for talks with president putin. a bbc team joins relief efforts as they reach remote areas of morocco, as anger grows over the official response to friday's earthquake. hundreds are killed in flooding in libya, with some reports putting the death toll much higher. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. we begin with the unfolding travels of the north korean leader and his upcoming meeting with russian president vladimir putin. kim jung—un has now crossed into russia's eastern region, by private train, according to the south korean defence ministry. authorities there said in a statement that:

the kremlin previously said the trip will "strengthen the friendship" between the two nations. the pair are expected to discuss supplying weapons to russia for its war in ukraine. the new york times reports that mr kim is seeking advanced satellite technology, nuclear—powered submarines, and food aid. the us has warned north korea against weapons sales, and critisized mr putin for needing north korea's help. president putin launched this war against ukraine with its full—scale aggression, with a dream of restoring the glory of the russian empire. that hope, that expectation of his has failed, it will continue to fail and i think there is no better evidence of that than now, a year and a half later, not only has he failed to achieved his goals on the battlefield but you see him travelling across his own country, hat in hand, to beg kim jong—un for military assistance. our seoul correspondent

jean mackenzie has more on mr kim's travel. kim jong—un left pyongyang on sunday afternoon in his famous armoured train. the united states believes mr kim is meeting mr putin to finalise and i'm still, that north korea has agreed to provide russia with ammunition and artillery he needs to fight its war in ukraine. overthe he needs to fight its war in ukraine. over the last four years, russia has become increasing isolated. it is weighed down by extinction and in desperate need of money underfood. —— north korea. it is thought mr kim might ask in return for mr putin to hand over sensitive weapons technology that he could then use to make breakthroughs in his own weapons programme. this is not something officials here are especially concerned about. theyjust are especially concerned about. they just do are especially concerned about. theyjust do not believe this

would be in russia's interest. if we're looking at a straight arms deal, the question is how much of a difference can korean weapons take on the front in ukraine, will it be able to repel forces. its ability to produce weapons is limited and it is thought north korea would be reluctant to hand over too much of its existing pile. if anything, this is a political moment, a political show. it is these two countries showing the west, the united states, that they are prepared to watch must more closely together. it is a warning in part i am sure that the united states to say do not support ukraine too much. the meeting with vladmir putin is kimjong'un�*s first trip abroad in four years and his tenth foreign trip after more than a decade in power. but, he's only been to five different countries in that time. he became the country's leader in 2011, after taking over from his father.

but it wasn't until march of 2018 that he made his first international trip, heading to china for talks with chinese president xijinping. in april that year, he became the first leader of north korea to set foot in the south korea, meeting with then—south korean president moonjae—in. in may he met again with mr xi, taking a personaljet to china's northeastern city of dalian. a month later he flew to singapore for the first ever us—north korea summit with then—us president donald trump. a few days later, he visited china to discuss denuclearisation with mr xi. injanuary of 2019, he traveled again to china for his fourth visit, taking the infamous armoured train. he traveled to vietnam in february for a second summit with mrtrump. those talks collapsed after the leaders disagreed on lifting sanctions and denuclearization. in april 2019, kim turned his attention to russia, going to vladivostok for the first summit with russian president vladimir putin. that summer, he crossed the inter—korea border again

for yet another round of talks with mr trump. this is mr kim's first trip since meeting with mr trump and the outbreak of the pandemic. he's stayed isolated until now. we're learning more details about a prisoner swap involving the united states and irna. ——involving the united states and iran. us secretary of state antony blinken signed the waiver needed to transfer $6 billion of frozen iranian money to qatar as part of the swap. in addition to the money, five iranian citizens will be released from the us in exchange for the five american citizens held in iran. a statement from us national security council spokeswoman 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 it will have oversight on how it is used and that no sanctions have been lifted against iran. the official says the funds do not go directly to iran and are for humanitarian use only. iranian officials have also weighed in. the country's foreign ministry told reporters on monday that he's hopeful the prisoner swap will happen "in the near future". turning to morocco, where the death toll from a devastating earthquake has soared to nearly 3000. many of the deaths are in hard—to—reach mountain areas, with people are 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 sent 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. translation: 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. earlier 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? so, in the last 2a hours

that i have been here — ijust got here yesterday — and the conditions that i have been seeing, obviously, buildings destroyed, destructed, but peoplejust sleeping on the side of the road, just wherever they can because they are just afraid of being inside structures or another earthquake happening. so, there's a lot of people that are just sleeping outside, don't have mattresses, no blankets, no tents. nothing like that. so, that's the kind of conditions we are seeing right now on the ground. what have you been able to do to help so far? so, upon landing we went ahead and did 200 meal kit distributions to families today, in a small little village just outside of moulay brahim. so we gave out about 200 family meal kits. and how challenging is it to actually get to people? what are the conditions like in that regard? so, it has been pretty challenging because we actually were trying to get into the mountains today and the reason we had to kind of pull back

was because the rubble that is on the road had still not been moved and traffic has been kind of slowed down so that is kind of stopping a lot of the progress to get to the mountains, to get to those villages that have been really affected in those regions. so what is your plan for tomorrow? what are you going to do? tomorrow we're going to try to go back to the mountain, we're going to go ahead and get an early start tomorrow. we've got another 200 meal kits that we're going to have to go ahead and get ready plus another 200 mattresses, foam mattresses — that is the number one thing that everybody has been asking for. like i said, everybody sleeping outside and the number one thing outside of food is mattresses and blankets. we have heard reports that, more than three days on from the disaster, that there are some people who have not had any aid get to them at all yet. have you seen that? so, we have not seen that yet because we have been so focused on trying to get aid to the immediate locations here and trying to get up to the mountainside. so, you know, from what we have been doing right now, yesterday — just to give an example — yesterday,

at about two o'clock the morning, people werejust sleeping on the side of the road, hungry, so we stopped and got them food. some people said they have not eaten in at least a day, so that was a little relief we were able to do for them, pass out water, pass out some food for them, just give them a little bit of hope, a little bit of relief for the night. the government though there has been criticised for the pace of the recovery, of the rescue missions. what is your assessment from what you have seen? i mean, you go to a lot of situations like this, how does this compare? i do. and i think everyone is doing their part right now. it is very challenging, especially when an earthquake of this magnitude happens, i don't think anybody is that prepared for it. i think the government here is doing everything that they can but we are concentrating specifically right nowjust trying to help out people in this region so we're kind of focused on our mission right now. there are criticisms as well that some other countries have offered aid that the moroccan government has not accepted, for example the french government said

it had offered aid which the moroccan government has reportedly not yet accepted. do you think the authorities could be doing more? i am going to be honest, i haven't even really focused on that. i have been going from natural disaster to natural disaster, started with hurricane hillary in mexico, and then it was maui with the wildfires and now i'm here. i am very focused on just bringing relief to the victims, to the victims that have been traumatised by this 6.8 magnitude earthquake. what is needed on the ground right now? you were mentioning there that mattresses are really in demand? they are. mattresses, tents, blankets. you know, that goes without saying, food is always a necessity but the number one thing we keep hearing over and over is mattresses, blankets, tents. so that is what tomorrow we're going to go ahead and distribute about 250 — 300 mattresses when we get up to moulay brahim. those are very acute

and immediate humanitarian needs but what do you think is going to be required into the medium and longer terms, such is the scale of the tragedy here? right now, we are planning on a long—term stay here. right now we're kind of focus on the 25 minute target, focus right now i'm trying to bring aid immediately right now. we have higher up headquarters that are focused long—term right now. has the construction type of the homes there, mud brick buildings are the most common type of construction in the worse hit areas, that made this this tragedy worse? it has, it has. you can tell the difference from the more modern homes built recently compared to homes that have been up for upward to 100 years or even

80 years, so, yes, most buildings have been just demolished or destroyed completely. at least 200 people have died in eastern libya after widespread flooding caused by a powerful storm and torrential rain. storm daniel made landfall in the north african nation on sunday, prompting authorities to declare a state of extreme emergency. several bridges and dams are reported to have collapsed in the eastern city of derna. turkey says it's sending humanitarian aid to the country. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. 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. and 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. britain's prime minister has said he "will not accept" chinese interference in the uk's democracy. rishi sunak�*s comments come after news that a parliamentary researcher was arrested amid accusations he spied for china. police officials confirmed that two men were arrested under the official secrets act in march. the researcher denies the allegations. you're live with bbc 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. yolande knell has more. so another huge, noisy protest.

this is in the heart ofjerusalem, outside of israel's supreme court. now, after months of demonstrations against the hardline government's plans to overhaul the justice system, really things are starting to come to a head. the supreme court, with all 15 of its justices — this is something unprecedented — is having a hearing about a bid by this government to limit the powers of the court itself. critics of what's happening, the people here, say that the court's powers are being diminished, that this could lead to more corruption, that it threatens democracy. whereas supporters of the government say no, it strengthens democracy, because the court is too easily able to overturn the decisions that are made by the elected government. now, all of this has added up to the worst domestic crisis in israel in years. it's opened up social divisions and, at the moment, there's no sign of an end in sight.

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(oov)the countries agreed to co—operate on defence and trade, it's been mr biden�*s goal to counter china as a heavyweight in the region. for more on all of this, my colleague helena humphrey spoke to lucy hornby, chair in china studies at the centre for international and stragetic studies. thank you for taking the time tojoin us today. thank you for taking the time to join 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 significant do you see this pact as being?— pact as being? i think it is very significant, _ pact as being? i think it is very significant, both - pact as being? i think it is very significant, both in l pact as being? i think it is - very significant, both in terms of normalising that relation with a very important country with a very important country with whom the united states have had a difficult and fraught relationship. also the

main motivator here that is clear to all of us as it is kind of a hedge against china's robert power in asia. isn’t kind of a hedge against china's robert power in asia.— robert power in asia. isn't it interesting _ robert power in asia. isn't it interesting you _ robert power in asia. isn't it interesting you say - robert power in asia. isn't it interesting you say it - robert power in asia. isn't it interesting you say it is - robert power in asia. isn't it interesting you say it is kind| interesting you say it is kind of a hedge. speaking interesting you say it is kind ofa hedge. speaking in interesting you say it is kind of a hedge. speaking in hanoi, you would have heard the comments from president biden, he said this was not about containing china. what do you make of those comments? everyone says they are not trying to contain china. at the same time, geopolitics is full of people trying to counterbalance. china has done over the years, especially when they made its overtures, the overtures to the us in the 80s. the us has done and the pats. i was reading some notes on the last trip to china and 79 and talking points the state department had forjournalists was this opening to china was a hedge against the unum mac power in asia at the time. this is what countries do, they try

to balance 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. he said that in many of china's neighbours and now that you are seeing that in the us. now you 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 vietnam. i wonder how do you think beijing might react to that. i you think bei'ing might react to that. ~ �* you think bei'ing might react to that. ~' �* ., , to that. i think bei'ing has been cautiously _ to that. i think beijing has been cautiously unhappy i to that. i think beijing has - been cautiously unhappy about it. we certainly see a lot of diplomatic traffic between vietnam and china where vietnam is trying to reassure china this is not necessarily a hostile move. it is a difficult balancing act, especially for a country like the unum which is right next to china which in other circumstances would be considered a large country in the world. which is absolutely

dwarfed by its northern neighbour and has been for millennia.— millennia. what about the eo - le millennia. what about the peeple than _ millennia. what about the people than in _ millennia. what about the people than in vietnam? | millennia. what about the - people than in vietnam? how do you think they will be treating use of this strategic partnership with the united states? have you been able to speak to them about that? about how they feel about it? i personally have not but can relate on my chips to vietnam in the past 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, very equal relationship. for me, it was a bit of a surprise. certainly growing up the unum was a sensitive topic. especially for people who had fought in the war there for them including within my own family. i was quite surprised at how warm the reaction was when they actually got to vietnam for the first time. i think people want to have relationship with the united states but don't want it to be a subservient

relationship. they wanted to be able to ship of equals.— able to ship of equals. let's talk about _ able to ship of equals. let's talk about the _ able to ship of equals. let's talk about the nitty-gritty i able to ship of equals. let's| talk about the nitty-gritty of talk about the nitty—gritty of this partnership, this pact, particularly when it comes to cooperation on things like artificial intelligence, semiconductors for example. do you think this is a tiny move from the united states when you know other players in the region have already invested in this kind of technology? it is almost an — this kind of technology? it is almost an overdue _ this kind of technology? it 3 almost an overdue move by the united states. when i was covering china, from china, we saw every time a country had geopolitical tensions with china attended to start down the road of what they called the road of what they called the china plus one strategy. vietnam was an obvious candidate for investment. korea in particular, south korea put a lot of investment into the unum. a lot of other countries as well see the unum structurally has many advantages to investing. from the vietnamese point of view,

they do not want low—end investments. they want to move up investments. they want to move up the manufacturing and louder. they would welcome higher technology investments. i am not sure to what degree knowledgebase they have. they certainly have knowledgebase in the manufacturing department and have a desire to move up the ladder. fin and have a desire to move up the ladder-— the ladder. on a separate oint, the ladder. on a separate point. today _ the ladder. on a separate point, today as _ the ladder. on a separate point, today as you - the ladder. on a separate point, today as you well. the ladder. on a separate - point, today as you well know is the anniversary of the september 11 attacks in the united states. for the past two decades, the tension when it comes to foreign policy in this country has been very much firmly focused on the middle east. would you now say the biden administration has entered a new era in foreign policy? one that is firmly focused on asia? i policy? one that is firmly focused on asia?- policy? one 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 on asia. but they keep getting sidetracked or distracted by the middle east

which has events happening on a more short—term regular basis whereas in asia sometimes it is a longer term game. you have seen under hillary clinton when she was secretary of state, talked about the pivot to asia, the obama administration, chop administration was very attuned to the implications of china's rise. i think the biden administration has tried to take a classically diplomatic approach of trying to create traditional allies and counterbalanced diplomatically against this very new global player. i don't think it is 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 seems to be faster moving. i think that is definitely one of the challenges for any american administration. taste challenges for any american administration. we appreciate our administration. we appreciate your analysis. _ administration. we appreciate your analysis. they _ administration. we appreciate your analysis. they could - administration. we appreciate your analysis. they could do l your analysis. they could do much of being with us. thank

ou. it's been a day of 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. first ladyjill biden visited the 9/11 memorial at the pentagon, laying a wreath at the remembrance ceremony in us presidentjoe biden visited troops and their families at a base in anchorage. that's all from us here in washington, we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleageus there.

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 southeast in that humid air,

we've got the chance for some big thunderstorms to pop up. 23 or 2a degrees down towards the southeast. 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 southeast 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 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.

hey, i'm zof with the catch up! tonight — the latest on daniel khalife, an incredible athletic achievement and the hokey cokey. but first — an 11—year—old attacked by a dog in birmingham says american bully xl dogs should be banned. video of the attack has been going round on tiktok all weekend. the dog grabbed my hand and he started, like, moving me around. after he let go of my arm, he went on my shoulder. the home secretary's now looking at banning the dogs, but some say bans on breeds don't work. four dog breeds are on the banned list, with cross—breeds banned too. if you have one, you could get an unlimited fine or six months in prison. some other stories now. daniel khalife has appeared in court, after his escape from wandsworth prison last week. the court heard he might have used bedsheets to strap himself under a truck. the 21—year—old terror suspect

spent four days on the run before being arrested.