sweeps the in libya after a storm sweeps the country. there's been criticism of morocco�*s official response to friday's earthquake — as the red cross and red crescent launch an emergency appeal. we are seeking 100 million swiss francs to be able to deliver on the most pressing needs at this time. and a report in the uk describes sexual harassment, assault and rape as an open secret within surgery. we will hear one doctor's account about the abuse she suffered. welcome to verified live. three hours of breaking stories. in libya the devastation we have seen there.

we start in libya — where floods are reported to have killed 2,800 people, after a powerful storm swept through the east of the country. as many as 10,000 people are reported as missing. much of the country has been declared a disaster zone and three days of mourning have begun. the un said they're deeply concerned about the situation. many roads have been destroyed. a minister in the eastern government — which is not internationally recognised — said more than a thousand bodies had now been recovered in the worst hit city, derna. the eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also among the worst hit. anna a n na foster anna foster is here. the scale of this is simply staggering? yes. anna foster is here. the scale of this is simply staggering? yes, it is one of those _ this is simply staggering? yes, it is one of those stories _ this is simply staggering? yes, it is one of those stories that - this is simply staggering? yes, it is one of those stories that is - is one of those stories that is really told by the pictures that you

were showing that you are able to see on screen that shows the extent of what happened. in somewhere like derna, we are looking at potential lay burst dam that has washed away the whole of the city and that is why we are getting these numbers that are so high. you can see the buildings devastated and where the wall of water has come in and just washed away everything before it. it is the international committee of the red cross and the red crescent who have come up with the figure of 10,000 people missing. what we are doing at the moment is you know looking at the pictures, very if verifying the pictures. there are the rival governments in libya and it is not a story where we rely as much as we do on official sources, it is where we do our own verification and look at the pictures and you can see the story that they're telling.—

that they're telling. those are the ictures that they're telling. those are the pictures around _ that they're telling. those are the pictures around a _ that they're telling. those are the pictures around a dam _ that they're telling. those are the pictures around a dam that - that they're telling. those are the pictures around a dam that is - pictures around a dam that is reported to have breached. you mentioned when we talk about authorities in usual circumstances and situations, there are figures associated to them, it is more complicated in a country like libya? yes, it is difficult, because no one has official control of the country. we don't have the normal reliable sources. i have been, before i came here, i was with our colleagues from bbc verify. they're doing a lot of work on the pictures, particularly satellite imagery. we were looking at one image showing a school. you can see that on the satellite imagery and you can see in the last 24 imagery and you can see in the last 2a hours new pictures where the land has literally been washed away. when you take those pictures and you take, you can see the images, look at the water covering huge swathes of the area, itjust at the water covering huge swathes

of the area, it just starts to at the water covering huge swathes of the area, itjust starts to give you an indication of how devastating it is. when we start to hear numbers in the thousands of people who are dead and missing, when you look at those pictures, you can see how that looks like a very strong possibility in this case. looks like a very strong possibility in this case-— looks like a very strong possibility in this case. ., ~ ,, ~ ., i” in this case. thank you. i know you continue to — in this case. thank you. i know you continue to talk— in this case. thank you. i know you continue to talk to _ in this case. thank you. i know you continue to talk to your— in this case. thank you. i know you continue to talk to your contacts i in this case. thank you. i know you | continue to talk to your contacts on the ground. that is where we are heading and talk to a libyan journalist. welcome to the programme. it is still an emerging, developing situation, give me the latest that you are hearing there. hello. yeah, the latest things that a member of the eastern government has announced that the cities should be evacuated soon, because the levels of the sea are getting high and they are scared of other things happening. the city itself is

becoming uninhabitable. it is become hard with the shortage of the rescue teams and the shortage of the food and the medical aid, it is hitting hard. there is no possibility to reach the country. they need an air bridge or water bridge to reach the country with all the aid they need, or the city with all the aid the need. , ., or the city with all the aid the need. ,, , ., ., ., need. tell me your situation, have ou been need. tell me your situation, have you been affected, _ need. tell me your situation, have you been affected, have _ need. tell me your situation, have you been affected, have you - need. tell me your situation, have you been affected, have you been| you been affected, have you been able to contacts your family? yes. you been affected, have you been able to contacts your family? yes, i have like 35 — able to contacts your family? yes, i have like 35 family _ able to contacts your family? yes, i have like 35 family members - able to contacts your family? yes, i have like 35 family members in - able to contacts your family? yes, i have like 35 family members in an i have like 35 family members in an apartment building. i couldn't reach them for around a8—hours. even now i didn't reach them. i reached out to the rescue team where they went to the rescue team where they went to the place and they checked that the house has been destroyed, but my

family managed to get out before things get worse. they are safe now, as i told, i didn't hearfrom them directly. they are in a sheltered place, but they are in shortage of food and in shortage of medical aids, they're in shortage of clothes and the situation is not the best. but at least they are still alive. i have one aunt still missing with her son. we don't have any news about her. she lives in a different building. we still couldn't reach out to her or get any news about her. the connection there is not working. there is only satellite phones where we can reach and check on the people. there is a lot of activists from the city itself. they are trying to help out find the people, find the relatives of the people, find the relatives of the people who live outside and they have families inside the city. aha, have families inside the city. a final quick thought, because the numbers already being talked about

are staggering with 10,000 still missing. is any help arriving say to all of your family missing. is any help arriving say to all of yourfamily and missing. is any help arriving say to all of your family and your relatives who you are describing? it is still, like i said, i don't have direct contact with them. the only thing i know is there is rescue teams coming from turkey and another from tunis and another from kata and we hope we are going to reach out soon through the internet or any other connection. but the only thing i know is they're in shock. they are not reacting psychologically 0k not reacting psychologically ok because of what happened. that is the only thing that i know. and they are still missing one family member, which is something that i can understand that it is going to be very hard for them. according to the situation i have. and we are trying the best to do, to do the best thing we can do. . ~ the best to do, to do the best thing we can do. ., ~ the best to do, to do the best thing we can tie-— the best to do, to do the best thing wecando. . , . ., we can do. thank you very much for takin: we can do. thank you very much for taking time — we can do. thank you very much for taking time to _ we can do. thank you very much for taking time to speak— we can do. thank you very much for taking time to speak to _

we can do. thank you very much for taking time to speak to us, - we can do. thank you very much for taking time to speak to us, as - we can do. thank you very much for taking time to speak to us, as welll taking time to speak to us, as well as trying to make contact with all those members of the family. thank you for the latest. now that other disaster and there has been criticism in morocco of the feshl official response to friday's earthquake. heavy lifting equipment has begun to arrive in remote regions of the atlas mountains which have been the hardest—hit. the red cross and red crescent societies have launched an emergency appeal to support the victims — they want to raise over a hundred and ten million dollars for the most pressing needs such as water, sanitation and shelter. the authorities in morocco are under pressure to allow more countries to help. emergency aid has only been accepted from four countries — britain, spain, qatar and the uae. assistance from others — including france and germany has been declined. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman told us the latest from marrakesh. this team are heading to one of the more remote villages.

this is a team of around 20 people. you can see the dog and they have specialist equipment. these are fire and rescue crews, some from leicestershire that were deployed over the weekend. they can see the scale of the deployment. they're heading to a village around an hour and a half away, one of the more remote locations. they have been told a critical piece of information that there may be survivors in the rubble. the firstjob is to work out what is needed to be done, whether or not it's possible to get into the damaged structures there. that might require extra equipment, it might require specific skills. so they try and work out the situation on the ground. there is a possibility of still be able to save lives. so now the team are

about to head off. let's talk to a communication managerfor the let's talk to a communication manager for the international fed rigs of the red cross and red crescent societies for middle east and north africa. thank you, i know you must be inundated with crucial work. in terms of operations on the ground, how overwhelming is the task for you and your colleagues? thank ou first for you and your colleagues? thank you first of — for you and your colleagues? thank you first of all _ for you and your colleagues? thank you first of all for _ for you and your colleagues? thank you first of all for having _ for you and your colleagues? thank you first of all for having us. - for you and your colleagues? thank you first of all for having us. yes, l you first of all for having us. yes, indeed, it is a large scale disaster. since the very first moment, the red crescent teams have been on the ground evacuating people and providing first aid and trying to provide food and shelter for all evacuated and affected people. unfortunately there are a lot of casualties, there are a lot of injured people, a lot went missing, so the situation is very hard and

goes beyond the capacity of the national society. the red crescent have been preparing that they will witness a storm, but they didn't expect with this scale. they have faced a lot of challenges in terms of communications and they don't have the equipment to ensure the safety of volunteers and three volunteers have lost their lives. so we are offer our condolences for the libyan red crescent volunteers who passed away while trying to save the lives of other people in this disaster. ~ lives of other people in this disaster-— lives of other people in this disaster. ~ ., ., disaster. we are looking at the ictures disaster. we are looking at the pictures of— disaster. we are looking at the pictures of utter _ disaster. we are looking at the pictures of utter devastation i disaster. we are looking at the l pictures of utter devastation that we have been become with, i know it's a rough amount, i'm going to ask you now, but roughly what proportion of the devastated areas have you actually managed to get to? yeah, now i'm having this meeting with you, there is a meeting with

the libyan red crescent to assess the libyan red crescent to assess the situation on the ground. so far i cannot share figures with you, because it is not, it is still not accurate. but the devastation is very big. the country itself, the teams are on the ground are overwhelmed. it is very large scale disaster and we call on the national community to support libya today. there is a meeting being held at the regional office in libya to call for the support of all red cross and red crescent teams from around the world to help in the search and rescue effort and help in providing food. the need are massive and the level of devastation is too much and it is overwhelming for the national society and hindering their operations on the ground. i society and hindering their operations on the ground. i know we have had that _

operations on the ground. i know we have had that appeal, _ operations on the ground. i know we have had that appeal, it _ operations on the ground. i know we have had that appeal, it is _ operations on the ground. i know we have had that appeal, it is over- have had that appeal, it is over $110 million, that is what is immediately required. in terms of offers of assistance, are the constraints, the criticisms that we have heard about, are those loosening, easing on the ground? you mean for loosening, easing on the ground? 7m, mean for morocco or libbra. loosening, easing on the ground? you mean for morocco or libbra. morocco. j mean for morocco or libbra. morocco. we are going — mean for morocco or libbra. morocco. we are going to _ mean for morocco or libbra. morocco. we are going to launch _ mean for morocco or libbra. morocco. we are going to launch an _ mean for morocco or libbra. morocco. we are going to launch an emergency| we are going to launch an emergency appeal, in the case of morocco we managed to launch our emergency appeal and 2a hours after the disaster in morocco we were able the launch, to allocate funds from the disaster response emergency fund to help the national society and in this case the red crescent to keep their operations ongoing. the national society there, they were taking their team to assess the needs on the ground, so when they

received the support it will be coordinated. we understand the concerns of the national society and the authorities in morocco and as we mentioned before the if, the international organisation of the red cross is on stand by. we are ready to support and we are already mobilised, the red cross and red crescent national societies from all over the world, now you can see red crescent is on the ground, the turkish red crescent, the red cross and red cross and red crescent from all over the world, we are coordinating the response and trying to see to the the massive needs on the ground and how to respond to them in a finally manner. we have seen these — them in a finally manner. we have seen these pictures, _ them in a finally manner. we have seen these pictures, we _ them in a finally manner. we have seen these pictures, we have - them in a finally manner. we have| seen these pictures, we have seen desperate, desperate stories in morocco, on a human level, what is that like for all your people on the

ground? it that like for all your people on the round? , ., ., ., that like for all your people on the round? , ., , that like for all your people on the round? , ., ., ground? it is too hard, people are traumatised. _ ground? it is too hard, people are traumatised. i— ground? it is too hard, people are traumatised. i have _ ground? it is too hard, people are traumatised. i have talked - ground? it is too hard, people are traumatised. i have talked with i traumatised. i have talked with volcano unfea rs fear traumatised. i have talked with volcano unfears fear —— volunteers on the ground. it is very far from the area, people are traumatised and now they have no shelter, they have even access to clean water it is difficult and challenging, the roads were blocked with landslides. so the humanitarian situation is very difficult. but despite that, we have witnessed how the red crescent and volunteers launched a campaign for donating blood and they are doing their best with the limited resources they have to be able to save lives and especially the survivors and provide them first aid. ~ ., ., ., , aid. we have to leave it there, but thank ou aid. we have to leave it there, but thank you for— aid. we have to leave it there, but thank you for taking _ aid. we have to leave it there, but thank you for taking time - aid. we have to leave it there, but thank you for taking time to i aid. we have to leave it there, but thank you for taking time to speakj thank you for taking time to speak to us here on bbc news. thank you.

a british pub chain will charge more during busy period, adding 20 pence to a pint. it says the pubs will introduce dynamic pricing during the weekends. the state pension, is set to rise by 8.5% next year, on the back of new earnings figures under the triple lock. the policy means, the increase in the state pension is the highest of average earnings, inflation or 2.5%. the triple lock is designed to ensure pensioners are able to afford rising prices. official figures show, that wage growth has caught up with rising prices, for the first time in over a year. regular pay, excluding bonuses, rose by 7.8% from may to july,

compared with a year earlier. but the unemployment rate rose, and the number of job vacancies fell. the office for national statistics says, interest rate rises are having an impact on slowing the jobs market. you're live with bbc news. thing the regulators for sewage discharge are being investigated. raw sewage was discharged into england's water ways more than 300,000 times last year, but only a fraction of the spills have been deemed a breach of permit. let's talk to fergal sharkey, the singer and environmental campaigner. thank you for being on the programme. you have campaigned hard on this issue. do

you share that assessment that possibility that the office for environment protection has pin pointed that perhaps the authorities have breached environmental law? in terms of the breach i absolutely support that conclusion. as to there being some kind of slapdash, haphazard interpretation as viewers will no doubt remember, this government was take on the the european court ofjustice in 2012. the government did try to argue that water companies should be allowed to dump sewage during heavy rain and the court clearly said no. so personally speaking, there is no misinterpretation about this. it transpires that 12 years later some water companies discharge permits still on the face of them allow them to discharge water during heavy rain and the argument is and it is why

the environment agency has now been held accountable, among others, 12 years ago the ea should have reviewed, investigated and amended all the discharge permits to bring them into compliance with the law. what we are dealing with is just complete complacency. the what we are dealing with is “ust complete complacency. the they find that to be the — complete complacency. the they find that to be the case _ complete complacency. the they find that to be the case at _ complete complacency. the they find that to be the case at the _ complete complacency. the they find that to be the case at the end - complete complacency. the they find that to be the case at the end of- that to be the case at the end of the investigation, is it possible to gauge the damage that has already been done? we gauge the damage that has already been done? ~ ., ., , ~ ., been done? we already know the answer to that _ been done? we already know the answer to that one. _ been done? we already know the answer to that one. there - been done? we already know the answer to that one. there is i been done? we already know the answer to that one. there is not. been done? we already know the | answer to that one. there is not a single river in the england currently in good overall environmental health. every single river's polluted and one of the biggest sources of that is the water industry. the truth is what we are actually dealing with and what we need to find out, they're well aware of the judgment, they knew what the law courts said, who in board rooms in 0fwat and the ea and who made the

judgments to allow us into the dreadful state we are in for at least 12 years has been allowed to blatantly pollute our rivers and beaches. ., ., , ., , , beaches. the authorities have pushed back, the government _ beaches. the authorities have pushed back, the government said _ beaches. the authorities have pushed back, the government said the i beaches. the authorities have pushed | back, the government said the volume of the discharge is is unacceptable and we are taking action. i know you're laughing. but they say, driving forward more investment and tougher enforcement the environmental agency have talked about their investigation and 0fwat says companies' performance is not good enough and we have pushed companies to take action to cut discharge and imposed record fines. in terms of that response, you were laughing, why? in terms of that response, you were laughing. why?— in terms of that response, you were laughing, why? there are two simple thins at laughing, why? there are two simple things at play- _ laughing, why? there are two simple things at play- the — laughing, why? there are two simple things at play. the court _ laughing, why? there are two simple

things at play. the court told - laughing, why? there are two simple things at play. the court told the i things at play. the court told the government 12 years 5 ago you're acting illegal. what has been exposed is the idea that the government ignored the finding and what 0fwat knows, once they were told water companies were acting illegally defra and 0fwat have their own legal obligations to bring the water companies into line to make them comply with the law. they have go t the power and authority to do it. they have failed to do that and instead they have come up with some kind of nonsense scheme that actually to my mind turns something that was illegal baseden that judgment was illegal into something they have authorised for the next 30 years, until 2050. they have proved the point it pays to pollute and they're upholding that principle and not the law in my opinion. thank

ou. female surgeons, working in nhs hospitals, are subjected to a culture of �*sexual harassment�* and assaults by male colleagues, according to a major new report shared exclusively with bbc news. the research, described by the royal college of surgeons as "truly shocking", identifies a pattern of female trainees' being abused by senior male surgeons. live now to dr liz 0'riordan, a retired surgeon. thank you for being here on the programme. i know you have written about this. the tell me about your experiences when you were first sexually harassed, where it happened and at what stage in your career. it and at what stage in your career. ht started when i was a junior doctor and in half myjobs i was sexually harassed. that was from in a theatre

where a consultant propositioned me. one man grabbed his erection against me at a party and said it is not cheating if i kiss you on a dance floor. in cheating if i kiss you on a dance floor. , ., ., , ., floor. in terms of how you reacted, describe your _ floor. in terms of how you reacted, describe your memories _ floor. in terms of how you reacted, describe your memories of - floor. in terms of how you reacted, describe your memories of what i floor. in terms of how you reacted, | describe your memories of what you did and thought and felt? the describe your memories of what you did and thought and felt?— did and thought and felt? the first feelin: was did and thought and felt? the first feeling was just _ did and thought and felt? the first feeling was just shock. _ did and thought and felt? the first feeling wasjust shock. my - feeling was just shock. my consultantjust feeling was just shock. my consultant just said that to feeling was just shock. my consultantjust said that to me, in a room full of people, while we were operating. it was the fact that one else in the room did anything. this was apparently 0k behaviour and i had to put up with it. when your brain kicks in and thinks this is not rights, you can't do anything right, because there is a patient awake on the table. after so many times i want to speak up, but as a trainee, your career depends on that man or woman letting you operate and

saying you have reached the competency and that fear of whistle blowing and calling them out and them stopping you operating, rumours spreading that you're a difficult person to work with. you spreading that you're a difficult person to work with.— spreading that you're a difficult person to work with. you felt it was career-ending _ person to work with. you felt it was career-ending if— person to work with. you felt it was career-ending if you _ person to work with. you felt it was career-ending if you spoke - person to work with. you felt it was career-ending if you spoke up. i person to work with. you felt it was career-ending if you spoke up. did | career—ending if you spoke up. did you complain at any stage over the years about these incidents happening? i years about these incidents happening?— years about these incidents haueninu? ., ., happening? i did. it was hard to know if this _ happening? i did. it was hard to know if this was _ happening? i did. it was hard to know if this was happening i happening? i did. it was hard to know if this was happening to i happening? i did. it was hard to. know if this was happening to me happening? i did. it was hard to i know if this was happening to me or anyone else, because there was so few people working in surgery. but i had enough and i had a meeting with hr and there was a meeting with them and the consultant who was harassing me and it was an excruciating experience and i backed down and said nothing happened, but a i had to carry on working with that man for three months. i think that is why so many women don't speak out, because their scared of what lap to their future. because their scared of what lap to theirfuture. —— happen to because their scared of what lap to their future. —— happen to their future. i their future. -- happen to their future. . , their future. -- happen to their future. .,, , their future. -- happen to their future. , _ future. i was struck by something

ou said future. i was struck by something you said to _ future. i was struck by something you said to our— future. i was struck by something you said to our producer, - future. i was struck by something you said to our producer, you i future. i was struck by something | you said to our producer, you said how when you described your experiences, described how you reacting, a lot of young women simply thought, now that wasn't good enough. so do you think attitudes are actually changing and this report of course shines a huge light in this whole area now? i report of course shines a huge light in this whole area now?— in this whole area now? i think it does. in this whole area now? i think it does- after _ in this whole area now? i think it does. after the _ in this whole area now? i think it does. after the back _ in this whole area now? i think it does. after the back of - in this whole area now? i think it does. after the back of the i in this whole area now? i think it does. after the back of the me l in this whole area now? i think it l does. after the back of the me too movement, people realised what reassumed was normal behaviour is not and it is harassment and we should be heard and people should be dealt w and i hope this report will make it a safer place for everyone. in the medical profession there is a high hierarchy of doctors, is that a problem. high hierarchy of doctors, is that a roblem. ,, , ., , high hierarchy of doctors, is that a roblem. ,, , .,, ., , , ., problem. surgery has always been a male-dominated _ problem. surgery has always been a male-dominated world _ problem. surgery has always been a male-dominated world and - problem. surgery has always been a male-dominated world and it i problem. surgery has always been a male-dominated world and it is i problem. surgery has always been a| male-dominated world and it is easy male—dominated world and it is easy to get away with that behaviour if

you know your colleagues are doing it. but i hope more women come into surgery and it becomes a safer space that we can weed out the rotten apples that are ruining the most amazing job. apples that are ruining the most amazingjob. d0 apples that are ruining the most amazing job-— apples that are ruining the most amazin: 'ob. ,, ~ .,, , amazing 'ob. do you think it has put --eole amazing job. do you think it has put --eole off amazing job. do you think it has put people off entering _ amazing job. do you think it has put people off entering the _ amazing job. do you think it has put people off entering the profession l people off entering the profession or do you know people that have left the profession as a result of these experiences? i the profession as a result of these exoeriences?_ experiences? i came close to aauittin experiences? i came close to quitting because _ experiences? i came close to quitting because of— experiences? i came close to quitting because of it, i experiences? i came close to quitting because of it, but i experiences? i came close to| quitting because of it, but my experiences? i came close to i quitting because of it, but my love of surgery kept me going. but some women have said i can't put up with this. i would love to say there is support now and we need to get it into the open. i feel guilty for not standing up and i tell women now, watch out for him, he has wandering hands, i'm sorry i didn't speak up. we are out of time. thank you so much. we have seen the weather story change over the last 2a hours. with

the frontal system sinking south, it has brought fresher air, but sunnier conditions in scotland and northern ireland. a beautiful afternoon here. here is the front centred across wales and northern england and across the north—east of england where we will see the heaviest rain for the rest of the afternoon. we could see some heavier bursts through yorkshire, down into lincolnshire and north norfolk with some thundery down pours in south—east england. 23 degrees the high here. behind that front a difference to the feel of the weather. fresher, despite the sunshine. as we go through the evening and overnight the that front will sink south. we don't expect much rain in the south—east. a band of cloud from east anglia to the south—west. that is where temperatures will hold up into

double figures, but colder, low single figures in sheltered rule dmrens of scotland. this high pressure, will bring another front. a cloudy start for the south—east a sunny start elsewhere. in the afternoon wet and windy weather approaches into northern ireland and the north—west of scotland. 1a to 16 the north—west of scotland. 1a to 16 the high here. but we may see temperatures peaking 21 degrees and a notable difference to the feel of the weather in the south—east. that low pressure drifts eastwards and notice a squeeze on the isobars s to the south of that low. gales are likely here on thursday. to the south we might see something more humid and despite some cloud, temperatures may well peak into the mid 20s. still fresher into the far

north. as we move out of thursday into friday, this area of rain could be just further north and could be further south. be just further north and could be furthersouth. but be just further north and could be further south. but it will be wet at times friday into the start of weekend, with sunny spells in the south.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a massivejump — in the number of dead in libya —

after a powerful storm sweeps the country.