, albeit with cancellations to services to edinburgh, cambridge, leeds, bradford. but most if not all of those passengers from yesterday have now gone ahead on to their destinations, but many people coming in have said there were problems for them. i have been speaking to passengers all day. since last night at 5:30pm, we were trying to get a train from gainsborough to get to london at king's cross, and we waited for hours. we kept getting, at the last minute, cancellations until last night at 7:30pm, no—one could really tell us which train was going to be on time, how long the power outage was going to be. it was a little scary. we waited almost three hours without getting any notice.

we got cancellation, after an hour and a half they told us the train was cancelled. that was very disappointing. because we did not get any prior notice of anything, and even when we tried calling, we were not getting any answers, so that was very disappointing for us. now, the uk's energy watchdog, off gem, has requested an urgent report on details about why this happened yesterday, so they national grid are now in the process of compiling a detailed report to determine the exact cause and the director of operations for the national grid has already said lessons will be learned, and i hope to avoid this happening any time in the future. greg mckenzie at king's cross station, thank you very much. i'm joined now via webcam by tim mcmanan—smith, editor of energyst, a market leading energy magazine. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first off, what concerns you

most about this event, the fact that eu stations draped all the management of the resulting outage? that two stations tripped. the latter, because this does happen, and it is only two, there are many, many power stations and, you know, if they had lost 5% of capacity, this should be manageable. it is not like half the capacity went and it is total disaster. it should be the sort of thing you are able to cope with, i think. so let's sort of thing you are able to cope with, ithink. so let's go sort of thing you are able to cope with, i think. so let's go back to the tripping part of yesterday, was there too much demand or too much capacity, do we know? there was too much capacity, i think, no, capacity, do we know? there was too much capacity, ithink, no, the capacity dropped, because it obviously tripped, but that was

probably just obviously tripped, but that was probablyjust a obviously tripped, but that was probably just a technical obviously tripped, but that was probablyjust a technical issue, you cannot say there is too much wind, because rwa was a gas—fired power station. there was an enormous amount of wind in the system, which means you get a lot less thermal power, so gas and coal, because they have sat back because it is being taken care have sat back because it is being ta ken care of have sat back because it is being taken care of by the wind, which means obviously they will not be settling idling that they can take demand, they can go up and down with frequency as it moves, whereas obviously wind, you are at the mercy of what is happening, so you have to have your own frequency in order to balance the grade. so the grade needs huge amounts of flexibility if they are going to go for enormous amounts of wind power and solar and so on. “— amounts of wind power and solar and so on. —— grid. amounts of wind power and solar and so on. -- grid. so it sounds like the two systems, generation and

national grid, are not communicating properly. i mean, you can say that any statement from rwe, they said it worked insofar as their systems worked, and it was what happened afterwards, the outage. what concerns you about the resilience of our system? the resilience is connected to this flexibility, you need to be able to ramp up and down levels, make it balance perfectly every second of every day, you know, all the time. and if it can't be done by the generators that it used to be, you are more relying on renewables, then it has to be done by customers. so there is a thing called demand—side response, where people can turn off their production or refrigeration for 20 minutes or whatever, and they get paid for this. but this is something national grid already do, to balance huge amounts of renewables in the system,

we need more of that sort of thing, ora we need more of that sort of thing, or a lot more battery storage, but we are talking gigawatts. 0k, thank you very much for that, thank you. 0k, thank you. michael gove, the cabinet minister in charge of preparing for a possible no—deal brexit, says a support fund for british businesses will help firms to deal with any "bumps in the road". he spoke openly for the first time about what's known as 0peration kingfisher while on a visit to northern ireland. meanwhile, as the government ramps up it's no deal planning, a leaked memo from the department for the environment, food and rural affairs, seen by the bbc, claims there's "a lot of uncertainty" about the uk's capacity to patrol fishing waters after a no—deal brexit. the note says there are just 12 ships "to monitor a space three times the size of the surface area of the uk." with me is our political

correspondent tony bonsignore. let's start first with that plan, 0peration kingfisher, what detail do we know about this? very little at this stage, other than that it exists, it is being worked on, this package. we understand it has been planned for a while, it predates borisjohnson becoming planned for a while, it predates boris johnson becoming prime minister, and we know it will be discussed at a brexiter committee in the coming week. at the government saysis the coming week. at the government says is these — it once to support fundamentally viable companies, it says, who i take temporary difficulties, so for example a lack of cash flow in the event of a no—deal brexit. beyond that, lots of questions — how much, what sort of practical help are they going to give, which companies? the times newspaper says a list has already been drawn up of companies that might be helped. and how would you decide what a commercially viable company is? that is going to be

controversial. so there are clearly concerns about the economic effect ofa concerns about the economic effect of a no—deal brexit on a number of companies, but more details we will have to wait for. another aspect of no—deal brexit was highlighted yesterday in these leaked memo, tell us more yesterday in these leaked memo, tell us more about that. this was sent out accidentally, can you believe, bya out accidentally, can you believe, by a government official? 0ne out accidentally, can you believe, by a government official? one of the things it talked about was the impact of fishing of a no—deal brexit, because they would be no injury -- brexit, because they would be no injury —— no agreement on the waters around the uk. there was a lot of uncertainty about the uk's ability to patrol its own waters, only 12 ships police in an area that is three times the surface area of the uk. we have spoken to the government, who say this was just an internal e—mail looking at media stories, they say they are very confident they can patrol the waters, but it suggests potentially a lot of problems after an no—deal

brexit, and in the last few minutes we have had a statement from labour, really trying to press the point home, saying this revelation shows the chaos and damage in no—deal brexit would inflict, they will push the government into better preparations to defend our fishing industry and make sure others are not allowed to bully their way into our waters. tony we will leave it there for now, thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. a new report has found that many people on average incomes are earning less in real terms than they were nine years ago. the tuc says that people in middle—earning jobs, such as construction and admin workers, had seen their real wages fall by around 1% since 2010. the government says it has increased the national living wage and cut income tax for 32 million people. the headlines on bbc news:

the energy watchdog demands an explanation from national grid after nearlyi million people across england and wales lost power on friday — the electricity provider says it will learn lessons from the incident michael gove says there will be a government support fund to help british businesses in the event of a no—deal brexit. the family of a 15—year—old girl with special needs who's missing in malaysia thank the search teams who are scouring the jungle for her. and we will stay with that story. the family of a 15—year—old british schoolgirl have made a new appeal for information after she disappeared whilst on holiday in malaysia with her famiy. a team of 200 rescurers are scouring the dense forest searching for nora quoirin, who has learning difficulties. howard johnson reports. it has been a week since their daughter went missing, a teenager with serious learning difficulties who disappeared

while on holiday, suspected missing in the jungle. we are extremely impressed with the effort, your expertise, your dedication. and we hope that you find nora, and thank you so much. the malaysian authorities have used drones, sniffer dogs and thermal scanning technology to try to find nora, but in the last few days they've tried a different tact. "nora! nora, darling!" the 15—year—old was born with a condition limiting the development of her brain, and that means that she needs help with simple everyday tasks. the family have stressed that given nora's learning difficulties, it is very unlikely she would have walked off alone. they believed she may have been abducted. but today the police

say they are continuing to treat her disappearance as a missing persons case. this is the seventh day of search and rescue efforts. as you can see, some commandos here and other search and rescue workers are coming down into this area, around 30 of them exploring an area about a kilometre away from the dusan resort. they're looking in a riverbed to see if there are any signs of nora, traces that might help with this investigation. this time last week nora's family were arriving for a luxury break but today they remain wracked with emotion, not knowing the fate of their much loved daughter. howard johnson, bbc news. 0k, we'rejust 0k, we're just going 0k, we'rejust going to bring you some breaking news that has come to us some breaking news that has come to us at bbc news, and are receiving reports from us media that the

disgraced financierjeffrey epstein has been found dead while in custody in manhattan. he was found dead in his cell in a manhattan jail, jeffrey epstein. he has been facing allegations that he had been charged with sexual assault, he hadn't a nswered with sexual assault, he hadn't answered there was yet, he denied them, but we are understanding that whilst waiting trial on the sex trafficking charges, he has been found dead whilst in his manhattan cell. we will get more on this as and when we get it. in china, at least 13 people have been killed, 16 are missing, and over a million people have been forced from their homes as a powerful typhoon heads towards the financial capital, shanghai. as sophia tran—thomson reports, typhoon lekima is thought to be the region's worst storm

in five years. super typhoon lekima hit eastern china on saturday, blasting the coast with heavy rain and 200 km/h winds, leading to mass evacuations and widespread transport disruption. the typhoon made landfall around the city and has been making its way to the south—eastern province. 800,000 people have been evacuated in the province and 250,000 in shanghai. over 200 homes have been destroyed and an additional 2.7 million people had lost power across the province. one of the biggest concerns for emergency workers is that at least 49 reservoirs across the region have registered water levels exceeding the normal capacity. 0ne natural dam has already collapsed. chinese state tv has reported that over 2000 flights have been cancelled across the country since friday because of both the typhoon and heavy thunderstorms.

the civil aviation authority says airports are closely monitoring the weather and accommodating affected passengers but warned that the extreme conditions would continue to challenge airlines for some time to come. to exacerbate travel issues, trains have also been cancelled and highways have been closed as roads and some areas had turned into rivers. the emergency services are working to rescue stranded motorists and search for missing people. the condition that usually challenging. the typhoon is expected to lose some of that strength before it hit shanghai, but the slow pace increases the risk of prolonged rainfall and flooding. north korea has fired two unidentified missiles into the sea ofjapan — its fifth major weapons test in under three weeks.

they were fired from near the north—eastern city of hamhung. this latest launch comes just hours after president trump announced he'd received what he called "a beautiful letter" from kim jong—un. laura bicker has more. the north korean leader is continuing to test weapons while keeping the door to diplomacy with donald trump open. this latest launch comes just hours after the us president announced he had received a beautiful letter from mr kim. mr trump said the north korean leader was unhappy with south korea and the us carrying out joint military exercises. the us president appeared to with mr kim and said he was not a fan either. he wasn't happy with the tests. 0n the other side with the united states and as you know, i've never liked it either. i've never been a fan you know why? i don't like paying for it!

pyongyang sent a series of messages through state media criticising washington for the war games. meanwhile, analysts believe that the recent tests have allowed north korea to prevent a new type of short—range ballistic missile which would be manoeuvrable in the air and test the us and south korean missile defence systems. travellers have been hit by widespread disruption, as rail operators across the country battled hazards caused by wet and windy conditions. these pictures are from the west coast main line, which has flooding on the tracks following heavy overnight rain. trains are unable to head north to glasgow. a small number of trains are able to get through southbound. the weather is also causing cancellations, delays and speed restrictions in south western and south eastern england. five trains are trapped in flood waters between lockerbie and carlisle. brittany ferries says services between portsmouth and cherbourg have been cancelled. p&0 is warning passengers to expect delays of up to two and a half hours on the dover to calais route. and the site

of the bristol balloon fiesta, which attracts thousands of people every year, has also been temporarily closed due to strong winds. homes and businesses in whaley bridge will be able to access emergency government funding to cover any losses following the evacuation of the town. £100,000 is being made available to help with any costs not covered by insurance. people were moved from the area last week, amid fears the nearby dam could collapse. the fund is part of a bigger £5 million pot for flood—hit communities. crowds of protesters have gathered in moscow to demand free elections, the latest in a month of demonstrations. saturday's rallyjust outside the moscow ring road has been permitted by the authorities, but the organisers have called for a march through the city centre afterwards, raising the prospect of further clashes with police. the demonstrations began after opposition candidates were barred from running in local elections, but the protesters are also now expressing anger about police violence against them. here's sarah rainford in moscow.

the crowd has started to gather here in moscow for this protest rally, despite this awful weather — driving rain for several hours. they've come to join what began as a wave of protests against the refusal to allow opposition candidates to register for the moscow city elections. but there is now a new slogan, a new cause for these protesters, and that is the fact that thousands of people who have taken part in previous rallies have been detained, some of them are now facing criminal charges. so upon the stage here, there is a slogan, one of them is "let them in" — let the candidates into the election. the other is "let them out" — people out of prison. and i think the prosecution and the scenes that we saw of police violence against largely peaceful protesters at previous protests is what has been fuelling these gatherings, making them grow, increasing support and anger. so i think today it will be interesting to see exactly how big the crowd is,

given that this is an authorised rally. now, what we have also to keep an eye on is the fact that police have warned anyone who intends to take their protest beyond here, this authorised spot, into the city centre will face a very tough response from the security services here. they say that they could be arrested, they could face criminal prosecution. so there's been a whole series of strict warnings against people heading into the city centre with their protests, and i think that's because these rallies have really taken the authorities here by surprise, and i think the scale of the anger, generally, here is worrying for those in charge in moscow and right up to the kremlin. police in hong kong have fired tear gas at pro—democracy protestors in the district of tai wai. police have begun dismantling barricades which were erected by the protestors in order to halt traffic. some of the demonstrators are wearing helmets and masks as they await the arrival

of riot police. meanwhile, about a thousand protesters are still holding a sit—in at the arrivals hall of hong kong airport. the protests in hong kong are now in their third month. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonnel is on the streets following developments. so this is the new tactic on both sides. the police are coming in much quicker to try to capture these protesters, we can see them all running this way. that's because the protesters also have their own new tactic, a hit—and—run type of strategy, where they go somewhere, they'll target the area, they'll spray it, they'll throw things at the police or what have you, and then go very quickly on the other direction because they don't want to get arrested. and here we have the police forming up on this side as well, so it's not good enough any more for the police just to secure the area, they want to catch protesters. but by the same token,

the protesters also don't want to stand there and have pitched battles with the police, because what they want to do is not be arrested and live to campaign another day, if i can put it to you that way. so let's just remind you of our breaking story this afternoon, jeffrey epstein, the us finance yet he was facing federal sex trafficking charges, has been reportedly found dead. this was last night, friday night, in his lower manhattanjail night, friday night, in his lower manhattan jail cell. he was arrested onjuly the manhattan jail cell. he was arrested on july the 6th, manhattan jail cell. he was arrested onjuly the 6th, he pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls as young as 14. more on this as and when we get it. police in the us city of el paso say a man suspected of shooting dead 22 people last saturday

has said that he was targeting mexicans. the gunman will face the death penalty if he's convicted. donald trump has called for a strengthening of background checks on people who buy firearms. the environment agency said it was carrying out tests on part of the river frome in somerset after it was turned bright blue by a mystery substance. results are expected on monday, but it is being treated as a pollution incident. currently, there are no reports of dead wildlife. a rare set of twin pandas have been born at a zoo in belgium. there they are. they've been described as looking like little pink shrimps and are completely hairless. twin pandas are extremely rare, and usually one of them won't survive, but keepers say the boy and girl are doing well. mum how how is said to be showing a "very strong protective instinct". she's 900 times bigger than they are.

time for the weather with helen willetts. stormy weather is upon us, it feels more like autumn across england and wales in particular because of the strength of the wind, gusting quite widely to 45 mph, higher than that in land and also on the coasts, couple that with heavy downpours, which is what we are seeing across northern ireland, central and southern scotland, already flooding issues, and then we have heavy, slow moving showers further north, warnings out for rain in the north, but that will abate through this evening and overnight. the rainjust keeps coming across northern england, parts of northern ireland and scotland as well, and we could have as much as 60—80 millimetres falling on already saturated ground, where it has already been so wet in the last couple of weeks, and yet more rain is forecast tomorrow

across southern and central scotland, and into northern england, with the potential for heavier showers further south tomorrow as well, heavier than today with a risk of thunder as well, so a very u nsettled of thunder as well, so a very unsettled weekend.