family instead, he is all of his family instead, he is asking me what should i do. no one knows what we should do right now —— is dead. knows what we should do right now -- is dead. f knows what we should do right now -- is dead. j ., ._ knows what we should do right now -- is dead. j ., is dead. they're on their way back to the uk from _ is dead. they're on their way back to the uk from pakistan _ is dead. they're on their way back to the uk from pakistan and - is dead. they're on their way back to the uk from pakistan and the l to the uk from pakistan and the ten—year—old was found dead at her home in surrey last month. search and rescue teams from morocco reached mountain village is flattened by the earthquake, at least 2900 people have been killed. in ukraine and force chief congratulates the pilots who attacked russia plexi —— plexi fleet —— black sea fleet near crimea. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we begin with the �*horrifying

situation' in libya. more than five thousand people are now known to have died, in devastating floods in the east of the country. these are the pictures from derna — with people describing a tsunami of water hitting the city, after two dams collapsed. more than ten thousand people are still missing — the authorities fear the death toll will double. all the details are disturbing — more than 3a thousand people are now homeless — witnesses talk of the sea — constantly depositing bodies on the shoreline. before i show you more of the aftermath — have a look at the moments the floodwater actually hit this city, the power, the speed, the force, sweeping everything away. people describe the land, just disappearing in an instant. aid agencies on the ground — talk of an overwhelming need for everything — from water, shelter, medicine, rescue teams — with clinic and hospitals in the east of the country overwhelmed by the injured. the rescue operation has been made

more difficult by the complicated political situation in libya — the country is split with an internationally recognised government in tripoli — and a rival government in the east. let's start with the human toll — this is one description of what it's like in derna, from a libyan journalist who spoke to the bbc. my friend, i'm staying with him right now to support him because when we were preparing for this interview with bbc, i heard, while i was next to him, the news of the death of his full family — his mother, his father, his two brothers, his sister maryam, and his wife, newly married wife, which he sent to libya to visit his familyjust two weeks ago, and his little kid, fauzi, who is eight months old. all of those died — all of his family is dead. he's asking me,

"what should i do?" no—one knows what we should do right now. all of the people that we know when we ask, "what happened to this person? "what happened to that person?" they tell us that their whole families are dead. live now to to speak to dr najib tarhoni, who's helping survivors at benghazi hospital and is due tojoin the medical rescue team. due tojoin the due to join the medical rescue teams as well and hopefully the line was there and it was frozen and i will try and of the view can hear me just tell me what you've been experiencing in the hospitals in benghazi tell us what you're

experiencing in the hospitals in benghazi. it experiencing in the hospitals in benahazi. , ., ., benghazi. it is not as devastating as exnected _ benghazi. it is not as devastating as expected because _ benghazi. it is not as devastating as expected because the - benghazi. it is not as devastating as expected because the people | benghazi. it is not as devastating i as expected because the people are still under the ground and we do not have many injured people, we do not have many injured people, we do not have rescue teams and actually know the casualties and traumas that have been caused in right now, we are blind because we don't have the actual number and people and people are still under the rubble as we speak in their breathing under the ground and we do not have what it takes to rescue them. and until that situation changes on the complication is yet to be seen. and it hasn't started for medical staff because now, it's on the rescue teams we do not have what it takes. and it seems worse than it seems in

the media. and in the soundtrack of that city is children crying. underneath the rubble and it seems interesting as well is a priority still is the rescue teams needed on the ground. we still is the rescue teams needed on the ground-— still is the rescue teams needed on the round. ~ ., ~ ., ., the ground. we walk on the ground, it is the smell— the ground. we walk on the ground, it is the smell of _ the ground. we walk on the ground, it is the smell of corpses _ the ground. we walk on the ground, it is the smell of corpses and - the ground. we walk on the ground, it is the smell of corpses and what l it is the smell of corpses and what she hears the smooth —— here's as the screams of women and children. it has been overused terms and how terrible the situation is and i'll tell the 10,000 people have died but these are just numbers, they do not mean anything to see the videos of young people who have died in the corpses of, you see the women and crying for their

mothers —— children crying for their mothers. i know someone who lost ten people, he was the only survivor of his family and is much as i described to you, even here in benghazi, where people who love lost so much because the social situation of libya is everyone is interacting with everyone and i know a lot of people personally there who have died and met their fate and people personally there who have died and met theirfate and it is not even that far. i know people personally love lost everyone and i mean everyone, someone i know that lost 50 people, imagine 50 people, first and second relatives, they lost everyone and i'm speaking of the physical losses, the cars not homes, it is a disaster. to put this in the second largest disaster being

the earthquakes and iran and in china. in the last decade, i cannot imagine anything bigger. imagining all the details — imagine anything bigger. imagining all the details you _ imagine anything bigger. imagining all the details you reflected - imagine anything bigger. imagining all the details you reflected that. all the details you reflected that in your answers and it is absolutely horrifying in the sea is bringing embodies each wave in terms of being retrieved and in terms of getting there, how difficult is it at the moment? it there, how difficult is it at the moment?— there, how difficult is it at the moment? , , . , , moment? it is very hard because the roblem moment? it is very hard because the problem that — moment? it is very hard because the problem that we _ moment? it is very hard because the problem that we have _ moment? it is very hard because the problem that we have is _ moment? it is very hard because the problem that we have is people - moment? it is very hard because the problem that we have is people who | problem that we have is people who actually understand how things work in the situation because people are just going there trying to help in not knowing what they're actually doing and so, they're just being not knowing what they're actually doing and so, they'rejust being an obstacle in the situation. causing traffic initially one road in and out of the people who are stuck there from seven to eight hours and cannot even get out or get in. the situation is not helped because we lack the knowledge and how to deal

with such a situation, is the first time he faced such a disaster and we need people who understand what they're doing, we need logistic interference from people and experts all of the world to try to help us, people are under the ruins right now as we speak and breathing nothing, they're not bringing air, their breathing soil water, their breathing, underthe breathing soil water, their breathing, under the ruins, they're just beating their fates and some have their phones on the be received voice messages from these people, they're actually dying right now as we speak and they're sending voice messages there stuck in the people are trying to get them out by shovels, imagine using actual shovels, imagine using actual shovels to remove the ruins because we do not know what to do. fine shovels to remove the ruins because we do not know what to do. one final cuestion we do not know what to do. one final question because _ we do not know what to do. one final question because people _ we do not know what to do. one final question because people are - we do not know what to do. one final question because people are coming | question because people are coming together there in the terms of the politicians, are they coming together because there's so much at stake we know about the splits

within libya. in terms of the frustration around that and the people feeling frustrated arrival authorities?— people feeling frustrated arrival authorities? everyone is coming to . ether authorities? everyone is coming together and — authorities? everyone is coming together and no _ authorities? everyone is coming together and no one _ authorities? everyone is coming together and no one cares - authorities? everyone is coming | together and no one cares about ethnicity or the social situation in libya, it is a bit weird when it comes to first world countries but everyone here is connected to everyone here is connected to everyone and we have many people from around libya and everyone is connected in 6 million people are connected in 6 million people are connected in 6 million people are connected in some way or another and the steps that are in the tens of thousands, the number is expected to exceed 20,000, this is a huge number for a country that is six or 7 million only and when i say that people are connected together through blood, now they are connected through agenda, as well. everyone is under one arm right now

and no one cares about politics and everyone is trying to connect. i hope this disaster helps unite us and leads to a better future a better situation because we really need right now is help. aha, better situation because we really need right now is help.— need right now is help. a very owerful need right now is help. a very powerful graphic _ need right now is help. a very powerful graphic account - need right now is help. a very powerful graphic account in i need right now is help. a very - powerful graphic account in you're heading there and i know we were the coming days on bbc. thank you for joining us. the father, step—mother and uncle of sara sharif are returning to the uk from pakistan. they left the country the day before the ten—year—old was found dead at a house in woking in surrey. the bbc has been told that urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik were not arrested when they left pakistan on a plane to dubai. i'm joined live by our correspondents helena wilkinson and caroline davies, who have been following the story in the uk and pakistan.

helena, what's the latest development? it goes without saying almost five weeks since sara sharif is found dead and alone in her home and issued significant development today this afternoon and as you mentioned, three adults, the father, the stepmother and her uncle were wanted by police in terms of police wanting to question them in connection with the case, they are now on their way from pakistan to the uk and a bit more about the route, they're getting another flight to pakistan to dubai and we haven't had it confirmed on the flight but it is believed that they are on the flight and they're headed back to gatwick airport in london, landing this evening. a major development in this case.

evening. a ma'or development in this case. , , ., , evening. a ma'or development in this case. .,, ., case. this story does remind our viewers how _ case. this story does remind our viewers how it _ case. this story does remind our viewers how it has _ case. this story does remind our viewers how it has developed . case. this story does remind our. viewers how it has developed over the last week in pakistan where you are. in the last week in pakistan where you are. . ., , ., , are. in the course the last few da s, are. in the course the last few days. the _ are. in the course the last few days, the five _ are. in the course the last few days, the five children - are. in the course the last few days, the five children and - are. in the course the last few. days, the five children and from are. in the course the last few- days, the five children and from the uk to— days, the five children and from the uk to pakistan, the grandfathers house. _ uk to pakistan, the grandfathers house. he — uk to pakistan, the grandfathers house, he said he had them since they arrived — house, he said he had them since they arrived in pakistan on the 10th of august— they arrived in pakistan on the 10th of august and they were taken by police _ of august and they were taken by police and — of august and they were taken by police and they had to appear in court _ police and they had to appear in court yesterday where they made the decision— court yesterday where they made the decision that they will be taken to a childcare — decision that they will be taken to a childcare facility and we know they— a childcare facility and we know they arrived late last night as well and we _ they arrived late last night as well and we do — they arrived late last night as well and we do not know what is behind the reason — and we do not know what is behind the reason for these three adults now deciding to travel to the uk as we understand it, and we saw the video— we understand it, and we saw the video that — we understand it, and we saw the video that was released, they talked

about— video that was released, they talked about how— video that was released, they talked about how the pressures they felt their family about how the pressures they felt theirfamily were under about how the pressures they felt their family were under from the pakistan— their family were under from the pakistan police and we don't know whether— pakistan police and we don't know whether this decision by the children— whether this decision by the children has made any impact on their— children has made any impact on their thinking and we heard they were _ their thinking and we heard they were not— their thinking and we heard they were not arrested and they left pakistan — were not arrested and they left pakistan to travel as we understand back to _ pakistan to travel as we understand back to the — pakistan to travel as we understand back to the uk we do not know exactly what the motivation was in with the _ exactly what the motivation was in with the file -- final —— final decider was. -- final decider was. the flight was due to land — -- final decider was. the flight was due to land and _ -- final decider was. the flight was due to land and gatwick— -- final decider was. the flight was due to land and gatwick this - -- final decider was. the flight was. due to land and gatwick this evening and we will expect that it will fairly quickly meet them and that is what we assume is going to happen because all along they have said they want to speak to these three adults and there will likely be taken to a police station and caring

a questioning and they really want to speak to them soon after they get off the plane. to speak to them soon after they get off the plane-— off the plane. thank you for brinuain off the plane. thank you for bringing us _ off the plane. thank you for bringing us the _ off the plane. thank you for bringing us the latest - off the plane. thank you for bringing us the latest on - off the plane. thank you for | bringing us the latest on the developing story. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a "dangerously out of control" dog, following an attack on an 11—year—old girl in birmingham. ana paun suffered serious arm and shoulder injuries when she was attacked by an american bully xl and staffordshire bull terrier cross—breed while shopping with her sister on saturday. west midlands police say the dog is in secure kennels. four people are facing fraud charges over the collapse of uk bakery a man who entered the grounds of windsor castle "to kill" the late queen believed he was a star wars—inspired character who had to �*right a historical wrong'. jaswant singh chail was armed with a crossbow when he was arrested on christmas day 2021.

he admitted a charge under the treason act and to making threats to kill and possessing an offensive weapon. four people are facing fraud charges over the collapse of uk bakery chain patisserie valerie. they include the former chief financial officer. the chain collapsed suddenly in 2018, with more than 900 jobs and 70 branches lost. the serious fraud office says the suspects "concealed 10 million pounds in debts", they're due to appear in court next month. you're live with bbc news. let's return to the �*horrifying situation' in libya. more than five thousand people are now known to have died, in devastating floods in the east of the country. the rescue operation has been made more difficult by the complicated political situation in libya — the country is split with an internationally recognised government in tripoli — and a rival government in the east. earlier, i talked about this

political crisis in libya with mohamed day—ri, former libya foreign minister & former unhcr official. the sheer force of the water after these two collapsed rushed through sheer at such speed and all the people describe the situation described it as the land people describe the situation described it as the [and shifted in so many people were just swept away and we been the ring for the graphic accounts of people being found on bmp accounts of people being found on lamp posts, trees, we were fine details of the aftermath and you heard from the doctor that what was needed at this stage two days on, a rescue team and christ still being heard under a lot of the wreckage and a reference some of the politics and a reference some of the politics and some of the divisions in libya thatis and some of the divisions in libya that is making the rescue efforts more difficult and early in the

programme, i spoke to a former professional and he urged the two governments, the one in the capital and the one in the east to work together. yesterday, i called forjoint emergency between the two governments. it is time that we put aside the political divide and we tackled the great deals of this catastrophe that is at hand. for the time being, i think the two governments are not speaking to each other and this is appalling and we badly need something coordinated and jointly conducted between the two governments so the needs assessment and calls for international aid should be handed out.- and calls for international aid should be handed out. given what ou've should be handed out. given what you've just — should be handed out. given what you've just said — should be handed out. given what

you've just said about _ should be handed out. given what you've just said about this - should be handed out. given what you've just said about this two - you've just said about this two sides not working together, how has the community navigate away through that offer assistance on the ground? i think they have been pragmatic and realistic they been talking to both governments and the assistants have been channelled directly to the east and others have been conducted and coordinated in aaa. but it is a pathetic state of affairs and this is due to the situation that we should call it what it is and i think it is due to this foolishness in the country by those who are at the forefront of our public affairs. the latest pictures and some of the

rescue efforts and of course, all the while, you heard her doctor describing so much of this done by hand by peoplejust describing so much of this done by hand by people just flying through the wreckage with some heavy machinery bit by bit and they're going through this and they spoke a little earlier of the ten districts and on three remained remarkably intact and this is one of them but all the rest of it huge parts of the city utterly devastated and damaged in so many of those bodies being carried into the sea and mass graves already having been dog in the death toll already well over 5000 and the authorities on the ground expecting that to go up there talking about doubling and perhaps even more in the coming days the floods hitting sunday evening and only a couple of days on but you can see from these pictures the sheer scale of the

devastation and other political backdrop and they are really, the urgency is so great to get more heavy machinery, more rescue teams there on the side to try desperately to find survivors among all of that but some of the latest pictures coming in from the last few minutes from the east of libya. search and rescue teams have reached remote moroccan mountain towns levelled by last friday's earthquake, which killed more than 2,900 people. the 6.8 magnitude quake, the impact of which stretched from the high atlas mountains to the city of marrakesh, destroyed buildings and left survivors homeless and in urgent need of shelter, food and clothing. earlier, i spoke to nawal el makni, an aid worker with the charity, muslim hands. she's in the foothills of the high atlas mountains. it's absolutely horrendous. we are right here in marrakesh, working around the clock to do as much as we can to help survivors.

a team from muslim hands including myself arrived here 2a hours after the earthquake and have been assisting. this earthquake has been devastating. the horror stories are heartbreaking. absolutely heartbreaking, and so many of them. the randomness of this, with so many people who have perished and others who survived in the same buildings — what stage have you got to in terms of the help you can give to people there? our primary focus is to provide people with shelter, water and food. from our needs assessment, these are the most pressing needs right now. and what proportion of those difficult areas to get

to have the authorities and aid teams managed to access so far? as you probably know, most affected are very remote. the only way to get through to them is through very narrow roads that have become even narrower since the earthquake. we are trying our best to reach as many people as we can. today we reached 400 families with tents, food and water, and there is more to come tomorrow.

american singer 0livia rodrigo was just 18 when she achieved overnight success with the release of her debut single drivers license in 2021. since then, she's sold 18 million albums, played a sold—out world tour and won three grammy awards. her new album — �*guts' — is currently outselling the rest of the top 10 combined. our music correspondent mark savage caught up with her. we've been listening to this new album. what an achievement. you've called it guts. yes. it's a hold title, but tell me what you were thinking about. yeah, i've had the title guts for a while. i think it's short and sweet and it has so many different meanings. like, following your gut means trusting your intuition and guts can mean bravery, and spilling your guts isjust, like, telling everyone all your secrets, which i feel like is just what songwriting is. so i like all the meanings that it has. am i right that you wrote more than 100 for this record? it sounds way more impressive than i feel like it actually is. i write all the time. i think that waking up every day

and stretching that muscle is just so important. and even if you don't really write anything that you feel like you'll ever use. so what's the ratio? if you've written 100 songs, how many are actually worth keeping? 0h, very little, but that's why you have to show up every day. you never know. you wrote the first album with such freedom, away from the spotlight. how do you secure that freedom when you're writing after the success of sour? yeah, i mean, it's really hard. i think i struggled with it towards the beginning of writing the album. ijust remember i'd sit down and write at the piano and i would write the lyrics and the only thing i could think about is, like, people on twitter, like, dissecting the lyrics or making it about this one thing or, you know, that was hard. and that's obviously the antithesis of creativity is thinking in that mindset. so i had to shift my mindset about halfway through making the record into just trying to make songs that i would like to hear on the radio. # yes, i know that he's my ex. # why can't you people reconnect. # i only see him as a friend. the opening track, i'm not allowed to say the name on bbc.

we'll call it all—american girl. 0k. yeah, yeah, yeah. but that feels like a song about the expectations that are put on you, perhaps, but on women in general. yeah, i think that's my favourite song on the record. i've always thought about this idea that, you know, women are so discouraged from showing emotions like anger or dissatisfaction for fear of being ungrateful or complaining or, you know, hard to be around, so, i don't know. i've always struggled with that. and i think because i've always felt that pressure to be this, like, perfect all—american girl, i guess. i kind of repressed a lot of feelings in my life, and i think that came up and hurt me in different ways. and so i've always thought about that sort of push and pull between the two sides of the feminine, you know. more in the way of sunshine and

great freshness in china particularly humid here and added with the sunny spells of her head. further north and west, much thicker cloud and west, much like a cloud in western scotland with the rain arriving into the afternoon, starting to turn a little bit misty as well and the drain is associated with its developing low pressure and bring in some wet and windy weather overnight and particularly to the northwest and so, some strong winds working into scotland in gail's band of rain clearing through followed by some baby showers in northern ireland becomes dry and there in the rain and north wales and into the north midlands by the end of the night. a relatively mild night compared with last night in temperatures 11 to 13 degrees. this weather for this would be very slow moving and if you start off at the rain, it was to be renting in the early afternoon a parts england and wales, the midlands and north lincolnshire as well, the ring which was a bit later and patch year in

sunshine and showers still affecting more than areas of scotland and the weather turning quite humid with some warm sunshine across parts of east anglia and southern counties of england. heading through thursday and friday, the weatherfriend england. heading through thursday and friday, the weather friend would change his mind and go northwards. and then bill gets something winds and will get warmer across scotland and will get warmer across scotland and northern ireland and with that for cloud and rain on the way. for friday, the rain turning heavier and the rain crossing northern england and moving back into southern and central scotland in the far north still a negative sunshine and showers in england and wales with humiston for patch as possible with some warm spells of sunshine starting to feel a bit more humid with temperatures of 20 to 25 in scotland and northern ireland and temperatures below par for the time of year. into the weekend, and area of year. into the weekend, and area of low pressure develops to the south bring some severe

thunderstorms and that will be how severe the fronts will push in on this we can, there will be some rain around the times in the south both england and wales but is it? and how much, if any of you will receive further north.

let's turn to our made headlines. more than 5,000 people are confirmed dead in libya.

10,000 more are still missing after devastating floods. wet weather and strike action take their toll on the uk economy. official figures show the economy shrank again last month. the police watchdog is to investigate how the force handled the case of andrew malkinson — who spent 17 years in jail, wrongfully convicted of rape. more on all of those in a moment. first, let us had to the sports centre with marc edwards. good evening. good evening, matthew. hello, and we're going to start with cricket, where its been another record—breaking day for ben stokes. the all—rounder smashing his way into the history books with the highest score by an england batter in a one—day international as he hammered a brutal 182 in the third odi against new zealand at the oval. stokes had only come out of one—day retirement to play in this series and the world cup in india next month, but the test captain brought up the record with a six —

one of nine maximums and 15 fours