north korea's leader kimjong—un is reportedly on his way to russia for talks with president vladimir putin. an american caver is rescued in turkey after spending more than a week trapped underground. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. we begin in morocco, where the death toll from a devastating earthquake has soared to nearly 3,000. many of the deaths are in hard—to—reach mountain areas, with people using their bare hands to dig for survivors due to a lack of heavy—lifting equipment. here's what we know so far. the country's state tv says the death toll rose to 2,862, with nearly the same number injured. morocco�*s government has accepted aid from countries including britain, spain,

the uae and most recently algeria. international emergency workers arejoining the recovery effort, with some saying the government response is too slow. the bbc�*s tom batemen sends this report. dawn lights up the destruction in the village of moulay brahim. morocco�*s most remote hillsides have become encampments of the survivors. hakima has lost contact with her son, who fled the village, she says, to get help. she was already grieving. her husband had been sick and died before the quake came. "we are staying in the streets. i feel bad for my son. his dad passed away and i have to take care of him," says hakima. people are here to help each other. the village's mosque,

still standing, becomes a makeshift refuge. but in the morning we spent here, there were no signs of any official aid response. hussein survived when his son freed him from the wreckage of their home. but his wife, fatna, was killed. "my wife, she stayed in the house. the ceiling came down and struck her. this comes from god, but, thankfully, my son is safe," hussein tells me. this is where homes once stood. now people walk through a cascade of ruins. recovery attempts across this remote region have been painfully slow. well, so far, this clear—up is people having to do it by themselves. one of their neighbours at the top of the street here, the house was struck. a family of six was inside and five of them have been killed — only the father has survived.

but it feels like people barely even have time to grieve. you can see the humanitarian challenge that now remains. in another village, locals pull a body from the rubble. spanish rescuers are on the ground there, too, saying the destruction is absolute. meanwhile, british rescue gear has arrived, with a team of 60 specialists deployed from the uk. people are retrieving what they can from homes too damaged to live in. morocco�*s survivors are now on the land with all they have left. tom bateman, bbc news in the high atlas mountains. the earthquake struck about 45 miles south—west of the tourist hub of marrakesh, in the high atlas mountains. a short while ago, i spoke with conflict zone director for the ngo global empowerment mission tom berhane,

tom, thanks forjoining us. what kind of conditions have you encountered? in what kind of conditions have you encountered?— what kind of conditions have you encountered? in the last 24 hours, i you encountered? in the last 24 hours. i got _ you encountered? in the last 24 hours. i got her— you encountered? in the last 24 hours, i got her yesterday - you encountered? in the last 24 hours, i got her yesterday and l hours, i got her yesterday and the condition i have seen, buildings destroyed, people sleeping on the side of the road wherever they can, because they are afraid of being inside structures or another earthquake happening. a lot of people sleeping outside, no mattresses, no blankets or tents. ~ . ., mattresses, no blankets or tents. . ., , mattresses, no blankets or tents. ~ . ., , tents. what have you been able to do to help — tents. what have you been able to do to help so _ tents. what have you been able to do to help so far? _ tents. what have you been able to do to help so far? upon - to do to help so far? upon landing. — to do to help so far? upon landing. we _ to do to help so far? upon landing, we went - to do to help so far? upon landing, we went ahead i to do to help so far? upon i landing, we went ahead and to do to help so far? upon - landing, we went ahead and did 200 meal kit distributions today. in a small little village just outside moulay brahim. we gave out about 200 family meal kits.— family meal kits. how challenging _ family meal kits. how challenging is - family meal kits. how challenging is it - family meal kits. how challenging is it to - family meal kits. how| challenging is it to get family meal kits. how. challenging is it to get to people? it challenging is it to get to --eole? . , challenging is it to get to

neale? ., , , , , people? it has been pretty challenging _ people? it has been pretty challenging because - people? it has been pretty challenging because we i people? it has been pretty i challenging because we were trying to get to the mountains today and we had to pull back because the rubble on the road has not been moved. traffic has been slowed down, so that's kind of stopping a lot of the progress to get to the villages in the mountains that were really affected. 50 in the mountains that were really affected.— in the mountains that were really affected. so what's your [an for really affected. so what's your plan for tomorrow? _ really affected. so what's your plan for tomorrow? tomorrowj really affected. so what's your i plan for tomorrow? tomorrow we are auoin plan for tomorrow? tomorrow we are going to _ plan for tomorrow? tomorrow we are going to try — plan for tomorrow? tomorrow we are going to try to _ plan for tomorrow? tomorrow we are going to try to go _ plan for tomorrow? tomorrow we are going to try to go back - plan for tomorrow? tomorrow we are going to try to go back to - are going to try to go back to the mountains and get an early start. we have another 200 meal kits to get ready. plus about 200 mattresses. that's the number one thing everyone has been asking for. everyone sleeping outside. the number one thing outside of food is mattresses and blankets. indie mattresses and blankets. we have heard — mattresses and blankets. we have heard reports, more than three days on from the disaster, that there are some people who haven't had any aid reach them at all yet. have you seen that?— reach them at all yet. have you seen that? we haven't seen that et seen that? we haven't seen that yet because _ seen that? we haven't seen that yet because we _ seen that? we haven't seen that yet because we have _ seen that? we haven't seen that yet because we have been - seen that? we haven't seen that yet because we have been so - yet because we have been so focused on getting aid to the

immediate locations here and to the mountainside. to give you an example, yesterday after a clock in the morning, people sleeping on the side of the road, hungry, some people said they hadn't eaten in at least a day. we were able to pass out water and some food for them. just give a little bit of hope and relief for the night. the government _ and relief for the night. the government there - and relief for the night. the government there has been criticised for the pace of the recovery, the rescue missions. what is your assessment from what you have seen? you go to a lot of situations like this, how does this compare? i do. everyone _ how does this compare? i do. everyone is — how does this compare? i do. everyone is doing _ how does this compare? i do. everyone is doing their- how does this compare? i do. everyone is doing their part . everyone is doing their part right now, it's very challenging. especially an earthquake of this magnitude. i don't think anybody is that prepared, but the government is doing everything they can. we are concentrating specifically on helping out people in this region, we are focused on our mission right now.— mission right now. there are criticisms — mission right now. there are criticisms as _ mission right now. there are criticisms as well _ mission right now. there are criticisms as well that - mission right now. there are criticisms as well that some | criticisms as well that some

other countries have offered aid and the moroccan government has not accepted, for example the french government said it offered aid which the moroccan government reportedly has not yet accepted. do you think the authorities could be doing more? �* ., ., , ., , more? i'm going to be honest, i haven't focused _ more? i'm going to be honest, i haven't focused on _ more? i'm going to be honest, i haven't focused on that. - more? i'm going to be honest, i haven't focused on that. i've - haven't focused on that. i've been going from natural disaster to natural disaster, i was at hurricane hilary and then the wildfires in hawaii, so i'm focused on the victims that have been traumatised by this 6.8 magnitude earthquake. what is needed on the ground right now? you mentioned mattresses are in demand. mattresses, tents, blankets. food is always a necessity. but the other thing we hear over and over, mattresses, blankets, tents. we are going to distribute about 300 mattresses tomorrow when we get to moulay

brahim. .,, ., , .,. brahim. those are very acute, immediate _ brahim. those are very acute, immediate humanitarian - brahim. those are very acute, i immediate humanitarian needs, but what do you think are going to be required in the medium and longer term, such is the scale of the tragedy here? right now, we are still planning on a long—term stay here. we are kind of focused on the 25 target, bringing aid immediately... we have higher ups in the headquarters focused on the long—term. this ups in the headquarters focused on the long-term.— on the long-term. as the construction _ on the long-term. as the construction tight - on the long-term. as the construction tight of - on the long-term. as the construction tight of the l construction tight of the homes, mud and brick buildings are the most common in the worst hit areas, and it made the tragedy worse? it worst hit areas, and it made the tragedy worse?- worst hit areas, and it made the tragedy worse? it has. you can tell the _ the tragedy worse? it has. you can tell the different _ can tell the different structures from the more modern homes built recently compared to those that have been up for 100 years, 80 years. those buildings have just been demolished, destroyed completely.— demolished, destroyed comletel . ~ completely. we will let you get back to the _ completely. we will let you get back to the important - completely. we will let you get back to the important work, . back to the important work,

tom, we appreciate your time. thank you for having me. 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. president putin launched this war in ukraine... 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 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. apologies for the technical difficulties at the start. north korea's leader kimjong—un is reportedly en route to russia's far east for talks with president vladimir putin. the kremlin confirmed mr kim will visit russia, saying it will "strengthen the friendship" between the two nations. the meeting could happen as early as tuesday local time, with the pair expected to discuss supplying weapons to russia for its war in ukraine. it's mr kim's first trip abroad in four years, and all eyes are on what he will get out of the talks. the new york times has reported that mr kim wants advanced satellite technology, nuclear—powered submarines and food aid. the us has warned north korea against weapons sales, and criticised mr putin for needing north korea's help.

president putin launched this war against president putin launched this waragainst ukraine... apologies for that, we will revert to that later. mr kim's journey is some 1,000 180 kilometres, or 733 miles, mr kim's journey is some 1,180 kilometres, or 733 miles, on a slow—moving armoured train. for security reasons, north korea hasn't provided details about mr kim's movements, but bbc verify has mapped out the likely route from pyongyang to the city of vladivostok in eastern russia. the train itself is bulletproof, making it heavy and slow. his journey will likely take over 20 hours. inside, it's said to be opulent, designed with a restaurant serving fine french wines and dishes of fresh lobster. head over to our live page to find out more about mr kim's journey — our bbc verify team is monitoring satellite images of the route for signs of the train. us secretary of state antony blinken signed the waiver

needed to transfer $6 billion of frozen iranian money to qatar as part of a prisoner swap. in addition to the money, five iranian citizens will be release from the us in exchange for five americans held in iran. a statement from us national security council spokewoman adrienne watson said: responding to criticism of the deal, a state department spokesperson told our partners at cbs news that the move is in line with longstanding policies that allow humanitarian money into countries with what they call "objectionable actions." the us says no sanctions have been lifted and that the funds don't go directly to iran and are for humanitarian use only.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. thousands of israelis have been protesting ahead of a supreme court hearing on tuesday on the government's judicial overhaul. justices will hear petitions against a recently—passed law which prevents the use of the so—called reasonableness clause. the change limits the court's ability to scrutinise government decisions and appointments. 0pponents have rallied across israel every week since they were announced in january. police in the us state of pennsylvania have said they�* re expanding their search perimeter for esacaped prisoner danelo cavalca nte. that's after he stole a van and visited the homes of two acquaintances over the weekend. cavalcante was sentenced last month to life without parole for killing his ex—girlfriend. he has been on the run for nearly two weeks. ukraine says it has retaken control of four gas drilling platforms close to crimea. video of the operation shows special forces removing russian military equipment. russia seized control of the so—called boyko towers

in 2015, shortly after it illegally annexed crimea. the bbc has not been able to verify the video. us presidentjoe biden has wrapped up his whirlwind trip to india and vietnam, signing a deal that will lend us help to build vietnam's defence capabilities. the countries agreed to cooperate on defence and trade, with mr biden saying relations with vietnam have "entered a new stage". it's been mr biden's goal to counter china as a heavyweight in the region. in a positive sign for the us, vietnam bumped up the us's diplomatic status to "comprehensive strategic partner" — that's their highest tier — putting the us on par with china. for more on all of this, my colleague helena humphrey spoke to lucy hornby, chair in china studies at the center for international and stragetic studies. later, thank you forjoining us today. president biden has

signed a new strategic partnership with vietnam, bringing the two countries closer than they have ever been before. how significant do you see this pact as being? i before. how significant do you see this pact as being?- see this pact as being? i think it's very significant _ see this pact as being? i think it's very significant both - see this pact as being? i think it's very significant both in - it's very significant both in terms of normalising, i guess, for lack of a better word, relations with a very important country with whom the us has had a very difficult and fraught relationship. but also, i think the main motivator here is it's a hedge against china's growing power in asia. it’s growing power in asia. it's interesting _ growing power in asia. it's interesting you _ growing power in asia. it's interesting you say it's kind of a hedge, because speaking in hanol of a hedge, because speaking in hanoi, you will have heard the comments one president biden. he said this wasn't about containing china. what did you make of those comments? well, eve one make of those comments? well, everyone says — make of those comments? well, everyone says they _ make of those comments? well, everyone says they are _ make of those comments? well, everyone says they are not - everyone says they are not trying to contain china, right? but at the same time, geopolitics is full of people trying to counterbalance. china has done it over the years, especially when it made its

overtures to the us in the 80s. the us has done it in the past. i was reading some notes from vice president mondale's trip to china in 1979, and the talking points that the state department had for the journalists was that this opening to china was a hedge against a vietnam's power in asia at the time. so this is what countries do in geopolitics, they try to balance, and especially if a country is as large in a region as china is in asia, i think you should expect to see other countries trying to balance that. you see it in many of china's neighbours and now you are seeing it by the us. 50 china's neighbours and now you are seeing it by the us.- are seeing it by the us. so now we have a _ are seeing it by the us. so now we have a situation _ are seeing it by the us. so now we have a situation in - are seeing it by the us. so now we have a situation in which - we have a situation in which the united states and china are on the same footing, because of this pact, when it comes to their relationship with the vietnam. how do you think beijing might react to that? i think beijing has been cautiously unhappy about it,

certainly we've seen a lot of diplomatic traffic between vietnam and china, where vietnam and china, where vietnam is trying to reassure china that this is not necessarily a hostile move. it's a difficult balancing act, especially for a country like vietnam, which is right next to china, which in other circumstances would be considered a large country in the world, but which is absolutely dwarfed by its northern neighbour and has been for a millennia. 50 northern neighbour and has been for a millennia.— for a millennia. so what about the people — for a millennia. so what about the people in _ for a millennia. so what about the people in vietnam? - for a millennia. so what about the people in vietnam? how| for a millennia. so what about. the people in vietnam? how do you think they will be greeting use of this strategic partnership with the united states? have you been able to speak to them about how they feel about it? i speak to them about how they feel about it?— feel about it? i personally have not. _ feel about it? i personally have not, but— feel about it? i personally have not, but i _ feel about it? i personally have not, but i can - feel about it? i personally have not, but i can relate| feel about it? i personally l have not, but i can relate in my trips to vietnam in the past that i was always impressed by how willing people were to engage with the united states, and how positive they were about having that kind of relationship, a very equal relationship, a very equal relationship with the united states. as an american

travelling there, for me that was a bit of a surprise. growing up, vietnam was always a sensitive topic. especially among people who had fought in the war there. including in my own family. so i was quite surprised at how warm the reaction was when i got to vietnam for the first time. i think people want to have a relationship with the us but they don't want to be subservient, they want it to be a relationship of equals. talking about the nitty—gritty of this partnership, this pact, particularly when it comes to co—operation on things such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, for example, do you think this is a timely move from the united states? we know that other players in the region have already invested in this kind of technology. i would say it's almost overdue ljy would say it's almost overdue by the united states. when i was covering china from china, we saw that every time a

country had geopolitical tensions with china, they tended to start down the road of what they called the china plus one strategy, and vietnam was an obvious candidate for investment. south korea in particular has put a lot of investment into vietnam. a lot of other countries too, seeing vietnam structurally as having some of the same advantages to investing. from the vietnamese point of view, they don't want low—end investments, they want to move up the manufacturing ladder, the technology ladder, so they would very much welcome higher tech investments. i'm not sure to what degree they have the knowledge base to do so yet. but they certainly have the knowledge base in electronics manufacturing, and they certainly have a desire for the country to move up that ladder. ., for the country to move up that ladder. . , ., ladder. on a separate point, today as _ ladder. on a separate point, today as you _ ladder. on a separate point, today as you well _ ladder. on a separate point, today as you well know - ladder. on a separate point, today as you well know is i ladder. on a separate point, | today as you well know is the anniversary of the september the 11 attacks in the united states. forthe the 11 attacks in the united states. for the past two decades, attention when it comes to foreign policy in this

country has been very much firmly focused on the middle east. would you now say that the biden administration have entered a new era in foreign policy, once that is firmly focused on asia? i policy, once that is firmly focused on asia?- policy, once that is firmly focused on asia? i think a lot of american _ focused on asia? i think a lot of american administrations l of american administrations have seen the need to keep a strong focus in asia, but they keep getting sidetracked or distracted by the middle east, which of course, with events happening on a more short—term and regular basis, whereas in asia sometimes it's a longer term gain. under hillary clinton when she was secretary of state, she talked about the pivot to asia. the trump administration was very attuned to the implications of the rise of china. the biden administration has tried to take a classic diplomatic approach, trying to create traditional allies and to counterbalance diplomatically

against this new global player. but i don't think it's going to be possible for any us administration to fully focus on asia and not have to react to events in the middle east, which tend to be faster moving. i think that definitely one of the challenges for any american administrations.— administrations. lucy, we appreciate _ administrations. lucy, we appreciate your _ administrations. lucy, we appreciate your analysis, | appreciate your analysis, thanks so much for being with us. ., ~' thanks so much for being with us. ., ~ , ., monday is a remembrance and reflection here in the us, on the 22nd anniversary of september 11th 2001, the deadliest terror attacks on us soil. at the site of the world trade center in lower manhattan, family members read out the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed when planes crashed into the twin towers. 0ther solemn ceremonies also took place at the other two attack sites — in shanksville, pennsylvania —

and at the pentagon — where first ladyjill biden laid a wreath at the memorial in arlington. touching down in alaska, us presidentjoe biden visited troops and their families at a base in anchorage. there, he repeated the immortal words: neverforget. over the weekend, president of the spanish football federation luis rubiales resigned, following weeks of controversy over a forcible kiss in the world cup. 0ur europe correspondent jenny hill has more on the reaction in spain. the news has been widely welcomed in spain. a politician took to social media and said we are with you jenni and we are with all women. luis rubiales resigned but he remained defiant. he said on social media that he intends to defend his innocence. he is now the subject of a criminal investigation. at the end of

last week, prosecutors filed a complaint of alleged sexual assault and coercion against him. a spanish law says a nonconsensual kit is considered sexual assault and it can be punished by a fine or four years in prison. another development, a spanishjudge development, a spanish judge has development, a spanishjudge has admitted the complaint and said he intends to review media footage of both the kiss and other post—match celebrations. so this story is far from over. and i think it's fair to say it remains, for many people here, a source of huge regret that what should have been a celebration around a huge sporting achievement, spain's world cup win, has been so overshadowed by this furore. the us food and drug administration has approved updated covid vaccines as cases and hospitalisations continue to rise. the boosters, made by pfizer and moderna, were made

to target new variants currently circulating. once the cdc signs off on the vaccines, shipments could get to pharmacies by the end of this week. the updated vaccines were approved for people 12 and older. and an emergency approval was authorised for those six months to 11 years old. and finally some good news out of turkey, where rescuers have freed the american caver trapped underground for over a week. mark dickey developed internal bleeding while exploring turkey's third—deepest cave. bring him to safety. the only feeling i have is this curve of will i live? it literally went through my head, i thought, this is a bell curve. and then my consciousness started to get harder to hold onto, and i reached a point where i thought, i'm not going to live. i'm caitriona perry in washington, dc. thanks for watching. hello. 0ur 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 cooler, fresher 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 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 whiche rallied more stock which rallied more than 10 percent over its latest development of a supercomputer to train artificial intelligence models for self?driving cars. elon musk has made ambitous promises in the past. but tech analyst dan ives says this supercomputer could disrupt the industry.

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