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 started hisjourney to russia for a meeting with vladimir putin. us explorer trapped in a cave in turkey for more than a week has been pulled to safety. welcome to the programme. morocco�*s government is under pressure to accept more international aid, as rescuers battle with exhaustion.

2,900 people are now confirmed to have died after friday's earthquake. 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 more people alive? yeah.

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, 17 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.

"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. that is the grim situation in morocco.

in libya at least 200 people have died and many more are missing after a powerful storm swept through the east of the country. the leader of the east libya government which is not recognised internationally said the deaths exceed 2000. 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 dams 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 0ur 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 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. over 150 people were involved in efforts to rescue mark dickey. 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. 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.

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 sanctions against entities that fund russia's war effort. and we will continue to enforce those sanctions, and will not hesitate to impose

new sanctions if appropriate. earlier i spoke to james brown, professor of political science at temple university's japan campus. he told me what putin and kim could be hoping to get out of the meeting. this meeting is very much about weaponry. from the russian side, their hope is to make up for some of their own enormous losses in ukraine by replenishing their supplies of both artillery and perhaps also some anti—tank weapons. these are arms that north korean has in large amounts. from the north korean point of view, they also have their focus on weaponry, and their hope will be russia 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 — something that's become a huge priority for them under western sanctions. will this forum, and a summit with kim, help reduce russia's isolation? no, 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 the infrastructure within that region, they launched the eastern economic forum. and the idea was for it to be very much a davos in the russian far east. they had some initial success — from 2016—2019 you had top regional leaders such

as japan's shinzo abe, from korea you had presidents park and moon, xijinping attended, so did india's prime minister modi, so it looked promising for a while, but now in 2023 we have no top leaders attending, with the exception of kimjong—un, so it really does look like russia is more isolated and in fact the goals of this forum have not been fulfilled. japan and south korea in the past had actively advocated for eastern economic forum. do you expect any kind of backlash to this 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 supplies. 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 and said

that they would not supply this weapons. so the united states would be angered by north korea providing supplies, but quite limited 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 what the russians decide to do. provided by north korea, provide food, korea, provide food, provide energy, that's not so worrying. i think what would be really a major concern for north korea's neighbours is if a weakened russia is pressured, so desperate to get north korean artillery that they 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 worried about. back to school, it should have been a smooth start to the new term but this people ended up in the sports hall. they claimed they had to sit without food or drink because they were wearing the wrong shoes and their parents are not happy. i'm horrified, after everything a lot of these students have lived through with covid and not being able to learn in a school around their peers, it's incredibly disappointing that they couldn't return to school on tuesday with a welcome back assembly... any uniform violations, maybe send them home with a note. the uniform oli home with a note. the uniform policy was _ home with a note. the uniform policy was updated _ home with a note. the uniform policy was updated in - home with a note. the uniform policy was updated in april - home with a note. the uniform policy was updated in april and it said all pupils have to wear the correct clothes and playing black shoes, and they have issued a list of banned shoes. we approached harford high school for an interview and they declined but issued a statement saying there uniform

policy, along with other schools, ensures that students feel part of the community, reducing peer pressure and helping to prevent bullying. 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 — a claim he has denied. and china calls it a fabrication. members of parliament have called for the government to take stronger action. 0ur 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 worldj 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 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 shouldn't be too excited about what has been happening. until we have the full 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, 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. 0therwise, 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? 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 pro—engagement agenda. sara sharif�*s father, mother and uncle left for pakistan a day before she was found dead in august. 0ur pakistan correspondent. a locked gate, the boundary. inside, the five children lived

for over a month, while sara sharif�*s grandfather said nothing. a power cut, so we talked by flashlight. translation: iii talked by flashlight. translation: ., translation: if someone asked about children, _ translation: if someone asked about children, i _ translation: if someone asked about children, i would _ translation: if someone asked about children, i would have - about children, i would have said they are safe with me. it is my right, no one can care about them more than me. did the parents _ about them more than me. did the parents check in on what was happening with the children?— was happening with the children? , ., children? they were on the run, they never— children? they were on the run, they never phoned. _ children? they were on the run, they never phoned. maybe - they never phoned. maybe because if the police found out, they might be hard on me. they were not in contact. he shows us _ they were not in contact. he shows us the _ they were not in contact. he shows us the yard they ran around in, the bedroom they slept in, and the toys they played with. this is the room the children slept in for over a month while they stayed in this house, and the room they were in when the police came. they said they were sitting and playing on a bed with these toys. and that when the police arrived, they began crying, they said they didn't want to leave, that they were pulled by the police and according to the family here, they say the

police didn't let them accompany them to the police station. the police chief says the children didn't resist leaving and that they are now back with mohammed sharif. why did you go to the house today when you have been looking for the family for the past few weeks? translation: ~ ., , ., translation: we have been doing search operations _ translation: we have been doing search operations in _ translation: we have been doing search operations in this _ translation: we have been doing search operations in this area - search operations in this area multiple times. today we found them in a similar operation. pakistan police say they will be in touch with the uk authorities, and the search for the parents and uncle continues. i want to tell you about an 11—year—old girl who was attacked by an american bully xl dog. 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 as 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. that debate rages on across the uk. that's it. just a quick reminder of the big story in asia. the visit of kim jong own from north korea to vladivostok in russia where he is expected to meet the russian president vladimir putin. stay tuned. thanks for watching. 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, 1a, 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 2a 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, 2a 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