aid to eastern libya hit by catastrophic floods. kim jong un says his visit to russia for talks with vladimir putin is of strategic importance. the republican controlled house of representatives is opening a formal impeachment inquiry into presidentjoe biden. the usjustice department has taken google to court and we'll hear from vanuatu's attorney general about why the pacific island nation is taking bigger nations to court over carbon emmissions. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. the big story coming out of libya — the united nations has called it a "calamity of epic proportions" —

devastating floods that have killed more than two thousand people with at least ten thousand missing. libya has been torn apart by civil war, and operates under two governments hampering the relief effort. in the port city of derna a pair of dams burst leading to a massive surge of water. our correspondent anna foster has the latest. a torrent of water that washed away everything in its path. the devastation is easy to see. the death toll is harder to quantify. the red crescent and red cross say as many as 10,000 people are missing. in the street, lines of body length and by the hour. mass graves are beginning to fill. many people struggle to find out if their families were still alive, like this lady. there is a shortage of medical

aid, there is a shortage of clothes and the situation is not the best, but at least they are still alive. i have one still missing with her son. we have no news about her, she lives in a different building and we still couldn't reach out to her or get any news about her. but in a country without a single functioning government, getting accurate information is hard. libya has effectively been stuck in a political quagmire now for at least eight, nine years and really even though there has been no major outbreak of violence since 2020, sporadic violence has taken place. but there has been no settlement really to that conflict. libya's two competing prime ministers are promising to help their people, but neither commands the capacity of this disaster needs. translation: we have a problem in retrieving. the bodies from the sea.

the libyan navy divers and frogmen are putting all their efforts into retrieving the bodies. this is more thanjust rising river levels of flooded streets. two dams have been breached sending a powerful cascade of water right through the city. homes and cars were picked up and carried away by its force. at this early stage, we still don't know exactly how many people have been killed. the lack of internationally recognised government sources makes it difficult to know which details to trust. what is crucial is trying to work out exactly what has happened on the ground and that is what bbc verify have been doing, particularly with landmark buildings like this mosque. some of the videos that have been posted on social media show the torrent of water. but we know where they are and we know they are real because of the mosque. again, in this picture, film from a slightly different angle, you can see the water and you can see that building right in the

centre of the shot. when we look at videos like this one, that really show some of the destruction, the aftermath of the water that poured through, we can see the rubble in the streets, we can see the buildings that have been damaged, but we know where it is and we know it is real because once again, we can see the mosque. now the authorities need to get help to the people who filmed those pictures. but the ongoing conflict makes access to libya difficult and dangerous. and any aid that arrives will be far slower than its desperate survivors need. anna foster, bbc news. we have been trying to get voices from the ground. doctor anas bargathy, traveled to derna when he heard about the flood. here he is addressing medical colleagues about the situation they face. we have seen different victims. they need help for the there's

no resource, we lack a lot of things here. after doctor bargathy sent us that clip, he was also able to send us this account of the situation in derna. it is splitting divided by the flood to two parts. when we arrive to hospital, i have seen a few number of doctors and we ask about our colleague. we remember we study medicine together. unfortunately, my close friends, they have been dying. the other students and other new doctors also die. what i'm surprised — i see the people. most of them, they didn't cry. they are in shock. it they didn't believe. and darna, there is no contact, no communication, no light. everything had been lost.

we have no experience before for rescue people after disaster like flood or others. we need international supply. doctor anas bargathy, with the latest from derna in libya. libya remains a big focus here on the bbc. switching to another story that is also a big focus. the north korean leader, kim jong—un has said his meeting in russia with president putin will be of �*strategic importance'. he travelled to the far east town of khasan where it's believed the two leaders will hold talks. but there's also speculation on another possible meeting point, vostochny space centre. mr putin is already in vladivostok — which is around 200km from the north korean border. this is kim's first trip abroad in four years, since he met putin in 2019.

according to the us, moscow wants to buy north korean ammunition for the war in ukraine. the new york times is reporting that mr. kim wants advanced satellite technology, nuclear—powered submarines and food aid. to understand from thejohns hopkins school of advanced international studies who told us what he thinks the two leaders might hope to get from the meeting. he was taking around two military expo where kim jong—il and himself served as his guide. i think that reflects that russia badly needs a north

korean ammunition, perhaps because it's running out of its own. 0f because it's running out of its own. of course north korea not only has plenty of ammunition but also large military industry able to plug into the russian war effort in ukraine. that is all very important for mr putin. what does it say about a country that has two rely on a country that has two rely on a country like north korea for this? it country like north korea for this? ., , , ., country like north korea for this? ., ,, ., ., ,, ., this? it does show that russia faces some — this? it does show that russia faces some serious, _ this? it does show that russia faces some serious, serious i faces some serious, serious problems. north korea was a soviet ally throughout the cold war but it was a quiet say, the soviet would always supply technology supplies to north korea. 0f technology supplies to north korea. of course it was just unthinkable that at this stage they would almost come across as equal partners of a kind. that of course is something that kimjong—il and must be

very happy about. for once he is not coming to russia as a supplicant, he's coming to russia as an equal partner of mr putin. a partner in crime i might add. mr putin. a partner in crime i might add-— mr putin. a partner in crime i might add. this closeness with north korea — might add. this closeness with north korea is _ might add. this closeness with north korea is going _ might add. this closeness with north korea is going to - might add. this closeness with north korea is going to come l might add. this closeness with | north korea is going to come at the south korea existence. is russia not concerned at all about that? it russia not concerned at all about that?— russia not concerned at all about that? it is fascinating. russian trade _ about that? it is fascinating. russian trade with _ about that? it is fascinating. russian trade with north - about that? it is fascinating. i russian trade with north korea is negligible. it'sjust in russian trade with north korea is negligible. it's just in the tens of millions of dollars. 0r tens of millions of dollars. or has been so far, maybe if they conclude the massive farms of agreement which would be in violation of sanction, which russia itself supported and brought about previous for the perhaps their mutual trade will increase. however russians main partner in the korean peninsula have for a long time been south korea with whom trade turnover reach something like $30 billion per year b for western sanctions. south korea still very important to russia. you have to wonder what is going

through putin said. perhaps he's thinking that south korea will swallow theirs. and go along with whatever happens in russia's relation with north korea. whether this is a viable calculation remains be seen. in a recent opinion piece that you wrote in the guardian you did mention that russia is starting to look more and more like north korea. why do you say that? ., , ., , that? that is... you can see this in the — that? that is... you can see this in the sense _ that? that is... you can see this in the sense that - that? that is... you can see| this in the sense that russia is becoming more authoritarian. people are jailed for in some cases for tens of years and decades for political activities, freedom of press is virtually nonexistent and rationale. basically russia is rolling back to in autocracy. it's not like north korea is becoming like russia but it's russia becoming more like north korea, it's moving in that direction. of course is still a

wide gap. it still remains a relatively open society in north korea. there's clearly a meeting of minds between mr putin and kim jung meeting of minds between mr putin and kimjung un in terms of how to run a country and how to maintain own power. still no confirmation on when or where that meeting is likely to take place. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the chief executive of the oil giant bp, bernard looney, has resigned with immediate effect. it follows allegations about his personal relationships with company colleagues. bp says mr looney has now said he was not �*fully transparent�* about those relationships when the company held an investigation. google is on trial this week, after the us justice department brought a claim against the company, stating they used their power to monopolise online search services. the trial is seen as a battle over the future of the internet, and whether governments can rein in the power of big tech. a federaljudge will decide the case, which is likely to last ten weeks.

the former tennis women's world number one — simona halep has been banned forfour years for two doping offences. she had been provisionally suspended since testing positive for a banned drug at last year's us 0pen. she was subsequently charged with other irregularities and both charges have been upheld. halep said she intends to appeal. the most senior republican in the us congress has ordered house committees to begin an impeachment inquiry into president biden. kevin mccarthy said his party had uncovered serious and credible corruption allegations. the white house has dismissed the inquiry as "extreme politics." here's what mr mccarthy had to say. that's why today i am directing our house committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into presidentjoe 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. 0ur north america correspondent sean dilley says the impeachment process is seen as highly partisan and likely to fail. this is political grandstanding by kevin mccarthy. it's political grandstanding because he knows that no president has ever been successfully removed from office by way of impeachment. but what he's doing is he's pointing to three republican led subcommittee inquiries by the oversight, the judiciary

and also the ways and means committees within the house, within congress. they've taken evidence from witnesses who claim to have seenjoe biden on telephone calls with his son, hunter biden questions in and around how involved joe biden was then as vice president. in and around how involved joe biden was then as vice president in that time under barack 0bama, he had a role as vice president in overseeing efforts to combat corruption that existed very much in ukraine at the time. and there have been allegations since then, particularly from republican party supporters, that he was very, very involved within this. now, each of these committees, they've looked at this, they've heard, according to kevin mccarthy, evidence suggesting that $20 million was piped through shell companies, both to the biden family and indeed their associates. now, these are things that would obviously have needed to be looked into. the white house have already responded. they've said this is, as they call it, "extreme politics" because each of these inquiries haven't found any evidence of wrongdoing.

now, that's actually true, and this is important. they haven't found anything conclusive at all. the republican party argument is that it's for the house generally, the inquiry to look at this, but very academic when you consider that the democratic party has a 51 to 49 majority in the senate, and that's important because that upper house would need to vote in favour of removal in the event that an inquiry did impeach him by two thirds majority. that is not going to happen. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the biggest uk pub chain will charge more during its peak hours, due to cost increases, including extra security. stonegate will add 20 pence to a pint during the busy periods. it says 800 of its 4,000 pubs will introduce "dynamic pricing" during evenings and 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. you're live with bbc news. volunteers are leading the effort to get aid to the survivors of the deadly moroccan earthquake. an international emergency appeal has been launched for victims, with the red cross and red crescent hoping to raise more than a hundred million dollars to meet immediate needs such

as water and shelter. more than 2,900 people are now known to have died. 0ur correspondent nick beake starts his report in the city of taro—dant. morocco's young are powering their country's desperate relief effort. volunteers delivering aid faster than officials. people are in danger. if we didn't work so quickly, a lot of people are going to die. the moroccan government has accepted help from four outside countries but rejected others. amina, a volunteer, says she respects the decision. our country know what she need, so if she needs help, she will ask for it and the way — the government will know more.

they need to get all of this out of the city as rapidly as possible... and up to the atlas mountains. to the far—away homes hardest hit by the earthquake. it feels like another planet here. help can't come soon enough this village. the village of a0 families was crushed by the earthquake. seven people were killed, including yaha ibrahim's two teenage sons. "people lose their loved ones and lots of countries," he tells us. "it has happened here, too. this is god's will." this community, like so many in the atlas mountains, has lived hand to mouth, day to day for centuries. but now the earthquake has taken away everything, their livestock, their ovens, their way of living and so this aid arriving here is absolutely vital in the short term and to their long—term survival. meena lived in america for 17 years but had been back here for the past four years,

looking after her parents. the future is very concerning. i mean, if you look at the houses, itsjust... their life is over, i don't think anybody wants to live under the mountains any more. they are still traumatised. they are not thinking long—term just yet. immediate relief has now come to this village. a place that was already out of sight and out of mind. and as attention fades away from morocco's catastrophe, they don't want to be forgotten. nick beake, bbc news, in the atlas mountains. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk... ajudge in pakistan has ruled that sara sharif�*s siblings, who travelled from the uk with herfather, should be sent to a government childcare facility in the country. the five children were found at the home of their grandfather in pakistan. 10—year—old sara was found dead at herfamily home in woking in surrey, last month, a day

after herfather, uncle and step—mother left the uk. the regulators of england's water companies are being investigated over whether they failed to enforce the law over sewage discharges. the office for environmental protection says, that 0fwat, the environment agency and the government may have misinterpreted the law — allowing sewage releases to take place too frequently. raw sewage was discharged into england's waterways more than 300,000 times last year — but only a small fraction the owner of poundland has agreed to take on the leases of dozens of wilko shops. pepco group, which owns poundland in the uk, is expected to convert up to 71 wilko stores to the poundland brand. the company said that wilko staff would have priority when applying for newjobs at the poundland shops. leaders of nine small island nations have brought a case to the un maritime court to protect the world's 0ceans and themselves from catastrophic climate climate change. vanuatu in the pacific is among the countries which wants carbon emissions

absorbed by the oceans to be considered as pollution. this would force big nations to cut emissions more sharply. to cut emissions more i spoke with vanuatu's attorney general arnold loughman. 0ur homes being affected. see row levels rising, we're losing land. cyclones are becoming more severe. we take it's more severe. we take its business as usual, small island states are going to be affected. it's really serious for us in the island.- for us in the island. you've also setting _ for us in the island. you've also setting your _ for us in the island. you'vel also setting your arguments that your good faith is exploited in your voice is ignored. why do you feel that? because negotiation have been going on for decades.

for many years, we've been having discussions, meetings after meetings. nothing concrete has come out of it and as far as protecting the interests of small island concerns. that is why we say we come to these negotiations in good faith. unfortunately, we're not seeing any concrete results as far as we're concerned. would a positive outcome from this case go a long way or do you worry the damage already done is hard to reverse? some of the damage that has already been done is irreversible. that is gone. but what we hope to achieve is... maybe we can look at it as a way that it is not business as usual but maybe we can do it in a much more environmentally friendly way rather than going onto usual

way and not having regard to protection of the environment, especially the marine environment and land environment. that is where we're coming from. developed countries have talked about cutting carbon emissions, they have announced net zero targets on world forums, do you not think that's been enough? making an announcement is something, acting, implementing is another thing. you walk the talk, that's what we want to see. the verdict on that cases still waiting. a masterpiece by vincent van gogh is at the centre of a remarkable story of theft and recovery. it was stolen in 2020 from a museum in the netherlands, but then — three and a half years later — handed back in a pillow and an ikea bag to a dutch art detective — because the

criminal underworld decided jon donnison takes up the story. it's amazing what you can pick up at ikea these days. for art detective arthur brand, it's a big moment. bundled up in the famous blue and yellow bag, a pillowcase and a bit of bubble wrap is the stolen treasure he's been hunting for for more than three and a half years. hopefully this is it, he says. and it is — vincent van gogh's 1884 masterpiece parsonage garden at nuenen in spring. vincent van gogh. "he's back," he says. "what a day." the work was stolen in 2020 during covid

lockdown when a thief used a sledgehammer to smash into the singer laren museum near amsterdam, making off with the painting under his arm. he was arrested a year later and eventuallyjailed, but the painting was never recovered — until now. arthur brand says the piece was perhaps too well known to be of any value to criminals wanting to try and sell it on. and after three and a half years of trying to track it down, he was contacted by a man who wanted to give it back. it took 1,300 days, but here it is, and i will hand it over in a few moments to the museum director and i think he will be happy. i'm sure he will. the painting, thought to be worth up to £5 million, is expected to be back on display next year. john donnison, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. for at least part of wednesday, we can expect a window of fine weather overhead.

if we take a look at the satellite picture. we can see the rain—bearing clouds that affected parts of england and wales during tuesday. behind me, there is another weather system that will be working into the north—west later on wednesday. but in between, a slice of clear skies, quite a cool, in fact, chilly start for some on wednesday morning, but some spells of sunshine. starting the day then across the highlands, very close to freezing with a touch of frost in places. compare that with 16—17 around some coasts of eastern and south—eastern england, where we start the day with a bit more clouds, still some humid air in place, but it will turn fresher and brighter here as the day wears on. a big slice of sunshine, but then by lunchtime we'll see rain splashing into northern ireland and then that will get into western scotland by the middle of the afternoon with a strengthening wind. temperatures north to south, 14—21 degrees. and then as we head through wednesday evening, we'll see very wet weather for northern ireland, western scotland. that rain overnight getting down into parts of northern

england, eventually parts of wales turning very windy in the north—west of scotland with gales for a time. it is going to be a mild start to thursday, certainly much milder in the highlands, but generally 11—14 degrees for thursday. this area of low pressure to the north—west of scotland bringing some very strong winds. this dangling weather front bringing a band of cloud and rain. that front�*s to start off sitting across parts of mid—wales and into the midlands. it may well be that the rain peps up again as we head into the afternoon. to the south of that, some sunshine and some warmth. returning to the north of our weatherfront, a mix of sunny spells and showers. and then for friday, it looks as if our weather front will start to move northwards again. so some heavy and persistent rain for parts of northern ireland and perhaps most likely southern and central parts of scotland. feeling pretty disappointing in glasgow and edinburgh underneath that rain. further south with some sunshine, temperatures up to 25 degrees. and then as we head into the weekend, well,it looks like low pressure

will try to push up from the south and that will bring showers or longer spells of rain in our direction. there could be some pretty intense downpours, maybe some thunderstorms and turning a little warmer and a little more humid.

apple's iphone 15 makes its debut. we'll find out how it

will perform here in asia. the us government takes on google. a landmark legal case gets under way challenging the company's world ? dominating search engine. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji. let's start off the show with the apple's new series of iphones. the new design comes in a titanium shell, a faster chip and improved video game playing abilities. it also ditched its lightning charging port and will return to the usb cable. one big surprise it that it did not raise prices. that decison reflects the global smartphone slump, especially felt here in southeast asia. the market — in terms of sales, saw a 15% drop in the april tojune quarter of this year compared to the same period last year. that said, insight firm canalys expects an uptick in the second half of this year.

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