plus, republicans in the us congress move closer to opening a formal impeachment inquiry into the president. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. the united nations is calling deadly floods in libya a "calamity of epic proportions". more than 2,000 people have died. at least 10,000 are still missing, according to aid agencies. 0ur 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. in the street, lines of bodies lengthen by the hour. mass graves are beginning to fill. many people struggle to find out if their families were still alive, like noura. 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 aunt who's 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's been no settlement really to that conflict. libya's two competing prime ministers are promising to help their people, but neither commands the capacity 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 or flooded streets. in derna, 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's 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, filmed 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's 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. with recovery efforts under way in libya,

just a couple of thousand kilometres away, the nation of morocco is recovering from a natural disaster of its own, after a powerful earthquake caused widespread devastation. moroccan state television reports that 2,900 people have died from the quake. another 5,500 were injured. the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the high atlas mountains late on friday. the majorfocus is now aid. and the moroccan government is facing some criticism for their response to the quake. they accepted help from spain, britain, the united arab emirates and qatar. it has not, however, taken up offers from italy, belgium, france and germany. germany said it did not think the decision was political, while italy said morocco had chosen to receive aid only from countries with which it had close relations. 0ur correspondent nick beake reports on the continued recovery efforts in the atlas mountains. 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

"people lose their loved ones in 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. right now, north korea's kim jong—un is in russia for a meeting with president vladimir putin. state media report that mr kim is calling his visit across the border a clear show of the "strategic importance" of the two countries' relations. mr kim arrived by armoured train to the border town of khasan, greeted by senior russian officials. he then got back on the train and continued en route to an undisclosed location, where he is set to meet russian president vladimir putin. the pair are expected to negotiate a weapons sale to aid russia in its war in ukraine. the us has warned against any such deal. i spoke with the bbc�*s jean mackenzie in the last hour for more on what the meeting could mean for north korea, russia, and the west as well. do we know when these two

leaders are going to meet or even where they will meet? at the moment, it is all still a bit of a mystery. as you said, kim jong—un crossed into russia on tuesday morning on his armoured train. we were expecting him to head to vladivostok where the russian president vladimir putin was holding an economic forum, but the train continued past the turning, heading north. south korean media this morning reporting that they are going to meet at a space centre. putin said to reporters yesterday that he had plans to visit this space centre. but it is 1,000 kilometres away from vladivostok, about 600 miles. and mr kim's train is famously slow because of the heavy weight of the armour it's wrapped in. so how long it will take him, we don't know. so when the leaders will meet, if indeed that is the meeting location, we still don't know. whenever the meeting does take place, afterwards

are we expecting to hear anything about it, whether any deal has been done, any agreement made? the united states certainly believes the reason these two leaders are meeting is to finalise an arms deal that has been in the works for some time. that north korea is preparing to sell russia the weapons it needs for the war in ukraine, ammunition and artillery shells. if this is the case and the deal is agreed, it's very unlikely we will hear anything about it. to sell anything to north korea, especially weapons, is a huge violation of un security council sanctions and russia would be unlikely to want to breach these brazenly. but in return for selling vladimir putin weapons, mr kim is expected to ask mr putin to hand over sensitive pieces of technology to allow him to make progress with his own nuclear weapons programme. whilst this seems like a stretch to people in seoul, there is certainly an advantage to having the rest of the world believe that a transfer

of technology is taking place and that russia and north korea are prepared to support each other going forward. so we may might see some hints, which is why the space centre is an interesting location if they do meet there, because over the past six months, mr kim has tried to put a spy satellite into space, but his two attempts have failed. this might be an attempt by mr putin to signal he is willing to help kim jong—un with his space programme. what has been the reaction to this meeting where you are, in south korea? officials in seoul are of course concerned about a potential arms deal. but even more so about north korea and russia co—operating militarily. but there is scepticism here, as i said, about whether mr putin would really be prepared to hand over this critical technology to mr kim. theyjust do not think it makes sense for russia to help north korea become more dangerous. but they don't want to speculate.

everyone here watching very closely and waiting to see what emerges in the next couple of days. here in washington, the us house speaker has ordered an impeachment inquiry into president biden. kevin mccarthy claims there are "serious and credible" allegations of corruption. the white house says the probe is "extreme politics at its worst". mr mccarthy said he would task three committees with carrying out the inquiry into the president and his family. he has been investigating the president for months and has still found no concrete evidence of misconduct. at the centre of this inquiry is president biden�*s son, hunter biden, who is currently under federal investigation for possible tax crimes related to foreign business interests. this inquiry will give congressional investigators greater legal authority to investigate the president, who's accused of having knowledge of his son's potential crimes. speaker kevin mccarthy said

these allegations facing the biden family paint "a picture of corruption". the american people deserve to know that the public offices are not for sale. and that the federal government is not being used to cover up the actions of a politically associated family. i would encourage the president and his team to fully co—operate with this investigation in the interests of transparency. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue sent this update from the us capitol. no president likes to face an impeachment inquiry, only three have done so in the history of this republic over the last 250 yea rs. the bar is very high, it requires a majority of the house to vote for it and then in a trial, two thirds of the senate in order to remove a president. the democrats control the senate so that simply isn't going to happen. but it could soak up a lot of effort

and time in the white house at a point when they are trying to focusjoe biden�*s message on the economy as we approach an election year. it will also rile the president, he hates questions about his family and republicans know it. it could also distract from those 91 criminal charges donald trump is facing. there are also potential political risks for kevin mccarthy, the republican house speaker. he hasn't yet dared take a vote on the floor of the house and that will hamper his committees in their attempts to get documents and testimonies as they dig into hunter biden affairs and connections with his father while he was vice president. if kevin mccarty does dare a vote on the house floor and loses it, it would be a huge own goal. another thing to bear in mind, the last time republicans tried to impeach a democratic president, bill clinton, 25

years ago, and as a result his approval ratings went through the ceiling. the biden administration and some democrats have come out against the investigation, saying the house should focus on legislative work instead. in a social media statement, white house spokesman ian sams said: earlier, i spoke with senator chris coons, a close ally of president biden, about his response to the inquiry. frankly, i wish the house gop would focus on the business in frankly this is a fishing expedition. there isn't enough evidence to launch a formal inquiry, which is why there will not be a vote on the house floor. this is just putting a wrapper around the existing inquiries house republicans have

been engaging in now, without clear outcomes or evidence for several years. you touched on it there, but what will this mean for relationships on the hill between the democratic and republican members? they have to agree the funding bill to keep the lights on in the government. i am a member of the appropriations committee in the senate, and there's sharp contrast between the senate and the house, in the senate we passed all of our appropriation bills with broad bipartisan support. in the house they have accomplished that the accomplished that for none of their bills. this week, the senate are taking up three of our most important bills and we will pass them out of the senate. the house will not do that for any of their bills. frankly we should be building a bipartisan consensus, passing the essential spending bills to keep our government open, rather than going on partisan fishing expeditions. do you think the move by speaker mccarthy will damage those relationships? yes, i think it will be harmful, not constructive. but frankly, i recognise he has a very slim majority, and in the event after event, speaker mccarthy shows he is being held hostage

by the most extreme elements of his republican majority. are you expecting a shutdown, then? i think the odds of a government shutdown are going up with each passing day. there isn't a clear path forward or a clear plan for how to resolve this. both democrats and republicans in the senate have a path forward and have a plan, but the house does not. when the speaker pulls a stunt like this, into a fishing expedition for partisan purposes, it increases the likelihood that we again embarrass the people of the us, that we fail to do our work on time, and that we weaken nation by showing that partisanship prevails over productivity, and bipartisanship. it's my hope we will avoid that and find a path forward and we will not shut down the us government on september 30, but given the announcement today, i am more concerned than ever.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. police warn an escaped pennsylvania convict may be "desperate enough" to use a stolen rifle. 34—year—old murderer danelo cavalcante may have been injured after a homeowner shot at him while he got away with the rifle, according to police. he escaped from a prision after "crab walking" between two walls, scaling a fence and crossing razaor wire. razor wire. a us grand jury has indicted five former memphis police officers on civil rights charges in tyre nichols's death. the 29—year—old black man died three days after being beaten in a traffic stop injanuary. his death prompted nationwide protests. the five officers, also black, have pleaded not guilty to separate state charges. 206 people aboard a luxury cruise ship are stuck in remote eastern greeland. it's where the danish military says the ocean explorer

vessel ran aground. the danish military�*s joint arctic command says its nearest vessel is about 1,200 nautical miles away and won't be able to arrive to help the ship until friday. you're live with bbc news. apple has announced its new iphone 15. the smartphone ditches the lightning charging port for usb—c, a more common way to charge most other phones and devices. the change follows a new eu law mandating that all smartphones sold there must include the usb—c ports by 202a. here in washington, a landmark antitrust trial has gun that here in washington, a landmark antitrust a landmark antitrust trial has been told it could test the fate of big tech and the future of the internet. google stands accused of monopolising the internet search engine industry.

during opening statements, the usjustice department argued that google has weaponised exclusive, multi—billion—dollar deals with companies like apple and samsung to stifle the competition. google's defense has said that it is popular not because of anti—competitive practices but because it offers a superior product. the last time the government prosecuted a major monopoly case was in 1998 against microsoft — and microsoft lost. will google's internet empire be dismantled? my colleague helena humphrey spoke earlier to tim wu, a columbia law professor and former advisor to president biden on technology and competition policy, about the case. thank you forjoining us. this is undoubtedly a big case, but how significant do you see it as being? i how significant do you see it as being?— as being? i think it's a very bi as being? i think it's a very his case- — as being? i think it's a very his case- it _ as being? i think it's a very big case. it is _ as being? i think it's a very big case. it is one - as being? i think it's a very big case. it is one of- as being? i think it's a very big case. it is one of a - as being? i think it's a very big case. it is one of a sort| big case. it is one of a sort of trilogy of big cases that are coming. another one against facebook, another one against google, and one against amazon. clearly a centrepiece of the biden administration's campaign against big tech.—

against big tech. let's have a look at the — against big tech. let's have a look at the case, _ against big tech. let's have a look at the case, it _ against big tech. let's have a look at the case, it accuses l look at the case, it accuses google of being a classic monopoly, saying it has used wrongful means to ward off the competition. how has it allegedly gone about that? the core of the _ allegedly gone about that? the core of the case _ allegedly gone about that? tia: core of the case is the allegedly gone about that? ti2 core of the case is the idea that google used its money to protect its monopoly in search. the idea is it did that by paying apple and mozilla and a lot of other companies to ensure google remains the default product. that is the core of the case, an anti—competitive set of deals. help us understand, because i think many consumers might look at this, and certainly the argument from google would be that the service google provides is free, it is useful for so many of us, that they haven't been charged, let alone been charged over the odds,

when it comes to anti—trust. so how does this harm them? when it comes to anti-trust. so how does this harm them? nobody doubts that — how does this harm them? nobody doubts that google _ how does this harm them? nobody doubts that google makes - how does this harm them? nobody doubts that google makes a - how does this harm them? nobody doubts that google makes a good i doubts that google makes a good product. people love google, it has been successful. i don't think that the allegations. the complaint is centred on the maintenance of monopoly. it's illegal in the us to hold onto your monopoly using anti—competitive means, including contract that might be anti—competitive. so to ask whether consumers like google is the wrong question. they also like microsoft back in the day, they like to standard oil well enough, even further back. the question was whether they are deliberately preventing competition. —— they liked standard oil. when you saw a google competitor show up and started to offer a different product, may be one more respective privacy for example, and you know, that didn't

happen. we have one monopoly, and even if it's a popular one, it's still a monopoly, and the point of the anti—trust law is to combat monopolies. i point of the anti-trust law is to combat monopolies. i want to take a look— to combat monopolies. i want to take a look at _ to combat monopolies. i want to take a look at the _ to combat monopolies. i want to take a look at the anti-trust - take a look at the anti—trust complaints filed against the company in 1998. does this give us any indication into how this case could go? it’s us any indication into how this case could go?— case could go? it's a very similar— case could go? it's a very similar complaint. - case could go? it's a very i similar complaint. modelled after the microsoft case. the basic argument there was that microsoft used its power and money to make sure a small company known as netscape, with its navigator product, wouldn't get anywhere. in fact they were successful. navigator, which had a strong market share, dropped off and microsoft replaced it. the main difference between these two cases is, with microsoft, the federal government effectively had a dead body to point out.

in google's case, one of the challenges for the government is a sense that google just restrain competition, no one was really able to get a start against google's search products. the core legal theory is similar, it's the theory of monopoly maintenance. if you take a look— monopoly maintenance. if you take a look at _ monopoly maintenance. if you take a look at this _ take a look at this internationally, google has to comply with regulations in the european union for example, so isn't this more an issue with the us government as opposed to google itself, in terms of not having the legislation there? well, the europeans, the european commission has been aggressive and mainly have targeted google's shopping services and others. the us federal government is going right at the core of the google monopoly. i think in some ways the american case is more aggressive. europeans bring more cases. americans tend to

being bigger, stronger cases and have more of a tasteful break—ups. and aggressive remedies. —— more of a taste for break—ups. remedies. -- more of a taste for break-ups.— remedies. -- more of a taste for break-ups. and ultimately what do you — for break-ups. and ultimately what do you think _ for break-ups. and ultimately what do you think a _ for break-ups. and ultimately what do you think a remedy . what do you think a remedy would look like? it’s what do you think a remedy would look like?— what do you think a remedy would look like? it's a great question- — would look like? it's a great question- i _ would look like? it's a great question. ithink— would look like? it's a great question. i think they - would look like? it's a great question. i think they could | question. i think they could ask google to sell its chrome browser. as you may know, google controls the browser market at this point, the way microsoft did, which makes it harderfor microsoft did, which makes it harder for other companies to get a start. i also think one of the most important things about this case is, even though it's centred on search, in another way it's about artificial intelligence. everyone knows the rules set by this case will directly affect the contest for al becoming a commercial product. so if i were thejudge or the commercial product. so if i were the judge or thejustice department, i would were the judge or thejustice department, iwould be were the judge or thejustice department, i would be thinking about remedies to make sure google fights fair when it

comes to artificial intelligence. comes to artificial intelliaence. ., ,, , ., comes to artificial intelliaence. ., intelligence. thank you so much. and finally, three and a half years after a masterpiece by vincent van gogh was stolen, it's been recovered. dutch art detective arthur brand said he was given the 139—year—old painting at his home in a pillow and an ikea bag by a tipster. it had been stolen from a dutch museum during covid lockdown. in 2021, a career criminal was jailed for eight years over the incident, with the painting still missing. but it's not clear how the person who handed it over got it. thanks for watching. i'm caitriona perry in washington. go to bbc.com/news to learn more about these stories. stay with us here on 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 cloud, 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. 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 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. 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.

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