more jong—un in russia. than 5000 people are dead in libya more than 5000 people are dead in libya after two dams collapsed in the city of derna, causing devastating floods. ukraine says a missile attack has been carried out on the black sea fleet. new figures show the uk economy shrank by 0.5% injuly. a sharper drop than expected. hello. we'll bring you more on the flooding in libya shortly, but first, the north korean leader kim jong—un and the russian president vladimir putin have finished talks at the vostochny space centre in the far east of russia. a video of mr putin welcoming mr kim was published on the kremlin�*s official telegram channel.

it's the first trip abroad the north korean leader has made in four years. further video was shared, showing the pair touring the vostochny space centre. the us believes mr kim is preparing to sell russia the ammunition and artillery it needs for its war in ukraine. in return, he's expected to ask mr putin to share advanced weapons technology. president putin promised kim jong—un that russia will help to develop north korea's space programme. pyongyang has twice this year tried and failed to launch what it said was a military spy satellite. earlier we heard from our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie, who's been following the story. we've heard in the last couple of minutes that the talks have ended. so they had been going on for two hours. vladimir putin and kimjong—un have been meeting at this space center in the far east of russia, and they've been talking for two hours. they will now begin a lunch together and then we may get some more details of what has been discussed,

but we may actually never find out what has been agreed. we've been told by the kremlin�*s press secretary that much of what is discussed will be sensitive and should not be made public. now, we know that both parties in these talks want something out of it. let's start with what russia wants to get out of this. well, if you listen to the united states, the united states believes that the two leaders are meeting to finalise an arms deal that has been in the works now for some time, so north korea is preparing to sell russia some of the weapons it needs to continue fighting its war in ukraine. so the ammunition and the artillery shells that north korea has so much of. the big question is what will north korea get in return for all this? and if you listen to the opening remarks that were made by these leaders at the beginning, before they went into the talks, mr putin said that they would be discussing economic cooperation and humanitarian issues. now, north korea is in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. for the last four years, it has become increasingly isolated. we've seen three—and—a—half

years of border closures because of the pandemic, but also these strict sanctions that north korea is subjected to are starting to bite. so there is a chance, therefore, that what north korea might get in return is food aid for its people. but another idea that has been mooted is perhaps the two leaders might make an arrangement for north korean workers to be sent to russia, perhaps to work in the far east region that vladimir putin wants to develop, or perhaps even to be dispatched to the occupied parts of ukraine that vladimir putin wants to rebuild. now, north korean workers abroad are a way that... a big revenue stream for the north korean government. they are a big way that it earns money, but they are also forbidden from working abroad under these un sanctions. sanctions, which let's not forget, the russian government initially helped to impose on north korea. and how do you think countries like china might react to this? country that has good ties with both of the countries having the talks — russia and north korea? i think china will be watching this

new blossoming relationship quite uncomfortably, certainly from the north korean perspective. north korea over the last few years, because of this increasing isolation, has become more and more dependent on china. china has been keeping it afloat, essentially, we think, by providing it with food aid and by turning a blind eye to those breaching sanctions. but if north korea feels that it can get not only economic assistance from russia, but also military assistance, then the the sway that china is able to have over north korea... north korea might be less inclined to listen to china. russia editor steve rosenberg says official announcements are not expected. not so much coming out from the meeting. there were some public remarks made at the start of the talks. vladimir putin said they had been talking about economic cooperation, humanitarian issues, butjust before that he had given his guest a guided tour

of russia's most modern spaceport showing launch pads and russian rockets, so it would be logical to assume that the question of space will also be on the agenda of these talks. we know that is something that interests kim jong—un very much indeed. he has tried twice and failed twice to launch a military spy satellite in north korea. also at these talks, spotted there, the russian defence minister sergei shoigu, who was in pyongyang a couple of months ago looking at north korean weaponry. so again it would be logical to assume the question of military cooperation or military issues will be discussed too. that brings us back to america's suspicion that russia and north korea have been edging closer to some kind of arms deal, according to which russia would receive munitions from north korea, possibly ammunition, artillery shells,

to help russia's war in ukraine, in return for something, we don't know what north korea will get in return. possibly advanced weapons technology, possibly humanitarian aid, cash, we don't know. and probably we will not find that out. there will be no big press conference after these talks. according to vladimir putin's spokesman there won't be any documents signed. there's not a lot the west can do, really, except express concern. north korea is under un sanctions, which actually russia had signed up to but clearly moscow and pyongyang are determined to build a closer relationship. location is important here. the fact that this is all happening at russia's most modern space centre, the vostochny cosmodrome, i think putin is sending a message here to washington and america's allies. "with me, i have my guest kim jong—un, who would quite like to get his hands on advanced weapons technology to help his space programme, possibly his missile programme.

just the kind of advanced technology that russia happens to have, hint, hint." in other words, a message to the west that russia, if it wants to, can hand this kind of technology over. 0fficials officials in libya say more than 5000 people are known to have died in the devastating flooding. thousands more are missing. the united nations says it is a calamity of epic proportions. rescue efforts continue but they have been hampered because the country is split between rival governments. nothing could resist the waters. as the river derna swelled, then broke its banks, entire districts of the city were washed into the sea. those caught in its path

didn't stand a chance. translation: people were asleep and no-one was ready. _ my whole family live next door to each other. we were all neighbours. we lost 30 people so far, 30 members of the same family. we haven't found anyone. from above, you can see the devastation done to this city. more than 100,000 people lived here as the waters rushed through. as storm daniel swept across north africa, it dropped a huge amount of water onto the hills, swelling the river derna, and then causing two dams to burst. "there used to be a dam," this man says. "now it's just soil." it seems it was that failure that has caused such carnage. this is a disaster, both natural and manmade. libya has never really recovered from the civil war that overthrew colonel gaddafi. rival governments claim to rule this country — neither really does.

translation: after this| incident, we will look back at ourselves and the reasons for the devastating flood in a calm and intelligent way. we have allocated just over 2.5 billion dinars to start the reconstruction of this area. that figure isjust over £400 million. all the while, the death toll mounts. mass graves fill up. hospitals turn into morgues. translation: we've already had 1,700 dead just in this section _ of the hospital. we counted them as they were lying in the hallways. we buried anyone identified by their family or friends. things are very bad. the hospital is dilapidated. some aid is already on its way. but, with relief operations already stretched by the earthquake in nearby morocco, help will not come as fast as the needs here will grow. of course, saving lives in this moment is critical, but then the next steps are also

pretty concerning because, again, we're talking about thousands of people who lost everything. so what about their health, their food, their water, their livelihoods? and then it's not something that will be solved in a couple of hours or days. this emergency response will last for months, if not for years. so there is a huge need of solidarity and support for the people affected. the true scale of this disaster, the number of lives lost, is only slowly emerging. we know it is vast and will only get worse. joe inwood, bbc news. live now to bbc arabic�*s special correspondent, feras kilani. in the last hour or so, officials in libya have revised the death toll upwards now, more than 5300. but there are fears it is just going to get higher as the day goes on. we

get higher as the day goes on. - mentioned that number in the last bulletin and i think it is 5300 confirmed by the interior ministry now, but it can be higher by far in the next few hours. what we are talking about is the dead which has been recovered. they are burying all of the bodies, notjust the identified ones. we have some figures that they identified some 2100 of these dead bodies, but they have buried 1500 as well. the decision was taken to bury any dead bodies, even if theirfamilies don't recognise them. so the situation now is really, really at that age, that they have to deal with the situation as it is. they cannot leave the streets or on the shores of the mediterranean, which they believe there are thousands, because as you

know the river swept everything away to the mediterranean. even the number of 10,000 missing is still to the mediterranean. even the number of10,000 missing is stillan estimation number. it might be bigger, we don't know. but no one can know exactly the number of people who were in these buildings that were swept into the mediterranean during the storm. find mediterranean during the storm. and ou know mediterranean during the storm. and you know libya well. tell us more about derna, where most of those deaths so far are being reported. derna is in the east part of the country. as you know, it was one of the cities which managed to apprise against the leaders in early 2011, but then as everyone knows, it was controlled by islamist for a period

of time, and isis, but it was liberated in 2020. it is one of the most beautiful cities in the country and is famous for its cultural activities and poetry and everything. it is now a disaster area. the city is destroyed. the heart of the city is destroyed by the government in the east and the west are calling to evacuate because everything is down in the city. communication systems. it is now unfit to live for anyone, especially because the dam is destroyed on the river and we are ahead of the winter, which means what happened over the last three days might happen again over the winter, so now the whole of the city might be evacuated to other cities nearby. thank you very much.

uk rescue teams have been searching for survivors after the devastating earthquake in morocco, which has killed more than 2,900 people. more than 60 british personnel are on the ground with rescue dogs, but conditions have proved exceptionally difficult. bbc correspondent tom bateman joined a team in one of the worst hit villages in the remote high atlas mountains. good lad. searching for the scent of life. colin scours the ruins of one of morocco's most devastated mountain villages. we followed the uk's rescue team on a journey to the earthquake's epicentre, and this british crew — here to search for survivors — know they are working against all odds. yeah, unfortunately, colin — he's an experienced dog, he was in turkey earlier this year — he only goes on live sent. unfortunately there's been no indication, there's no interest. so, unfortunately, it doesn't

look like there's any live casualties in this area. so now it's all about recovery. how do you cope with everything you know destroyed? hussein digs out the remains of his home, hoping to get to his possessions and his family's clothes. translation: iwas here with my family. we were having dinner. the ceiling fell on me. it's god's decision. my brother died. there is nothing they can do. i'm just going to take my clothes out and go to the tent. and this is their home now. people are having to find a way to live with the foul air of death all around them. they say more than 100 were buried instantly when the quake hit here. the destruction is near absolute. well, only the minaret

of their mosque remains. everything else — homes, streets — a whole community is reduced to this. it is overwhelming. and everyone we've spoken to here says they believe everyone that was missing has died, there is no hope left of finding survivors. some supplies are arriving for people who have lost everything. all but cut off from the outside world, residents say they need much more. translation: there is no house to live in. - if there is no help from the government, we have nothing. and what the earth took away, they are already trying to rebuild. these are people shattered by loss, but having to find the ways to keep going.

tom bateman, bbc news, morocco. to the uk now, where latest figures show britain's economic growth fell by 0.5% injuly — that's the biggest contraction in economic output this year. strike action by nhs workers and teachers as well as the wet weather hitting the construction and retail industries — contributed to the decline. gdp is a measure of all the activity of companies, governments and individuals in an economy. gdp helps government decide how much it can spend on public services and how much it needs to raise in taxes. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. an anti—monarchy protester arrested on the day of king charles' coronation is taking legal action against the metropolitan police. graham smith, who's head of the campaign group republic, held discussions with officers ahead of the demonstration

and claims there was no justification for his arrest. mr smith has applied for a judicial review on the arrest of him and five other demonstrators. mps will investigate the sexual harassment and sexual assault of female surgeons taking place within the nhs. it comes after bbc news reported on women being sexually assaulted, including while surgery was taking place. the commons health and social care committee have said it will look into the issue. its chair, steve brine, said the revelations were "shocking". the head of oil giant bp has resigned as chief executive amid a review of his personal relationships with colleagues. the firm said bernard looney, who had led the company since 2020, was stepping down with immediate effect. you're live with bbc news. we want to bring you

some breaking news — reuters news is reporting that four people are dead, and 21 rescued after a migrant ship sank off a tunisian coast. we'll have more in the coming hours. in the us, democrat politicians have condemned the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into president biden. the senior republican in the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, said it would examine allegations of abuse of power and corruption. the democrat senator elizabeth warren argues the move is absurd. you know, look, this is the extremist republicans trying to figure out how they can use the business of the american people, doing the work we are supposed to do, as leverage to try and improve their political position. impeachment by the house is the first step in formal process to remove a president from office.

but any effort to do that is unlikely to succeed. any impeachment vote requires a two thirds majority in the senate, which is currently held by the democrats, the president's own party. a little earlier, our north america correspondent, david willis, explained what the impeachment move was about. well, the allegation here is thatjoe biden, when he was vice president to barack 0bama, took part in multiple telephone conversations and multiple other interactions with his son hunter's business associates, and then he, biden senior, lied about the extent of his knowledge of his family's business dealings. and the house speaker, who you mentioned there, kevin mccarthy, said that it amounted to a "culture of corruption," as he put it. now, what mr mccarthy failed to identify, though, today, was any evidence of a sort

of smoking gun, the dna results of tests on a blue dress, for example, or a transcript of a telephone conversation with the president of ukraine. the sort of evidence that might amount to a so—called high crimes and misdemeanours. well, democrats have said there's not a shred of evidence that joe biden committed any sort of impeachable offence. you mentioned there the "extreme politics at its worst" comment from the white house, but it's worth noting that the majority of the american population believes that hunter biden did receive preferential treatment when it came to his business dealings. what there is so far no evidence of, however, is thatjoe biden himself profited from those business dealings, or indeed that he, president biden, broke the law. the chances long term ofjoe biden actually

being unseated because of this, are slim to nonexistent. there have been three previous such impeachment investigations of this kind, three previous presidents have been involved. none has ended up being foisted from office, and it would require a majority vote in the house of representatives plus two thirds of the senate in order forjoe biden to be impeached. given that the democrats have their majority in the senate, it's simply not going to happen. ukraine has launched a substantial attack on the russian black sea fleet. moscow says ukraine attacked sevastopol with ten cruise missiles and three unmanned boats. russia's ministry of defence says it successfully intercepted most but that two ships undergoing repairs were damaged. let's go straight to kyiv, and speak to diplomatic correspondent paul adams.

what more can you tell us about this attack? pm what more can you tell us about this attack? �* , attack? an extremely intriguing attack. attack? an extremely intriguing attack- we _ attack? an extremely intriguing attack. we don't _ attack? an extremely intriguing attack. we don't yet _ attack? an extremely intriguing attack. we don't yet know - attack? an extremely intriguing l attack. we don't yet know exactly how it was conducted, but the head of ukraine's air force has congratulated his pilots, which is a fascinating detail, suggesting that unlike previous attacks on sebastopol, which used primarily drones, this was something launched by ukrainian aircraft. put that next to the russian statement about the use of cruise missiles, and you have the very real possibility, and it is only that at the moment, we need to verify this, that this attack used western supplied british or french storm shadow or scalp cruise missiles. if that is confirmed, that would probably be the first time those weapons had been used inside crimea. certainly the attack,

judging by the video evidence overnight, seemed to involve significant weaponry. it caused huge explosions and a massive fire. we think that was focused on a dry dock area, where two vessels of russia's black sea fleet, one large amphibious landing craft and when, intriguingly, submarine, were both undergoing repairs. we have not yet seen evidence of this morning of what damage was done, and obviously we will be looking out for that, but if all of this is confirmed and we see evidence that those two vessels were significantly damaged, that would be one of the largest ukrainian attacks on russia's black sea fleet in a very long time. that is hu:el sea fleet in a very long time. that is hugely significant, from what you are saying. where does this put that ongoing conflict between ukraine and russia? , , ., ., ongoing conflict between ukraine and russia? , ., ., ., ., russia? this is part of an ongoing battle for control _

russia? this is part of an ongoing battle for control of _ russia? this is part of an ongoing battle for control of the _ russia? this is part of an ongoing battle for control of the northern | battle for control of the northern black sea. when this war began, russia felt through the might of its black sea fleet that it had absolute control over those waters. what we have seen over the months is a gradual chipping away of that control by ukraine. 0f gradual chipping away of that control by ukraine. of course, right at the beginning, in april of last year, ukraine sank flagship of the black sea fleet. in recent weeks, we have seen them claiming to have removed and destroyed russian equipment on a series of gas platforms in the northern black sea and we have also seen them attacking radar facilities on the crimean peninsula itself. what they are trying to do, the ukrainians, is to blind the russians to what operations the ukrainians are trying to mount, and this operation overnight might be a sign that the blinding is working, because it seems as though some of those cruise

missiles got through russian air defences. ., ~ ., , ., ., . defences. pauladams, our diplomatic corresnondent. _ defences. pauladams, our diplomatic correspondent, thank _ defences. pauladams, our diplomatic correspondent, thank you _ defences. pauladams, our diplomatic correspondent, thank you very - defences. pauladams, our diplomatic correspondent, thank you very much l correspondent, thank you very much for bringing us up to date on that story. before we go, i want to bring you some incredible video from hawaii. this is the kilauea volcano in hawaii, it's one of the most active volanoes in the world. it roared back to life on sunday afternoon local time, shooting fountains of lava more than 20 metres in the air. experts say the eruption does not pose a threat to communities. take a look at those incredible pictures for a bit longer. those close this half hour of the programme. there is plenty more online. do stay with us on bbc news. this morning we saw our first frost since the start ofjune and i were overnight temperature since the end

of april, but it did mean a bright, sunny start for many. those sunny spells continue through the day. this area of cloud already spilling in, bringing more rain across northern ireland and eventually western scotland. the cloud we have seen continues to break up through the afternoon. dry and sunny spells. the breeze easing a little bit as well. we will see a bit more cloud to the far west of england and wales. but it is northern ireland and west of scotland with the lead up and west of scotland with the lead up to the evening rush hour will be increasingly wet and windy. temperatures on par with where we should be at this stage in september. rain in northern ireland will clear. rain at times tonight in scotland. strengthening winds across the north west highlands and islands. that will have an impact on the ferries as we go into tomorrow morning. the rain will spread as far south as england. but this weather

front will grind to a halt across england and wales once again. that area of low pressure will be moving across the far north of scotland with strong to severe if not severe gale force winds. 0ne with strong to severe if not severe gale force winds. one or two showers around. it might be a bright day for northern england but we could see outbreaks of rain and drizzle, mainly across the midlands and wales. the far south of england stays dry and bright and starting to feel a bit more humid again. that humidity will push northwards. the range shifts northwards to. starting out across parts of north—west wales, the isle of man, central and southern scotland and northern ireland. the far north—west should be dry and brighter and less windy than thursday. further south, sunny spells will develop more widely and temperatures creep back up into the 20s with a slight more humid feel to take us into the weekend. in that humid air, some weather fronts around, low pressure close by to the

southern half of the uk, bringing outbreaks of rain, some of which will be heavy and thundery. we could see that develop a little bit further north as well. take care. this is bbc news, the headlines... talks between president

putin and kim jong—un will end on wednesday — as putin promises to help north korea build satellites and develop its space programme. officials in libya say more than 5,000 people are dead, and thousands more are missing after two dams collapsed in the eastern city of derna — causing devastating floods. new figures show the uk's economy shrank by 0.5% injuly — a sharper drop than expected. and the bbc speaks to us star 0livia rodrigo about her music, breaking records and overnight success. let's return to our top story now — the flooding in libya. more than 5000 people are now feared dead, and thousands of others missing. 0ur middle east correspondent lina sinjab has more from beirut.

u nfortu nately unfortunately the situation is really