he "will not accept" what he calls chinese interference in the uk's democracy. the whole house is rightly appalled about reports of espionage in this building. the sanctity of this place must be protected. as rescuers use their bare hands to dig in the rubble — questions about why morocco�*s government hasn't accepted more international aid. north korea's leader kimjong—un has reportedly begun hisjourney to russia for a meeting with vladimir putin. and uk dog laws under scrutiny after this american bully xl attack on an 11—year—old girl.

welcome to the programme. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, has accused china of interfering in democracy. a parliamentary researcher was arrested in march, accused of spying for china. that's a claim he has denied. and china calls it a fabrication. members of parliament have called for the government to take stronger action. our political editor chris mason has the latest. china. a modern colossus. a booming economy and society reshaping the world, with a world view so very different from the uk's. so how should the uk deal with china? and how should it react to the arrest of a parliamentary researcher, amid claims of spying for china in westminster? the sanctity of this place must be protected, and the right of members to speak their minds without fear or sanction

must be maintained. we will defend our democracy and our security. can he give further details on how they will tackle the infiltration of chinese security services on key british institutions? incidents like this show the constant threats that we face. there was, the government said, a constant vigilance to root out interference, but there are some well—known names that are simply not convinced. what we need do is to recognise that china is the largest - threat, both to the worldi and the united kingdom, for freedom and democracy, and does he not agree - that the government should designate it as such? - the problem lies in the mess we've got into over what we define china as, with respect to us. are they a threat, or are they not?

if they are a threat, why do we not call them a threat and take the relative action that is necessary to deal with them on that basis, and sanction some people? the man at the heart of all of this, arrested back in march, released a statement today. he said... the bbc isn't naming this man. he hasn't been charged with anything, and it's not known precisely what he has been accused of. as for the government, it insists it's getting the balance right in its dealings with china, and its approach is in line with allies such as america and australia. here is what they make of all of this in beijing. translation: the allegation that china is conducting - espionage activities against the uk is pure fabrication.

china resolutely opposes this. we urge the uk to stop spreading disinformation and stop its anti—china political manipulation and malicious slander. tonight, two debates rage at westminster — how to make this place secure and how to deal with china, a country whose power and influence grows and grows. chris mason, bbc news. earlier we spoke to professor jinghan tseng, professor of china and international studies at lancaster university. here's his assessment the seriousness of the china spying threat. well, i think at this stage the guy is still innocent we will try to play that for you a little later on the programme. switching focus not to the other store we have been

tracking. to the other developing story from morocco where nearly 2,900 people are now confirmed to have died after friday's earthquake. morocco's government is under pressure to accept more international aid, as rescuers battle with exhaustion.but so far, it has accepted help from only four countries — spain, the uk, qatar and the united arab emirates. nick beake joined the first aid convoys to reach some of the most remote villages in the taroudant region. finally, help is on its way to the most remote victims of this disaster. we'rejoining a team of spanish firefighters, the first rescuers to negotiate in treacherous mountain road now that the path has been cleared. we reach the village of algou. in the hours after the quake, screams rang out here. but the trapped couldn't be freeded. then the screams turned to silence.

these dogs are trained to find the living. they're detecting nothing. for three days now the villagers in this place have been using their hands, and shovels to go through the rubble. desperately trying to find their loved ones but the grim reality is there is now a stench of death that hangs in the air here. all hope of finding people alive has now surely vanished. and it is taking its toll. this fractured community, already isolated, is increasingly angry. these spanish rescuers responded to turkey's earthquake in february, where people were pulled out alive days later, but conditions are very different here. here, the house is building with rocks, and in turkey, made with steel, and it is more strong, this type of house.

so here it is very little hope you will find in more people alive. we move on to the next village where frustration is also rising in the unrelenting heat. the moroccan authorities are under pressure, to accept more help from more countries. this is, after all, the most challenging of locations. no more so than the village of ait hamid, now slumped on the edge of the mountain side. it is hard to believe this grotesque heap was home to 28 people. just seven of them survived. this is omar. still waiting for his two daughters to be found, hanan, i7 and khadija, 14. singing. they found them. two sisters, inseparable in

life and now united in death. as his girls are lifted from the rubble, ibrahim says he wants to send a message. just seven of them survived. this is omar. still waiting for his two daughters to be found, one 17, the other 14. they found them. two sisters, inseparable in life and now united in death. as his girls are lifted from the rubble, ibrahim says he wants to send a message. "i want people to help me. i want the world to help me," he says. "i lost my kids, my home, everything i own." his son hassan, is now his only child. rescue teams have reached the most remote parts of the atlas mountains but what we have witnessed here today perfectly encapsulates the reality

of this disaster. people either died immediately, orfor so many, the help simply didn't come soon enough. talk of how to rebuild morocco's shattered communities would feel premature tonight — callous. just where do you begin? nick beake, bbc news, in the atlas mountains. we will be getting more updates from the ground soon. let's go back to our big story of the evening the uk prime minister rishi sunak accusing the chinese government of interfering in uk democracy. earlier we spoke to professorjinghan tseng, professor of china and international studies at lancaster university. here's his assessment the seriousness of the china spying threat. he said it was a bit premature to call this person a spy and listening. well, i think at this stage the guy is still innocent until proven and he was first arrested in march. so six months now, we haven't really seen any serious evidence of what has been happening. and also, we have bear in mind, i think for a major country like china or like the us, they have very powerful intelligence capacity. and if they really want to go

to the place where have most confidential information, probably parliament wouldn't be the place they are going to start with. so i think we should shouldn't be too excited about what has been happening. and here we have the flow information of whether he has conducted or has not conducted anything and what kind of information he was provided to and what were the exact outcome. but at this stage, i wouldn't say this is something going to be very major kind of threat to the british national security. so you're saying it might be premature to see it like that, but many, including the deputy prime minister, have recommended increasing checks for those working for the chinese government in the uk. some members of parliament in fact even asking to designate china as a threat to the uk. how do you respond to that? well, i think it's two separate things. first of all, on this specific case, it really needs to have the full investigation. this guy has not been charged yet. we don't know what has

been happening. and he'll come out, give his version of the story. and this has already created a lot of damage to him personally and also to the bilateral relations. so it really needs a full investigation before we do anything. otherwise, it's going to be overreaction. and then the second matter is what kind of language do we use to describe china? and as a professor of international relations, i what i'm trying to teach my students is countries that are always sophisticated, especially for big countries like the us, like china. you cannot use one word to describe it. otherwise, international relations courses will be very easy. just use 200 words to describe 200 countries and that's it. that wouldn't be something that is against anything i teach my students in international relations because i can understand the sophistication of it. right, and that person has, of course, said that he has denied these allegations. but very quickly, at a time when the west is trying to repair its relations

with china, what does this do to those efforts? very briefly. well, i think it's already damaged it. i mean, the fact that rishi sunak has to come back and also has to resist those pressure from hawkish has already damaged uk—china relations. it's not very good for for pro—engagement agenda. in libya at least 200 people have died and many more are missing after a powerful storm swept through the east of the country. for more on this developing story, here's sergi forcada in our london newsroom. storm daniel has caused devastating floods in libya and has brought its own trail of destruction, with many left missing, especially in coastal towns. the worst affected area is the port city of derna in the east of the country. it has a population of around 100,000 people and two them and four bridges there are reported to have collapsed. these are pictures from the region. as you can see, much of the city is under water. flooding has damaged homes and roads there and schools and shops have also been ordered to close. the city of derna has been declared a disaster zone and some local officials said the situation is completely

out of control. some victims have already been buried. and we're also hearing that there are areas without power or internet connection. libya has for years had two rival governments. there is an internationally recognised administration based in tripoli. they have been asking for international help. but most of the destruction from storm daniel appears to be in territory controlled by the eastern government. the disaster, though, seems to be transcending political differences and both administrations have declared three days of mourning. storm daniel already brought catastrophic flooding to greece last week. now the remains of the storm are affecting northern libya and it will slowly hit east towards egypt. libyan local authorities are urging for international help as they warn the death

toll from flooding could be extremely high. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. an american explorer who has been stuck in the depths of a cave in turkey for more than a week — has been brought to safety. mark dickey, developed internal bleeding at a depth of more than a thousand metres in the morca cave. he'd spent more than nine days underground. egypt has voiced its anger after ethiopia announced it filled the reservoir at a controversial hydroelectric dam on the blue nile river. ethiopia has been in dispute with egypt and sudan over the project since its launch in 2011. egypt relies on the nile for nearly all its water needs and says ethiopia is disregarding the interests of the downstream countries. hawaii's kilauea volcano — one of the most active volcanoes in the world — has begun erupting after a two—month pause. it spewed fountains of lava more than 80 feet — or 2a metres — into the air. but the hawaii emergency management agency says the lava is not a threat to local communities.

around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the nhs is rolling out booster shots of covid and flu vaccines to older people living in care homes in england. the rollout began today for those at most risk. concerns are growing over the spread of a new covid variant. northern ireland will receive nearly a billion pounds to support peace. the funding announcement was made in belfast. the money will fund a scheme known as "peace plus" — successor to programmes that have run since 1995 in northern ireland and the border counties in the republic of ireland. the uk government is contributing 730 million pounds to the total allocation. "several hundred" surveys are being carried out every week to find schools containing collapse—prone concrete in england. that's according to the department for education.

officials say that that 98 percent of schools have returned questionnaires about the presence of the material. "a few hundred" are still outstanding. you're live with bbc news. north korea's leader kimjong—un has reportedly started hisjourney to vladivostok by train for a summit with russia's president vladimir putin. north korean state media announced that kim left on sunday afternoon, on the armoured train used for foreign visits. the possible meeting comes after the white house said it had new information that arms negotiations between the two countries were "actively advancing". and the us state department said any transfer of arms would bring more sanctions against north korea. we're going to monitor very closely the outcome of this meeting.

i will remind both countries that any transfer of arms from north korea to russia would be in violation of multiple united nations security council resolutions. and we, of course, have aggressively enforced our i'm joined now byjames brown, professor of political science at temple university's japan campus. thank you for your time here. what are putin and kim jong—un hoping to get out of their meeting? this meeting is very much about weaponry. from the russian side, their hope is to make up from some of their own enormous losses in ukraine by replenishing their supplies of both artillery and perhaps some anti—tank weapons. these are arms that north korean has in

larger amounts. arms that north korean has in largeramounts. from arms that north korean has in larger amounts. from the north korean point of view they also have their focus on weaponry and their hope will be there for will be willing to provide some technology to assist with both their submarine programme and also perhaps in the area of satellite technology as well. the eastern economic forum is seen by moscow as a way to deepen their economic ties in the east — that's something that's become a huge priority for them under western sanctions. will this eef, and a summit with kim, help reduce russia's isolation? quite the reverse. it will demonstrate the extent of russia's isolation. about the forum, back in 2013 president putin announced that it was a strategic priority to develop the far east of russia. alongside that, trying to encourage foreign investment to

improve infrastructure within that region. they launched eastern economic forum. and the idea was for it to be very much a data loss in the russian far east. they had some initial success from 2016—2019 you had top regional leaders such as japan's sheen so abe, from korea you had president park and moon, xijinping attended so did india's prime minister modi so it looks promising for a while but now in 2023 we have no top leaders attending with the exception of kim jong—un so it really does look like russia is more isolated and in fact the goals of this forum have not been fulfilled.— the goals of this forum have not been fulfilled. japan and south korea _ not been fulfilled. japan and south korea in _ not been fulfilled. japan and south korea in the - not been fulfilled. japan and south korea in the past - not been fulfilled. japan and south korea in the past had | south korea in the past had actively advocated for eastern economic forum. do you expect any sort of backlash to a kim meeting from the us or south korea? yes. the united states has been

very clear in advance of the meeting that they strongly discourage both sides to increase their weapons applies. when north korea was accused previously by the united states of supplying some weaponry to russia for its use in ukraine, north korea denied that but said that they would not supply this weapons. so the united states were angered by north korea providing supplies, but quite limited at what they can do. after all north korea is under very stringent sanctions from the west already. how worrying would an alliance between kim and putin be? it very much depends with the russians decide to do. if the russians decide to do. if the russians decide to do. if the russians decide in exchange for the artillery provided by north korea provide food, to provide energy, that is not so worrying. i think what would be

really a major concern for north korea's neighbours is if we can russia is pressured, so desperate to get north korean artillery at the agreed to provide technology that north korea does not currently have which then leads to a significant upgrade and north korea's military capabilities. i think that is what is really needed to be buried about. thank you very much professor james round in your perspective on that big stories. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. the wilko name is set to disappearfrom uk high streets after a rescue deal for the chain fell through. there had been hopes that a last ditch attempt to save it would succeed — but now all of its 400 stores across the uk will close by october. it means redundancies look likely for all 12,500 staff. a court in the uk has heard that daniel khalife may have used bedsheets — to strap himself underneath a lorry — to escape from wandsworth prison.

the 21—year—old former soldier has appeared before magistrates and charged with escaping custody. he did not apply for bail. the german car company bmw has announced plans to build a new generation of electric cars — by investing hundreds of millions of pounds in preparation at its mini factory near oxford. production is due to begin at the plant in cowley in 2026, safeguarding the future of the facility and another factory in swindon, which between them employ around 4,000 workers. an 11—year—old girl who was attacked by an american bully xl dog has told the bbc she was terrified and screaming in fear. ana paun and two men were bitten by the dog in birmingham on saturday. the government is seeking urgent advice on whether to ban the breed. navtej johal reports. a violent dog attack on the streets of birmingham. it bites a young girl,

who runs to safety in a shop. it then goes to attack two other people at a car wash nearby. the footage was posted online at the weekend. ana, who is 11, is now recovering at home after returning from hospital last night. she told me about the moment she was attacked. the dog was staring at me and i got scared, so i started to run, and i never ran that far, only ran for about five seconds. so the dog grabbed my hand and he started moving me around. someone grabbed him off my hand and after he let go of my arm he went on my shoulder and he bit my shoulder as well. i was feeling really panicked and i was scared, terrified. i had a lot of emotions. police have said the dog was taken to a vet, suffering from heat exhaustion, and are now considering what will happen to it. they say the owner is currently in hospital and will be spoken to in due course. well, this is where the girl

was attacked by the dog, an american bully xl. the incident here has sparked a big conversation about whether the breed should now be banned. in a social media post last night, the home secretary, suella braverman, said the attack was appalling and described the breed is a clear and lethal danger. she said she was seeking urgent advice on banning them. adding dogs to the banned list is the responsibility of the department for environment, food and rural affairs. it said it takes dog attacks very seriously and is making sure the full force of the law is applied, but the calls for greater action are growing after a number of attacks involving the breed. injanuary, dog walker natasha johnston was killed by an american bully xl. two years ago, jack liss, who was ten, also died after an attack by the same breed of dog. it's taken this video from the weekend for them to come out and say something, but they've not said anything

afterjack was killed, after other kids have been killed. why has it taken this video and not a child's life to do something? not everyone agrees they should be banned. dog owners group the kennel club argue no dog is inherently dangerous based on their breed, but this debate is unlikely to be calmed soon, as the shock over this incident continues to be felt. navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham. a reminder of our top story this hour. rishi sunak has said he "will not accept" chinese interference in the uk's democracy, after it emerged a parliamentary researcher was arrested amid accusations he spied for china. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. our unprecedented run of september days over 30 degrees did not continue into monday.

that said, parts of the south and the east were still quite warm and humid — 27 celsius in suffolk. for tuesday, the process of things turning cooler and fresher does continue for most of us, although some warmth and humidity will hold on down towards the south. this humid air really quite stubborn, quite slow to clear, whereas fresher conditions are now filtering in across scotland and northern ireland. morning temperatures of around two or three degrees in parts of the highlands, whereas further south, 14, 15, 16 degrees in that humid air. through tuesday for scotland and for northern ireland, we will see lots of sunshine and just a few mostly light showers. but for parts of northern england, particularly yorkshire and lincolnshire and down into the midlands, we will have a lot of cloud, we'll have some outbreaks of rain continuing for a good part of the day, and then for east anglia and the south—east in that humid air, we've got the chance for some big thunderstorms to pop up. 23 or 24 degrees down towards the south—east.

further north, though, just 15 for aberdeen, 17 there in belfast. that cooler, fresher air continuing to work its way in and that process continues into tuesday night. still some cloud and rain across parts of eastern england, but clear spells elsewhere, one or two mist patches. and temperatures for some spots in the highlands, i think we'll get very close to freezing. there could be a touch of frost in places still, though, 15 or 16 in some coastal parts of eastern england. now for wednesday, high pressure temporarily, at least, builds its way in across the uk. so wednesday, probably one of the driest and brightest days of the week. there will be some spells of sunshine, but our next weather system looks set to bring cloud and rain and strengthening winds too into northern ireland and western scotland later in the day. fresher conditions even getting down into the south—east at this stage, 21 there for london. now, a lot of uncertainty in the forecast by thursday, there will be a weather front pushing southwards. but the exact timing, the exact progress of that frontal system

is still open to question. to the south of it, something warmer developing again, 24 degrees. further north and west, we are in the cool fresh air. as we look towards the end of the week, it's quite changeable. some rain at times and still signs of something relatively warm in the south.

tesla's stock rallies, as its new supercomputer promises to speed up the development of robo taxis and software services. it's part tennis and part badminton — we learn about one of the fastest growing sports in the world. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji. let's begin on wall street, where the nasdaq closed sharply higher. they were driven by tesla's stock, which rallied more than 10% over its latest development of a supercomputer to train artificial intelligence models for self—driving cars. let's go now to dan ives, a tech analyst from wedbush securites. thanks very much for coming up for us. elon musk is known for his ambitious targets. we've seen this time and time again with all his announcements. what is the difference this time? why is there so much more excitement this time around? i

excitement this time around? i think it is early admittance we are seeing nai.