talks between president putin and kimjong—un wrap up 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, causing devastating floods. moscow says ukraine has carried out a missile attack on the home of its black sea fleet in crimea — causing a large fire at a shipyard in sevastopol former prime minister theresa may says the uk would have been better under her brexit deal.

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 was expected to ask mr putin to share advanced miltary technology. one of the areas where kim is struggling to make progress is his space programme. he has tried to put a spy satellite into orbit twice in the past six months and failed. live now to our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie. it correspondent, jean mackenzie. all ended with a d tourist it all ended with a deal and a tourist from vladimir putin to mr chem. kim. kim as back on his green

armoured train. the united states believe this is north korea preparing to supply russia with the weapons it needs for its war in ukraine so the ammunition and artillery shells russia is burning through on the front line but we did not get any mention of out today from either side. this is something we have always tonight. instead we had from vladimir putin he was helping mr kim build satellites and also that they would welcome economic and humanitarian issues these are also things mr kim wants and needs, so what will he get these things in return for? we knew mr kim wanted vladimir putin to share sensitive technology information with them in space is one area north

korea lights behind and it is dry twice in the last six months to launch a satellite into orbit but failed so meeting at the space centre made sense. —— lags behind and has dry twice. how much help vladimir putin will give the north korean leader is open to question but he has the ways and means to support north korea economically and militarily. 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. now to libya, where victims of floods that have devastated parts of eastern part of the country are being buried in mass graves as the work of recovering bodies continues. officials in libya say more than 5,000 people are now known to have died in devastating floods in the east of the country. thousands more are missing. the united nations says it's a calamity of epic proportions. rescue efforts continue, but have been hampered with the country split between rival governments. joe inwood reports 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 is around $500 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, theirfood, their water, their livelihoods? and that is 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. more people managed to enter the city of derna and more pictures and videos on social media and you can see how big the disaster is. the

last video circulating in the last showing thousands of dead bodies on the ground waiting for families to identify them and as we talk to some of the officials there the decision was taken not to keep these bodies for long because there are fears if they are out of the mortuaries because there are no electricity and no resources so they are burying the bodies even if there are no families are anyone to identify them. we know almost half the 5000 dead bodies are identified by theirfamilies but half were buried without anyone to recognise or identify them. on the ground people are talking about 10% to 15% of the population of derna maybe dad because of the storm, maybe dad because of the storm, maybe 10,000 tooth 15,000. it

happened —— maybe 10,000 people are 15,000 people. they are using large fishing nets to collect dead bodies because they have no other ways to deal with the situation and they don't have any helicopters or any ships to collect the bodies from the sea so we expect in the next few hours or day or two the number of dead will rise, maybe double or treble the number and i'm city, 5300. ., ., ~ ., ., 5300. you talk about most of the casualties so _ 5300. you talk about most of the casualties so far _ 5300. you talk about most of the casualties so far being _ 5300. you talk about most of the casualties so far being reported l 5300. you talk about most of the | casualties so far being reported in derna. tell us more about derna as you know it well.— you know it well. derna is one of the most beautiful _ you know it well. derna is one of the most beautiful cities - you know it well. derna is one of the most beautiful cities in - you know it well. derna is one of the most beautiful cities in this | the most beautiful cities in this part of the country, surrounded by

mountains and without any maintenance the dams in the city in the last few decades, it was the heart of the so—called resistance against colonel gaddafi and after the revolution was under islamist control until the by the army in the east three years ago and during all the half—century it was left alone literally. the half-century it was left alone literall . ~ ., the half-century it was left alone literall . ~ . ., ., literally. we have run out of time, unfortunately _ literally. we have run out of time, unfortunately i _ literally. we have run out of time, unfortunately i thank _ literally. we have run out of time, unfortunately i thank you - literally. we have run out of time, unfortunately i thank you so - literally. we have run out of time, unfortunately i thank you so muchj unfortunately i thank you so much for bringing us up to date. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making the 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. bp said it had recently started an investigation into alleged relationships mr looney had with colleagues, its second investigation in two years. you're live with bbc news. 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 scent. 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.