the number of missing people is hitting 10,000 persons. you can see the devastation, you can see the destruction and you can see a very distinctive building. this l—shaped building here which is a school. it's a state of chaos i have to say. obviously rescue operations - are still under way while people are still trying to locate their family- members, not knowing whether they are alive or not. in libya, thousands are killed, caught in the flooding. we'll have the latest on the damage. also on the programme... new impeachment proceedings are starting in the united states. but this time, it's republicans, bringing them against president biden. north korea's leader kimjong—un has

arrived in russia to meet putin. they're expected to talk about an arms deal. what impact could that have on the war in ukraine? here in the uk, female surgeons say they are being sexually harassed, sometimes around the operating theatre. the royal college of surgeons say the findings are "truly shocking". and google on trial — as the us government accuses it of illegally using its power to create an online monopoly. we will start in libya. flooding has meant so far the latest estimate 10,000 people missing, that's according to the red cross, red crescent. let's have a look at some

of the pictures of the flooding and you can see the scale here of what has happened, the damage done after the water has receded. two dams have collapsed which has caused a lot of damage around derna. the latest numbers we have our 2800 are dead. let's take a look at this map. the cities are particularly badly affected, they are on the coast. let's take a look at the satellite images and show you the storm that has done this damage. you can see that weather system heading in. it did impact greece, lots of flooding in greece and you see it finally reaching libya and carrying out some of the damage that we have seen. the latest numbers so far, 2800 dead. lots of videos of the flooding on social media. anna foster has been working with the bbc verify team looking at what we know is real.

one of the really important and key ways that we can actually work out exactly what has happened in libya is using some of the videos, some of the photos that have been on social media, but checking them. and that's what the team at bbc verify have been doing today. now, i want to take you notjust to libya, but particularly to the east of the country. now, these are some of the cities that have been suffering from flooding, and in particular, this one, derna, is one that has been very badly affected. now, you can see here the river that runs all the way down to the sea and these two red blocks, mark dams. now, this was holding a huge volume of water back from the population that live here. and if you look at this video, first of all, now, this is one of the videos that we've been able to verify on social media. and the reason we know this is genuine is because it was posted on snap maps. you can see the water running through the streets and snap is one of the apps that we can really use to work out where a video is filmed because the location data

is automatically uploaded along with the video. similarly, here is another one and in this one you can see some of the water, but also the aftermath, the devastation, the buildings that have been damaged, some of the water that's been left behind and the vehicles that have been picked up and really thrown around by the flooding that has moved through this city. now, another really key part of what we're doing at bbc verify is using locations to prove what has been happening and to really authenticate some of the videos that we're seeing. so this is an absolutely landmark building in derna. this is the mosque. and if you see here in this video, you will recognize, again, that mosque. but this time you can see look at the water gushing through the streets down here. and again, there's another video from a slightly different direction. but again, you can see the water moving through the streets and crucially, the mosque that is there that shows us this area. now, we want to know what happened after the floods moved out. and we can see here really some of the devastation, the destruction.

we can see the rubble lying in the streets. we can see the buildings that have been damaged. but the way that we know that this is real and this is the location that we're talking about as the camera moves around, look, there's that mosque. again, geo locating this video and showing us the area that we're talking about. and then finally, we can do that again with another landmark building. now, this particular video was filmed from the other side of the river. but again, you can see the devastation, you can see the destruction, and you can see a very distinctive building, this l—shaped building here, which is a school. now, if we move on to a satellite image of this same building, look, it's really distinctive. and it shows you down here what things looked like before the floods actually pass through. this is from google maps earlier this year. you can see the building. but look look at the way the land has just been carved away underneath that school.

and it really gives you an idea of the power of that water and some of the destruction that has been wrought in that area. and finally, just one more video where we're talking about the dams. now, this video is the area around the breach dam. our colleagues at bbc monitoring who've been watching a lot of the libyan media are seeing reports about criticism of the upkeep of the dams themselves. you can see there a dam which has clearly been breached. and again, this is something that i think politically will become even more important in the days and weeks that follow. and bbc very bbc verify, looking constantly at these photos, these videos, using these specialised techniques to make sure that we're always showing you what is real, showing you videos, images, things from the ground that you can trust. so you know what the story is. anna foster is now in the studio with me let's pick up on that issue of trust. let's talk about the political situation in the country,

how that will impact what has happened here. in how that will impact what has happened here.— how that will impact what has happened here. in libya it makes thins happened here. in libya it makes things harder _ happened here. in libya it makes things harder because _ happened here. in libya it makes things harder because what - happened here. in libya it makes things harder because what you | happened here. in libya it makes- things harder because what you don't have at the moment is a single unified functioning government. ever since the fall of gaddafi back in 2011, libya has been in conflict. you have different factions in the east and west that vie for control. there are two separate governments, one in the west, one in the east. this has happened in the east of the country and when we talk about government numbers, government statements, the authorities, we would assume that was a number, a position that was entirely trustworthy. in the case of libya we need to be careful. the eastern authorities are not the internationally recognised government. therefore we take that information, we look at what we are getting from the ground, we talk to our contacts and we put all of that together to bring an accurate picture and perhaps a slightly

different way where we would put more stock and faith in official lines and official numbers from other countries.— some breaking news that we are getting in here. the head of bp has resigned. it follows an investigation into what has been described as a small number of historical relationships with colleagues prior to becoming oh. just to repeat that. the head of bp, bernard looney, has resigned after an investigation into what has been described as a small number of historical relationships with colleagues prior to becoming ceo. let's head to the us now and impeachment, this time it's the republicans have launched an inquiry into us presidentjoe biden. the

most senior republican in congress is kevin mccarthy and he says his party has uncovered serious and credible corruption allegations linked to mr biden's son, hunter biden. no evidence has been presented. biden. no evidence has been presented-— biden. no evidence has been presented. let's take a listen. toda i presented. let's take a listen. today i am — presented. let's take a listen. today i am directing _ presented. let's take a listen. today i am directing our- presented. let's take a listen. | today i am directing our house committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. this logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the american public. that's exactly what we want to know. the answers. i believe the president would want to answer these questions and allegations as well. now, i would encourage the president and his team to fully cooperate with this investigation in the interests of transparency. we're committed to getting the answers for the american public. nothing more, nothing less. we will go wherever the evidence takes us. live now to our north america correspondent

in washington, sean dilley. just talk us through a little bit about what was said there. we had the sense of— about what was said there. we had the sense of what _ about what was said there. we had the sense of what was _ about what was said there. we had the sense of what was being - about what was said there. we had the sense of what was being said. l about what was said there. we had | the sense of what was being said. it revolves around allegations that republican supporters often make around joe biden and the knowledge he did or didn't have about his son, hunter biden's business dealings overseas. the one they tend to focus on is his consultancy with a company in ukraine but at that point, joe biden was vice president under barack obama. he had a role in tackling quite significant corruption in ukraine in that period of time. the allegations are very much set up by kevin mccarthy but he has a few key reasons why this is an exercise in political futility. has a few key reasons why this is an exercise in politicalfutility. the first is no president has been successfully removed, three have been impeached, we have had andrew

johnson in 1868, bill clinton in 1998 and then donald trump twice impeached. the problem you've got is you need a majority of republicans in congress to support, that would have been 218 votes. kevin mccarthy said he would refer to a formal impeachment inquiry unless you achieve those 218 votes. it's a bit of a u—turn because now he has decided to make this referral and he is relying on three republican led now completed subcommittee inquiries from the oversight committee, judiciary and ways and means that found no evidence that anything wrong had happened. republicans argue this is about investigating the facts about even if the inquiry recommends impeachment, even if congress and the representatives vote to impeach, the upper chamber, the senate, democratic control, 51

to 49 republicans would have two votes to impeach by an majority of two thirds. the fact the previous inquiries hadn't found any evidence that anything had happened leads you to question what will be different this time round. the third problem he has is like his predecessor, the speaker of the democratic party, nancy pelosi, these are highly partisan people and in the same way that they say the department of justice has been weaponised to prosecute, they argue the former president donald trump, the biden administration are saying kevin mccarthy is being used as what they call a super surrogate to interfere with the election campaign. it mounts sound a bit tip for you. in the uk, a major analysis of nhs

staff has found that female surgeons say they are being sexually harassed, assaulted and in some cases raped by colleagues. researchers sent out questionnaires and compiled a report based on the findings, which is being published in the britishjournal of surgery. they had over 1,400 responses, half of which were women. and of those female respondents, 63% said had been the target of sexual harassment from colleagues. 30% said they had been sexually assaulted by a colleague. and the report found that at least 11 incidents of rape were reported. here's one retired surgeon's experience. it was the fact that no—one else in the room did anything. this was apparently ok behaviour and i had to put up with it. and when your brain kicks in, you think, this is not right, you can't do anything because there's a patient awake on the table. their life depends on that operation going smoothly. and afterwards, so many times i wanted to speak up, but as a trainee surgeon,

your career depends on that man or woman harassing you, letting you operate, giving you operating time, saying you've reached all the competencies and that fear of whistle—blowing and calling them out and them then stopping you operating, rumours spreading that you're a difficult person to work was fear enough to stop me doing anything. with more on this is our health correspondent sharon barnour who's in our newsroom. what's the reaction been? reaction from all the health bodies has been one of shock. the royal couege has been one of shock. the royal college of surgeons, who is a body that all the surgeons belong to, said it was incredibly shocking. the nhs said it made for very difficult reading. the british medical association was furious and talked about the hope that this may be a need to moment. they have also done research in the past and they knew

this issue existed and they welcomed the information that came out today from exeter and surrey universities. widespread anger and shock and a lot of people really asking, you know, why this hasn't changed? the issue has been raised over many years, why it hasn't been changed or challenged? the general medical council challenged ? the general medical council that challenged? the general medical council that regulates doctors and investigates doctors also asking questions but all of them saying that things will change. i guess the question is why things haven't changed and all of these bodies are actually responsible for these kinds of complaints and this kind of behaviour, so they all bear some responsibility. is behaviour, so they all bear some responsibility-— behaviour, so they all bear some responsibility. is there any sense now responsibility. is there any sense new levels _ responsibility. is there any sense new levels of _ responsibility. is there any sense now levels of confidence - responsibility. is there any sense now levels of confidence that - responsibility. is there any sense i now levels of confidence that things can change?— can change? this idea that this could be a _ can change? this idea that this could be a me _ can change? this idea that this could be a me too _ can change? this idea that this could be a me too moment- can change? this idea that this| could be a me too moment and can change? this idea that this i could be a me too moment and so can change? this idea that this - could be a me too moment and so many bodies have come out at once, the

biggest survey of its kind to get into the detail to find out how widespread sexual misconduct is in the surgery profession. hopefully nhs england also critical of this news and the department of health and social care critical. they can't all speak up and do nothing. there is certainly a hope one representative said they hope to see an end to the kind of behaviour that so many trainees, often they are trainees, have suffered in surgical theatres and around their by their often senior colleagues.— often senior colleagues. sharon, thank ou often senior colleagues. sharon, thank you very — often senior colleagues. sharon, thank you very much _ often senior colleagues. sharon, thank you very much for - often senior colleagues. sharon, thank you very much for that. i around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the budget retailer poundland has announced it will take on the leases of up to 71 wilko stores. it's expected to convert shops to the poundland brand,

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north korea's leader kim jong—un north korea's leader kimjong—un has arrived in russia. he has gone to meet vladimir putin. take a look at these pictures, this is kimjong—un crossing the border in that bullet—proof train. here he is arriving at the border town and he got a warm welcome. let's take a listen. there you go, the band playing but of course he did undertake some meetings. this is just right at the border but then he travelled onwards. let's take a look at the map, take a look at where this is happening. kimjong—un left pyongyang and headed up north towards russia and we just saw him in those pictures there in that border town. then we believe on to vladivostok which is where vladimir

putin already is, around 200 kilometres from the north korean border. where will they read? we don't quite know, possibly a space centre further north. these pictures are from a previous meeting. this is kim's first trip in four years, this was back in 2019. but this current trip, when it happens, the kremlin says it will strengthen the friendship between the two countries. the us is saying russia wants to buy north korean ammunition. let's pick through all that. joining me now isjean lee. she is the former pyongyang correspondent for the associated press and the presenter of the bbc podcast the lazarus heist. thank you for coming on the programme. we are expecting this meeting pretty soon at some point. what do you think will they be talking about?— what do you think will they be talkin: about? . . ., ., ., talking about? what we are going to hear officially _ talking about? what we are going to hear officially is _ talking about? what we are going to hear officially is that _ talking about? what we are going to hear officially is that they _ talking about? what we are going to hear officially is that they will i hear officially is that they will talk about their traditional friendship. and cooperation. i don't

think we will get details about any illicit deal that they will be making. perhaps we will hear about some food aid russia will be providing but what we are concerned about is what will really happen behind closed doors and whether that deal includes an exchange of information that could include technical know—how to help north korea advance its weapons programme. and possibly in exchange for ammunition and weaponry that russia sorely needs to prolong its campaign in ukraine. �* , sorely needs to prolong its campaign in ukraine. �*, , ., . ., in ukraine. let's focus on that for 'ust a in ukraine. let's focus on that for just a moment- — in ukraine. let's focus on that for just a moment. if _ in ukraine. let's focus on that for just a moment. if that _ in ukraine. let's focus on that for just a moment. if that does i in ukraine. let's focus on that for. just a moment. if that does happen, what kind of supplies, what kind of difference could that make to rush's war effort? ~ ., difference could that make to rush's war effort? ~ . u, , difference could that make to rush's war effort? ~ . , , war effort? what it indicates is that perhaps — war effort? what it indicates is that perhaps they _ war effort? what it indicates is that perhaps they are - war effort? what it indicates is l that perhaps they are struggling war effort? what it indicates is i that perhaps they are struggling to get the supplies that they need for a conflict that has perhaps dragged on longer than vladimir putin expected. and that they have fewer sources for those supplies that they

had anticipated. with north korea, this is a country that did in the past invest in conventional weaponry with soviet support, so it's possible that they have the munitions that would fit this battleground fight. and they are also perhaps willing to violate un security council resolutions that prohibit that type of weapon steel. do know north korea has in the past taken part in illegal weapons trade with other countries, so there is a history to that. in exchange for the right weapons or information to help its interests, it's possible kim jong—un is willing to make that kind of exchange in violation of un security council resolutions. let’s security council resolutions. let's talk about the _ security council resolutions. let's talk about the train _ security council resolutions. let's talk about the train kim _ security council resolutions. let's talk about the train kim jong—un is travelling on. it has taken a lot of

people's interest. it is making this journey up. am i right in saying you have actually been on it? i journey up. am i right in saying you have actually been on it?— journey up. am i right in saying you have actually been on it? i have not been on that _ have actually been on it? i have not been on that train. _ have actually been on it? i have not been on that train. i _ have actually been on it? i have not been on that train. i have _ have actually been on it? i have not been on that train. i have been i have actually been on it? i have not been on that train. i have been on | have actually been on it? i have notj been on that train. i have been on a special train in his fleet but not that train so i don't want to mislead you there. we that train so i don't want to mislead you there.- that train so i don't want to mislead you there. that train so i don't want to mislead ou there. ~ . , ., mislead you there. we are seeing a icture of mislead you there. we are seeing a picture of you _ mislead you there. we are seeing a picture of you now _ mislead you there. we are seeing a picture of you now sitting _ mislead you there. we are seeing a picture of you now sitting on - mislead you there. we are seeing a picture of you now sitting on a i picture of you now sitting on a train. talk to us about this train. it was a special vip train that took me to one of the rocket launch pads and very luxurious in comparison to your average north korean train, with service, i'm not sure which pictures you are looking at but certainly we were very well treated and it was a well protected bowl. it does take you through the starkly devastated countryside in north korea. at night there was not a single light in that entire countryside after the sunset. but i will say i have seen the trains that

the leader's father and grandfather used. they are on display in the mausoleums where the leader's father and grandfather lie in state. they are outfitted to the hilt so you can imagine this is like kimjong—un taking a mobile house with him as he goes on his travels. very comfortable, very secure, very private. anyone who sees those trains in north korea, it harkens back and reminds them of the father and grandfather who made similar trips through this region. i am looking at a magazine i have full north korea of his father making a trip through the very same region on a very similar train.— a very similar train. fascinating. those little _ a very similar train. fascinating. those little details _ a very similar train. fascinating. those little details of _ a very similar train. fascinating. those little details of these i a very similar train. fascinating. those little details of these kind of things that do hold people's interest but of course the big issue

is what this all mean strategically, geopolitically for the relations between north korea and russia. this clearly, this meeting will strengthen those ties, that was the kremlin line there. we have mentioned ukraine but outside ukraine, what difference does it make to the world if there is a strong relationship between vladimir putin and russia and north korea? the potential of this kind of arrangement, helping russia in the war in ukraine certainly draws a broader attention to this relationship. but we are also looking at it as this is kim jong—un first foray outside of the country after four years of self—imposed isolation. i really want that country to open up because the people are in need of food and medicine but it's worrying the first thing he does when he goes abroad is to make and underline the point that

he wants to strengthen relationships with russia and in particular strength and military cooperation. because what kim jong—un has been doing over these past four years is to beef up his weapons programme ballistic missiles, nuclear weapons, again in violation of the un security resolution. the meeting in the space centre in the far east has significance for north koreans. kim jong—un can go there and say this is where my grandfather got his start as a young soldier but also it means they might use space as a pretext for working together but that technology also helps ballistic missiles. , ., technology also helps ballistic missiles. , . . ~ technology also helps ballistic missiles. , ., . ~' , ., , missiles. jean lee, thank you very much. missiles. jean lee, thank you very much- this — missiles. jean lee, thank you very much- this is _ missiles. jean lee, thank you very much. this is bbc _ missiles. jean lee, thank you very much. this is bbc news. - hello there. tuesday certainly brought

with it a day of contrast. we had heavy rain across northern england, but after a chilly start, some lovely sunshine. further north in aberdeen, it was a beautiful afternoon. if we take a look at the satellite picture, you can see where the sunny spells were through scotland and northern ireland with a few isolated showers. but the heaviest of the rain certainly across parts of east yorkshire, lincolnshire, north norfolk and a few sharp showers ahead of it. now, this weather front will gradually drift its way south and east and clear that humidity from the south east corner. high pressure will build, keeping things largely fine and quiet. so a murky start in the southeast. chilly start once again in scotland, but a lot of dry, sunny weather around to begin with and then eventually clouding over from northern ireland and into western scotland. some of that rain turning quite heavy. so temperatures here 1a to 16 degrees notice to fresher as we've lost that humidity in the southeast as well, 21 the high. so through wednesday evening some of that rain will turn quite heavy as it pushes its way steadily east. and there will be some gale force gusts of winds at times just

closest to the low pressure. as we move through thursday, that weather front will continue to slip its way steadily south and east and will weaken considerably. and down to the southeast corner, once again, we're going to tap into a little bit more heat and humidity. so temperatures will climb again. we could see 2a degrees at 75 fahrenheit. but further north and west, we keep that fresher feel, 1a to 17 celsius. now, as we move into thursday, we're going to see that weather front lingering and pushing up from the southwest. the position of the front still potentially subject to a little bit of change, but it's certainly the dividing line between this warmer, more humid air pushing in from england and wales again and the fresher air through scotland and northern ireland. so you'll notice the difference with the temperatures as we go through friday. so friday we'll see some rain and some of that pretty slow moving. so there could be some issues with rainfall totals totting up. to the north of that, cooler and fresher. to the south, we could see temperatures as high as 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit.

that frontal system will still cause some issues as we move into the weekend. so it looks likely that the weekend is going to stay showery with heavier rain at times further north.

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american tech giant insists it did not violate anti—trust laws. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mimi. we start with some tennis, and two—time grand slam winner simona halep has been banned for 4 years for anti—doping violations. an independent tribunal determined the 31 —year—old romanian had committed "intentional" violations. she tested positive for roxa-dustat - which can be used to treat anaemia, but has been deemed performance enhancing for many years — at last year's us open. she was also found guilty of using an unspecified prohibited substance or method in 2022. halep had been provisionally suspended since last october,

which means she will be able to play again in october 2026, by